The Tokyo Cadets or the Tokyo Boys, was the name given to the group of forty five youth recruits of the

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who were sent to the

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or Imperial Japanese Army Air Force Academy to train as fighter pilots in 1944 by

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. The cadets were captured as prisoners of war after

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surrendered, but were released in 1946 after the end of the

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. The cadets became officers in the Indian forces, Burma Navy,

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s, and private pilots. Some of them became

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Notable members

* Air Cmde Ramesh Sakharam Benegal, MVC,

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(Retd),

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References

Sources

* Ayer, Subbier Appadurai, ''Unto Him a Witness: The Story of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in East Asia'', Thacker, 1951 * ''The Contemporary'', Society for Contemporary Studies, University of Michigan, v.14, 1970

External links

The list of the Tokyo Cadets
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Notable members

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