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| IJN Yokohama Kōkūtai
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Aircraft History Built by Kawanishi. This flying boat was a pre-production experimental 13-shi Large flying boat. At the factory, painted with green upper surfaces and gray lower surfaces. Delivered to the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) as Type 2 Flying Boat / H8K1 Emily manufacture number unknown. Wartime History Assigned to Yokohama Kōkūtai (Yokohama Air Group). Tail code Y-72 in white. Wartime History On March 3, 1942 took off from off Emiej Island Seaplane Base in Jaluit Atoll piloted by Ensign Shosuke Sasao (Sasaoi) as one of three pilots with a total of ten crew with H8K1 Emily Tail Y-71 piloted by Lt. Hisao Hashizume on Operation K-1 an overnight reconnaissance and bombing mission over Pearl Harbor on Oahu. Each flying boat was armed with four 250kg bombs. This plane was no. 2 in the pair. On March 4, 1942 over the target, due to clouds and blackout conditions on Oahu they were unable to find the target. At 2:30am this Emily released their bombs over the ocean and cause no damage. Afterwards, both flying boats returned safely. Supporting, Japanese submarine I-9 took up station halfway between Wotje and French Frigate Shoals to act as a radio beacon for the Emilys. I-19, I-15 and I-26 are to refuel the flying boats at the French Frigate Shoals. I-23 stood by ten miles south of Pearl Harbor to provide weather reports and act in an air-sea rescue capacity. References Thanks to Minoru Kamada and James Sawruk for additional information Contribute
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