{"id":19230,"date":"2026-07-31T12:19:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T10:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/?page_id=19230"},"modified":"2026-08-01T10:43:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T08:43:30","slug":"b5n-kate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/cn\/aircraft\/b5n-kate\/","title":{"rendered":"Nakajima B5N Kate \u2014 History, Specs &#038; Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mfam\">\n<style> @import url('https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Lora:ital,wght@0,400;0,500;1,400;1,500&display=swap'); body.page-id-19230 h1.entry-title.main_title{display:none} body.page-id-19230 #main-content .container{padding-top:0} body.page-id-19230 #left-area{padding-bottom:0} html{overflow-x:hidden} body.page-id-19230{overflow-x:hidden} body.page-id-19230 #sidebar{display:none} body.page-id-19230 #left-area{width:100%!important;float:none;padding:0} #mfam{width:100vw;margin-left:calc(50% - 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The precise aircraft and mechanism are still debated.\"}},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"Which aircraft carriers did the B5N help sink?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"Kate torpedoes and bombs contributed to the loss of three US fleet carriers in 1942: USS Lexington at the Coral Sea, USS Yorktown at Midway and USS Hornet at the Santa Cruz Islands.\"}},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"Was the B5N a good aircraft?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"In 1941 it was widely considered the best carrier torpedo bomber in the world, ahead of Allied types such as the TBD Devastator and Swordfish. 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Production delays meant the Kate remained in service far longer than planned.\"}}]}<\/script> <\/p>\n<header class=\"hero\">\n<div class=\"hero-media\"><img data-opt-id=404303077  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:1440\/h:1080\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/nakajima-b5n-kate-torpedo-bomber-in-flight.jpg\"  src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201536%201152%22%20width%3D%221536%22%20height%3D%221152%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%221536%22%20height%3D%221152%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Nakajima B5N Kate carrier torpedo bomber of the Imperial Japanese Navy in flight\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wrap hero-in\">\n<div class=\"crumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/\">Aircraft Museum<\/a> \u203a <span>Torpedo Bomber<\/span> \u203a <span>B5N Kate<\/span><\/div>\n<h1>Nakajima B5N<br \/><em>\u201cKate\u201d<\/em><\/h1>\n<p class=\"sub\">The Imperial Japanese Navy\u2019s carrier torpedo and level bomber \u2014 in 1941 the finest carrier attack aircraft in the world, and the machine that delivered the torpedoes and the armour-piercing bomb that devastated Battleship Row at Pearl Harbor.<\/p>\n<div class=\"statstrip\">\n<div class=\"stat\"><b>1937<\/b><span>First flight \u00b7 in service 1938<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"stat\"><b>~378 km\/h<\/b><span>Max speed \u00b7 B5N2<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"stat\"><b>~1,149<\/b><span>Aircraft built<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"stat\"><b>3<\/b><span>US carriers it helped sink<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit\">Photo: U.S. Navy \u00b7 Public domain<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"chips\"><span class=\"chip\"><b>Role<\/b>Carrier torpedo &amp; level bomber<\/span><span class=\"chip\"><b>Era<\/b>World War II<\/span><span class=\"chip\"><b>Engine<\/b>1 \u00d7 Nakajima Sakae 11 radial<\/span><span class=\"chip\"><b>Origin<\/b>Japan \u00b7 Nakajima<\/span><span class=\"chip\"><b>Status<\/b>Retired (no survivors airworthy)<\/span><a class=\"chip fly\" href=\"#faq\">Can you still fly a warbird like this?<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section>\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">The Story<\/div>\n<h2>The best carrier attack aircraft of 1941<\/h2>\n<div class=\"cols\">\n<div>\n<p>When the Imperial Japanese Navy issued its 1935 requirement for a new carrier attack aircraft, most of the world\u2019s navies still flew torpedoes into battle in fabric-covered biplanes. Nakajima\u2019s answer, the aircraft that became the <strong>Navy Type 97 Carrier Attack Bomber<\/strong> \u2014 given the Allied reporting name <strong>\u201cKate\u201d<\/strong> \u2014 was a generation ahead: an all-metal, low-wing monoplane with a retractable undercarriage, an enclosed cockpit, Fowler-type flaps, a variable-pitch propeller and hydraulically folding wings for carrier stowage. It first flew in January 1937 and entered service in 1938, seeing early combat over China.<\/p>\n<p>By December 1941 the B5N2 \u2014 re-engined with the 1,000-hp Nakajima Sakae radial \u2014 was, by most accounts, the most capable carrier-borne torpedo bomber in the world, well ahead of contemporary Allied types such as the American Douglas TBD Devastator and Britain\u2019s Fairey Swordfish biplane. It could deliver a single large aerial torpedo or an equivalent load of bombs, and it doubled as a precise high-altitude level bomber, a crew of three working the controls, the navigation and bomb-aiming, and the single defensive gun.