Masaaki Iinuma

Japanese: 飯沼正明 - いいぬままさあき

1912-1941 A pilot from the early Showa period.
Born on August 2, 1912. After working as a pilot student commissioned by the Ministry of Communications, he joined the aviation department of the Asahi Shimbun Company in 1932. In 1937, he flew a domestically produced aircraft, the "Kamikaze," from Tokyo to London with engineer Tsukagoshi Kenji in over 94 hours (actual flight time 51 hours and 20 minutes), setting a new international record. In 1941, he was conscripted into the army, and died in an accident in Cambodia in December. He was 30 years old. Born in Nagano Prefecture. Graduated from Matsumoto Middle School.

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Japanese:

1912－1941　昭和時代前期の飛行士。
大正元年8月2日生まれ。逓信省委託操縦学生をへて,昭和7年朝日新聞社航空部に入社。12年純国産機「神風」で,機関士塚越賢爾(けんじ)と東京-ロンドン間を94時間余(実飛行時間51時間20分)の国際新記録で飛行する。16年陸軍に徴用され,12月カンボジアで事故死。30歳。長野県出身。松本中学卒。

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