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14%OFFTony Holmes - Nakajima B5N `Kate´ and B6N `Jill´ Units - 9781472818744 - V9781472818744
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Nakajima B5N `Kate´ and B6N `Jill´ Units

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Description for Nakajima B5N `Kate´ and B6N `Jill´ Units Paperback. .
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 US 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 illustrious predecessor, was never able to achieve its full potential in combat due to advances in Allied aircraft, finding itself relegated ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Combat Aircraft
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472818744
SKU
V9781472818744
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2

About Tony Holmes
Mark Chambers is an avid World War 2 aviation enthusiast and aviation history author. He has studied World War 2 military aviation, with a keen interest in the air war in the Pacific, extensively. He is the author of Arcadia Publishing's Images of Aviation: Flight Research at NASA Langley Research Center (2007) and Images of Aviation: Naval Air Station Patuxent ... Read more

Reviews for Nakajima B5N `Kate´ and B6N `Jill´ Units
.. .an excellent book for those interested in 'Kates', 'Jills', Japanese torpedo planes and carrier actions. It is an excellent companion for Osprey's book Aichi 99 Kanbaku Val Units 1937-42 as well as their books about Pearl Harbor, Midway, and other carrier battles.
Frederick Boucher, Aeroscale - KitMaker Network Along with a ... Read more

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