JPN 25th Air Flotilla

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Air Unit	JPN 25th Air Flotilla


Operated By Country	Japan
Unit Type	Air Unit
Posted To By Posting	1942 05 01 Yamada Sadayoshi
Post Person	Yamada Sadayoshi
Rank	Rear Admiral
Details	Or much earlier
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Postings	1

Units
	Operated By Country
	Japan

Activities
1) Involved In Activity	2) 1: as	3) 2: Commanded By	4) 3:Rank	5) 2: Command Unit Involvement	6) 2:Engagement Result	7) 1: Details
1942 May 01 Japanese Conquest MO Operation Tulagi, Solomon Islands Port Moresby	N	Yamada Sadayoshi	Rear Admiral	IJN Planes At Rabaul \| IJN Planes At Lae \| IJN Planes At Shortlands \| IJN Planes At Tulagi
1942 05 07 1358 Air Strike Against TG 17.3 Coral Sea	N
1942 08 07 1115 Air Strike IJN 25th AF Against US TF62 Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands	N				Defeated	Result: US forces alerted by coastwatchers, CAP stacked ready, most Bettys destroyed. One destroyer slightly damaged.
1942 08 07 1500 Air Strike Dive Bombers Against US TF62 Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands	N					Result: US forces were alerted by coastwatchers, 3 divebombers were shot down and 6 ditched after running out of fuel. No damage was done.
1942 08 08 1000 Air Strike IJN 25th AF Against US TG62 Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands	N					Result: US forces alerted by coastwatchers, Japanese planes eluded CAP, two ships damaged, most Bettys destroyed by AA fire.

Assignments
Covered By Assignment	Assign To Unit
1942_May_01 - JPN Airfield Naval Base Rabaul	Facility: JPN Airfield Naval Base Rabaul

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