Masaichi Kondō

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
Kondō in January 1943 while serving on the aircraft carrier Jun'yō
BornAugust 1917
Ehime Prefecture, Japan
AllegianceEmpire of Japan
Service/branch Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJN)
RankEnsign
Battles/warsSecond Sino-Japanese War
Pacific War

References

  1. Bryant, Bob (Feb 2021). "Masaichi Kondo". World War II Database. C. Peter Chen, Lava Development. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
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