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Kenji Tsukagoshi

1900 – 1943

Japanese aviator

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About Kenji Tsukagoshi

Lived 1900 – 1943. Kenji Tsukagoshi was a military personnel, aircraft pilot, aviator and exploration.

(1900–1943) was a Japanese aviator and explorer. He was navigator on the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly from Japan to Europe.

Life Tsukagoshi was born in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture. His father was Japanese and his mother was British. He gained fame as the navigator on the , a Mitsubishi Ki-15 Karigane aircraft, (registration J-BAAI) sponsored by the newspaper Asahi Shimbun. It became famous on April 9, 1937, as the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly from Japan to Europe. The flight from Tokyo to London took 51 hours, 17 minutes and 23 seconds and was piloted by Masaaki Iinuma (1912–1941).

The total elapsed time since departure from the Tachikawa Airfield was 94 hours, 17 minutes and 56 seconds, with actual flight time for the whole distance of 15,357 km of was 51 hours, 19 minutes and 23 seconds. The flight was the first Fédération Aéronautique Internationale record to have been won by Japanese aviators.

Tsukagoshi disappeared over the Indian Ocean after departing from Singapore for Crimea in the prototype Tachikawa Ki-77.

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Born
1900, Takasaki
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Died
1943, Indian Ocean

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Who was Kenji Tsukagoshi?

Japanese aviator

When was Kenji Tsukagoshi born?

Kenji Tsukagoshi was born in 1900 in Takasaki.

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Kenji Tsukagoshi died in 1943 in Indian Ocean.

What was Kenji Tsukagoshi's occupation?

Kenji Tsukagoshi was a military personnel, aircraft pilot, aviator and exploration.

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· Wikipedia: Kenji Tsukagoshi

· Wikidata: Q6389372

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