This is the A6M5 of Ens. Sadaaki Akamatsu, 302nd Naval Flying Group. Akamatsu was pre-war trained, but repeatedly broken in rank due to his off-base behaviour, his lack of respect for superiors, and his thoroughly un-Japanese individualism. Akamatsu spent his off-base time in the nearest geisha house, drinking sake and carousing like an outlaw. He would delay his take off until the last moment, driving wildly onto the base still waving a bottle of sake while he climbed out and boarded his aircraft for takeoff. However he must have been sober some of the time as he managed to become an ace, shooting down 27 aircraft and flying a total of 8000 combat hours.
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