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Okinawa Area

(Owing to differences in administraitive procedures, no breakdown between kamikaze and escort planes is available for 3rd, 5th, and 10th Air Fleets)

PLANES

Sortied 1809
Returned 879
Expended 930




All Kamikaze Operations

JAPANESE NAVAL PLANES (INCLUDING ESCORTS)

Sortied 2,314
Returned 1,086
Expended 1,228



Total claimed sunk and damaged—276.
Actual sunk and damaged—322.

And your source for this is? I mean obviously the Japanese claimed more kills than they got, but where do the exact numbers come from?