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.infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft-caption-left .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft-caption-left .infobox-label{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft .mergedbottomrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft .mergedbottomrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft .mergedbottomrow .infobox-label{border-bottom:1px solid #a2a9b1}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft .infobox-label{width:30%;padding-right:3px}.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft .infobox-data{width:50%}}</style><table class="infobox ib-aircraft vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above">B5N</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nakajima_B5N.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Nakajima_B5N.jpg/300px-Nakajima_B5N.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="208" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Nakajima_B5N.jpg/450px-Nakajima_B5N.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Nakajima_B5N.jpg/600px-Nakajima_B5N.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1330" /></a></span> <div class="ib-aircraft-caption">A Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" in flight</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">General information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Carrier-based_aircraft" title="Carrier-based aircraft">Carrier-based</a> <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_bomber" title="Torpedo bomber">torpedo bomber</a>/<a href="/wiki/High_level_bombing" title="High level bombing">high-level bomber</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">National origin</th><td class="infobox-data">Japan</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Aerospace_manufacturer" title="Aerospace manufacturer">Manufacturer</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_Aircraft_Company" title="Nakajima Aircraft Company">Nakajima Aircraft Company</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">Retired</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Primary user</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy_Air_Service" title="Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service">Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Number built</th><td class="infobox-data">1,149<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First flight</th><td class="infobox-data">January 1937</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Retired</th><td class="infobox-data">1945</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Nakajima B5N</b> (<a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a>: <span lang="ja">中島 B5N</span>, <a href="/wiki/World_War_II_Allied_names_for_Japanese_aircraft" title="World War II Allied names for Japanese aircraft">Allied reporting name</a> "<b>Kate</b>") was the standard <a href="/wiki/Carrier-based_aircraft" title="Carrier-based aircraft">carrier-based</a> <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_bomber" title="Torpedo bomber">torpedo bomber</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Imperial Japanese Navy</a> (IJN) for much of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. It also served as a <a href="/wiki/High_level_bombing" title="High level bombing">high level bomber</a>. </p><p>Although the B5N was substantially faster and more capable than its Allied counterparts, the American <a href="/wiki/Douglas_TBD_Devastator" title="Douglas TBD Devastator">Douglas TBD Devastator</a> monoplane (the U.S. Navy's first all-metal, carrier-borne monoplane of any type with retracting gear), and the British <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Swordfish" title="Fairey Swordfish">Fairey Swordfish</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Albacore" title="Fairey Albacore">Fairey Albacore</a> torpedo biplanes, it was nearing obsolescence by 1941. Nevertheless, the B5N operated throughout the whole war, due to the delayed development of its successor, the <a href="/wiki/Nakajima_B6N" title="Nakajima B6N">B6N</a>. </p><p>In the early part of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific War</a>, when flown by well-trained IJN aircrews and as part of well-coordinated attacks, the B5N achieved particular successes at the battles of <a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor" title="Attack on Pearl Harbor">Pearl Harbor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Coral_Sea" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Coral Sea">Coral Sea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Midway" title="Battle of Midway">Midway</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Santa_Cruz_Islands" title="Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands">Santa Cruz Islands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELundstrom2005a_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELundstrom2005a-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELundstrom2005b_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELundstrom2005b-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design_and_development">Design and development</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nakajima_B5N&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design and development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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 <a href="/wiki/Yokosuka_B4Y" title="Yokosuka B4Y">Yokosuka B4Y</a>. Internally designated <b>Type K</b> by Nakajima, it successfully competed with the <a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_B5M" title="Mitsubishi B5M">Mitsubishi B5M</a> for a production contract. The first <a href="/wiki/Prototype" title="Prototype">prototype</a> flew in January 1937 and was ordered into production soon afterwards with the full designation <b>Type 97 Carrier Attack Bomber</b><sup id="cite_ref-Francillon_70_p412-3_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Francillon_70_p412-3-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (九七式艦上攻撃機) (<i>kyū-nana-shiki kanjō kōgeki-ki</i> or <i>kankō</i> for short).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Combat experience during the <a href="/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">Second Sino-Japanese War</a> revealed several weaknesses in the original <b>B5N1</b> production model. These were mainly concerned with the lack of protection that the design offered its crew and its <a href="/wiki/Fuel_tank" title="Fuel tank">fuel tanks</a>. Keen to maintain the high performance of the type, the Navy was reluctant to add weight in the form of armor, and instead looked to obtaining a faster version of the aircraft in the hopes of outrunning enemy <a href="/wiki/Fighter_aircraft" title="Fighter aircraft">fighters</a>. The <b>B5N2</b> was given a much more powerful engine - Nakajima's own <a href="/wiki/Nakajima_Sakae" title="Nakajima Sakae"><i>Sakae</i></a> Model 11, 14-cylinder twin-row radial, as used in the initial models of the <a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_A6M" class="mw-redirect" title="Mitsubishi A6M">Mitsubishi A6M</a> fighter – and various modifications were made to streamline it. Although its performance was only marginally better, and its weaknesses remained unremedied, this version replaced the B5N1 in production and service from 1939. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Equipment">Equipment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nakajima_B5N&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Equipment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:B5N2_Type_88_Bombsight,_Torpedo_Release,_and_Bomb_Release_at_PHAM.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/B5N2_Type_88_Bombsight%2C_Torpedo_Release%2C_and_Bomb_Release_at_PHAM.jpg/220px-B5N2_Type_88_Bombsight%2C_Torpedo_Release%2C_and_Bomb_Release_at_PHAM.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/B5N2_Type_88_Bombsight%2C_Torpedo_Release%2C_and_Bomb_Release_at_PHAM.jpg/330px-B5N2_Type_88_Bombsight%2C_Torpedo_Release%2C_and_Bomb_Release_at_PHAM.