B5N torpedo bomber taking off from Shokaku to attack Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941

Caption   B5N torpedo bomber taking off from Shokaku to attack Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941 ww2dbase
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Identification Code   NH 50603
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B5N   Main article  Photos  
Attack on Pearl Harbor   Main article  Photos  Maps  
Shokaku   Main article  Photos  Maps  
Photos on Same Day 7 Dec 1941
Photos at Same Place Pacific Ocean
Added By C. Peter Chen
Added Date 7 Sep 2006

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1. Commenter identity confirmed Bill says:
29 Apr 2010 05:41:58 PM

Type 97 Carrier Attack Bomber (Kate) takes-
off from either the Zuikaku or Shokaku.
This is second attack wave, note cheering
crewmen,who must by yelling "Banzai,banzai"

Note:
Japanese Naval Ensign, with its disk of the
sun and sixteen red rays, this was flown
by the Japanese Navy until the end of WWII.
And was later re-adopted by the Japanese
Maritime Self-Defense Force in 1954.
2. Commenter identity confirmed Bill says:
7 May 2010 08:34:15 PM

Photo of (Kate) taking off from the Carrier
Zuikaku.
The pilots could be eather:
Lt. Cmdr. Shigekazu Shimazaki,First Squadron

Lt. Jyozo Iwami,Second Squadron

Lt. Yoshiaki Tsubola,Third Squadron

Aircraft were in second attack wave, against
Hickam Field.
3. Why Do You Need To Know My Name? says:
7 Mar 2018 02:45:50 PM

This Text did not give me much information, I'm working on a school project about this picture and I only got one sentence out of it, and I need around two paragraphs (10 sentences)

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