24 November 1944(1944-11-24) (aged 28) Leyte, Philippines
Allegiance
Empire of Japan
Service/branch
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJN)
Years of service
1937–1944
Rank
Commander
Unit
12th Air Group Akagi Zuikaku
Battles/wars
World War II: Second Sino-Japanese War Attack on Darwin Indian Ocean Raid Battle of Midway Battle of the Eastern Solomons Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands Solomon Islands Campaign
Ayao Shirane (白根 斐夫, Shirane Ayao, August 7, 1916 – 24 November 1944) was a fighter ace in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. He participated in various battles and campaigns throughout the Pacific War and was eventually shot down and killed over Leyte, Philippines on 24 November 1944. He was officially credited with destroying nine enemy aircraft.[1][2]
AyaoShirane (白根 斐夫, ShiraneAyao, August 7, 1916 – 24 November 1944) was a fighter ace in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. He participated...
was escorted by nine Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters led by Lieutenant AyaoShirane. They could not, however, locate the enemy carriers, as his radio failed...
Commander Shigeharu Murata, while the fighter cover was led by Lieutenants AyaoShirane and Saneyasu Hidaka. Also at 07:40, two U.S. SBD-3 Dauntless scout aircraft...
led by Lieutenant Hisayoshi Miyajima, eight from Zuikaku by Lieutenant AyaoShirane and nine from Zuihō by Lieutenant Moriyasu Hidaka. On the way, the IJN...
Cruz Islands, where he was part of the fighter escort led by Lieutenant AyaoShirane, which covered the strike force against US carriers. In the air combat...
Hidaka was temporarily transferred to the carrier Zuikaku as a part of AyaoShirane's fighter squadron. During the battle, he led six Mitsubishi A6M Zeros...
December 1924 Ikeda Iwasaburō 20 December 1924 Iida Nobutarō 1 December 1925 Shirane Kumazō 1 December 1925 Inutsuka Tarō 1 December 1925 Komatsu Naomoto 1...
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