NAME VICTORIES AIRFORCE COMMENTS
Nishizawa, Hirojoshi 87 (34) IJNAF 9)
Iwamoto, Tecuzo 80+ (202) ## [14 CH] IJNAF
Fukumoto, Shigeo 72 IJNAF
Sugita, Sho-ichi 70+ (120) # IJNAF
Sakai, Saburo 64 (33) [2 CH] IJNAF 13)
Shinohara, Horimichi 58 [All M] IJAAF
Okumura, Takeo 54 [4 CH] IJNAF
Anabuki, Satoshi 51 (39) * IJAAF 1 by ramming
Nakada, Yoshihiko 45 IJAAF
Kamito, Sumi 40+ IJAAF
Tarui, Micuyoshi 38 [28 M] IJAAF
Sasaki, Isamu 38 IJAAF
Óta, Toshio 34 IJNAF
Sugino, Kazuo 32 IJNAF
Koga, Sada 31 IJAAF
Kuroe, Yasuhiro 30 [2 CH] IJAAF
Ishii, Shizuo 29 [3 CH] IJNAF
Saito, Chiyoshi 28 [21 M] IJAAF
Mutó, Takeyoshi 28 [5 CH] IJNAF
Sumino, Goichi 27 IJAAF
Shimada, Kenji 27 [All M] IJAAF
Shibata, Rikio 27 [14 M] IJAAF
Sasai, Jun-ichi 27 IJNAF
Akamacu, Sada-aki 27 [11 CH] IJNAF
Saito, Shogo 26+ [25 M] IJAAF 1 by ramming
Miyamoto, Goro 26 IJAAF
Kimura, Takaji 26 IJAAF
Kanai, Moritsugu 26 [7 M] IJAAF
Hosono, Isamu 26 [21 M] IJAAF
Kanno, Naoshi 25 (48) ## IJNAF
Hanada, Tomio 25 [All M] IJAAF
Furugori, Goro 25+ [20 M] IJAAF
Ogyia, Nobuo 24 IJNAF
Kajinami, Susumu 24 IJAAF 4)
Haraguchi, Kichigoro 24 IJAAF
Kato, Shoji 23 [All M] IJAAF
Togo, Saburo 22 [All M] IJAAF
Ohtsuka, Zenzaburo 22 [All M] IJAAF
Iwahashi, Djozo 22 [20 M] IJAAF 1 by ramming
Hasegawa, Tomori 22 [19 M] IJAAF
Asano, Hitoshi 22 [All M] IJAAF
Shiromoto, Naoharu 21 [11 M] IJAAF
Matsui, Morio 21+ IJAAF
Kira, Katsuaki 21 [9 M] IJAAF
Yoshiyama, Bunji 20 [All M] IJAAF
Sugio, Shigeo 20+ IJNAF
Shiozura, Toshio 20 ** IJNAF
Shimakawa, Masaaki 20 ** IJNAF
Hidaka, Yoshimi 20 IJNAF
Yamaguchi, Buni-chi 19 IJAAF
Utó, Kazushi 19 IJNAF
Takeuchi, Shogo 19 (30+) # IJAAF
Ozaki, Nakakazu 19 IJAAF
Okano, Hiroshi 19 IJNAF 11)
Ofusa, Yojiro 19 IJAAF 10)
Nagano, Ki-ichi 19 IJNAF
Matsuba, Akio 19 [18+1] [2 CH] IJNAF
Kimura, Saburo 19 [All M] IJAAF
Kato, Takeo 19 [18+1] [9 CH] IJAAF
Ishikawa, Kanshi 19 IJAAF
Yamamoto, Akiro 18 [13+5] [1 CH] IJNAF +6 G
Wakamatsu, Yukiyoshi 18+ IJAAF
Tanimizu, Takeo 18 (32) ## IJNAF
Shimizu, Kazuo 18 IJAAF
Saito, Saburo 18 IJNAF
Nakase, Masayuki 18 [9 CH] IJNAF
Komachi, Sadamu 18 (40) ## IJNAF
Kawato, Masajiro 18 IJNAF
Ishii, Takeo 18 [All M] IJAAF
Tanaka, Kuniyoshi 17 [12 CH] IJNAF
