大木芳男
大木芳男
Ensign Imperial Japanese NavyWar record
Born in Ibaraki Prefecture; entered the navy in 1933 as an engine-room rating, later transferred to the maintenance branch; 1937.7 graduated from the 37th pilot trainee (the Pilot Trainee Course (Sōren)) class and became a fighter pilot → 1940.7 transferred from 〔Yokosuka Naval Air Group〕 to the 〔12th Naval Air Group〕, and his first combat was the night-fighter unit's raid on Chongqing on 9.13, in which he shot down four → 1942.7 posted to Tainan (Taiwan) Naval Air Group and took part in the New Guinea and Solomons air fighting (withdrawn to the homeland in November) → in May of the following year he returned to the Solomons front when the 〔251st Naval Air Group〕 moved up to Rabaul again → killed in air combat over the Russell Islands on 6.16.
- Unit
- 横空→12空→台南空→251空
- Victories
- 17 (official credit)sources differ
What is still not known
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Source: Japanese Naval Fighter Units, p.194
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