− | 本土防空の切り札、局地戦闘機「紫電改」。同機が集中配備された三四三空。<br>四国松山に展開した同戦闘飛行隊の一つ、精強な紫電改戦闘機隊、戦闘701。<br>自らも優れたパイロットである空中指揮官、鴛淵隊長の率いる同隊は、<br>苦しい戦局の中、圧倒的に優勢な敵機動部隊艦載機群に立ち向かいました。
| + | 本土防空の切り札、局地戦闘機「紫電改」。<br>同機が集中配備された三四三空。<br>四国松山に展開した同戦闘飛行隊の一つ、精強な紫電改戦闘機隊、戦闘701。<br>自らも優れたパイロットである空中指揮官、鴛淵隊長の率いる同隊は、<br>苦しい戦局の中、圧倒的に優勢な敵機動部隊艦載機群に立ち向かいました。 |
− | ''The "Shiden Kai" were the ace-in-the-holes of the mainland's air defenses. The majority were deployed to the 343rd Air Group.<br>The mighty Shiden Kai squadron, the 701st Fighter Squadron, was a squadron from that air group that was deployed to Matsuyama in Shikoku.<br>Led by the legendary squadron commander Oshibuchi, an excellent pilot in his own right, they confronted overwhelming numbers of enemy carrier-based aircraft during the harshest times of the war. | + | ''The "Shiden Kai" were the ace-in-the-holes of the mainland's air defenses.<br>The majority were deployed to the 343rd Air Group.<br>The mighty Shiden Kai squadron, the 701st Fighter Squadron, was a squadron from that air group that was deployed to Matsuyama in Shikoku.<br>Led by the legendary squadron commander Oshibuchi, an excellent pilot in his own right, they confronted overwhelming numbers of enemy carrier-based aircraft during the harshest times of the war. |