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Satoru Anabuki
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Lieutenant Colonel Satoru Anabuki (穴吹 智, Anabuki Satoru, December 5, 1921 – June 2005, sometimes Satoshi) was, depending on the source, the second or third[1] highest-scoring flying ace of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force in World War II, with 39 victories (51 claimed).[2][3] Strangely enough there are 53 claimed victories to be found in his autobiography Soku no Kawa (see below), where his first triple kill (nos. 10-12) was mis-counted as just one (next kill was noted as no. 11).
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Satoru Anabuki | |
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![]() Satoru Anabuki poses in front of a Nakajima Ki-43 aircraft in late 1944. | |
Native name | 穴吹 智 |
Nickname(s) | "Flower of the Youth Flyers" "Momotarō in Burma" |
Born | (1921-12-05)5 December 1921 Yamada |
Died | June 2005 (2005-07) (aged 83) |
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Years of service | IJA: 1941—1945 JGSDF: 1954-1971 |
Rank | Sergeant major (IJA) Lieutenant colonel (JGSDF) |
Unit | 3rd Chutai, 50th Sentai Akeno Army Flying School (Akeno Rikugun Hikō Gakkō) |
Battles/wars | World War II |
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