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Photo #: NH 81560

Lieutenant Michio Kobayashi
, Imperial Japanese Navy

Portrait photograph, taken circa the early 1940s by Fuirukawa, Sasebo.
Lt. Kobayashi was Hiryu bomber unit commander during the Battle of Midway and was killed in action leading the dive bombing attack on USS Yorktown (CV-5) on 4 June 1942.

Collection of Captain Roger Pineau, USNR, 1975. He had obtained the photograph from Lt. Kobayashi's father.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Image posted 21 April 1999
Coding updated 2 December 2001