Shigekazu Shimazaki
| Shigekazu Shimazaki | |
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Shigekazu Shimazaki aboard the carrier Zuikaku at an unknown date.
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| Born | September 9, 1908 Ōita, Japan |
| Died | January 9, 1945 (aged 36) near Taiwan (†KIA) |
| Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
| Service/branch |
 Imperial Japanese Navy
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| Years of service | 1929-1945 |
| Rank | Commander, posthumously Rear Admiral |
| Commands held | Wing Leader Zuikaku Senior Air Officer 752nd Kōkūtai (based in Taiwan) Senior Air Officer Nagoya Kōkūtai Staff officer 2nd Air Fleet Staff officer 3rd Air Fleet |
| Battles/wars |
World War II (Attack on Pearl Harbor, Indian Ocean raid, Battle of the Coral Sea, Aerial Battle of Taiwan-Okinawa) |
Shigekazu Shimazaki (嶋崎 重和 Shimazaki Shigekazu?, 9 September 1908 – 9 January 1945), was a Japanese career officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service during World War II.
Shimazaki was a native of Ōita Prefecture and a graduate of the 57th class of the Imperial Japanese Navy Academy in 1929, ranking 31st of 122 cadets. He served his midshipman duty on the cruisers Iwate and Haguro, after which, as a second lieutenant, transferred to the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service, enrolling in flight training in 1932. By 1934, he was serving as an instructor at Kasumigaura, Ibaraki in torpedo bomber piloting and techniques.
From 1935-1937, he alternated tours of duty as section commander on the aircraft carrier Kaga and ground training. With the start of the Second Sino Japanese War in 1937, his group was deployed to the ground base in Shanghai, where he experienced a number of bombing missions as the war between Japan and China escalated. He was transferred to the carrier Sōryū from March–December 1938, returning to Yokosuka as an instructor. He returned to combat duty on the carrier Akagi from November 1939-November 1940, when he was promoted to lieutenant commander.
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