Kenichi Abe

Kenichi Abe was an ace fighter pilot in the Imperial [Japanese Navy] during the Pacific theater of World War II. In aerial combat over the Pacific, he was officially credited with five solo victories, five joint victories, and two probables.
As a member of the Kanoya and 253rd Air Groups based at Rabaul, Abe participated in aerial combat with Allies of [World War II|Allied] forces during the Solomon [Islands Campaign|Solomon Islands] and New Guinea campaigns in 1942 and 1943. Abe was injured on 6 May 1943 and returned to Japan to recuperate. Abe was still recuperating when the war ended in August 1945.