This program follows the extraordinary story of the Japanese Kamikaze pilots of World War II. At 7:25 am on 25 October 1944, just five days after the Kamikaze Corps was formed, Lieutenant Yukio Seki took off from this very location on the first official Kamikaze attack mission. Three hours and twenty minutes later, at 10:45 am, his unit reached enemy targets in the Gulf of Leyte. Seki was the first to strike. He deliberately dive-bombed his plane into the American aircraft carrier USS St. Lo, triggering a massive explosion that blew the ship apart. The USS St. Lo sank just 20 minutes later. War historians regard Lieutenant Yukio Seki as the world’s first official human bomb.
