Kiyonobu Suzuki (pilot)
Kiyonobu Suzuki | |
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Born | 1914 Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan |
Died | 26 October 1942 (aged 27–28) South Pacific |
Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
Service/ | Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJN) |
Years of service | 1933-1942 |
Rank | Warrant Officer |
Battles/wars | Second Sino-Japanese War Pacific War |
Kiyonobu Suzuki (鈴木 清延, Suzuki Kiyonobu, 1914 – 26 October 1942) was a warrant 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 nine enemy aircraft. As a member of the aircraft carrier Jun'yō's fighter group, Suzuki was killed in action on 26 October 1942 during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
References[]
- Hata, Ikuhiko; Yasuho Izawa (1989). 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.
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