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Japan Surrendered but Then a Kamikaze Crew Flew Out. A Pilot’s Relative Sought to Understand Why He Went.

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By Futoshi Mori / Japan News Senior Writer

15:54 JST, August 15, 2025

The Emperor announced the end of World War II on Aug. 15, 1945, and shortly afterward Masao Ohki, a 21-year-old senior flight sergeant, took off in a bomb-laden plane. He was a member of the “Ugaki suicide attack.” Although his body has never been found, he is treated as having been killed in action...

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