Kiyoshi Ogawa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Japanese military pilot in World War II
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Place of Birth: Gunma Prefecture, Japan
About Kiyoshi Ogawa
- Kiyoshi Ogawa (Japanese: ?? ? Ogawa Kiyoshi, October 23, 1922 – May 11, 1945) was a Japanese (??) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
- As a kamikaze pilot, Ensign Ogawa's final action took place on May 11, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa.
- Piloting a bomb-laden Mitsubishi Zero fighter during Operation Kikusui No.
- 6, Ogawa at the age of 22 flew through American anti-aircraft fire and attacked the U.S.
- Navy aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill.
- He dropped a 250-kilogram (550 lb) bomb, never pulled out of the dive, and crashed deliberately into the flight deck near the control tower of the American aircraft carrier.
- The bomb penetrated Bunker Hill's flight deck and exploded, gasoline fires flamed up and several explosions took place when re-armed and re-fueled planes on deck exploded and caught fire.
- 389 American sailors died with Ogawa and the ship was disabled for the remainder of the war.
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