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Teraoka Kimpei spent most of the early years of the war in China but was the commander of 1 Air Fleet in the Philippines by September 1944. He was aggressive and energetic in his efforts to counterattack Halsey during the latter's carrier raids preceding the Leyte invasion, but was almost powerless in the face of American air strength and with pilots that were barely trained and planes that were barely serviceable. He was then assigned to 3 Air Fleet at Tokyo, which conducted kamikaze raids on the U.S. fleet off Okinawa.
Teraoka's diary provides an important eyewitness account of the events surrounding Onishi's decision, on relieving Teraoka at 1 Air Fleet, to resort to kamikaze tactics.
| 1891-3-13 | born | |
| 1912-7-17 | Midshipman |
Graduates from Naval Academy, standing 65th in a class of 144. Assigned to CL Adzuma |
| 1913-5-1 | BB Settsu |
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| 1913-12-1 | Ensign | |
| 1914-12-1 | Torpedo School Basic Course | |
| 1915-5-26 | Gunnery School Basic Course | |
| 1915-12-13 |
Lieutenant junior grade |
BC Kurama |
| 1916-12-1 | DD Shirakumo |
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| 1917-12-1 | BB Katori |
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| 1918-12-1 | Lieutenant | Torpedo School Advanced Course |
| 1919-12-1 | Commander, Torpedo Boat Division 2 |
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| 1920-8-23 | DD Hinoki |
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| 1920-12-1 | Commander, Torpedo Boat Division 2 | |
| 1921-6-1 | DD Hishi | |
| 1922-5-1 | Instructor, Naval Academy |
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| 1924-12-1 | Lieutenant
commander |
Naval College A-Course |
| 1926-12-1 | BB Hyuga |
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| 1927-11-15 | Navy General Staff |
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| 1929-11-30 | Commander | |
| 1930-11-1 | Staff, Battleship Division 3 |
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| 1931-4-15 | Navy General Staff |
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| 1931-7-1 | Aide-de-campe Prince Nobuhito | |
| 1933-11-1 | Instructor, Yokosuka Air Group |
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| 1933-11-15 | Captain | |
| 1934-8-20 | Instructor, Chinese
Naval College |
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| 1937-8-18 | Staff, 3 Fleet |
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| 1937-10-20 | Staff, China Area Fleet |
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| 1937-12-1 | Commander, CV Soryu |
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| 1938-11-15 | Commander, CV Akagi |
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| 1939-11-15 | Rear admiral |
Staff, 2 China
Fleet |
| 1939-12-1 | Commander, 3 Combined Air Group |
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| 1940-11-15 | Chief Instructor, Naval Academy |
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| 1941-3-25 | Staff, China Area Fleet | |
| 1943-11-1 | Vice admiral |
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| 1944-2-19 | Commander, 11 Air Fleet |
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| 1944-8-7 | Commander, 1 Air Fleet |
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| 1944-11-11 | Commander, 3 Air Fleet |
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| 1945-9-15 | Retires |
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| 1984-5-2 | Dies |
References
Inoguchi, Nakajima, and Pineau (1958)
Materials
of IJN (accessed 2008-7-5)
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