Tokko "Kamikaze" Special Attack Doctrine Photographs

128 items in this album on 7 pages.


Crew of USS Nashville inspecting the damage caused by a special attack aircraft, Dec 1944	Abandoned Japanese Ki-67-I Kai To-Go special attack aircraft of Fugaku Squadron at Clark Field, Luzon, Philippine Islands, circa 1945

Lieutenant (junior grade) Hachiro Hosokawa of the Oka Unit of the Japanese Navy Jinrai Special Attack Corps, 1945	Burning escort carrier USS Ommaney Bay as seen from sister ship USS Steamer Bay, 4 Jan 1945, Sulu Sea, Philippines. Ommaney Bay had been struck by a Japanese special attack aircraft and was later scuttled.

Escort carrier USS Ommaney Bay on fire after being struck by a Japanese special attack aircraft in the Sulu Sea, Philippines, 4 Jan 1945. The destroyer USS Patterson can be seen approaching to help.	Destroyer USS Helm repelling a special attack from a Nakajima Ki-43 'Oscar' fighter off Luzon, Philippines, 5 Jan 1945. The photo was taken from the carrier USS Steamer Bay.

Explosion aboard USS Colombia after being struck by a Japanese Army Ki-51 special attack aircraft, Lingayen Gulf, Philippine Islands, 6 Jan 1945	Japanese Zero special attack aircraft, already burning from anti-aircraft fire, diving on USS Columbia during the Lingayen Gulf operation in the Philippine Islands, 6 Jan 1945

Ki-51 special attack aircraft of Japanese Army Sekicho Squadron diving at USS Columbia in Lingayen Gulf, Philippine Islands, at 1729 hours on 6 Jan 1945; photograph taken from USS California	Ki-51 special attack aircraft of Japanese Army Sekicho Squadron striking USS Columbia in Lingayen Gulf, Philippine Islands, at 1729 hours on 6 Jan 1945; photograph taken from USS California

Louisville hit by Mitsubishi Ki-51 special attack aircraft, Lingayen Gulf, Philippine Islands, 6 Jan 1945	Burned and demolished F6F-5 Hellcat on the hangar deck of USS Ticonderoga following a special attack plane crashing through the flight deck and exploding in the hangar deck southeast of Formosa (Taiwan), 21 Jan 1945.

Carrier Ticonderoga burning after being struck by special attack aircraft off Taiwan, 21 Jan 1945; note light cruiser Miami's starboard catapult and OS2U Kingfisher aircraft in foreground	Port side view of USS Ticonderoga with an intentional list to assist firefighting efforts following a kamikaze attack 21 Jan 1945 southeast of Formosa (Taiwan). Photo taken from USS Essex.

Smoke pouring from the Ticonderoga’s fires following a special attack aircraft crashing through the flight deck off Formosa (Taiwan) on 21 Jan 1945 that started stubborn fires on the hangar deck	Smoke pouring through a large hole in the Ticonderoga’s flight deck from fires after a special attack aircraft crashed through the deck off Formosa (Taiwan) on 21 Jan 1945

Splinters of teak flight deck surround bomb hole near Ticonderoga's No 1 elevator shortly after being hit by kamikaze aircraft, off Taiwan, 21 Jan 1945; seen on page 92 of US Navy War Photographs	USS Ticonderoga burning after being hit by two special attack aircraft, 125 miles east-southeast of Taiwan, 21 Jan 1945

With the fires out, crews evaluate how to make emergency repairs to a large hole in Ticonderoga’s flight deck from a special attack aircraft crashing through it off Formosa (Taiwan) on 21 Jan 1945	Damage to the Gallery Deck of the USS Ticonderoga as seen up and aft from the hanger deck. On 21 Jan 1945 a special attack plane crashed through the flight deck and through the gallery deck here. Feb 1945 photo.