A fully illustrated guide to the two major Japanese carrier torpedo bombers of World War II, aircrafts that fought in all the major battles from Pearl Harbor to Okinawa. Entering service during the Sino-Japanese War, the Nakajima B5N (code-named Kate) excelled and went on to achieve surprising and dramatic successes in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It also contributed to the sinking of the U.S. aircraft carriers USS Lexington at the Battle of the Coral Sea, USS Yorktown at the Battle of Midway, and USS Hornet at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. Its replacement, the Nakajima B6N Jill, while a marked improvement over its illustrious predecessor, was never able to achieve its full potential in combat due to advances in Allied aircraft, finding itself relegated to the dreaded Kamikaze strikes in the latter part of the war.
Using previously unpublished photographs as well as color illustrations, this book will cover the history of the Kate and Jill torpedo/attack bombers, including their design and development, as well as the combat highs and lows of the Imperial Japanese Navys premier torpedo bombers.
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A fully illustrated guide to the two major Japanese carrier torpedo-bombers of World War 2, aircraft that fought in all the major battles from Pearl Harbor to Okinawa.
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Chapter One B5N `Kate' Development and Early Successes |
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8 | (30) |
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Chapter Two Midway, the Aleutians and the Solomons |
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38 | (32) |
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Chapter Three Land Attack Operations and Other Roles |
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70 | (8) |
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Chapter Four B6n `Jill' and the Kamikaze |
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78 | (14) |
| Colour Plate Commentary |
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92 | (4) |
| Index |
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96 | |
Mark Chambers is an avid World War 2 aviation enthusiast and aviation history author. He has studied World War 2 military aviation, with a keen interest in the air war in the Pacific, extensively. He is the author of Arcadia Publishings Images of Aviation: Flight Research at NASA Langley Research Center (2007) and Images of Aviation: Naval Air Station Patuxent River (2014). In addition, he is the author of The Virginia Aeronautical Historical Societys Engineering Test Pilot: The Exceptional Career of John P. Jack Reeder (2007) and NASA Langleys From Research to Relevance: Significant Achievements in Aeronautical Research at NASA Langley, 1917 2002 (2002). He also co-authored with his father, Joseph R Chambers, a detailed book covering the history of radical aircraft designs and wind tunnels tested at the NASA Langley Research Center entitled Radical Wings and Wind Tunnels (Specialty Press Publication) (2008). He works as a government contractor technical editor for the NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.
Jim Laurier is a native of New England, growing up in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. He has been drawing since he could hold a pencil and throughout his life he has worked in many mediums creating artwork on a variety of subjects. He has worked on the Osprey Aviation list since 2000, and in that time he has produced some of the finest artwork seen in these volumes.
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