Saturday, April 11, 2015

Final product photos HA2009 B5N1 "Kate" "Ryujo" Flying Group.

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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