HMS FORMIDABLE
IWM Caption
Firefighters busy on board HMS FORMIDABLE after a Japanese suicide plane had crashed on the flight deck whilst she was operating off the Sakishima Islands in support of the Okinawa landings. A Chance-Vought Corsair with its wings folded can be seen next to the badly scorched island whilst black smoke pours from the burning wreckage at the far end of the flight deck.
©IWM (A29313)
Description of incident in Commander David Hobbs book Aircraft Carriers
9 May 1945 : Damaged by Kamikaze aircraft off Sakahima Gunto. An aircraft dived from astern of Formidable and hit carrying a 600lb bomb. 6 aircraft on deck were wrecked by the blast. A further 10 aircraft in the hanger were damaged by fire
HMS FORMIDABLE
IWM Caption
Firefighters busy on board HMS FORMIDABLE after a Japanese suicide plane had crashed on the flight deck whilst she was operating off the Sakishima Islands in support of the Okinawa landings. A Chance-Vought Corsair with its wings folded can be seen next to the badly scorched island whilst black smoke pours from the burning wreckage at the far end of the flight deck.
©IWM (A29313)
Description of incident in Commander David Hobbs book Aircraft Carriers
9 May 1945 : Damaged by Kamikaze aircraft off Sakahima Gunto. An aircraft dived from astern of Formidable and hit carrying a 600lb bomb. 6 aircraft on deck were wrecked by the blast. A further 10 aircraft in the hanger were damaged by fire