JN024 “Petty Officer Toshio Ota, Imperial Japanese Navy”
Ota flew alongside two other Imperial Japanese Navy air aces Saburo Sakai andHiroyoshi Nishizawa with the Tainan Air Group. His first confirmed “kill” was a P40 “Warhawk” over New Guinea in April 1942. Over the next 6 months Ota downed an additional 33 American aircraft before being killed in a dogfight over Guadalcanalwith U.S. Marine Corps “Wildcats” on October 21, 1942.