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Photo # NH 81560: Lt. Michio Kobayashi, IJN

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Lieutenant Michio Kobayashi, Imperial Japanese Navy, (___-1942)

Michio Kobayashi was commander of the shipboard bomber unit of the carrier Hiryu during the Battle of Midway. He was killed in action on 4 June 1942, while leading the dive bombing attack on USS Yorktown (CV-5), an attack that temporarily put the U.S. carrier out of action.

This page features our only picture of Lt. Michio Kobayashi, and provides links to related images.

For views of the attack led by Lt. Kobayashi on USS Yorktown, see:

  • The Bombing Attack on Yorktown.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the "Online Library's" digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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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 History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 87KB; 525 x 765 pixels

     


    For views of the attack led by Lt. Kobayashi on USS Yorktown, see:

  • The Bombing Attack on Yorktown.


    NOTES:

  • To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose.

  • Some images linked from this page may bear obsolete credit lines citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center". Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval History and Heritage Command".


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the "Online Library's" digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    Page made 4 May 1999
    Coding updated 3 May 2009