List of World War II aces from Japan
Abbreviations
- "KIA": Killed in action (dates are included where possible)
- "DOW": Died of wounds
- "KIFA": Killed in Flying Accident
- "MIA": Missing in action
- "POW": Prisoner of War
- "IJA": Imperial Japanese Army
- "IJN": Imperial Japanese Navy
A
Name | Kills | Rank | Service | Awards | Notes |
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Kenichi Abe (阿部健市) | 10 (five jointly) | Chief Petty Officer | IJN | Survived World War II.[1] | |
Takahide Aioi (相生高秀) | 10 | Commander | IJN | 5 of the victories during Second Sino-Japan War; later served as Vice Admiral in the JMSDF[2] | |
Sadaaki Akamatsu (赤松貞明) | 27 | Lieutenant Junior Grade | IJN | 11 of the victories during Second Sino-Japan War[3] | |
Satoru Anabuki (穴吹智) | 39 | Sergeant Major | IJA | Later served as Lieutenant Colonel in the JGSDF[4] | |
Katsumi Anma (安間 克巳) | 27 | IJA | KIA 8 April 1942 | ||
Yoshitugu Aramaki (荒蒔 義次) | 5 | IJA | |||
Yoshisuke Arita (有田 義助) | 5 | IJN | |||
Mitsuzo Asai | 7 | IJA | |||
Jiro Asano (浅野 二郎) | 10 | IJA | |||
Tomita Atake (阿武 富太) | 10 | IJN |
B
Name | Kills | Rank | Service | Awards | Notes |
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Takeo Banno (阪野 隆雄) | 10 | IJN | KIA 7 October 1943 | ||
Kisaji Beppu | 5 | IJA | KIA 7 February 1942 |
C
Name | Kills | Rank | Service | Awards | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jirō Chōno | 7 | Ensign | IJN | KIA 21 February 1941 |
E
Name | Kills | Rank | Service | Awards | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yuichi Ema (江馬 友一) | 6 | IJN | KIA 29 October 1944 | ||
Masuaki Endo (遠藤 桝秋) | 14 | IJN | KIA 7 June 1943 | ||
Sachio Endo (遠藤 幸男) | 8 | IJN | KIA 14 January 1945 | ||
Toyoki Eto (江藤 豊樹) | 12+1 shared +4 probable | IJA |
F
Name | Kills | Rank | Service | Awards | Notes |
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Iyōzō Fujita (藤田怡与蔵) | 11 (42?) | IJN | |||
Kihei Fujiwara (藤原 喜平) | 5 | IJN | |||
Sumio Fukuda (福田 澄夫) | 11 | IJN | KIA 24 October 1944 | ||
Yoshio Fukui | 11, 4 probable | Lieutenant | IJN | ||
Shigeo Fukumoto (福本 繁夫) | 72 | IJN | |||
Yonesuke Fukuyama | 7 | IJA | |||
Goro Furugori (古郡 吾郎) | 25+ | IJA | KIA 3 November 1944 | ||
Haruyoshi Furukawa (古川 治良) | 5+ | IJA |
G
Name | Kills | Rank | Service | Awards | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hiroshi Gomi | 7 | IJA | |||
Kurakazu Goto | 8 | IJN | KIA 9 September 1943 |
H
Name | Kills | Rank | Service | Awards | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Matsuo Hagiri (羽切 松雄) | 13 | IJN | |||
Tomio Hanada (花田 富男) | 25 | IJA | |||
Watari Handa | 7 | Lieutenant Junior Grade | IJN | ||
Iwataro Hazawa (羽沢 岩太郎) | 15 | IJA | KIA 14 January 1945 | ||
Kaname Harada (原田要)[5][6][7] | 9 | Lieutenant Junior Grade | IJN | Died on 3 May 2016 | |
Kichigoro Haraguchi (原口 吉五郎) | 24 | IJA | |||
Yoshiro Hashiguchi (橋口 嘉郎) | 10 | IJN | KIA 25 October 1944 | ||