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/B5N2_Type_88_Bombsight%2C_Torpedo_Release%2C_and_Bomb_Release_at_PHAM.jpg/440px-B5N2_Type_88_Bombsight%2C_Torpedo_Release%2C_and_Bomb_Release_at_PHAM.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3492" data-file-height="4656" /></a><figcaption>Type 88 bombsight, torpedo release lever, and manual bomb release from a Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" at the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Navigator" title="Navigator">navigator</a>/<a href="/wiki/Bombardier_(air_force)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombardier (air force)">bombardier</a>/<a href="/wiki/Air_observer" title="Air observer">observer</a> position was equipped with a Type 90 <a href="/wiki/Bombsight" title="Bombsight">bombsight</a>, which was a long vertical tube located in the front-left of the seat. There was also a Type 3 <a href="/wiki/Reflector_sight" title="Reflector sight">reflector</a> <a href="/wiki/Compass" title="Compass">compass</a> for precise navigation that was mounted on the top of the <a href="/wiki/Cockpit" title="Cockpit">cockpit</a> frame. The <a href="/wiki/Radio_operator" title="Radio operator">radio-operator</a>/<a href="/wiki/Air_gunner" title="Air gunner">gunner</a> position was equipped with one of the standard-issue <a href="/wiki/Radio" title="Radio">radio</a> sets for navy three-seater aircraft (Type 96 Mk3 earlier and Type 2 Mk3 later) that was mounted in front of the radio-operator/gunner's seat and behind the navigator/bombardier/observer's seat.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMikesh2004_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMikesh2004-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETagaya2003_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETagaya2003-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The radio-operator/gunner also operated one flexible 7.7 mm (.303 in) <a href="/wiki/Type_92_machine_gun" title="Type 92 machine gun">Type 92 machine gun</a> at the rear end of the cockpit. One <a href="/wiki/Type_91_torpedo" title="Type 91 torpedo">Type 91 torpedo</a> could be mounted on the <a href="/wiki/Hardpoint#Racks" title="Hardpoint">racks</a> that were fixed eccentrically to the right at the bottom of the fuselage. Alternatively, racks could be replaced to carry either one 800 kg bomb (e.g., <a href="/wiki/List_of_Japanese_World_War_II_navy_bombs#Bombs" title="List of Japanese World War II navy bombs">Type 99 No 80</a> <a href="/wiki/Armor-piercing_shell" class="mw-redirect" title="Armor-piercing shell">armor-piercing</a> bomb) or two 250 kg bombs (e.g., Type 98 No 25 land bomb) or six 60 kg bombs (e.g., Type 2 No 6 land bomb). Replacing the racks and exchanging between the torpedo and bombs was not a trivial process and could take more than two hours to complete.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChambers201743_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChambers201743-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Initially, most of the B5N bombers were painted in silver, which was the color used throughout the early stages of the Second Sino-Japanese War. The color eventually changed to dark green before the start of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChambers201711_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChambers201711-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operational_history">Operational history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nakajima_B5N&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Operational history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nakajima_B5N2_green.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Nakajima_B5N2_green.jpg/220px-Nakajima_B5N2_green.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Nakajima_B5N2_green.jpg/330px-Nakajima_B5N2_green.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Nakajima_B5N2_green.jpg/440px-Nakajima_B5N2_green.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5829" data-file-height="4371" /></a><figcaption>A captured Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" being flown over Maryland, 1943</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kate_Shokaku_crashed.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Kate_Shokaku_crashed.jpg/220px-Kate_Shokaku_crashed.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Kate_Shokaku_crashed.jpg/330px-Kate_Shokaku_crashed.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Kate_Shokaku_crashed.jpg/440px-Kate_Shokaku_crashed.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5664" data-file-height="4577" /></a><figcaption>A crashed Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" (tail marking "EI-306") from <a href="/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Sh%C5%8Dkaku" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Shōkaku"><i>Shōkaku</i></a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:B5N_Type_97_Carrier_Attack_Bomber_Kate_B5N-33.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/B5N_Type_97_Carrier_Attack_Bomber_Kate_B5N-33.jpg/220px-B5N_Type_97_Carrier_Attack_Bomber_Kate_B5N-33.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/B5N_Type_97_Carrier_Attack_Bomber_Kate_B5N-33.jpg/330px-B5N_Type_97_Carrier_Attack_Bomber_Kate_B5N-33.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/B5N_Type_97_Carrier_Attack_Bomber_Kate_B5N-33.jpg/440px-B5N_Type_97_Carrier_Attack_Bomber_Kate_B5N-33.jpg 2x" data-file-width="808" data-file-height="346" /></a><figcaption>A B5N1 "Kate" parked in front of a hangar</figcaption></figure> <p>The B5N was primarily employed as a carrier-based aircraft and occasionally as a land-based <a href="/wiki/Bomber" title="Bomber">bomber</a>. It carried a crew of three: <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_pilot" title="Aircraft pilot">pilot</a>, navigator/bombardier/observer, and radio-operator/gunner.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChambers20178_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChambers20178-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As with other IJN multi-seat aircraft, an individual bomber was commanded by the senior ranking crew member aboard, which could be the observer rather than the pilot.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETagaya2011_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETagaya2011-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The initial model B5N1 first saw action in the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1938. The updated B5N2 played a major role in the <a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor" title="Attack on Pearl Harbor">Attack on Pearl Harbor</a>. One of the B5N2s carried <a href="/wiki/Mitsuo_Fuchida" title="Mitsuo Fuchida">Mitsuo Fuchida</a>, the commander of the attack, with one high-level bomber from the carrier <a href="/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Hiry%C5%AB" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū"><i>Hiryū</i></a> credited with sinking the American battleship <a href="/wiki/USS_Arizona" title="USS Arizona"><i>Arizona</i></a>. The B5N2 torpedo bombers also sank the battleships <a href="/wiki/USS_West_Virginia_(BB-48)" title="USS West Virginia (BB-48)"><i>West Virginia</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_California_(BB-44)" title="USS California (BB-44)"><i>California</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Oklahoma_(BB-37)" title="USS Oklahoma (BB-37)"><i>Oklahoma</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/USS_Utah_(BB-31)" title="USS Utah (BB-31)"><i>Utah</i></a>. Five torpedo bombers were shot down in the first wave. Apart from this raid, the greatest successes of the B5N2 were the key roles it played in sinking the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carrier</a> <a href="/wiki/USS_Lexington_(CV-2)" title="USS Lexington (CV-2)"><i>Lexington</i></a> at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea" title="Battle