Yoshio Fukui

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Yoshio Fukui
BornApril 10, 1913
Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
DiedJune 30, 1989 (aged 76)
Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
Allegiance Empire of Japan
Service/branch Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJN)
Years of service1931–1945
RankLieutenant
Battles/warsSecond Sino-Japanese War
Pacific War

Yoshio Fukui (福井 義男, Fukui Yoshio, April 10, 1913 – June 30, 1989) 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 and the Pacific, he was officially credited with destroying 11 enemy aircraft with four probables. Fukui survived World War II.

References[edit]

  • Hata, Ikuhiko; Yasuho Izawa (1989). Japanese Naval Aces and Fighter Units in World War II. Translated by Gorham, Don Cyril. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-315-6.