Kazuo Hattori (服部 一夫) | 10 | IJN | KIA 10 March 1944 | ||
Sakuji Hayashi (林 作次) | 6 | IJN | KIA 28 May 1945 | ||
Takeomi Hayashi (林 武臣) | 7 | IJA | |||
Yoshishige Hayashi (林 喜重) | 5 | IJN | KIA 21 April 1945 | ||
Nobuji Negishi (根岸 延次) | 6 | IJA | |||
Hatsuo Hidaka | 6 | Lieutenant Junior Grade | IJN | ||
Yoshimi Hidaka (日高 義巳) | 20 | IJN | KIA 7.6.1943 | ||
Ichiro Higashiyama (東山 市郎) | 9 | IJN | |||
Yohei Hinoki (ja:檜與平) [8] | 12 | IJA | Died 1991 | ||
Tomio Hirohata (広畑 富男) | 14 | IJA | 22 April 1945 | ||
Yoshio Hirose (広瀬 吉雄) | 7 | IJA | 22 December 1944 | ||
Minoru Honda (本田 稔) [9][10][11] | 17 | IJN | |||
Toshiaki Honda (本田 敏秋) | 5+ | IJN | 13 May 1942 | ||
Mitsuo Hori (堀 光雄) | 11 | IJN | |||
Isamu Hosono (細野 勇) | 26 | IJA | 6 October 1943 |
I
Name | Kills | Rank | Service | Awards | Notes |
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Chuichi Ichikawa (市川 忠一) | 10+ | IJA | Bukochosho | KIFA September 1954 | |
Matao Ichioka (市岡 又夫) | 11 | IJN | |||
Fusata Iida (飯田 房太) | 7 | IJN | Crashed after being hit at Pearl Harbour | ||
Masao Iizuka (飯塚 雅夫) | 8 | IJN | |||
Shigeo Iizuka ? | |||||
Tomesaku Igarashi (五十嵐 留作) | ~20 | IJA | KIA 17.6.1944 | ||
Fumisuke Ikuno (生野 文介) | 6 | IJA | |||
Hideaki Inayama (稲山 英明) | 5+ | IJA | |||
Misao Inoue (井上 操) | 16 | IJA | KIFA 15.12.1944 | ||
Teigo Ishida (石田 真吾) | 9 | IJN | KIA 16.5.1945 | ||
Susumu Ishihara (石原 進) | 16 | IJN | |||
Shizuo Ishii (石井 静夫) | 29 | IJN | |||
Isamu Ishii (石井 勇) | 10 | IJN | |||
Seiji Ishikawa (石川 清治) | 5 | IJN | |||
Tadashi Ishikawa (石川 正) | 5 | IJA | |||
Kanshi Ishikawa (石川 寛志) | 19 | IJA | |||
Chitoshi Isozaki | 12 | Lieutenant | IJA | ||
Ishizuka Tokuyasu | 15 | IJA | |||
Kiyoshi Ito (伊藤 清) | 18 & 14 damaged | IJN | |||
Fujitaro Ito (伊藤 藤太郎) | 13+ | IJA | |||
Naoyuki Ito (伊藤 直之) | 8 | IJA | Died 2010 | ||
Susumu Ito | 5 | IJN | |||
Tsutomu Iwai (岩井 勉) | 11 | IJN | |||
Yoshio Iwaki (岩城 芳雄) | 8 | IJN | |||
Tetsuzō Iwamoto (岩本 徹三) | 80+ | Lieutenant Junior Grade | IJN | Order of the Kite (5th Class), Order of the Rising Sun (7th Class) | |
Iwahashi Jozo | 20+ | IJA | KIA 23.4.1944 | ||
Hideo Izumi (和泉 秀雄) | 9 | IJN | KIA 30.5.1942 |
J
Name | Kills | Rank | Service | Awards | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ryotaro Jobo (ja:上坊良太郎) | 30 | IJA | Died 2012 |
K
Name | Kills | Rank | Service | Awards | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Susumu Kajinami | 24 | ||||
Enji Kakimoto | 5 | POW 27.8.1942, Suicide 5.8.1944 See Cowra breakout | |||
Morichiki Kamae | 32 | ||||
Teizo Kanamaru | 8 | KIA 24.12.1942 | |||
Keishu Kamihara | |||||
Sumi Kamito | 40+ | KIA 4?02/45 | |||
Moritsugu Kanai | |||||
Takeo Kanamaru | 12 | KIA 29/11/44 | |||
Nobuo Kanazawa | 10 | ||||
Masao Kanbara | 7 | ||||
Saiji Kanda | 9 | KIA 19.6.1943 | |||
Masashi Kaneko | |||||
Tadashi Kaneko | 8 (3 in China) | Commander | IJN | KIA 14.11.1942 | |
Naoshi Kanno | 25 | ||||
Saiji Kani | 9 | KIA 29.6.1939 | |||