<\/p>\n<p>That combination made the Kate central to the opening Japanese victories of the Pacific War. At Pearl Harbor its crews delivered both the shallow-running torpedoes and the armour-piercing bombs that wrecked Battleship Row; over the following year B5N torpedoes and bombs contributed to the sinking of three United States aircraft carriers. Its great weakness was that all of this speed and reach came with almost no protection \u2014 a single rifle-calibre machine gun, no armour and no self-sealing tanks \u2014 and as Allied fighters and anti-aircraft fire improved, the Kate grew increasingly vulnerable and was gradually superseded by the newer B6N Tenzan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pull\">In 1941 no navy could put a better torpedo bomber over an enemy fleet.<cite><b>The Kate\u2019s moment<\/b> \u2014 a generation ahead of Allied torpedo aircraft<\/cite><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"deepset\">\n<details class=\"deep\">\n<summary><span class=\"no\">01<\/span><span class=\"t\">The Nakajima B5N Kate\u2019s design leap: why it outclassed Allied torpedo bombers in 1941<\/span><\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">\n<p>The Kate\u2019s advantage in 1941 was not any single feature but the way it combined them. Where the US Navy still flew the Douglas TBD Devastator \u2014 a monoplane, but slow and short-ranged \u2014 and the Royal Navy relied on the Fairey Swordfish biplane, the B5N brought together a retractable undercarriage, an enclosed cockpit, Fowler flaps, a constant-speed propeller and integral (initially unprotected) fuel tanks in a clean, aerodynamically efficient airframe. Its folding wings let carriers pack more aircraft aboard.<\/p>\n<p>The trade-off was deliberate. Japanese naval doctrine prized range, striking power and pilot skill over survivability, so the Kate carried no armour for its crew and no self-sealing fuel tanks, and only one rear-firing 7.7&nbsp;mm gun for defence. Against 1941-vintage opposition this was an acceptable gamble; as the war turned and Allied fighters such as the F4F Wildcat and later the F6F Hellcat multiplied, the same design choices made the Kate dangerously exposed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section>\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Design &amp; Engineering<\/div>\n<h2>What makes it special<\/h2>\n<div class=\"cards3\">\n<div class=\"ecard\">\n<div class=\"num\">01<\/div>\n<h3>A world-leading torpedo bomber<\/h3>\n<p>First flown in 1937, the B5N married a retractable undercarriage, enclosed cockpit, Fowler-type flaps, a variable-pitch propeller and <strong>hydraulically folding wings<\/strong> in one clean monoplane. In 1941 it was widely regarded as the best carrier torpedo bomber in service anywhere \u2014 a full generation ahead of the biplanes and slower monoplanes the Allies still flew from their decks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ecard\">\n<div class=\"num\">02<\/div>\n<h3>The Pearl Harbor weapons<\/h3>\n<p>At Pearl Harbor the Kate carried two war-winning loads. Its <strong>Type 91 aerial torpedoes<\/strong> were fitted with wooden fins so they would not dive into the mud of the shallow harbour, and its level bombers dropped the <strong>Type 99 No.&nbsp;80 armour-piercing bomb<\/strong> \u2014 a converted 40&nbsp;cm (16-inch) battleship shell. One such bomb is credited with detonating the forward magazine of <strong>USS Arizona<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ecard\">\n<div class=\"num\">03<\/div>\n<h3>Carrier-killer, then obsolete<\/h3>\n<p>Over 1942 the Kate\u2019s torpedoes and bombs helped sink the US carriers <strong>Lexington, Yorktown and Hornet<\/strong>. But with only one defensive gun, no armour and no self-sealing tanks, losses mounted as Allied fighters improved. The type was progressively replaced by the faster <strong>Nakajima B6N Tenzan<\/strong> from 1943\u201344 and pushed into secondary roles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"deepset\">\n<details class=\"deep\">\n<summary><span class=\"no\">02<\/span><span class=\"t\">The B5N Kate\u2019s Pearl Harbor bomb: the converted battleship shell that destroyed USS Arizona<\/span><\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">\n<p>The armour-piercing bomb the Kate carried over Pearl Harbor was not a purpose-built weapon but an improvisation of genius and desperation: the <strong>Type 99 No.&nbsp;80 Mark 5<\/strong>, fashioned from an obsolete 40&nbsp;cm (roughly 16-inch) naval gun shell fitted with fins. Released from high altitude, it could punch through a battleship\u2019s armoured decks before detonating deep inside. At about 08:06 on 7 December 1941, one such bomb is generally credited with reaching a forward magazine aboard <strong>USS Arizona<\/strong>; the resulting explosion tore the ship apart and killed more than a thousand of her crew. Precisely which aircraft dropped it, and the exact mechanism, remain debated, but the weapon and the aircraft that delivered it are not in doubt.