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Kondo was a very rare duck in the Imperial Navy,
an engineering officer who rose to command of a combat formation. This
likely came about because of his status as a pioneering aviator and the critical need
for air-minded senior officers
during the war.
Kondo was targeted for capture by Alamo Scouts on Luzon in early 1945. The Scouts reported rumors that he had been killed by his own junior officers, but he was officially listed by the Japanese as killed in action.
| 1890-3-1 | born | |
| 1912-7-20 | Engineer
midshipman |
Graduates from Naval Engineering Academy, standing 49th in a class of 60. Assigned to CL Tsugaru |
| 1913-3-10 | CL Idzumo | |
| 1913-11-12 |
BB Satsuma |
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| 1913-12-1 | Engineer ensign |
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| 1915-12-13 | Engineer lieutenant junior
grade |
DD Shiranui |
| 1917-2-26 | DD Ushio |
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| 1917-6-1 | Engineering Academy Basic Course | |
| 1917-12-1 | Flight training |
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| 1918-12-1 | Engineer lieutenant |
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| 1918-12-10 | Instructor, Yokosuka Air Group |
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| 1921-4-6 | Staff, Temporary Flying Training Center | |
| 1921-4-29 | Instructor, Yokosuka Air Group | |
| 1921-5-4 | Staff, Temporary Flying Training Center | |
| 1922-11-1 | Instructor, Kasumigaura Air Group |
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| 1923-10-22 | Trip to Europe and United States |
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| 1924-5-30 | Yokosuka Air Group | |
| 1925-1-7 | Sasebo
Air Group |
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| 1925-12-1 | Engineer lieutenant
commander |
Technical inspector, Bureau of Aircraft, Hiro Navy Yard |
| 1928-4-1 | Instructor, Kasumigaura Air Group | |
| 1930-12-1 | Engineer commander |
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| 1931-1-10 | Staff, Education Bureau, Naval Air Command |
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| 1932-12-1 | Instructor, Yokosuka Air Group | |
| 1935-11-15 | Engineer captain |
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| 1937-11-15 | Chief Engineer, Carrier Division 2 |
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| 1938-12-1 | Chief, S2, Bureau of Supplies, Yokosuka |
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| 1939-11-15 | Chief, Bureau of Aircraft, Hiro Navy Yard | |
| 1941-1-15 | Supervisor for Ordnance, Naval Air Command |
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| 1941-10-15 | Rear admiral |
Chief Supervisor, Nagoya |
| 1942-11-1 | Commander, 18
Combined Air Group |
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| 1944-4-1 | Staff, Southwest
Area Fleet |
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| 1944-4-12 | Chief, Southwest Area Air Depot | |
| 1944-10-15 | Vice admiral |
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| 1945-4-29 | Killed in action |
References
Materials
of IJN (accessed 2009-5-6)
Pettibone (2007)
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