japanese air force??

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japanese air force??

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Post by Zachary » 09 Apr 2004, 03:30

Hey,

I have been searching on the net on the Japanese Air Force of world war one, but I have yet to come up with any results. So I'm coming to the conclusion that they had none....can anyone contradict me? What sort of aircraft did they use? Thanks

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Post by Peter H » 09 Apr 2004, 05:14

Something on the Imperial Naval Air Service seaplane cruiser Wakamiya in 1914,equipped with French Farmans:

http://www.gwpda.org/naval/wtsing.htm

http://homepages.fh-giessen.de/~hg6339/ ... kamiya.htm
SEAPLANE CARRIER

August 1914 Strength (1)

29. WAKAMIYA - 5,900t, 10 knots, 4 Farman seaplanes, 230 crew, converted 1914 from naval transport

Wakamiya and her aircraft took part in the siege of Tsingtao. According to Conway, the Farmans reportedly sank one German minelayer and damaged shore installations. If so this would be the first successful carrier air raid in history, but needs confirmation
http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyJapanese.htm


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Post by Zachary » 10 Apr 2004, 03:39

Thanks, so they used foregin equipment probably, not domestic planes?

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Post by Orok » 10 Apr 2004, 04:54

Imperial Japan did not have a separate AIr Force like Germany and Great Britain did. Like wartime USA, The Japanese Army and Navy had their own air arms respectively.

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Post by Cantankerous » 26 May 2020, 22:41

The Sopwith 1½ Strutter was used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force, while the Imperial Japanese Navy used the Sopwith Pup (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_m ... t_of_Japan). The Japanese built their own military aircraft in World War I, the Yokosuka Ro-go Ko-gata (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yokosuka_Ro-go_Ko-gata).

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