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"deep\">\n<summary><span class=\"no\">03<\/span><span class=\"t\">The B5N Kate\u2019s vulnerability: how a world-beater became a target<\/span><\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">\n<p>The qualities that made the Kate so effective in 1941 \u2014 light weight, long range, a heavy warload \u2014 were bought by leaving out protection. The aircraft carried a single 7.7&nbsp;mm machine gun for defence, no armour plate for its three-man crew and, initially, no self-sealing fuel tanks. A slow, straight torpedo run at low level made it an easy mark once opposing fighters got among the formation. At Midway in June 1942 and again at Santa Cruz that October, Kate squadrons pressed home their attacks at heavy cost. Japan\u2019s intended successor, the <strong>B6N Tenzan<\/strong>, was faster and better armed, but arrived slowly, so the ageing Kate soldiered on in front-line and second-line duties well into the war.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section>\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Technical Data<\/div>\n<h2>Full specifications<\/h2>\n<div class=\"specgrid\">\n<div class=\"spectable\">\n<h4>Airframe &amp; Performance (B5N2)<\/h4>\n<dl>\n<dt>Crew<\/dt>\n<dd>3 (pilot, observer\/navigator\/bomb-aimer, radio operator\/gunner)<\/dd>\n<dt>Length<\/dt>\n<dd>~10.30 m<\/dd>\n<dt>Wingspan<\/dt>\n<dd>~15.52 m (folding)<\/dd>\n<dt>Height<\/dt>\n<dd>~3.70 m<\/dd>\n<dt>Empty weight<\/dt>\n<dd>~2,280 kg<\/dd>\n<dt>Max takeoff weight<\/dt>\n<dd>~4,100 kg<\/dd>\n<dt>Max speed<\/dt>\n<dd>~378 km\/h (235 mph)<\/dd>\n<dt>Range<\/dt>\n<dd>~1,990 km (commonly cited)<\/dd>\n<dt>First flight<\/dt>\n<dd>January 1937<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"spectable\">\n<h4>Propulsion, Armament &amp; Cost<\/h4>\n<dl>\n<dt>Engine<\/dt>\n<dd>1 \u00d7 Nakajima Sakae 11 radial, ~1,000 hp<\/dd>\n<dt>Defensive gun<\/dt>\n<dd>1 \u00d7 7.7 mm rear-firing machine gun<\/dd>\n<dt>Offensive load<\/dt>\n<dd>1 \u00d7 Type 91 torpedo (~800 kg) or up to ~800 kg of bombs<\/dd>\n<dt>Service entry<\/dt>\n<dd>1938<\/dd>\n<dt>Built<\/dt>\n<dd>~1,149 (by Nakajima, Aichi &amp; Dai-Juichi)<\/dd>\n<dt>Operators<\/dt>\n<dd>Imperial Japanese Navy only<\/dd>\n<dt>Unit cost<\/dt>\n<dd>No reliable public figure<\/dd>\n<dt>Cost per flight hour<\/dt>\n<dd>No reliable public figure (wartime state production)<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"deepset\">\n<details class=\"deep\">\n<summary><span class=\"no\">04<\/span><span class=\"t\">The Nakajima B5N Kate\u2019s cost: why no reliable price exists<\/span><\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">\n<p>The B5N was a wartime product of the Japanese state, built in the late 1930s and early 1940s by Nakajima and, later, by Aichi and the Dai-Juichi naval arsenal. It was never sold on any open market, and Japan\u2019s wartime accounting was not published in a form that yields a clean flyaway unit price or a cost-per-flight-hour figure. Any precise dollar or yen cost attached to a Kate today is, in practice, an estimate or a conversion of fragmentary records rather than a sourced procurement price. What is well established is the production total \u2014 roughly <strong>1,149 aircraft<\/strong> across all builders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section>\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Timeline<\/div>\n<h2>From world-beater to war-weary veteran<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tl\">\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1935<\/div>\n<h3>Requirement issued<\/h3>\n<p>The Imperial Japanese Navy calls for a modern carrier attack aircraft to replace its biplane torpedo bombers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1937<\/div>\n<h3>First flight<\/h3>\n<p>Nakajima\u2019s prototype flies in January \u2014 an advanced monoplane with retractable gear and folding wings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1938<\/div>\n<h3>Enters service<\/h3>\n<p>Adopted as the Navy Type 97 Carrier Attack Bomber; sees early combat over China.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1939<\/div>\n<h3>The B5N2<\/h3>\n<p>A re-engined version with the 1,000-hp Nakajima Sakae radial enters production, becoming the definitive variant.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1941<\/div>\n<h3>Pearl Harbor<\/h3>\n<p>On 7 December about 140 B5Ns deliver the torpedoes and armour-piercing bombs that devastate Battleship Row.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1942<\/div>\n<h3>The carrier battles<\/h3>\n<p>Kate torpedoes and bombs help sink USS Lexington (Coral Sea), USS Yorktown (Midway) and USS Hornet (Santa Cruz).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1943\u201344<\/div>\n<h3>Superseded<\/h3>\n<p>The faster Nakajima B6N Tenzan begins to replace the Kate, which shifts to second-line and anti-submarine work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1945<\/div>\n<h3>End of the line<\/h3>\n<p>Surviving Kates serve in training, patrol and, in the war\u2019s final months, some kamikaze roles before Japan\u2019s surrender.