72nd Shinbu 1945 Kamikaze
Title
72nd Shinbu 1945 Kamikaze
Creator
unknown
Subject
72nd Shinbu Squadron; Imperial Japanese Army Air Force; Kamikaze pilots; Yukio Araki; youth suicide missions; World War II—Pacific Theater
Description
Photograph taken 26 May 1945 of five corporals from the 72nd Shinbu Squadron the day before their tokkō (Kamikaze) mission. Front row (left to right): Tsutomu Hayakawa (18), Yukio Araki (17), Takamasa Senda (18). Back row (left to right): Kaname Takahashi (18), Mitsuyoshi Takahashi (17). Yukio Araki is the youngest known Kamikaze pilot to die in the war. The mission was postponed one day because of bad weather.
Publisher
Wikimedia Commons
Contributor
Brandmeister
Date
1945-05-26
Type
Still Image
Format
image/jpeg; 1,686 × 2,061 pixels; 1.34 MB
Identifier
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:72nd_Shinbu_1945_Kamikaze.jpg
Source
http://www.cannoncenter.com/index/kamikaze.jpg
Language
English
Relation
Used in multiple language Wikipedias under the entry “Kamikaze” and related pages
Coverage
72nd Shinbu Squadron, Imperial Japan, 26 May 1945
Rights
Public Domain
Files
Collection
Citation
unknown, “72nd Shinbu 1945 Kamikaze,” Santa Clara University Digital Exhibits, accessed April 24, 2026, https://dh.scu.edu/exhibits/items/show/5784.
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