| Accession Number | P02018.393 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Film copy negative |
| Maker |
US War V Japan |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Okinawa, Japan. 1945-06. A piloted short range flying bomb, known as a "kamikaze (suicide) plane" ...
Description
Okinawa, Japan. 1945-06. A piloted short range flying bomb, known as a "kamikaze (suicide) plane" captured on Okinawa is pushed along a road or airfield on a trolley. On 1945-04-06 the Japanese Kamikaze Corps sent 350 suicide aircraft in a mass attack against the US Navy in which thirty US ships were sunk or damaged.