of the Coral Sea">Battle of the Coral Sea</a> and the aircraft carrier <a href="/wiki/USS_Hornet_(CV-8)" title="USS Hornet (CV-8)"><i>Hornet</i></a> at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Santa_Cruz_Islands" title="Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands">Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands</a>, and the disabling of the aircraft carrier <a href="/wiki/USS_Yorktown_(CV-5)" title="USS Yorktown (CV-5)"><i>Yorktown</i></a> at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Midway" title="Battle of Midway">Battle of Midway</a>, later sunk by the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-168" title="Japanese submarine I-168">Japanese submarine <i>I-168</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELundstrom2005a_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELundstrom2005a-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELundstrom2005b_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELundstrom2005b-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>B5N2 torpedo bombers normally performed a coordinated attack on enemy carriers with <a href="/wiki/Aichi_D3A" title="Aichi D3A">Aichi D3A</a> dive bombers. Ideally, dive bombers would help to suppress the ship's <a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft_fire" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-aircraft fire">anti-aircraft fire</a>, which improved the chances of success for the slow-flying torpedo bombers.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETagaya2011_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETagaya2011-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Eastern_Solomons" title="Battle of the Eastern Solomons">Battle of the Eastern Solomons</a>, the IJN tried to minimize losses to torpedo bombers and initially sent only the dive bombers to attack and cripple US carriers for the subsequent torpedo strike, this proved unsuccessful, as the torpedo bombers did not launch until the battle was over.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChambers201767_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChambers201767-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The B5N served as the basis for a follow-on design, the <a href="/wiki/Nakajima_B6N" title="Nakajima B6N">B6N</a>, which eventually replaced it in front-line service. The B5N continued to fly in secondary roles, such as <a href="/wiki/Flight_training" title="Flight training">training</a>, <a href="/wiki/Target_tug" title="Target tug">target towing</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">anti-submarine warfare</a>. Some of the aircraft used for this latter purpose were equipped with early <a href="/wiki/Radar" title="Radar">radars</a> and <a href="/wiki/Magnetic_anomaly_detector" title="Magnetic anomaly detector">magnetic anomaly detectors</a>. B5Ns were also used as bombers during the unsuccessful defense of the Philippines in October 1944, suffering severe losses. Later in the war, they were used for <i><a href="/wiki/Kamikaze" title="Kamikaze">kamikaze</a></i> attacks. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Variants">Variants</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nakajima_B5N&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Variants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Type K</b>: Prototype.</li> <li><b>B5N1</b>: First production model.</li> <li><b>B5N1-K</b>: Many B5N1s were converted into advanced training aircraft.</li> <li><b>B5N2</b>: Improved version.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operators">Operators</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nakajima_B5N&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Operators"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Imperial Japanese Navy</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Surviving_aircraft">Surviving aircraft</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nakajima_B5N&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Surviving aircraft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:B5N2_Reconstruction_PHAM.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/B5N2_Reconstruction_PHAM.jpg/220px-B5N2_Reconstruction_PHAM.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/B5N2_Reconstruction_PHAM.jpg/330px-B5N2_Reconstruction_PHAM.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/B5N2_Reconstruction_PHAM.jpg/440px-B5N2_Reconstruction_PHAM.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4656" data-file-height="3492" /></a><figcaption>Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" reconstruction at the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum in 2019. The original <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Japan#Military_flags" title="Flag of Japan">Hinomaru</a> is still visible on the starboard wing underside.</figcaption></figure> <p>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. </p><p>Replicas of the B5N2s were made using stretched fuselages from U.S. Canadian Car and Foundry "Harvard" - a variant of the <a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">North American T-6 Texan</a> trainers, which were modified to represent Japanese aircraft for the movie <i><a href="/wiki/Tora!_Tora!_Tora!" title="Tora! Tora! Tora!">Tora! Tora! Tora!</a></i>, and have been used in a number of movies and airshows since to depict the aircraft. </p><p>One recovered B5N2 is at the <a href="/wiki/Wings_Museum" title="Wings Museum">Wings Museum</a> in Balcombe, West Sussex, UK.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This large portion was recovered from the <a href="/wiki/Kuril_Islands" title="Kuril Islands">Kuril Islands</a> by a British private collector in 2003.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>A B5N was unveiled at the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Aviation_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Aviation Museum">Pacific Aviation Museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Honolulu,_Hawaii" class="mw-redirect" title="Honolulu, Hawaii">Honolulu, Hawaii</a> on 18 April 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Specifications_(Nakajima_B5N2)"><span id="Specifications_.28Nakajima_B5N2.29"></span>Specifications (Nakajima B5N2)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nakajima_B5N&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Specifications (Nakajima B5N2)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nakajima_Kate.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Nakajima_Kate.svg/220px-Nakajima_Kate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Nakajima_Kate.svg/330px-Nakajima_Kate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Nakajima_Kate.svg/440px-Nakajima_Kate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="870" data-file-height="1158" /></a><figcaption>Nakajima B5N1</figcaption></figure> <p style="font-size: 90%; margin:0;"><i>Data from</i> <i>Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War</i> <sup id="cite_ref-Francillon_70_p416_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Francillon_70_p416-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>General characteristics</b></span> </p><ul><li><b>Crew:</b> 3</li> <li><b>Length:</b> 10.3 m (33 ft 10 in)</li> <li><b>Wingspan:</b> 15.518 m (50 ft 11 in)</li> <li><b>Height:</b> 3.7 m (12 ft 2 in)</li> <li><b>Wing area:</b> 37.7 m<sup>2</sup> (406 sq ft)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Airfoil" title="Airfoil">Airfoil</a>:</b> <b>root:</b> NN-5 mod (16%); <b>tip:</b> NN-5 mod (8%)<sup id="cite_ref-Selig_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Selig-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Empty weight:</b> 2,279 kg (5,024 lb)</li> <li><b>Gross weight:</b> 3,800 kg (8,378 lb)</li> <li><b>Max takeoff weight:</b> 4,100 kg (9,039 lb)</li> <li><b>Powerplant:</b> 1 × <a href="/wiki/Nakajima_Sakae_11" class="mw-redirect" title="Nakajima Sakae 11">Nakajima Sakae 11</a> 14-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 750 kW (1,000 