WW2 Japanese Pilot vs 182 Hawaiian Islanders

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Rather than acting as kamikazes at Pearl Harbour in 1941, Japanese pilots were ordered to return to their carriers after unleashing their devastating attack. But how did that return journey play out? What would you have done if the oil tank of your plane got shot and you were losing altitude fast? So fast, in fact, that you can see the licking flames at the front of your vehicle, and you are fully aware that this greasy metal container is the only thing keeping you from plummeting thousands of feet to your doom?

Well, that was the predicament facing the young pilot, Shigenori Nishikaichi. Who decided to steer himself towards one of the nearby Hawaiian islands he was told was uninhabited, and attempt to reconvene with one of his submarine friendlies. Good thing there was nobody on the island, and that his allies quickly reached him and welcomed him aboard, right?

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Show Created by Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London)
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Script Writer: Natasha Martell
Narrator: Chris Kane

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