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Tada Takeo commanded 21
Air Flotilla at
the outbreak of war, in spite of a complete lack of an aviation
background: He had spent most of his career in staff assignments. He subsequently returned to staff assignments and was Japan's last Navy vice-minister. He was a classmate and close personal friend of Onishi Takijiro, who founded the kamikaze corps, and Tada's son was among those sacrificed as kamikaze pilots.
| 1890-10-7 | Born | |
| 1912-7-17 | Midshipman | Graduates from Naval Academy, standing 4th in a class of 144. Assigned to CL Soya |
| 1913-5-1 | BC Kurama | |
| 1913-12-1 | Ensign | CL Soya |
| 1915-12-13 |
Lieutenant junior grade |
Gunnery School Basic Course |
| 1916-6-1 | Torpedo School Basic Course | |
| 1916-12-1 | BB Asahi |
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| 1917-12-1 | DD Nara |
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| 1918-8-3 | Awaiting assignment |
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| 1918-12-1 | Lieutenant | Kure
Local Defense Squadron |
| 1919-3-10 | 2 Naval District |
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| 1920-4-1 | 1 Naval District |
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| 1920-6-17 | Navy General Staff |
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| 1922-5-1 | AO Kamoi |
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| 1922-12-1 | Aide-de-campe to Fleet Admiral Inoue Yoshika | |
| 1924-12-1 | Commander, DD Kikuzuki |
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| 1925-12-1 | Lieutenant
commander |
Commander, DD Tsuta |
| 1926-4-20 | Commander, DD Nara | |
| 1926-12-1 | Staff, Bureau of Personnel, Sasebo |
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| 1929-11-30 | Staff, Bureau of Personnel, Navy Ministry |
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| 1930-12-1 | Commander | |
| 1933-9-1 | Staff, Training Fleet | |
| 1934-10-22 | Commander, AO Tsurumi | |
| 1934-11-15 | Captain | |
| 1935-11-15 | Chief, S2, Bureau of Personnel, Navy Ministry | |
| 1938-11-15 | BB Kirishima |
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| 1939-11-15 | Chief of staff, 3 China
Fleet |
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| 1940-8-8 | Chief, Tsingtao Detachment, Asian Development Agency | |
| 1940-11-15 | Rear admiral |
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| 1941-9-1 | Commander, 21 Air
Flotilla |
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| 1942-9-30 | Staff, Southwest Area Fleet |
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| 1942-10-10 | Chief of staff, Southwest Area Fleet | |
| 1943-11-1 | Vice admiral |
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| 1944-3-15 | Chief, Bureau of Administration, Naval
Air Command |
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| 1944-8-1 | Director, Bureau of Naval Affairs, Navy Ministry | |
| 1945-5-15 | Navy Vice-Minister | |
| 1945-11-20 | Retires |
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| 1953-3-3 | Dies |
References
Inoguchi et al. (1994; accessed 2011-7-8)
Materials
of IJN (accessed 2008-4-3)
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