Japanese  Pilots and Fighter Aces

 

*Notes at Bottom.  Image Quality is not representative of actual signed photo.
Cat # Pilot Photo Description Comments Price
JAP-103 Zenji Abe Zengi standing on the flight deck of the Carrier Akagi about to bomb Pearl Harbor.  He was Cmdr of the 2nd  Chutai.  Wonderful Photo of him with perfect contrast and sharpness.  Double signed version in English and Japanese.  5x8 Photo size.  NEW !!!           Rare              Deceased 4-6-2007 $325
JAP-103a Zenji Abe Same as above except signed in English only.  NEW !!!            Rare              Deceased 4-6-2007 $250
JAP-103b Zengi Abe Letter written in his own Hand.             Rare              Deceased 4-6-2007 $195
JAP-137 Zenji Abe Lt Abe stands in front of "AI-202" a Type 99 carrier bomber from the carrier Akagi at Iwakuni following the attack on Pearl Harbor.  January 1942, before the Battle of Midway.  Double signed in English and Japanese.  NEW !!!              Rare              Deceased 4-6-2007 $250
JAP-137a Zenji Abe Same as JAP-137 but signed in English only.  NEW !!!            Rare              Deceased 4-6-2007 $200
JAP-139 Zengi Abe A Young Lt. Zenji Abe, sitting in his Formal Uniform with his Sword.  Double signed.  *Photo is from his personal collection and is shown here for the first time on the internet.  NEW!!           Unique           Deceased 4-6-2007 $250
JAP-140 Zenji Abe Lt Cmdr. Abe Zenji sitting in a chair in his flight gear on the deck of his Carrier.  Double Signed.  *Photo is from his personal collection and is shown here for the first time on the internet.  NEW !!!          Unique           Deceased 4-6-2007 $250
JAP-141 Zenji Abe A young Lt Zenji Abe Standing in his Formal Uniform with Long Overcoat, hat, and white gloves.  Double signed in English and Japanese.  *Photo is from his personal collection and is shown here for the first time on the internet.  NEW !!!          Unique           Deceased 4-6-2007 $250
JAP-138 Zenji Abe A young Lt Zenji Abe Standing in his Formal Uniform with Long Overcoat, hat, white gloves and Sword.  Photo is Double signed in English and Japanese  *Photo is from his personal collection and is shown here for the first time on the internet.  NEW !!!          Unique           Deceased 4-6-2007 $225
JAP-142 Zenji Abe Another pose of Lt. Zenji Abe in his Semi Formal Clothing Standing amongst Trees on leave back in Japan.  Double Signed  *Photo is from his personal collection and is shown here for the first time on the internet.  NEW !!!             Unique           Deceased 4-6-2007 $200
JAP-143 Zenji Abe Zenji Abe with his Dive Bomber Group on the Carrier Akagi.  This rare photo shows a good view of the Akagi's Tower before it was sunk at Midway.  Double signed photo.  Photo is from his personal collection and is shown here for the first time on the internet.  NEW !!!              Unique           Deceased 4-6-2007 $225
JAP-125 Kenichi Abe In Flight Head Gear.  Double signed in English and Japanese.  Had 5V + 2 Probables + 2 Shared.  IJNAF Air Group 23 based at Rabaul.  Had many encounters with Pappy Boyington's Blacksheep Squadron Pilots.  5x7 Size  NEW  !!! Deceased $225
