Tamotsu Ema

Tamotsu Ema
Tamotsu Ema aboard the Japanese carrier Zuikaku in 1942
AllegianceEmpire of Japan
Service / branch Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJN)
UnitAkagi
Zuikaku
582nd Air Group
Battles / warsWorld War II:
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Indian Ocean Raid
Battle of the Coral Sea
Operation SE
Solomon Islands Campaign

Tamotsu Ema (江間 保, Ema Tamotsu) was a dive bomber pilot in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. He led Aichi D3A dive bombers from the carrier Zuikaku during the Battle of the Coral Sea that damaged Yorktown.