Years of service 1933-1944 Name Yoshimi Minami | ||
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Unit 13th Air GroupOmura Air Group12th Air GroupSaeki Air GroupOita Air GroupHiryuZuihoShokaku601st Air GroupTaiho653rd Air GroupKasagi Unit Battles/wars World War II:Second Sino-Japanese WarAttack on Pearl HarborIndian Ocean raidBattle of the Coral SeaBattle of the Philippine SeaBattle of Leyte GulfBattle of Leyte Died November 25, 1944, Philippines Battles and wars | ||
Yoshimi Minami (南 義美, Minami Yoshimi, December 15, 1915 – November 25, 1944) was an ace fighter pilot in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. Participating in many of the Pacific War battles and campaigns as a member of several units, Minami was officially credited with destroying 15 enemy aircraft. He was killed in November 1944 attempting to crash his aircraft into enemy ships off Leyte as a participant in Kamikaze operations.
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