Wakamiya photo #1
Wakamiya was a seaplane carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy and the first Japanese aircraft carrier.
She was converted from a transport ship into a seaplane carrier and commissioned in August 1914. She was equipped with
four Japanese-built French Maurice Farman seaplanes. In September 1914, she conducted the world's first naval-launched air raids.
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Maurice Farman MF.7 was flown by Japanese during the Siege of Tsingtao, World War I .
COLOR PROFILE BASE: one color profile of the book IJN Carrier Aircraft, Pictorial Book, publisher GAKKEN, 138 pages, year 2006.
Wakamiya's seaplanes photo #2
From 5 September 1914, Wakamiya conducted the world's first naval-launched air raids during the first months of the First World War
from Kiaochow Bay off Tsingtao, which is located in China. On 6 September 1914 a Farman aircraft launched by Wakamiya attacked
the Austro-Hungarian cruiser Kaiserin Elisabeth and the German gunboat Jaguar in Qiaozhou Bay; neither ship was hit.
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Wakamiya's seaplanes photo #3
Wakamiya’s seaplanes bombarded German-held land targets (communication and command centers) in the Tsingtao peninsula
of Shandong province and ships in Qiaozhou Bay from September to 6 November 1914, during the Siege of Tsingtao.
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Wakamiya's seaplanes photo #4
On 30 September, Wakamiya struck a German mine and had to be repaired for a week. On this occasion, her seaplanes
were transferred on land at Shazikou from where they accomplished further scouting and attack missions.
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Wakamiya's seaplanes photo #5
Altogether the seaplanes made 49 attacks, dropping 190 bombs on German defenses until the German surrender on 7 November, 1914.
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Sopwith Pup number II (roman digits) was flown by Lt. Torao Kuwabara.
In April 1920, a 15 m flying-off deck was erected over Wakamyia forecastle.
This photo shows Sopwith Pup number II on the Wakamyia’s plataform.
It was from this temporary structure that on 22 June 1920, Lieutenant Torao Kuwabara
achieved the first successful take off by a Japanese pilot.
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