Yukio Seki, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Yukio Seki

Japanese kamikaze pilot

Date of Birth: 29-Aug-1921

Place of Birth: Saijō, Ehime Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 25-Oct-1944

Profession: aircraft pilot

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Yukio Seki (? ??, Seki Yukio, August 29, 1921 – October 25, 1944) was a Japanese naval aviator of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
As a kamikaze pilot Lieutenant Seki led one of the three fighter groups of the second official kamikaze attack in World War II (the first official attack was an unsuccessful attempt led by Yoshiyasu Kuno on October 21, 1944).
Seki's final action took place on October 25, 1944, during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
He led a unit of five bomb-armed Mitsubishi Zero fighters, crash-diving his plane deliberately into the USS St.
Lo's flight deck, being the first kamikazes to sink an enemy ship.