Yamada Sadayoshi
Sadayoshi Yamada | |
|---|---|
Vice Admiral | |
| Commands held | Sōryū, Kaga, 25th Air Flotilla, Yokosuka Naval Air Group, 51st Air Flotilla, 101st Air Flotilla, 3rd Air Fleet |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Sadayoshi Yamada (山田 定義, Yamada Sadayoshi, 26 November 1892 – 16 November 1971) was a vice admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
Biography
Early career
Yamada was born in
Matsue, Shimane. He graduated from the 42nd class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1914, ranked 5th out of 117 cadets. As a midshipman, he was assigned to the cruisers Aso and Yakumo, and on his commissioning as ensign was assigned to the battleships Kawachi and Asahi. In May 1918, he attended the Naval Artillery School; however in December 1918 he transferred to the fledgling naval aviation section. He was assigned to a fighter squadron in Yokosuka Naval Air Group from December 1919, where he rose to become a flight commander
.
As a lieutenant, Yamada was posted as
Versailles Peace Treaty negotiations and while in France was promoted to captain. On his return to Japan, he was assigned as squadron commander at Yokosuka from June 1924 and as an instructor at the Kasumigaura Air Group from December 1925. He was promoted to lieutenant commander in 1925, and then to commander after graduation from the Naval Staff College
in December 1928.
As commander, Yamada served as chief-of-staff of Section 1 (Operations) and Section 2 (Weapons) within the
Geneva Disarmament Conference. He was also promoted to captain while in France in 1935. After his return to Japan, he was subjected to an extensive debriefing by the General Staff and was then assigned to the staff of the Yokosuka Naval District
from May 1939.
In October 1939, Yamada assumed command of the aircraft carrier Sōryū and October 1940 was reassigned to the Kaga. He was promoted to rear admiral on 15 October 1941.
World War II
After the start of the
Yokosuka Air Group. He was promoted to vice admiral on 15 October 1944. He commanded the 101st Squadron from November 1944 to August 1945, and the 3rd Air Fleet from 26 August to 15 October 1945.[2]
He died in 1971.
References
- ISBN 0-14-016561-4.
- Fuller, Richard (1992). Shokan: Hirohito's Samurai. London: Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 1-85409-151-4.
- Lundstrom, John B. (2005). First Team And the Guadalcanal Campaign: Naval Fighter Combat from August to November 1942 (New ed.). Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-472-8.
- Miller, Thomas G. (1969). Cactus Air Force. Admiral Nimitz Foundation. ISBN 0-934841-17-9.
- ISBN 0-316-58305-7. Online views of selections of the book:[1]
- Sakaida, Henry (1996). The Siege of Rabaul. St. Paul, MN, USA: Phalanx. ISBN 1-883809-09-6.
- Hata, Ikuhiko (2005). (日本陸海軍総合事典) Japanese Army and Navy General Encyclopedia. Tokyo: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 4130301357.
Notes
External links
- Naval History via Flix. "Sadayoshi Yamada". Retrieved 25 February 2007.
- Wendel, Marcus. "Axis History Factbook". Retrieved 8 December 2006.