hp) for take-off</li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd><dl><dd><dl><dd>720 kW (970 hp) at 3,000 m (9,800 ft)</dd></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><b>Propellers:</b> 3-bladed constant-speed metal propeller</li></ul> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>Performance</b></span> </p> <ul><li><b>Maximum speed:</b> 378 km/h (235 mph, 204 kn) at 3,600 m (11,800 ft)</li> <li><b>Cruise speed:</b> 259 km/h (161 mph, 140 kn) at 3,000 m (9,800 ft)</li> <li><b>Range:</b> 978 km (608 mi, 528 nmi)</li> <li><b>Ferry range:</b> 1,991 km (1,237 mi, 1,075 nmi)</li> <li><b>Service ceiling:</b> 8,260 m (27,100 ft)</li> <li><b>Rate of climb:</b> 6.5 m/s (1,280 ft/min)</li> <li><b>Time to altitude:</b> 3,000 m (9,800 ft) in 7 minutes 40 seconds</li> <li><b>Wing loading:</b> 100.8 kg/m<sup>2</sup> (20.6 lb/sq ft)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Power-to-weight_ratio" title="Power-to-weight ratio">Power/mass</a>:</b> 0.196 kW/kg (0.119 hp/lb)</li></ul> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>Armament</b></span><br /> </p> <ul><li><b>Guns:</b> 1 × 7.7 mm <a href="/wiki/Type_92_machine_gun" title="Type 92 machine gun">Type 92 machine gun</a> 'Ru' (Lewis) in rear dorsal position, fed by hand loaded drum magazines of 97 rounds. A number of B5N1s were equipped with 2 × 7.7 <a href="/wiki/Type_97_aircraft_machine_gun" title="Type 97 aircraft machine gun">Type 97 machine guns</a> in the wings.</li> <li><b>Bombs:</b> 1 × 800 kg (1,760 lb) <a href="/wiki/Type_91_torpedo" title="Type 91 torpedo">Type 91 torpedo</a> or 1 × 800 kg (1,760 lb) bomb or 2 × 250 kg (550 lb) bombs or 6 × 60 kg (132 lb) bombs<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nakajima_B5N&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_B6N" title="Nakajima B6N">Nakajima B6N</a></li></ul> <p> <b>Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_TBD_Devastator" title="Douglas TBD Devastator">Douglas TBD Devastator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairey_Barracuda" title="Fairey Barracuda">Fairey Barracuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_B5M" title="Mitsubishi B5M">Mitsubishi B5M</a></li></ul> <p> <b>Related lists</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_of_World_War_II" title="List of aircraft of World War II">List of aircraft of World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_aircraft_of_Japan" title="List of military aircraft of Japan">List of military aircraft of Japan</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nakajima_B5N&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span 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href="#CITEREFTagaya2011">Tagaya 2011</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEChambers201767-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChambers201767_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChambers2017">Chambers 2017</a>, p. 67.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wingsmuseum.co.uk/gallery-item/ghosts_tundra">"Ghosts of the Tundra"</a>. <i>Wings Museum</i>. 28 September 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 April</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Warbirds+News&rft.atitle=Nakajima+B5N2+%27Kate%27+Unveiled+at+Pacific+Aviation+Museum+Pearl+Harbor&rft.date=2016-04-21&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.warbirdsnews.com%2Fwarbirds-news%2Fnakajima-kate-unveiled-pacific-aviation-museum-pearl-harbor.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANakajima+B5N" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Francillon_70_p416-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Francillon_70_p416_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFrancillon1970">Francillon 1970</a>, p. 416</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Selig-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Selig_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLednicer" class="citation web cs1">Lednicer, David. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m-selig.ae.illinois.edu/ads/aircraft.html">"The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage"</a>. <i>m-selig.ae.illinois.edu</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 April</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=m-selig.ae.illinois.edu&rft.atitle=The+Incomplete+Guide+to+Airfoil+Usage&rft.aulast=Lednicer&rft.aufirst=David&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fm-selig.ae.illinois.edu%2Fads%2Faircraft.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANakajima+B5N" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wieliczko, Leszek (in Polish). <i>Nakajima B5N (Kate)</i>. „Lotnictwo” No. 5/2018(199), p. 87.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nakajima_B5N&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Angelucci, Enzo and Paolo Matricardi. <i>World Aircraft: World War II, Volume II</i> (Sampson Low Guides). Maidenhead, UK: Sampson Low, 1978. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-562-00096-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-562-00096-8">0-562-00096-8</a>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChambers2017" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol">Chambers, Mark A. (2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=lXUpDwAAQBAJ"><i>Nakajima B5N 'Kate' and B6N 'Jill' Units</i></a>. Vol. Combat Aircraft #119. Osprey Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1472818744" title="Special:BookSources/978-1472818744"><bdi>978-1472818744</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Nakajima+B5N+%27Kate%27+and+B6N+%27Jill%27+Units&rft.pub=Osprey+Publishing&rft.date=2017&rft.isbn=978-1472818744&rft.aulast=Chambers&rft.aufirst=Mark+A.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DlXUpDwAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANakajima+B5N" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFrancillon1970" class="citation book cs1">Francillon, René J. (1970). <i>Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War</i>. London: Putnam & Company Ltd. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-370-30251-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-370-30251-6"><bdi>0-370-30251-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Japanese+Aircraft+of+the+Pacific+War&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Putnam+%26+Company+Ltd.&rft.date=1970&rft.isbn=0-370-30251-6&rft.aulast=Francillon&rft.aufirst=Ren%C3%A9+J.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANakajima+B5N" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Francillon, René J. <i>Japanese Bombers of World War Two, Volume One</i>. Windsor, Berkshire, UK: Hylton Lacy Publishers Ltd., 1969. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85064-022-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-85064-022-9">0-85064-022-9</a>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLundstrom2005a" class="citation book cs1">Lundstrom, John B. (2005a). <i>The First Team: Pacific Naval Air Combat from Pearl Harbor to Midway</i> (New ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-59114-471-X" title="Special:BookSources/1-59114-471-X"><bdi>1-59114-471-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+First+Team%3A+Pacific+Naval+Air+Combat+from+Pearl+Harbor+to+Midway&rft.place=Annapolis%2C+Maryland&rft.edition=New&rft.pub=Naval+Institute+Press&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=1-59114-471-X&rft.aulast=Lundstrom&rft.aufirst=John+B.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANakajima+B5N" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLundstrom2005b" class="citation book cs1">Lundstrom, John B. (2005b). <i>First Team and the Guadalcanal Campaign: Naval Fighter Combat from August to November 1942</i> (New ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-59114-472-8" title="Special:BookSources/1-59114-472-8"><bdi>1-59114-472-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=First+Team+and+the+Guadalcanal+Campaign%3A+Naval+Fighter+Combat+from+August+to+November+1942&rft.place=Annapolis%2C+Maryland&rft.edition=New&rft.pub=Naval+Institute+Press&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=1-59114-472-8&rft.aulast=Lundstrom&rft.aufirst=John+B.