August 26, 1942(1942-08-26) (aged 24) Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
Buried
Tama Cemetery, Fuchū, Tokyo, Japan
Allegiance
Empire of Japan
Service/branch
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJN)
Years of service
1936–1942
Rank
Lieutenant commander (posthumous)
Unit
Tainan Air Group
Battles/wars
Pacific War
Philippines campaign (1941-1942)
Dutch East Indies campaign
Guadalcanal campaign †
Awards
Order of the Golden Kite
Lieutenant CommanderJunichi Sasai (笹井 醇一, Sasai Jun'ichi, February 13, 1918 – August 26, 1942) was a Japanese naval aviator and fighter ace of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Sasai was killed leading his fighter squadron during an attack on Henderson Field during the Battle of Guadalcanal.
Lieutenant Commander JunichiSasai (笹井 醇一, Sasai Jun'ichi, February 13, 1918 – August 26, 1942) was a Japanese naval aviator and fighter ace of the Imperial...
Sasai is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: JunichiSasai (1918–1942), Japanese naval aviator and fighter ace Ryuji Sasai, Japanese...
IJN's top scorers, and included Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, Saburō Sakai, JunichiSasai, Watari Handa, Masaaki Shimakawa, and Toshio Ōta. The unit was formed...
August 26 Carl shot down the famous Japanese Navy Tainan Kōkūtai ace JunichiSasai over Henderson Field. When the squadron left Guadalcanal in October...
Kōkūtai. At about 21:00, Lieutenant JunichiSasai wanted them in his office, immediately. When they arrived, Sasai held up a letter. "Do you know where...
pilots flying with the 11th Air Fleet included Hiroyoshi Nishizawa and JunichiSasai. A force of Japanese seaplanes called the R-Area Air Force was created...
rescued by Akiyama. The Sasai Family (笹井組, Sasai-gumi) was a former group under the Tojo Clan in the 1980s. Hideki Sasai (笹井 英樹, Sasai Hideki) is the former...
government lifted the ban on the communist newspaper The Daily Worker. Died: JunichiSasai, 24, Japanese fighter ace (killed during the Battle of Guadalcanal)...
G. Hoyt, the 17th's commanding officer at Selfridge Field, MI in 1933. Sasai had downed a 17th Squadron P-40 on 18 February 1942. Aircraft is Republic...
Imperial Japanese Army, killed in action during Battle of Iwo Jima JunichiSasai, lieutenant JG in the Imperial Japanese Navy, Fighter ace during World...
winner of the U.S. Women's Open in 1946, in Minneapolis (d. 2006); JunichiSasai, Japanese air naval officer, member of the Tainan Air Group during World...
February 4 – Yuzo Kawashima, film director (d. 1963) February 13 – JunichiSasai, aviator (d. 1942) April 1 – Utako Okamoto, medical doctor (d. 2016)...
kill anyone herself. Yukito Ayatsuji (綾辻 行人, Ayatsuji Yukito) Voiced by: Sasai Hiroo Named after Yukito Ayatsuji. A detective and one of the main characters...
series, Tekken series Gustavo Santaolalla – The Last of Us series Ryuji Sasai – Final Fantasy Mystic Quest, Bushido Blade 2, Final Fantasy Legend III...
天下一夜祭殺人事件) Masato Sato Kazunari Kochi March 4, 1996 (1996-03-04) June 7, 2004 Sasai Norikazu murders his partner, award winning author Imatake Satoru in cold-blood...
Global Information
Empire of Japan
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJN)
Lieutenant commander (posthumous)