Yoshimi Minami

Yoshimi Minami
南 義美
Born	December 15, 1915 Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
Died	November 25, 1944(1944-11-25) (aged 28) Second Philippine Republic
Military career
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Branch	Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJN)
Service years	1933–1944
Rank	Lieutenant
Units	13th 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	Second Sino-Japanese War World War II Attack on Pearl Harbor Indian Ocean raid Battle of the Coral Sea Battle of the Philippine Sea Battle of Leyte Gulf Battle of Leyte

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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