SUICIDE PLANES
Countered By Fighters YOKOHAMA. September 23. Two former Kamikaze pilots, now farmers, told correspondents that American fighter plane opposition minimised the effectiveness of the Kamikaze in the late stages of the They said assignment to the corps originally was compulsory, but later it became popular to volunteer. Member? of Kamikaze received the pay of ordinary pilots, but were i -omised two grades of promotion posthumously. Kamikaze pilots sometimes returned from unsuccessful missions without disgrace, if the pilot surveyed the target and found it impossible to do the greatest amount of damage.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23314, 25 September 1945, Page 5
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93SUICIDE PLANES Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23314, 25 September 1945, Page 5
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