....Some of the pilots you won´t see featured on ¨The History Channel¨
Flying torches
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Flying torches
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....Some of the pilots you won´t see featured on ¨The History Channel¨
....Some of the pilots you won´t see featured on ¨The History Channel¨
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RE: Flying torches
Thanks for posting. You're right, we won't see them on the History Channel; well I think Sakai is mentioned a couple times. The infamous Sakai vs Southerland, but thats just one of many.
As I'm sure you know, one shouldn't rely on tv programs (or tv news) for their source of information. After reading God is My Co-pilot a few years ago, I've set a goal for myself to read as many pilot accounts as possible from both sides of the war.
As I'm sure you know, one shouldn't rely on tv programs (or tv news) for their source of information. After reading God is My Co-pilot a few years ago, I've set a goal for myself to read as many pilot accounts as possible from both sides of the war.
RE: Flying torches
The mistake that the Japanese made was riding these pilots into the ground, no pun intended. Their kill #s might've been lower or higher, who can say, if they had been rotated out of combat for some R&R they might even have had a higher survival rate. Great fighter jocks who just had it naturally, nothing that could be taught as making the right call in an instant is instinct. In the world of fighter pilots there are killers and targets.
Todd
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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RE: Flying torches
I wonder how many of those kills were ill-trained Chineese pilots flying Russian bi-planes?
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RE: Flying torches
I wonder how many of those kills were ill-trained Chineese pilots flying Russian bi-planes?
I don´t know Joe. One could look it up. Here is someone who gained all his victories against the western Allies, including a B-17 and B-25. He shot down 3, P39´s in 20 seconds over New Guinea. He also fought from Rabaul over Guadalcanal.
Junichi Sasai ¨The Flying Tiger¨
27 kills
I should get more specific. The CF developers can make a more accurate Japanese pilot listing for ¨CF¨
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RE: Flying torches
I drive a truck so can't look it up right now{friday i will}but akamatsu and sakai were the only ones old enough to have served in pre pacific war china.nishizawa did'nt fly in combat until 1943 i believe{still not sure of date}also i do not believe that the force that shot down isaroku[in english yamamoto would be his first name sort of like calling earnest king admiral earnest] lost any aircraft that day.individual kill claims are difficult to assess for japanese fighter pilots thats because kills were assigned to the unit not the individual thats why you don't see kill markings on most of their fighters that and because the pilots were'nt assigned their own aircraft usually taking what was available
RE: Flying torches
Satoshi Anabuki
30 Victories in the Ki-27 & Ki-84 Oscar.
...including, Hurricanes, Liberators, Lightnings, Hellcats.
However he did not fly in the UV theatre but mainly from Burma with the 3rd Chutai/50th Sentai.
Survived the War. Flew helicopters in the newly created Japanese Defense force in the 1950´s.
30 Victories in the Ki-27 & Ki-84 Oscar.
...including, Hurricanes, Liberators, Lightnings, Hellcats.
However he did not fly in the UV theatre but mainly from Burma with the 3rd Chutai/50th Sentai.
Survived the War. Flew helicopters in the newly created Japanese Defense force in the 1950´s.
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RE: Flying torches
I drive a truck so can't look it up right now{friday i will}but akamatsu and sakai were the only ones old enough to have served in pre pacific war china.nishizawa did'nt fly in combat until 1943 i believe{still not sure of date}also i do not believe that the force that shot down isaroku[in english yamamoto would be his first name sort of like calling earnest king admiral earnest] lost any aircraft that day.individual kill claims are difficult to assess for japanese fighter pilots thats because kills were assigned to the unit not the individual thats why you don't see kill markings on most of their fighters that and because the pilots were'nt assigned their own aircraft usually taking what was available
Feel free to. Actually barkhorn, you know that obsolete A5M group that starts in Rabaul in the big campaign and gets upgraded to Zeros? that´s Nishizawas group! He should be in that from game start but never gets in the game! [:D]
After the outbreak of war with the Allies, Nishizawa's squadron (chutai) from the Chitose group, then flying the obsolete Mitsubishi A5M, moved to Vunakanau airfield on the newly taken island of New Britain. The squadron received its first Mitsubishi Zeros (A6M2, Model 21) the same week.
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RE: Flying torches
ORIGINAL: barkhorn45
... individual kill claims are difficult to assess for japanese fighter pilots thats because kills were assigned to the unit not the individual thats why you don't see kill markings on most of their fighters that and because the pilots were'nt assigned their own aircraft usually taking what was available
That's interesting -- "group" kills?
Would like to hear more about this.
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RE: Flying torches
That's interesting -- "group" kills?
Would like to hear more about this.
In China and at the beginning of WW2 Japanese units did keep individual scores Joe, but later it was largely prohibited. Later in the closing days it was started up again for morale purposes including some pilots painting Allied marking on their planes similiar to the western pilots practice for victories.
I´ve got a picture of this i´ll have to find and post. A Japanese ace with stars painted on his fusalage during the home island defense period.
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RE: Flying torches
this is from the aviation history web site[i guess i'm to old school i tend to rely on my ,i have to say rather extensive hard bound library]The Japanese did not encourage the tallying of individual scores, being more inclined toward honoring a team effort by units. As with the French and Italians, Japanese victories were officially counted for the air group, not for individuals. Generally, attempts to verify personal claims by Japanese airmen can only be conducted from postwar examinations of their letters and diaries, or those of their comrades
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RE: Flying torches
i was wrong about nishizawa his first "credited"kill was on feb.5th 1942 when he damaged the engine of a catalina flying boat and was credited with a kill.so sorry.still to late to have scored against biplanes over china
RE: Flying torches
this is from the aviation history web site[i guess i'm to old school i tend to rely on my ,i have to say rather extensive hard bound library]The Japanese did not encourage the tallying of individual scores, being more inclined toward honoring a team effort by units. As with the French and Italians, Japanese victories were officially counted for the air group, not for individuals. Generally, attempts to verify personal claims by Japanese airmen can only be conducted from postwar examinations of their letters and diaries, or those of their comrades
Very tough to get their victories numbers for this very reason. Hiroyoshi Nishizawa put his own score at 150 something!!
However he is largely credited with either 81 victories or 87 by cross referencing records.
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RE: Flying torches
akamatsu in one of his drunken binges[for which he was famous for in the ijnaf]claimed over 200.when his name is brought up with former comrades they shake their heads and say"ohhh Akamatsu"
RE: Flying torches
akamatsu in one of his drunken binges[for which he was famous for in the ijnaf]claimed over 200.when his name is brought up with former comrades they shake their heads and say"ohhh Akamatsu"
By the end of that war with the way the odds were in the air, I´d need to be drunk too to climb in a Japanese fighter! [:D]
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RE: Flying torches
This is Sada-aki Akamatsu, getting a true kill count for Akamatsu is nearly impossible because many times he would be the only one of a flight of 4 or 5 fighters to return alive, therefore leaving no one to confirm his kills. Saburo Sakai after talking to some who flew with him estimated his final tally to be somewhere around 50 kills. Akamatsu also survived the war, He fought almost continuously for 6 years, cutting his teeth in China and fighting in almost every area of the Pacific. He flew the Zero for the most part until the Raiden (Jack) arrived on the scene, which then became his favored mount.[I could'nt get his ptcture up don't know how]
RE: Flying torches
Some interesting info on "kills" from the WWII Aces & Aviation History webpage:
" ... The tables also show the number of "kills." Perhaps this is an unfortunate choice of words. (The fighter pilot's basic goal was to destroy the enemy aircraft, not necessarily the pilot. In Europe, if not in the Pacific, there was at least an unwritten rule against shooting at fliers who had bailed out and were in parachutes, a rule that both Axis and Allied pilots seemed to adhere to.) Generally, the words 'kill', 'win', 'victory', and 'enemy aircraft destroyed' are used interchangeably ...
