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Yoshimi Minami

Japanese flying ace

Died when: 28 years 346 days (347 months)
Star Sign: Sagittarius

 

Yoshimi Minami

Yoshimi Minami (? ??, 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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