Senda Sadatoshi was a rear admiral in command of 28 Special Base Force at Biak in May 1944. His radio unit lost several codebooks while moving his headquarters, and these were recovered by the Allies, to the great benefit of the Allied code breakers. Senda himself did not survive the battle.
| 1890-7-22 | born | |
| 1912-7-17 | Midshipman | Graduates from Naval Academy, standing 141st in a class of 144. Assigned to CL Adzuma |
| 1913-5-1 | BB Settsu |
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| 1913-12-1 | Ensign | BB Hizen |
| 1914-5-27 | 3 Naval District |
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| 1914-8-13 | BB Hizen |
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| 1915-12-13 |
Lieutenant junior grade |
Gunnery School Basic Course |
| 1916-6-1 | Torpedo School Basic Course | |
| 1916-12-1 | Air Course | |
| 1917-12-1 | Yokosuka
Air Group |
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| 1918-6-1 | Fleet Air Group |
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| 1918-12-1 | Yokosuka Air Group | |
| 1919-12-1 | Lieutenant | Instructor, Yokosuka Air Group |
| 1921-5-25 | Staff, Temporary Flying Training Center | |
| 1922-7-1 | Instructor, Yokosuka Air Group | |
| 1923-10-22 | Trip to Europe and the United States |
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| 1924-12-1 | Instructor, Yokosuka Air Group | |
| 1925-2-19 | AV Wakamiya |
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| 1925-12-1 | Lieutenant
commander |
Aerospatial official, Department of Communication |
| 1927-12-1 | Sasebo
Air Group |
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| 1929-11-1 | AO Notoro |
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| 1930-11-1 | Kasumigaura
Air Group |
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| 1931-12-1 | Commander | |
| 1932-12-1 | Executive officer, AO Kamoi |
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| 1934-11-1 | 4 Naval District |
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| 1935-10-1 | Commander, Maizuru Air Group |
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| 1936-12-1 | Captain | Commander, Omura
Air Group |
| 1937-7-11 | Commander, Carrier Division 13 |
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| 1938-2-10 | Naval Air Command |
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| 1938-2-28 | Bureau of Aeronautics, Department of Communication | |
| 1939-10-10 | Commander, Kashima Air Group |
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| 1941-3-15 | Commander, Kasumigaura Air Group | |
| 1942-5-1 | Rear admiral |
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| 1942-11-1 | Commander, 14 Air
Flotilla |
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| 1944-3-1 | Navy
General Staff |
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| 1944-4-18 | Staff, 4
Southern Expeditionary Fleet |
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| 1944-5-1 | Commander, 28
Special Base Force |
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| 1944-12-25 | Vice admiral |
Killed
in action |
References
Materials
of IJN (accessed 2008-6-30)
Morison (1953)
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