Another oddity results from the U.S. recognition of partial kills, whereby a pilot could be awarded half a kill, a third, or even a quarter ...
... The US Eighth Air Force officially, but separately recognized 'ground' kills as well, due to the hazardous nature of that activity. Nonetheless most post-war discussions and rankings of aces use the 'air-to-air' numbers ...
Most important to realize, that all air forces from all countries in all theatres, over-counted their kills. Post-war researchers have compared total American claims to total losses recorded by the Japanese, and determined that we over-claimed by about 50 to 100 percent. For every 100 planes the Japanese records showed as destroyed, it seems the Americans counted about 150 to 200. This is a very approximate statistic, and the Japanese over-count of their victories is believed to be even worse ..."
The author didn't offer further proof of this claim, but it would be interesting to find out more re Japanese "group kills"
" ... The tables also show the number of "kills." Perhaps this is an unfortunate choice of words. (The fighter pilot's basic goal was to destroy the enemy aircraft, not necessarily the pilot. In Europe, if not in the Pacific, there was at least an unwritten rule against shooting at fliers who had bailed out and were in parachutes, a rule that both Axis and Allied pilots seemed to adhere to.) Generally, the words 'kill', 'win', 'victory', and 'enemy aircraft destroyed' are used interchangeably ...
Another oddity results from the U.S. recognition of partial kills, whereby a pilot could be awarded half a kill, a third, or even a quarter ...
... The US Eighth Air Force officially, but separately recognized 'ground' kills as well, due to the hazardous nature of that activity. Nonetheless most post-war discussions and rankings of aces use the 'air-to-air' numbers ...
Most important to realize, that all air forces from all countries in all theatres, over-counted their kills. Post-war researchers have compared total American claims to total losses recorded by the Japanese, and determined that we over-claimed by about 50 to 100 percent. For every 100 planes the Japanese records showed as destroyed, it seems the Americans counted about 150 to 200. This is a very approximate statistic, and the Japanese over-count of their victories is believed to be even worse ..."
The author didn't offer further proof of this claim, but it would be interesting to find out more re Japanese "group kills"
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RE: Flying torches
check this out! Abe Ken-ichi IJNAF 10
Aioi Takahide IJNAF 5
Akamatsu Sada-aki IJNAF 16 3, 331 & 302 Ku
Anabuki Satoshi IJAAF 39 50 Sentai
Anma Katsumi IJAAF 8 KIA 8/Apr/1942
Aoyagi Yutaka IJAAF 2 KIA 23/Jun/1942
Aramaki Yoshitugu IJAAF 5 victory count may be higher
Arita Yoshisuke IJNAF 5
Asai Mitsuzo IJAAF 7
Asano Jiro IJAAF 10
Atake Tomita IJNAF 10
Banno Takeo IJNAF 10 KIA 7/Oct/1943
Beppu Kisaji IJAAF 5
Ema Yu-ichi IJNAF 6 KIA 29/Oct/1944
Endo Masuaki IJNAF 14 Tainan & 251 Ku; KIA 7/Jun/1943
Endo Yukio IJNAF 8 251, 302 & 352 Ku, KIA 14/Jan/1945; claimed 1 day victory
Eto Toyoki IJAAF 10
Fujimoto Kenji IJAAF 3 claimed 3vB-29 (2vB29 by ramming with Ki84 on 13 & 16/MAr/1945); 246 Sentai
Fujita Iyozo IJNAF 11 Soryu
Fujiwara Kihei IJNAF 5
Fukuda Sumio IJNAF 11 KIA 24/Oct/1944
Fukui Yoshio IJNAF 3
Fukumoto Shigeo IJNAF 72
Furogori Goro IJAAF 30 victory total may be 50; claimed 20 victories in China
Furugori Goro IJAAF 5 KIA 3/Nov/1943
Furukawa unknown IJAAF 5 victory count may be higher
Gomi Hiroshi IJAAF 7
Goto Kurakazu IJNAF 8 KIA 9/Sep/1943
Hagiri Matsuo IJNAF 6 204 & Yokosuka Ku
Handa Watari IJNAF 7 Tainan Ku
Harada Kaname IJNAF 9
Haraguchi Kichigoro IJAAF 24
Hasegawa Tomoari IJAAF 3
Hashiguchi Yoshiro IJNAF 10 3Ku; KIA 25/Oct/1944
Hattori Kazuo IJNAF 10 KIA 30/Mar/1944
Hayashi Sakuji IJNAF 6 KIA 28/May/1945
Hayashi Takeomi IJAAF 7
Hayashi Yoshishige IJNAF 5 KIA 21/Apr/1945
Hazawa Iwataro IJAAF 15 KIA 14/Jan/1945
Hida Hitoshi IJAAF 1
Hidaka Hatsuo IJNAF 6
Hidaka Yoshimi IJNAF 20 204 Ku
Higashiyama Ichiro IJNAF 3 KIA 8/Jul/1944
Hinoki Yohei IJAAF 12 64 & 111 Sentai
Hirohata Tomio IJAAF 14 KIA 22/Apr/1945
Hirose Yoshio IJAAF 7 KIA 22/Dec/1944
Honda Minoru IJNAF 17 Kanoya, 253,221 & 343 Ku
Honda Toshiaki IJNAF 23 Tainan Ku; KIA 13/May/1942
Hori Mitsuo IJNAF 11
Hosono Isamu IJAAF 6 1 Sentai; KIA 6/Oct/1943
Ichikawa Chuichi IJAAF 10 78 & 244 Sentai
Ichioka Matao IJNAF 11 KIA 9/Apr/1944
Igarashi Tomesaku IJAAF 15 50 Sentai; KIA 17/Jun/1944
Iida Fusata IJNAF 7 KIA 7/Dec/1941
Iizuka Masao IJNAF 8 KIA 15/Oct/1944
Ikuno Fumisuke IJAAF 6
Inayama Hideaki IJAAF 5 final victory count may be higher
Inouye Misao IJAAF 8 KIA 15/Dec/1944
Ishida Teigo IJNAF 9 KIA 16/May/1945
Ishihara Susumu IJNAF 16 Tainan,582,204 & 332Ku
Ishii Isamu IJNAF 10 KIA 11/May/1945
Ishii Shizuo IJNAF 26 Tainan,Junyo & 204 Ku; KIA 24/Oct/1943
Ishikawa Kanshi IJAAF 19
Ishikawa Seiji IJNAF 5
Ishikawa Tadashi IJAAF 5
Ishizuka Tokuyasu IJAAF 2
Isozaki Chitoshi IJNAF 12 Tainan, 251, 204, 201, 302 & 343 Ku
Ito Fujitaro IJAAF 13 5 Sentai; victory count may be higher
Ito Kiyoshi IJNAF 17 3 & 202 Ku
Ito Naoyuke IJAAF 8
Ito Susumu IJNAF 5
Iwahashi Jyozo IJAAF 2 11 & 22 Sentai; KIA 21/Sep/1944
Iwai Tsutomu IJNAF 8
Iwaki Yoshio IJNAF 8 KIA 24/Aug/1942
Iwamoto Tetsuzo IJNAF 66 Zuikaku, 281, 204, 253, 252 & 203 Ku
Izuka Masao IJNAF 8
Izumi Hideo IJNAF 9 KIA 30/May/1942
Jobo Ryotaro IJAAF 12 33 Sentai, 1 Field Reserve Squadron; final victory count may be higher
Kagemitsu Matsuo IJNAF 10 victory count may be higher
Kajinami Susumu IJAAF 24
Kakimoto Enji IJNAF 5 Tainan Ku; POW 27/Aug/1942
Kamae Morichiki IJAAF 32 Is this possibly Moritsugu Kanai ?
