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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Kenji Tsukagoshi<br />
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| birth_date = 1900<br />
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| birth_place = [[Takasaki, Gunma|Takasaki]], [[Gunma Prefecture]], [[Empire of Japan]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death year and age|1943|1900}}<br />
| death_place = [[Indian Ocean]]<br />
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| occupation = Aviator and explorer<br />
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| known_for = Navigator for the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly from Japan to Europe<br />
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{{nihongo|'''Kenji Tsukagoshi'''|塚越賢爾}} (1900–1943) was a [[Japanese people|Japanese]] [[aviator]] and [[Exploration|explorer]]. He was navigator on the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly from Japan to Europe.<br />
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==Life==<br />
Tsukagoshi was born in [[Takasaki, Gunma|Takasaki]], [[Gunma Prefecture]]. His father was Japanese and his mother was British. He gained fame as the navigator on the {{nihongo|'''Kamikaze'''|神風号|Kamikaze-go}}, a [[Mitsubishi]] [[Mitsubishi Ki-15|Ki-15 ''Karigane'']] aircraft, ([[aircraft registration|registration]] '''J-BAAI''') sponsored by the [[newspaper]] '' [[Asahi Shimbun]]''. It became famous on April 9, 1937, as the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly from Japan to [[Europe]]. The flight from [[Tokyo]] to [[London]] took 51 hours, 17 minutes and 23 seconds and was piloted by [[Masaaki Iinuma]] (1912–1941).<br />
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The total elapsed time since departure from the Tachikawa Airfield was 94 hours, 17 minutes and 56 seconds, with actual flight time for the whole distance of 15,357&nbsp;km of was 51 hours, 19 minutes and 23 seconds. The flight was the first [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]] record to have been won by Japanese aviators.<br />
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Tsukagoshi [[List of aerial disappearances|disappeared]] over the [[Indian Ocean]] after departing from [[Singapore]] for [[Crimea]] in the prototype [[Tachikawa Ki-77]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of people who disappeared mysteriously at sea]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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===Bibliography===<br />
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* Francillon, René J. ''Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War''. London: Putnam Aeronautical, 1979. {{ISBN|0-370-30251-6}}. (new edition 1987. {{ISBN|0-85177-801-1}}.)<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.ne.jp/asahi/airplane/museum/cl-pln5/260KAMIKAZE.html Classical Airplanes ''Ki-15 Kamikaze'']<br />
*[http://pinktentacle.com/2009/12/kamikaze-new-years-cards-1937/ New Years cards commemorating the 1937 flight]<br />
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[[Category:1900 births]]<br />
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[[Category:Japanese aviation record holders]]<br />
[[Category:Japanese civilians killed in World War II]]<br />
[[Category:Japanese people of British descent]]<br />
[[Category:People from Takasaki, Gunma]]<br />
[[Category:People lost at sea]]<br />
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