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANakajima+B5N" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMikesh2004" class="citation book cs1">Mikesh, Robert C. (2004). <i>Japanese Aircraft Equipment: 1940-1945</i>. Schiffer Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0764320971" title="Special:BookSources/0764320971"><bdi>0764320971</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Japanese+Aircraft+Equipment%3A+1940-1945.&rft.pub=Schiffer+Publishing&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=0764320971&rft.aulast=Mikesh&rft.aufirst=Robert+C.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANakajima+B5N" class="Z3988"></span>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFParshallTully2007" class="citation book cs1">Parshall, Jonathan; Tully, Anthony (2007). <i>Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway</i>. Washington D.C.: Potomac Books Inc. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-57488-924-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-57488-924-6"><bdi>978-1-57488-924-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Shattered+Sword%3A+The+Untold+Story+of+the+Battle+of+Midway&rft.place=Washington+D.C.&rft.pub=Potomac+Books+Inc.&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-1-57488-924-6&rft.aulast=Parshall&rft.aufirst=Jonathan&rft.au=Tully%2C+Anthony&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANakajima+B5N" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTagaya2003" class="citation book cs1">Tagaya, Osamu (2003). <i>Imperial Japanese Naval Aviator 1937-45</i>. Osprey Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1841763853" title="Special:BookSources/1841763853"><bdi>1841763853</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Imperial+Japanese+Naval+Aviator+1937-45.&rft.pub=Osprey+Publishing&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=1841763853&rft.aulast=Tagaya&rft.aufirst=Osamu&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANakajima+B5N" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTagaya2011" class="citation book cs1">Tagaya, Osamu (2011). <i>Aichi 99 Kanbaku 'Val' Units of World War 2</i>. Botley, UK: Osprey Publications. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84176-912-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84176-912-7"><bdi>978-1-84176-912-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Aichi+99+Kanbaku+%27Val%27+Units+of+World+War+2&rft.place=Botley%2C+UK&rft.pub=Osprey+Publications&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-1-84176-912-7&rft.aulast=Tagaya&rft.aufirst=Osamu&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANakajima+B5N" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nakajima_B5N&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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Ki-62">Ki-62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-62" title="Nakajima Ki-62">Ki-63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_G5N" title="Nakajima G5N">Ki-68</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nakajima_Ki-75&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nakajima Ki-75 (page does not exist)">Ki-75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-49" title="Nakajima Ki-49">Ki-80</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nakajima_Ki-82&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nakajima Ki-82 (page does not exist)">Ki-82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-84" title="Nakajima Ki-84">Ki-84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-87" title="Nakajima Ki-87">Ki-87</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nakajima_Ki-101&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nakajima Ki-101 (page does not exist)">Ki-101</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nakajima_Ki-106&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nakajima Ki-106 (page does not exist)">Ki-106</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-84" title="Nakajima Ki-84">Frank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-49" title="Nakajima Ki-49">Helen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_J1N" title="Nakajima J1N">Irving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_B6N" title="Nakajima B6N">Jill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-43_Hayabusa" title="Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa">Jim</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_G5N" title="Nakajima G5N">Liz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_C6N" title="Nakajima C6N">Myrt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-27" title="Nakajima Ki-27">Clint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-27" title="Nakajima Ki-27">Nate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-43_Hayabusa" title="Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa">Oscar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_G8N" title="Nakajima G8N">Rita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_A6M2-N" title="Nakajima A6M2-N">Rufe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-34" title="Nakajima Ki-34">Thora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-44" title="Nakajima Ki-44">Tojo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Hiro_Naval_Arsenal" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Hiro_Naval_Arsenal" title="Template:Hiro Naval Arsenal"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li 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Hiro</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hiro_Type_14" title="Hiro Type 14">Type 14</a></li> <li>Type 61</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiro_Type_91" title="Hiro Type 91">Type 91</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiro_Type_94" title="Hiro Type 94">Type 94</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Imperial_Japanese_Navy_aircraft_designations_(short_system)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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title="Japanese military aircraft designation systems">Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft designations (short system)</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fighters (A)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_A1N" title="Nakajima A1N">A1N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_A2N" title="Nakajima A2N">A2N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_A2N" title="Nakajima A2N">A3N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_A4N" title="Nakajima A4N">A4N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_A5M" title="Mitsubishi A5M">A5M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_A6M_Zero" title="Mitsubishi A6M Zero">A6M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heinkel_He_112" title="Heinkel He 112">A7He</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_A7M" title="Mitsubishi A7M">A7M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seversky_A8V" title="Seversky A8V">A8V</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-12" title="Boeing P-12">AXB</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dewoitine_D.500" title="Dewoitine D.500">AXD</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_FF" title="Grumman FF">AXG</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawker_Nimrod" title="Hawker Nimrod">AXH</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heinkel_He_100" title="Heinkel He 100">AXHe</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_V-141" title="Vought V-141">AXV</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Torpedo bombers (B)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_B1M" title="Mitsubishi B1M">B1M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_B2M" title="Mitsubishi B2M">B2M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_B3N" title="Nakajima B3N">B3N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kugisho_B3Y" title="Kugisho