Saburō Sakai
Japanese flying ace
Died when: 84 years 28 days (1008 months)Star Sign: Virgo
Sub-lieutenant Saburo Sakai (?? ??, Sakai Saburo, 25 August 1916 – 22 September 2000) was a Japanese naval aviator and flying ace ("Gekitsui-O", ???) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
Sakai had 28–64 aerial victories (including shared) according to official Japanese records, while his autobiography Samurai!, co-written by Martin Caidin and Fred Saito, claims 64 aerial victories.
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