Takamiya, Kenji 17 IJAAF
Takagaki, Haruo 17+ [15 M] IJAAF
Suzuki, Shoichi 17 [All M] IJAAF
Óki, Yoshio 17 [4 CH] IJNAF
Masuyama, Masao 17 IJNAF
Kamihira, Keishu 17 [4 CH] IJNAF
Ito, Kiyoshi 17 IJNAF
Honda, Minoru 17 IJNAF
Hanada, Mamoru 17 [All M] IJAAF
Yonaga, Hyoe 16 [All M] IJAAF
Yajima, Yoshihiko 16 [All M] IJAAF
Watanabe, Hideo 16 IJNAF
Takatsuka, Tora-ichi 16 [3 CH] IJNAF
Shimokawa, Yukio 16 IJAAF
Shiga, Masami 16 IJNAF
Ohara, Ryoji 16 (48) ## IJNAF
Ogura, Mitsuo 16 IJAAF
Namai, Kiyoshi 16 IJAAF
Nakaya, Yoshi-ichi 16 IJNAF
Nakakariya, Kunimori 16 IJNAF
Nakajima, Bunkichi 16 IJNAF
Motojima, Muneyoshi 16+ [All M] IJAAF
Miyano, Zenjiro 16 IJNAF
Matsunaga, Hidenori 16 IJNAF 7)
Matsunaga, Eitoku 16 IJNAF 7)
Kuroki, Tameyoshi 16 [3 M] IJAAF
Katsuki, Kiyomi 16+ IJNAF 1 by ramming
Kato, Kunimichi 16 IJNAF
Ito, Riichi 16 [All M] IJAAF
Ishihara, Susumu 16 (30+) ## IJNAF
Inoue, Misao 16 [8 M] IJAAF
Igarashi, Tomesaku 16 IJAAF 2)
Yoshino, Satoshi 15 IJNAF
Tanaka, Minpo 15 IJNAF
Suho, Motonari 15 [11 CH] IJNAF
Shibukawa, Shigeru 15 IJNAF
Seino, Eiji 15~ IJAAF
Sakagawa, Toshio 15~ (49) # IJAAF
Otake, Kyushiro 15~ IJAAF
Ono, Megumu 15 [All M] IJAAF
Okabe, Kenji 15 (50) ## IJNAF
Nango, Shigeo 15~ IJAAF
Nakamura, Saburo 15~ IJAAF
Nakamichi, Wataru 15 IJNAF
Minami, Yoshimi 15 [9 CH] IJNAF
Matsu-ura, Toshio 15~ [10 M] IJAAF
Masuzawa, Masatoshi 15 [10 M] IJAAF
Koyae, Kotaro 15 IJNAF
Hazawa, Iwataro 15~ IJAAF
Yoshida, Mototsuna 14 (12+3) **** IJNAF
Yamazaki, Ichirobei 14 IJNAF
Taniguchi, Masao 14 IJNAF
Takahashi, Ken-ichi 14 IJNAF
Shono, Tadashi 14 IJAAF
Ozeki, Jukiharu 14 [3 CH] IJNAF
Onozaki, Hiroshi 14 IJAAF 12)
Okuda, Jiro 14 [All M] IJAAF
Noguchi, Takashi 14 IJAAF
Mune, Noboru 14 IJAAF
Motomura, Koji 14 [All M] IJAAF
Minami, Taka-aki 14 [All M] IJAAF
Kuroiwa, Toshio 14 [13+1] [1SW, 13CH] IJNAF
Ishizuka, Tokuyasu 14 (23) # [12 M] IJAAF
Hirohata, Tomio 14 IJAAF
Endó, Masuaki 14 IJNAF
Yamashita, Sahei 13 IJNAF
Uehara, Sadao 13 IJNAF
Takahashi, Takao 13+ IJAAF
Shirai, Nagao 13 IJAAF
Shindo, Norio 13 IJAAF
Shibagaki, Hiroshi 13 IJNAF
Sawada, Mitsugu 13 [12+1] [9 CH] IJAAF
Omori, Shigetaka 13 IJNAF 1 by ramming
Miyazaki, Isamu 13 IJNAF
Miyazaki, Gitaro 13 [2 CH] IJNAF
