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Shigekazu Shimazaki
1945Jan, 9

Shigekazu Shimazaki

Shigekazu Shimazaki, Japanese admiral and pilot (b. 1908)
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.

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