Kamihira Keishu IJNAF 17
Kamito Sumi IJAAF 40 final victory count may be higher
Kanai Moritsugu IJAAF 19 87 & 25 Sentai
Kanamaru Takeo IJNAF 12
Kanamaru Teizo IJAAF 8
Kanazawa Nobuo IJAAF 10 final victory count may be higher
Kanbara Masao IJNAF 7
Kanda Seiji IJNAF 9 KIA 19/Jun/1943
Kaneko Tadashi IJNAF 5 KIA 14/Nov/1942
Kanemaru Teizo IJAAF 5 KIA 24/Dec/1942
Kanno Naoshi IJNAF 25 343, 201 & 343(II) Ku; KIA 1/Aug/1945
Kasai Tomkazu IJNAF 10
Kashiide Isamu IJAAF 26 4 Sentai, Ki 45, 2v B24 20/08/1944, 3v B29 27-28/03/1945 with Ki45 Kai Hei
Kashima Shirotaro IJAAF 9 KIA 16/Dec/1944
Kashimura Kan-ichi IJNAF 2 582 Ku; MIA 6/Mar/1943
Kato Katsue IJNAF 9 381, 153 & 343 Ku; KIA 16/Apr/1945
Kato Kenji IJAAF 9 KIA 2/Dec/1944
Kato Kunimichi IJNAF 16
Kato Tateo IJAAF 9 CO 64 Sentai, 8 victories Ki43; KIA 22/May/1942
Katsuki Kiyomi IJNAF 16 452, 934 & 381 Ku; final victory count may be higher
Kawakita Akira IJAAF 5
Kawamoto Koki IJAAF 8 victory count may be higher
Kawato Masajiro IJNAF 18 253 Ku; POW 9/Mar/1945
Kikuchi Tetsuo IJNAF 12 Akagi, Shokaku, Ryuho, Hiyo, Junyo & 652 Ku; KIA 19/Jun/1944
Kimura Sadamitsu IJAAF 8 4 Sentai; KIA 10/Jul/1945; all victories B-29
Kimura Takaji IJAAF 26
Kira Katsuaki IJAAF 12 24, 200 & 103 Sentai
Kitahata Saburo IJNAF 6 Junyo Ku; KIA 23/Jan/1943
Kobayashi Hohei IJNAF 10 KIA 25/Oct/1944
Kobayashi Teruhiko IJAAF 5 244 Sentai
Kodaira Yoshina-o IJNAF 9
Koga Sada IJAAF 31
Koizumi Fujikazu IJNAF 11 KIA 27/Jan/1944
Kojima Shizuo IJNAF 6 KIA 25/Nov/1943
Kokubun Takeichi IJNAF 11 KIA 2/Sep/1942
Komachi Sadamu IJNAF 18 Shokaku, 204, 253 & Yokosuka Ku
Kondo Masa-ichi IJNAF 7
Kono Kensui IJAAF 9
Koyae Kotaro IJNAF 15
Kudo Osamu IJNAF 7 KIA 3/Mar/1942
Kudo Shigetoshi IJNAF 9 Tainan, 251 & Yokosuka Ku; flying J1N1-S nightfighters
Kuramoto Juzo IJNAF 8 Yokosuka Ku; claimed 5 B-29 with navigator Lt(jg) Shiro Kuratori during night May 25/26 1945
Kuratori Shiro IJNAF 6 Yokosuka Ku
Kuroe Yasuhiko IJAAF 28 3v 47 Chutai, 22v 64 Sentai with Ki43, 3vB29 with Ki102-Ko prototype
Kuroki Tameyoshi IJAAF 13 33 Sentai
Kurono Shoji IJAAF 1
Kurosawa Sei-ichi IJNAF 10 KIA 6/Aug/1943
Kuwabara Yoshiro IJAAF 13 KIA 14/Mar/1944 (WWII)
Maeda Hideo IJNAF 13 204 Ku; KIA 17/Feb/1944
Magara Ko-ichi IJNAF 8 KIA 14/Sep/1942
Masuyama Masao IJNAF 17 3 Ku
Masuzawa Masatoshi IJAAF 3 1 Sentai
Matsuba Akio IJNAF 16 301,341 & 343 Ku
Matsuda Jiro IJNAF 7
Matsui Morio IJAAF 21 final victory count may be higher
Matsuki Susumu IJNAF 9 KIA 3/Sep/1942
Matsumura Mamoto IJNAF 3 KIA 25/Oct/1944
Matsunaga Hidenori IJNAF 26 934 Ku; floatplane pilot, many shares and probables included; Source: Imperial Japanese Navy Aces 1937-45, Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 22, Henry Sakaida, Osprey Pub. has Eitoku and Hidenori Matsunaga with 16 victories - they are probably the same pilot
Matsuo Kagemitsu IJNAF 10 KIA 23/Dec/1943
Matsuura Toshio IJAAF 5 KIA 2/Dec/1943
Minami Yoshimi IJNAF 6 KIA 25/Nov/1944
Minegishi Yoshijiro IJNAF 6 KIA 6/Feb/1944
Mitsuda Masahiro IJNAF 5
Miyabe Hideo IJAAF 12 64 Sentai; final victory count may be higher
Miyabe Kazunori IJNAF 6 KIA 3/Nov/1943
Miyamaru Masao IJAAF 7 KIA 29/Oct/1944
Miyamoto Goro IJAAF 26
Miyano Zenjiro IJNAF 16 3, 6 & 204 Ku; KIA 16/Jun/1943
Miyazaki Gitaro IJNAF 11 Tainan Ku; KIA 1/Jun/1942
Miyazaki Isamu IJNAF 13 252 & 343 Ku
Mizotaini Hiromichi IJAAF 1 victory total may be higher; 1vCatalina in Ki27
Mori Mitsugu IJNAF 5 Hiyo Ku
Morinio Hideo IJNAF 8
Morioka Yutaka IJNAF 5 302 Ku
Moriura Toyoo IJNAF 8 KIA 25/Oct/1942
Mune Noboru IJAAF 14 KIA 19/Nov/1944
Muranaka Kazuo IJNAF 7
Muto Kaneyoshi IJNAF 23 3, Genzan, 252, Yokosuka & 343 Ku; KIA 24/Jul/1945
Nagahama Yoshikazu IJNAF 10 KIA 6/Sep/1943
Nagano Ki-ichi IJNAF 19 2 & 203 Ku; KIA 6/Nov/1944
Naka Yoshimitsu IJNAF 5
Nakada Yoshihiko IJAAF 45
Nakagawa Kenji IJNAF 8
Nakajima Bunkichi IJNAF 16 KIA 6/Oct/1943
Nakakariya Kunimori IJNAF 16
Nakamichi Wataru IJNAF 15
Nakamura Saburo IJAAF 20 64 Sentai; KIA 6/Oct/1944
Nakamura Yoshio IJNAF 9
Nakano Katsujiro IJNAF 7 KIA 4/May/1945
Nakano Matsumi IJAAF 5
Nakano Tomoji IJNAF 7
Nakase Masayuki IJNAF 9 KIA 9/Feb/1942
Nakaya Yoshi-ichi IJNAF 16
Nakazaki Shigeru IJAAF 9 KIA 23/Jan/1943
Namai Kiyoshi IJAAF 16
