Watari Handa
Watari Handa (半田 亘理, Handa Watari, August 22, 1911 - 1948) hafsa ne kuma matukin jirgin sama na sojan ruwa na Imperial Navy (IJN) a lokacin yakin Sino-Japan da Pacific Theater na biyu duk a yaƙin duniya na biyu. A yakin da aka yi da China da Pacific, an ba shi tabbacin cewa ya lalata jiragen makiya 13 a hukumance.
 Watari Handa | |
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| Rayuwa | |
| Haihuwa |
Fukuoka Prefecture (en)  , 22 ga Augusta, 1911 |
| ƙasa |
Japan Empire of Japan (en) |
| Mutuwa | 1948 |
| Sana'a | |
| Sana'a | Matukin jirgin sama |
| Aikin soja | |
| Fannin soja |
Imperial Japanese Navy (en) |
| Digiri |
lieutenant (junor grade) (en) |
| Ya faɗaci |
Second Sino-Japanese War (en) Yakin Pacific Yakin Duniya na II |
A ranar 13 ga watan Mayun shekara ta 1942, a matsayin memba na Tainan Air Group da ke Lae, New Guinea, Handa ya nemi abokin Tainan ace Saburō Sakai ya ba shi aro, Toshiaki Honda, don aikin bincike a Port Moresby. A yayin aikin, mayakan P-39 na abokan gaba sun yi wa matukan jirgin na Japan kwanton bauna aka harbe Honda har lahira. Ruhun Honda ya karye, ba da daɗewa ba Handa ta kamu da cutar tarin fuka kuma aka kwashe ta zuwa Japan. Bayan yaƙi da cutar na tsawon shekaru shida, Handa ya mutu a Shekara ta 1948, yana gaya wa matarsa a kan gadon mutuwarsa, "Na yi gwagwarmaya da ƙarfin hali a duk rayuwata, amma ba zan taɓa iya gafartawa kaina ba saboda na rasa mai tsaron Sakai a Lae."