Saburo Sakai
Saburo Sakai, Japan's highest scoring ace to survive World War II, died after suffering a heart attack at NAS Atsugi near Tokyo while dining with American military officers. He was 84. Sakai shot down 64 allied aircraft in his combat career, which was interrupted after he was shot in the head and...
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