Nango Shigeo IJAAF 15 59 Sentai; MIA 23/Jan/1944
Nashiguchi Yashiro IJNAF 11
Negishi Nobuji IJAAF 6 244, 18 & 53 Sentai
Nishikyo unknown IJNAF 5
Nishio Hannoshin IJAAF 5 all victories over B-29s
Nishioka Shigetsune IJAAF 8 KIA 28/Oct/1944
Nishiwaki Masaharu IJNAF 5 victory count may be higher
Nishizawa Hiroyoshi IJNAF 87 Chitose, 4, Tainan, 251, 253 & 201 Ku; KIA 25/Oct/1944
Noguchi Takeshi IJAAF 14
Noguchi Yoshinori IJAAF 6
Nomura Akiyoshi IJAAF 10
Obara Tsutae IJAAF 8
Oda Ki-ichi IJNAF 5 KIA 10/Dec/1944
Odaka Noritsura IJNAF 12
Ofusa Yojiro IJAAF 19 50 Sentai
Ogata Koichi IJAAF 7
Ogata Naoyuki IJAAF 5
Ogawa Makoto IJAAF 9 70 Sentai
Ogiya Nobuo IJNAF 24 281,204 & 253 Ku; KIA 13/Feb/1944
Ogura Mitsuo IJAAF 16 24 Sentai
Ohara Ryoji IJNAF 16 6, 204 & Yokosuka Ku
Oishi Hideo IJNAF 6 201 Ku; KIA 12/Sep/1944
Oishi Yoshio IJNAF 11 KIA 4/May/1945
Okabe Kenji IJNAF 15 Shokaku, Omura & 601 Ku
Okamoto Juzo IJNAF 5 KIA 11/Oct/1942
Okamoto Takashi IJNAF 6
Okano Hiroshi IJNAF 19 Chitose, 1 ,Tainan, 201, 331, 202 & 434 Ku
Oki Yoshio IJNAF 13 KIA 16/Jun/1943
Okubo Misao IJAAF 8
Okumura Takeo IJNAF 50 Ryujo,Tainan & 210 Ku; KIA 22/Sep/1943
Omori Shigetaka IJNAF 13 Hosho, Akagi & Shokaku Ku; KIA 26/Oct/1942
Omori Shokichi IJAAF 9
Onazaki Hiroshi IJAAF 14 59 Sentai
Ono Megumu IJAAF 15 KIA 1/Feb/1940
Ono Satoru IJNAF 5
Ono Takeyoshi IJNAF 8 KIA 30/Jun/1943
Onozaki Akira IJAAF 14 59 Sentai
Oshibuchi Takashi IJNAF 6
Ota Toshio IJNAF 34 Tainan Ku; KIA 21/Oct/1943
Otake Kyushiro IJAAF 15 10 Chutai & 25 Sentai
Ozaki Nakakazu IJAAF 19 33 & 25 Sentai; KIA 27/Dec/1943
Ozeki Yukiharu IJNAF 11 KIA 24/Oct/1944
Saito Chiyoji IJAAF 7 24 Sentai; KIA 2/Sep/1943
Saito Saburo IJNAF 18
Saito Shogo IJAAF 1 24 Sentai; KIA 2/Jul/1944; final victory count may be higher
Sakagawa Toshio IJAAF 15 25, 200 & 22 Sentai; KIFA 19/Dec/1944
Sakai Saburo IJNAF 62 Tainan, Yokosuka & 343 Ku
Sakano Takao IJNAF 10
Sasai Jun-ichi IJNAF 27 Tainan Ku; KIA 26/Aug/1942
Sasai Tomokazu IJNAF 10
Sasaki Isamu IJAAF 32 50 Sentai
Sasaki Yoshi-ichi IJNAF 6
Sasakibara Masao IJNAF 12
Sato Gonnoshin IJAAF 5
Sato Hitoshi IJNAF 8 12 Ku; KIA 11/Nov/1943
Sawada Mitsugu IJAAF 5 2nd Hiko Datai
Seino Eiji IJAAF 15 10 Chutai & 25 Sentai
Sekiguchi Hiroshi IJAAF 7
Sekiya Kiyoshi IJNAF 11 KIA 24/Jun/1944
Shibagaki Hiroshi IJNAF 13 KIA 22/Jan/1944
Shibata Rikio IJAAF 13 KIA 18/Dec/1944
Shibayama Sekizen IJNAF 10 201 & 253 Ku
Shibukawa Shigeru IJNAF 15
Shiga Masami IJNAF 16
Shiga Yoshio IJNAF 6
Shigematsu Yasuhiro IJNAF 10 KIA 8/Jul/1944
Shigemi Katsuma IJNAF 5 KIA 4/Feb/1943
Shimakawa Masaaki IJNAF 20 Oita, Tainan, 6 & 204Ku
Shimamura Miyoshi IJAAF 1 claimed 1 B29 with Ki102-Otsu with Ho401 57mm cannon
Shimizu Kazuo IJAAF 18 59 Sentai
Shimizu Kiyoshi IJNAF 12 KIA 26/Jan/1944
Shimizu Takeshi IJAAF 9
Shimokawa Yukio IJAAF 15 50 Sentai
Shiozura Toshio IJNAF 20
Shirahama Yoshijiro IJNAF 11
Shirai Nagao IJAAF 13 244 Sentai
Shirakawa Toshihisa IJNAF 9 KIA 26/Nov/1944
Shirane Aya-o IJNAF 8 Akagi, Zuikaku, Yokosuka, 341 & 401 Ku; KIA 24/Nov/1944
Shiromoto Naoharu IJAAF 10
Shishimoto Hironojo IJAAF 11
Shono Tadashi IJAAF 14 KIA 29/Oct/1944
Sueda Toshiyuki IJNAF 8 KIA 6/Oct/1943
Sugawara Masao IJNAF 4
Sugino Kazuo IJNAF 32 611,Shokaku,253 & 634 Ku
Sugio Shigeo IJNAF 20 3, Kuiko, Kaminoike & 201 Ku
Sugita Sho-ichi IJNAF 70 6,263,201 & 343 Ku; KIA 15/Apr/1945
Sugiyama Teruo IJNAF 10 KIA 4/Feb/1944
Suho Motonari IJNAF 4
Sumi Tadao IJAAF 6 244 Sentai; 5 victories over B-29s
Sumino Goichi IJAAF 27 64 Sentai; KIA 6/Jun/1944
Suzuki Hiroshi IJNAF 8 KIA 13/Oct/1944
Suzuki Kiyonobu IJNAF 6 KIA 26/Oct/1942
Suzuki Minoru IJNAF 5 202 & 205 Ku
Takagaki Haruo IJAAF 2 KIA 15/Jul/1945
Takahashi Katsutaro IJAAF 7 KIA 24/Dec/1942
Takahashi Ken-ichi IJNAF 14
Takahashi Shigeru IJNAF 10
Takahashi Takeo IJAAF 13 KIA 13/Nov/1944
Takaiwa Kaoru IJNAF 8 KIA 10/Feb/1944
Takamiya Keiji IJAAF 17 78 Sentai; KIA 1/Feb/1944
Takanashi Tatsuo IJAAF 5
Takatsuka Tora-ichi IJNAF 13
Takenaka Yoshihiko IJNAF 5 KIA 19/Jun/1944
Takeshi Shimizu IJAAF 5
Takeuchi Shogo IJAAF 16 64 & 68 Sentai; KIA 21/Dec/1943
Takiguchi Hiroshi IJAAF 9 KIA 1/Nov/1944
Tanaka Jiro IJNAF 10 KIA 10/Dec/1942
Tanaka Kuniyoshi IJNAF 5
Tanaka Minpo IJNAF 15
Tanaka Shinsaku IJNAF 10 KIA 12/Sep/1944
