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dr.hal -> RE: OT: Kamikaze Survivors Article (6/18/2015 2:00:53 PM)
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There seems to be some difference of opinion as to what plane caused the ship to sink and where the surviving pilot was located. The story in this thread indicates that the Betty didn't hit Callaghan yet this was the plane that the pilot was recovered from. According to Wikipedia that's not the plane where the survivor came from! Note the following entry from Wikipedia:
On 9 July 1945, Callaghan took station on the embattled radar picket line, where on 28 July she drove off a wooden-and-fabric biplane kamikaze with well-directed fire, but the plane, skimming low and undetected, returned to strike Callaghan on the starboard side. It exploded and one of the plane's bombs penetrated the after engine room. The aircraft survived the first approach because the proximity fuses were ineffective against its wooden fuselage.[2] The destroyer flooded, and the fires which ignited antiaircraft ammunition prevented nearby ships from rendering aid. Callaghan sank at 02:35, 28 July 1945, with the loss of 47 members of her crew. She was the last Allied ship sunk by a kamikaze during the war. Note: The kamikaze pilot surprisingly survived the resulting explosions and was rescued from the water with the remaining Callahan crew members by allied ships.
It looks like Wikipedia is in need of correction. And my students wonder why I don't allow Wikipedia to be used as a source in their research papers!
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