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Sakamaki was a pioneering Navy aviator who had just returned
from an exchange mission to Germany (the "Naval Inspection Group") when war
broke out in the Pacific. He commanded air units throughout 1943.
| 1894-1-9 | born | |
| 1913-12-19 |
Midshipman | Graduates from Naval Academy, standing 7th in a class of 118. Assigned to CL Asama |
| 1914-8-11 | BC Tsukuba |
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| 1914-12-1 | Ensign | BC Kurama |
| 1916-12-1 | Lieutenant junior
grade |
Gunnery School Basic Course |
| 1917-6-1 | Torpedo School Basic Course | |
| 1917-12-1 | Air Course | |
| 1918-12-1 | Yokosuka
Air Group |
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| 1919-9-25 | AV Wakamiya | |
| 1919-11-6 | Yokosuka Air Group | |
| 1919-12-1 | Lieutenant | Instructor, Yokosuka Air Group |
| 1920-9-3 | AR Kanto |
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| 1921-7-1 | Yokosuka Air Group | |
| 1921-8-10 | CL Tama |
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| 1921-9-1 | Yokosuka Air Group | |
| 1921-12-1 | Instructor, Yokosuka Air Group | |
| 1922-12-1 | Resident in United States |
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| 1923-6-1 | Assistant Attaché, United States | |
| 1925-3-5 | Navy General Staff |
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| 1925-4-15 | Kasumigaura
Air Group |
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| 1925-12-1 | Lieutenant
commander |
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| 1926-11-15 | Staff, Combined Fleet |
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| 1927-12-1 | Staff, Bureau of Education, Naval Air
Command |
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| 1929-11-1 | CV Kaga |
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| 1930-11-1 | Instructor, Yokosuka Air Group | |
| 1930-12-1 | Commander | |
| 1932-11-15 | Staff, Bureau of Education, Naval Air Command | |
| 1934-11-15 | Captain | Commander, AV Notoro |
| 1935-11-15 | Commander, CVL Hosho |
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| 1936-11-16 | Executive officer, Yokosuka Air Group | |
| 1937-11-15 | Commander, Kanoya
Air Group |
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| 1938-12-15 | Chief, Bureau of Flight Research, Air
Arsenal |
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| 1939-10-19 | Chief, Bureau of Training, Naval Air
Command |
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| 1940-11-15 | Rear admiral |
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| 1940-12-21 | Trip to Germany | |
| 1941-12-8 | Naval Air Command |
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| 1942-1-25 | Staff, 11
Air Fleet |
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| 1942-2-10 | Chief of staff, 11 Air Fleet | |
| 1943-1-15 | Commander, 50 Air
Flotilla |
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| 1943-5-10 | Staff, 3 Fleet |
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| 1943-5-22 | Commander, Carrier Division 2 |
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| 1943-9-1 | Commander, 26 Air
Flotilla |
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| 1943-11-1 | Vice admiral |
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| 1944-4-9 | Navy
General Staff |
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| 1944-5-1 | Att, NGS / Att, NAC | |
| 1944-10-7 | Chief, Administrative Bureau, Warplane Agency, Department of Military Supply | |
| 1945-8-26 | Naval Air Command |
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| 1945-9-25 | Retires |
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| 1969-4-24 | Dies |
References
CombinedFleet.com (accessed 2011-4-3)
Materials of IJN (accessed 2009-4-30)
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