Kaga B5N Pearl Harbor

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Kaga B5N Pearl Harbor

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A Nakajima B5N Type 97 level/torpedo bomber from the Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Kaga is hoisted from the water of Pearl Harbor after the attack on 7 December 1941. This aircraft was commanded by Lieutenant Suzuki Mimori and he and the other two crew members of the aircraft were killed when the aircraft was shot down during the attack. The aircraft was one of five Kaga B5N lost in the attack on battleship row along with their crews during the first wave of attacks on the harbor.

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01/12/1941
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Werneth, Ron, Beyond Pearl Harbor: The Untold Stories of Japan's Naval Airmen, Schiffer Military History, Atglen, PA, 2008, p. 156. Book states that the photo is from the US National Archives via Wenger.
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