H8K1 aircraft aboard seaplane tender Akitsushima, Shortland Island, Solomon Islands, 1942H8K prototype No. 2 taking off, Feb 1942H8K flying boat, 26 Dec 1942H8K2 aircraft at rest, circa 1940s
H8K1 aircraft aboard seaplane tender Akitsushima, Shortland Island, Solomon Islands, 1942H8K prototype No. 2 taking off, Feb 1942H8K flying boat, 26 Dec 1942H8K2 aircraft at rest, circa 1940s
US Army troops looking at a wrecked H8K flying boat, Makin, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943Destroyed Japanese flying boat, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944US Marines inspecting destroyed Japanese H8K flying boat, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944H8K flying boat in the midst of being shot down by the US Navy PB4Y-1 Liberator aircraft of Patrol Squadron VP-115 from which this photograph was taken, 2 Jul 1944. Photo 1 of 2.
US Army troops looking at a wrecked H8K flying boat, Makin, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943Destroyed Japanese flying boat, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944US Marines inspecting destroyed Japanese H8K flying boat, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun-Jul 1944H8K flying boat in the midst of being shot down by the US Navy PB4Y-1 Liberator aircraft of Patrol Squadron VP-115 from which this photograph was taken, 2 Jul 1944. Photo 1 of 2.
H8K flying boat in the midst of being shot down by the US Navy PB4Y-1 Liberator aircraft of Patrol Squadron VP-115 from which this photograph was taken, 2 Jul 1944. Photo 2 of 2.H8K flying boat taking off, US Navy Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland, United States, 1946-1947; seen in Aug 1947 issue of US Navy publication Naval Aviation NewsH8K2-L Seiku transport flying boat of Japanese 11th Naval Air Arsenal, Japan, circa late 1940sWreck of an engine of a H8K seaplane, Truk (Chuuk), Caroline Islands, 20 Jul 2006
H8K flying boat in the midst of being shot down by the US Navy PB4Y-1 Liberator aircraft of Patrol Squadron VP-115 from which this photograph was taken, 2 Jul 1944. Photo 2 of 2.H8K flying boat taking off, US Navy Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland, United States, 1946-1947; seen in Aug 1947 issue of US Navy publication Naval Aviation NewsH8K2-L Seiku transport flying boat of Japanese 11th Naval Air Arsenal, Japan, circa late 1940sWreck of an engine of a H8K seaplane, Truk (Chuuk), Caroline Islands, 20 Jul 2006
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