Now Viewing: akamatsu_sadaakiTag type: Character 赤松貞明 Akamatsu Sadaaki (赤松 貞明, 30 July 1910 – 22 February 1980) 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 27 enemy aircraft. Sadaaki Akamatsu was well known, with a reputation as a trouble-maker and also a trickster. Many of his air-victories were obtained while drunk and his supervisors stood behind him, as did his fellow pilots who frequently defended and covered for him. [...] After the war, Akamatsu worked as a fish search pilot for the Kōchi Fishery Association and later ran a small cafe in Kōchi. After struggling for years with alcoholism, Akamatsu died of pneumonia on 22 February 1980. From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadaaki_Akamatsu See also: Hagiri_Matsuo Fujita_Iyozo Kikuchi_Tetsuo Shirane_Ayao Other Wiki Information Last updated: 10/20/16 8:37 AM by surveyork This entry is not locked and you can edit it as you see fit. |
     
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