The Heinkel HD 23 was a

carrier-borne Carrier-based aircraft, sometimes known as carrier-capable aircraft or carrier-borne aircraft, are naval aircraft designed for operations from aircraft carriers. They must be able to launch in a short distance and be sturdy enough to withstand ...

fighter biplane designed in

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at Heinkel Flugzeugwerke in the 1920s, for export to Japan. Two examples were delivered to

Aichi is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,552,873 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the west, Gifu Prefecture ...

as pattern aircraft in 1927. Aichi added rudimentary flotation capability and built two further examples as the Type H Carrier Fighter, but full-scale production was not started.

Specifications (HD 23a)

References

* Green, W. & Swanborough, G. (1994). ''The Complete Book of Fighters''. London: Salamander Books. * {{Heinkel aircraft Biplanes 1920s German fighter aircraft Carrier-based aircraft HD 23 Single-engined tractor aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1927