Saburō Sakai, Japanese lieutenant and pilot (born 1916)

Saburō Sakai

Imperial Japanese Navy WWII fighter pilot (1916–2000)

Saburō Sakai was a Japanese naval aviator and flying ace of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Sakai had 28 aerial victories, including shared ones, according to official Japanese records, though he and his ghostwriter Martin Caidin claimed much higher numbers.