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section>\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Stories &amp; Eyewitnesses<\/div>\n<h2>Twelve stories from the Kate&amp;rsquo;s war<\/h2>\n<div class=\"car\"><button class=\"cbtn p\" onclick=\"document.getElementById('stcar').scrollBy({left:-712,behavior:'smooth'})\">\u2039<\/button><button class=\"cbtn n\" onclick=\"document.getElementById('stcar').scrollBy({left:712,behavior:'smooth'})\">\u203a<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"track\" id=\"stcar\">\n<div class=\"mscard\">\n<div class=\"tag\">Origins<\/div>\n<h4>A generation ahead<\/h4>\n<p>The Kate arrived when most navies still flew fabric biplanes into the torpedo attack.<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Read the full story<\/summary>\n<div class=\"full\">When Nakajima\u2019s Type 97 entered service in 1938 it was startlingly modern: an all-metal monoplane with retractable landing gear, folding wings and an enclosed cockpit at a time when the Royal Navy\u2019s front-line torpedo bomber was the open-cockpit Fairey Swordfish biplane. The design gave Japan a carrier strike aircraft years ahead of most contemporaries, a lead it would exploit dramatically in December 1941.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mscard\">\n<div class=\"tag\">Naming<\/div>\n<h4>Why \u201cKate\u201d?<\/h4>\n<p>Allied intelligence gave Japanese aircraft simple Western codenames; the B5N became \u201cKate.\u201d<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Read the full story<\/summary>\n<div class=\"full\">As the Pacific War opened, Allied crews needed a quick way to identify Japanese aircraft whose real designations were unknown or unwieldy. A US intelligence system assigned short Western first names \u2014 generally female names for bombers and male names for fighters. The Navy Type 97 Carrier Attack Bomber became \u201cKate,\u201d the name by which it is still best known in the English-speaking world.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mscard\">\n<div class=\"tag\">Pearl Harbor<\/div>\n<h4>The shallow-water torpedo<\/h4>\n<p>Pearl Harbor\u2019s shallow water should have made torpedo attack impossible \u2014 until the Type 91 was modified.<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Read the full story<\/summary>\n<div class=\"full\">Aerial torpedoes normally plunged deep on entry, which would have buried them in the mud of Pearl Harbor\u2019s shallow anchorage. Japanese ordnance teams fitted the Type 91 torpedo with wooden stabiliser fins and adjusted its running gear so it would level out quickly in shallow water. Carried by the Kate, these modified torpedoes struck home against the moored battleships, a technical solution that helped make the raid devastatingly effective.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mscard\">\n<div class=\"tag\">Pearl Harbor<\/div>\n<h4>The bomb that found Arizona<\/h4>\n<p>A converted 16-inch battleship shell, dropped from a Kate, is credited with destroying USS Arizona.<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Read the full story<\/summary>\n<div class=\"full\">The Kate\u2019s level-bombing squadrons at Pearl Harbor carried the Type 99 No.&nbsp;80 armour-piercing bomb \u2014 an obsolete 40&nbsp;cm (about 16-inch) naval shell fitted with fins. Dropped from altitude, one such bomb is generally credited with penetrating to a forward magazine aboard USS Arizona at around 08:06 on 7 December 1941. The magazine explosion destroyed the ship and killed more than a thousand of her crew. The exact aircraft and mechanism are still debated by historians.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mscard\">\n<div class=\"tag\">Leadership<\/div>\n<h4>Fuchida\u2019s signal<\/h4>\n<p>The strike leader who sent the famous \u201cTora! Tora! Tora!\u201d signal flew in a B5N.<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Read the full story<\/summary>\n<div class=\"full\">Commander Mitsuo Fuchida led the air attack on Pearl Harbor from the observer\u2019s seat of a Kate, coordinating the torpedo, dive and level bombers of the first wave. It was from his aircraft that the codeword signalling a successful surprise \u2014 \u201cTora! Tora! Tora!\u201d \u2014 was transmitted back to the fleet. The Kate thus served not only as a weapon but as the airborne command post for one of history\u2019s most consequential air raids.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mscard\">\n<div class=\"tag\">Coral Sea<\/div>\n<h4>First carrier sunk<\/h4>\n<p>At Coral Sea in May 1942, Kate torpedoes helped fatally cripple USS Lexington.<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Read the full story<\/summary>\n<div class=\"full\">In the Battle of the Coral Sea \u2014 the first carrier-versus-carrier action in history \u2014 B5N torpedo bombers from the Japanese carriers attacked the US carrier Lexington. Torpedo hits, combined with dive-bomber damage, started fires and internal explosions that ultimately forced the crew to abandon and scuttle her. It was the first US fleet carrier lost to Japanese carrier aircraft, and the Kate was central to the attack.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mscard\">\n<div class=\"tag\">Midway<\/div>\n<h4>Hiryu strikes back<\/h4>\n<p>After US dive bombers wrecked three Japanese carriers, Kates from Hiryu helped cripple USS Yorktown.