杉山輝雄
杉山輝雄
Ensign Imperial Japanese NavyWar record
Born in Yamaguchi; 1936.6 accepted as a 7th-class Otsu preparatory flight trainee (the Preparatory Flight Training Course (Yokaren)) → 1939.3 completed the flight training course → Suzuka / Ōmura / Wŏnsan (Korea) naval air groups → posted to Ryūjō after the war began → 1942.6 took part in the Aleutian operation → 1942.8 sortied to the Solomons front; on 8.24, flying patrol over the carrier during the attack on Guadalcanal, he shot down two enemy dive-bombers, but with the sinking of Ryūjō he ditched at sea and was rescued by a destroyer → autumn 1943 promoted to Flight Warrant Officer (Flight Warrant Officer), ordered to the 〔201st Naval Air Group〕 and moved up to Rabaul → 1944.1 transferred to the 〔204th Naval Air Group〕 and went on fighting hard in the interception battles over Rabaul, shooting down more than ten aircraft (three of them unconfirmed) in less than four months → killed in an interception battle on 1944.2.4.
- Unit
- 鈴鹿・大村・元山空→竜驤→201空→253空
- Victories
- 10 (official credit)sources differ
What is still not known
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Source: Japanese Naval Fighter Units, p.240
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