Satoru Anabuki Military person

Lieutenant Colonel Satoru Anabuki (穴吹 智, Anabuki Satoru, December 5, 1921 - June 2005, sometimes Satoshi) 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).

Personal facts

Satoru Anabuki
Alias (AKA)穴吹 智 (Japanese)
Birth dateDecember 05, 1921
Birth place
Ayagawa Kagawa
Date of deathJanuary 01, 2005

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Military person

military operations
World War II
military branch
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
Imperial Japanese Army Air Service
service start1941
service end1941

Satoru Anabuki on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.elknet.pl/acestory/anabuki/anabuki.htm
  2. http://www.warandgame.info/2008/09/satoshi-anabuki.html
  3. http://www.warbirdcolors.com/get_aces.asp?J