Kiyonobu Suzuki was a warrant officer and ace

Ace

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 fighter

Fighter aircraft

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 pilot in the Imperial Japanese Navy

Imperial Japanese Navy

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 (IJN) during the Second Sino-Japanese War

Second Sino-Japanese War

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 and the Pacific theater

Pacific War

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 of World War II. In aerial combat over China and the Pacific he was officially credited with destroying nine enemy aircraft. As a member of the aircraft carrier Jun'yō's fighter group, Suzuki was killed in action on 26 October 1942 during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands

Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands

The Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942, sometimes referred to as the Battle of Santa Cruz or in Japanese sources as the , was the fourth carrier battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II and the fourth major naval engagement fought between the United States Navy and the Imperial...

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