McGuire Last fight

[gian paolo]

Originally Posted by jeanba

Hello,

According to this site : http://www.acepilots.com/usaaf_mcguire.html , Mc Guire was shot down by Mixunori Fukuda flying a Ki-84, Warrant Officer Akira Sugimoto was also involved.
Do you know more about those pilots ?
Do you know which units they belonged to ?

Thank you in advance

Hi
Jeanba


W.O Sugimoto was a pilot of 54 Hikosentai and surely an experienced one though not listed among IJAAFaces. His ki-43 was damaged and crash
landed, the pilot killed by Filipino partisans.

Sergeant Fukuda belonged to 71 Hikosentai and scored first victory in this

fight. His ki-84 too was damaged but he managed back to base. He survived war.

As for Major Mc Guire death , no firm conclusion has ever been reached.

He may have been downed by Sugimoto , but that's just a speculation .

Hope this helps

gian paolo