Mitsubishi B5M
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The Mitsubishi B5M was an Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service land-based attack aircraft, originally intended for aircraft carrier use. The B5M was also given the long formal designation Navy Type 97 M
B5M Type 97 Carrier Attack Bomber Mabel B5M 11
Nakajima B5N
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The Nakajima B5N was a carrier-based torpedo bomber designed and produced by the Nakajima Aircraft Company. Operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service during the Pacific War, it was the standa
Mitsubishi B5M
…ability to carry at least 800 kg (1,760 lb) of bombs - a tall order for a single-engine aircraft of the mid-1930s. It was intended as a backup for the Nakajima B5N "Kate" torpedo bomber. Although designed as a carrier-based aircraft, it was relegated to land-based torpedo bomber duties in World War II. One-hundred…
A Nakajima B5N2 in flight
Type 88 bombsight, torpedo release lever, and manual bomb release from a Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" at the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum
A captured Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" being flown over Maryland, 1943
A crashed Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" (tail marking "EI-306") from Shōkaku