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Yasunori, Seizo

    Date of birth:
    March 28th, 1924 (Akō/Hyōgo, Japan)
    Date of death:
    May 11th, 1945 (USS Bunker Hill, Pacific Ocean)
    Buried on:
    Yasukuni War Shrine
    Nationality:
    Japanese

    Biography

    Junior Lieutenant Seizo Yasunori commanded the 7th Showa Special Attack Squadron. He crashed his plane into the USS Bunker Hill after dropping a bomb on it. Yasunori and his wingman, Kiyoshi Ogawa, were responsible for the death of 393 Americans that day.

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