why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets???????????

To keep them from hurting themselves! and besides insurance would be through the roof, man if they didn't! Not to mention the law suites they could file in the event of an injury! Dude your question rocks!

Because they wanted to look cool

Required by their insurance companies.

If you have ever seen their helmets in an exhibit you would know that it did not offer much protection. The true reason is to keep the pilot alive as he dives through heavy fire towards his target.

well, kamikaze means divine wind, so they probably wanted to keep the wind out of their ears before they hit a ship...

to keep their ears warm until the flames started.

to prevent head injuries while the rest of their bodies were pulverized.

They didn't. They wore leather caps. This was mainly to keep their head and ears warm. No Japanese pilot in WWII wore a helmet.

Communications, nothing more.

I DUNNO

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http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_193.html

This question is hilarious, so I feel kind of dumb giving a serious answer. I would guess that it was to prevent them from getting knocked unconscious in the event that their stupid heads hit the canopy while trying to evade the aa and fighter cover.

because thats where there radio headsets were ,and not all of them did,mostly in the movies

you dint want them to get cold before they killed them selves,, radio commutations...

Why couldn't they wear a helmet?

If they don't get to the objective, they still must live until they get the opportunity to complete it. They must survive to complete the objective.

Part of the uniform.

lol, good point