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**太平洋戦争のエース・パイロットとして活躍した海軍中尉**

海軍の中でも特に優れた操縦技術を持つ戦闘機操縦者。著書「大空のサムライ」で有名。太平洋戦争における戦果は、撃墜数が64機と自称しているが、その公認では28機となっている。

太平洋戦争中、日本海軍のエース・パイロットの一人である坂井三郎について紹介します。

坂井三郎は1916年に生まれ、佐賀県に住んでいました。彼の父は農家で、三男だった坂井は父と共に農作業をしていたということがわかります。しかし、彼自身の将来について考え始めると、スピードへの憧れから騎手になりたいと考えたようです。しかし、その父親の反対により挫折し、飛行機のある海軍に入ることを考えました。

1933年5月1日、四等水兵として佐世保海兵団に入団し、1935年に同校を卒業して戦艦榛名に配属されました。その後、霞ヶ浦航空隊に入隊し操縦練習生を受験して合格。1937年11月30日に第38期操縦練習生を首席で卒業し、海軍戦闘機搭乗員としての道を歩み始めました。

太平洋戦争中、彼は中国大陸に進出して、中華民国国軍のI-16戦闘機1機を撃墜。その後、南昌基地攻撃や漢口空襲に参加した。1940年6月、大村航空隊配属になり内地に帰還。そして、横須賀航空隊で新機種の取り扱い講習会を行って、登場したばかりの零式艦上戦闘機を初めて見る。

太平洋戦争では、彼は零式艦上戦闘機(零戦)に搭乗し、その性能についても評価しています。坂井三郎は海軍の中でも特に優れた操縦技術を持つ戦闘機操縦者で、著書「大空のサムライ」では有名となっています。

Q:何をされた方ですか?

A:太平洋戦争のエース・パイロットとして活躍した海軍中尉

Q:有名な作品は何ですか?

A:著書「大空のサムライ」で有名です。

English Summary

**Navy lieutenant who served as an ace pilot in the Pacific War**

A fighter pilot with particularly excellent piloting skills among the Navy. He is famous for his book ``Samurai in the Sky''. In terms of military accomplishments in the Pacific War, it claims to have shot down 64 aircraft, but the official number is 28.

Introducing Saburo Sakai, one of the ace pilots of the Japanese Navy during the Pacific War.

Saburo Sakai was born in 1916 and lived in Saga Prefecture. It turns out that his father was a farmer, and Sakai, who was the third son, worked on the farm with his father. However, when he started thinking about his future, he decided that he wanted to become a jockey because of his admiration for speed. However, due to his father's opposition, he was discouraged and thought about joining the Navy, which has airplanes.

On May 1, 1933, he joined the Sasebo Marine Corps as a sailor 4th class, graduated from the same school in 1935, and was assigned to the battleship Haruna. After that, he joined the Kasumigaura Air Corps and passed the pilot trainee exam. On November 30, 1937, he graduated from the 38th class of pilot trainees at the top of his class and began his career as a naval fighter pilot.

During the Pacific War, he advanced to mainland China and shot down an I-16 fighter jet of the Republic of China Army. Afterwards, it participated in the attack on Nanchang Air Base and the Hankou air raid. In June 1940, he was assigned to the Omura Air Corps and returned to Japan. Then, at the Yokosuka Air Corps, we held a training course on how to handle the new aircraft, and got our first look at the newly launched Type 0 carrier-based fighter.

During the Pacific War, he flew a Type 0 carrier-based fighter (Zero) and evaluated its performance. Saburo Sakai is a fighter pilot with particularly excellent piloting skills among the Navy, and is famous for his book ``Samurai in the Sky.''

Q: What did you do?

A naval lieutenant who served as an ace pilot in the Pacific War.

Q: What are your famous works?

He is famous for his book ``Samurai in the Sky.''

Wikipedia:坂井三郎

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