M53 · Later museum technical and historical account

Nakajima B5N2 Kate — aircraft and crew

Crew roles, navigation, bomb/torpedo capability, Sakae 11 takeoff power and defensive gun.

Author
Raymond R. Panko · Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum
Date
18 August 2017
Passage
The Aircraft; The Crew Roles; Defensive Limitations; B5N2 engine description

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Later synthesis drawing on published histories and recollections, not an original Midway technical return. Pearl Harbor loads, procedures and anecdotes are not transferred to Midway. Detailed performance tables not adopted.

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