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Aichi E13A "Jake"
Type: Long-range reconnaissance float plane
Origin: Aichi
Crew: Three
Allied Code Name: Jake
Models: E13A1a & b
First Flight: 1938
Service Delivery: 1941
Final Delivery: 1945
Production: 1,418
Powerplant:
  Typical:
    Model: Mitsubishi Kinsei 43
    Type: 14-Cylinder air cooled radial
    Number: One
    Horsepower:
    – Take-Off Power: 1,060 hp
    – At 6,560 ft. (2,000m): 1080 hp
    Propeller: Three-blade metal propeller
Dimensions:
Wing Span: 47 ft. 6¾ in. (14.50m)
Length: 37 ft. 0¾ in. (11.30m)
Height: 15 ft. 8½ in. (4.78m)
Wing Area: 387.51 sq. ft. (36.00m²)
   Weights:
Empty: 5,825 lb. (2642 kg.)
Loaded: 8,025 lb. (3640 kg.)
Performance:
Max. Speed: 233 mph (375 kph) at 7,150 ft.
Cruise Speed: 137 mph (220 kph) at 6,560 ft.
Service Ceiling: 28,640 ft. (8730m)
Climb to 9,845 ft.: 6 minutes 5 second.
Range: 1,299 miles (2090 km)
Armament:
One 7.7mm Type 92 machine gun
   Location: Flexible mount in rear position.

-Optional/Field Modification-

One 20mm Type 99 cannon
   Location: Installed on flexible ventral
       mount for anti-shipping strike.

Payload:
Up to 550 lb. (250-kg) of bombs.
Aichi E13A Jake remains at Palawan. WRG #: 0000141
Aichi E13A "Jake" remains at Palawan.
[Source: Jack Cook Collection]
Sources:
The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft, 1997, Barnes & Nobles Books, ISBN: 0 7607 0592 5
Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War, René J. Francillon, 1970, Naval Institue Press, ISBN: O-87021-313-X
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