Taniguchi Masao IJNAF 14
Tanimizu Takeo IJNAF 18 Shokaku, Tainan & 203 Ku
Tarui Mitsuyoshi IJAAF 10 1 Sentai; KIA 18/Aug/1944
Tashiro Tadao IJAAF 8 KIA 4/Jan/1945
Terada Shinobu IJAAF 8
Tokuji Yoshihisa IJNAF 8 KIA 19/Jun/1944
Tokushige Nobuo IJNAF 5 Tainan Ku; KIA 17/Aug/1942; total victory count may be higher
Tsubone Kosuke IJAAF 10 13 & 64 Sentai
Tsuchiya Ko IJAAF 8 KIA 3/Sep/1944
Tsujinoue Toyomitsu IJNAF 5
Tsunoda Kazuo IJNAF 8
Uehara Sadao IJNAF 13 Tainan, 201(II) Ku
Uto Kazushi IJNAF 19 Tainan Ku; KIA 13/Sep/1942
Wajima Yoshio IJNAF 11 KIA 23/Feb/1944
Wakamatsu Yukiyoshi IJAAF 18 KIA 18/Dec/1944; 85 Sentai; final victory count may be higher
Watanabe Hideo IJNAF 16 Chitose & 204 Ku
Watanabe Masao IJAAF 6.3 Tainan Ku
Yamaguchi Bunichi IJAAF 19 204 Sentai
Yamaguchi Sada-o IJNAF 12 KIA 4/Jul/1944
Yamamoto Akira IJNAF 12 KIA 24/Nov/1944
Yamamoto Ichiro IJNAF 11 KIA 19/Jan/1944
Yamamoto Tomezo IJNAF 11 KIA 24/Jun/1944
Yamanaka Tadao IJNAF 9
Yamashita Sahei IJNAF 13 KIA 9/Feb/1943
Yamato Mitsuo IJAAF 8
Yamazaki Ichirobei IJNAF 14 KIA 4/Jul/1943
Yamazaki Keizo IJNAF 3 flew A6M2-N floatplanes; 802 Ku
Yanagiya Kenji IJNAF 8 6 & 204 Ku
Yano Shigeru IJNAF 8 KIA 17/Apr/1942
Yasuda Yoshito IJAAF 10 final victory count may be higher
Yasui Kozaburo IJNAF 11 KIA 19/Jun/1944
Yokoyama Tomatsu IJNAF 5 Soryu & 12 Ku
Yonekawa Shokichi IJNAF 6 KIFA
Yoshida Katsuyoshi IJNAF 10
Yoshida Mototsuna IJNAF 14 KIA 7/Aug/1942
Yoshida Yoshio IJAAF 7 70 Sentai; claimed 6 B-29 over Japan in Mar/1945 with 1 B-29 claimed over Manchuria in Sep/1944
Yoshihara Hiroji IJNAF 8
Yoshimura Keisaku IJNAF 12 KIA 25/Oct/1942
Yoshino Satoshi IJNAF 15 Soryu, Chitose, 4 & Tainan Ku; KIA 9/Jun/1942
Yoshioka Yoshitaro IJAAF 6
Yoshizawa Tokushige IJNAF 9 KIA 6/Jan/1945
the first # is the kill claim
Aioi Takahide IJNAF 5
Akamatsu Sada-aki IJNAF 16 3, 331 & 302 Ku
Anabuki Satoshi IJAAF 39 50 Sentai
Anma Katsumi IJAAF 8 KIA 8/Apr/1942
Aoyagi Yutaka IJAAF 2 KIA 23/Jun/1942
Aramaki Yoshitugu IJAAF 5 victory count may be higher
Arita Yoshisuke IJNAF 5
Asai Mitsuzo IJAAF 7
Asano Jiro IJAAF 10
Atake Tomita IJNAF 10
Banno Takeo IJNAF 10 KIA 7/Oct/1943
Beppu Kisaji IJAAF 5
Ema Yu-ichi IJNAF 6 KIA 29/Oct/1944
Endo Masuaki IJNAF 14 Tainan & 251 Ku; KIA 7/Jun/1943
Endo Yukio IJNAF 8 251, 302 & 352 Ku, KIA 14/Jan/1945; claimed 1 day victory
Eto Toyoki IJAAF 10
Fujimoto Kenji IJAAF 3 claimed 3vB-29 (2vB29 by ramming with Ki84 on 13 & 16/MAr/1945); 246 Sentai
Fujita Iyozo IJNAF 11 Soryu
Fujiwara Kihei IJNAF 5
Fukuda Sumio IJNAF 11 KIA 24/Oct/1944
Fukui Yoshio IJNAF 3
Fukumoto Shigeo IJNAF 72
Furogori Goro IJAAF 30 victory total may be 50; claimed 20 victories in China
Furugori Goro IJAAF 5 KIA 3/Nov/1943
Furukawa unknown IJAAF 5 victory count may be higher
Gomi Hiroshi IJAAF 7
Goto Kurakazu IJNAF 8 KIA 9/Sep/1943
Hagiri Matsuo IJNAF 6 204 & Yokosuka Ku
Handa Watari IJNAF 7 Tainan Ku
Harada Kaname IJNAF 9
Haraguchi Kichigoro IJAAF 24
Hasegawa Tomoari IJAAF 3
Hashiguchi Yoshiro IJNAF 10 3Ku; KIA 25/Oct/1944
Hattori Kazuo IJNAF 10 KIA 30/Mar/1944
Hayashi Sakuji IJNAF 6 KIA 28/May/1945
Hayashi Takeomi IJAAF 7
Hayashi Yoshishige IJNAF 5 KIA 21/Apr/1945
Hazawa Iwataro IJAAF 15 KIA 14/Jan/1945
Hida Hitoshi IJAAF 1
Hidaka Hatsuo IJNAF 6
Hidaka Yoshimi IJNAF 20 204 Ku
Higashiyama Ichiro IJNAF 3 KIA 8/Jul/1944
Hinoki Yohei IJAAF 12 64 & 111 Sentai
Hirohata Tomio IJAAF 14 KIA 22/Apr/1945
Hirose Yoshio IJAAF 7 KIA 22/Dec/1944
Honda Minoru IJNAF 17 Kanoya, 253,221 & 343 Ku
Honda Toshiaki IJNAF 23 Tainan Ku; KIA 13/May/1942
Hori Mitsuo IJNAF 11
Hosono Isamu IJAAF 6 1 Sentai; KIA 6/Oct/1943
Ichikawa Chuichi IJAAF 10 78 & 244 Sentai
Ichioka Matao IJNAF 11 KIA 9/Apr/1944
Igarashi Tomesaku IJAAF 15 50 Sentai; KIA 17/Jun/1944
Iida Fusata IJNAF 7 KIA 7/Dec/1941
Iizuka Masao IJNAF 8 KIA 15/Oct/1944
Ikuno Fumisuke IJAAF 6
Inayama Hideaki IJAAF 5 final victory count may be higher
Inouye Misao IJAAF 8 KIA 15/Dec/1944
Ishida Teigo IJNAF 9 KIA 16/May/1945
Ishihara Susumu IJNAF 16 Tainan,582,204 & 332Ku
Ishii Isamu IJNAF 10 KIA 11/May/1945
Ishii Shizuo IJNAF 26 Tainan,Junyo & 204 Ku; KIA 24/Oct/1943
Ishikawa Kanshi IJAAF 19
Ishikawa Seiji IJNAF 5
Ishikawa Tadashi IJAAF 5
Ishizuka Tokuyasu IJAAF 2
Isozaki Chitoshi IJNAF 12 Tainan, 251, 204, 201, 302 & 343 Ku
