A Navy Type 14-3 Reconnaissance Seaplane, Yokosho E1Y3.
It has a four blade propeller and a 450hp Lorraine 3 engine. This particular seaplane was carried
on board the battleship "KONGO" as the Kana read on the tail and fuselage. Check the colorized photo at
the following link: http://www.arawasi.jp/ijn/na1.html#1
Interestingly the colorized photo shows the tail in black. Not red. So we can say that the tail is black,
the marking on the fuselage too, and the fuselage band is red. Notice also that in the colorized photo the floats are painted
red-brown and that the float bands are black. Overall color is gray.
From the album: "Kokoku no Gunbi to Kokusei" 1933. |