Kaneyoshi Muto

Kaneyoshi Muto
Nickname(s)"Sky Musashi"
BornJune 1916
Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Died24 July 1945(1945-07-24) (aged 29)
Bungo Channel, Japan
Allegiance Imperial Japanese Navy
Years of service1935–45
RankEnsign
Battles/warsSecond Sino-Japanese War
Pacific War

Kaneyoshi Muto (武藤 金義, Mutō Kaneyoshi, June 1916 – 24 July 1945) was a Japanese naval aviator and flying ace known for his great skill in fighter aircraft. Fellow ace Saburō Sakai called him "a genius in the air."[1]

  1. ^ Tillman, Barrett (2010). Whirlwind: The Air War Against Japan, 1942–1945. Simon and Schuster. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-4165-8440-7.

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