Ito Fujitaro IJAAF 13 5 Sentai; victory count may be higher
Ito Kiyoshi IJNAF 17 3 & 202 Ku
Ito Naoyuke IJAAF 8
Ito Susumu IJNAF 5
Iwahashi Jyozo IJAAF 2 11 & 22 Sentai; KIA 21/Sep/1944
Iwai Tsutomu IJNAF 8
Iwaki Yoshio IJNAF 8 KIA 24/Aug/1942
Iwamoto Tetsuzo IJNAF 66 Zuikaku, 281, 204, 253, 252 & 203 Ku
Izuka Masao IJNAF 8
Izumi Hideo IJNAF 9 KIA 30/May/1942
Jobo Ryotaro IJAAF 12 33 Sentai, 1 Field Reserve Squadron; final victory count may be higher
Kagemitsu Matsuo IJNAF 10 victory count may be higher
Kajinami Susumu IJAAF 24
Kakimoto Enji IJNAF 5 Tainan Ku; POW 27/Aug/1942
Kamae Morichiki IJAAF 32 Is this possibly Moritsugu Kanai ?
Kamihira Keishu IJNAF 17
Kamito Sumi IJAAF 40 final victory count may be higher
Kanai Moritsugu IJAAF 19 87 & 25 Sentai
Kanamaru Takeo IJNAF 12
Kanamaru Teizo IJAAF 8
Kanazawa Nobuo IJAAF 10 final victory count may be higher
Kanbara Masao IJNAF 7
Kanda Seiji IJNAF 9 KIA 19/Jun/1943
Kaneko Tadashi IJNAF 5 KIA 14/Nov/1942
Kanemaru Teizo IJAAF 5 KIA 24/Dec/1942
Kanno Naoshi IJNAF 25 343, 201 & 343(II) Ku; KIA 1/Aug/1945
Kasai Tomkazu IJNAF 10
Kashiide Isamu IJAAF 26 4 Sentai, Ki 45, 2v B24 20/08/1944, 3v B29 27-28/03/1945 with Ki45 Kai Hei
Kashima Shirotaro IJAAF 9 KIA 16/Dec/1944
Kashimura Kan-ichi IJNAF 2 582 Ku; MIA 6/Mar/1943
Kato Katsue IJNAF 9 381, 153 & 343 Ku; KIA 16/Apr/1945
Kato Kenji IJAAF 9 KIA 2/Dec/1944
Kato Kunimichi IJNAF 16
Kato Tateo IJAAF 9 CO 64 Sentai, 8 victories Ki43; KIA 22/May/1942
Katsuki Kiyomi IJNAF 16 452, 934 & 381 Ku; final victory count may be higher
Kawakita Akira IJAAF 5
Kawamoto Koki IJAAF 8 victory count may be higher
Kawato Masajiro IJNAF 18 253 Ku; POW 9/Mar/1945
Kikuchi Tetsuo IJNAF 12 Akagi, Shokaku, Ryuho, Hiyo, Junyo & 652 Ku; KIA 19/Jun/1944
Kimura Sadamitsu IJAAF 8 4 Sentai; KIA 10/Jul/1945; all victories B-29
Kimura Takaji IJAAF 26
Kira Katsuaki IJAAF 12 24, 200 & 103 Sentai
Kitahata Saburo IJNAF 6 Junyo Ku; KIA 23/Jan/1943
Kobayashi Hohei IJNAF 10 KIA 25/Oct/1944
Kobayashi Teruhiko IJAAF 5 244 Sentai
Kodaira Yoshina-o IJNAF 9
Koga Sada IJAAF 31
Koizumi Fujikazu IJNAF 11 KIA 27/Jan/1944
Kojima Shizuo IJNAF 6 KIA 25/Nov/1943
Kokubun Takeichi IJNAF 11 KIA 2/Sep/1942
Komachi Sadamu IJNAF 18 Shokaku, 204, 253 & Yokosuka Ku
Kondo Masa-ichi IJNAF 7
Kono Kensui IJAAF 9
Koyae Kotaro IJNAF 15
Kudo Osamu IJNAF 7 KIA 3/Mar/1942
Kudo Shigetoshi IJNAF 9 Tainan, 251 & Yokosuka Ku; flying J1N1-S nightfighters
Kuramoto Juzo IJNAF 8 Yokosuka Ku; claimed 5 B-29 with navigator Lt(jg) Shiro Kuratori during night May 25/26 1945
Kuratori Shiro IJNAF 6 Yokosuka Ku
Kuroe Yasuhiko IJAAF 28 3v 47 Chutai, 22v 64 Sentai with Ki43, 3vB29 with Ki102-Ko prototype
Kuroki Tameyoshi IJAAF 13 33 Sentai
Kurono Shoji IJAAF 1
Kurosawa Sei-ichi IJNAF 10 KIA 6/Aug/1943
Kuwabara Yoshiro IJAAF 13 KIA 14/Mar/1944 (WWII)
Maeda Hideo IJNAF 13 204 Ku; KIA 17/Feb/1944
Magara Ko-ichi IJNAF 8 KIA 14/Sep/1942
Masuyama Masao IJNAF 17 3 Ku
Masuzawa Masatoshi IJAAF 3 1 Sentai
Matsuba Akio IJNAF 16 301,341 & 343 Ku
Matsuda Jiro IJNAF 7
Matsui Morio IJAAF 21 final victory count may be higher
Matsuki Susumu IJNAF 9 KIA 3/Sep/1942
Matsumura Mamoto IJNAF 3 KIA 25/Oct/1944
Matsunaga Hidenori IJNAF 26 934 Ku; floatplane pilot, many shares and probables included; Source: Imperial Japanese Navy Aces 1937-45, Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 22, Henry Sakaida, Osprey Pub. has Eitoku and Hidenori Matsunaga with 16 victories - they are probably the same pilot
Matsuo Kagemitsu IJNAF 10 KIA 23/Dec/1943
Matsuura Toshio IJAAF 5 KIA 2/Dec/1943
Minami Yoshimi IJNAF 6 KIA 25/Nov/1944
Minegishi Yoshijiro IJNAF 6 KIA 6/Feb/1944
Mitsuda Masahiro IJNAF 5
Miyabe Hideo IJAAF 12 64 Sentai; final victory count may be higher
Miyabe Kazunori IJNAF 6 KIA 3/Nov/1943
Miyamaru Masao IJAAF 7 KIA 29/Oct/1944
Miyamoto Goro IJAAF 26
Miyano Zenjiro IJNAF 16 3, 6 & 204 Ku; KIA 16/Jun/1943
Miyazaki Gitaro IJNAF 11 Tainan Ku; KIA 1/Jun/1942
Miyazaki Isamu IJNAF 13 252 & 343 Ku
Mizotaini Hiromichi IJAAF 1 victory total may be higher; 1vCatalina in Ki27
Mori Mitsugu IJNAF 5 Hiyo Ku
Morinio Hideo IJNAF 8
Morioka Yutaka IJNAF 5 302 Ku
Moriura Toyoo IJNAF 8 KIA 25/Oct/1942
Mune Noboru IJAAF 14 KIA 19/Nov/1944
