wo da fuk kan under tan dis fukin bs ?

坂井三郎氏。　ほんとうにお疲れ様でした。あなたのお話をもっともっと聞きたかった。。。今はあちらで台南空やラバウルの皆様と語らっていらっしゃるのでしょう。 どうか安らかに。R.I.P. Mr. Samurai of the sky...Thank you for posting!!

In this film, Sir. Sakai discusses the maneuverability of the Model-21; A6M2b. He emphasises its great service range and the effectiveness of the elevator. The chief engineer, Jiro Horikoshi, invented the "feel" mechanism to the elevator. On the other note, Sir. Sakai points out some of the weaknesses of Zero. If the Vmo is exceeded at dive, the airplane could fall apart or loses the elevator control. Sir. Sakai also states the Zero could flame up due to the lack of fire protection.

Really interesting video! Could anyone translate in english?

Extraordinary. May he rest in peace.

Thank you very much for this excellent translation!

from his gestures at 2:00 thru 2:20 he seems to be explaining that the airplane was an extension of himself.

I read his book, I hope Japan keeps flowers on his grave. A soldier like him should never be forgotten.

What is the title of Saburo Sakai-san's book?Samurai! You can go to ebay and you should be able to find copies of book. Written Martin Caidin and Fred Saito.Excellent BookMichael

What is the title of Saburo Sakai-san's book? That war sure produced some amazing pilots, like Bader, Mölders, McCampbell, and Kozhedub. Sakai-san ranks right up there with the best of them. I was sad to hear of his passing.

Rest in Peace. Saburo your book is great

Best estimate is 60+. The (in)famous historian/author Martin Caiden came up with the number, 64. Sakai, himself never put a specific number on his victories.

What an amazing fellow. It would have been an HONOUR to fly WITH him or AGAINST him.Rest in Peace. You deserve it. Such humility and spirit.

64?

he survived the war with how many kills

He was an amazinng man, I read his book Samurai afew years ago. I hope that Japan will make a movie of his life in the near future, He was awar hero.

Thank you so much Tabularshite for your translation.

in one of his last combats, Sakai, thinking this was his last, dove into a formation of 12 Hellcats ALONE. he battled them and made it outta there. when he landed, the ground crew were amazed, they did not find one bullet hole in his Zero. he always believed that a good pilot in a Zero was better than a good pilot in any other plane. he believed that the Zero could do more with himself at the stick than any other plane.

[continued from the previous post]So I was like, "I have come this far so let's not be stingy like 30 or 40 degrees, I will turn 90 degrees like a real man." Then it was spot on.(6:02)Looks like a boxer who has just fought 15 rounds, doesn't he? My face was all messed up.Mr. Saburo Sakaipassed away in 2000

(5:29)As you can see on this map, my route was quite messed up. I went to the middle of nowhere with no islands or anything, I thought I was going to end up in Hawaii at that rate. I guessed that Rabaul was this way, judging by the habit of me and my airplane. You know, you can't know where on the planet you are when there's nothing around you, even if you could see the compass. But my instinct told me it's this way.[continues to the next post]