<P> Mitsuo Fuchida ( 淵田 美津雄 , Fuchida Mitsuo , 3 December 1902 -- 30 May 1976 ) was a Japanese captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service and a bomber aviator in the Japanese navy before and during World War II . He is perhaps best known for leading the first wave of air attacks on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 . Working under the overall fleet commander , Vice Admiral Chūichi Nagumo , Fuchida was responsible for the coordination of the entire aerial attack . </P>
<P> Mitsuo Fuchida ( 淵田 美津雄 , Fuchida Mitsuo , 3 December 1902 -- 30 May 1976 ) was a Japanese captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service and a bomber aviator in the Japanese navy before and during World War II . He is perhaps best known for leading the first wave of air attacks on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 . Working under the overall fleet commander , Vice Admiral Chūichi Nagumo , Fuchida was responsible for the coordination of the entire aerial attack . </P>
who commanded the japanese at the attack on pearl harbor
who commanded the japanese at the attack on pearl harbor
Mitsuo Fuchida
Mitsuo Fuchida