Kiyonobu Suzuki (pilot)

Kiyonobu Suzuki
Suzuki while serving with the 12th Air Group in China between March and September 1938
Born	1914 Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Died	26 October 1942 (aged 27–28) South Pacific
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Service / branch	Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJN)
Years of service	1933-1942
Rank	Warrant Officer
Battles / wars	Second Sino-Japanese War World War II Pacific War

Kiyonobu Suzuki (鈴木 清延, Suzuki Kiyonobu, 1914 – 26 October 1942) was a warrant 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 nine enemy aircraft. As a member of the aircraft carrier Jun'yō's fighter group, Suzuki was killed in action on 26 October 1942 during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.

References

• Hata, Ikuhiko; Yasuho Izawa (1989). 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.