Hajime Toyoshima, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hajime Toyoshima

Japanese World War II airman

Date of Birth: 20-Mar-1920

Place of Birth: Kagawa Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan

Date of Death: 05-Aug-1944

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Sergeant Hajime Toyoshima (???, Toyoshima Hajime, 29 March 1920 – 5 August 1944) was a Japanese airman in World War II.
His A6M Zero was the first of that type (after those recovered after the attack on Pearl Harbor) to be recovered relatively intact on Allied territory when he crash landed on Melville Island, Northern Territory, Australia.
Toyoshima was the first Japanese prisoner of war to be captured in Australia.
While a prisoner of war, Toyoshima was one of the instigators of the breakout from the prisoner of war camp located in Cowra, New South Wales, Australia, sounding a bugle to signal the commencement of the escape and died during the escape attempt.