Yoshinao Kodaira

Yoshinao Kodaira
Born 1918
Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Died 2008
Allegiance Japan
Service/branch Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJN)
Years of service 1935-?
Battles/wars World War II:
Second Sino-Japanese War
Battle of the Coral Sea
Guadalcanal Campaign
Battle of the Eastern Solomons
Battle of the Philippine Sea
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Battle of Leyte
Other work Japan Air Self-Defense Force
In this Japanese name, the family name is Kodaira.

Yoshinao Kodaira (小平 好直 Kodaira Yoshinao, 1918–2008) was an officer and ace fighter pilot in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Participating in many of the Pacific War battles and campaigns as a member of several units, including the fighter units of the aircraft carriers Shōkaku and Chiyoda, Kodaira was officially credited with destroying 13 enemy aircraft. After the war, he served with the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. In 2008, Tsubasa-kai ("Wings Association"), the veterans' organization of the JASDF, reported his death on its website.

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