Kenichi Abe

Kenichi Abe
Kenichi Abe
	Abe while with the Kanoya Air Group sometime in 1942
Born	March 1, 1923; Ōita Prefecture, Japan
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Branch	Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
Service years	1941-1945
Rank	Chief Petty Officer
Conflicts	World War II Pacific War; ;

Kenichi Abe (阿部健市, Abe Ken'ichi; born 1 March 1923) was an ace fighter pilot in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the Pacific theater of World War II. In aerial combat over the Pacific, he was officially credited with five solo victories, five joint victories, and two probables.

As a member of the Kanoya and 253rd Air Groups based at Rabaul, Abe participated in aerial combat with Allied forces during the Solomon Islands and New Guinea campaigns in 1942 and 1943. Abe was injured on 6 May 1943 and returned to Japan to recuperate. Abe was still recuperating when the war ended in August 1945.^[1]

References

^ Hata, Ikuhiko; Izawa, Yasuho; Hata, Ikuhiko (1989). Japanese naval aces and fighter units in World War II (1. print ed.). Annapolis, Md: Naval Inst. Press. ISBN 978-0-87021-315-1.

[1] Hata, Ikuhiko; Izawa, Yasuho; Hata, Ikuhiko (1989). Japanese naval aces and fighter units in World War II (1. print ed.). Annapolis, Md: Naval Inst. Press. ISBN 978-0-87021-315-1.

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