Muranaka Kazuo IJNAF 7
Muto Kaneyoshi IJNAF 23 3, Genzan, 252, Yokosuka & 343 Ku; KIA 24/Jul/1945
Nagahama Yoshikazu IJNAF 10 KIA 6/Sep/1943
Nagano Ki-ichi IJNAF 19 2 & 203 Ku; KIA 6/Nov/1944
Naka Yoshimitsu IJNAF 5
Nakada Yoshihiko IJAAF 45
Nakagawa Kenji IJNAF 8
Nakajima Bunkichi IJNAF 16 KIA 6/Oct/1943
Nakakariya Kunimori IJNAF 16
Nakamichi Wataru IJNAF 15
Nakamura Saburo IJAAF 20 64 Sentai; KIA 6/Oct/1944
Nakamura Yoshio IJNAF 9
Nakano Katsujiro IJNAF 7 KIA 4/May/1945
Nakano Matsumi IJAAF 5
Nakano Tomoji IJNAF 7
Nakase Masayuki IJNAF 9 KIA 9/Feb/1942
Nakaya Yoshi-ichi IJNAF 16
Nakazaki Shigeru IJAAF 9 KIA 23/Jan/1943
Namai Kiyoshi IJAAF 16
Nango Shigeo IJAAF 15 59 Sentai; MIA 23/Jan/1944
Nashiguchi Yashiro IJNAF 11
Negishi Nobuji IJAAF 6 244, 18 & 53 Sentai
Nishikyo unknown IJNAF 5
Nishio Hannoshin IJAAF 5 all victories over B-29s
Nishioka Shigetsune IJAAF 8 KIA 28/Oct/1944
Nishiwaki Masaharu IJNAF 5 victory count may be higher
Nishizawa Hiroyoshi IJNAF 87 Chitose, 4, Tainan, 251, 253 & 201 Ku; KIA 25/Oct/1944
Noguchi Takeshi IJAAF 14
Noguchi Yoshinori IJAAF 6
Nomura Akiyoshi IJAAF 10
Obara Tsutae IJAAF 8
Oda Ki-ichi IJNAF 5 KIA 10/Dec/1944
Odaka Noritsura IJNAF 12
Ofusa Yojiro IJAAF 19 50 Sentai
Ogata Koichi IJAAF 7
Ogata Naoyuki IJAAF 5
Ogawa Makoto IJAAF 9 70 Sentai
Ogiya Nobuo IJNAF 24 281,204 & 253 Ku; KIA 13/Feb/1944
Ogura Mitsuo IJAAF 16 24 Sentai
Ohara Ryoji IJNAF 16 6, 204 & Yokosuka Ku
Oishi Hideo IJNAF 6 201 Ku; KIA 12/Sep/1944
Oishi Yoshio IJNAF 11 KIA 4/May/1945
Okabe Kenji IJNAF 15 Shokaku, Omura & 601 Ku
Okamoto Juzo IJNAF 5 KIA 11/Oct/1942
Okamoto Takashi IJNAF 6
Okano Hiroshi IJNAF 19 Chitose, 1 ,Tainan, 201, 331, 202 & 434 Ku
Oki Yoshio IJNAF 13 KIA 16/Jun/1943
Okubo Misao IJAAF 8
Okumura Takeo IJNAF 50 Ryujo,Tainan & 210 Ku; KIA 22/Sep/1943
Omori Shigetaka IJNAF 13 Hosho, Akagi & Shokaku Ku; KIA 26/Oct/1942
Omori Shokichi IJAAF 9
Onazaki Hiroshi IJAAF 14 59 Sentai
Ono Megumu IJAAF 15 KIA 1/Feb/1940
Ono Satoru IJNAF 5
Ono Takeyoshi IJNAF 8 KIA 30/Jun/1943
Onozaki Akira IJAAF 14 59 Sentai
Oshibuchi Takashi IJNAF 6
Ota Toshio IJNAF 34 Tainan Ku; KIA 21/Oct/1943
Otake Kyushiro IJAAF 15 10 Chutai & 25 Sentai
Ozaki Nakakazu IJAAF 19 33 & 25 Sentai; KIA 27/Dec/1943
Ozeki Yukiharu IJNAF 11 KIA 24/Oct/1944
Saito Chiyoji IJAAF 7 24 Sentai; KIA 2/Sep/1943
Saito Saburo IJNAF 18
Saito Shogo IJAAF 1 24 Sentai; KIA 2/Jul/1944; final victory count may be higher
Sakagawa Toshio IJAAF 15 25, 200 & 22 Sentai; KIFA 19/Dec/1944
Sakai Saburo IJNAF 62 Tainan, Yokosuka & 343 Ku
Sakano Takao IJNAF 10
Sasai Jun-ichi IJNAF 27 Tainan Ku; KIA 26/Aug/1942
Sasai Tomokazu IJNAF 10
Sasaki Isamu IJAAF 32 50 Sentai
Sasaki Yoshi-ichi IJNAF 6
Sasakibara Masao IJNAF 12
Sato Gonnoshin IJAAF 5
Sato Hitoshi IJNAF 8 12 Ku; KIA 11/Nov/1943
Sawada Mitsugu IJAAF 5 2nd Hiko Datai
Seino Eiji IJAAF 15 10 Chutai & 25 Sentai
Sekiguchi Hiroshi IJAAF 7
Sekiya Kiyoshi IJNAF 11 KIA 24/Jun/1944
Shibagaki Hiroshi IJNAF 13 KIA 22/Jan/1944
Shibata Rikio IJAAF 13 KIA 18/Dec/1944
Shibayama Sekizen IJNAF 10 201 & 253 Ku
Shibukawa Shigeru IJNAF 15
Shiga Masami IJNAF 16
Shiga Yoshio IJNAF 6
Shigematsu Yasuhiro IJNAF 10 KIA 8/Jul/1944
Shigemi Katsuma IJNAF 5 KIA 4/Feb/1943
Shimakawa Masaaki IJNAF 20 Oita, Tainan, 6 & 204Ku
Shimamura Miyoshi IJAAF 1 claimed 1 B29 with Ki102-Otsu with Ho401 57mm cannon
Shimizu Kazuo IJAAF 18 59 Sentai
Shimizu Kiyoshi IJNAF 12 KIA 26/Jan/1944
Shimizu Takeshi IJAAF 9
Shimokawa Yukio IJAAF 15 50 Sentai
Shiozura Toshio IJNAF 20
Shirahama Yoshijiro IJNAF 11
Shirai Nagao IJAAF 13 244 Sentai
Shirakawa Toshihisa IJNAF 9 KIA 26/Nov/1944
Shirane Aya-o IJNAF 8 Akagi, Zuikaku, Yokosuka, 341 & 401 Ku; KIA 24/Nov/1944
Shiromoto Naoharu IJAAF 10
Shishimoto Hironojo IJAAF 11
Shono Tadashi IJAAF 14 KIA 29/Oct/1944
Sueda Toshiyuki IJNAF 8 KIA 6/Oct/1943
Sugawara Masao IJNAF 4
Sugino Kazuo IJNAF 32 611,Shokaku,253 & 634 Ku
Sugio Shigeo IJNAF 20 3, Kuiko, Kaminoike & 201 Ku
Sugita Sho-ichi IJNAF 70 6,263,201 & 343 Ku; KIA 15/Apr/1945
Sugiyama Teruo IJNAF 10 KIA 4/Feb/1944
Suho Motonari IJNAF 4
Sumi Tadao IJAAF 6 244 Sentai; 5 victories over B-29s
Sumino Goichi IJAAF 27 64 Sentai; KIA 6/Jun/1944
Suzuki Hiroshi IJNAF 8 KIA 13/Oct/1944
Suzuki Kiyonobu IJNAF 6 KIA 26/Oct/1942
