TAKAI Sadao
Imperial War Museum Collection,
Accession Number E000220
- Imperial War Museum
Source
- 1
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- IWM
Interviewer
- 00:19:55
Total Running Time
- English
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- 00:19:55
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- Audio cassette
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Synopsis
Production date : 1972
Synopsis is taken from the source:
Recollections of operations as pilot with 11th Air Fleet, Japanese Air Force during sinking of HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales off Malaya, 10/12/1941: spotting of ships by Japanese reconnaissance aircraft; launching of force to attack ships; attack and sinking of ships; reasons for not seeing sinking of ships; reaction to sinking of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse; projected number of attacks needed to sink a battleship; problems releasing torpedo during first attack on HMS Repulse; reasons for not seeing torpedo strike; prominence of torpedo attacks in Japanese thinking when attacking battleships; reaction to lack of Allied air support for ships; threat of fighters to torpedo bombers; reaction to successfully returning to base; change in attitude towards role of battleships.
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