Matsumura, Momoto 13 [10 CH] IJNAF
Maeda, Hideo 13 IJNAF
Kuwabara, Yoshiro 13+ IJAAF
Kurono, Shoji 13 [12 M] IJAAF
Kondo, Masa-ichi 13 [6 CH] IJNAF
Koizumi, Fujikazu 13 [2 CH] IJNAF
Koga, Kiyoto 13 [All CH] IJNAF
Ito, Fujitaro 13+ IJAAF 3)
Handa, Watari 13 [6 CH] IJNAF
Hagiri, Matsu-o 13 [7 CH] IJNAF
Ashida, Masao 13 [All M] IJAAF
Yoshimura, Keisaku 12 IJNAF
Yamashita, Koshiro 12 [11+1] [All CH] IJNAF
Yamaguchi, Sada-o 12 IJNAF
Shimizu, Kiyoshi 12 IJNAF
Sasakibara, Masao 12 IJNAF
Odaka, Noritsura 12 IJNAF
Nishihara, Goro 12 [All M] IJAAF
Miyabe, Hideo 12+ IJAAF
Kikuchi, Tetsuo 12 IJNAF
Kashimura, Kan-ichi 12 [10 CH] IJNAF 1 by ramming
Kanamaru, Takeo 12 IJNAF
Jobo, Ryotaro 12+ IJAAF
Iwase, Koichi 12 [All M] IJAAF
Isozaki, Chitoshi 12 IJNAF
Hinoki, Yohei 12 IJAAF
Eto, Toyoki 12 [2 CH] IJAAF
Aoyagi, Yukata 12+ (28) # [10 M] IJAAF
Anma, Katsumi 12+ (32) # [1 CH,5 M] IJAAF
Yasui, Kozaburo 11 IJNAF
Yamamoto, Tomezo 11 IJNAF
Yamamoto, Ichiro 11 IJNAF
Wajima, Yoshio 11 IJNAF
Suzuki, Eisaku 11 [All M] IJAAF
Shishimoto, Hironojo 11 IJAAF
Shirahama, Yoshijiro 11 IJNAF
Sekiya, Kiyoshi 11 IJNAF
O-ishi, Yoshio 11 IJNAF
Nashiguchi, Jashiro 11 ** IJNAF
Kokubun, Takeichi 11 IJNAF
Kodama, Takayori 11 [All M] IJAAF
Kodaira, Yoshina-o 11 [2 CH] IJNAF
Iwai, Tsutomu 11 [3 CH] IJNAF
Ishizawa, Koji 11+ [All M] IJAAF
Ichioka, Matao 11 IJNAF
Hori, Mitsuo 11 IJNAF
Hidaka, Hatsu-o 11 [5 CH] IJNAF
Fukuda, Tokuro 11 [All M] IJAAF
Fukuda, Sumio 11 IJNAF
Fujita, Iyozo 11 (42) ## IJNAF
Yoshida, Katsuyoshi 10 IJNAF
Yasuda, Joshito 10+ IJAAF
Tsubone, Kosuke 10+ IJAAF
Tanaka, Shinsaku 10 IJNAF
Tanaka, Jiro 10 IJNAF
Takahashi, Shigeru 10 IJNAF
Sugiyama,Teruo 10 IJNAF
Sudo, Tokuya 10 (20) # [All M] IJAAF
Shimamura, Miyoshi 10 [8 M] IJAAF
Shigematsu, Yasuhiro 10+ IJNAF
Shibayama, Sekizen 10 (13) ## IJNAF
Sasai, Tomokazu 10 IJNAF
Sakano, Takao 10 IJNAF
Nomura, Akiyoshi 10 IJAAF
Nagahama, Yoshikazu 10+ IJNAF
Matsu-o, Kagemitsu 10+ IJNAF
Kurosawa, Sei-ichi 10 IJNAF
Kobayashi, Taro 10 [All M] IJAAF
Kobayashi, Hohei 10+ IJAAF
Kitahata, Saburo 10+ [4 CH] IJNAF
Kasai, Tomazaku 10 IJNAF
Kanazawa, Nobuo 10+ IJAAF
Ishii, Isamu 10 IJNAF
Ichikawa, Chuichi 10+ IJAAF
