Japanese aviators

thumb|254x254px|A kamikaze attack aircraft crashes into a US naval warship, May 1945. , officially , were a part of the Japanese Special Attack Units of military aviators who flew suicide attacks for the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific campaign of World War II, intending to destroy warships more effectively than with conventional air attacks. About 3,800 kamikaze pilots died during the war in attacks that killed more than 7,000 Allied naval personnel, sank several dozen warships, and damaged scores more. The term is used generically in modern w

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Japanese film director (1901-1970)

Japanese astronaut (1975-)

Japanese Kamikaze pilot

Japanese general (1884–1963)

Japanese aerobatics pilot

Japanese general

Japanese general and historian

First licenced Japanese woman aviator

first Japanese woman aviator to obtain license for hydroplane