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NH 81560 Lieutenant Michio Kobayashi

Photo #: NH 81560  Lieutenant Michio Kobayashi
Title: Lieutenant Michio Kobayashi
Description: Imperial Japanese Navy Portrait photograph, taken circa the early 1940s by Fuirukawa, Sasebo. Lt. Kobayashi was Hiryu bomber unit commander during the Battle of Midway and was killed in action leading the dive bombing attack on USS Yorktown (CV-5) on 4 June 1942. Collection of Captain Roger Pineau, USNR, 1975. He had obtained the photograph from Lt. Kobayashi's father. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 81560
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