Question: Facts: - caption: matsuba group in 1943 while flying with the atsugi air - battles: second sino-japanese war pacific war - allegiance: emire of japan - birth date: 1914 - serviceyears: 1935 -- ? - name: akio matsuba - branch: 23px imperial japanese navy air service -lrb- ijn -rrb- - image: akio matsuba.jpg - birth place: mie prefecture , japan - rank: lieutenant junior grade Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of akio matsuba .
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akio matsuba -lrb- -rrb- was an officer and ace fighter pilot in the imperial japanese navy -lrb- ijn -rrb- during the second sino-japanese war and the pacific theater of world war ii .matsuba was officially credited with destroying a total of 18 enemy aircraft in aerial combat .