B3Y">B3Y</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_B4M" title="Mitsubishi B4M">B4M</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nakajima_B4N&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nakajima B4N (page does not exist)">B4N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokosuka_B4Y" title="Yokosuka B4Y">B4Y</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_B5M" title="Mitsubishi B5M">B5M</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B5N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_B6N" title="Nakajima B6N">B6N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aichi_B7A" title="Aichi B7A">B7A</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Gamma" title="Northrop Gamma">BXN</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_C6N" title="Nakajima C6N">C6N1-B</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Shipboard reconnaissance (C)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_2MR" title="Mitsubishi 2MR">C1M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-6" title="Nakajima Ki-6">C2N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_C3N" title="Nakajima C3N">C3N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aichi_C4A" title="Aichi C4A">C4A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_Ki-15" title="Mitsubishi Ki-15">C5M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_C6N" title="Nakajima C6N">C6N</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Potez_540" title="Potez 540">CXP</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yokosuka_D4Y" title="Yokosuka D4Y">D4Y1-C</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_E4N" title="Nakajima E4N">E4N2-C</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Dive bombers (D)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aichi_D1A" title="Aichi D1A">D1A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aichi_D1A" title="Aichi D1A">D2A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nakajima_D2N&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nakajima D2N (page does not exist)">D2N</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yokosuka_D2Y&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yokosuka D2Y (page does not exist)">D2Y</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aichi_D3A" title="Aichi D3A">D3A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mitsubishi_D3M&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mitsubishi D3M (page does not exist)">D3M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_D3N" title="Nakajima D3N">D3N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokosuka_D3Y" title="Yokosuka D3Y">D3Y</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokosuka_D4Y" title="Yokosuka D4Y">D4Y</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokosuka_D3Y" title="Yokosuka D3Y">D5Y</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_BT" title="Northrop BT">DXD</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heinkel_He_118" title="Heinkel He 118">DXHe</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Reconnaissance seaplanes (E)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yokosuka_E1Y" title="Yokosuka E1Y">E1Y</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_E2N" title="Nakajima E2N">E2N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aichi_E3A" title="Aichi E3A">E3A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_E4N" title="Nakajima E4N">E4N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawanishi_E5K" class="mw-redirect" title="Kawanishi E5K">E5K</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokosuka_E5Y" title="Yokosuka E5Y">E5Y</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokosuka_E6Y" title="Yokosuka E6Y">E6Y</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawanishi_E7K" title="Kawanishi E7K">E7K</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aichi_E8A" title="Aichi E8A">E8A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kawanishi_E8K&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kawanishi E8K (page does not exist)">E8K</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_E8N" title="Nakajima E8N">E8N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watanabe_E9W" title="Watanabe E9W">E9W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aichi_E10A" title="Aichi E10A">E10A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawanishi_E10K" title="Kawanishi E10K">E10K</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aichi_E11A" title="Aichi E11A">E11A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawanishi_E11K" title="Kawanishi E11K">E11K</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aichi_E12A" class="mw-redirect" title="Aichi E12A">E12A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kawanishi_E12K&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kawanishi E12K (page does not exist)">E12K</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nakajima_E12N&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nakajima E12N (page does not exist)">E12N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aichi_E13A" title="Aichi E13A">E13A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawanishi_E13K" title="Kawanishi E13K">E13K</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Watanabe_E14W&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Watanabe E14W (page does not exist)">E14W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokosuka_E14Y" title="Yokosuka E14Y">E14Y</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawanishi_E15K" title="Kawanishi E15K">E15K</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aichi_E16A" title="Aichi E16A">E16A</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Observation seaplanes (F)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aichi_F1A" title="Aichi F1A">F1A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_F1M" title="Mitsubishi F1M">F1M</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_J1N" title="Nakajima J1N">J1N1-F</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Land-based bombers (G)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_3MT5" title="Mitsubishi 3MT5">G1M (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_G1M" title="Mitsubishi G1M">G1M (II)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiro_G2H" title="Hiro G2H">G2H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_G3M" title="Mitsubishi G3M">G3M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_G4M" title="Mitsubishi G4M">G4M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_G5N" title="Nakajima G5N">G5N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_G4M" title="Mitsubishi G4M">G6M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_G7M" title="Mitsubishi G7M">G7M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_G8N" title="Nakajima G8N">G8N</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kawanishi_G9K&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kawanishi G9K (page does not exist)">G9K</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_G10N" title="Nakajima G10N">G10N</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Flying Boats (H)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hiro_H1H" title="Hiro H1H">H1H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiro_H2H" title="Hiro H2H">H2H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiro_H3H1" title="Hiro H3H1">H3H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawanishi_H3K" title="Kawanishi H3K">H3K</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiro_H4H" title="Hiro H4H">H4H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokosuka_H5Y" title="Yokosuka H5Y">H5Y</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawanishi_H6K" title="Kawanishi H6K">H6K</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokosuka_H7Y" title="Yokosuka H7Y">H7K</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawanishi_H8K" title="Kawanishi H8K">H8K</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aichi_H9A" title="Aichi