<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Read the full story<\/summary>\n<div class=\"full\">At Midway in June 1942, even as Japan lost four carriers, the surviving Hiryu launched counterstrikes. Her B5N torpedo bombers pressed through defending Wildcats and anti-aircraft fire to score torpedo hits on USS Yorktown, contributing to the damage that, with a later submarine attack, sank her. The attacks were driven home at heavy cost to the lightly protected Kate crews.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mscard\">\n<div class=\"tag\">Santa Cruz<\/div>\n<h4>The last US carrier it sank<\/h4>\n<p>At Santa Cruz in October 1942, Kate torpedoes helped doom USS Hornet.<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Read the full story<\/summary>\n<div class=\"full\">In the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, B5N torpedo bombers joined dive bombers in a coordinated assault on USS Hornet. Torpedo and bomb hits left the carrier dead in the water; she was eventually abandoned and sank. Hornet was the third and last US fleet carrier whose loss the Kate helped bring about \u2014 a record no other Japanese attack aircraft matched.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mscard\">\n<div class=\"tag\">Vulnerability<\/div>\n<h4>A slow run for the target<\/h4>\n<p>The torpedo attack demanded a long, straight, low-level approach that left the Kate badly exposed.<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Read the full story<\/summary>\n<div class=\"full\">Delivering a torpedo meant flying low, straight and relatively slowly toward a defended target \u2014 exactly the profile that anti-aircraft gunners and fighters found easiest to hit. With no armour, no self-sealing tanks and a single rifle-calibre gun, a Kate caught in the open had little defence. As Allied fighter numbers and gunnery improved through 1942\u201343, casualties among Kate squadrons climbed steeply.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mscard\">\n<div class=\"tag\">Level bombing<\/div>\n<h4>Not just torpedoes<\/h4>\n<p>Beyond the torpedo, the Kate was a precise high-altitude level bomber.<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Read the full story<\/summary>\n<div class=\"full\">The B5N doubled as a level bomber, flying in formation and releasing on the signal of a lead bombardier \u2014 the tactic used against Battleship Row at Pearl Harbor and against ships and land targets throughout 1942. This dual capability, torpedo and level bombing in one airframe, made the Kate unusually versatile for its era and let a single carrier air group tailor its strike to the target.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mscard\">\n<div class=\"tag\">Succession<\/div>\n<h4>Enter the Tenzan<\/h4>\n<p>The Kate\u2019s replacement, the B6N Tenzan, was better but slow to arrive.<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Read the full story<\/summary>\n<div class=\"full\">Recognising the Kate\u2019s growing vulnerability, the Navy developed the Nakajima B6N Tenzan (\u201cJill\u201d) \u2014 faster, more powerful and better able to survive over a modern fleet. But engine troubles and industrial strain slowed its introduction, so the older Kate remained in front-line service far longer than intended, and continued to equip second-line units to the end of the war.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mscard\">\n<div class=\"tag\">Legacy<\/div>\n<h4>Where the Kates went<\/h4>\n<p>Very few Kates survived the war, and none fly today.<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Read the full story<\/summary>\n<div class=\"full\">Of the roughly 1,149 built, almost none survived Japan\u2019s defeat intact. A handful of airframes and substantial wreck-recovered remains are preserved in museums, and several film-replica \u201cKates\u201d built on American trainer airframes have stood in for the type on screen. No genuine, airworthy B5N exists anywhere in the world today \u2014 the Kate is a museum aircraft, studied rather than flown.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section>\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Gallery<\/div>\n<h2>The Kate in pictures<\/h2>\n<div class=\"car\"><button class=\"cbtn p\" onclick=\"document.getElementById('gal').scrollBy({left:-660,behavior:'smooth'})\">\u2039<\/button><button class=\"cbtn n\" onclick=\"document.getElementById('gal').scrollBy({left:660,behavior:'smooth'})\">\u203a<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"track gal\" id=\"gal\">\n<figure data-full=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:1280\/h:960\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/nakajima-b5n-kate-torpedo-bomber-in-flight.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=1820171471  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:980\/h:735\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/nakajima-b5n-kate-torpedo-bomber-in-flight.jpg\"  class=\"ph\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20980%20735%22%20width%3D%22980%22%20height%3D%22735%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22980%22%20height%3D%22735%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"A Nakajima B5N2 Kate in flight  in 1941 the finest carrier torpedo bomber in service.