Kawanishi H8K

The Kawanishi H8K was an Imperial Japanese Navy flying boat used during World War II for maritime patrol duties. The Allied code name for the plane was Emily.

Kawanishi H8K in Days of Infamy
At the same time as the type's predecessor, the Kawanishi H6K was going into service in 1938, the Navy ordered the development of a larger, longer-range patrol aircraft. The result was the Kawanishi H8K which entered production in 1941 and first saw operational use on the night of March 4, 1942 in the retalitory raid on San Fransico.

Through out the rest of the war, H8K's were primarily used as reconasence aircraft, scowering the United States West Coast for any signs of the US carriers travelling as far north as Seattle, and as far south as the Panama Cannal.