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Final Kamikaze Sortie

Japan · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1945Date range
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1945

Matome Ugaki15 August 1945

Okinawa · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Ugaki flies on a final special-attack mission after the imperial surrender broadcast and is killed.

Names involved

Matome Ugaki

Provenance

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