JAP-106 Michael Kawato Kawato in Flight Gear Deceased $175
JAP-128 Y. Kodaharai JNAF  11 Aerial Victories.  Fought at the Battale of Coral Sea.  He served on board the Shokaku during the battle.  Then went to the Solomons to fight in the Gaudalcanal Campaign.  Flew in the Marianas Turkey Shoot as well.  New !!! Deceased $325
JAP-104 Giro Motojima Giro in Formal Uniform.  Bombed Pearl Harbor from carrier Agaki Deceased $225
JAP-107 Minori Honda JNAF with 17 Aerial Victories.  First attached to the 22nd Air Flotilla Headquarters.  In April of 1942, he transferred to the Kanoya Air Group later named Air Group 253.  His group advanced through Rabaul, New Guinea, and the Solomons area.  In April 1944 he transferred to Fighter Hikotai 407.  He returned to Japan and was assigned to Fighter Hikotai 407, Air group 343 and fought in the homeland defense.  Was a test pilot after the war for Mitsubisi.   Size 3x5 New !!! Deceased $235
JAP-107b Minori Honda Letter in his own hand. Deceased $175
JAP-133 Yohei Hinoki Yohei is kneeling near the tail of his Ki-43 in Flight gear.  He scored 12 aerial victories in the IJAAF in the 64th and 111th Sentai's.  It is historically  IMPORTANT that he was R.T. Smith's 4th Aerial Victory/Damaged Aircraft.  Yohei was flying with the 64th Sentai at the time while engaging the AVG 3rd Squadron that day April 8th 1942.  5x7 Photo Size.  Double Signed.  NEW !!! Deceased $350
JAP-134 Isamu Hirayama Isamu in Formal Uniform standing at attention.  Photo is 3x5 in size NEW  !!! Deceased $325
JAP-135 Tsudomu Iwai IJNAF lt (jg) Tsutomu Iwai scored 11 Aerial victories and is shown in flight gear at a Japanese forward airfield in the South Pacific.  It is Double signed in Japanese and English.  It is 8x10 in size.  NEW !!! Deceased $275
JAP-102 Sekizen Shibayama In Cockpit.   Navy 13V Ace in S. Pacific Deceased $200
JAP-108 Kuniyoshi Tanaka In Flight Gear standing in a field.  JNAF.  Oficially shot down 17 Aircraft, however many beleive that number is considerably higher.  First Served on the Carrier Ryujo but later transferred to the Tinian Air Group in 1941.  Shot down several B-17's and forced 2 to collide.  Fought in the Sea of Java Battles shooting down additional B-17's.  In April 1942 he transferred to the Oita Air Group and then returned home.  Size 4x6.  NEW !!! Deceased $195
JAP-110 Matsuo Hagiri Letter written in his own hand on onion skin paper written in Japanese and signed by him in Japanese.  Comes with original envelop.  Ultra Rare. Deceased $175
JAP-110a Matsuo Hagiri Matsuo "Mustachi" Hagiri in flight gear with goggles in the early days of the war in the China as a member of the 12th Air Group.  "Mustachio" as he was called by his fellow pilots because of his pronounced moustache, is credited with 13 aerial victories and is also noted as a famed Japanese test pilot.  He was pressed into service late in the war because of the B-29 attacks on Japan.  He died on January 15th, 1997.  A very rare double signed photo.  It is unknown why Matsuo signed is last name as "Hakiri" rather than Hagiri on the photo but might be because of the Japanese to English character translation.  Ultra Rare. Deceased

