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{{Infobox Military Person
{{Infobox military person
|name= Masaichi Kondō
|name= Masaichi Kondō
|lived= August 1917 - ?
|birth_date=August 1917
|death_date=
|placeofbirth= [[Ehime Prefecture]], [[Japan]]
|birth_place= [[Ehime Prefecture]], Japan
|placeofdeath=
|death_place=
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|image=Masaichi Kondo.jpg
|caption=
|caption=Kondō in January 1943 while serving on the aircraft carrier [[Japanese aircraft carrier Jun'yō|''Jun'yō'']]
|nickname=
|nickname=
|allegiance= [[Japan]]
|allegiance= [[Empire of Japan]]
|branch= [[File:Naval Ensign of Japan.svg|22x20px|border]] [[Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service]] ([[Imperial Japanese Navy|IJN]])
|serviceyears=
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|rank= [[Ensign (rank)|Ensign]]
|rank= [[Ensign (rank)|Ensign]]
|commands=
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|battles=
|battles=[[Second Sino-Japanese War]]<br>[[Pacific War]]
{{tree list}}
* [[Second Sino-Japanese War]]
* [[World War II]]
** [[Pacific War]]
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'''Masaichi Kondō''' 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. In aerial combat over China and the Pacific, he was officially credited with destroying 13 enemy aircraft. Kondō survived World War II and died at an unknown later date.
{{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.


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
*{{cite book
*{{cite book
| last = Hata
| first = Ikuhiko
|last = Hata
|first = Ikuhiko
| authorlink =
| coauthors = Yasuho Izawa, Don Cyril Gorham (translator)
|author2 = Yasuho Izawa
|translator = Don Cyril Gorham
| year = 1975 (original) 1989 (translation)
|year = 1989
| chapter =
|origyear = 1975
| title = Japanese Naval Aces and Fighter Units in World War II
|chapter =
| publisher = Naval Institute Press
|title = Japanese Naval Aces and Fighter Units in World War II
| location = [[Annapolis, Maryland]]
|publisher = Naval Institute Press
| isbn = 0-87021-315-6
|location = [[Annapolis, Maryland]]
|isbn = 0-87021-315-6
|url-access = registration
|url = https://archive.org/details/japanesenavalace00hata
}}
}}


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| NAME =Kondo, Masaichi
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 1917
| PLACE OF BIRTH =[[Ehime Prefecture]], [[Japan]]
| DATE OF DEATH =
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[[Category:1917 births]]
[[Category:1917 births]]
[[Category:Year of death unknown]]
[[Category:Year of death missing]]
[[Category:Japanese naval aviators]]
[[Category:Japanese naval aviators]]
[[Category:Imperial Japanese Navy personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:Japanese World War II flying aces]]
[[Category:Japanese World War II flying aces]]
[[Category:People from Ehime Prefecture]]
[[Category:Military personnel from Ehime Prefecture]]
[[Category:Imperial Japanese Navy officers]]



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Latest revision as of 20:38, 6 November 2024

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 / wars

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

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