Kanichi Kashimura, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Kanichi Kashimura

Japanese navy fighter pilot

Date of Birth: 05-Jul-1913

Place of Birth: Zentsūji, Shikoku, Japan

Date of Death: 06-Mar-1943

Profession: aircraft pilot

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Kanichi Kashimura (?? ??, Kashimura Kan'ichi) (July 5, 1913 – March 6, 1943) was an Imperial Japanese Navy Naval Ace of the Second Sino-Japanese and Second World War.
On December 9, 1937, in a dogfight over China, he collided with a Chinese Curtiss P-36 Hawk.
Despite losing part of one wing, he flew his damaged plane back to his airbase.
On March 6, 1943 he was shot down by a US aircraft near the Russell Islands.