\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><figcaption>A Nakajima B5N2 \u201cKate\u201d in flight \u2014 in 1941 the finest carrier torpedo bomber in service.<span>Photo: U.S. Navy \u00b7 Public domain<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure data-full=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:1280\/h:891\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/nakajima-b5n-kate-over-hickam-field-pearl-harbor.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=472566350  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:980\/h:682\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/nakajima-b5n-kate-over-hickam-field-pearl-harbor.jpg\"  class=\"ph\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20980%20682%22%20width%3D%22980%22%20height%3D%22682%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22980%22%20height%3D%22682%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"A B5N2 over Hickam Field during the attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941.\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><figcaption>A B5N2 over Hickam Field during the attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941.<span>Photo: WO Haruari Yaegashi \u00b7 CC0<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure data-full=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:1280\/h:745\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/nakajima-b5n-kate-santa-cruz-uss-south-dakota.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=1301407679  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:980\/h:571\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/nakajima-b5n-kate-santa-cruz-uss-south-dakota.jpg\"  class=\"ph\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20980%20571%22%20width%3D%22980%22%20height%3D%22571%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22980%22%20height%3D%22571%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"A B5N2 presses home its attack near USS South Dakota at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942.\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><figcaption>A B5N2 presses home its attack near USS South Dakota at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942.<span>Photo: U.S. Navy \u00b7 Public domain<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure data-full=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:1280\/h:1017\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/nakajima-b5n-kate-attacking-uss-yorktown-midway.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=1326241279  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:980\/h:779\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/nakajima-b5n-kate-attacking-uss-yorktown-midway.jpg\"  class=\"ph\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20980%20779%22%20width%3D%22980%22%20height%3D%22779%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22980%22%20height%3D%22779%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"B5N torpedo bombers attacking the carrier USS Yorktown at the Battle of Midway, June 1942.\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><figcaption>B5N torpedo bombers attacking the carrier USS Yorktown at the Battle of Midway, June 1942.<span>Photo: U.S. Navy \u00b7 Public domain<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure data-full=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:1280\/h:853\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/nakajima-b5n-kate-preserved-side-view.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=208933708  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:980\/h:653\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/nakajima-b5n-kate-preserved-side-view.jpg\"  class=\"ph\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20980%20653%22%20width%3D%22980%22%20height%3D%22653%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22980%22%20height%3D%22653%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"A preserved B5N2 in side profile, showing the clean lines of a purpose-built carrier attack aircraft.\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><figcaption>A preserved B5N2 in side profile, showing the clean lines of a purpose-built carrier attack aircraft.<span>Photo: Alan Wilson \u00b7 CC BY-SA 2.0<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure data-full=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:1280\/h:853\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/nakajima-b5n-kate-type-97-on-display-japan.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=1800362620  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:980\/h:653\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/nakajima-b5n-kate-type-97-on-display-japan.jpg\"  class=\"ph\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20980%20653%22%20width%3D%22980%22%20height%3D%22653%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22980%22%20height%3D%22653%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"A recovered Type 97 carrier attack aircraft on display at Sora Kasai, Japan.