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what is it?
The Mitsubishi B2M was a Japanese carrier-based torpedo bomber of the 1920s and 1930s. It was built by Mitsubishi to a design by Blackburn Aircraft of Britain and was operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 15.2 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 97 years ago, in 1929.
- Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 15.2 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,779 km: 10× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1929-12-28
- introduced
- 1932
- number built
- 206
- role
- torpedo bomber
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- makers
- Mitsubishi
- engines
- 1× Hispano-Suiza 12Lbr
- crew
- 3
- length
- 10.3 m
- wingspan
- 15.2 m
- height
- 3.7 m
- max take-off weight
- 3,600 kg
- top speed
- 213 km/h
- range
- 1,779 km
- ceiling
- 4,500 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q704816, Wikipedia: Mitsubishi B2M (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.