Kawanishi H6K

H6K
General information
Type	Maritime patrol flying boat
National origin	Japan
Manufacturer	Kawanishi
Status	Retired
Primary user	Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
Number built	215[1]
History
Introduction date	January 1938
First flight	14 July 1936
Retired	1945
Developed from	Kawanishi H3K

The Kawanishi H6K was an Imperial Japanese Navy flying boat produced by the Kawanishi Aircraft Company and used during World War II for maritime patrol duties. The Allied reporting name for the type was Mavis; the Navy designation was "Type 97 Large Flying Boat" (九七式大型飛行艇). Developed in the 1930s, it was used for reconnaissance, transport, bombing, naval warfare, and executive transport by the Imperial Japanese Navy. The national airline also used it as commercial airliner. The British mistakenly identified this aircraft as the Kawanishi Navy 97 Mavis.^[2]