2006-10-07 01:22:06 · 14 answers · asked by shams 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
To protect them from shrapnel from gunfire. You want them to complete their suicide mission, so you give them protections against stray objects that might hit them in the head and knock them out before they can crash their aircraft. After all, you don't expect the sailors to just let them fly thier aricraft into the ships unmolested, do you? The Japanese knew their men would be shot at, and while being shot at, the men would need protection from bullet spray so they could concentrate on completing their suicide missions. Make sense?
2006-10-07 01:26:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They never wore helmets, they flew the zero,s with the cockpit open, they only flew high enough to do the Kamikazi bit, and anyway they just wore headbands with the Emporers blessing or a prayer on them. Very brave young men with total commitment to the Emporer and their country. You could say the first suicide bombers.
2006-10-07 01:39:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apart from being a bunch of f e cking pests and dangerous with it, I imagine they wanted an intact body before being welcomed in to the kingdom of wherever these nutters go after death.
2006-10-07 02:32:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they did wear helmets but they incorporated headphones for radio communication,the headband was worn over this .
2006-10-07 01:59:22 · answer #4 · answered by Francis7 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a matter of fact they didn't, like hardly any pilot in the 1940's.
2006-10-07 01:25:58 · answer #5 · answered by Lazy Pete 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They weren't exactly crash helmets, but to help protect the head from the cold at altitude.
2006-10-07 01:25:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-18 23:26:43 · answer #7 · answered by comesana 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To protect their heads - to try to aid identification?
2006-10-07 02:15:41 · answer #8 · answered by Phlodgeybodge 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They forgot to take them off.
2006-10-07 01:23:43 · answer #9 · answered by izdaleka 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's a smart yet stupid question.
but i guess the answer would be...
to protect their heads :]
2006-10-07 01:23:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