Lt. Nogiji Ikuta, February 1932
First japanese navy pilot to shot down an enemy plane. Shanghai skies, February 1932
SB2C ‘Helldiver‘
BOMBING SQUADRON EIGHTY-SEVEN
USS TICONDEROGA (CV-14), 1945
"SLICE & DICE"
Imperial Japanese Army Aviation . 大日本帝国陸軍航空本部
A pair of Manshu Ki-98 interceptors slice through the ramjet-equipped P-51 Mustang escort on their way to attack B-35 flying wing bombers, high over Japan in 1946.