Re: Saburo Sakai
hi Nick
story of the hudson well known
I join these informations
from the "kodochosho"
1° patrol over Buna
1 Shotai: mototsuna yoshida,shiro kawai,tatsusuke goto
2 Shotai: tadashi hayashitani,yoshisuke hoshiya,kazushi uto
without incident ( 1345 hours)
2° patrol
1° Shotai:hiroshi okano,ichirobei yamazaki,joji yamashita
2° Shotai:tora'ichi takatsuka,susumi matsuki,yoshio motoyoshi
without incident ( 1600hours)
3° patrol
1° Shotai:jun'ichi sasai,toshio ota,masuaki endo
2° Shotai: saburo sakai,masayoshi yonekawa,yoshio mogi
hudson shot down, the "kodochosho lists the victory ( 1450 hours ) sharing equally between the 6 pilots above.
in his log book Sakai: hudson shared with 7 pilots.
regards
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