Nakajima B5N torpedo bombers

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carrier-based attack aircraft torpedo bomber

Nakajima B5N torpedo bombers were Japanese carrier-based attack aircraft used extensively by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, including in the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Nakajima B5N torpedo bombers canonical 3
Nakajima B5N 2
Nakajima B5N "Kate" 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf carrier-based attack aircraft ⓘ
torpedo bomber ⓘ
aircraftCategory military aircraft ⓘ
armament Type 91 aerial torpedo ⓘ
bombs up to 800 kg ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Japan ⓘ
crew 3 ⓘ
defensiveArmament 7.7 mm machine gun ⓘ
designedAsReplacementFor Nakajima B4N ⓘ
designedFor aircraft carrier operations ⓘ
emptyWeight_kg 2300 ⓘ
engineType Nakajima Sakae radial engine ⓘ
enteredMassProduction late 1930s ⓘ
enteredService late 1930s ⓘ
firstFlightDate 1937-01-01 ⓘ
height_m 3.7 ⓘ
introduced 1938 ⓘ
landingGear tailwheel ⓘ
length_m 10.3 ⓘ
manufacturer Nakajima Aircraft Company ⓘ
maximumSpeed_kmh 378 ⓘ
natoReportingName Kate ⓘ
notableUse first wave of Pearl Harbor torpedo attack ⓘ
numberOfEngines 1 ⓘ
operator Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
powerplant Nakajima Sakae 11 ⓘ
primaryUser Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service ⓘ
range_km 1990 ⓘ
retired 1945 ⓘ
role level bomber ⓘ
torpedo bomber ⓘ
serviceBranch Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
successor Nakajima B6N Tenzan ⓘ
usedBy Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service ⓘ
usedFromCarrier Akagi ⓘ
Hiryu ⓘ
Kaga ⓘ
Shokaku ⓘ
Sōryū ⓘ
surface form: Soryu

Zuikaku ⓘ
usedInConflict Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War

World War II ⓘ
usedInEvent attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

Battle of Midway ⓘ
Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ
surface form: Battle of the Coral Sea

Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
wingConfiguration low-wing monoplane ⓘ
wingspan_m 15.52 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kaga → aircraftTypesCarried → Nakajima B5N torpedo bombers ⓘ
Sōryū → aircraftTypeCarried → Nakajima B5N torpedo bombers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nakajima B5N
Hiryū → aircraftTypesCarried → Nakajima B5N torpedo bombers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nakajima B5N "Kate"
First Air Fleet → aircraftType → Nakajima B5N torpedo bombers ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service → notableAircraft → Nakajima B5N torpedo bombers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nakajima B5N
Japanese carrier Zuiho → aircraftTypesCarried → Nakajima B5N torpedo bombers ⓘ