Suicide plane is this Jab Baka bomb captured on Okinawa

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Suicide plane is this Jab Baka bomb captured on Okinawa

Date6/11/1945

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Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Unknown (photographer)

FormatPicture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Suicide plane is this Jab Baka bomb captured on Okinawa. Unlike the German robot bomb; this one is guided by a pilot who stays with it until it strikes a target

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Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Object NumberTSPA_0019213F

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