Kamikaze’s flight to London for the coronation of King George VI

The Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Historic Archives recently placed an aviation artefact of international importance on public display in Yokohama. The item in question is a skin panel belonging to the record-breaking Mitsubishi Ki-15 Karigane J-BAAI Kamikaze, which, from 6-10 April 1937, undertook the gruelling 9,540-mile flight between Tokyo to London to celebrate the coronation of King George VI.The exploits of Kamikaze and its crew of pilot Masaaki Iinuma and navigator Kenji Tsukagoshi captured the imagination of the Japanese people during