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Chitoshi Isozaki

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Chitoshi Isozaki
Isozaki in 1944 or 1945 while assigned to Air Group 210 in Japan
Native name
磯崎 千利
Born(1913-01-12)12 January 1913
Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Died20 June 1993(1993-06-20) (aged 80)
AllegianceJapan
Service / branchImperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJN)
Years of service1932-1945
RankLieutenant
Battles / wars

Lieutenant Chitoshi Isozaki (磯崎 千利, Isozaki Chitoshi, 12 January 1913–20 June 1993) was an officer and ace fighter pilot in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Pacific theater of World War II. In aerial combat over China, the Pacific, and Japan, he was officially credited with destroying twelve enemy aircraft. Isozaki survived World War II.

References

  • Hata, Ikuhiko; Yasuho Izawa (1989) [1975]. Japanese Naval Aces and Fighter Units in World War II. Translated by Don Cyril Gorham. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-315-6.
  • Sakaida, Henry (2002). Aces of the Rising Sun, 1937–1945. Great Britain: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-84176-618-6.