Naoshi Kano | 25 | KIA 1.8.1945 | |||
Saiji Kani | 9 | KIA 29.6.1939, Battles of Khalkin Gol/Nomohan[12] | |||
probably Naoshi Kanno | |||||
Tomkazu Kasai [13] | 10 | ||||
Isamu Kashiide (ja:樫出勇) | 7+2 in China | Captain | IJA | Bukochosho (2nd Class) | |
Shirotaro Kashima | 9 | KIA 16.12.1944 | |||
Kanichi Kashimura | 12 | Ensign | IJN | Order of the Golden Kite (5th Class) | KIA 6.3.1943 |
Katsue Kato | 9 | KIA 16.4.1945 | |||
Kenji Kato | 9 | KIA 5.12.1944 | |||
Kunimichi Kato | 16 | IJN | |||
Tateo Katō (加藤建夫) | 18 | Lieutenant Colonel Major General (Posthumously) | IJA | Order of the Golden Kite (Posthumously) | KIA 22.5.1942 |
Kiyomi Katsuki (ja:甲木清実) | 16 | Warrant Officer | IJN | Floatplane ace, 7 victories by F1M2 Pete/A6M2-N Rufe/N1K1 Rex. | |
Kosuke Kawahara | 8+1 shared | KIA 25.3.1938, Gui'de Airbase, Sino-Japanese War[14] | |||
Akira Kawakita | 5 | KIA 26.10.1944 | |||
Koki Kawamoto | 8 | Bukochosho | |||
Masajiro Kawamoto | |||||
Ichiro Kawamura (河村一郎) | 5 | Warrant Officer | IJN | Floatplane ace | |
Masajiro Kawato | 18 | ||||
Tetsuo Kikuchi | 12 | KIA 19.6.1944 | |||
Takaji Kimura | 26 | ||||
Sadamitsu Kimura | 8 | Bukochosho | KIA 17.4.1945 | ||
Katsuaki Kira | 13+9 in China | ||||
Saburo Kitahata | 6+4 in China | KIA 23.1.1943 | |||
Teruhiko Kobayashi | 14 (or 5) | Bukochosho | KIFA 4/6/1957 | ||
Hohei Kobayashi | 10 | KIA 25.1.1944 | |||
Yoshinao Kodaira | 9+2 in China | IJN | Died in 2008 | ||
Sada Koga | 31 | ||||
Kiyoto Koga | 13 | KIFA 1938 | |||
Fujikazu Koizumi | 11+3 in China | KIA 27.1.1944 | |||
Shizuo Kojima | 6 | ||||
Takeichi Kokubun | 11 | KIA 28/06/44 | |||
Sadamu Komachi[15] | 18 | Warrant Officer | IJN | Died 15.7.2012 | |
Masaichi Kondō | 13 | Ensign | IJN | ||
Kensui Kono | 9 | ||||
Kotaro Koyae | 15 | ||||
Osamu Kudō | 7 | Lieutenant Junior Grade | IJN | KIA 3 March 1942 | |
Juzo Kuramoto | 5+4 in China | KIA 11.10.1942 | |||
Shiro Kuratori | 6 | ||||
Yasuhiko Kuroe (ja:黒江保彦) | 49+2 in China | ||||
Toshio Kuroiwa | 13 | ||||
Tameyoshi Kuroki | 16 | ||||
Seiichi Kurosawa | 10 | KIA 9/06/45 | |||
Shiro Kurotori (ja:黒鳥四朗) | 6 | Lieutenant Junior Grade | IJN | Died 4 February 2012 | |
Yoshiro Kuwabara | 13 | KIA 14.3.1944 |
M
Name | Kills | Rank | Service | Awards | Notes |
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Hideo Maeda | 13 | KIA 17.2.1944 | |||
Koichi Magara | 8 | KIA 14.9.1942 | |||
Akio Matsuba | 16+2 in China | Lieutenant Junior Grade | IJN | ||
Jiro Matsuda | 7+2 in China | ||||
Masao Masuyama | 17 | ||||
Morio Matsui | 21 | KIA 18/05/44 | |||
Susumu Matsuki | 6, 2 probable, 3 shared | ||||
Momoto Matsumura | 13 | KIA 25.8.1944 | |||
Hidenori Matsunaga | 16 | KIA 23.4.1945 | |||
Eitoku Matsunaga | 16 | ||||
Hidenori Matsunaga | KIA 23/4/45 | ||||
Kagemitsu Matsuo | 10 | KIA 23.12.1943 | |||
Toshio Matsuura | 5+10 in China | KIA 2.12.1943 | |||
Yoshimi Minami | 6+9 in China | Lieutenant | IJN | KIA in Kamikaze attack 25.11.1944 | |