\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><figcaption>A recovered Type 97 carrier attack aircraft on display at Sora Kasai, Japan.<span>Photo: Fujitani Yoshihide \u00b7 CC BY-SA 4.0<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section>\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Watch<\/div>\n<h2>The Kate in motion<\/h2>\n<p>A verified, high-authority video feature on the Nakajima B5N is coming soon. 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In the first year of the Pacific War its torpedoes and bombs did more damage to the United States Navy\u2019s capital ships and carriers than any other Japanese aircraft \u2014 a run of success that faded as Allied fighters and gunnery caught up.<\/p>\n<div class=\"combat\">\n<div class=\"cstat\"><b>~140<\/b><span>B5Ns in the Pearl Harbor strike (torpedo &amp; level bombers)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"cstat\"><b>3<\/b><span>US fleet carriers it helped sink: Lexington, Yorktown, Hornet<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"cstat\"><b>~1,149<\/b><span>Built \u2014 Imperial Japanese Navy service only<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Compare the <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/fighter-jet-combat-statistics\/\">combat record of other military aircraft<\/a>. Figures are best available estimates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section id=\"faq\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Questions &amp; Answers<\/div>\n<h2>Everything people ask about the B5N Kate<\/h2>\n<div class=\"qa\">\n<details open=\"\">\n<summary>Can I fly in a B5N Kate?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">No \u2014 there are no airworthy Nakajima B5N survivors anywhere in the world, so flying in a genuine Kate is not possible. A few airframes and wreck-recovered remains sit in museums, and some film replicas were built on American trainers, but none are the real aircraft in flying condition. You <b>can<\/b>, however, fly in several genuine military jets today \u2014 see <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/flights-prices\/\">migflug.com\/flights-prices\/<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>What does \u201cKate\u201d mean and what is the real name?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">\u201cKate\u201d was the Allied reporting name for the aircraft. Its Japanese designation was the Nakajima B5N, adopted in service as the Navy Type 97 Carrier Attack Bomber. Allied intelligence assigned short Western names to Japanese aircraft, generally female names for bombers.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Did a B5N really drop the bomb that destroyed USS Arizona?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">Yes, by the generally accepted account. B5N level bombers carried the Type 99 No.&nbsp;80 armour-piercing bomb \u2014 a converted 40&nbsp;cm (about 16-inch) battleship shell \u2014 and one such bomb is credited with reaching a forward magazine aboard USS Arizona, destroying the ship. The precise aircraft and exact mechanism are still debated by historians.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Which aircraft carriers did the B5N help sink?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">Kate torpedoes and bombs contributed to the loss of three US fleet carriers in 1942: USS Lexington at the Coral Sea (May), USS Yorktown at Midway (June) and USS Hornet at the Santa Cruz Islands (October).<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Was the B5N a good aircraft?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">In 1941 it was widely considered the best carrier torpedo bomber in the world, well ahead of Allied types such as the TBD Devastator and Swordfish. Its weakness was protection: one defensive gun, no armour and no self-sealing tanks left it increasingly vulnerable as the war progressed.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>How many B5Ns were built, and who flew them?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">Roughly 1,149 were built by Nakajima, Aichi and the Dai-Juichi naval arsenal. The Imperial Japanese Navy was the only operator; the type was flown from carriers and land bases across the Pacific.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>What replaced the B5N Kate?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">The Nakajima B6N Tenzan (\u201cJill\u201d), a faster and more powerful carrier torpedo bomber, was designed to replace it from about 1943. Production delays meant the Kate remained in service far longer than planned.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Are there any B5N Kates left?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">Only a small number of incomplete airframes and wreck-recovered remains survive in museums, mainly in Japan and the United States. None are airworthy, and no complete original example is known to exist in flying condition.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<div class=\"ad\">\n<div class=\"adin\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">The part of the collection you can touch<\/div>\n<h2>You can\u2019t fly the Kate.<br \/>These, you can.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"adp\">Some legends only live in museums \u2014 others are fuelled and waiting. 