H9A">H9A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hiro_H10H&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hiro H10H (page does not exist)">H10H</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kawanishi_H11K&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kawanishi H11K (page does not exist)">H11K</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_P2Y" title="Consolidated P2Y">HXC</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DF" title="Douglas DF">HXD</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potez_452" title="Potez 452">HXP</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Land-based Fighters (J)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_J1N" title="Nakajima J1N">J1N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_J2M" title="Mitsubishi J2M">J2M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawanishi_J3K" title="Kawanishi J3K">J3K</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_J4M" title="Mitsubishi J4M">J4M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_J5N" title="Nakajima J5N">J5M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawanishi_J6K" title="Kawanishi J6K">J6K</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyushu_J7W_Shinden" title="Kyushu J7W Shinden">J7W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_J8M" title="Mitsubishi J8M">J8M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_Kikka" title="Nakajima Kikka">J9N</a><sup><small>3</small></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kawanishi_N1K" title="Kawanishi N1K">N1K1-J/N1K2-J</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Trainers (K)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yokosuka_K1Y" title="Yokosuka K1Y">K1Y</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avro_504" title="Avro 504">K2Y</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_K3M" title="Mitsubishi K3M">K3M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokosuka_K4Y" title="Yokosuka K4Y">K4Y</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokosuka_K5Y" title="Yokosuka K5Y">K5Y</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawanishi_K6K" title="Kawanishi K6K">K6K</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mitsubishi_K6M&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mitsubishi K6M (page does not exist)">K6M</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Watanabe_K6W&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Watanabe K6W (page does not exist)">K6W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_K7M" title="Mitsubishi K7M">K7M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawanishi_K8K" title="Kawanishi K8K">K8K</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nippi_K8Ni&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nippi K8Ni (page does not exist)">K8Ni</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nihon_K8P&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nihon K8P (page does not exist)">N8P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watanabe_K8W" title="Watanabe K8W">K8W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B%C3%BCcker_B%C3%BC_131_Jungmann" title="Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann">K9W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyushu_K10W" title="Kyushu K10W">K10W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyushu_K11W" title="Kyushu K11W">K11W</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_NA-16" title="North American NA-16">KXA</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B%C3%BCcker_B%C3%BC_131_Jungmann" title="Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann">KXBu</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caudron_C.600_Aiglon" title="Caudron C.600 Aiglon">KXC</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junkers_A50" class="mw-redirect" title="Junkers A50">KXJ</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heinkel_He_72" class="mw-redirect" title="Heinkel He 72">KXHe</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Model_10_Electra" title="Lockheed Model 10 Electra">KXL</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_A5M" title="Mitsubishi A5M">A5M4-K</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_A6M_Zero" title="Mitsubishi A6M Zero">A6M2-K</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B5N1-K</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokosuka_D3Y" title="Yokosuka D3Y">D3Y1-K</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aichi_E13A" title="Aichi E13A">E13A1-K</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_F1M" title="Mitsubishi F1M">F1M2-K</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_G6M" class="mw-redirect" title="Mitsubishi G6M">G6M1-K</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aichi_M6A" title="Aichi M6A">M6A1-K</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyushu_Q1W" title="Kyushu Q1W">Q1W1-K</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Transports (L)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-34" title="Nakajima Ki-34">L1N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Showa/Nakajima_L2D" title="Showa/Nakajima L2D">L2D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_G3M" title="Mitsubishi G3M">L3Y</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_Ki-57" title="Mitsubishi Ki-57">L4M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nihon_L7P" title="Nihon L7P">L7P</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss-Wright_CA-1" title="Curtiss-Wright CA-1">LXC</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-4E" title="Douglas DC-4E">LXD</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_91_Baby_Clipper" title="Fairchild 91 Baby Clipper">LXF</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gasuden_KR-2" class="mw-redirect" title="Gasuden KR-2">LXG (KR-2)</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-21_Goose" title="Grumman G-21 Goose">LXG (G-21)</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heinkel_He_70_Blitz" title="Heinkel He 70 Blitz">LXHe</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junkers_Ju_60" title="Junkers Ju 60">LXJ (Ju 60)</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junkers_Ju_86" title="Junkers Ju 86">LXJ (Ju 86)</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinner_Envoy" title="Kinner Envoy">LXK</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airspeed_Envoy" title="Airspeed Envoy">LXM</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_G5N" title="Nakajima G5N">G5N2-L</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_G4M" title="Mitsubishi G4M">G6M1-L</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawanishi_H6K" title="Kawanishi H6K">H6K2-L/H6K4-L</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawanishi_H8K" title="Kawanishi H8K">H8K1-L/H8K2-L/H8K4-L</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kawanishi_H11K&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kawanishi H11K (page does not exist)">H11K1-L</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_K3M" title="Mitsubishi K3M">K3M3-L</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Special-purpose (M)<sup><small>1</small></sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aichi_M6A" title="Aichi M6A">M6A</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nihon_MXJ1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nihon MXJ1 (page does not exist)">MXJ1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokosuka_MXY1" title="Yokosuka MXY1">MXY1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokosuka_MXY1" title="Yokosuka MXY1">MXY2</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yokosuka_MXY3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yokosuka MXY3 (page does not exist)">MXY2</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yokosuka_MXY4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yokosuka MXY4 (page does not exist)">MXY4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokosuka_MXY5" title="Yokosuka MXY5">MXY5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyushu_J7W_Shinden" title="Kyushu J7W