Hatsuo Hidaka
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Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJN)Hatsuo Hidaka | |
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 Hidaka photographed sometime between 1939 and 1942 while serving as an instructor pilot with the Kasumigaura Naval Air Group in Japan | |
| Born | May 7, 1915 Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | July 15, 2010 |
| Allegiance | Japan |
| Service | Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJN) |
| Rank | Lieutenant Junior Grade |
| Battles / wars | |
Hatsuo Hidaka (日高 初男, Hidaka Hatsuo, May 7, 1915 – July 15, 2010) 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. Graduating from Kasumigaura Naval Air Group in November 1934, Hidaka joined the first division, the 15th Air Group bound to Hankou as a Petty Officer, 3rd Class on November 1, 1937 bound to Hankou with the flight time of 1,040 hours.[1] During May and July 1943, Hidaka was stationed at Truk Island and often flew to Rabaul airfield on New Britain.[2]
In aerial combat over China[1] and the Pacific,[notes 1] he was officially credited with destroying 11 enemy aircraft. Hidaka survived World War II.
