like crash into the sea and get picked up
2006-11-21 23:58:40 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Yes, however some 4,000 members of the Special Attack Forces (Tokkotai) gave their lives for Japan during WWII. They sank 34 allied ships and damaged 288 more. More than 12,000 Americans were killed in kamikaze attacks, some 36,400 were wounded. According to a Japanese account 80 percent of the American losses at the end of WWII could be attributed to kamikaze pilots. Almost 60 years later few former kamikaze pilots survive.
2006-11-22 00:07:00 · answer #1 · answered by Albertan 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
ninedemon check your history books their were no kamikaze pilots at pearl harbour or for two years after. It was only introduced as a last resort when the US had got close enough to japan that a new tactic was needed to stop them.
I know a least one pilot that survived as he was talking about it in the World At War documentary. Others must also have survived, if their planes were shot down before striking then they would of been pulled out of the sea and taken POW by the sailors on ships and by that time in the war the Japs were finaly allowing themselves to surrender. Their horror at the hunreds of thousands of civilian casualties caused by US longe range bombing of their wooden cities with incendaries had caused many japanese warriors to despair and give in.
2006-11-22 11:05:19 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes - I recall seeing one old former kamikaze pilot on TV some years ago telling how he did not crash his aeroplane into the American aircraft carrier he had been sent to destroy but simply belly flopped into the sea nearby and was picked up by US sailors. Good for him whoever he was.
2006-11-23 19:05:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course some survived . Some did not ,after all the idea was to crash your plane on to allied shipping . Some of the cockpits were sealed from the outside . Non the less the planes were made mainly by Mitsubishi and I have no doubt that their planes would have flown and flown had they been given sufficient fuel for a return journey , which of course was against the order of the Kamikaze........................................................
2006-11-25 06:20:33 · answer #4 · answered by josei boy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard of an Irish kamikaze pilot who completed 7 missions.
2006-11-22 00:14:28 · answer #5 · answered by ANON 4 · 2⤊ 3⤋
If they survived the crash the committed Harri-Kari for dishonoring the Emperor.
2006-11-22 00:09:59 · answer #6 · answered by tom l 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, my father was a Chief Petty Officer in the British Royal Navy, he dived overboard to save a guy who had diverted his plane at the last moment. Said he was a nice young guy, a university student. I hope he is still alive.
2006-11-22 00:08:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes however he in fact aborted his attack as he could not find a target and he carried out a standing order which was to return to base. His name escapes me at present.
2006-11-24 03:00:49 · answer #8 · answered by vonbraith 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I've heard some of the planes were sealed shut so no escape attempt could be made. Probably the only survivors were the ones trained just before the war.
2006-11-22 00:05:15 · answer #9 · answered by Iron Dragon 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
That's why they're kamikaze. Alot like suicide bombers today, their sole purpose was to kill themselves along with their enemy. To make matters worse, for an opponent of the Japanese, not one of them believed in forfeit. They would either kill you or commit seppuku (ritual suicide).
2006-11-22 00:15:30 · answer #10 · answered by Huey Freeman 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