>Kawanishi H8K3 Type 2 heavy flying boat - A version of this
>aircraft adapted for carrying witches can be seen in the first couple
>episodes of Strike Witches 2, in which it transports Mio and
>Yoshika back to Europe from Fusō. That one has a retractable
>launch stage for a Striker that deploys through the top, whereas the
>model we see here has a belly hatch adapted from a bomb bay (abaft the
>part of the fuselage that serves as the boat hull).

Another blast from the past; looks a bit like a slimmed-down version of the Sunderland, right down to the shape and position of some parts.

Interesting to see flying witches who don't use Strikers. I'd almost forgotten that "training montage" bit in the original anime. Now I'm wondering if there's any dusty old boxes in a storeroom back at Château Saint-Ulrich labelled "Broom: Not For Use By Cleaning Staff"...

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