The Japanese Floatplane That Fought A B-29 | Aichi E13A 'Jake' [Aircraft Overview #81]

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Today we're taking a look at the Aichi E13A 'Jake'. This was the most produced Japanese floatplane of the second world war, it served as the eyes of the Imperial Japanese Navy, and it found itself in some...ahem...interesting situations, such as picking a fight with a Boeing B-29 Superfortress.
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Sources:
Chant, C, Aircraft of World War Two, Bristol, Dempsey-Parr, 1999.
Francillon, René J., Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War, Putnam, 1979 (numerous revised reprints available from several publishers).
Parshall, Jon, www.combinedfle.... An excellent website for information on the Imperial Japanese Navy.
USS Atule patrol report, April-May 1945.
"Surface and Destroy: The Submarine Gun War in the Pacific", by Michael Sturma.
Millot, Bernard (June 1977). "Aichi E13A "Jake": l'hydravion à tout-fair de la marine impériale" [Aichi E13A: The All-purpose Seaplane of the Imperial Navy]. Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French). No. 91. pp. 24-27.
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@RexsHangar Год назад

F.A.Q Section Q: Do you take aircraft requests? A: I have a list of aircraft I plan to cover, but feel free to add to it with suggestions:) Q: Why do you use imperial measurements for some videos, and metric for others? A: I do this based on country of manufacture. Imperial measurements for Britain and the U.S, metric for the rest of the world, but I include text in my videos that convert it for both. Q: Will you include video footage in your videos, or just photos? A: Video footage is very expensive to licence, if I can find footage in the public domain I will try to use it, but a lot of it is hoarded by licencing studies (British Pathe, Periscope films etc). In the future I may be able to afford clips :) Q: Why do you sometimes feature images/screenshots from flight simulators? A: Sometimes there are not a lot of photos available for certain aircraft, so I substitute this with digital images that are as accurate as possible.

@ryanu6424 Год назад

I heard their is an aircraft carrier that has 2 takeoff deck one above and one below, can you search and explained this please.

@DaiElsan Год назад

How about covering the ww2 transport aircraft like the Avro York etc.

@dirkbonesteel Год назад

@11:45 ish there is a edit but both the wrong "they" and correct "him" paragraphs are in video. Not trying to be a know it all dick, figure is you took time to make the edit you would want to know

@Aspir3xx Год назад

I have an aircraft suggestion for you to review Rex. Is it possible for you to review the Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate(Allied designation:Frank)?. I think this Japanese fighter isn't discussed or talked much unlike the Zeroes, N1K1Js, J2Ms, and other single-seat fighters of the Japanese during WW2

@wuaf_devas9678 Год назад

Yugoslav IK-3 fighter

@dantejones1480 Год назад

The sheer brass balls to dogfight a bomber with ONE machine gun.

@daleburrell6273 Год назад

..."DAVID VS GOLIATH"-(?)

@anthonyirwin6627 Год назад

'keep shooting, we'll at least dent a plate somewhere'

@AgentTasmania Год назад

@@anthonyirwin6627*entire world replaced with .50BMG bullets*

@juancarloscuaocastellanos8813 Год назад

"Gentleman, It's been an honor!" 🇯🇵 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qgCVgBnUe2c.html

@Rom3_29 Год назад

That was border line heroic 30% and 70% insane. Only if Japanese airplanes were better protected. Although they built beautiful airplanes.

@vickydroid Год назад

My Dad was a civilian internee at Sime Road Camp in Singapore in 1945 and recalled the B-29 raids. On one occasion, he recalled watching a Japanese float plane labouring to get to altitude to meet the raid only to fall down in flames when it got there. Unfortunately, Dad's no longer around to describe whether this was an A6M or this Aichi.

@vickydroid Год назад

@n0tclear Thanks, that's really useful, I wonder beside my Dad's description of that shootdown, if there was a written account of this.

@vickydroid Год назад

@n0tclearThanks Dad was in Singapore and a prisoner of the Japanese so unless Takahashi flew near his concentration camp...this is 378 miles from Penang, it's probably not the event. Shame as I'd like to research this part of the war more. Can you tell me if any of that Penang Squadron were lost in an accident at it's moorings 1942-44? I may have been told an eyewitness account which I'd like to corroborate as well.

@athelwulfgalland Год назад

It's tragic but a lot of history is lost to we, the survivors, of great people either because they didn't talk about it or we were not wise enough to ask. I've realized that about every person I've lost from my life & still haven't learned my lesson.

