Kanichi Kashimura
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Kanichi Kashimura | |
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Kanichi Kashimura | |
Nickname(s) | One Wing |
Born | Zentsūji, Kagawa, Japan | July 5, 1913
Died | March 6, 1943 Pacific Ocean | (aged 29)
Years of service | 1933-1943 |
Rank | ![]() |
Unit | 13th Air Group 582nd Air Group |
Battles/wars | Second Sino-Japanese War Second World War |
Awards | Order of the Golden Kite 5th Class |
Kanichi Kashimura (樫村 寛一, Kashimura Kan'ichi, July 5, 1913 – March 6, 1943) was an Imperial Japanese Navy Naval Ace of the Second Sino-Japanese and Second World War.
On December 9, 1937, Kashimura fought Curtiss P-36 Hawks over Nan- chang, destroying one and then colliding with another aircraft (an unknown type that could have been either Japanese or Chinese), tearing off a third of his left wing. Through superb piloting, the calm aviator brought his crippled Claude' back to base, and after four landing attempts, the aircraft somersaulted on touching the ground on its fourth approach and lost its tail in the subsequent crash. Astoundingly, the pilot walked away from the wreckage unharmed. Local news reporters quickly sent the story back to Japan, where Kashimura gained instant fame.
On March 6, 1943 he was shot down by a US aircraft near the Russell Islands.
Kashimura's Mitsubishi A5M December 9, 1937
Kashimura (second from right)
External links[]
- Kanichi Kashimura - World War II Database
- On One Wing
- 1913 births
- 1943 deaths
- Japanese naval aviators
- Imperial Japanese Navy officers
- Aviators killed by being shot down
- Japanese military personnel killed in World War II
- Japanese World War II flying aces
- Japanese military personnel stubs