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Solomon Islands campaign (WIA) Spouse (s) Hatsuyo (1944-1947) Haru (1952-2000) Children. 3. Saburō Sakai (坂井 三郎, Sakai Saburō, 25 August 1916 – 22 September 2000) was a Japanese naval aviator and flying ace ("Gekitsui-O", 撃墜王) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
Lieutenant Colonel Major General (Posthumously) IJA. Order of the Golden Kite (Posthumously) KIA 22.5.1942. Kiyomi Katsuki (ja:甲木清実) 16. Warrant Officer. IJN. Floatplane ace, 7 victories by F1M2 Pete / A6M2-N Rufe / N1K1 Rex.
T. Kakuichi Takahashi. Hajime Toyoshima. Categories: World War II pilots. Japanese military aviators. Japanese military personnel of World War II. Hidden category: Commons category link from Wikidata.
Lieutenant Junior Grade Hiroyoshi Nishizawa (西澤 広義, Nishizawa Hiroyoshi, January 27, 1920 – October 26, 1944) was a Japanese naval aviator and an ace of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service during World War II. Nishizawa was known to his colleagues as 'the Devil' for his breathtaking, brilliant, and unpredictable aerobatics and ...
Christian evangelist. Author. Mitsuo Fuchida (淵田 美津雄, Fuchida Mitsuo, 3 December 1902 – 30 May 1976) was a Japanese captain [ 1 ] in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service and a bomber observer in the Imperial Japanese Navy before and during World War II. He is perhaps best known for leading the first wave of air attacks on Pearl ...
Kamikaze (神風, pronounced [kamiꜜkaze]; ' divine wind ' [1] or ' spirit wind '), officially Shinpū Tokubetsu Kōgekitai (神風特別攻撃隊, ' Divine Wind Special Attack Unit '), were a part of the Japanese Special Attack Units of military aviators who flew suicide attacks for the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific campaign of World War II ...
Member of House of Councillors of Japan. In office. 1962–1986. Personal details. Political party. Liberal Democratic Party. General Minoru Genda (源田 実, Genda Minoru, 16 August 1904 – 15 August 1989) was a Imperial Japanese Navy flight officer, JASDF general and politician. He is best known for helping to plan the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Nobuo Fujita (藤田 信雄, Fujita Nobuo) (1911 – 30 September 1997) was a Japanese naval aviator of the Imperial Japanese Navy who flew a floatplane from the long-range submarine aircraft carrier I-25 and conducted the Lookout Air Raids in southern Oregon on September 9, 1942, making him the only Axis pilot during World War II to aerial bomb the contiguous United States.