@vickydroid Год назад

@@athelwulfgalland My Dad was in his late teens when he was interned by the Japanese, so in the 60/70s he told me loads of stories about his life pre-war and following that internment. I was privileged to be taught physics by a veteran of the Western desert. Mum is still alive and I'm recording her memories growing up as a young teen during the Japanese occupation. Unfortunately, one of Dads cousins, a doctor at the Alexandra Hospital was killed in the massacre by the Japanese. I have dug up details of my wife's cousins one of whom was killed in 1940 flying in a Swordfish used as a bomber against the Italians. Some of these recollections in the 70s were closer in time than people talking about the Falklands War today, see how distant that seems to us now.

@madhukarjonathanminj2772 Год назад

@@vickydroid How was your dad treated by the Japanese? if you don't mind me asking

@StalwartPikeman Год назад

If that account of the Aichi tangling with the B-29 is the same one I'm thinking of (all the details line up), that IJN observer spent a full month inside the sub (as it had just arrived on station) and got along well with the crew. Post-war, he went on to become a rear admiral in the JNSDF, and attended multiple reunions of the submarine's crew as a guest of honor, where he amusingly outranked everybody.

@StalwartPikeman Год назад

Somebody posted a comment asking for a source, but the comment vanished before I could reply. This, along with many other interesting Japanese POW accounts, can be found in The Anguish of Surrender: Japanese POWs of World War II, by Ulrich Straus.

@johnberger2851 5 месяцев назад

@@StalwartPikeman Thank you for sharing this source. I've found a copy and am adding it to my reference library.

@StalwartPikeman 5 месяцев назад

@@johnberger2851 Glad to hear it! It's a fascinating read.

@endi3386 Год назад

Yes the Aichi E13 is quite a beautiful plane! A shame its not more well known

@johnevans7261 Год назад

That Japanese pilot shown during your commentary was very well trained: smiling Saburo Sakai was a legend.

@964cuplove 8 месяцев назад

Haha - my thoughts exactly when watching… I guess he served as an “happy Japanese pilot” icon here.

@nathanbond8165 Год назад

Absolutely love the War Thunder animation videos that you're adding gives it a real sense of depth other than just using. Photos and really helps to tell the story keep doing that I'd like to see more animation videos included in your videos

@FranchDressing Год назад

I'll keep doing that, thanks for the feedback!

@merafirewing6591 Год назад

@@FranchDressing bruh...

@FranchDressing Год назад

@@merafirewing6591 I'm editing a good portion of the videos

@dominichoughton8119 Год назад

There's a brief duplicated bit in this video - there's 10 seconds in the part about the airman being lifted on board, treated for his wounds and keeping in touch with the medic that begins at 11:25 (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-47rxO4KPRBo.html) that is then repeated at 11:35 (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-47rxO4KPRBo.html).

@heathb4319 Год назад

Yeah...i thought the aliens got me again and returned me 10 seconds to soon. :) weird case of deja vu.

@jessehamm3573 Год назад

Japanese scouting floatplane crews were often noted for their tenacity and aggression. During the Sino-Japanese Conflict, Nakajima E8N crews claimed so many successes in aerial combat that they were occasionally commissioned for fighter escort duties, from time to time. Certainly, during the early phases of the Pacific War in 1941, F1M crews scored numerous aerial victories during the course of campaigns in The Philippines, Malaya, and the Dutch East indies.

@maryclarafjare Год назад

We are always amazed at how many photographs you're able to show, and it represents a lot of research. The war game art is also really cool!

@SUPRAMIKE18 Год назад

That particular game has loads of aircraft, it makes for great visuals along with the commentary, there's another channel who uses it in this way called "TJ3 History" I recommend him if you like similar aviation history and facts.

@jaytowne8016 Год назад

A great video would be on the number of dog fights B29 s engaged in , especially the role of commanders override on the gun system.

@scullystie4389 Год назад

A channel called WWII US Bombers is doing a series of videos about the B-29, both the operation and efficacy of its fire control system and its success against fighters. You should check it out!

@jaytowne8016 Год назад

I remember vaguely of B29 s strafing surface targets, but also instances at high altitude after bomb release of dog fighting fighters rate occasion that it was. At 31000 feet it has power loading superior to many fighters and a wing that did well at high altitude.. like to find out more.

