Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series HA2009 B5N1 Type 97 Attack Bomber "Kate" Aircraft Carrier "Ryujo" Flying Group, 1942.
This Kate belonged to the 1st Koku Kantai (Daiichi
Air Fleet), 4th Koku Sentai (Naval Carrier
Division) assigned to the carrier Ryujo. The Ryujo (Prancing Dragon) was launched in April 1933 and
commissioned in May 1933.
It didn’t have a superstructure and since it was a flush-decked
carrier all of the normal equipment and duties were housed and operated from the
front lip under the flight deck.
On August 24, 1942 during the Battle of
the Eastern Solomons the Ryujo was struck by three 1,000 pound bombs and a torpedo eventually sending it to the bottom.
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