B6N | |
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General information | |
Type | Torpedo bomber |
National origin | Japan |
Manufacturer | Nakajima Aircraft Company |
Primary user | Imperial Japanese Navy |
Number built | 1,268 |
History | |
Introduction date | August 1943 |
First flight | 14 March 1941 |
Retired | 1945 |
The Nakajima B6N Tenzan (天山, Tenzan, "Heavenly Mountain"; Allied reporting name: "Jill") was the Imperial Japanese Navy's standard carrier-borne torpedo bomber during the final years of World War II and the successor to the B5N "Kate". Due to its protracted development, a shortage of experienced pilots and the United States Navy's achievement of air superiority by the time of its introduction, the B6N was never able to fully demonstrate its combat potential.