What do we know about U.S. B-26 pilot who made a suicide run on Japanese carrier Akagi during the Battle of Midway? Was such an act unprecedented, and how was the pilot regarded after his death?
The premise of the question is incorrect. James P. Muri is who you are thinking of. He buzzed the deck and lived until 2013. It was not a true suicide run in that his intention was not to go down with his plane.