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Aces

Teruhiko Kobayashi (1920/1957) a Japanese flying ace, leader of the 244th Sentai, making him the youngest sentai leader in the IJAAF when he took command in Nov 1944. While leading this unit he achieved five kills (three B-29 and two F6F Hellcats). Kobayashi He survived the war but died in 1957 when he was crewing an American plane - irony of life - T-33 Shooting Star during training.
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Looks like he had a few more since that pic was taken.


Kobayashi with aircrew in front of a Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien of 244th Sentai May 1945

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Interesting markings on the fuselage: the Rising Sun and a Cross. Also, that sure is a lot of kill markings. I wonder if those are from the China Theater?
 
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