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Ultimate fate for some of A6M2 pilots attacking Pearl Harbour
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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Re: Ultimate fate for some of A6M2 pilots attacking Pearl Harbour
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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 |
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