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|battles= |awards= |laterwork= }} was an ace fighter pilot in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. Participating in many of the Pacific War battles and campaigns as a member of several units, Okabe was officially credited with destroying 15 enemy aircraft. Okabe was credited with shooting down eight enemy aircraft on 8 May 1942 during the Battle of the Coral Sea, the IJN's official record for the number of aircraft destroyed in a single encounter.〔Hata〕 He is famous for his strong opposition to the ''kamikaze'' attacks, rare in IJN at the time. He died in action over Bougainville in September, 1943. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kenji Okabe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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