Masaichi Kondō
Appearance
Masaichi Kondō | |
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Born | August 1917 Ehime Prefecture, Japan |
Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
Service | Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJN) |
Rank | Ensign |
Battles / wars | Second Sino-Japanese War Pacific War |
Masaichi Kondō (Template:Lang-ja) 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. In aerial combat over China and the Pacific, he was officially credited with destroying 13 enemy aircraft. Kondō survived World War II.
References
- 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.