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Japanese heavy bomber killers in WW2



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All the lists present the following data:
Name and (when known) first name are presented with arbitrary choice for the spelling (russian, german, arab names...).
RANK of the pilot: see the rank page for the meaning of the abbreviations and the equivalence.
According to the pages, COUNTRY, NATION for the nationality or ethnic origin, AIR_SERVICE for the air arm, are provided.
The number of victories represents usually the total of kills (individual plus shared). The shared kills are indicated when known under the form [indiv+shared]. The official score is indicated when different from the total (American and British scores of ww2 for example).
Authors of the SOURCES column are given; report to the bibliography page to find the books, articles, web pages in alphabetical order. The OTHER_SOURCES column presents the divergent scores with sometimes the author of the source.
The DETAIL column shows occasionally the type of kill, balloons, V-1s, ground kills, unconfirmed kills...
The NOTE column exposes different commentaries and for lack of space, abbreviations are used: report to the abbreviation page for their meaning.




Updated: 10/03/2021

RANKFIRST NAMENAMEHEAVIESTOTAL WW2SOURCESCOUNTRYUNITSDEATHNOTE
CaptTotaro (Fujitaro)ITO1313I. Hata-Y. IsawaJapan5.SentaiKi-45 pilot, 1944.
CaptNagao (Takeo?)SHIRAI1113Y. IzawaJapan244.SentaiKi-61 ace and B-29 killer.
MajTeruhiko (Akihiko)KOBAYASHI1012I. Hata-Y. IsawaJapan45.Sentai, 244.SentaiKi-61 ace, def.of Tokyo, 1944-45.
LtChuichiICHIKAWA910Y. IzawaJapan9.Sentai, 78.Sentai, 244.SentaiKi-61 and Ki-100, B-29 killer.
CaptKensuiKONO99N. MillmanJapan70.Sentai17/02/1945Ki-44 B-29 killer, 1945. KIA.
LtSachio (Yukio)ENDO88I.Hata-Y.IzawaJapanSoryu carrier, 251, 302, 352, 302 Ku14/01/1945Gekko night ace, B-29 killer. KIA.
subLtSadamitsuKIMURA88I. Hata-Y. IsawaJapan4.Sentai14/07/1945Ki-45 B-29 killer ace.
EnsShigetoshiKUDO89I.Hata-Y.IzawaJapanTainan Ku, 251 KuGekko night fighter ace.
CaptIsamuKASHIIDE77J.Quinn et alJapan59.Sentai, 4.Sentai, Ozuki sentaiKi-45 ace and B-29 killer 1944.
subLtMakotoOGAWA79I. Hata-Y. IsawaJapan70.SentaiKi-44 B-29-killer ace, 1944-45.
CPOYuzoKURAMOTO66JapanYokosuka KuGekko, B-29 killer, 1945.
LtjgShiroKUROTORI66H. SakaidaJapanYokosuka KuGekko night fighter ace.
SgtNobujiNEGISHI66I. Hata-Y. IsawaJapan244.Sentai, 18.Sentai, 53.SentaiNight fighter Ki-45 ace.
CaptNakakazuOZAKI619I. Hata-Y. IsawaJapan33.Sentai, 25.Sentai27/12/1943Ki-43 ace, China. KIA.
WOIsamuSASAKI (HIRAYAMA)638I. Hata-Y. IsawaJapan50.SentaiKi-43 ace, Burma. B-29 killer.
WOBunichiYAMAGUCHI619I. Hata-Y. IsawaJapan204.SentaiKi-43, Burma, Philippines, 43-44.
CaptYoshioYOSHIDA66I. Hata-Y. IsawaJapan70.SentaiKi-44 B-29-killer ace.
WOAkiraKAWAKITA55N. MillmanJapan9.SentaiKi-44 ace and B-29 killer, 1944.
subLtHannoshinNISHIO55JapanB-29 hunter ace.
LtjgSatoruONO55I.Hata-Y.IzawaJapanKaga, 15 Ku; Yokosuka, Tainan, 322, 141, 352 KuBomber pilot, Gekko ace.
WOTadaoSUMI56I. Hata-Y. IsawaJapan244.Sentai, 56.SentaiKi-61 B-29 killer ace.
2LtTakeoADASHI44N. MillmanJapan55.Sentai19/01/1945Ki-61 B-29 killer. KIA.
LtKatsumiHATTORI44N. MillmanJapan17/01/1945Ki-61 B-29 killer. KIA.
CaptHaruoKAWAMURA44N. MillmanJapan18.SentaiKi-61, B-29 killer, 1944.
EnsKaneyoshi 'Kinsuke'MUTOH423I.Hata-Y.IzawaJapan13 Ku; 3, Genzan, 252, Yokosuka & 343 Ku24/07/1945A5M,1937. A6M, Shiden, Shiden-Kai. MIA.
CaptJunichiOGATA412N. MillmanJapan77.Sentai, 56.Sentai17/03/1945Ki-61 ace and B-29 killer, 1944-45. KIA.
CaptSadahikoOTONARI44N. MillmanJapan246.Sentai26/06/1945Ki-44 B-29 killer, 1945. KIA.
CaptMitsuoOYAKE44N. MillmanJapan18.SentaiKi-61 pilot, 1944.
1LtMinoruSHIROTA44N. MillmanJapan55.Sentai04/01/1945Ki-61, B-29 killer, 1944. DOW.
TSgtTomokitsuYAMADA44N. MillmanJapan23.SentaiKi-44 B-29 killer, 1944.
Table: Japanese heavy bomber killers in WW2


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