@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe 8 месяцев назад

@@jaytowne8016Dog fighting?

@Dark_Ages_Crusader Год назад

Thank you Rex for making this episode- the ONLY video on RU-vid that covers this unique aircraft so well!

@mike-ph3fk Год назад

Do you and drach have a synchronized video drop times? Yall were only off by like 6 minutes today. Lol, thanks for the videos, Rex!

@danielbayer278 Год назад

One of the first model airplanes I built was the Hasegawa kit of this aircraft. Unfortunately my modeling skills at the time really weren't enough to do it justice, but in the pre-internet age there also wasn't the the wealth of info on aircraft provided by videos like this one. Maybe I'll have to tackle the model again some day.

@elgato9445 Год назад

No need to apologize Rex. The content as always, is superior.

@drstevenrey 5 месяцев назад

Remember the movie 6 Days, 7 Nights. Those two floats that Harrison Ford and Anne Heche find in the jungle to fix their Beaver were from a E13A. They didn't actually work and were replaced on the Beaver by actual Beaver (EDO) floats, hidden by wood and fabric 'stuff' to make it look improvised. How I know that? I flew the Beaver alongside Harrison, who was only allowed to do simple stuff due to insurance issues. Great job, great times.

@katana1430 Год назад

The Kawanishi H6K and H8K are contenders for the best flying boats of WW2. One of them also bombed Australia. You might consider a video on them. They are fascinating planes. Also the Martin Mars.

@gingergorilla695 Год назад

What's the Martin Mars?

@ryanwulfsohn2563 Год назад

Yes I second that , have never any decent never mind good videos on the H8K. Or a book on either aircraft .

@redrust3 Год назад

@@gingergorilla695Mars was designed to replace the Consolidated PBY Catalina, which had entered service in 1938. That one became legendary during World War 2, with thousands built. Martin PB2M weighed almost 4 times as much, tipping the scales at 165,000 pounds fully loaded. It had twice as many engines, and doubles of range, at 4600 miles. Unfortunately, the Navy decided it was obsolete, and redesignated did as a transport, and only five were built. Those were delivered in 1947.

@mikeycraig8970 Год назад

Nah, Short Sunderland was the best flying boat.

@redrust3 Год назад

@@mikeycraig8970 Sunderland was the best flying boat in the British Navy. Overall, British also got even more efficiency out of the PBY Catalina. Also, the best flying boat of the war was the H8K “Emily”, purpose built as a warplane, not an airliner conversion. Hundred miles an hour faster than either the Sunderland or the Catalina. more heavily armed and armored than either.

@old_guard2431 Год назад

Well done, as ever. This kind of content helps fill the gaps left by the conventional narrative. I would like to see one on the float Zero if you haven’t done one already.

@Alexandros11 Год назад

Interesting - I'll definitely consider that although it may just be part of a larger video on the zero as a whole

@SQLRYAN Год назад

It never cease to amaze me how you produce superb videos of these obscure aircraft of all nations and all time line. Can't wait for the next video.

@gingergorilla695 Год назад

I've learned a ton on aircraft I would have never have heard of if not for Rex, like that big French bomber or the Sea Dart

@bigblue6917 Год назад

Looking forward to the Christmas edition where different designs of Santa's Sleigh are discussed as well as motive power. Are the Australian Boomers really better that the traditional Reindeer.

@RexsHangar Год назад

The Australian sleigh is a clapped out '03 Commodore Wagon, or so the legends say

@randomnickify Год назад

That...has to happen :)

@Perktube1 Год назад

I hear the boomers gave a bumpier ride.

@paulhaynes8045 Год назад

As a UK 'boomer', I'm rather puzzled by this...

@willsantos6477 Год назад

Excelente trabalho! Parabéns pela postagem deste documentário, muito bom! Os hidroaviões japoneses da II Guerra Mundial eram fantásticos. Obrigado pela produção de ótima qualidade e utilidade. 👏👏👏👏🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵

@johnmay6090 Год назад

Another great doco, and without imperial units. So much easier to listen to.

@NesconProductions Год назад

Nice background here! Would just add a 'Jake' played a pivotal role in Japan's most successful surface engagement of WW2 at the battle of Salvo Island. It was these type aircraft that overflew the American cruiser taskforce off Guadalcanal and dropped flares in a night engagement that made them easy targets.