Hattori, Kazuo 10+ IJNAF
Hashiguchi, Yoshiro 10+ IJNAF
Banno, Takao 10 IJNAF
Atake, Hikotai 10 IJNAF
Asano, Jiro 10 IJAAF
Aioi, Takahide 10 [5 CH] IJNAF
Abe, Ken-ichi 10 IJNAF
Yoshizawaa, Tokushige 9 IJNAF
Yamanaka, Tadao 9 IJNAF
Tsunoda, Kazu-o 9 [1 CH] IJNAF
Takiyama, Yamato 9 [All M] IJAAF
Takiguchi, Hiroshi 9 IJAAF
Takahashi, Katsutaro 9 [2 M] IJAAF
Suzuki, Kiyonobu 9 [3 CH] IJNAF
Sueda, Toshiyuki 9 [1 CH] IJNAF
Shirane, Aya-o 9 [1 CH] IJNAF
Shirakawa, Toshihisa 9 IJNAF
Shimizu, Takeshi 9 [4 M] IJAAF
Sakai, Iori 9+ (15) # [8 M] IJAAF
Omori, Shokichi 9 IJAAF
Okamoto, Juzo 9 [4 CH] IJNAF
Ogawa, Makoto 9 IJAAF
Oda, Ki-ichi 9 [4 CH] IJNAF
Noguchi, Kyushichi 9 [ALL M] IJAAF
Nakazaki, Shigeru 9 IJAAF
Nakamura, Yoshio 9 IJNAF
Morinio, Hideo 9 [1 CH] IJNAF
Mori, Mitsugu 9+ [4 CH] IJNAF
Mochizuki, Isami 9 [All CH] IJNAF
Minegishi, Yoshijiro 9 ** [3 CH] IJNAF
Matsuki, Susumu 9 (8) *** IJNAF
Matsuda, Jiro 9 [2 CH] IJNAF 6)
Kudó, Shigetoshi 9 IJNAF 14)
Kono, Kensui 9 IJAAF
Kimura, Yutaka 9 [All M] IJAAF
Kawahara, Konsuke 9 [8+1] [All CH] IJAAF
Kato, Kenji 9 IJNAF
Kato, Katsue 9 IJNAF
Kashima, Shirotaro 9 [All M] IJAAF
Kashiide, Isamu 9 (33) # [2 M] IJAAF
Kani, Saiji 9 [All M] IJAAF 5)
Kanda, Seiji 9 IJNAF
Kanbara, Daisuke 9 [All M] IJAAF
Izumi, Hideo 9 IJNAF
Ishida, , Teigo 9 IJNAF
Ina, Akira 9 [All M] IJAAF
Hisashichi, Noguchi 9 ** [All M] IJAAF
Hirose, Yoshio 9 [8+1] [2 M] IJAAF 1 by ramming
Higashiyama, Ichiro 9 [6 CH] IJNAF
Hayashi, Takeomi 9 [2 M] IJAAF
Harada, Kaname 9 IJNAF
Fukui, Yoshi-o 9 [6 CH] IJNAF
Yoshihara, Hiroji 8 IJNAF
Yano, Shigeru 8 IJNAF
Yanagiya, Kenji 8 IJNAF
Yamato, Mitsou 8 IJAAF
Tsuchiya, Ko 8 IJAAF
Tokuji, Yoshihisa 8 IJNAF
Tobita, Hitoshi 8 IJAAF
Terada, Shinobu 8 IJAAF
Tashiro, Tadao 8 IJAAF
Takaiwa, Kaoru 8 IJNAF
Suzuki, Hiroshi 8 IJNAF
Shigemi, Katsuma 8 [3 CH] IJNAF
Sekiguchi, Hiroshi 8 [7+1] [2 CH,4 M] IJAAF
Sato, Hitoshi 8 IJNAF
Ono, Takeyoshi 8 IJNAF
Ono, Satoru 8 [3 CH] IJNAF 16)
Okubo, Misao 8 IJAAF
Obara, Tsutae 8 IJAAF
Nishioka, Shigetsune 8 IJAAF
Nango, Mochifumi 8 [All CH] IJNAF 8)
Nakagawa, Kenji 8 IJNAF
Muranaka, Kazuo 8 [1 CH] IJNAF
Moriura, Toyoo 8 IJNAF
Miyamaru, Masao 8+ IJAAF
Magara, Ko-ichi 8 IJNAF
