Zero Set To Fly Saturday June 9
06-08-2012, 10:29 AM
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Nice!
but... how is this possible?:
"Shigeyoshi Hamazono, a veteran kamikaze pilot, demonstrates how to control his zero fighter during an interview at his residence at Chiran in Kagoshima, Japan's southern island of Kyusyu on Aug. 12, 2004.
Photo: SHINGO ITO, AFP/Getty Images / 2004 AFP"
but... how is this possible?:
"Shigeyoshi Hamazono, a veteran kamikaze pilot, demonstrates how to control his zero fighter during an interview at his residence at Chiran in Kagoshima, Japan's southern island of Kyusyu on Aug. 12, 2004.
Photo: SHINGO ITO, AFP/Getty Images / 2004 AFP"
06-09-2012, 08:03 AM
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Originally Posted by jcaplins
Nice!
but... how is this possible?:
"Shigeyoshi Hamazono, a veteran kamikaze pilot, demonstrates how to control his zero fighter during an interview at his residence at Chiran in Kagoshima, Japan's southern island of Kyusyu on Aug. 12, 2004.
Photo: SHINGO ITO, AFP/Getty Images / 2004 AFP"
but... how is this possible?:
"Shigeyoshi Hamazono, a veteran kamikaze pilot, demonstrates how to control his zero fighter during an interview at his residence at Chiran in Kagoshima, Japan's southern island of Kyusyu on Aug. 12, 2004.
Photo: SHINGO ITO, AFP/Getty Images / 2004 AFP"
06-12-2012, 07:25 AM
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I'm glad that this is a authentic Zero and not a T-6 in disguise. Apparently from what I've read, a lot of the Kamikaze pilots were pressed into this service, unwilling volunteers, often screaming "Mother" as they took their final plunge into a target.
For those that have seen Empire Of The Sun, the main Character befriends a Japanese soldier who was turned into a Kamikaze pilot, but never managed to go on a mission.
For those that have seen Empire Of The Sun, the main Character befriends a Japanese soldier who was turned into a Kamikaze pilot, but never managed to go on a mission.
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