Location
Lat 35° 15' N Long 136° 5' E Lake Biwa (Biwa-ko) is a large freshwater lake at an elevation of 266' / 81m in Shiga Prefecture in the Kansai Region in west-central Honshū in Japan.
Wartime History
During 1945, Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) Otsu Kōkūtai (Otsu Air Group) equipped with N1K1 Kyōfū (Rex) floatplane fighters operated from Lake Biwa.
A6M7 Model 62 Zero 82729
Pilot Azuma ditched August 9, 1945, discovered 1976 and recovered
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Last Updated
March 20, 2022
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