小町定
小町定
Flight Warrant Officer Imperial Japanese NavyWar record
Born in Ishikawa Prefecture; graduated from the 49th Pilot Trainee Course in 1940.6; the following year he was ordered aboard the carrier Shokaku, taking part in the Hawaii operation and the Indian Ocean, Coral Sea, Second Solomons and South Pacific battles → end of 1942 returned to the Omura Naval Air Group → 1943.12 the 204th Naval Air Group, then transferred to the 253rd Naval Air Group (active in the interception fighting over Rabaul and Truk; commended by the commanding officer for intercepting B-24s with Type 3 bombs) → 1944.6.19, on the way from Truk to Guam under Lt Cdr 岡本晴年 to join the decisive battle for the Marianas, he was shot down by Grumman F6Fs just before landing; he came down on the shore with severe burns but was rescued, and escaped a few days later by land-based attack bomber → he returned to Japan and was with the Yokosuka Naval Air Group at the end of the war
It is said that he was a fierce-tempered, rough-and-ready pilot
- Unit
- 翔鶴→204空→253空→横空
- Victories
- total victories claimed: 18sources differ
What is still not known
- Photograph: none yet. Unless a person was reported on during the war, almost no portrait survives that is free to use ⚪️
- Afterwards: how he lived after the war is not written in this source.
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Source: Japanese Naval Fighter Units, p.192
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