Aichi D3A1 Val
IJN Soryu, Lt. Cdr. Egusa
Ceylon, March 1942
(Skymax Models SM6001)
- Engine: One 1,075 h.p. Mitsubishi Kinsei 44 radial
- Span: 47 ft 1 in
- Length: 33 ft 5 in
- Height: 11 ft 0 in
- Weight: 8,047 lb loaded
- Crew: Two
- Max Speed: 242 mph at 7,600 ft
- Service Ceiling: 31,170 ft
- Normal Range: 1,131 miles
- Armament: Three 7.7 mm MG; one 250 kg and two 60 kg bombs
- Notes: The Aichi D3A, codenamed Val by the Allies, was Japan's first all-metal, low-wing monoplane dive bomber. It provided half the air striking power of the Japanese Navy from Pearl Harbor through all the carrier battles of 1942. Production ceased in 1944 after some 1,294 had been made, as newer aircraft became available.
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