Kamikaze attack

Two carriers burning after separate kamikaze strikes. USS Franklin (CV-13), at right, and USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) afire after being hit by Japanese kamikaze suicide planes, while operating off the Philippines on 30 October 1944. Photographed from USS Brush (DD-745). US Navy 80-G-326798

Some Points From The USS Franklin CV-13 War Damage Report

June 27, 2024

USS Franklin Sailors examine damage to the flight and hangar decks after the 30 October 1944 Kamikaze attack. US Navy...

Massive smoke clouds and flames issue from USS Bunker Hill on 11 May 1945 strikes by two kamikazes. (US Navy 80-G-274266)

“Information on and Means for Combating Suicide Plane Attacks”

April 29, 2024

USS Franklin (CV-13), at right, and USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) afire after being hit by Japanese suicide plane attacks, while...

A crowed deck of planes, pilots, and crews of Air Group 13 in October 1944. The first nine are Hellcat fighters, the ones in the back are Helldivers and Avengers. Franklin would be struck by a Kamikaze on 30 October 1944.

Kamikazes Attack USS Franklin (CV-13)

October 30, 2023

Air Group-13 Hellcats, Avengers, and Helldivers prepare to strike the Japanese in the Philippines in October 1944. Normally, 17-year-old Seaman...