Shigeyuki Noguchi was known as a person of uncommon ability. He was in the 1st Chutai of the 45th Sentai from the beginning of the Pacific War until the end. Consequently, he was called Master of the Chutai. He was posted to the 1st Chutai at Nonko in Japanese.
On the eve of war, 7 Dec , he advanced to Tenga airfield in Canton from which he participated in the first attack on Hong Kong. Afterwards he returned to Nonko.
In April he moved to Hakujoshi in Japanese. In Manchuria airfield. During air maneuvers over Tokyojo in Japanese. In Manchuria , two third of his airplane's fuselage and horizontal stabilizer were damaged by an air collision.
But Noguchi returned to Harbin by using his consummate skill and cool judgment. The next day, on 11 Dec, they cast off from the Yokosuka naval port on the carrier Ryuuho. But the carrier was damaged by an enemy submarine south of Hachijo-Jima Island, so they had to return to Yokosuka. Noguchi participated in the attacks on Guadalcanal airfield and afterwards in the air battle of East New Guinea. Wewak and But were his airfields during the intense air war.
On Sep 26, Noguchi was chased and attacked by three Grumman fighters over Finschafen airfield. But Noguchi's grass cutting flying and rear gunner's counterattack enabled him to escape unhurt. Noguchi's backseat gunner claimed one of the Grummans shot down. In Feb , they deployed to Clark Airfield in the Philippines. Then they moved to Saravia on Negros Island where they trained and flew escort missions for convoys. On 17 Sep, during the 1st attack on Morotai Island, they bombed the anchorage ground and landing point through the night.
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