Yoshimi Minami

Yoshimi Minami
BornDecember 15, 1915
DiedNovember 25, 1944(1944-11-25) (aged 28)
AllegianceEmpire of Japan
Branch
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJN)
Service years
1933–1944
Rank
Lieutenant
Unit13th Air Group
Ōmura Air Group
12th Air Group
Saeki Air Group
Ōita Air Group
Hiryū
Zuihō
Shōkaku
601st Air Group
Taihō
653rd Air Group
Kasagi Unit
Conflicts

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.

References

  • Hata, Ikuhiko; Yasuho Izawa; Don Cyril Gorham (translator) (1989). Japanese Naval Aces and Fighter Units in World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-315-6. {{cite book}}: |author3= has generic name (help)

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