Only extant Emily of 167 built on display at JMSDF Kanoya. This H8K2 from 801 Ku wears the Takuma Ku 'T' code and Kikusui emblem. The definitive H8K2 Type 2 Model 12, of which 112 were built was powered by 1,850 hp MK4Q Kasei 22 engines. Prior to the Doolittle Raid, two H8K1s flew a 4,800-mile round trip from Marshall Is. with a refuelling stop by submarines at French Frigate Shoals to bomb Oahu unsuccessfully. IJN's largest LRMR aircraft equipped nine frontline units. USN post-war evaluation determined the fast and heavily armed H8K2 to be the most outstanding large flying boat of WW2.

5043 was later modified to an OP-3C with serial 9131.

On display at JMSDF Naval Air Museum Kanoya. Developed from the PS-1, this dedicated SAR amphibian was capable of landing in 3m. swells. JMSDF accepted the first of these aircraft in 1975 which led to the formation of Air Rescue Squadron 71 at Iwakuni in 1976. This flying boat was constructed as a US-1 and was delivered to JMSDF in Feb 1981. It was converted to US-1A standard in 1986 with more powerful T64-IHI-10J engines, as were other US-1 flying boats over time. The aircraft stayed with 71st Kokutai till Nov 1993. One can see the water spray suppression design along the lower hull.

On display at JMSDF Naval Air Museum Kanoya. Licence-built P2Js differed from radial P2Vs by their T-64-IHI-10 turboprops driving three-bladed propellers. Lighter and faster than the P2V-7, the P2J had IHI-J3 turbojets like the J34s. The vertical tail was enlarged, the main landing gear received dual-wheels and APS-80 replaced the bigger APS-20 radar. This is the last P-2J built. Seventh Kokutai was the last JMSDF squadron to fly the P-2J, and this aircraft completed the last flight on June 5, 1994. The squadron emblem of a blue Omega with seven stars of the Big Dipper is visible on the tail.

Photo by Isao Miyamoto.

On display at the JMSDF Naval Air Museum, Kanoya. It is in the markings of 201 Kokutai. A dozen T-34A Mentors were operated by the JMSDF till phased out in 1982.