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  Nakajima B5N1/2: drawings and some photographs
  B5N1 in flight
A Navy Type 97 Mod.1 Attack Bomber (Nakajima B5N1 "Kate") in flight,
shortly before the outbreak of the Pacific War
  Drawings
Click on a thumbnail to view the side, bottom, top or front view drawing of a Nakajima B5N1. This early version of the Type 97 Attacker was powered with the 9 cylinder 770hp Nakajima Hikari 3 engine. The later B5N2 version was powered by the twin row, 14 cylinder 1000hp Nakajima Sakae engine in a smaller, longer cowling.
 
The images will appear in a new browser window. Because of the original size, only parts of the drawings has been scanned. Hopefully, they'll provide useful information about the vital parts and measurements of the aircraft. In order to retain as much detail as possible, the images are large, won't fit into a regular computer screen and may be difficult to print on an office printer.
(Drawings from the "Aireview" magazine, original scale 1/32)
 
Below a drawing of the general painting scheme of the Nakajima B5N2.
painting scheme
690 x 420px, 37K
 
   side view
side view, 1446 x 2016px, 242K
bottom view
bottom view, 2022 x 1232px, 166K
top view
top view, 1790 x 1201px, 175K
front view
front view, 1883 x 838px, 83K
 
  Photographs
1. A nice photograph of a torpedo being attached to a Nakajima B5N1 (Bunrin-do, 1992)
2. An early photograph of a Nakajima B5N1, probably a pre-production machine. Note the overall bare metal finish and the absence of Hinomaru on wing undersides (Koku-fan, 1971)
3. The pilot's cockpit of the "KEB-306" B5N2, (see also photo below, Koku-fan, 1971) The photos No. 2 & 3 also appears in the FAOW #32/1992, but with lesser quality
4. USN personnel examining the B5N2 "KEB-306" (Koku-fan, 1971)
   B5N1 & torpedo
1. 460 x 450px, 47K
B5N1 in flight seen from below
2. 1427 x 710px, 119K
B5N2 cockpit
3. 936 x 917px, 207K
B5N2 "KEB-306"
4. 904 x 680px, 152K