The Nakajima B5N Kate - National Geographic: America’s War: Pearl Harbor

The Nakajima B5N Kate - National Geographic America’s War: Pearl Harbor The Nakajima B5N was the standard carrier-based torpedo bomber of the Imperial Japanese Navy for much of World War II. Although the B5N was substantially faster and more capable than its Allied counterparts, the American Douglas TBD Devastator monoplane, and the British Fairey Swordfish and Fairey Albacore 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 B6N. The Nakajima Aircraft Company was a prominent Japanese aircraft manufacturer and aviation engine manufacturer throughout World War II. It continues to the present day as the car and aircraft manufacturer Subaru. Coletti’s Combat Aircraft