Kuramoto, Juzo 8 IJNAF 15)
Kimura, Sadamitsu 8 IJAAF
Kawamoto, Koki 8 IJAAF
Kaneko, Tadashi 8 [3 CH] IJNAF
Kanamaru, Teizo 8 [3 M] IJAAF
Izuka, Masao 8 ** IJNAF
Iwaki, Yoshio 8 IJNAF
Ito, Naoyuki 8 IJAAF
Iizuka, Masao 8 IJNAF
Hida, Hitoshi 8 [7 M] IJAAF
Goto, Kurakazu 8 IJNAF
Endo, Sachi-o 8 IJNAF 1)
Ema, Yu-ichi 8 [2 CH] IJNAF
Watanabe, 7 ** IJAAF
Torakuma, Tadashi 7 [All CH] IJNAF
Sugawara, Masao 7 [3 CH] IJNAF
Ogata, Koichi 7 IJAAF
Nakano, Tomoji 7 ** IJNAF
Nakano, Katsujiro 7 IJNAF
Kudo, Osamu 7 [3 CH] IJNAF
Kanbara, Masao 7 ** IJNAF
Iida, Fusata 7 ** IJNAF
Chono, Jiro 7 [All CH] IJNAF
Gomi, Hiroshi 7 IJAAF
Fukuyama, Yonesuke 7 [6+1] [All CH] IJAAF
Asai, Mitsuzo 7 IJAAF
Yoshioka, Yoshitaro 6 IJAAF
Yoshida, Yoshio 6 IJAAF
Yonekawa, Shokichi 6 IJNAF
Sumi, Tadao 6 IJAAF
Shiga, Yoshio 6 IJNAF
Sasaki, Yoshi-ichi 6 IJNAF
Oshibuchi, Takashi 6 IJNAF
Okamoto, Takashi 6 ** IJNAF
Nogushi, Yoshinori 6 IJAAF
Negishi, Nobuji 6 IJAAF
Miyabe, Kazunori 6 IJNAF
Kuratori, Shiro 6 IJNAF
Kojima, Shizuo 6 ** IJNAF
Ikuno, Fumisuke 6 IJAAF
Hayashi, Sakuji 6 IJNAF
Yokoyama,Tomatsu 5 IJNAF
Tsujinoue, Toyomitsu 5 IJNAF
Tokushige, Nobuo 5 IJNAF
Takeshi, Shimizu 5 ** IJAAF
Takenaka, Yoshihiko 5 IJNAF
Takanashi, Tatsuo 5 IJAAF
Suzuki, Minoru 5 [3 CH] IJNAF
Sato, Gonnoshi 5 IJAAF
O-ishi, Hideo 5 IJNAF
Ogata, Naoyuki 5 IJAAF
Nishiwaki, Masaharu 5+ IJNAF
Nishio, Hannoshin 5 IJAAF
Nishikyo 5 ** IJNAF
Naka, Yoshimitsu 5 IJNAF
Nakano, Matsumi 5 IJAAF
Morioka, Yutaka 5 IJNAF
Mitsuda, Masahiro 5 IJNAF
Kobayashi, Teruhiko 5 (12) * IJAAF +9 D, 1 by ramming
Kawakita, Akira 5 IJAAF
Kanemaru, Teizo 5 ** IJAAF
Kakimoto, Enji 5 IJNAF
Ito, Susumu 5 ** IJNAF
Ishikawa, Tadashi 5 IJAAF
Ishikawa, Seiji 5 IJNAF
Inayama, Hideaki 5+ IJAAF
Honda, Toshiaki 5+ (5+18) ## IJNAF
Hayashi, Yoshishige 5 IJNAF
Furukawa, Haruyoshi 5+ ** IJAAF
Fujiwara, Kihei 5 ** IJNAF
Beppu, Kisaji 5 ** IJAAF
Arita, Yoshisuke 5 IJNAF
Aramaki, Yoshitugu 5 ** IJAAF
Yatomaru 4 [3+1] IJNAF
Oyake Mitsuo 4 IJAAF +3 D, 1 by ramming
Otonari, Sadahiko 4 IJAAF +6 D, 1 by ramming
Uchida, Minoru 3 IJAAF
Takayasu, Saburo 3 [2+1] IJNAF
Nakawa, Hidehiro 3 IJNAF +3 D, 1 by ramming
Ogata, Kesashige 3 IJAAF +2 P
Ishikawa, Akira 3 [All M] IJAAF
