Why did japanese Kamikaze pilots wear crash helmets in ww2?
Hi D.D. I’m sorry but I don’t think they did wear crash helmets. Why would they, given that there mission was a suicide one? From what I know before they set off ceremonies were held. They were given the flag of Japan or the rising sun flag (Japanese naval ensign), inscribed with inspirational and spiritual words, Nambu pistol or katana and drank sake before they took off generally. They put on a headband with the rising sun, and a senninbari, a “belt of a thousand stitches” sown by a thousand women who made one stitch each.[29] They also composed and read a death poem, a tradition stemming from the samurai, who did it before committing seppuku. Pilots carried prayers from their families and were given military decorations. I hope this is of help. Good luck my friend, cathorio.
