Masaichi Kondō (近藤 政市, Kondō Masaichi) (born August 1917) was an officer and ace fighter pilot in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Pacific theater of World War II. He graduated from his pilot training class in 1935 and served with four different carrier-based and two different land-based air groups (kokutai) in China and in the South Pacific.[1] In aerial combat over China and the Pacific, he was officially credited with destroying 13 enemy aircraft. He was wounded in a dogfight over the Solomon Islands, spent 15 months in a hospital, and survived the war.
Masaichi Kondō | |
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 Kondō in January 1943 while serving on the aircraft carrier Jun'yō | |
| Born | August 1917 Ehime Prefecture, Japan |
| Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
| Service/ |  Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJN) |
| Rank | Ensign |
| Battles/wars | Second Sino-Japanese War Pacific War |
References edit
- ^ Bryant, Bob (Feb 2021). "Masaichi Kondo". World War II Database. C. Peter Chen, Lava Development. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- Hata, Ikuhiko; Yasuho Izawa (1989) [1975]. Japanese Naval Aces and Fighter Units in World War II. Translated by Don Cyril Gorham. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-315-6.
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