Keiichi Arima | |
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Born | April 26, 1916[1] Tokyo |
Died | March 29, 1998 Tokyo |
Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
Service | Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJN) |
Years of service | 1932–1951 |
Rank | Lieutenant commander |
Unit | 12th 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.