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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Kamikaze Zero

Description: Kamikaze attack on the en:USS Missouri (BB-63). About to be hit by a Japanese A6M "Zero" Kamikaze, while operating off Okinawa on 11 April 1945. The plane hit the ship's side below the main deck, causing minor damage and no casualties on board the battleship. A 40mm quad gun mount's crew is in action in the lower foreground. The photographer has been identified as Seaman Len Schmidt.

Source: U.S. Naval Historical Centre Photograph

For more information on Kamikaze attack, see ar:كاميكازي cs:Kamikaze da:Kamikaze de:Shimpū Tokkōtai el:Καμικάζι en:Kamikaze es:Kamikaze eu:Kamikaze fr:Kamikaze id:Kamikaze it:Kamikaze he:קמיקזה nl:Kamikaze ja:特別攻撃隊 pl:Kamikaze pt:Kamikaze ru:Камикадзе scn:Kamikazi sr:Камиказе fi:Kamikaze sv:Kamikaze zh:神風特攻隊

Background notes: Mitsubishi A6M Zero
English: The Mitsubishi A6M Zero was a Japanese fighter aircraft of World War II
日本語: 三菱零式艦上戦闘機
中文 : 零式戰機，簡稱零戰，編號A6M，是第二次世界大战时期日本海軍航空隊最主要战斗机种，從中國戰場一直使用到二次世界大戰結束，整個太平洋戰區都可以見到她的蹤影，同時也是日本海軍產量最大的戰鬥機，由三菱與中島兩家公司共同生產10449架各式零式戰鬥機。


Background notes: USS Missouri (BB-63)
English: The third USS Missouri (BB-63) ("Mighty Mo" or "Big Mo") is a U.S. Navy battleship, notable as the final battleship to be built by the United States, the second-to-last in the world after HMS Vanguard, and the site of the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II.
日本語: ミズーリ (USS Missouri, BB-63) はアメリカ海軍の戦艦。アイオワ級の3番艦。ニューヨーク海軍工廠にて建造。太平洋戦争での日本の降伏調印式場となる。当時の大統領トルーマンの出身州に因んで同艦が選定された。現在はハワイ州パールハーバーで記念艦として保存。


Mitsubishi A6M Zero

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Public domain This image is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made during the course of the person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.

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Image title A Japanese Kamikaze is shown just before colliding with the USS Missouri during the Battle of Okinawa in the Pacific Ocean, April 11, 1945. Recent findings suggest the historic photo was taken by Baker 2nd Class Harold ``Buster Campbell, one of the ship's cooks. (AP Photo/Harold Campbell courtesy of Dan Campbell)
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Horizontal resolution 200 dpi
Vertical resolution 200 dpi
Software used Adobe Photoshop CS Windows
File change date and time 03:58, 23 January 2005
Author HAROLD CAMPBELL
Colour space 65535
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