1-15-97

 $225
JAP-101 Rjoyi Ohara In Flight Gear Standing by his Zero Fighter Deceased $95
JAP-102 Rjoyi Ohara Sitting with a suit on at his home in the 1960's in Japan Deceased $95
JAP-111 Saburo Sakai In street clothes in the 1960's. Deceased $150
JAP-130 Saburo Sakai Saburo scored over 60 aerial victories with the IJNAF.  In Flight Gear crossing his hands.  Very nice signed photo of Sakai.  5x7 Photo size.  NEW !!! Deceased $250
JAP-112 Kuniyoshi Tanaka In Flight Gear with Helmet in the Pacific Deceased $125
JAP-113 Sadamu Komachi In Flight Gear and Helmut in the Pacific.  12th Leading ace of the IJNAF with 40 victories plus many more not confirmed.  Very Rare.  Size 5x7  NEW !!! Deceased $325
JAP-114 S. Anabuki In Flight Gear on his Zero Wingroot Deceased $225
JAP-115 S. Anabuki In Flight Gear.  Flew with JAAF and was the 2nd leading ace of WWII and scored more than 51 Aerial Victories. Double Signed in English and Japanese.  New !!!  Size 5.5 x 8 Deceased $295
JAP-116 S. Anabuki In Cockpit of his Zeke Deceased $225
JAP-124 S. Anabuki Standing Next to his Zero in the South Pacific on the Japanese Forward Airfield. Second Leading Ace of the Japanese Army Air Force with over 51 Confirmed Aerial Victories. NEW !!!  Size 5x7.  Rare Double Signed Photo Image. Deceased $325
JAP-136 S. Anabuki S. Anabuki in complete flight gear neatly double signed..  4x6 Photo size.  NEW!!! Deceased $325
JAP-117 Yoshito Yasuda In Flight Gear April 1942 at Cheien Mai, Thailand.  He was CO of 3rd Company of 64th Sentai at time of Photo Deceased Inquire
JAP-118 Yojiro Ofusa Warrant Officer Ofuso (Higuchi post war changed name)Top Scoring Ace of the 50th Sentai in China.  Awarded the Japanese Medal of Honor, the Bukosho.  Fought in Burma through 1943 Fighting B-24 Formations from the 7th Bomber Group.  He was shot down a total of 5 times. Scored a total of 19 aerial victories.  Many beleive more... NEW !!! Deceased $450
JAP-119 Isamu Sasaki Also awarded the Japanese Medal of Honor.  Shot down 38 U.S. aircraft including 6 B-29's.  No. 8 all time Japanese scoring Ace. Deceased Inquire
JAP-129 Saburo Saito JNAF scored 18 victories plus what some to believe 8 more.  Photo of him is in Flight Gear on Carrier Deck.  Signed in English.  A few are double signed.  The sizes of the photos vary from 8x10 to 5x7.  NEW  !!! Deceased $150
JAP-120 Yutaka Marioka Sitting in Flight gear with arm in sling on the Pacific Front.  Flew with a crude hook with the IJNAF scoring 5 aerial victories.  Only one handed ace in the World !!  He flew with the Ku 302 Air Group. Size 5x7 photo.  NEW !!! Deceased $250
JAP-121 Ken-ichi Takahashi Standing next to the fuselage of his zero in flight gear with very rare U.S. aircraft kill markings on the side of his zero.  Taken somewhere in the Pacific Deceased Inquire
JAP-126 Ken-ichi Takahashi JNAF Warrant Officer.  14 Victories.  Picture of him in flight in his zero.  First with Air Group 204 in the Rabaul Area.  Then withdrew to Truk in 1944 with Air group 253.  In July of 1944 transferred to Air Group 221 and participated in Leyte Operations and Phillipines Operations.  Size 4.5x8. Ultra Rare.  NEW  !!! Deceased $365
JAP-127 Takeo Tanimizu  16th ranking IJNAF Ace with 32 confirmed aerial victories and perhaps many more. Very Rare picture of him in the South Pacific next to his Zero fighter with U.S victory Symbols on the fuselage of his Fighter.  The symbols have never been seen before in a photo and this is signed in Japanese only by Takeo.  He signed in green ink. He flew with For more details on him click on this web site written by him. NEW  !!!  Photo is 5x7 in size. http://www.rjgeib.com/heroes/tanimizu/tanimizu.html and Shokaku
Tainan NAC
203rd Koutai                                                        		Deceased $350
JAP-122 Iyozo Fujita In flight gear probably taken around the time of the Battle of Midway.  Scored 7 aerial victories at Midway and then went into the Rabual area to fight.  Size 8x10.  NEW  !!! Deceased $325
JAP-123 Masajiro Kawato In Flight Gear somewhere in the Solomons. Deceased Inquire

NOTES:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1.  Japanese names in English use the last name first.  I am using the Japanese name protocol of                                                                                                                             Lt. Cmdr Abe Zenji ,who led the second wave dive bombing attack on Pearl Harbor.    

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