Keiichi Arima

Keiichi Arima
BornApril 26, 1916[1]
Tokyo
DiedMarch 29, 1998
Tokyo
AllegianceEmpire of Japan
Service / branch Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJN)
Years of service1932–1951
RankLieutenant commander
Unit12th Air Group
Sōryū
Shōkaku
Battles / wars

Keiichi Arima (有馬 敬一, Arima Keiichi, , January 24, 1909 – March 29, 1998) was a non-aviator dive bomber officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. He participated in Central China campaigns and later led Aichi D3A dive bombers from carrier Shōkaku in both carrier battles during Solomon Islands Campaign, where he and his pilot, Kiyoto Furuta, scored bomb hits on United States Navy (USN) carrier Enterprise on two occasions.

  1. ^ 江間 1991, pp. 29–46.