Kawanishi Type 2 Flying Boat / H8K2 (Emily)
Listing by manufacture number and known aircraft
List by Nippon Airlines Civilian Registration
H8K2 "Sazanami" J-BFOY prewar Nippon Airlines.
List by Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) Manufacture Number
H8K2 426 surrendered Japan to United States in 1979 then returned to Japan and displayed Kanoya Museum.
Other Known Aircraft
H8K1
H8K1 Y-71 (No. 1) pilot Hashizume March 4, 1942 flew a reconnaissance and bombing mission over Pearl Harbor on Oahu.
H8K1 (No. 2) pilot Sasao March 4, 1942 flew a reconnaissance and bombing mission over Pearl Harbor on Oahu.
H8K2
H8K2 Dublon sunk southwest of Dublon Seaplane Base on Dublon Island into Truk Lagoon.
H8K2 Emiej (No. 1) sunk 250 yards off Emiej Island Seaplane Base in Jaluit Atoll.
H8K2 Emiej (No. 2) sunk 250 yards off Emiej Island Seaplane Base in Jaluit Atoll.
H8K2 Emiej (No. 3) abandoned at Emiej Island Seaplane Base.
H8K2 Makin (No. 1) sunk at King's Wharf into at Makin Lagoon off Makin Island.
H8K2 Makin (No. 2) sunk into at Makin Lagoon off Makin Island.
H8K2 Tail 006 destroyed at Tanapang Seaplane Base.
H8K2 Tanapang sunk into Tanapang Harbor.
H8K2 Tail 13 destroyed Simpson Harbor.
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