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alt=\"Lockheed F-104 Starfighter side profile\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"><\/span><b>Fly the F-104 Starfighter<\/b><span>\u201cThe missile with a man in it\u201d<\/span><\/a><a class=\"flycard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/mig-21-launch\/\"><span class=\"fico\"><img data-opt-id=791639987  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alt=\"Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 side profile\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"><\/span><b>Fly the MiG-21<\/b><span>The Cold War\u2019s most-produced jet<\/span><\/a><a class=\"flycard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/flights-prices\/t-33-in-canada\/\"><span class=\"fico\"><img data-opt-id=791639987  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alt=\"Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star side profile\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"><\/span><b>Fly the T-33 Shooting Star<\/b><span>America\u2019s first jet trainer<\/span><\/a><a class=\"flycard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/flights-prices\/vampire-flight-near-london\/\"><span class=\"fico\"><img data-opt-id=791639987  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alt=\"de Havilland Vampire side profile\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"><\/span><b>Fly the DH Vampire<\/b><span>A piece of early jet history<\/span><\/a><a class=\"flycard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/flights-prices\/s-211-jet-flight-munich\/\"><span class=\"fico\"><img data-opt-id=791639987  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alt=\"SIAI-Marchetti S.211 side profile\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"><\/span><b>Fly the S.211<\/b><span>Agile Italian jet trainer<\/span><\/a><a class=\"flycard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/flights-prices\/l-39-mb-326-jet-provost-in-italy\/\"><span class=\"fico\"><img data-opt-id=791639987  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alt=\"Aermacchi MB-326 side profile\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"><\/span><b>Fly the MB-326<\/b><span>The classic Aermacchi jet<\/span><\/a><a class=\"flycard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/flights-prices\/mig-15-fagot-czech-republic\/\"><span class=\"fico\"><img data-opt-id=791639987  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fighter that cleared the skies ahead of the Kate\u2019s torpedo and bombing runs.<\/span><span class=\"go\">Read the Zero story<\/span><\/a><a class=\"rel\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/tbf-avenger\/\"><span class=\"rk\">The Answer<\/span><span class=\"rh\">Grumman TBF Avenger<\/span><span class=\"rp\">The rugged US carrier torpedo bomber that outclassed the Kate as the Pacific War turned.<\/span><span class=\"go\">Read the Avenger story<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section style=\"padding:48px 0 64px\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Sources &amp; Further Reading<\/div>\n<h2>Every fact, checked<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"srclist\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pearlharboraviationmuseum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum<\/a><span>The B5N2\u2019s role at Pearl Harbor, the modified torpedoes and the armour-piercing bomb.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalww2museum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The National WWII Museum<\/a><span>The Pacific carrier battles of 1942 and the loss of Lexington, Yorktown and Hornet.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.navy.mil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Naval History and Heritage Command<\/a><span>US Navy records of the Pearl Harbor attack and the carrier actions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historyofwar.org\/articles\/weapons_nakajima_B5N.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HistoryOfWar.org \u2014 Nakajima B5N<\/a><span>Development history, variants, production totals and specifications.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iwm.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Imperial War Museums<\/a><span>Context on the Pacific air war and Japanese naval aviation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/airandspace.si.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum<\/a><span>Reference on Japanese naval aircraft design and preserved airframes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militaryfactory.com\/aircraft\/detail.php?aircraft_id=374\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Military Factory \u2014 Nakajima B5N<\/a><span>Consolidated specifications and operational summary.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ww2db.com\/aircraft_spec.php?aircraft_model_id=81\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World War II Database<\/a><span>Production figures, variant data and service timeline.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"galfix71\" 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