Comments by "Big Blue" (@bigblue6917) on "The Ta-Gō – Japan’s Last-Ditch Kamikaze" video.

The first Ta-Go looks like a design from the early 30's. Japan had something of a Catch 22 as far as Kamikaze attacks were concerned. They needed good pilots for the aircraft they intended to use for those attacks but at the same time they could not afford to use their best pilots as these were needed to defended Japan. So, many of the pilots they used were given the bare minimum of training. This in turn caused problems because they needed to get passed the US pilots who by this time were highly experienced. And even if they did that their lack of experience often led to failure. When you see film footage of a Zero crashing into the sea instead of a ship it could well be because the pilot could not control the aircraft while in a dive. Something experienced pilots knew about.
5
With a speed of 120 MPH the Ta-Go could have been easy prey for the Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a of WW1 which had a top speed of 138 MPH.
1