Shooting Star

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The Aichi B7A "Shooting Star" was a Japanese World War II carrier-capable torpedo-dive bomber designed for the Imperial Japanese Navy.

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Shooting Star canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese military aircraft
World War II aircraft
carrier-capable torpedo-dive bomber
aircraftCategory naval aircraft
armament bombs
defensive rear-firing machine gun
fixed forward-firing machine guns
torpedoes
conflict World War II
countryOfOrigin Japan
crew 2
designedAsSuccessorTo Aichi D3A
Nakajima B5N
designedBy Aichi design team
designedFor aircraft carrier operations
designedForMissionProfile combined torpedo and dive-bombing operations
designedToOperateFrom Shinano aircraft carrier
Taiho-class aircraft carriers
engineConfiguration single-engine
engineType Nakajima NK9C Homare 12 radial engine
era 1940s
firstFlight 1942
fuselageType all-metal construction
historicalPeriod Pacific War
introduced 1944
landingGear retractable tailwheel landing gear
manufacturer Aichi Kokuki
nationality Japanese
NATOReportingName Grace
nickname Shooting Star
numberBuilt fewer than 120
powerplantCount 1
primaryUser Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
propulsion propeller-driven
reasonForLimitedProduction industrial constraints in Japan
late introduction in World War II
role dive bomber
torpedo bomber
serviceBranch Imperial Japanese Navy
status retired
tailConfiguration conventional tail unit
usedAs attack aircraft
usedBy Imperial Japanese Navy
wingConfiguration mid-wing monoplane

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Aichi B7A alsoKnownAs Shooting Star
Aichi B7A nickname Shooting Star
subject linked to: Shooting Star