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Nakajima Type 97 Carrier Attack Bomber Kanko / B5N (Kate)
List by manufacture number and known aircraft.
List by Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) Manufacture Number
B5N1

B5N1 Kate 474  part abandoned on Shumshu
B5N1 1203  true serial number 203 assembled December 19, 1938, profiled in Model Art #378 page 122 and Model Art #573 page 130
B5N2
B5N2 643  captured at Nichols Field
B5N2 3176  noted by Charles Darby
B5N2 3190  crashed Torokina Point, Bougainville
B5N1 Kate 5353  abandoned at Kataoka Airfield on Shumshu
B5N2 Kate 9611  crashed on Guadalcanal investigated by ATIU

Known Aircraft
B5N2

B5N1 Sugihara  crashed January 20, 1942 Mount Kombiu (Mother)
B5N1 Kate EI-306  ditched at Indispensable Reef
B5N1 Kate EI-302  ditched at Indispensable Reef
B5N2 Yap  abandoned at the airfield
B5N2 Kamimbo Bay  crashed on Guadalcanal
B5N2 Jacquinot Bay  abandoned at Jackquinot Bay, salvaged 2003
B5N2 Gasmata  abandoned at Gasmata
B5N2 New Hanover  ditched off New Hanover
B5N2 Karu Bay  ditched at this location
B5N2 pilot Kuno  crashed October 17, 1942 on Guadalcanal, radio operator survived and rescued.
B5N2 pilot Nagai  crashed April 27, 1945
B5N2 Tail 323-352  abandoned Vunakanau Airfield

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