Yoshimi Minami, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Yoshimi Minami

Japanese flying ace

Date of Birth: 15-Dec-1915

Place of Birth: Kagawa Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan

Date of Death: 25-Nov-1944

Profession: aircraft pilot

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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.