Does anyone know who these guys are?

[btd64]

Front pages around the Cuban Missile Crisis would be cool. Did the public get news of the Russian SS that turned back rather than fire their nuke torps? Did the public know anything about the deal to remove US missiles from Turkey?

The missiles in Turkey were do to be retired anyway....GP

[Tcao]

Morita, T. - Kanoya Ku K-1 Det (Betty) 12/6/41

The closest we can find is:

https://papamama.asablo.jp/blog/2020/02/01/9209282

５中隊長　森田林次大尉（兵６３）

Morita, R

[Edmon]

envidia and trolling;

Stop with the ambigious bait posting / gibberish.

This is your final warning - if you think that weird edgecase trolling around our guidelines is going to wash, you are sorely mistaken. I am tired of getting walls of PM's about your strange behaviour.

Regards,
Edmon

[Kull]

Morita, T. - Kanoya Ku K-1 Det (Betty) 12/6/41

The closest we can find is:

https://papamama.asablo.jp/blog/2020/02/01/9209282

５中隊長　森田林次大尉（兵６３）

Morita, R

Great link, thanks! For those interested, plug the link into Google Chrome and use the "translate" feature to see the page in English.

I read through it, and found this part interesting:

Mr. Sato's book includes Sora Kanoya's organization.

Commander: Colonel Naoshiro Fujiyoshi (Soldier 44)
Vice-command and Flight Chief: Major Toshiie Irisa (Person 52)
Squadron Commander: Major Shichizo Miyauchi (Soldier 56)
1st company commander Captain Mikichi Nabeta (recruitment 2)
2nd company commander: Captain Takashi Higashi Mori (Soldier 65)
3rd company commander Captain Haruki Iki (62nd year soldier)
4th company commander Captain Hiroki Ikeda (65th soldier)
5th company commander: Captain Hayashiji Morita (63rd soldier)
6th company commander Captain Takekatsu Tanaka (62nd soldier)

Each company consists of 9 aircraft. 3 machine platoon x 3.

At the beginning of the war, the 4th, 5th, and 6th companies attacked Iba Airfield in the Philippines.

Note the commander of "5th Company" is named "Morita" and that his company was assigned to attack Iba, which is exactly what the Kanoya Detachment is assigned to do in-game. Even though his name starts with "H" instead of "T", I'll bet this is the guy.

[Tcao]

Morita, T. - Kanoya Ku K-1 Det (Betty) 12/6/41

The closest we can find is:

https://papamama.asablo.jp/blog/2020/02/01/9209282

５中隊長　森田林次大尉（兵６３）

Morita, R

Great link, thanks! For those interested, plug the link into Google Chrome and use the "translate" feature to see the page in English.

I read through it, and found this part interesting:

Mr. Sato's book includes Sora Kanoya's organization.

Commander: Colonel Naoshiro Fujiyoshi (Soldier 44)
Vice-command and Flight Chief: Major Toshiie Irisa (Person 52)
Squadron Commander: Major Shichizo Miyauchi (Soldier 56)
1st company commander Captain Mikichi Nabeta (recruitment 2)
2nd company commander: Captain Takashi Higashi Mori (Soldier 65)
3rd company commander Captain Haruki Iki (62nd year soldier)
4th company commander Captain Hiroki Ikeda (65th soldier)
5th company commander: Captain Hayashiji Morita (63rd soldier)
6th company commander Captain Takekatsu Tanaka (62nd soldier)

Each company consists of 9 aircraft. 3 machine platoon x 3.

At the beginning of the war, the 4th, 5th, and 6th companies attacked Iba Airfield in the Philippines.

Note the commander of "5th Company" is named "Morita" and that his company was assigned to attack Iba, which is exactly what the Kanoya Detachment is assigned to do in-game. Even though his name starts with "H" instead of "T", I'll bet this is the guy.

You are welcome.

Not an expert but I want to point out that 兵 65 should not be translated as Soldier

I bet here 兵 means 海軍兵学校 Imperial Japanese Naval Academy.
Mr. Morita graduated from the 63rd class in March 1936.

https://www2b.biglobe.ne.jp/~yorozu/sub2-10.html#63ki

This source claimed he was promoted to Lt Cdr and killed in Solomon when assigned to 705th Air Group

and you can find his name in 705th Wiki entry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misawa_Air_Group

[Tcao]

His name can also be found on some Chinese source. ROCAF claimed that Ace Chih-hang Kao shoot down two G3Ms during the battle of Aug 14th (08/13/1937). One of the downed G3M was piloted by Morita

[Kull]

That's interesting. The first list has him as Hayashiji Morita and graduating in the 63rd Class. But there isn't anyone by that name in your 63rd Class link. Instead we have Rinji Morita. I'm assuming they are the same person, just curious as to why the names are different. Any idea?

[Tcao]

The confusion must come from 林 , literally means grove/woods. In Japanese, its pronunciation is hayashi. However, in a person's given name (especially for those who was born before the WW2) , 林 is very likely come from the Chinese character with a pronunciation as lin. So this dude's name should be pronounced as Rin-ji

[Kull]

The confusion must come from 林 , literally means grove/woods. In Japanese, its pronunciation is hayashi. However, in a person's given name (especially for those who was born before the WW2) , 林 is very likely come from the Chinese character with a pronunciation as lin. So this dude's name should be pronounced as Rin-ji

Excellent, thanks!

[Dutch_slith]

Morita, T. - Kanoya Ku K-1 Det (Betty) 12/6/41

The closest we can find is:

https://papamama.asablo.jp/blog/2020/02/01/9209282

５中隊長　森田林次大尉（兵６３）

Morita, R

Thx for the link!!!