Japanese B5N torpedo bomber crews posing before a B5N aircraft aboard carrier Kaga, 6 Dec 1941

Caption   Japanese B5N torpedo bomber crews posing before a B5N aircraft aboard carrier Kaga, 6 Dec 1941
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  1. C. Peter Chen says:
    20 Nov 2010 08:15:21 PM

    4th man in first row: Petty Officer 3rd Class Akamatsu Yuji

    3rd man in second row: Lieutenant Ichiro Kitajima

    4th man in second row: Lieutenant Fukuda Minoru

    5th man in second row: Warrant Officer Morinaga Takayoshi

    6th man in fourth row: Petty Officer 2nd Class Takeshi Maeda
  2. Bill says:
    26 Jul 2011 09:29:22 AM

    During the Pearl Harbor Raid on 12/7/41 Five
    Nakajima B5N Torpedo bombers were lost with all crews. The lost Kate's came from the Carrier Kaga's Torpedo Group.
  3. jjesse says:
    19 Sep 2011 09:42:42 PM

    Thanx, but more and bloody images is more better.
  4. Jerry says:
    1 Oct 2011 09:27:12 PM

    The following brave airmen flying B5Ns off the aircraft carrier Kaga lost their lives attacking Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941.

    Syuzo Kitahara B5N
    Kenichi Kumamoto B5N
    Yoshiharu Machimoto B5N

    Yoshizo Masuda B5N
    Isamu Matsuda B5N
    Tsuneki Morita B5N

    Izumi Nagai B5N
    Nafikatsu Ohashi B5N
    Toshio Onishi B5N

    Yoshio Shimizu B5N
    Mitsumori Suzuki B5N
    Hidemi Takeda B5N

    Tomoharu Takeda B5N
    Yonetaro Ueda B5N
    Nobuo Umezu B5N
  5. Bill says:
    30 Dec 2011 05:49:24 PM

    The Aircraft Carrier Kaga had 92 B5N2 pilots and crewmen. Photograph above could be one of a couple of group photos taken on December 6, 1941.
    Kaga lost five B5N "Kate" Torpedo bombers, and fifteen pilots and crewmen.

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