Yoshio Fukui
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Yoshio Fukui | |
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Born | April 10, 1913 Kagawa Prefecture, Japan |
Died | June 30, 1989 (aged 76) Kagawa Prefecture, Japan |
Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
Service | Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJN) |
Years of service | 1931–1945 |
Rank | Lieutenant |
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Yoshio Fukui (福井 義男, Fukui Yoshio, April 10, 1913 – June 30, 1989) 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 11 enemy aircraft with four probables. Fukui survived World War II.
References
[edit]- Hata, Ikuhiko; Yasuho Izawa (1989). Japanese Naval Aces and Fighter Units in World War II. Translated by Gorham, Don Cyril. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-315-6.