IJN  Imperial Japanese Navy

Nakajima A6M2-N
Type 2 Float Plate Fighter (Rufe)
The "Rufe" was only one of two types of single-seat float seaplane fighters of modern design to participate in combat during WWII. The Japanese Navy instructed Nakajima to build a float plane version of the Mitsubishi A6M2 Model 11 Zero (without folding wingtips).

Wartime Usage
They were deployed in the Marshall Islands, Solomons and Alaska, and in the closing months of the war, several occasionally intercepted Attackers from their base at Lake Biwa on Honshu.

Production
A total of 327 built between December 1941 and September 1943.

 

Role 

 Fighter

Crew 

 One

Engines 

NK1C Sakae 12 fourteen-cylinder air cooled radial

Propellers
Three bladed
Span 

 12m

Length 

 10.1m

Height 

 4.3m

Max. Speed 

 270.5 mph at 16,500 feet

Range 

 1,107 miles

Armament 

2 x 7.7 mm
2 x 20mm cannons

Bombload  

 2 x 66lbs bombs

 

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