Mitsuo Fuchida

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 Imperial Japanese Navy before and during World War II. He is perhaps best known for leading the first air wave attacks on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Fuchida was responsible for the coordination of the entire aerial attack working under the overall fleet commander Vice Admiral Chūichi Nagumo.

After World War II ended, Fuchida became a Christian evangelist and traveled throughout the United States and Europe to tell his story. Fuchida settled permanently in the U.S. but may not have become a U.S. citizen.