KAMIKAZE: HMS Formidable, May 4, 1945
Channel: Armoured Archivist
Date: 19/04/2020

It was the height of the invasion of Okinawa. Japan was throwing a last-ditch effort at unseating US Marines from their beachheads. Kamikazes swarmed the skies. HMS Formidable, part of the British Pacific Fleet interdicting attacks from Formosa (Taiwan), was to suffer a direct hit on her armoured flight deck. Here's what happened - in the words of those who were there. Find the full account of this action at www.armouredcarriers.com

Full original audio:
Roy Beldam: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80033999
Richard Bigg-Wither: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80011910
John Maybank: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80024839
Stanley Harris: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80032633
Adrian Sweet: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80017628
Douglas Parker: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80015067