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    Nakajima B5N - Wikipedia
    TypeCarrier-based torpedo bomber/high-level bomber
    National originJapan
    ManufacturerNakajima Aircraft Company
    StatusRetired
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    Design and development

    The B5N was designed by a team led by Katsuji Nakamura in response to a 1935 specification by the Navy for a torpedo bomber to replace the Yokosuka B4Y. Internally designated Type K by Nakajima, it successf… See more

    Equipment

    The navigator/bombardier/observer position was equipped with a Type 90 bombsight, which was a long vertical tube located in the front-left of the seat. There was also a Type 3 reflector compass for precise navigation t… See more

    Operational history

    The B5N was primarily employed as a carrier-based aircraft and occasionally as a land-based bomber. It carried a crew of three: pilot, navigator/bombardier/observer, and radio-operator/gunner. As with other IJN multi-s… See more

    Surviving aircraft

    None of the 1,150 production B5Ns survived World War II intact. Only two partially-recovered B5Ns are known to exist, neither of them airworthy.
    Replicas of the B5N2s were made using stretched f… See more

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