The Nakajima B5N, Navy Type 97 Carrier Attack Bomber and known to the Allies as Kate, was a carrier-based torpedo bomber of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service and its standard aircraft of that kind through much of the Pacific War. Built to the 10-Shi specification of 1935, it was a clean low-wing monoplane with retractable undercarriage, folding wings, Fowler flaps and a variable-pitch propeller, and it first flew in January 1937. It entered service in 1938, saw combat in China and then led the attacks at Pearl Harbor, the Coral Sea, Midway and Santa Cruz. The faster B5N2 followed, and the B6N Tenzan displaced the type from front-line service in 1944. None of the 1,150 production aircraft survived the war intact.
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was a carrier-based torpedo bomber designed and produced by the Nakajima Aircraft Company
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Operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJNAS) during the Pacific War
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The first prototype made its maiden flight in January 1937
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was a carrier-based torpedo bomber designed and produced by the Nakajima Aircraft Company
Specifications (Nakajima B5N2), engine
14-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine
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Following the Surrender of Japan, the type was withdrawn from service.
Surviving aircraft
None of the 1,150 production B5Ns survived World War II intact.
Specifications (Nakajima B5N2), empty weight
Empty weight: 2,279 kg (5,024 lb)
Specifications (Nakajima B5N2), maximum take-off weight
Max takeoff weight: 4,100 kg (9,039 lb)
Specifications (Nakajima B5N2), maximum speed
Maximum speed: 378 km/h (235 mph, 204 kn) at 3,600 m (11,800 ft)
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was a carrier-based torpedo bomber designed and produced by the Nakajima Aircraft Company
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Operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJNAS) during the Pacific War
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was a carrier-based torpedo bomber designed and produced by the Nakajima Aircraft Company
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was a carrier-based torpedo bomber designed and produced by the Nakajima Aircraft Company
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was a carrier-based torpedo bomber designed and produced by the Nakajima Aircraft Company
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