Japan / Papua New Guinea: Japanese pilots of the Tainan Air Group pose for a group photograph at Lae Airfield, New Guinea, June 1942

Several of these aviators were among the top Japanese aces, including: Saburo Sakai (middle row, second from left), Toshio Ota (far left, second row) and Hiroyoshi Nishizawa (standing, first on left).

The Tainan Air Group was formed in October 1941 in Japanese-occupied Formosa (Taiwan) and was one of the best known and most successful air groups of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service.

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Photographer:

Hajime Yoshida

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