While waiting on the completion of the Kawanishi N1K, Nakajima was chosen by the Imperial Japanese Navy to provide an interim floatplane, which they did by modifying Mitsubishi's A6M-2 Model 11. Mitsubishi was not offered the contract as they were already overburdened.

May 19, 2019 · First ‘Rufe’ loss was on 17 July 1942 when it was shot down by a gun turret on board a B-17. The type was encountered at Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands and examples saw service with the Japanese 5th Fleet during the Aleutians campaign, being based on Kiska and Attu, serving as fighters in the defensive role and some seeing service in ...

May 23, 2021 · In 1943 the Allied Air Intelligence Unit assigned the seaplane fighter the codename “Rufe”. The Nakajima A6M2-N was a seaplane version of the Mitsubishi Zero, designed to operate from forward bases where airfields did not yet exist.

Jul 10, 2017 · Rufe. Now, this is something that is worthy of some major bragging rights. A group of divers in the murky depths have stumbled on to quite a find. Within these waters, they captured on camera the remains of a rare fighter, the Nakajima A6M2-N floatplane.

Dec 14, 2014 · One of the more dangerous float planes ever built (!), the Rufe was Japan's solution to having far flung bases on tiny islands. After the jump, a look at the float Zero. This plane is pretty much exactly what it looks like, an A6M2 Zero on floats.

The "rufe" entered service in 1942 as soon as delivered, pressed into immediate action in campaigns such as the Aleutians and Solomon Islands. One A6M2-N however was captured on August 7th, 1942, after being downed by Allied fighter-bombers.

Jan 21, 2019 · Page details technical specifications, development, and operational history of the Nakajima A6M2-N (Rufe) Fighter-Bomber / Interceptor Floatplane Aircraft including pictures.

This aircraft is the Nakajima built seaplane version of the Mitsubishi Zero fighter, code named "Rufe" by the Allies. The Allies used a system of Japanese aircraft identification code names as simple references instead of a potentially confusing series of numbers or letters (to use a fictitious example - IJN-459AZ).

The Nakajima A6M2-N, also known as the “Rufe”, was a seaplane variant of the famous Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. It was designed to operate from seaplane bases and small islands, and was used for reconnaissance, anti-submarine patrols, and air defense.

The Nakajima A6M2-N (Navy Type 2 Interceptor/Fighter-Bomber) was a single-crew floatplane based on the Mitsubishi A6M Zero Model 11. The Allied reporting name for the aircraft was Rufe. The A6M2-N floatplane was developed from the Mitsubishi A6M Type 0, mainly to support amphibious operations and defendremote bases.