Yohei Hinoki was a lieutenant in the 64th Sentai, flying retractable
gear Hayabusa fighters (Oscars), fought against the AVG Flying Tigers
in Burma. Later, defending Burma against Allied air attack, he was
shot down and lost a leg in consequence. He was sent back to Japan
(making him the lucky one!) and learned to fly again as a flight
instructor. Toward the end of the war, the JAAF was in such need of
fighter pilots that Hinoki climbed into a fighter and flew combat
missions again. He was credited with shooting down a P-51 on July 16,
1945, supposedly his 12th victory. (I found JAAF credits hugely
inflated, though not nearly so inflated as those of the JNAF.)

all the best -- Dan Ford
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