https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawanishi_H8K
The Kawanishi H8K is a flying boat used by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service during World War II for maritime patrol duties. The Allied reporting name for the type was "Emily".. The Kawanishi H8K was a large, four-engine aircraft designed for long range and extended endurance on patrols or bombing missions typically flown alone over the ocean.The prototype first flew in January 1941, and

http://aviation-history.com/kawanishi/h8k.htm
The Kawanishi H8K flying boat (Allied code name "Emily") was an all-metal, four-engine, large-size, Type 2 Flying Boat used by the Imperial Japanese Navy and was considered to be the best flying boat of World War II. It was built to replace the Kawanishi H6K and to exceed the performance of the Short S.25 Sunderland and Sikorsky XPBS-1 Patrol

https://world-war-2-planes.com/kawanishi-h8k-emily-the-luxurious-flying-boat-on-a-mission/
The Kawanishi H8K Emily was a 'flying boat' that effortlessly blended luxury with robust combat capabilities. Imagine soaring over the Pacific, ensconced in comfort, while also being on a critical mission. This marvel of engineering, powered by four robust Mitsubishi Kasei engines, redefined expectations, offering both plush seating and the resilience needed for wartime tasks.

http://warbirdsresourcegroup.org/IJARG/kawanishih8k.html
Origin: Kawanishi Crew: N/A Allied Code Name: Emily Models: H8K1 & H8K2, Type 2 First Flight: Late 1940 Service Delivery: H8K1: August 1941 Final Delivery: N/A Production: 167. ... Designed in response to a 1938 specification for a replacement for the Kawanishi H6K, the result was the H8K. Comprising the single greatest leap in flying boat

https://www.daveswarbirds.com/Nippon/aircraft/Emily.htm
The Kawanishi H8K was the largest and the best of the Japanese seaplanes. The official Allied codename for it was the "Emily", but the unofficial nickname was the "Flying Porcupine". The nickname alluded to the aircraft's abundant defensive armament. The main production model, the H8K2, had five 20mm cannons and five machine guns.

https://acearchive.org/kawanishi-h8k
The Kawanishi H8K, known as "Emily", was a flying boat used by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service during World War II for maritime patrol duties. Its robust design and powerful defensive armament made it highly respected among Allied aircrews. The H8K was widely regarded as the best flying boat of the war, and its improved variant, the H8K2, had an increase in fuel capacity and slightly

https://aeropedia.com.au/content/kawanishi-h8k-emily/
A team, lead by Dr Shizuo Kikuhara designed the H8K with four engines, range being achieved by installing fuselage and wing tanks providing 17,040 litres (3,748 Imp gals) of fuel. On 29 December 1940 the prototype of the 13-Shi flying boat, as it was known, was flown at the Kohnan plant of Kawanishi near Osaka.

https://thelittleaviationmuseum.au/planes/kawanishi-h8k2/
History. The Kawanishi H8K2 flying boat (known to the Allies as Emily) was a Japanese maritime patrol bomber. It is widely considered the best flying boat to see service during World War II and was respected by Allied pilots. Development of the H8K flying boat began in 1938 and the prototype was completed by the end of 1940.

https://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_kawanishi_H8K.html
The Kawanishi H8K 'Emily' was the fastest and most heavily armed flying boat to enter service in significant numbers during the Second World War, and was considered by Allied pilots to be the hardest Japanese aircraft to shoot down. Plans of. Kawanishi H8K 'Emily'. Work on the H8K began in 1938, in response to a 13-Shi specification for a large

http://www.combinedfleet.com/ijna/h8k.htm
Kawanishi H8K. Allied Code Name: "Emily" (Scanned from René J. Francillion "Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War" - Putnam - 1979) ... Production: A total of 167 H8Ks were built by Kawanishi Kokuki K.K. in their Naruo and Konan plants as follows: 1 H8K1 prototype (Dec 1940) 2 H8K1 pre-production aircraft (1941)

https://www.aviastar.org/air/japan/kawanishi_h8k.php
Kawanishi H8K Emily. Although only 167 examples were produced, the large Kawanishi H8K was the most outstanding and advanced flying-boat to achieve production status during World War II. Designed to meet a requirement issued in 1938 for a four-engine maritime reconnaissance flying-boat superior in all respects to the British Short Sunderland

https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/japan/aircrafts/h8k/
H8K 51-085 going down in Central Pacific, 2 July 1944. H8K1 Shikishima of Takuma Kokutai with radar Type 6 Mark 4 Mod 3. H8K 801-77 under fire from PB4Y of VPB-117 2. The Kawanishi H8K Emily (二式大型飛行艇, Type 2 Large Flying Boat. 二式大艇, Nishiki Daitei, Nishiki Taitei) was an Imperial Japanese Navy flying boat used during World

https://pacificeagles.net/kawanishi-h8k-type-2-emily/
It was a H8K2-L that was carrying the commander of the Combined Fleet, Admiral Mineichi Koga, when it disappeared in March 1944. The aircraft had flown into a typhoon on a flight from the Palau Islands to Davao in the Philippines. - / 14. In 1942 the H8K was assigned the reporting name 'Emily' by Allied intelligence.

