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The closest non Japanese Kamikaze example would be Sonderkommando Elbe.
Except their purpose was not to die either. They were supposed to bail out.
One way trip.
I have some docs i will put up when i am back home.One way trip, with the pilot expected to bail out.
And HMS Rawalpindi, a converted passenger liner which took on the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau the captain was heard to say "We'll fight them both, they'll sink us, and that will be that. Good-bye". The captain was Ludovik Kennedy's father.HMS Jervis Bay attacking the Admiral Scheer to protect a convoy is another action that might be suicidal
Perhaps that's being "Nelsonian".HMS Jervis Bay attacking the Admiral Scheer to protect a convoy is another action that might be suicidal
He was, the action of Capt Fegen and Jervis Bay bought time for the convoy to scatter, 80% made it to safety. Fegen was wounded and went down with the ship, but not all crew did, about one quarter survived and were picked up.Perhaps that's being "Nelsonian".
...but unlikely to be able to do so.One way trip, with the pilot expected to bail out.