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.
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 ill.
Osprey Publishing Nakajima b5n 'kate' and b6n 'jill' units, paperback/mark chambers
