The last dive of that amazing vacation we did at EMILY – Kawanishi Flying Boat. She is called the „Flying Porcupine“, because she was armed with five 20mm cannons and four machine guns, plus she could carry two torpedoes and either eight 240kg bombs or 16 60kg bombs. This formidabel aponoment could also cruise at 334kph for 4500 nautical miles (8350km). She had selfceiling fuel tanks and a fireextinguisher system. This plane was heading east from Palau to the Dublon Island Sea Plane Base with several high ranking Janpanese officers on board. Mid-flight she was ambushed by American fighters who shot her up, killing many of those on board, including the co-pilot. But she lost the Americans in the clouds and managed to limp back to the Truk Lagoon. After crashlanding she sank, but the rest of the crea was saved.