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Aircraft History Built by Nakajima and assembled by April 24, 1940. True serial number 611. Delivered to the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) as Type 97 Carrier Attack Bomber Kanko / B5N2 Kate manufacture number 9611. Wartime History Assigned to Junyō with tail code D11-3?? (last two digits unknown). This aircraft was painted with dark green upper surfaces and gray lower surfaces. The fusealge had two red stripes outlined in white. Mission History During 1942 or early 1943, this aircraft crashed at Visale Bay near Cape Esperance on Guadalcanal. Wreckage This crash site was inspected by American intelligence who noted the identification stencil in black on the left side of the fuselage with manufacture number 9611 and assembly date of April 24, 1940. Many of the aircraft's dataplates identified the plane as a Mark 1, but the engine was a Sakae Model 11, proving the plane was in fact a Mark 3. The Kate was noted as having "dirty green color" upper surfaces and "gray" lower surfaces plus two red fuselage stripes outlined in white. No unit code or tail numbers were noted. References Crashed Enemy Air Craft Reports (CEAR) CEAR No 4, June 5, 1943: Nakajima Type 97, Model 1 Carrier Attack Bomber, s/n 9611 Type 97 Carrier-based Attack Plane - A Production Record by James I. Long September 22, 2011 pages 2, 4 Thanks to Jim Lansdale and Jim Long for additional information Contribute
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