Date of birth:

1906 (Saga Prefecture, Japan)

Date of death:

February 6th, 1944 (Roi-Namur, Kwajalein Atol, Marshall Islands)

Mentioned on:

Yasukuni War Shrine

Nationality:

Japanese

Lieutenant (Tahi-i) Isamu Mochizuki (望月 勇) was an IJN flying ace with 7 credited air victories. He was killed on Roi-Namur in 1944, after the pilot became stranded on the island due to the U.S. invasion. Mochizuki was posthumously promoted to Captain. He was known for inventing the 'loop and roll' dogfight technique.

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• - Japanese Naval Aces and Fighter Units in World War II, Hata, Ikuhiko; Yasuho Izawa (1989)

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