Nakajima B6N Tenzan

what is it?

The Nakajima B6N Tenzan (天山, Heavenly Mountain) (Allied reporting name: "Jill") was the Imperial Japanese Navy's standard carrier-borne torpedo bomber during the final years of World War II and the successor to the Nakajima B5N. Due to its protracted development, a shortage of experienced pilots and the United States Navy's achievement of air superiority by the time of its introduction, the B6N was never able to fully demonstrate its combat potential.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 14.9 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 482 km/htop speed
• range 1,746 kmwithout refuelling
• size 5,650 kgmax take-off weight
• built 1,268made in total

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 85 years ago, in 1941.
• 🏎️Top speed is 3.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 14.9 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,746 km: 10× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.0× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1941-03-14

introduced

1943

retired

1945

status

retired

number built

1,268

role

torpedo bomber

origin

🇯🇵 Japan

makers

Nakajima

engines

1× Mitsubishi MK4T Kasei 25 / Mitsubishi Kasei / Nakajima Mamoru

crew

3

length

10.9 m

wingspan

14.9 m

height

3.8 m

max take-off weight

5,650 kg

top speed

482 km/h

cruise speed

333 km/h

range

1,746 km

ceiling

9,040 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.