Wolfshanze
CFC Historian
You do realize that "attack/fighter floatplanes" were hopelessly outclassed by any fighter that didn't have massive drag-inducing/maneuverability-inhibiting floats strapped to the bottom of the plane?Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk - another attack floatplane
Yes... the Japanese had a lot of fighter floatplanes, and dominated skies where there was no fighter oposition, or were opposed planes that belonged in a museum.
It was just another flawed concept that didn't work-out.
The best role for a floatplane was observation/scouting... not fighting (unless your opponent had no fighters).
This is probably why the Surcouf carried no fighter floatplanes... maybe that will make sense to you.