Ww2 Japanese airplane fabric

[gtbpappy]

Hello, I just picked this up for my military room. It had been stored under a bench since the late 40's and just recently found!! I was told it was off of a floatplane--
Yokosuka e14y1 type 0 glen.... Who knows, but it is real!!! What other types of aircraft had canvas covering?? Float planes, trainers, dive bombers?? It is really neat to see how it was constructed. Looks like under the green paint, looks like a bright silver.... Thought I would share, as its on my wall now..

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Back

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Size

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Sides

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After I cleaned it with a soft rag and water

[J7W22007]

Nice Japanese aircraft piece!

Yes, Yokosuka E14Y1 (Allied Code name "Glen") was a fabric/metal suspention
aircraft. Japnaese gave them a nickname "Goldfish" because of it's appearance.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yokosuka_E14Y

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lookout_Air_Raids

It couldbe came from an IJA aircraft Ki-76 as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokusai_Ki-76

See if I can find some more Japanese aircraft with use of fabrics (from my samll IJN/IJA Aircraft Bible).

Most trainers and float planes used fabrics and metal suspensions as I know.

Regards,
Taka

[Jareth]

I'd guess a trainer is more likely

[J7W22007]

I think the only clue to identify this particular aircraft is in photo #4.

Notice the circular shaped around bottom center. I can see 2 on the other photos as well. May be is a place to hold the wires?
A closer shot for both front and back would be nice.
However this still would be tough to identify the actual aircraft. (Probably beginning of 1943~ end of 1945, based on the green paint for IJN aircraft).

Regards,
Taka

[blinky]

Taka is right about the fitting being the best clue. Being told it's from a Yokosuka Glen is oddly specific, 99% of Japanese aircraft parts are remembered as being taken off a "Zero" or a "Betty" (very generic terms), the Glen was a fairly unique aircraft and not one the majority of US servicemen would come across. If it was remembered as coming from an E14Y1 I would kind of lean towards that direction (unless a family member remembered dad said it was from a floatplane and the first one they came across in a book happened to be an E14Y1....which would be kind of a stretch as well since again, it's not a common plane).

I've got a great book on this plane but it's currently 150 miles away in a box, could probably settle this in about 10 minutes

In any event, it's a very nice piece! I'd love to have this on my wall!

[gtbpappy]

Yes, a glen would be specific, and I think that may be what they thought, but said it was a float plane, or as the story was semi remembered....weren't all trainers briht orange??? This looks like it is a bright silver underneath the green, only where some of the small chips show through where it was rolled up for 60+ years. Thanks for the remarks on trying to track this down..

[gtbpappy]

Would the size be a clue to a wing or fuselage?

[FightenIrish35]

Beautiful piece of Japanese aviation history !

[GeorgeP]

Very cool!



Tom

[gtbpappy]

Thanks for all the help and replys!!!!

[blinky]

I'm still looking, just not having a lot of luck. Size probably won't help unless you know the aircraft it was on. Just a quick (and poorly done) calculation would put this at about the right size for an E14Y. The paint isn't terribly faded so if it came from a wing it hadn't been exposed to the sun to too terribly long.
I'm sure you've had more than one person here offer to buy it