Hatsuo Hidaka

Hatsuo Hidaka
Hidaka photographed sometime between 1939 and 1942 while serving as an instructor pilot with the Kasumigaura Air Group in Japan
Born	May 7, 1915 Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Died	?
Allegiance	Japan
Service/branch	Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJN)
Rank	Lieutenant Junior Grade
Battles/wars	Second Sino-Japanese War Pacific War

Hatsuo Hidaka (日高 初男 Hidaka Hatsuo, May 7, 1915 – ?) 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 and the Pacific, he was officially credited with destroying 11 enemy aircraft. Hidaka survived World War II.

References

• Hata, Ikuhiko; Yasuho Izawa, Don Cyril Gorham (translator) (1975 (original) 1989 (translation)). Japanese Naval Aces and Fighter Units in World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-315-6. Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)