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Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander of the Imperial Japanese Navy, scheduled an inspection tour of the Solomon Islands and New Guinea.He planned to inspect Japanese air units participating in Operation I-Go that had begun 7 April 1943; in addition, the tour would boost Japanese morale following the disastrous Guadalcanal campaign and its subsequent evacuation during January and February.
From Japanese records and survivors, among them Admiral Ugaki, the following facts are certain: only two G4M Betty bombers were attacked; Yamamoto's was shot down over Bougainville with no survivors; the second went into the ocean and Admiral Ugaki was among the three survivors. The day following the attack, a Japanese search party located the ...
Admiral Yamamoto, a few hours before his death, saluting Japanese naval pilots at Rabaul, April 18, 1943 Prime Minister Hideki Tojo bowing to a portrait of Yamamoto, following the return of his ashes to Japan, May 1943 Yamamoto's state funeral, 5 June 1943 Yamamoto's ashes are carried from the battleship Musashi at Kisarazu, Japan on May 23, 1943.
The following events occurred in April 1943: . April 18, 1943: Japan's Admiral Yamamoto killed when Americans discover and shoot down his airplane April 20, 1943: Jefferson Memorial dedicated on Jefferson's 200th birthday April 3, 1943: Shipwreck survivor Poon Lim rescued after 131 days adrift April 12, 1943: Martin Bormann designated as Hitler's second-in-command
Thomas George Lanphier Jr. (November 27, 1915 – November 26, 1987) was a Panama-born American colonel and fighter pilot during World War II who was first given sole credit, then later partial credit shared with Rex T. Barber, for shooting down the plane carrying Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the commander in chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy. [1]
Yūji Yamamoto: 7 April 1945* Shirō Hayashi: 7 April 1945* Hisao Kotaki: 7 April 1945* Shin'ichi Uchino: 7 April 1945* Yoshio Kawashima: 9 April 1945* Eitarō Ankyū: 12 April 1945* Yasushi Kawano: 12 April 1945* Akira Ikeda: 14 April 1945* Yoshio Yamamoto: 1 May 1945 Jitsue Akishige: 1 May 1945 Seiho Arima: 1 May 1945 Keikichi Araki: 1 May ...
TOKYO — A 10-year-old student at a Japanese school in China died Thursday after being stabbed on the way to school the day before, Japanese officials said, as they demanded that Beijing do more ...
At the time, he believed that Allied losses were heavier than they actually were and that the operation had been successful, and the Japanese carrier-based aircraft subsequently returned to their ships. Japanese claims amounted to 175 aircraft shot down and 28 ships sunk, including one cruiser and two destroyers.