Saburo Sakai, next to Nishizawa the higest ace in Japan for ww2, returned with his left eye shot out and flew almost 1,000 miles home after his 50th air victory in 1944. Lieutenant Sakai amazingly never lost a wingman the entire war and combat with the Americans and even scored victories against Mustangs the fact you never lost a wind man showed. What a great pilot he works. Wondered
@gladykikon54413 жыл бұрын
Wo wa what? Nishizawa ace? My grandfather keeps talking about that ace. My grandfather flew a hellcat scoring 11 aerial victories from 1943-45. He said the nishizawa ace flew a ki 84 1a Frank. Is that true?
@johngibson28843 жыл бұрын
@@gladykikon5441 Yes you have to read a book by Saburo Sakai, who Incredibly never lost a wing Man against The Americans, called 'Samurai!'.. he talks about Nishizawa....book is incredibly true story of his great career and how he got hit with a round that took his eye out and made it back to base ...he talks about personally meeting Nishizawa who is nicknamed" the demon"... the book is an incredible read and talks about how all the men looked up to Nishizawa who also had quite a bit of humour and storyteller ...'Samurai ' by Saburo Sakai
@johngibson28843 жыл бұрын
@@gladykikon5441 Nishizawa was the best... 101 kills only Japanese Ace with more victories than Sakai who had 84. "The Demon " as he was called by his men , never did get bested by another pilot... he died in a transport plane that got jumped by a bunch of hellcats in 1944... which is a inglorious way to die for a top-rated fighter pilot.
@gladykikon54413 жыл бұрын
@@johngibson2884 my grandfather said that the squadron Nishizawa was in was known as the thirteenth squadron by my grandfathers squadron. Is this correct?
Sakai is one of my favorite military figures in history. I have the utmost respect for the IJN and think both sides showed extreme skill and sacrifice. I am shipping out as a aviation mechanic later this year with the USN and my dream is to eventually become a pilot. よろしく
@waraen11 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I hope your dream come true.
@shunnosukehikosaka466410 жыл бұрын
Jack Mehoff We're talking about the IJN here so what you said is irrelevant.
@FINSuojeluskunta10 жыл бұрын
Jack Mehoff I don't defend the brutal actions of either nation. Nor do I ignore the commendable actions
I used to play Air Warriors on AOL back in the mid 90’s..... the N1K1-J was one of my favorite.... really fast but not the fastest.... great turner... but not the tightest.... loved the 20 mm cannons
@alifinosaktiramadhan57273 жыл бұрын
Yes i know that
@DJonX711 жыл бұрын
What an amazing and phenomenal country Japan has turned out to be despite everything it's been through. Japan is a high destiny country.
@akikoyyy11 жыл бұрын
Great work, that gave me a lot of pleasure, thank you so much.
Even though i didn't understand Japanese but loved this movie
@alifinosaktiramadhan57273 жыл бұрын
there is a subtitle on the video,under the japanese word
@mrdragonrider3 жыл бұрын
The Pacific air war can be summarized as those who saw people as resource to be spent vs. those who saw people as assets to be protected. Grumman designed F4F Wildcat to protect the pilot in every possible way. They used nearly a ton of steel just to surround the cockpit in a tub to stop the bullets. They used so much steel that Grumman was nicknamed 'Ironworks'. In the end, F4F became a heavy and stubby plane. But it wouldn't quit or go down so easily. Sakai Saboro, a Japanese ace even wrote in his book about his encounter with F4F Wildcat. He said he poured hundreds of bullets into F4F but it was still flying. Amazed, he came close to the plane and discovered that the entire back end was shot to hell and the wings were flabbing like flags. Yet the plane was still flying. When Grumman improved F4F and added an engine twice powerful to make F6F Hellcat, it was the end of Japanese air war in the Pacifics. So many experienced Japanese pilots died in their paper planes not because they weren't skilled but because the Japanese HQ saw the pilots as valuable but expendable resource and never thought twice about how to protect the pilots.
Accurately reflects how the American pilots at this point of the war got too used to fighting inexperienced Japanese pilots.
@mattjacobs32165 жыл бұрын
Rener De Castro you saying we couldn't beat The experienced fighters?!
@MrLampes5 жыл бұрын
@@mattjacobs3216 you couldnt, guys in n1k2s like Kanno would shoot down 4 f6fs and the rest would run away, and the guy was alone vs like 15,yeah u had not so good pilots, shit training I Think.
@akiramd170111 жыл бұрын
新たなる才能発見!! 次回作も期待しております
@tungnguyenthanh60475 жыл бұрын
GREAT! I love Japan 3:37 What is the name song? Please tell me Thank you ^^^^^
@Christjohnny334 жыл бұрын
Let me know as well ... I am also trying to find out.