Yoshijiro Minegishi | 6+3 in China | KIA 6.2.1944 | |||
Masoa Miyamaru ? | |||||
Goro Miyamoto | 26 | ||||
Zenjiro Miyano | 16 | KIA 16.6.1943 | |||
Masahiro Mitsuda | 16 | ||||
Kazunori Miyabe | 6 | KIA 3.11.1943 | |||
Hideo Miyabe | 12 | ||||
Isamu Miyazaki[16] | 13 | Died 2012 | |||
Gitaro Miyazaki | 11+2 in China | KIA 1.6.1942 | |||
Isamu Mochizuki | 7 | Lieutenant | IJN | KIA Feb 1944 in ground actions | |
Mitsugu Mori | 5+4 in China | Lieutenant Junior Grade | IJN | Died 1960 | |
Hideo Morinio | 8+1 in China | ||||
Yutaka Morioka | 5 | ||||
Toyoo Moriura | 8 | KIA 25.10.1942 | |||
Noboru Mune | 14 | KIA 19.11.1944 | |||
Kazuo Muranaka | 7+1 in China | ||||
Kaneyoshi "Kinsuke" Muto (ja:武藤金義) | 23+5 in China | Ensign | IJN | KIA 24.07.1945 |
N
Name | Kills | Rank | Service | Awards | Notes |
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Yoshikazu Nagahama | 10/13 | IJN | KIA 6.9.1943, became ace in a day during the Attack on Darwin | ||
Kiichi Nagano | 19 | KIA 6.11.1944 | |||
Yoshimitsu Naka | 5 | KIA 419/08/44 | |||
Yoshihiko Nakada | 45 | KIA 9.11.1943 | |||
Kenji Nakagawa | 8 | ||||
Tadashi Nakajima | 75 | ||||
Bunkichi Nakajima | 16 | 6.10.1943 | |||
Kunimori Nakakariya | 16 | ||||
Wataru Nakamichi | 15 | ||||
Saburo Nakamura | 20 | KIA 6/10/44 | |||
Yoshio Nakamura | 9 | ||||
Matsumi Nakano | 5 | Bukochosho | |||
Katsujiro Nakano | 7 | KIA 4.5.1945 | |||
Tomoji Nakano | 7 | ||||
Masayuki Nakase | 18+9 in China | KIA 1/01/45 | |||
Yoshiichi Nakaya | 16 | ||||
Shigeru Nakazaki | 16 | KIA 23.1.1943 | |||
Kiyoshi Namai | 16 | ||||
Mochifumi Nangō | 8 | Lieutenant | IJN | KIA 18/7/1938 | |
Shigeo Nango | 15 | KIA 25/1/1944 | |||
Yashiro Nashiguchi | 11 | ||||
Nobuji Negishi | 6+7 damaged (all B-29) | KIA 22/04/45 | |||
? Nishikyo | 5 | ||||
Hannoshin Nishio | 5 | ||||
Shigetsune Nishioka | 8 | KIA 28/10/1944 | |||
Masaharu Nishiwaki | 5 | KIA 8/12/44 | |||
Hiroyoshi Nishizawa (西沢広義) | 87 | Lieutenant Junior Grade (Posthumously) | IJN | KIA 10/26/44, nicknamed "Devil of Rabaul", shot down by F6Fs while a passenger aboard a Ki-49 (aged 24), Mindoro, Philippines | |
Yoshinori Noguchi | 6 | KIA 25/10/1944 | |||
Takeshi Noguchi | 14 | ||||
Akiyoshi Nomura | 10 |
O
Name | Kills | Rank | Service | Awards | Notes |
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Tsutae Obara | 8 | KIA 25/7/1945 | |||
Kiichi (Ki-ichi) Oda | 5+4 in China | Ensign | IJN | KIA 10/12/1944 | |
Noritsura Odaka | 12 | ||||
Yojiro Ofusa | 19 | ||||
Koichi Ogata | 7 | KIA 8/08/44 | |||
Naoyuki Ogata | 5 | Bukochosho | |||
Makoto Ogawa | 9 (7 x B-29s) | Second Lieutenant | IJA | Bukochosho | |
Nobuo Ogiya (ja:荻谷信男) | 24 | KIA 13/2/1944 | |||
Mitsuo Ogura | 16 | ||||
Ryoji Ohara | 16 (48?) | ||||
Hideo Oishi | 6 | ||||
Yoshio Oishi | 15 | KIA 12/12/44 | |||
Kenji Okabe | 15 | Ensign | IJN | KIA September 1943 | |
Takashi Okamoto | 6 | ||||
Juzo Okamoto | 5+4 in China | KIA 11/10/1942 | |||
