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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, spent 15 months in a hospital, and survived the war.
{{Japanese name|Kondō}}

'''Masaichi Kondō''' ({{lang-ja|近藤 政市}}) 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.


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*{{cite book |last = Hata
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|last = Hata
|first = Ikuhiko
|first = Ikuhiko
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|author2 = Yasuho Izawa
|author2 = Yasuho Izawa
|translator = Don Cyril Gorham
|translator = Don Cyril Gorham
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|url = https://archive.org/details/japanesenavalace00hata
|url = https://archive.org/details/japanesenavalace00hata
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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.