Shinden">MXY6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokosuka_MXY-7_Ohka" title="Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka">MXY7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokosuka_MXY8" title="Yokosuka MXY8">MXY8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokosuka_MXY9" title="Yokosuka MXY9">MXY9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokosuka_P1Y" title="Yokosuka P1Y">MXY10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_G4M" title="Mitsubishi G4M">MXY11</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mizuno_MXZ1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mizuno MXZ1 (page does not exist)">MXZ1</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Floatplane fighters (N)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kawanishi_N1K" title="Kawanishi N1K">N1K</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_A6M2-N" title="Nakajima A6M2-N">A6M2-N</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Land-based bombers (P)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yokosuka_P1Y" title="Yokosuka P1Y">P1Y</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_Ki-67" title="Mitsubishi Ki-67">P2M</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Patrol (Q)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kyushu_Q1W" title="Kyushu Q1W">Q1W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_Q2M" title="Mitsubishi Q2M">Q2M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyushu_K11W" title="Kyushu K11W">Q3W</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Land-based reconnaissance (R)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yokosuka_R1Y&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yokosuka R1Y (page does not exist)">R1Y</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokosuka_R2Y" title="Yokosuka R2Y">R2Y</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yokosuka_D4Y" title="Yokosuka D4Y">D4Y2-R</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_J1N" title="Nakajima J1N">J1N1-R</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Night fighters (S)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aichi_S1A" title="Aichi S1A">S1A</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_C6N" title="Nakajima C6N">C6N1-S</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokosuka_D4Y" title="Yokosuka D4Y">D4Y2-S</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aichi_E13A" title="Aichi E13A">E13A1a-S/E13A1b-S</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_J1N" title="Nakajima J1N">J1N1-S</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokosuka_P1Y" title="Yokosuka P1Y">P1Y1-S/P1Y2-S</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><sup>1</sup> X as second letter is for experimental aircraft or imported technology demonstrators not intended for service, <sup>2</sup> Hyphenated trailing letter (-J, -K, -L, -N or -S) denotes design modified for secondary role, <sup>3</sup> Possibly incorrect designation, but used in many sources</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" 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H3K">Belle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_G4M" title="Mitsubishi G4M">Betty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawasaki_Ki-28" title="Kawasaki Ki-28">Bob</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kokusai_Ku-7" title="Kokusai Ku-7">Buzzard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tachikawa_Ki-17" title="Tachikawa Ki-17">Cedar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokosuka_H5Y" title="Yokosuka H5Y">Cherry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tachikawa_Ki-70" title="Tachikawa Ki-70">Clara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_A5M" title="Mitsubishi A5M">Claude</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B%C3%BCcker_B%C3%BC_131_Jungmann" title="Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann">Cypress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_E8N" title="Nakajima E8N">Dave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seversky_A8V" title="Seversky A8V">Dick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_Ki-46" title="Mitsubishi Ki-46">Dinah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokosuka_D4Y" title="Yokosuka D4Y">Dot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_Ki-51" title="Mitsubishi Ki-51">Edna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawanishi_H8K" title="Kawanishi H8K">Emily</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_Ohtori" class="mw-redirect" title="Mitsubishi Ohtori">Eva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_Ohtori" class="mw-redirect" title="Mitsubishi Ohtori">Eve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokosuka_P1Y" title="Yokosuka P1Y">Frances</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-84" title="Nakajima Ki-84">Frank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kokusai_Ku-8" title="Kokusai Ku-8">Gander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawanishi_N1K" title="Kawanishi N1K">George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokosuka_E14Y" title="Yokosuka E14Y">Glen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kokusai_Ku-8" title="Kokusai Ku-8">Goose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aichi_B7A" title="Aichi B7A">Grace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_Ki-21" title="Mitsubishi Ki-21">Gwen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_A6M_Zero" title="Mitsubishi A6M Zero">Hamp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aichi_E10A" title="Aichi E10A">Hank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_A6M_Zero" title="Mitsubishi A6M Zero">Hap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-49" title="Nakajima Ki-49">Helen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tachikawa_Ki-54" title="Tachikawa Ki-54">Hickory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tachikawa_Ki-36" title="Tachikawa Ki-36">Ida</a> (Ki-36)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tachikawa_Ki-55" title="Tachikawa Ki-55">Ida</a> (Ki-55)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_J1N" title="Nakajima J1N">Irving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_J2M" title="Mitsubishi J2M">Jack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aichi_E13A" title="Aichi E13A">Jake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_Ki-21" title="Mitsubishi Ki-21">Jane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokosuka_B4Y" title="Yokosuka B4Y">Jean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heinkel_He_112" title="Heinkel He 112">Jerry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_B6N" title="Nakajima B6N">Jill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-43" class="mw-redirect" title="Nakajima Ki-43">Jim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokosuka_D4Y" title="Yokosuka D4Y">Judy</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_B5M" title="Mitsubishi B5M">Kate 61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aichi_E11A" title="Aichi E11A">Laura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawasaki_Ki-48" title="Kawasaki Ki-48">Lily</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_G5N" title="Nakajima G5N">Liz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyushu_Q1W" title="Kyushu Q1W">Lorna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_Ki-2" title="Mitsubishi Ki-2">Loise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_Ki-2" title="Mitsubishi Ki-2">Louise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_J4M" title="Mitsubishi J4M">Luke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_B5M" title="Mitsubishi B5M">Mabel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawasaki_Ki-32" title="Kawasaki Ki-32">Mary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawanishi_H6K" title="Kawanishi H6K">Mavis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_C6N" title="Nakajima C6N">Myrt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-27" title="Nakajima 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