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Nakajima B5N2 Model AirplaneHome > CUSTOM MADE MODELS > Custom Model Gallery > Nakajima B5N2 Model Airplane
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Item#: 60052 Click Here To Order Your Custom Aviation ModelWing Span:
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Nakajima B5N2 Model Airplane
| Introducing Factory Direct Model’s custom made Nakajima B5N2 Model Airplane. This Nakajima B5N2 Model was hand crafted using the finest Philippine Mahogany and sealed to last for generations. From our collection of blueprints, reference materials and customer’s photographs Factory Direct Models master artisans hand crafted this famous Nakajima B5N2 into an amazingly detailed Display Model.
This Nakajima B5N2 Airplane Model comes with a customized detachable stand, a personalized inscriptions plaque and a laminated Japanese Flag logo that adds magnificence into this detailed Display Model. Nakajima B5N2 History: The Nakajima B5N (Japanese: 中島 B5N, Allied reporting name: Kate) was the Imperial Japanese Navy's standard torpedo bomber for the first years of World War II. While the B5N was substantially faster and more capable than its Allied counterparts, the TBD Devastator and Fairey Swordfish, it was close to obsolescence by the time of the Pearl Harbor Attack. Nevertheless, the B5N operated throughout the whole war. Although primarily used as a carrier-based aircraft, it was also used as a land-based bomber on occasions. The B5N had a crew of 3: pilot, navigator/bombardier/observer, and radio operator/gunner. The B5N2 was given a much more powerful engine, and various modifications were made to streamline it. Although its performance was only marginally better, and its weaknesses remained unremedied, this version replaced the B5N1 in production and service from 1939. It was this version that would be used by the Navy in the attack on Pearl Harbor. Apart from this raid, the greatest successes of the B5N2 were the key roles they played in sinking the US Navy aircraft carriers Yorktown, Lexington and Hornet. |