@bradywomack9751 Год назад

That was excellent. I’ve never come across this much information on this aircraft and was surprised to hear there was a variant with a 20mm cannon. Was also surprised one took on a B-29 and not in an attempt to ram the bomber. Do you have any plans to cover its brother the Aichi E16A Zuiun (Paul)?

@crescentwuju496 Год назад

zuiun supermacy ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9g9RkevLA18.html

@gregbolitho9775 Год назад

Aichi Jakes are my second fav to the Catalina, Jake/German Arado. "Not being glorious or glamorous", can be shortened to 'Steadfast' m8, thats the way I look at'm! Another Nice Job!

@MM22966 Год назад

You need to come up with channel art/icon that you CAN use on coffee mugs, shirts, etc. Maybe an art/stylized version of the Spitfire photo you currently use.

@HarborLockRoad Год назад

I have an old, old 1960s plastic model of this aircraft, with folding wings, painted just like the one at 6:37. Theres not a lot of detail in those old kits, but the thick plastic has made it endure the rigors of time very well.

@Jpdt19 Год назад

Just found your channel and this video. Bravo sir. Very nice.

@matthewmcmacken6716 Год назад

Me too.

@lafeelabriel Год назад

One of the best shipboard spotter floatplanes built tbh. Just a shame they never put in any protection for the fuel tanks or crew.

@Alexandros11 Год назад

Definitely, it seems a bit of a missed opportunity considering it was significantly faster and more manoeuvrable than the famous Arado Ar 196. Put a couple forward facing guns, a little protection and you arguably have a more capable design. Unfortunately the Japanese didn't realise the pilots were of utmost importance, not the plane.

@papalegba6796 Год назад

Ffs adding weight reduces performance, all Japanese planes had the same problem.

@lafeelabriel Год назад

@@papalegba6796 Not all of them, the late war ones finally put it in.

@Alexandros11 Год назад

@@papalegba6796 Yes of course it does, but it doesn’t reduce performance so much as to make the aichi slower and less manoeuvrable than the Ar 196. The E13A is about 50km/h faster

@lafeelabriel Год назад

@@Alexandros11 Which came back to bite them, hard, when they started losing pilots a lot faster than they could train new ones.

@maxsmodels Год назад

I knew the E-13 had overflown Pearl Harbor about 30 minutes before the main attack but this may be the first time I ever heard someone mention it. I think it reported the absence of thec arriers but it was considered too late to recall the planes. Besides, the Japanese admirals wanted the attack to go forth anyway.

@craigpennington1251 Год назад

Very cool video on float planes. That Japanese pilot who attacked the B-29 had real guts to do so. That E-13A, if not having floats to carry around may have been a better fighter. Those floats equal enormous drag & weight. Have you done one on the Grumman Duck Bi plane? Those are super cool.

@AndrewGivens Год назад

Such a little classic and definitely not widely enough recognised. The only reason I ever heard of it in the first place was because of building Tamiya's model of the aircraft cruiser Mogami; the kit specified the carried aircraft types (E13 and the later Aichi E16). They weren't glamorous, but they were out there, serving.

@tfs203 Год назад

Been waiting on this one! I have a fascination with catapult launched, floatplanes.

@harrisonlewis6853 Год назад

Thanks Rex about this Japanese float plane. I collect 1/72 scale Japanese aircraft as model kits because my father served in the Pacific theater of operations with B-29's off Guam. He had one of top security clearances at that time because although he wasn't a flier, he had been trained to fix and or calibrate the Norden bomb sights and recalibrate the radar controlled 50 caliber machine gun turrets. He did witness several Japanese floatplanes which over flew Guam and were shot at by ground anti aircraft guns. He thought that they were photo recon. aircraft and considered them brave but foolish too.

@johnforsyth7987 Год назад

Thank you for a very interesting video on a plane I did not know that much about. Please consider doing a video about another floatplane that does is not so well known. That being the German Heinkel 115. This aircraft was not only used by Germany. It also saw service with The United Kingdom, Spain, Norway, Sweden and Finland. I think that would be an interesting story.

@Alexandros11 Год назад

Thanks for the suggestion, I think I'll do the He 115 next

@MiKeMiDNiTe-77 Год назад

I've always loved the Aichi ever since I saw one as a kid in those aircraft encyclopedia mags from the early 80s.

