Sonic Boom Squadron
On August 5, 1945, a Japanese squadron of G4M "Betty" bombers, each carrying an Ohka and escorted by A6M2 Reisen fighters, attempts a raid on an American aircraft carrier battle group in the Pacific Ocean. As the raiders are attacked by American carrier-based aircraft, Ensign Nogami, a young Ohka pilot, demands to be launched in his Ohka, even if it means he misses his target, but his Betty's crew refuses, and he is knocked out and thrown out of the bomber. Nogami awakens in time to open his parachute, witnessing the destruction of the bombers before his eyes. He returns to base, where he meets the crew of the Betty who will fly him on a mission the following day, as well as two surviving Reisen pilots who vow to help him succeed in his mission if it costs them their lives. On board the American carrier, the pilots receive news from their captain that the attacking bombers were carrying Ohkas, capable of flying much faster than the carrier's complement of F6F Hellcats.
The next day, August 6, the Japanese attempt a second raid on the same battle group. An intense aerial dogfight ensues as the American carrier aircraft attempt to thwart the raiders from launching their Ohkas. Nogami begs his crew to cut him loose, but the plane isn't close to the American fleet just yet and holds off on letting him go. A Hellcat pursues Nogami's bomber, and inflicts serious damage, but the latter is saved by the intervention of one of the Reisen pilots, who crashes his aircraft into it, destroying both planes. This enables the Betty to get within visual range of the battle group, and Nogami is launched in his Ohka just before the wing of the bomber disintegrates and explodes. He flies through a wall of anti-aircraft fire thrown up by the escorting vessels and crashes into the American Essex-class aircraft carrier. Having survived the collision, the battle group's commander finds the photograph of Nogami's girlfriend that he had been carrying, which was launched into the carrier's bridge when the Ohka crashed into its superstructure. He then receives word that an atomic bomb has just been dropped on Hiroshima, and, after reacting in shock, has just enough time to ponder "are we all crazy?" before the carrier explodes and sinks.
