Members of the 53rd Sentai's ramming unit are the subjects of this photograph, taken in late 1944. Left from second is; Sergeant Shigeo Iioka (KIA), Ensign Tetsuro  Aoki, Sergeant Masami Sawamoto (KIA), Corporal Kenji Yamada (KIA) and Corporal Hisashi Tagami (KIA).
Takaki, Koji. and Sakaida, Henry.
<ul><li>Takaki, Koji; Sakaida, Henry (2001). B-29 Hunters of the JAAF. Oxford: Osprey Publishing Ltd. <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1_84176_161_3" title="Special:BookSources/1 84176 161 3">ISBN 1 84176 161 3</a>. pp. 88</li>
<li>Shiraishi, Ryo (2019). 特攻隊長のアルバム B29に体当たりせよ 「屠龍」制空隊の記録 [Hit the kamikaze captain's album B29. Record of "Shinten Seiku Tai"] (in Japanese). Ushioshobokojin Shinsha (潮書房光人新社). <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-4769831105" title="Special:BookSources/978-4769831105">ISBN 978-4769831105</a>. pp. 47</li></ul>