Suzuki Minoru IJNAF 5 202 & 205 Ku
Takagaki Haruo IJAAF 2 KIA 15/Jul/1945
Takahashi Katsutaro IJAAF 7 KIA 24/Dec/1942
Takahashi Ken-ichi IJNAF 14
Takahashi Shigeru IJNAF 10
Takahashi Takeo IJAAF 13 KIA 13/Nov/1944
Takaiwa Kaoru IJNAF 8 KIA 10/Feb/1944
Takamiya Keiji IJAAF 17 78 Sentai; KIA 1/Feb/1944
Takanashi Tatsuo IJAAF 5
Takatsuka Tora-ichi IJNAF 13
Takenaka Yoshihiko IJNAF 5 KIA 19/Jun/1944
Takeshi Shimizu IJAAF 5
Takeuchi Shogo IJAAF 16 64 & 68 Sentai; KIA 21/Dec/1943
Takiguchi Hiroshi IJAAF 9 KIA 1/Nov/1944
Tanaka Jiro IJNAF 10 KIA 10/Dec/1942
Tanaka Kuniyoshi IJNAF 5
Tanaka Minpo IJNAF 15
Tanaka Shinsaku IJNAF 10 KIA 12/Sep/1944
Taniguchi Masao IJNAF 14
Tanimizu Takeo IJNAF 18 Shokaku, Tainan & 203 Ku
Tarui Mitsuyoshi IJAAF 10 1 Sentai; KIA 18/Aug/1944
Tashiro Tadao IJAAF 8 KIA 4/Jan/1945
Terada Shinobu IJAAF 8
Tokuji Yoshihisa IJNAF 8 KIA 19/Jun/1944
Tokushige Nobuo IJNAF 5 Tainan Ku; KIA 17/Aug/1942; total victory count may be higher
Tsubone Kosuke IJAAF 10 13 & 64 Sentai
Tsuchiya Ko IJAAF 8 KIA 3/Sep/1944
Tsujinoue Toyomitsu IJNAF 5
Tsunoda Kazuo IJNAF 8
Uehara Sadao IJNAF 13 Tainan, 201(II) Ku
Uto Kazushi IJNAF 19 Tainan Ku; KIA 13/Sep/1942
Wajima Yoshio IJNAF 11 KIA 23/Feb/1944
Wakamatsu Yukiyoshi IJAAF 18 KIA 18/Dec/1944; 85 Sentai; final victory count may be higher
Watanabe Hideo IJNAF 16 Chitose & 204 Ku
Watanabe Masao IJAAF 6.3 Tainan Ku
Yamaguchi Bunichi IJAAF 19 204 Sentai
Yamaguchi Sada-o IJNAF 12 KIA 4/Jul/1944
Yamamoto Akira IJNAF 12 KIA 24/Nov/1944
Yamamoto Ichiro IJNAF 11 KIA 19/Jan/1944
Yamamoto Tomezo IJNAF 11 KIA 24/Jun/1944
Yamanaka Tadao IJNAF 9
Yamashita Sahei IJNAF 13 KIA 9/Feb/1943
Yamato Mitsuo IJAAF 8
Yamazaki Ichirobei IJNAF 14 KIA 4/Jul/1943
Yamazaki Keizo IJNAF 3 flew A6M2-N floatplanes; 802 Ku
Yanagiya Kenji IJNAF 8 6 & 204 Ku
Yano Shigeru IJNAF 8 KIA 17/Apr/1942
Yasuda Yoshito IJAAF 10 final victory count may be higher
Yasui Kozaburo IJNAF 11 KIA 19/Jun/1944
Yokoyama Tomatsu IJNAF 5 Soryu & 12 Ku
Yonekawa Shokichi IJNAF 6 KIFA
Yoshida Katsuyoshi IJNAF 10
Yoshida Mototsuna IJNAF 14 KIA 7/Aug/1942
Yoshida Yoshio IJAAF 7 70 Sentai; claimed 6 B-29 over Japan in Mar/1945 with 1 B-29 claimed over Manchuria in Sep/1944
Yoshihara Hiroji IJNAF 8
Yoshimura Keisaku IJNAF 12 KIA 25/Oct/1942
Yoshino Satoshi IJNAF 15 Soryu, Chitose, 4 & Tainan Ku; KIA 9/Jun/1942
Yoshioka Yoshitaro IJAAF 6
Yoshizawa Tokushige IJNAF 9 KIA 6/Jan/1945
the first # is the kill claim
RE: Flying torches
check this out!
Yeah but what ones fought in this theatre and in what units? That´s what the people making ¨CF¨ need. I haven´t looked at the Allied pilots much. I know Thatch is in UV. Haven´t seen Richard Bong in a P38 yet. Is he included in UV? He should be in there for the Allied side.
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RE: Flying torches
There are some Pilots that were interviewed on Battle 360 that were on the Enterprise during the time of the game. I looked for them, but they weren't there.
BTW, Battle 360 is very very cool. The guy who founded Enterprise car rental was a fighter pilot on the "Big E" and named his company after the 3 leaf clover that floats. Its a very cool show. Ever since they used the Rome total war engine in a show, the programs have been A LOT more ineresting. Dog Fights, and Battle 360 have been passed the batton and are running with it. No clue what engine they are using now. You could tell when the show used the RTR engine (forget the name of the show, was very cool..and pretty accurate)....these look far too good to have been apapted from a current gen computer game.
BTW, Battle 360 is very very cool. The guy who founded Enterprise car rental was a fighter pilot on the "Big E" and named his company after the 3 leaf clover that floats. Its a very cool show. Ever since they used the Rome total war engine in a show, the programs have been A LOT more ineresting. Dog Fights, and Battle 360 have been passed the batton and are running with it. No clue what engine they are using now. You could tell when the show used the RTR engine (forget the name of the show, was very cool..and pretty accurate)....these look far too good to have been apapted from a current gen computer game.