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Aichi E16A1 Paul 2025-10-30

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Aichi E16A1 Paul - A Japanese reconnaissance dive bomber seaplane

A two-seat reconnaissance seaplane operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy.
It entered service in late 1944. A total of 256 were built .It was equipped with dive brakes,
located in the front legs of the float struts, to allow it to operate in a secondary role as a dive bomber.
Entering service at a time when Japan had lost air superiority, they suffered heavy losses during
the Philippines campaign and most surviving E16As were expended in suicide attacks in the Okinawa area.