Saburō Sakai was the Imperial Japanese Navy's fourth highest ranking Ace. When was began he shot down the first B-17 to be lost in the Pacific theatre. During a mission over Guadalcanal Sakai was badly injured but still limped his damage plane home and reported to his superior before collapsing. Despite the loss of an eye, Sakai went on to score at least 69 kills.

The Japanese Ace Pilot Saburō Sakai set contains:

• 1 Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero Fighter
• 1 Advantage flying base
• 1 Aircraft card
• 2 Aircraft Trait Cards
• 2 Double-sided Pilot Skill Discs
• 1 Saburō Sakai Ace card
• 2 Ace Skill cards

Models supplied unassembled and unpainted