Sgt Fuji - 68th Sentai - Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum

dvas16 · #1 12th April 2015, 18:40

Hello and happy Easter from Greece

i would like to ask if anyone have any information about Sgt Fuji of 68th Sentai. According to the book MacArthur Eagles he was shot down by Lt. Haniotis in 16 October 1943 having already to his credit 3 Thunderbolt kills. Any information or photo about him is crucial. Also does anybody knows if in October 1943 68th Sentai flew mix formations of Oscars and Tonys.

Thanks in advance
Dimitris

NUPPOL · #2 13th April 2015, 18:22

Query placed at website
http://www.j-aircraft.org/smf/index.php?topic=15602.0

Hope this helps!

dvas16 · #3 14th April 2015, 12:38

Thanks for reposting this. I appreciate that. Dimitris

NUPPOL · #4 10th September 2015, 18:58

Lt Haniotis memorial
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg...788548&df=all&

Skyraider3D · #5 3rd January 2016, 23:34

Nick Millman mentions in Osprey's Ki-61 and Ki-100 Aces that from 2 October 1943 the 68th Sentai started flying Oscars left behind by the 24th Sentai (page 23).

A bit further down that page is a description of the air battle by 2Lt Haniotis (who claimed a Zeke). His victim indeed appears to have been the 68th Sentai's Sgt Maj Jakichi Fuji (after claiming three P-47s earlier that day).

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