Mitsuo Fuchida
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It is catalogued under topics including 1902 births, 1976 deaths and Attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Key facts
- Native name
- 淵田 美津雄
- Born
- 3 December 1902 ( 1902-12-03 ) , Katsuragi, Nara , Japan
- Died
- 30 May 1976 (1976-05-30) (aged 73), Kashiwara, Osaka , Japan
- Allegiance
- Empire of Japan
- Branch
- Imperial Japanese Navy
- Service years
- 1924–1945
- Rank
- Captain
- Unit
- 1st Air Fleet
- Commands
- Akagi : 1st (flag), 2nd and 3rd air squadrons
- Conflicts
- World War II Second Sino-Japanese War Attack on Pearl Harbor Bombing of Darwin Indian Ocean raid Battle of Midway
- Other work
- Christian evangelist Author
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mitsuo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Empire of Japan
- Place of birth
- Katsuragi
- Place of death
- Kashiwara
- Occupation
- aircraft pilot
- Educated at
- Imperial Japanese Naval Academy
- Religion
- Protestantism
- Conflict
- Pacific War
- Military branch
- Imperial Japanese Naval Air Service
- Military rank
- Frigate Captain
- Image
- MitsuoFuchida.jpg
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- Commons category
- Mitsuo Fuchida
- date of birth
- 1902-12-03
- date of death
- 1976-05-30
- name in kana
- ふちだ みつお
- name in native language
- 淵田美津雄
- cause of death
- diabetes
- allegiance
- Empire of Japan
- start of work period
- 1924-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Mitsuo Fuchida (淵田 美津雄, Fuchida Mitsuo; 3 December 1902 – 30 May 1976) was a Japanese captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service and a bomber observer in the Imperial Japanese Navy before and during World War II. He is perhaps best known for leading the first wave of air attacks on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Working under the fleet commander, Vice Admiral Chūichi Nagumo, Fuchida was responsible for the coordination of the aerial attack.
After the war ended, Fuchida became a Christian convert and evangelist, traveling in the United States and Europe to tell his story. He later settled in the U.S. (although never taking American citizenship). Some of Fuchida's wartime claims have been challenged as self-serving by historians, including his claimed advocacy for a third wave attack on Pearl Harbor.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mitsuo Fuchida” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.