Category: History: Military: Air

Copyright/published Year: 2021 by Kagero

ISBN: 8366673588

Binding: paper

Description: The navy carrier torpedo bomber Tenzan or Nakajima B6N, was ì codenamed "Jill" by the Allies. It was the replacement of the ì famous Nakajima B5N ("Kate") torpedo bomber, and although more ì B6N's were built than B5N's, the plane never achieved the ì spectacular success of its predecessor. It entered service in the ì second half of 1943 but wouldn't be used on a large scale until ì June 1944 during the air and sea battles in the Philippine Sea ì for the Mariana Islands. Later it would be used in Taiwan, the ì Philippines, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and for Kamikaze attacks.

The crushing air superiority of the Allies and the loss of ì nearly all the Japanese aircraft carriers and their trained ì pilots led to many Tenzans being lost, while never having had a ì chance to prove their worth. In spite of the fact that the Tenzan ì never achieved any real successes, it was undoubtedly one of the ì best carrier based torpedo bombers of WWII.

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