Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" Airfix 2015 tool, 2016 box

Subject:: Nakajima B5N2 Kate
日本帝國海軍航空隊 (Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service 1912-1945)
IJN Zuikaku EII-301 (Lt. Cdr. Shigekazu Shimazaki)
December 1941 World War 2»Attack on Pearl Harbor - Pearl Harbour, HI
Dark Green, Beige Green
Skala:: 1:72
Status:: Avslutad
Satte igång:: July 16, 2021
Avslutad:: September 26, 2021

Lt Cdr Shigekazu Shimazaki is best known as the leader of the second wave of the air attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. He was piloting a Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" from the carrier Zuikaku and led the attack group of 54 high-level bombers and 78 dive bombers. Shimazaki was killed in action in January 1945, near Taiwan, as a staff officer of the IJN 3rd Air Fleet by then a Commander (Wing Commander/Lt Col equivalent).