Japanese Ace Interviews: Honda Minoru (Part 2)
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Original upload date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Thu, 02 Dec 2021 08:11:54 GMT
Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H4Ed7_F-rs
Honda Minoru was a WWII Ace in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Force, and later flew as a member of the Japanese Self Defense Forces. He clocked in o
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ver 9800 hours of flying in his entire career, and is credited with at least 17 kills.
In Part 2, Honda talks primarily about the struggles against advanced American planes during the Mid-Late War period, and experiencing Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
0:04 American Bombers and Fighters
2:30 The N1Ks
6:46 The 343rd
8:20 Near-Death Against P-51s
9:58 Hiroshima and Nagasaki
14:17 Intercepting B-29s
16:46 The 3rd A-Bomb
17:26 The Last Kill
Video Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63yFfGLBJlM
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