Lieutenant commander who led dive bombers off Japanese carrier Akagi at Pearl Harbor with the target Battleship Row. Later in the war, he sank the British battleship HMS Hermes. Glossy 7 x 5 full-length photo of Abe standing before his plane, signed in black felt tip, adding Japanese characters below his signature; and a Pearl Harbor commemorative cover, 6.5 x 3.75, signed in black ballpoint by Abe, adding Japanese characters underneath his signature. In very fine condition. R&R COA.
