Nakajima B5N1 Kate Manufacture Number 474

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Wartime History
Built in 1939, nothing is known about this aircraft, only that its fuel tank (only) was used as a replacement part in B5N2 5353 that was abandoned on Shumshu Island, in the Kurile Islands at the end of WWII.

Recovery
Recovered by Hunt brothers in 2003.  Currently in storage in England.

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