@BHuang92 Год назад

Forgot to mention some of the interesting operators of the Aichi E13A other then the Japanese. A few of the aircraft was given to the Royal Thai Navy and one aircraft was briefly used by the Kreigmarine stationed at Malay. Several captured aircraft were used by the Allies; the RNZAF used one but it later sank due to a faulty float. The last users of the Aichi E13A were the Chinese among the other surplus Japanese aircraft and interestingly, several aircraft were used by the French Navy during the First Indochina War.

@Alexandros11 Год назад

Thai and French Naval Service were mentioned! In the interest of keeping the script to a video rather than a novel not everything can be mentioned :)

@johnmoran8805 Год назад

Thanks Rex, good vid.

@Rincypoopoo Год назад

That was cool. The Japanese built some good solid aircraft. Thanks matey.

@bawdydog176 Год назад

Always enjoy your videos. Take care of yourself and just do what you can.

@christopherwebb3517 Год назад

A single obsolete float plane dogfighting with a single heavy bomber. It sounds like someone messing around on a video game.

@Alexandros11 Год назад

Yeah haha, just shows the state of Japan - even the A6M5-N would have better suited but it left the Aichi alone… at least the zero has twin 20mils

@davidfromkyushu6870 Год назад

There’s a raised wreck on display at the Bansei kamikaze museum in Kagoshima Prefecture. It’s a wreck but mostly intact as it was ditched in an emergency landing just off the coast due to engine trouble and not combat.

@chuckhaggard1584 Год назад

I've previously read about a dogfight between a B17 and a Japanese float plane, I've not heard of this incident before. Very cool.

@typhoonhawker6548 Год назад

Nakajima A6M2-N (Navy Type 2 Interceptor ,allied code name "Rufe") and Mitsubishi F1M (Navy Type 0 Reconnaissance floatplane ,allied code name "Pete").

@chuckhaggard1584 Год назад

@@typhoonhawker6548 I looked up the one I was thinking about, it was a B17 vs a Mavis

@carlnewman7096 Год назад

Another great video mate. 😎👍🏻

@JDK73772 Год назад

All good, as usual. thank you for your video's very informative

@Alexandros11 Год назад

Thanks! 🙏

@wagahagwa6978 Год назад

i find it funny that whenever you talk good of these subjects in hand, you show a image of them failing, being destroyed or crashing for some or most

@ianbell5611 Год назад

Thanks great video.

@wintersbattleofbands1144 Год назад

11:25. Oh my, Rex's first editing schnarff! Opps, I see it was already mentioned. Second repeating corrects a minor grammar mistake. Your track record until now is impeccable, though. SO MUCH better than some of the content I see here.

@davidmurphy8190 Год назад

Thanks!

@larrydee8859 Год назад

As always; Great work Lad!

@gregedwards5608 Год назад

Well done Sir

@christopherbentley7289 Год назад

This was not an entirely unfamiliar type to me, Rex, but this still was a fascinating story. One thing that strikes me, given that the very similar Aichi D3A bore the Allied nickname 'Val' (female) is that this had a male nickname, even though it is clearly more bomber than fighter - as it was attempting to be against that B-29! - and I wonder why that might have been.

@ursus9104 Год назад

Val for Valery

@christopherbentley7289 Год назад

@@ursus9104 ...as in Giscard d'Éstaing or Borzov, ie., male, you mean?

@kalebgonzales4009 10 месяцев назад

haha! that's funny! The brave little E13A battling a fish he not even reel back!

@chrishartley4553 Год назад

1:08 A Nakajima E8N 'Dave' in the foreground there. (E7K2 'Alf' in the background as described)

@MarkusSnyman-t5o 3 месяца назад

Love this plane, I found out about it when I bought the tamiya Yamato!

@JGCR59 Год назад

The IJN placed a lot more emphasis on floatplane reconaissance than the USN. Basically the IJN delegated the task of reconaissance for carrier forces to the floatplanes carried on cruisers. I mean the last two heavy cruisers built by the IJN basically reserved their entire aft deck for E13As. Most if not all spotter reports in carrier battles of 1942 were done by E13As including the infamous Tone #4 aircraft at Midway. So they played a much bigger role in tactical use than their US or british counterparts.

@dantecafarelli Год назад

Are you planning to cover more WWII's Italian planes? And some from the 30s, maybe (e.g., SM 33 & 55)?

