E1Y | |
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Role | Reconnaissance floatplane |
National origin | Japan |
Manufacturer | Yokosuka |
First flight | 1923 |
Introduction | 1926 |
Primary user | Imperial Japanese Navy |
Number built | 320[1] |
The Yokosuka E1Y was a Japanese floatplane of the 1920s. A single-engined biplane that was designed and developed by the Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal as a reconnaissance aircraft for the Imperial Japanese Navy, 320 were built as the Type 14 Reconnaissance Seaplane, entering service in 1925 and remained in operational service until 1932.