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Originally Posted by Bogdan
Hello, I am very interested in finding out more about some of the zero pilots that took part at Pearl Harbour.I am very interested to know the final score/ultimate fate for:
-Yasushi Mikaido
-Kiokuma Okajima
-Kijiro Naguchi
-Tetsuo Sento
-Hajimi Toyoshima
-Makoto Sasaki
-Masanobu Ibusuki
-Seiji Iseki
-Kikue Otokuni
-Shigenobu Takahara
-Sueyoshi Osanai
-Tomikichi Maruta
-Katsumi Tanaka
-Shinpei Sano
-Juichiro Hanyo
-Isao Doikowa
-Shinichi Suzuki
-Haideki Shingo
-Kakumi Hoashi
-Ikuo Hanazawa
-Yuzo Tsukamoto
Also some info about those which I am not sure if they took part on Pearl Harbour:
-Hajime Toyoshima
-Sadamu Komachi
-Hazuo Sugino
-Takeo Tanimizu
-Satoshi Yoshino
-Tamotsu Yokoyama
-Saburo Kitahata
-Hatsuo Hagiri
Any information will be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Bogdan, and please help
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Hi Bogdan
A lot of information about these pilots can be found in HATA/IZAWA - JAPANESE NAVAL ACES and FIGHTER UNITS IN WORLD WAR II
and in SAKAIDA - IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY ACES 1937-45
here 's a short biography of LTJG MATSUO HAGIRI from above sources
Born November 1913 , graduated from flight training August 1935, participated in first A6M ZERO mission in China on 19 August 1940 and later combat in that theatre being credited with 7 victories
Back to Japan , he missed ?the attack on PEARL HARBOR ( no mention at least ) . He fought in the Solomon Islands in 1943 and was injured in air combat on 23 September 1943 and sent back to Japan for recuperation.
Back to service as a test pilot , he flew missions against B-29 raiding Japan . Again injured in combat with B-29 , survived but never flew again.
Credited with 13 victories he died on 15 January 1997
Regards
gianpaolo