2006-07-09 11:51:24 · 15 answers · asked by White Chocolate 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
TO make sure there head was in tact when they were found.. lol.
2006-07-09 11:54:20 · answer #1 · answered by trouble comes a knockin 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
LOL Good One. But I'll try to answer by putting my self in their shoes. If I was about to fly with the intention of crashing the plane, I would feel more secure on some level by having something hugging my head, although conciously I know that I'm about to kill myself. I would feel more secure.
Also they weren't always Kamikaze. They had probably been flying many missions for years (without the intention of crashing the plane) with helmets and it might be something they were just used to.
2006-07-09 12:01:05 · answer #2 · answered by Pepe LePeu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This comes up periodically. The answer always seems to be some combination of: first, the radio gear is built into the leather helmet they wear, and second, that that was standard pilot outfit, kamikazi or no, and finally, they wnated to survive until they got to the target.
2006-07-09 12:02:15 · answer #3 · answered by Berry K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Helmet wasn't really a helmet...but a soft leather skull cap that contained the headphone speakers and mic assembly. Dispite their one-way mission...comms with the battle group they launched from was important.
2006-07-09 13:41:42 · answer #4 · answered by helipilot212 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to protect their heads from the knocking ardound to the plane caused by the murderous anti aircraft fire
anyway those armourless kamikaze planes couldnt stand up to a 50 calibre bullet or 20mm cannon shell should one puncture the flimsy planes
2006-07-09 19:53:45 · answer #5 · answered by GEN Gamer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So they had a head to bury..similar to motorcyclists...
and because they were dumb enough to be Kamikaze pilots.
I also heard that they sometimes nailed the cockpit shut..hmm.
2006-07-14 23:43:59 · answer #6 · answered by an_american_infidel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mitsubishi 2m6 "zero" had no radio on board remember in those days radios were bulky,unreliable and heavy only late in the war were radios adapted for small lightweight fighterrs the u.s p-51 was among the first fighter equipped with 2-way radios
2006-07-09 15:01:01 · answer #7 · answered by riksolo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Audio gear was wired into the helmet, I think. Otherwise they wouldn't be able to hear their commanders.
2006-07-09 11:56:02 · answer #8 · answered by agentdenim 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never get tired of this question. It's as good as "Why don't they make the plane out of the same stuff as the black box".
2006-07-09 19:53:46 · answer #9 · answered by Me again 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually the it was part of the uniform, alot of kamakazi's chickened out .
2006-07-09 11:57:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