Dec 17, 2020 - Sale 2555

Sale 2555 - Lot 115

Price Realized: $ 1,062
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
(JAPAN -- AVIATION.) Small archive relating to Japanese Kamikaze pilots. Japan, early 1940's

Additional Details

Printed map of the Pacific Theater with 126 numbered air battles and engagements. 16 1/2x23 inches; heavily annotated in pencil, original folds, small stains.

Manuscript flight manual and notebook including several hand-drawn diagrams and an albumen pilot portrait. 8x6 inches, cloth-backed notebook, minor wear.

Large silk Japanese flag with manuscript lettering. 23x36 inches, sewn ties at right corners, folded but no real faults. Some of the more notable hand-lettered kanji translates: "Kamikaze Tokkotai (Kamikaze Unit)", "Beigeki (Attack America)", and "Kesshi Totsugeki (Attack and Destroy)".