Claude

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Claude is the NATO reporting name for the Mitsubishi A5M, a Japanese carrier-based fighter aircraft used primarily in the late 1930s and early World War II.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Claude canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NATO reporting name ⓘ
carrier-based fighter aircraft ⓘ
aircraftType carrier-based aircraft ⓘ
monoplane ⓘ
single-engine ⓘ
armament fixed forward-firing machine guns ⓘ
category fighter aircraft of World War II ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
naval aircraft ⓘ
construction all-metal ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Japan
crew 1 ⓘ
designedBy Jiro Horikoshi ⓘ
enteredServiceWith Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service ⓘ
era early World War II ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
firstFlight 1935 ⓘ
introduced 1937 ⓘ
laterUsedAs kamikaze aircraft ⓘ
trainer ⓘ
manufacturer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ⓘ
NATOReportingName Claude ⓘ
notableFeature first monoplane shipboard fighter to enter service with any navy ⓘ
operator Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Republic of China Air Force (captured examples) ⓘ
originatesFrom Japan ⓘ
powerplant Nakajima Kotobuki radial engine ⓘ
primaryUsePeriod late 1930s ⓘ
refersTo Mitsubishi A5M ⓘ
retired early 1940s ⓘ
role fighter ⓘ
serviceEntry mid-1930s ⓘ
successor Mitsubishi A6M Zero ⓘ
linked to: Mitsubishi A6M
usedAs frontline fighter ⓘ
usedBy Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
usedFromAircraftCarrier Japanese aircraft carriers ⓘ
usedInConflict Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
wingConfiguration low-wing monoplane ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mitsubishi A5M → NATOReportingName → Claude ⓘ
subject linked to: Mitsubishi A5M fighters
Mitsubishi A5M → NATOReportingName → Claude ⓘ
subject linked to: Claude