{"id":83133,"date":"2023-10-12T02:00:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T06:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=83133"},"modified":"2023-10-11T09:11:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T13:11:13","slug":"kamikaze-hms-formidable-may-4-1945","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2023\/10\/12\/kamikaze-hms-formidable-may-4-1945\/","title":{"rendered":"KAMIKAZE: <em>HMS Formidable<\/em>, May 4, 1945"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u57eMtz-PAE\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Armoured Carriers<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 18 Apr 2020<\/p>\n<p>It was the height of the invasion of Okinawa. Japan was throwing a last-ditch effort at unseating US Marines from their beachheads. Kamikazes swarmed the skies. <em>HMS Formidable<\/em>, part of the British Pacific Fleet interdicting attacks from Formosa (Taiwan), was to suffer a direct hit on her armoured flight deck. Here&#8217;s what happened &mdash; in the words of those who were there.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Find the full account of this action at www.armouredcarriers.com<\/p>\n<p>Full original audio:<br \/>\nRoy Beldam: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbmFFRXlJbHdxaFhQTFBwRTJ1TWpJMHBFeTBqd3xBQ3Jtc0ttSDZtSHBnV1piZU5iUFZUQWVTR3JHQVI3OHBtMnpkcnVkdzRSaWowYWNqWDJ3el84MExITDhKXzAzdExMMlFVZXJGNUNGRTFZbmg4dmc3U29ZX0JuLTBFSzVGZk9yUUZOWFNZN3o4cDRGX2tVbnVGZw&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwm.org.uk%2Fcollections%2Fitem%2Fobject%2F80033999&#038;v=u57eMtz-PAE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.iwm.org.uk\/collections\/it&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nRichard Bigg-Wither: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbmxjNWNQN3ZVbEVhRUJGOC01UmphM1pWVDZsd3xBQ3Jtc0tuNWl5eXQ5dFdZSmxNUkRMOU9yUVFuaHRWTVY1cHNLeHRpUFhWaWlCb3dPRW5fQXhIRFFKaFA1UXFPczZNM3NQX0trNWJOQndJM1Q4b3RDQWctN0VabTBhX2p5TGQyalF2NGlkdlF1X3VGUHl4cUI4dw&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwm.org.uk%2Fcollections%2Fitem%2Fobject%2F80011910&#038;v=u57eMtz-PAE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.iwm.org.uk\/collections\/it&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nJohn Maybank: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa3VrcEtobXV0RTZOWDMtUDF0WTZRQXNHb2dfQXxBQ3Jtc0trelBpcW5obzlKQzA1bXZmeGVIOWptMVV5eUlwWnIwSy1Fb2sxeHRpYnZLVGdpRUwtWHRER09QTjNzTHVjajE0WmFvR3dkRi1BQnhHMHdlSG1KTzVwZ1hFd1ZVNGJqS25rR1p5TTFRNjk0d0FzXzUwMA&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwm.org.uk%2Fcollections%2Fitem%2Fobject%2F80024839&#038;v=u57eMtz-PAE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.iwm.org.uk\/collections\/it&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nStanley Harris: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbllhNFVHaXhyankzSzcza090aXZaeFVrMHZuQXxBQ3Jtc0trVk1nUDNvTmViOEJ0dnhQMlp6cFk1S0pEcmdsOS05R296OWt6RlBnelpnTFdGNktWRDRNSjlRMlZpNGF6NlhFQjBkMUp4bWxpZ29fV1NsaXBVbjlPNUFnaHpQT2VzRTNlT0hsWWdqNXpMZ1dfLTVOOA&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwm.org.uk%2Fcollections%2Fitem%2Fobject%2F80032633&#038;v=u57eMtz-PAE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.iwm.org.uk\/collections\/it&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nAdrian Sweet: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbVBkcHBud3FRUERUMG9MUXBqajZjazUxZHdVd3xBQ3Jtc0tuSVRvZjR3RVkwMmdxZHRoZkFhR0lmTGJVOHdZYU1DYXBzbE9Md242VDNXSTBsZnF4YllSREJzQkxJNTRxXzZYVEFHdVFpUlNGMTZsYUR6eTUyMTFrSnd5LUlyaGdvWUQtaGRoYm82UTJla1BRSHpnQQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwm.org.uk%2Fcollections%2Fitem%2Fobject%2F80017628&#038;v=u57eMtz-PAE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.iwm.org.uk\/collections\/it&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nDouglas Parker: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbkc0VU9FSjdpbW5mdm9RWHc4NGxEOHo2NDZDZ3xBQ3Jtc0ttd0p4eHd3V2hRWmF0TG02VFRYN1FKeTY2bDRJSWdjeVd0QkdMVmRWQzBzZVpvUVA0dWFYSTlDMGE4bGNma1FXZ0llalI1MzFtdlJudGFjbDlzUXk2YlFYeDNNa041RzVfaDZ3SnVEdGxTQWhGU1VMOA&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwm.org.uk%2Fcollections%2Fitem%2Fobject%2F80015067&#038;v=u57eMtz-PAE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.iwm.org.uk\/collections\/it&#8230;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Armoured Carriers Published 18 Apr 2020 It was the height of the invasion of Okinawa. Japan was throwing a last-ditch effort at unseating US Marines from their beachheads. Kamikazes swarmed the skies. HMS Formidable, part of the British Pacific Fleet interdicting attacks from Formosa (Taiwan), was to suffer a direct hit on her armoured flight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7,24,5,683,13],"tags":[123,617,30,1497],"class_list":["post-83133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-britain","category-history","category-japan","category-military","category-pacific","category-usa","tag-aircraft","tag-carriers","tag-navy","tag-okinawa"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/favicon.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hpV6-lCR","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83133"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85150,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83133\/revisions\/85150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}