Kiyoshi Ogawa [SEP] manner of death
the Home Islands. "Bunker Hill" had provided aircraft for the massive effort to sink the Japanese battleship "Yamato" on April 7.
On May 11, the Imperial Japanese Navy carried out a massive kamikaze mission called "Kikusui Rokugi Sakusen" (Operation Kikusui "Floating Chrysanthemums" No. 6). On the early morning, pilots of the Tokkōtai suicide squadrons took off from their bases; among those pilots, there was Kiyoshi Ogawa, a member of the Dai-nana Showa-tai Squadron, flying a
Kiyoshi Ogawa
Kiyoshi Ogawa ( "Ogawa Kiyoshi", October 23, 1922 – May 11, 1945) was a Japanese naval aviator ensign () of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. As a kamikaze pilot, Ensign Ogawa's final action took place on May 11, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa. Piloting a bomb-laden Mitsubishi Zero fighter during Operation Kikusui No. 6, Ogawa at the age of 22 flew through American anti-aircraft fire and attacked the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier . He