Changes: C/n 5350

Revision as of 12:21, 16 August 2018

History

Originally built as c/n 5350 and delivered to the 131st Kokutai. Captured at Suzuka airfield, Japan in 1945. In November 1945 sent to the USA via carrier USS Barnes to the Technical Air Intelligence Center at NAS Anacostia and further tested as FE-1200 and later as T2-1200.^[1] Transferred to Olmstead Field, Pennsyvania to be restored for museum display in 1946. Displayed at NAS Willow Grove, Pennsylvania from 1958 till 1980. Ended up in storage in the Paul E. Garber facility of the National Air and Space Museum (NASM), without its wings.^[2]

References

[1] ttp://www.goodall.com.au/warbirds-directory-v6/nakajima.pdf

[2] ttps://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b6n/nasm.html

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 ==History==
-Originally built as c/n 5350. captured at Suzuka airfield, Japan in 1945Eventually sent to the USA to the Technical Air Intelligence Center at NAS Anacostia and further tested as '''FE-1200''' and later as '''T2-1200'''.<ref>http://www.goodall.com.au/warbirds-directory-v6/nakajima.pdf</ref> Eventually it was displayed outdoors at NAS Willow Grove until 1981 and ended up in storage in the Paul E. Garber facility of the National Air and Space Museum (NASM), without its wings.<ref>https://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b6n/nasm.html</ref>
+Originally built as c/n 5350 and delivered to the 131st Kokutai. Captured at Suzuka airfield, Japan in 1945. In November 1945 sent to the USA via carrier USS Barnes to the Technical Air Intelligence Center at NAS Anacostia and further tested as '''FE-1200''' and later as '''T2-1200'''.<ref>http://www.goodall.com.au/warbirds-directory-v6/nakajima.pdf</ref> Transferred to Olmstead Field, Pennsyvania to be restored for museum  display in 1946. Displayed at NAS Willow Grove, Pennsylvania from 1958 till 1980. Ended up in storage in the Paul E. Garber facility of the National Air and Space Museum (NASM), without its wings.<ref>https://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b6n/nasm.html</ref>
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 S19-7586026806_fa01fef138_b.jpg|Shortly after capture
 DyingSun_kamuflaz11.jpg|Colour profile
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-DyingSun_kamuflaz10.jpg|Colour profile at a later date
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 [[Category:World War 2]]
 [[Category:Nakajima B6N]]
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 [[Category:FE Coded Aircraft]]
 [[Category:T2 Coded Aircraft]]