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01-NOV-2009 LynnH

KATE BOMBER REPLICA

Ellington Field Houston TX

A 1952 North American/CCF Harvard Mk. IV, N2047, operated by the Commemorative Air Force and modified as a replica of a Japanese "Kate" dive-bomber.
The Nakajima B5N (Allied reporting name: "Kate") was the standard torpedo bomber of the Imperial Japanese Navy for much of World War II.
Altogether, around 1,150 were built; however, not a single complete example survived. A large portion of a B5N2 was recovered from the Kuril Islands by a British private collector in 2003.
Replicas of the B5N2s were made from U.S. T-6 Texan training aircraft, which were modified to represent Japanese planes for the movie Tora! Tora! Tora!,
and have been used in a number of movies and airshows since to depict the planes.


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settler22-Mar-2010 17:52
Stunner!!
waterfalls man08-Nov-2009 22:20
Very Nice Shot V !!!
pr_rajan08-Nov-2009 06:05
...well captured!~V~