Yoshinao Kodaira

Military Person

1918 – 2008

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Who was Yoshinao Kodaira?

Yoshinao Kodaira was an officer and ace fighter pilot in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Participating in many of the Pacific War battles and campaigns as a member of several units, including the fighter units of the aircraft carriers Shōkaku and Chiyoda, Kodaira was officially credited with destroying 13 enemy aircraft. After the war, he served with the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. In 2008, Tsubasa-kai, the veterans' organization of the JASDF, reported his death on its website.

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Born
1918
Nagano Prefecture
Died
2008

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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