Saburō Sakai, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Saburō Sakai

Japanese flying ace

Date of Birth: 25-Aug-1916

Place of Birth: Saga, Japan

Date of Death: 22-Sep-2000

Profession: writer, military personnel, aircraft pilot

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Sub-Lieutenant Saburo Sakai (?? ??, Sakai Saburo, 25 August 1916 – 22 September 2000) was a Japanese naval aviator and flying ace ("Gekitsui-O", ???) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
Sakai had 28 aerial victories (including shared) by official Japanese records, while his autobiography Samurai!, co-written by Martin Caidin and Fred Saito, claims 64 aerial victories.
Such discrepancies are common, and pilots' official scores are often lower than those claimed by the pilots themselves, due to difficulties in providing appropriate witnesses or verifying wreckage, and variations in military reports due to loss or destruction.