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Biak Kamikazes?

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Biak Kamikazes?

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Posted By: richard dunn Date: Saturday, 16 March 2002, at 8:29 a.m. Regarding the Biak Kamikaze story I had a little delayed reaction and realized I had a bit more on it though I have never credited it but… Japanese Monograpn No. 136 says the total Japanese reaction on May 27th at Biak was 9 Navy Zeros and 4 Army heavy bombers. It says 5 Zeros were lost [this is confirmed by 23d Air Flotilla War Diary] as well as four Army heavy bombers. After stating the above numbers as the total effort the very next paragraph states: “It is a fact that the 7th Air division cooperated closely in this combat with its fill available strength, but full data concerning it are lacking. Maj. Takata, commander of the 5th Air Regiment, who was at Muni that day, took off for the battle and fearlessly crashed into an enemy warship in a ‘suicide attack’. This was the very first of the Tokko attacks.” So that appears to be the Japanese version. 23d Air Flotilla does claim one sea truck

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