The updated B5N2 played a major role in the Attack on Pearl Harbor. One of the B5N2s carried Mitsuo Fuchida, the commander of the attack, with one high-level bomber from the carrier …

Jun 25, 2022 · The B5N2 introduced in 1939 became by far the largest production of the tyme, playing a major role at Pearl Harbor and all subsequent engagements of the IJN until the …

The B5N2 was given a much more powerful engine - Nakajima's own Sakae Model 11,14-cylinder twin-row radial, as used in the initial models of the MitsubishiA6M fighter – and various …

B5N2 'Kate' When the Pacific War began the Nakajima B5N2 was the most modern type of carrier borne torpedo to be operated by any of the worlds navies, and on December 7, 1941, 144 …

The Nakajima B5N2 - Allied reporting-name 'Kate' - was the sole shipboard torpedo-bomber of the Japanese Navy at the start of the Pacific War. It was by then quite old, having been designed …

On December 7, 1941 during the Japanese surprise attack against Hawaii, forty B5N2 Kates armed with torpedoes attacked warships in Pearl Harbor and 103 B5N1 Kates armed with …

Oct 2, 2014 · On December 7, 1941, Commander Mitsuo Fuchida flew this plane as commander of the Pearl Harbor attack force. After the jump, a look at the lead plane of the major event. …

The B5N2 used a 1115hp Sakae 21 engine and was armed with dual flexible 7.7mm in the rear cockpit and two 7.7mm fixed above the forward fuselage. Also known as the Type 97 Carrier …

Purpose: Three seat carrier borne and land-based torpedo and level bomber. Background: Designed to meet a 1934 requirement, the first two prototypes flew in January 1937. The initial …

One Nakajima NK1B Sakae 11 fourteen-cylinder air-cooled radial rated at 1,000 hp for take-off, and 970 hp at 3,000 m, driving a three-blade constant-speed metal propeller (B5N2). …