Yoshinao Kodaira
- Second Sino-Japanese War
- World War II
- Battle of the Coral Sea
- Solomon Islands campaign
- Guadalcanal Campaign
- Battle of the Philippine Sea
- Battle of Leyte Gulf
- Battle of Leyte
Yoshinao Kodaira (小平 好直, Kodaira Yoshinao, 1918–2008) was an officer and ace fighter pilot in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Participating in many of the Pacific War battles and campaigns as a member of several units, including the fighter units of the aircraft carriers Shōkaku and Chiyoda, Kodaira was officially credited with destroying 13 enemy aircraft. After the war, he served with the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. In 2008, Tsubasa-kai ("Wings Association"), the veterans' organization of the JASDF, reported his death on its website.
References
- Hata, Ikuhiko; Yasuho Izawa; Don Cyril Gorham (translator) (1989) [1975]. Japanese Naval Aces and Fighter Units in World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-315-6.
{{cite book}}:|author3=has generic name (help) - Sakaida, Henry (2002). Aces of the Rising Sun, 1937–1945. Great Britain: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-84176-618-6.
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