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- 1. Akagi Aircraft Carrier & Mitsubishi B1M c1935: Imperial Japanese Navy· Public domain
what is it?
The Mitsubishi B1M was a Japanese torpedo bomber of the 1920s, also known as the Navy Type 13 Carrier-Borne Attack Aircraft. It was designed and built by Mitsubishi and used in combat against China. The aircraft was used by the air services of the Imperial Japanese Navy and Imperial Japanese Army.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · fixed tailwheel (taildragger) · 14.8 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 103 years ago, in 1923.
- Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 14.8 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1923
- introduced
- 1924
- retired
- 1938
- status
- retired
- number built
- 443
- role
- torpedo bomber
- origin
- Empire of Japan
- makers
- Mitsubishi
- engines
- 1× Napier Lion
- crew
- 2
- length
- 9.8 m
- wingspan
- 14.8 m
- height
- 3.5 m
- max take-off weight
- 2,697 kg
- top speed
- 210 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 4,500 m
- wings
- biplane
- landing gear
- fixed conventional landing gear
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q704551, Wikipedia: Mitsubishi B1M (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.