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Gold airplane award for Japanese pilots

JohnKris
JohnKris
in JPN MEDALS & AWARDS

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#1

I saw this on Facebook. Not sure if it's real but here's the pic.

 

This is the text that came with the pic: I picked this up a few years ago. Not sure what forum to post it on. But it is apparently from the estate of IJN ace saburo sakai. I got it from a buddy who does estate sales and real estate in California. I was told the Japanese govt only gave out a few of these gold airplanes after the war. The calligraphy was done by saburo sakai.

 

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#2

I cannot verify its authenticity.

 

However, "【不撓不屈】Fu-Tou-Fu-Kutsu (never giving up)" is his most famous motto.

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