https://hamptonroadsnavalmuseum.blogspot.com/2019/04/forty-years-ago-emily-last-of-her-kind.html
U.S. Marines examine the remains of a four-motored Japanese seaplane, possibly a Kawanishi H8K "Emily," one of several enemy aircraft caught on the ground by American airmen at Tanapag Harbor, Saipan, in the Marianas Islands of the Central Pacific. The size of the wing gives a sense of the Emily's immense size, with a wingspan of 124 feet, 8

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The Kawanishi H8K is a flying boat used by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service during World War II for maritime patrol duties. The Allied reporting name f

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%8C%E5%BC%8F%E9%A3%9B%E8%A1%8C%E8%89%87
二式飛行艇（にしきひこうてい）は、大日本帝国海軍の飛行艇。 初飛行は1941年（昭和16年）。 略符号は「h8k」。 レシプロエンジン装備の飛行艇としては、当時世界最高の性能を誇る傑作機とされる 。 二式大型飛行艇とも呼ばれ、二式大艇（にしきだいてい、にしきたいてい）の通称も持つ。

https://wikimili.com/en/Kawanishi_H8K
H8K1 Type 2 Flying boat, Model 11 (二式飛行艇11型 Nishiki Hikōtei 11-gata) Developed on 5 February 1942. First operative model of series, 12 produced. Mounted Mitsubishi MK4B Kasei 12 engines. ... (July 1976). "Kawanishi H8K "Emily", le seul bombardier stratégique capable d'aller jusqu'à Pearl Harbor (3)" [The Kawanishi H8K Emily: The

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The Kawanishi H8K was a flying boat used by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service during World War II for maritime patrol duties. The Allied reporting name for the type was "Emily". The Kawanishi H8K was a large, four-engine aircraft designed for long range and extended endurance on patrols or bombing missions typically flown alone over the ocean. The prototype first flew in January 1941, and

https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Kawanishi_H8K
The Kawanishi H8K (二式飛行艇, Nishiki Hikōtei, Type 2 Flying Boat. Commonly called as 二式大型飛行艇 Nishiki Ōgata Hikōtei, 二式大艇 Nishiki Daitei or Nishiki Taitei, Type 2 Large-sized Flying Boat) was an Imperial Japanese Navy flying boat used during World War II for maritime patrol duties. The Allied reporting name for the type was "Emily". At the same time the type's

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LDbaDZ8bSw
日本ニュースより、大日本帝国海軍で使用されていた、二式飛行艇、連合軍側コードネーム「Emily」の映像を抜粋しました。 二式飛行艇は、旧

https://www.royallibrary.sakura.ne.jp/ww2/heiki/emily.html
連合軍側の呼称はKawanishi H8K "Emily"。 二式大型飛行艇とも言う。 二式飛行艇は従来の飛行艇にはみられない新機軸を導入し、陸上機をも凌ぐ高性能を持った世界最高のレシプロ飛行艇で、現在においても二式飛行艇を超える飛行艇は無いと言われる。

https://myhobbylife.com/kawanishi-h8k-emily/
Range (W/Max. Fuel) 7050 km (4381 miles) Armament: 3 X 20 mm Cannons, 4 X 7.7mm Machine-Guns, 2 X 800-kg Torpedoes or 2000 kg of Bomb. The Empire of Japan wanted a flying boat superior than the United Kingdom's sterling Short Sunderland and the American PBY. Their own contributions resulted in the form of the Kawanishi "H6K Mavis" and "H8K

https://arawasi-wildeagles.blogspot.com/2017/01/kawanishi-h8k-pt1.html
Kawanishi H8K "Emily" 二式大艇 pt.1 While waiting for the brand new Hasegawa "Emily" kit we start this series of postings on the Kawanishi H8K "Emily" or Type 2 Flying Boat. There are not that many photos showing tail markings but first up is one from Vol.3 of "Japanese Military Aircraft Illustrated" by Bunrindo.