Eiko Kato Hayabusa Sento Tai Hiko Dai64 Sentai Ace Pilot No Kaiso (Gakken M Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Tetsuo Kato, the "Kato Hayabusa Fighter Group," or the 64th squadron of the Japanese Army Flying Corps, gained wide public respect for its many successes on the battlefields of the southward invasion. In this book, one of the ace pilots of this elite fighter squadron, Yoshito Yasuda, recalls the details of the fierce battles over Malaya, Sumatra, Java, and Burma, the actual condition of the Type I fighter "Hayabusa," and the heroic death of the squadron leader, Kato. This is a vivid and realistic account of the glorious days of the Army Air Corps.

名指揮官加藤建夫中佐のもと、南方進攻作戦における数々の戦場で戦果を重ね、広く国民の尊敬を集めた「加藤隼戦闘隊」こと日本陸軍飛行第64戦隊。この精鋭戦闘機部隊のエースパイロットのひとり、安田義人元准尉が回想するマレー、スマトラ、ジャワ、ビルマ上空の激戦の詳細、一式戦闘機「隼」の実態、そして加藤戦隊長の壮烈な戦死。陸軍航空隊の栄光に満ちた日々が生々しくよみがえる、迫真の航空戦記。