増山正男
増山正男
Flight Warrant Officer Imperial Japanese NavyWar record
Born in Nagasaki Prefecture; graduated from the 49th Pilot Trainee Course in 1940.6; served with the Sasebo Naval Air Group and the 14th Naval Air Group, and belonged to the 3rd Naval Air Group from the opening of the war → beginning with the attack on Luzon on 8 December he fought through the Philippines and the Netherlands East Indies → advanced to Timor and took part in the offensive against Darwin until 1943.4, when he returned to Japan as a test pilot with the Experimental Department of the Naval Air Technical Arsenal → during this period, from September to November 1942, he was detached to Rabaul under Lt Cdr 榊原喜与二 and Lt 相生高秀, also taking part in several of the Guadalcanal air battles
- Unit
- 佐世保空→14空→3空
- Victories
- 総飛行時間1,540時間、撃墜機数17機sources differ
What is still not known
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- Afterwards: how he lived after the war is not written in this source.
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Source: Japanese Naval Fighter Units, p.194
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