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| IJN 25th Air Flotilla Yokusuka Kōkūtai or Yokohama Kōkūtai |
Aircraft History Built by Kawanishi Kokuki K. K. at Naruo. Delivered to the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) as Type 97 Large Flying Boat / H6K Mavis manufacture number unknown. This flying boat was either model H6K4 or H6K5. Wartime History Assigned to the 25th Air Flotilla to either that Yokusuka Kōkūtai (Yokusuka Air Group) or Yokohama Kōkūtai (Yokohama Air Group) operating from Tulagi Seaplane Base (Gavutu / Tanambogo). Most likely, this plane was assigned to the Yokohama Kōkūtai. No known markings. Sinking History On August 7, 1942 this flying boat moored off Tanambogo Island. At 6:00am, U.S. Navy (USN) F4F Wildcats from Fighting Squadron 71 (VF-71), 2nd Division including Lt. S. Down Wright (claimed 3 VP) and Ensign Roland H. Kenton (claimed 3 VP) strafed moored flyingboats, causing them to burn and sink. Wreckage The upside down wing of a Mavis with two engines attached is sunk at a depth of 3-7 meters near mooring M11. Likely, this wing was dragged or dumped at this location by U.S. personnel. Nearby is other dumped wartime debris indicating this area was likely a dumping area that streches southeast to Gavutu wharf. References The First Team And the Guadalcanal Campaign (1994) pages 36-37 "To the east Wright discovered the other nest of four flying boats anchored in a semicircle around Tanambogo's north coast. On the first pass he and Roland Kenton set on fire four targets: a mixture of flying boats, lighters, and fuel barges gray and indistinct in the darkness except for the dazzling flames again, Wright sank a silver rubber boat full of flight personnel who bravely set out northeast from Gavutu. In the meantime, Kenton burned two more floating object. Together they tallied six flying boats, but in fact they destroyed all four remaining Type 97s." J-Aircraft Message Board "Mavis's off Tanambogo / Gavutu" Thanks to Ewan Stevenson and Kevin Denlay for additional information Contribute
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