Bansei Tokkō Peace Museum (万世特攻平和祈念館, Bansei Tokkō Heiwa Kinenkan) is a war museum in Minamisatsuma, Kagoshima Prefecture. Opened in 1993, the museum commemorates the 201 airmen from the Bansei Air Base (万世飛行場) who died in a kamikaze attack in the final months of the Pacific War.[1][2][3] Hichiro Naemura, a flight instructor at the Bansei base in 1945, spearheaded the effort to establish this institution as a memorial to his fallen comrades.[4]
| Bansei Tokkō Peace Museum | |
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万世特攻平和祈念館 | |
 Airmen from Bansei Air Base before their kamikaze mission taken on May 26, 1945. Clockwise from top left: Kaname Takahashi, Takahashi Mineyoshimi, Takemasha Chida, Yukio Araki, and Tsutomu Hayakama. Araki was the youngest known kamikaze pilot to die in the war. | |
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| General information | |
| Address | 1955-3 Kasedatakahashi |
| Town or city | Minamisatsuma, Kagoshima Prefecture |
| Country | Japan |
| Coordinates | 31°26′14″N 130°17′43″E / 31.43722°N 130.29528°E |
| Opened | 1993 |
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edit- ^ "Bansei Tokko Peace Museum". Wesleyan University. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- ^ "万世特攻平和祈念館" [Bansei Tokko Peace Museum]. Minamisatsuma City. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- ^ "万世特攻平和祈念館" [Bansei Tokko Peace Museum]. Kagoshima Prefecture. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- ^ Bansei Tokko Peace Museum Retrieved on 7 July 2016.
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