Lt.-Cmdr. Obayashi Dies in Course of Nanchang Raid Tokyo, Jan. 11 In a belated announcement, the Admiralty yesterday revealed the death of Lt.-Cmdr. Norindo Obayashi, one of the best tiers in the naval air force, in the course of a raid on Nanchang on December 22.
The Japanese ace, the communiqu~ recalled, was personally credited with bringing down more than thirty Chinese machines in aerial combat.
On the day of his death. the officer's squadron downed seventeen out of more than twenty Chinese planes which rose to give combat to the raiders over the Kiangsi Capital.
In another raid on Nanchang, on December 14, It-Cmdr. Obayashi's unit was credited with the destruction of sixteen machines out of more than twenty which went up in the air at the approach of the Japanese planes.—Domei,
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