@deltavee2 Год назад

Rex, thanks for another most interesting video. Having a backlog is all well and good and commendable of course but more important is that you look after yourself and spend your Christmas time in good health. If YT permits, we won't mind if you miss a couple. January is also fast approaching and what you produce starting in the new year will more than suffice. Cheers from Ottawa, Canada!

@johnschofield9496 Год назад

Very interesting story, thank you !

@gj1234567899999 Год назад

The B29 shot down hundreds of planes. I’m not sure people are aware of that. It had a better kill ratio than the p51 mustang!

@nathanbond8165 Год назад

well the B-29 had radar control machine guns soooo that jap fighter never had a shot getting out alive

@kittyhawk9707 Год назад

so what .. this video is about a E13 Jake floatplane .. So you are saying that B29's could shoot down aircraft ... whoopy do .. I never would have guessed .. Thanks for that wisdom ..

@Squirrelmind66 Год назад

Perhaps as a final commentary on Aichi’s excellent designs, the company is today known as…Nissan.

@TXGRunner Год назад

This is my favorite Japanese aircraft. Thanks for the video, I wish there was more material on it to make three times longer. If I ever had the money to build a replica, or fly WW2 aircraft, the E13 Jake would be my choice. I could easily fly it around the world. Despite the Jake's importance, there is only one model of it, 1/72nd scale by Hasegawa. There are some 1/350 representations to accessorize ship models, but there is no 1/48 or 1/32 kit. There is no dedicated book, and even among Japanese publications, the information is thin. It's incredible given the role of the Tone scout at Midway. Thanks again.

@Dark_Ages_Crusader Год назад

Same here, definitely a favorite of mine too. Such a shame none exist in any intact form. Nichimo did make a 1/50 scale kit. You can find it in UPC boxing too.

@ParaglidingManiac Год назад

I hit that age when floatplanes became appealing to me:)

@Alexandros11 Год назад

We all do at some point - floatplanes do have a special magic to them!

@brianargo4595 Год назад

Hit that age about 10 and haven't left

@kevindolin4315 Год назад

Yep. Floatplanes and flying boats. I wish flying boats were still around. I would love to fly in one. There's an H8K1 'Emily" flying boat preserved somewhere around Tokyo or Yokohama. That would be a sight to see.It would just be a train ride for me, an expat in Japan.

@JTA1961 Год назад

I sink slow too...

@mebeasensei Год назад

A lovely shaped plane,, nicely balanced. I think it was based on cruisers too. I always wondered, when used as kamikazis, whether or not all three crew members had to be on board.

@kleif1027 Год назад

That e13 pilot must be thinking a hold my pontoon moment and fail miserably

@Airtimmo Год назад

Enjoyed the video..thanks!

@-Zevin- 6 месяцев назад

I can't believe this video is 1 year old and I haven't seen anyone mention the Kawanishi logo and how excellent that is, that's a great design.

@maxmachac9756 Год назад

Where in the world did you find that image of the I-400 0:16 ????! Id also love if you made a video on the Aichi A6M Seiran also pictured in the vidoe

@ldieulesaint0 Год назад

the picture at 0:14 is only an american LST (Landing Ship, Tank), fairly common ship in later stages of amphibious assaults in ww2

@Blader445 Год назад

Aichi planes just have a sleek look. The D3A1 remains my favorite dive bombers. Aichi planes have a smooth look to them.

@alanwilliams4443 Год назад

A B-17 on lifeguard duty was a Dumbo, a B-29 was a SuperDumbo

@markpatterson4917 Год назад

Nothing wrong with audio at great informative vid as ever

@edwardvincentbriones5062 Год назад

Rex, what plane in war thunder did you use to represent the e13a and the incident as seen on game footages?

@Alexandros11 Год назад

It is the E13A! It's available in war thunder as a ship launched naval scout

@edwardvincentbriones5062 Год назад

@@Alexandros11 I never knew that but understandably rare. Ty!

@swenhtet2861 Год назад

@@edwardvincentbriones5062 You can also fly it in Enlisted where it can be used as CAS.

@SUPRAMIKE18 Год назад

Showing the one in War Thunder got me thinking, they had enough info on the design to make a virtual one, that may be helpful in restoring a real example, similar to how a digital version of Norte Dame is being used in it's restoration.

@paupaupaupaupau Год назад

Love your content and the quality is improving dramatically. You doubled the soundtrack at 11:30. Should be easy to fix. Go in and edit it at that time with the youtube editor facility.

