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NH 82484 Petty officer Tadayoshi Koga, IJN

Petty officer Tadayoshi Koga, IJN
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Title: Petty officer Tadayoshi Koga, IJN
Caption: View taken July 1942, as U.S. Forces located his body in the "Zero" fighter found intact on Akutan Island, in the Aleutians, where it had lain on its back since 4 June 1942. Koga had thought that he could put his damaged aircraft down for a crash-landing on a relatively hard surface. It turned out to be a march and the aircraft flipped over on its back, killing Koga. This "Zero" was the first captured intact for light-testing, and had been in carrier Ryujo's air group.
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Catalog #: NH 82484
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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After this Year: 1939
Before this Year: 1945
Original Medium: BW Photo
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