Nakajima Type 97 Carrier Attack Bomber Kanko / B5N (Kate)
List by manufacture number and known aircraft.
List by Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) Manufacture Number
B5N1
B5N1 Kate 474 part abandoned on Shumshu
B5N1 1203 true serial number 203 assembled December 19, 1938, profiled in Model Art #378 page 122 and Model Art #573 page 130
B5N2
B5N2 643 captured at Nichols Field
B5N2 3176 noted by Charles Darby
B5N2 3190 crashed Torokina Point, Bougainville
B5N1 Kate 5353 abandoned at Kataoka Airfield on Shumshu
B5N2 Kate 9611 crashed on Guadalcanal investigated by ATIU
Known Aircraft
B5N2
B5N1 Sugihara crashed January 20, 1942 Mount Kombiu (Mother)
B5N1 Kate EI-306 ditched at Indispensable Reef
B5N1 Kate EI-302 ditched at Indispensable Reef
B5N2 Yap abandoned at the airfield
B5N2 Kamimbo Bay crashed on Guadalcanal
B5N2 Jacquinot Bay abandoned at Jackquinot Bay, salvaged 2003
B5N2 Gasmata abandoned at Gasmata
B5N2 New Hanover ditched off New Hanover
B5N2 Karu Bay ditched at this location
B5N2 pilot Kuno crashed October 17, 1942 on Guadalcanal, radio operator survived and rescued.
B5N2 pilot Nagai crashed April 27, 1945
B5N2 Tail 323-352 abandoned Vunakanau Airfield
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