The Nakajima B5N (Japanese: 中島 B5N, Allied reporting name "Kate") was the standard carrier-based torpedo bomber of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) for much of World War II. It also served as a high level bomber .

2022年6月25日 · Imperial Japanese Navy, 1,149 built The Main IJN Carrier Torpedo Bomber in 1939-42 The Nakajima B5N was completely unknown by US Intel before 1941, and vastly underrated (like most Japanese aviation, seen as mediocre western copies).

2017年8月18日 · At Pearl Harbor, Japan’s most devastating aircraft was the Nakajima B5N2, also known as the “Kate” and the Type 97-3 Carrier Attack Aircraft. In the opening minutes of the attack, 40 Kates savaged Battleship Row with torpedoes. When they finished, Oklahoma and West Virginia had sunk, and California and Nevada were sinking.

2023年12月7日 · A Formation of B5N-1 from IJN Akagi in 1941 Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" carrying 250 kg (550 lb) bomb. movie extract, "Hawai Mare oki kaisen (The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malay)" (1942).

2021年5月12日 · The Nakajima B5N series of torpedo bombers originating from Japan were considered the best of their type anywhere in the world by the time of the American entry into the conflict during late-1941. The aircraft saw development against an Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) requirement in 1935 and a first-flight followed in January of 1937.

The Nakajima B5N (Japanese: 中島 B5N, Allied reporting name "Kate") was the standard torpedo bomber of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) for much of World War II. Although the B5N was substantially faster and more capable than its Allied counterparts, the TBD Devastator, Fairey Swordfish and Fairey...

At Pearl Harbor, Japan’s most devastating aircraft was the Nakajima B5N2, also known as the “Kate” and the Type 97-3 Carrier Attack Aircraft. In the opening minutes of the attack, 40 Kates savaged Battleship Row with torpedoes. When they finished, Oklahoma and West Virginia had sunk, and California and Nevada were sinking.

Codenamed Kate by the Allies, the Nakajima B5N was already in service for four years by 1941, and was the most modern carrier-based torpedo bomber at the beginning of WWII. It was superior to its Allied counterparts, the TBD Devastator , Fairey Swordfish and Fairey Albacore, and the B5N supported amphibious operations throughout the war.

The Nakajima B5N (Allied designation: 'Kate') was the most successful Japanese torpedo bomber of the Second World War, playing a major part in every carrier battle in the first two years of the Pacific war.

2014年10月2日 · The B5N “Kate” was the primary Japanese torpedo bomber in the first couple years of the war. For the Pearl Harbor raid, Kate’s carried two non-standard load outs. Many had torpedoes with extra wooden fins to keep them from running to …