Aichi H9A

Overview

The Aichi H9A was an Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service flying boat used during the first years of World War II for crew training, receiving the designation "Type 2 Training Flying Boat" (二式練習飛行艇, Ni-shiki renshū hikō-tei). An uncommon type, it was not encountered by Allied forces until Spring 1945 and was never assigned an Allied reporting name.