Hiroshi Okano | 19 | ||||
Yoshio Oki | 13+4 in China | 16/06/43 | |||
Misao Okubu | 8 | ||||
Takeo Okumura | 50+4 in China | Chief Petty Officer | IJN | Ceremonial Sword | KIA 22/9/1943 |
Shokichi Omori | 9 | ||||
Shigetaka Ōmori | 13 | Ensign | IJN | KIA 25/10/1942 | |
Hiroshi Onazaki | 14 | 6/09/45 | |||
Akira Onozaki | 28 | ||||
Megumu Ono | 15 | KIFA 1/2/1940 | |||
Satoru Ono | 5+3 in China | Lieutenant Junior Grade | IJN | Died 2001 | |
Takeyoshi Ono | 8 | KIA 30/6/1943 | |||
Takashi Oshibuchi | 6 | ||||
Toshio Ota (太田敏夫) | 34 | Petty Officer 1st Class | IJN | KIA 21/10/1942 | |
Kyushiro Otake | 15 | DOW in 1951 | |||
Nakakazu Ozaki (ja:尾崎中和) | 19, 12-14 damaged | KIA 27/12/1943 | |||
Yukiharu Ozeki | 14+ | KIA 24/10/1944 |
R
Name | Kills | Rank | Service | Awards | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shinobu Terada | 8 |
S
Name | Kills | Rank | Service | Awards | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shogo Saito | 26 | KIA 2/07/44 | |||
Chiyoshi Saito | 7 | KIA 2/7/1943 | |||
Saburo Saito | 18 | ||||
Toshio Sakagawa | 49 | KIFA 19/12/1944 | |||
Saburō Sakai (ja:坂井三郎) [17] | ~28 | Lieutenant Junior Grade | IJN | Died 22/9/2000 | |
Iori Sakai | 9 | ||||
Takao Sakano | 10 | ||||
Junichi Sasai (ja:笹井醇一) | 26 | Lieutenant Junior Grade Lieutenant Commander (Posthumously) | Order of the Golden Kite | KIA 26/8/1942, nicknamed "Richthofen of Rabaul" | |
Tomokazu Sasai | 10 | ||||
Yoshiichi Sasaki | 6 | ||||
Isamu Sasaki | 38 | Bukochosho (2nd Class) | |||
Masao Sasakibara | 12 | Ensign | IJN | ||
Hitoshi Sato | 8 | KIA 11/11/1943 | |||
Gonnoshin Sato | 5 | KIA 11/04/45 | |||
Mitsugu Sawada | 12, 1 shared | KIA 5/3/1943 | |||
Eiji Seino | 15 | ||||
Hiroshi Sekiguchi | 7+1 shared | ||||
Kiyoshi Sekiya | 11 | KIA 24/06/44 | |||
Hiroshi Shibagaki | 13 | KIA 22/1/1944 | |||
Rikio (Rikia) Shibata | 13+14 in China | 18/12/1944 | |||
Sekizen Shibayama | 13 | ||||
Shigeru Shibukawa | 15 | ||||
Yoshio Shiga | 6 | Lieutenant Commander | IJN | ||
Masami Shiga | 6 | ||||
Yasuhiro Shigematsu | 10 | KIA 8/7/1944 | |||
Katsuma Shigemi | 8 | KIA 4/2/1943 | |||
Kenji Shimada | 27 | MIA 15/9/1939 | |||
Masaaki Shimakawa | 8, 12 shared | Warrant Officer | IJN | Died 25/9/1997 | |
Kiyoshi Shimizu | 12 | KIA 26/01/45 | |||
Kazuo Shimizu | 18 | ||||
Takeshi Shimizu | 9 | ||||
Yukio Shimokawa | 19 | ||||
Hiromichi Shinohara (ja:篠原弘道) | 58 | Warrant Officer Second Lieutenant (Posthumously) | IJA | KIA 27/8/1939, nicknamed "Richthofen of the Orient" | |
Toshio Shiozura | 20 | ||||
Yoshijiro Shirahama | 11 | ||||
Nagao Shirai | 13 (including 11 x B-29) | ||||
Toshihisa Shirakawa | 9 | KIA 22/9/1943 | |||
Ayao Shirane | |||||
Naoharu Shiromoto | |||||
Hironojo Shishimoto | |||||
Tadashi Shono | |||||
Tokuya Sudo | |||||
Toshiyuki Sueda | |||||
Kazuo Sugino (ja:杉野計雄) | |||||
Shigeo Sugio | |||||
Shoichi Sugita (ja:杉田庄一) | 70 | ||||
Teruo Sugiyama | |||||
