Hiroyoshi Nishizawa
Pilot for the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service during World War II (1920-1944) · Died at 24
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Something wrong?Lieutenant Junior Grade Hiroyoshi Nishizawa was a Japanese naval aviator and an ace of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service during World War II. Nishizawa was known to his colleagues as 'the Devil' for his breathtaking, brilliant, and unpredictable aerobatics and superb control of his aircraft while in combat.
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Nishizawa (standing, first on left). in a group photo of the enlisted pilots of the Tainan Kokutai at Lae in June 1942.
Hiroyoshi Nishizawa in his Mitsubishi Zero A6M3 Model 22 (tail code UI-105) from the 251st Kōkūtai over the Solomon Islands in May 1943. The unit's aircraft have been hastily sprayed with dark green camouflage paint on the upper surfaces.
Ceremonial toast: Lt. Seki's Shikishima Unit of the first Kamikaze Special Attack Corps, as they prepare to take-off from the air base at Mabalacat in the Philippines (October 25, 1944).
Japanese Mitsubishi A6M kamikaze plane hits USS Suwanee on 25 October 1944
Mitsubishi A6M2 of Lt. Yukio Seki's unit during suicide run on the escort carrier USS White Plains, 25 October 1944.The plane missed the ship
A kamikaze strikes St. Lo, causing an enormous fireball 25 October 1944
USS Suwanee attacked 26 Oct 1944About this person
Lieutenant Junior Grade Hiroyoshi Nishizawa was a Japanese naval aviator and an ace of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service during World War II. Nishizawa was known to his colleagues as 'the Devil' for his breathtaking, brilliant, and unpredictable aerobatics and superb control of his aircraft while in combat. He was a member of the Tainan Kōkūtai's famous "clean up trio" with fellow aces Saburō Sakai and Toshio Ōta and would see action in the New Guinea campaign as well as in the aerial battles over Guadalcanal and over the Solomon Islands. He was killed in 1944 during the Philippines Campaign while aboard an IJN transport aircraft. It is possible that he was the most successful Japanese fighter ace of the war, reportedly telling his last CO that he had achieved a tally of 86 or 87 aerial victories- post war he was linked with scores of 147 or 103, but both of these scores have been considered inaccurate.
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