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.

All labels observed (1)

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

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