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Masaichi Kondō

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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 / warsSecond Sino-Japanese War
Pacific War

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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.