Masaichi Kondō

Masaichi Kondō
Kondō in January 1943 while serving on the aircraft carrier Jun'yō
Born	August 1917 Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Service/branch	Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJN)
Rank	Ensign
Battles/wars	Second Sino-Japanese War Pacific War

Masaichi Kondō (Japanese: 近藤 政市) 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 13 enemy aircraft. Kondō 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.