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by Koujirou Matsumura Kyougaku-sya 1942 Softcover 397 pages Photos, Artwork Cover Price: Y1.80 Language: Japanese Return to |
Gekitsui (Shooting Down / Aerial Victory) Author Lt. Col Koujirou Matsumura was a Ki-27 fighter pilot and commander of the 24th Sentai. Artist Fukazawa Kiyoshi paints the cover artwork depicting Ki-27 dogfighting with a I-16. The inside cover artwork depicts Master Sergeant Nishihara rescuing wounded Lt. Col Matsumura from the wreckage of his buring Ki-27 on August 4, 1939 and flying back to base at only 75m altitude.
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