Hien Dokuritsu Sentoutai

Second Lieutenant Matsumoto, a fighter pilot in the Imperial Japanese Army, battles the Allied air forces in his Kawasaki Ki-61 ‘Hien’ (Tony) over the Solomons, New Guinea and the Philippines. Faced with opponents who always outnumbered him, he survived the fierce fighting thanks to his intelligence and the help of squadron leader Ozawa and his mechanic Hino. His final mission is to escort the Kamikaze planes off the Philippines...

(Source: Paquet, translated)