Keywords: Kaga Type 3 fighter pilots.jpg en Imperial Japanese Navy IJN fighter pilots who on 22 February 1932 scored the first aerial victory in the IJN's history The shoot-down occurred over Shanghai during the Shanghai incident and the pilots were flying the Type 3 fighter aircraft From left to right the pilots are Nokiji Ikuta Toshio Kuroiwa and Kazuo Takeo en Hata Ikuhiko; Yasuho Izawa Don Cyril Gorham translator 1975 original 1989 translation Japanese Naval Aces and Fighter Units in World War II Annapolis Maryland Naval Institute Press ISBN 0-87021-315-6 p 26 Air Review 1932 File Ikuta air pt jpg PD-Japan-oldphoto Nakajima A1N Kaga ship 1928 People of the Imperial Japanese Navy Battle of Shanghai 1932 - Japanese forces Toshio Kuroiwa Black and white photographs Kaga Air Group Nogiji Ikuta Kazuo Takeo |