Yokosho K1Y - version overview
Yokosho K1Y1 Model 1
school airplane with wheeled landing gear, Hitachi Kamikaze 1 engine
Yokosho K1Y2 Model 2
school plane with float landing gear, Hitachi Kamikaze 1 or Gasuden Benz engine
A total of 104 K1Y aircraft were produced between 1925 and 1934.
The following factories were involved in the production:
Kaigun Ko-sho in Yokosuka - 6 K1Y1 aircraft (1925)
Nakajma Hikoki K. K. - 40 aircraft of both versions (1926-28)
Kawanishi Kokuki K. K. - 48 aircraft K2Y2 (1928-33)
Watanabe Tekosho K. K. - 10 K2Y2 aircraft (1933-34)
Sources used:
Tadeusz Januszewski and Kryzysztof Zalewski, Japońskie samoloty marynarski 1912-1945, díl 2., nakladatelství Lampart, rok 2000, ISBN 83-86776-00-05
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Yokosho K1Y1 Model 1
school airplane with wheeled landing gear, Hitachi Kamikaze 1 engine
Yokosho K1Y2 Model 2
school plane with float landing gear, Hitachi Kamikaze 1 or Gasuden Benz engine
A total of 104 K1Y aircraft were produced between 1925 and 1934.
The following factories were involved in the production:
Kaigun Ko-sho in Yokosuka - 6 K1Y1 aircraft (1925)
Nakajma Hikoki K. K. - 40 aircraft of both versions (1926-28)
Kawanishi Kokuki K. K. - 48 aircraft K2Y2 (1928-33)
Watanabe Tekosho K. K. - 10 K2Y2 aircraft (1933-34)
Sources used:
Tadeusz Januszewski and Kryzysztof Zalewski, Japońskie samoloty marynarski 1912-1945, díl 2., nakladatelství Lampart, rok 2000, ISBN 83-86776-00-05
author's archive