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  • Satoru Anabuki
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  • was, depending on the source, the second or third highest flying ace of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force in World War II, with 39 victories (51 claimed). 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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Unit
  • 3
  • Akeno Army Flying School
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serviceyears
  • IJA: 1941—1945
  • JGSDF: 1950-1971
Birth Date
  • 1921-12-05
Branch
Nickname
  • "Flower of the Youth Flyers"
Name
  • Satoru Anabuki
native name lang
  • jpn
Caption
  • Satoru Anabuki poses in front of a Nakajima Ki-43 aircraft in late 1944.
Birth Place
death date
  • June 2005
Rank
Image size
  • 250
Battles
native name
  • 穴吹 智
abstract
  • was, depending on the source, the second or third highest flying ace of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force in World War II, with 39 victories (51 claimed). 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).