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Isamu Mochizuki
Isamu Mochizuki (; 1906 – February 6, 1944) was an officer and ace fighter pilot in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Pacific theater of World War II. In aerial combat over China and the Pacific, he was officially credited with destroying seven enemy aircraft. During his flying career, Mochizuki invented the half loop and roll technique used in dogfighting by Japanese fighter pilots. He was stranded on Roi-Namur Island with no aircraft to fly after the American
Mochizuki
Mochizuki (望月) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Mochizuki Chiyome (c. late 16th century), noblewoman
- Hiroo Mochizuki (born 1936), martial artist
- Hisayo Mochizuki (born 1978), voice actress
- Horace Yomishi Mochizuki (1937-1989), mathematician
- Isamu Mochizuki (1906-1944), flying ace
- Mochizuki Keisuke (1867-1941), cabinet minister in the Taisho and early Showa periods
- Masaaki Mochizuki (