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.

Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" reconstruction at the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum in 2019. The original Hinomaru is still visible on the starboard wing underside. None of the 1,150 production B5Ns survived World War II intact. Only two partially-recovered B5Ns are …

2021年12月9日 · In the first wave attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 the group leader of the Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga was Lt. Ichiro Kitajima flying his Nakajima B5N2 torpedo bomber AII-3II. In all 40 B5N1 Kates and 49 B5N2 Kates took part in the initial raid with 54 more B5N2s arriving in the second wave along with 26 Aichi D3A Val dive bombers.

2022年6月25日 · The B5N was designed Katsuji Nakamura to replace the previous biplane, barely into service, internally designated as the “Type K”. 10-Shi specs for a naval carrier-based strike bomber called for 330 km/h top speed (min figure) that no biplane could match.

The B5N1 has an enlarged engine cowling - the B5N2 has a smaller one. Technical details for those who want to know why :) B5N1 engine was the smaller and less powerful than the engine in the B5N2, the 1,115 hp Nakajima Sakae 21 radial. The B5N1 was replaced in frontline service by the N2 version in 1942. HTH Garth Australian War Memorial

In the first wave attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 the group leader of the Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga was Lt. Ichiro Kitajima flying his Nakajima B5N2 torpedo bomber AII-3II. In all 40 B5N1 Kates and 49 B5N2 Kates took part in the initial raid with 54 more B5N2s arriving in the second wave along with 26 Aichi D3A Val dive bombers.

Nakajima B5N-2 “Kate” from the Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga, being lifted by crane, at Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii. The aircraft was shot down during the Japanese raid. Official U.S....

18 b5n2 Project history: Kaga was laid down as third battleship of "8-8" shipbuilding P rogram me (standard displacement 39900t, 5x2 410mm main guns). After the Washington conference building have suspended also it was going to sold already launched ship for scrap.

AI-301 1/48 Nichimo B5N2 Kate in early 1942 Akagi markings, Lead Aircraft, 1 st chutai, Comdr. Mitsuo Fuchida, Unit Commander’s aircraft by Jim Eyerdom

An artifact from the upper surface of a B5N2 that the donor states is from the Kaga torpedo unit plane which crashed at the Navy hospital. The base coat is a color close to, but lighter than and more green than FS 16350 over sprayed with dark green in varying thickness. Darkest areas are close to FS 34064/34084.