The Japanese kamikaze pilot in the A6M Zero fighter crashes into the American Missouri battleship (USS Missouri (BB-63) during the Battle of Okinawa.) The Japanese Zero fighter hit the ship below the main deck, causing minor damage and without causing casualties.
In the foreground – a team of 40-mm anti-aircraft guns.
Location: Okinawa, Japan
Date: April 11, 1945
Author: Len Schmidt