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Table of Contents Table of contents Published in Poland in 2009 by STRATUS s.c. Po. Box 123, 27-600 Sandomierz 1, Poland Japanese Special Attack ...........................................................................................................5 e-mail:[email protected] for The culture of Kamikaze .......................................................................................................5 Mushroom Model Publications, 36 Ver Road, Redbourn, Kamikaze - the last chance for the Japanese Empire ............................................................7 AL3 7PE, UK. The creators of Japanese Special Attack ...............................................................................7 e-mail: [email protected] © 2009 Mushroom Model Establishment of the Kamikaze suicide units ........................................................................8 Publications. Kamikaze pilot training .......................................................................................................10 http://www.mmpbooks.biz Last moments before a suicide mission ...............................................................................13 All rights reserved. Apart from any fair dealing for the pur- Kamikaze over the Philippines ............................................................................................16 pose of private study, research, The last air combats over the Philippines ............................................................................21 criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Design and Kamikaze in defence of Iwo Jima .......................................................................................32 Patents Act, 1988, no part of this Fighting at Okinawa ............................................................................................................37 publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or The last Kamikaze attacks in defence of the Japanese Islands............................................49 transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, electrical, The effects of Kamikaze .....................................................................................................50 chemical, mechanical, optical, The fate of the Kamikaze godfathers ..................................................................................50 photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written Kamikaze effectiveness .......................................................................................................52 permission. All enquiries should List of the most important suicide units and formations .....................................................53 be addressed to the publisher. Suicide units of the Army and Navy participating in actions over the Philippines ...53 Suicide units of the Army and Navy participating in actions over Okinawa ............53 ISBN Organisation of some aircraft suicide units ...............................................................55 978-83-89450-12-8 Ships damaged and sunk during attacks by Kamikaze or Shimpū suicide units .......57 Editor in chief Kamikaze (or Shimpū) aircraft ..................................................................................................61 Roger Wallsgrove Special attack aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Army .............................................................65 Editorial Team Kawasaki Ki-48 (‘Lily’) ......................................................................................................65 Bartłomiej Belcarz James Kightly Kawasaki Ki-119 .................................................................................................................73 Robert Pęczkowski Kokusai Ta-Go ....................................................................................................................77 Artur Juszczak Nakajima Ki-49 Donryu (Helen).........................................................................................82 Colour Drawings Mitsubishi To-Go and Ki-167 ............................................................................................90 Artur Juszczak Nakajima Ki-115 Tsurugi....................................................................................................96 Zygmunt Szeremeta Krzysztof Wołowski Rikugun single jet-engine fighter ......................................................................................106 DTP Tachikawa Ki-74 ‘Patsy’ ...................................................................................................106 Artur Bukowski Tachikawa Ta-Go ..............................................................................................................113 Translation The Experimental Single-seat Attack Aeroplane ..............................................................115 Wojtek Matusiak Special attack aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy ............................................................117 Printed by: Aichi M6A Seiran/Nanzan ................................................................................................117 Drukarnia Diecezjalna, Kawanishi Baika ...............................................................................................................129 ul. Żeromskiego 4, 27-600 Sandomierz Kugisho D3Y Myojo .........................................................................................................135 tel. +48 (15) 832 31 92; fax +48 (15) 832 77 87 Kugisho D4Y Suisei (‘Judy’) ............................................................................................140 www.wds.pl [email protected] Kugisho MXY7 Ohka (Baka) ...........................................................................................149 PRINTED IN POLAND Kokukyoku Jinryu ............................................................................................................174 Nakajima Kikka.................................................................................................................181 Nakajima Toka ..................................................................................................................194 Remote controlled flying bombs of the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy ..........................196 Army .......................................................................................................................................196 Fu-Go bomber balloon ......................................................................................................197 2 Rikugun Maru-Ke (Ke-Go) homing bomb .......................................................................201 Kawasaki I-Go-1 Otsu (Ki-148) ........................................................................................207 Mitsubishi I-Go-1 Ko (Ki-147) .........................................................................................216 Rikugun I-Go-1 Hei ..........................................................................................................223 Tokyo University I-Go infra-red guided missile ...............................................................224 Rikugun AZ and Maru-Ko flying torpedoes .....................................................................224 Tokushu Kogata Bakugekki and Sa-Go ............................................................................225 Navy ........................................................................................................................................226 Kugisho Funryu remote controlled missile .......................................................................226 Kugisho Kudan flying bomb .............................................................................................231 Kugisho Kurai flying anti-submarine torpedo ..................................................................232 Kokukyoku Shusui-shiki Kayaku Rocket .........................................................................236 Bibliography ..........................................................................................................................240 Colour profiles .......................................................................................................................241 All photos via the author To Makiko and Takuya, my beloved wife and son except where stated. Ryusuke Ishiguro 3 The last air combats over the Philippines The next stage of the Japanese attacks by suicide aircraft commenced in late November 1944 when the units in the Philippines were reinforced with 450 aircraft from Taiwan. These were used immediately to form new Kamikaze units. One of these, the 3rd Shimpū Tokubetsu Kogekitai, assembled at Nichols Field and Mabalacat. The unit was equipped with Mitsubishi A6M ‘Zero’ fighters, Kugisho D4Y Suisei ‘Judy’ dive-bombers and twin-engined Kugisho P1Y Ginga ‘Frances’ land-based bombers. It began operations on 25 November 1944. The first to go into action was the Yoshino tai unit, under Sub-Lieutenant Masami Takatake. Six ‘Zero’ fighters and two ‘Frances’ bombers arrived over the American fleet commanded by Admiral Gerald F. Bogan at 1130, and two more attack groups followed. The first group was met with heavy AA fire from the carrier USS Cabot, but two Kamikazes hit the ship. Only slight damage resulted, but 15 American sailors were killed and 16 were wounded. Two more Japanese aircraft hit the carrier USS Intrepid: the first struck a gun position and destroyed it, before falling onto the deck and causing a fire to start. The other Kamikaze exploded on the deck, from which 75 aircraft had just
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