Hideshima, Masao 3 [2+1] [1 CH] IJAAF
Fujimoto, Kenji 3 IJAAF 2 by ramming
Umekawa 2 [All CH] IJAAF
Tanaka 2 [All CH] IJAAF
Shimura 2 IJNAF
Okado, Shigeru 2 IJNAF 17)
Nobe, Shigeo 2 IJAAF
Nishikawa, Kiyoshi 2 [0+2] [All CH] IJAAF
Matsui 2 [All CH] IJAAF
Itagaki, Masao 2 IJAAF by ramming
Hosono 2 [1+1] IJNAF
Yamamoto, Miosaburo 1 IJAAF by ramming
Watanabe, Miyoshi 1 IJAAF
Tokoro, Shigehachiro 1 [All SW] IJNAF
Takeuchi 1 IJNAF
Suzuki 1 [0+1] [All CH] IJAAF
Sugimoto, Akira 1 IJAAF 19)
Súai, Saburo 1 IJNAF 18)
Sinomiia, Toru 1 IJAAF by ramming
Sano, Kiyonori 1 [All CH] IJAAF
Saito 1 [All SW] IJNAF
Ohtsubo, Masayoshi 1 [All CH] IJAAF
Obayashi, N. 1 [All CH] IJNAF by ramming
Morimoto, Juichi 1 [All CH] IJAAF
Miyazawa, Takeo 1 IJNAF by ramming
Matsumoto, Tomio 1 IJAAF
Machiba, Yohei 1 [0+1] [All CH] IJAAF
Kozuki, Yutaka 1 [0+1] [All CH] IJAAF
Kogawa, Shuzo 1 [All CH] IJAAF
Kikuchi, Aito 1 [0+1] [All CH] IJAAF
Kichise, Katsura 1 [All CH] IJAAF
Kawakami, Osamu 1 [0+1] IJAAF by ramming
Kawada, Hajime 1 [0+1] [All CH] IJAAF
Ikuta, Nokiji 1 [0+1] [All SW] IJNAF
Hayashi, Naoji 1 [0+1] IJNAF
Hayashi, Hideo 1 IJNAF
Hatanaka 1 IJAAF
Hara, Sanetoshi 1 IJAAF by ramming
Fukuda, Mizunori 1 IJAAF
Ezoe, Masamitzu 1 [0+1] IJNAF
Awao, Seitaro 1 [0+1] [All CH] IJAAF
Atsumi, Takashi 1 [All SW] IJNAF
Ando, Kiosi 1 IJAAF by ramming
| IJAAF | ... |
Imperial Japanese Army Air Force |
| IJNAF | ... |
Imperial Japanese Naval Air Force |
| SW | ... |
Shanghai War 1932 |
| CH | ... |
War In China |
| M | ... |
Mongolia (Chalchin-Gol = Nomonhan Incident) |
| ~ | ... |
approximate |
| D | ... |
damaged |
| G | ... |
ground victory |
| P | ... |
Probable |
| |
| # | ... |
Source: Sakaida, Henry - Japanese Army Air Force Aces 1937-45,
Aircraft of the Aces 13, Osprey Publishing Ltd., 1997. |
| ## | ... |
Source: Sakaida, Henry - Imperial Japanese Navy Aces 1937-45,
Aircraft of the Aces 22, Osprey Publishing Ltd., 1998. |
| * | ... |
Source: Hata, Ikuhiko & Izawa, Yasuho & Shores, Christopher -
Japanese Army Air Force Fighter Units and Their Aces, 1931-1945,
Grub Street, London 2002. |
| ** | ... |
Source: Allan Magnus - Air Aces Home Page
(
http://users.accesscomm.ca/magnusfamily/airaces1.htm). |
