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{{Nihongo|'''Masaichi Kondō'''|近藤 政市|Kondō Masaichi}} (born August 1917) was an officer and ace [[Fighter aircraft|fighter]] pilot in the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] (IJN) during the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]] and the [[Pacific War|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=1133|title= Masaichi Kondo|last=Bryant|first=Bob|date=Feb 2021 |website=World War II Database|publisher=C. Peter Chen, Lava Development |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref> 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 |
{{Nihongo|'''Masaichi Kondō'''|近藤 政市|Kondō Masaichi}} (born August 1917) was an officer and ace [[Fighter aircraft|fighter]] pilot in the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] (IJN) during the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]] and the [[Pacific War|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=1133|title= Masaichi Kondo|last=Bryant|first=Bob|date=Feb 2021 |website=World War II Database|publisher=C. Peter Chen, Lava Development |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref> 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. |
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Latest revision as of 20:38, 6 November 2024
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 |
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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.
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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