Saburo Sakai took off for his final sortie...

[Mitsu]

Japanese Source List:
 http://www.asahi.com/0926/news/condolences26003.html


http://www.mainichi.co.jp/news/selection/archive/200009/26/0926e109-600.html

 http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/04/20000926i506.htm


http://news.yahoo.co.jp/headlines/mai/000926/dom/15300000_maidome109.html

   

[This message has been edited by Mitsu (edited 09-26-2000).]

[nabe]

I have read "Samurai" many times.
He is not only the Ace Pilot, but the great teacher for my life.

Salute.

[Hokum79]

Another hero is gone...  
 I remember, when I was 10, Saburo Sakai had been interviewed by the French television about the Aviation History, and this old man, quietly talking about what happened to him in the war will be carved in my brain for the whole life...
 Life's strange, visited two forums, and fell on the same subject twice...