| *** | ... |
Source: Bobek, Jan - Králové rabaulské noci (Shogetoshi Kudó,
Satoru Ono), in Revi, No. 11/1996. |
| **** | ... |
Source: Bobek, Jan - Rabaulský Richthofen, "Poručík Sasai, můj
nejbližsí přítel...", in Revi, No. 14/1996. |
| |
| 1) | ... |
Is this possibly Yukio Endó? |
| 2) | ... |
Is this possibly Kisaku Igarishi? |
| 3) | ... |
Is this possibly Totaro Ito? |
| 4) | ... |
Is this possibly Koninami Susumu? |
| 5) | ... |
Is this possibly Saiji Kaji? |
| 6) | ... |
Is this possibly Djico Macuda? |
| 7) | ... |
They are probably the same pilot. Source: Sakaida, Henry - Imperial
Japanese Navy Aces 1937-45, Aircraft of the Aces 22, Osprey Publishing
Ltd., 1998. |
| 8) | ... |
Is this possibly Shigefumi Nango? |
| 9) | ... |
According to new pieces of knowledge Hirojoshi Nishizawa had in time
of his death 34 official confirmed individual victories.
Source: Bobek, Jan - Vějíř a meč, in Revi, No. 08, 1995.
| Total score: | |
| - confirmed | : | 34 |
| - confirmed - shared | : | 158 |
| - unconfirmed | : | 5 |
| - unconfirmed - shared | : | 14 |
| - Total | : | 211 |
|
| 10) | ... |
Is this possibly Yojiro Ohbusa? |
| 11) | ... |
Is this possibly Kaneyoshi Okano? |
| 12) | ... |
Is this possibly Akira Onozaki? |
| 13) | ... |
According to new pieces of knowledge Saburo Sakai got to the end of
World War II with big probability only 33 officialy confirmed victories. |
| 14) | ... |
observer: Akira Sugawara, Michitaró Ichikawa. |
| 15) | ... |
observer: Shiro Kuratori. |
| 16) | ... |
observer: Kisaku Hanamo. |
| 17) | ... |
observer: Masao Ónuma. |
| 18) | ... |
observer: Kinji Kawasaki. |
| 19) | ... |
On 7 January 1945 Wt Off Akira Sugimoto brought down Maj Thomas B. Mc
Guire, the second highest scoring 'ace' of the USAAF. |
 |
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| Hiroyoshi Nishizawa (西澤 広義) |
Tetsuzō Iwamoto (岩本徹三) |
Mitsubishi A6M3 model 22, UI-105, 251st Kokutai, pilot Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, Rabaul, June 1943.
Mitsubishi A6M5, 252nd Kokutai, pilot Lt. Tetsuzō Iwamoto, Okinawa, On 16th February 1945.
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