(1922-10-23)October 23, 1922 Usui District, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Died
May 11, 1945(1945-05-11) (aged 22) USS Bunker Hill, near Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands
Allegiance
Empire of Japan
Service/branch
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJN)
Years of service
1944–1945
Rank
Ensign
Unit
721st Kōkūtai
Battles/wars
World War II
Battle of Okinawa †
Awards
Died in battle award
Kiyoshi Ogawa (Japanese: 小川 清Ogawa Kiyoshi, October 23, 1922 – May 11, 1945) was a Japanese naval aviator ensign (少尉) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. As a kamikaze pilot, Ensign Ogawa's final action took place on May 11, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa. Piloting a bomb-laden Mitsubishi Zero fighter during Operation Kikusui No. 6, Ogawa flew through American anti-aircraft fire and attacked the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill, less than one minute after his flight leader, sub-lieutenant Seizō Yasunori, crashed into the ship. He dropped a 250-kilogram (550 lb) bomb, never pulled out of the dive, and crashed deliberately into the flight deck near the control tower of the aircraft carrier. The bomb penetrated Bunker Hill's flight deck and exploded. Gasoline fires flamed up and several explosions took place when re-armed and re-fueled planes on deck exploded and caught fire. 393 American sailors died with Yasunori and Ogawa, 264 were wounded, and the ship was disabled for the remainder of the war.[1]
^"Doing his Duty" Archived May 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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Empire of Japan
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJN)
Ensign