Yoshinao Kodaira Military person

Yoshinao Kodaira (小平 好直, Kodaira Yoshinao, 1918–2008) 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 ("Wings Association"), the veterans' organization of the JASDF, reported his death on its website.

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Yoshinao Kodaira
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1918
Birth place
Japan , Nagano Prefecture
Date of deathJanuary 01, 2008

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allegianceJapan
military operations
Battle of the Philippine Sea
Battle of the Coral Sea
Guadalcanal Campaign
Battle of Leyte
Second Sino-Japanese War
Battle of the Eastern Solomons
Battle of Leyte Gulf
military branch
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
service start1935

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