SPECIAL Pearl Harbor: December 7th, 1941 Nakajima B5N2 ‘Kate’ Relic Display
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SPECIAL Pearl Harbor: December 7th, 1941 Nakajima B5N2 ‘Kate’ Relic Display

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  *** The last of the last! These two special 20x16-inch open-framed canvas displays include the last two evenly divided original pieces of aluminum skin from this Japanese B5N2 'Kate' torpedo bomber that was shot down over battleship row on December 7th, 1941 ***  History (as described on the display):  Pearl Harbor: December 7th, 1941, Nakajima B5N2 ‘Kate’ IJN Kaga - F1c Shuzo Kitahara Delivered to the Japanese fleet carrier Kaga in late 1941, this aircraft participated in the first strike wave of the Pearl Harbor attack, with the mission of targeting the American capital ships of Battleship Row. With F1c Shuzo Kitahara as pilot, PO2c Yoshio Shimizu as observer, and PO2c Haruo Onishi as gunner, it encountered heavy anti-aircraft fire from Battleship Row. After dropping its torpedo, it was observed to take hits and catch fire. It crashed near Naval Hospital Pearl Harbor, and all aboard were killed. While the aircraft’s remains were picked over for souvenirs, very few known pieces sur

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