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  2. Yukio Araki - Wikipedia

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    As a kamikaze pilot and member of the 72nd Shinbu Squadron, Araki died on May 27, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa when he deliberately crashed his bomb-laden Mitsubishi Ki-51 into the USS Braine. It is speculated that Araki and one other pilot hit and damaged the ship, killing 66 of its crew. At 17, Araki was one of the youngest kamikaze pilots.

  3. Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots - Wikipedia

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    Ki-43 Hayabusa. In 1975 a museum was built to commemorate the lives of the pilots and document their "patriotic efforts for peace".[1] [2] Enlarged in 1985, exhibits include four planes: a Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa, a 1943 Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien, a 1944 Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate, and a Mitsubishi Zero recovered from the seabed in 1980.

  4. Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/72nd Shinbu Squadron ...

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    A quite unusual portrait of young kamikaze pilots, all of whom have died. The photo became iconic to some extent in Japan, appearing in several local museums and in a number of Japanese books. I didn't crop the thin top/bottom frames because it would eat some photo space as the frames aren't straight, the original low-res framing is here.

  5. Last letters from young kamikaze pilots provide rare insights ...

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  6. Kamikaze - Wikipedia

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    A kamikaze aircraft crashes into a U.S. warship in May 1945.. Kamikaze (神風, pronounced [kamiꜜkaze]; ' divine wind ' [1] or ' spirit wind '), officially Shinpū Tokubetsu Kōgekitai (神風特別攻撃隊, ' Divine Wind Special Attack Unit '), were a part of the Japanese Special Attack Units of military aviators who flew suicide attacks for the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels ...

  7. Category:Kamikaze pilots - Wikipedia

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    Kamikaze pilots of World War II. Pages in category "Kamikaze pilots" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent ...

  8. Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka - Wikipedia

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    The MXY-7 Navy Suicide Attacker Ohka was a manned flying bomb that was usually carried underneath a Mitsubishi G4M2e Model 24J "Betty" bomber to within range of its target. . On release, the pilot would first glide towards the target and when close enough he would fire the Ohka ' s three solid-fuel rockets, one at a time or in unison, [4] and fly the missile towards the ship that he intended ...

  9. On 9/11, this fighter pilot was sent on a kamikaze ... - AOL

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    U.S. Air Force Lt. Heather "Lucky" Penney, an F-16 pilot at the time, was ordered into the air to intercept United Airlines Flight 93. Her father was a flight captain for United at the time.