Original upload date: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Thu, 02 Dec 2021 08:11:20 GMT
Hinoki Yohei was an Imperial Japanese Army fighter-pilot during WWII with 12 kills. He is notable for being the first Japanese pilot to shoot down a P-51 Mustang on November 25th, 1943 (he was in a Ki
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-43-II at the time.)
After losing his leg in combat (Nov. 27th, 1943), he underwent surgery and was given a prosthetic leg. Months of rehabilitation allowed him to return to the cockpit as a flight instructor in 1944.
He returned to combat in 1945 in the Ki-100, intercepting Allied air attacks on the Japanese homeland. He became known among his peers as the "Tin-legged Ace" because of his combat prowess and prosthetic leg.
Original Video Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yHlloZoUeM
