Portrait of Jiro Horikoshi, mid-1920sMitsubishi Heavy Industries aircraft designers, Jul 1937; note Yoshitoshi Sone at left and Jiro Horikoshi at centerJiro Horikoshi reading aboard a train, Japan, Oct 1938
Portrait of Jiro Horikoshi, mid-1920sMitsubishi Heavy Industries aircraft designers, Jul 1937; note Yoshitoshi Sone at left and Jiro Horikoshi at centerJiro Horikoshi reading aboard a train, Japan, Oct 1938
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