During the war why did Kamikaze Pilots wear crash helmets?
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they kept their sushi in it, of course.
It was part of the uniform.
Im not sure but werent their microphones attached to them so that they could speak to Flight Despatch and tell them what they were about to do?
Radio communication.
The so called helmet was a leather cap that kept the head warm and provided so insulation from noise. The idea being that radio communciation could be maintained. It gets rather cool at those altitudes and the planes did not have climate control.
So that they don't injure their head before completing the mission.
They weren't actually "crash" helmets. They're "flight" helmets. The reason the Kamikaze wore them was because they have communications built into them.
So they could live long enough to aim their aircraft at the enemy ships
It was the style at the time, all the pilots where wearing them n the fashion concious japs were no different,
Because it was a mental thing
they were not crash helmets, they had earphones inside normal Japanese flying helmets
They didnt- what they wore were leather flying helmets, which did not offer protection, but were essential because they were connected to the communications network and the pilots could be contacted by base, and vice versa.
Kamikaze Pilots wore helmets because of two primary reasons:
1) Communication as radio communication kit used to be attached with the helmets.
2) To cope up with low temperature and pressure (including G) as world war fighters/bombers were not as advanced as of today and you must have seen that earlier ones were open cockpit aircrafts and not covered with flexiglass. The low temperature and pressure at such heights could kill the pilots Even before their death serves the real purpose.
Apart from that the roll,dive and incline movements of the aircrafts puts a huge G pressure on the pilots, in the absence of G suit (as used by the modern fighter pilots ), helmets used to serve as protection gear to save the pilot from brain hemorrhage.
It was not the fear of death, its was the fear of waste of life/mission that forced the Kamikaze pilots to wear protection gears during the mission flights.
During World War II, Japanese Kamikaze pilots did not wear crash helmets. Depending on the mission however, they sometimes wore the standard leather caps lined with sheep's wool that most Japanese pilots wore during that time. In addition, Kamikaze pilots also wore the Samurai style "Hachimaki". A white silk headband with the red sun in the center and the characters for "divine wind" hand painted on it.
Simply put, the helmet was necessary to pilot the aircraft. Inside the helmet was the communication gear, and the goggles were attached to helmet as well.
Like other said: there are 2 primary reasons, communication and protect from external temperature, it wasnt a crash protection helmet, it was made from leather, you can see that here:
The truth behind the helmets that Kamikaze pilots wore lies in an old form of brain washing and torture. The helmets actually produced such an unrelenting and hideous pain in the skull that the pilots would do anything to stop it. Death was a way to end the torture. All this time we thought they felt so strong for their cause that they would give their lives.
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