@kittyhawk9707 Год назад

I can only assume the Jake had radioed in the position of the B29 and sub and possibly trying to hold out until fighters arrived .. Shame the Rufe ran away it would have helped the little guy........... the B29 having two targets to shoot at is a bit more tricky for the gunners .. and the Rufe was far better armed.

@diegoferreiro9478 Год назад

Excelent video on a great planes. The only thing that I disagree is qualifying It as 'tiny'. The E13A was indeed one of the largest planes of its category: Ar.196, Seahawk, Kingfisher were all smaller, and the biplanes were mostly smaller (except maybe for the E7K Alf). But all of these were all diminute as smurfs when compared to the large land based flying boats (PBY, Sunderland, H6K, H8K, Do.24...)

@Wolfen443 Год назад

Float planes are interesting as design for recognizance or support war at sea. If the Navies of the world had modernized theirs, maybe the battle of Jutland might have seen some air support for the fleets in that battle. A seaplane vs a heavy bomber is just insane mobility is none existent in that fight. That was brave for the Japanese to take on such a heavily armed bomber.

@katrinapaton5283 Год назад

In my games of War on the Sea I always appreciate the recon capability of the Jake. Shes definately a spotter not a fighter tho.

@timcvetic5054 Год назад

Picture of Saburo Sakai shown @11:45 japan’s greatest surviving ace

@Perktube1 Год назад

Do you have a kingfisher video?

@Freesavh1776 Год назад

It's a strikingly good looking aircraft. Even though it's obsolete on delivery.

@darrellborland119 Год назад

Thank you very nice!

@bradleyjanes2949 Год назад

Good vid rex

@jackdale9831 Год назад

What an Interesting Vid! Although they might've come from a "Knock-down Kit", HOW did the 2 German Arado Ar-196 float planes come to be operating in Japan, @ that time? And although based near Saigon, did any Aichi-33As fly up to the ex-French Japanese base near Haiphong in the North of then Indo-china near the Chinese border?

@jackdale9831 Год назад

When did the Frence recover their pre-war air base@ Haiphong, and when might the Japs have left, so the French Could start operating out of Haiphong in North Indo-china?

@migueldelacruz4799 Год назад

What a swell little plane.

@Perktube1 Год назад

I'd love to see the liveries of these aircraft.

@flitsertheo Год назад

Simplified answer but Japanese airplanes were usually painted green or white and the French Navy ones in dark blue. Don''t know about the Thai version.

@lewiswestfall2687 Год назад

thanks

@bloodknightgaming Год назад

Interesting video thank you.

@d4rk5t4r2 Год назад

Part of me is trying to imagine what the other 2 guys were thinking while the pilot turned to engage a B-29

@NathanPa-xo3zj Год назад

From far away it kinda resemblance the design of Arado float plane

@peterjohnson6273 Год назад

The extent of your research is amazing. How/where do you get all the info?

@Alexandros11 Год назад

Some of it from websites, some from books - I had to look through the log books of the USS Atule to find the B-29 story! Sources are in the description as always

@zillsburyy1 Год назад

wow, you got to this before mark felton

@jasonz7788 Год назад

Good video thank you

@kristoffermangila Год назад

BTW, Aichi was one of two Japanese engine manufacturers (Kawasaki was the other) that built DB 601 engines under license by Daimler-Benz. Their version, the Aichi Atsuta, was used on the Yokosuka D4Y Suisei and the Aichi M6A Seiran, but its only marginally better than the Kawasaki version, the Ha60, and inferior to the Italian version, the Fiat Tifon, and way inferior than the original DB 601 version.

@christophervanoster Год назад

I know it’s a game but I was flying a jake in battlestations pacific a few years ago and I took out two squadrons of bearcats by myself

@uflux Год назад

The E13A example at 5:12 looks to have a higher calibre weapon in the dorsal position. Maybe a few got up gunned in theatre.

@kittyhawk9707 Год назад

he states in the video that some got a 20mm cannon in that position .. mainly for strafing ..but could be used for defence if required

@stephenmeier4658 Год назад

Rex, you are the best

@prowlus Год назад

A single engine pwned by a 4 engine heavy? That is a humiliating way to go

@rickhobson3211 Год назад

What the heck is that on the bottom of that B-29 at 9:43? It kind of looks like the bottom end of a boat, facing backwards? The yellow color... is it a rescue boat?

@rickhobson3211 Год назад

LOL and of course my question is immediately answered in the video. ^^