Shigeyoshi Hamazono, 81 years old, "kamikaze" pilot in the Japanese Special Attack Force during WW2, in Chiran, Japan.

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Shigeyoshi Hamazono, 81 years old, "kamikaze" pilot in the Japanese Special Attack Force during WW2. After two unsuccessful missions the war ended thus denying him the chance to die for his country in a suicide plane attack against US military targets. Photographed at the Special Attack Peace Memorial Museum, in Chiran, Kyushu Island, Southern Chiran was the airbase from where kamikaze pilots took off on their final missions.

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Size: 3504px × 2336px
Location: Chiran Japan
Photo credit: © jeremy sutton-hibbert / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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