# Toshio Kuroiwa

> Toshio Kuroiwa  was a warrant officer and ace fighter pilot in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the January 28 Incident and the Second Sino-Japanese War. During the January 28 Incident on 22 February 1932, while assigned to the aircraft carrier Kaga's fighter group, Kuroiwa participated in the IJN's first official shootdown of an enemy aircraft in combat. In the shootdown, Kuroiwa and two other fighters from his unit destroyed a Chinese fighter aircraft piloted by American contract Pilot (Reserve) Lt Robert M. Short.

*Japanese flying ace (1908-1944)*

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## Identity
- **Country:** Japan
- **Born:** 1908-12-25
- **Died:** 1944-08-26
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
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