Saburō Sakai

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Saburō_Sakai
GPTKB entity
Statements (22)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Order_of_the_Rising_Sun
gptkb:Order_of_the_Golden_Kite
gptkbp:birthDate 1916-08-25
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Saga_Prefecture,_Japan
gptkbp:deathDate 2000-09-22
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Tokyo,_Japan
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Saburō Sakai
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy_Air_Service
gptkbp:nationality Japanese
gptkbp:notableFor World War II flying ace
gptkbp:numberOfAerialVictories 28
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:pilot
gptkbp:rank Lieutenant
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Buddhism
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Second_Sino-Japanese_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Haruko_Sakai
gptkbp:survived serious head wound in 1942
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:Samurai!_(autobiography)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Zero_fighter_plane
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6