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Offline Widewing

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Identify this naval aircraft.
« on: February 01, 2001, 09:56:00 AM »
a group of U.S. Navy personnel roll this single-engine aircraft into a hanger, circa
October 1945. Identify the aircraft.

 

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Offline RAM

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Identify this naval aircraft.
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2001, 10:11:00 AM »
Seems like a B6N tenzan to me...

Maybe a captured one?...dunno  

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Identify this naval aircraft.
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2001, 11:37:00 AM »
 
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Originally posted by RAM:
Seems like a B6N tenzan to me...

Maybe a captured one?...dunno  

No, it is not a Nakajima B6N.

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Identify this naval aircraft.
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2001, 01:06:00 PM »
Nakajima B5N2

Potentially, the captured B5N2 with radar that was tested at Anacostia Naval Station, that had the antenna located on the rear sides of the fueselage?

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Offline Widewing

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« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2001, 01:57:00 PM »
 
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Originally posted by Vermillion:
Nakajima B5N2

Potentially, the captured B5N2 with radar that was tested at Anacostia Naval Station, that had the antenna located on the rear sides of the fueselage?


Dead on. Attached in another photo showing the antenna on the fuselage and leading edges of the wings.

 

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Widewing

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