Satoru Ono
Satoru Ono | |
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Ono while serving on the aircraft carrier Kaga sometime between 1934 and 1938 | |
| Native name | 小野 了 |
| Born | 1915 Ōita Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | 2001 (aged 85–86) |
| Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
| Branch | Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJN) |
| Service years | 1932–? |
| Rank | Lieutenant junior grade |
| Conflicts | |
Satoru Ono (小野 了) (1915–2001) was an officer and ace fighter pilot in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Pacific theater of World War II. In aerial combat over China, the Pacific, and Japan, he was officially credited with destroying eight enemy aircraft. From 1943 until the end of World War II, Ono specialized in nocturnal interceptions of enemy bombers engaged in nighttime bombing raids. Ono survived World War II and died in 2001.
References
- Hata, Ikuhiko; Yasuho Izawa (1989). Japanese Naval Aces and Fighter Units in World War II. Translated by Don Cyril Gorham. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-315-6.