#b6n2

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Attacking Nakajima B6N2 Tenzan "Jill" torpedo bomber seen from USS MONTEREY (CVL-26), off Truk. Date not given, probably taken during Task Force 58.2's raid on Truk.

Date: April 30, 1944

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: 80-G-366984

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Prototype torpedo b6n2 with torpedo Type 91 mod 4 and search radar Type 3 (H-6).

Radar H-6 was adopted in August 1942, the range of detection of single targets was within - 70 km, and groups - 100 km, just before the end of the war produced about 2 thousand radar of this type.