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72nd Shinbu Squadron members

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Original - Kamikaze pilots from the 72nd Shinbu Squadron of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force (with Corporal Yukio Araki holding the puppy) the day before their mission. May 26, 1945.

Reason: A quite unusual portrait of young kamikaze pilots, all of whom have died. The photo became iconic to some extent in Japan, appearing in several local museums and in a number of Japanese books. I didn't crop the thin top/bottom frames because it would eat some photo space as the frames aren't straight, the original low-res framing is here.
Articles in which this image appears: 72nd Shinbu Squadron, Kamikaze
FP category for this image: History/World War II
Creator: Asahi Shimbun cameraman

Support as nominator --Twilightchill t 00:01, 21 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support There was an interesting documentary about Kamikaze pilots on the TV a while ago. It had interviews with some trained, but still living ones. Noodle snacks (talk) 11:09, 21 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I think the contrast can be increased a bit. Nergaal (talk) 15:16, 21 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose for now. It's not adding a great amount to Kamikaze, and I don't feel the squandron article is well developed enough. It doesn't mention they're Kamikaze-ready, and at the end it mentions that there were 12 members- does this picture show most of the squadron? J Milburn (talk) 17:24, 22 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I couldn't figure out how many members the squadron had, but 5 seems enough representative, especially with all of their fates known. The word "shinbu", linked in the squadron page, already implies that they were kamikaze. Twilightchill t 21:09, 22 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - I'm not sure I quite get what this photo shows. Would we be promoting a modern photo of five people petting a small animal if all five people happened to belong to the same military group? J Milburn (talk) 23:14, 22 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    - If you think a featureable kamikaze should be in/in front of his aircraft or somewhere else - that's another issue, wouldn't argue :) Twilightchill t 01:39, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The photo has some EV in that it shows that the Kamikaze pilots weren't all fanatics (most of them seem to have been not very enthusiastic conscripts). However, I don't think that this EV or the technical standards of the photo are sufficient for FP status. Nick-D (talk) 00:38, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 09:13, 30 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]