Motonari Suho | |||||
Tadao Sumi | Bukochosho (1st Class) | ||||
Goichi Sumino | |||||
Minoru Suzuki | 8| | ||||
Hiroshi Suzuki | |||||
Kiyonobu Suzuki | 9 | Warrant Officer | IJN | KIA 26.10.1942 |
T
Name | Kills | Rank | Service | Awards | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shigeru Takahashi | |||||
Kenichi Takahashi | |||||
Katsutaro Takahashi | |||||
Takeo Takahashi | |||||
Kaoru Takaiwa | |||||
Keiji Takamiya | KIA 5/08/44 | ||||
Michiho Takarada | up to 7[18] | Warrant Officer | IJN | one Good Conduct stripe | Floatplane rear gunner ace, KIA 27/1/43 |
Toraichi Takatsuka | |||||
Shogo Takeuchi | |||||
Hiroshi Takiguchi | KIA 8/09/44 | ||||
Kuniyoshi Tanaka | Bukochosho | ||||
Minpo Tanaka | |||||
Jiro Tanaka | |||||
Shinsaku Tanaka | |||||
Masao Taniguchi | |||||
Takeo Tanimizu (谷水竹雄) | |||||
Mitsuyoshi Tarui | KIA 6/02/45 | ||||
Tadao Tashiro | |||||
Nobuo Tokushige | |||||
Yoshihisa Tokuji | |||||
Kosuke Tsubone | |||||
Ko Tsuchiya | |||||
Kazuo Tsunoda | 9 | Lieutenant Junior Grade | IJN |
U
Name | Kills | Rank | Service | Awards | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minoru Uchida | 10 | ||||
Sadao Uehara | 13 | ||||
Kazushi 'Popo' Uto (ja:羽藤一志) | 19 | KIA 13 September 1942 |
W
Name | Kills | Rank | Service | Awards | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yoshio Wajima | 11 | KIA 23 February 1944 | |||
Yukiyoshi Wakamutsu (ja:若松幸禧) | 20 | KIA 18 December 1944 | |||
Hideo Watanabe | 16 | ||||
Watanabe | 6 |
Y
Name | Kills | Rank | Service | Awards | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bunichi Yamaguchi | 19 | ||||
Sadao Yamaguchi | 12 | KIA 4 July 1944 | |||
Fumikazu Yamagushi | 19 | ||||
Akira Yamamoto | 13 | Lieutenant Junior Grade | IJN | KIA 24 November 1944 | |
Ichirō Yamamoto | 11 | Ensign | IJN | KIA 19 January 1944 | |
Tomezo Yamamoto | 11 | KIA 24 June 1944 | |||
Tadao Yamanaka | 9 | ||||
Koshiro Yamashita | 11 +1 shared +1 probable | KIA 30/3/1944 | |||
Sahei Yamashita | 13 | KIA 9 February 1943 | |||
Mitsuo Yamato | 8 | ||||
Ichirobei Yamazaki | 14 | KIA 4 July 1943 | |||
Kenji Yanagiya | 8+18 shared | Warrant Officer | IJN | ||
Shigeru Yano | 8 | KIA 17 April 1942 | |||
Kozaburo Yasui | 11 | KIA 19 June 1944 | |||
Tamotsu Yokoyama (横山保) | 5 | ||||
Shokichi Yonekawa | |||||
Tadayoshi Yonekawa | 6 | KIFA | |||
Katsuyoshi Yoshida | 10 | ||||
Mototsuna Yoshida | 14 | KIA 7 August 1942 | |||
Yoshio Yoshida | 6+1 probable | Captain | IJA | Bukochosho | |
Hiroji Yoshihara | 8 | ||||
Keisaku Yoshimura | 10 | KIA 25 October 1942 | |||
Satoshi Yoshino | 15 | KIA 9 June 1942 | |||
Yoshitaro Yoshioka | 6 | ||||
Tokushige Yoshizawa | 9 | KIA 6 January 1945 | |||
Yoshito Yasuda | |||||
Kozaburo Yasui |
Notes
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- ^ Hata, p. 339
- ^ Hata, p. 252; Sakaida, pp. 176–178.
- ^ Sakaida, pp. 34–35.
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