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
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
Douglas TBD Devastator
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The Douglas TBD Devastator was an American torpedo bomber of the United States Navy. Ordered in 1934, it first flew in 1935 and entered service in 1937. At that point, it was the most advanced aircraf
Nakajima B5N
…War. In early engagements, the B5N proved to be substantially faster and more capable than several of its Allied counterparts, including the American Douglas TBD Devastator monoplane, and the British Fairey Swordfish and Fairey Albacore torpedo biplanes. The B5N operated throughout the entire conflict, although this was…
US Navy TBD-1 Torpedo Squadron Six (VT-6), from USS Enterprise (CV-6), circa 1938
The XTBD-1 with the original flat canopy in 1935
The first production TBD-1 in 1937
A single TBD-1A was tried as a floatplane