(1909-03-08)8 March 1909 Yonezawa, Yamagata, Empire of Japan
Died
26 October 1942(1942-10-26) (aged 33) Santa Cruz Islands
Allegiance
Empire of Japan
Service/branch
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJN)
Years of service
1930–1944
Rank
Commander
Unit
Ryūjō Shōkaku
Battles/wars
World War II: Second Sino-Japanese War Battle of the Eastern Solomons Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands Solomon Islands Campaign
Mamoru Seki (関 衛, Seki Mamoru, March 8, 1909 - October 26, 1942) was a dive bomber pilot and officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. He is best known for being the commander of the dive bomber squadron of carrier Shōkaku and for leading strikes against United States Navy (USN) carriers in both Battle of the Eastern Solomons and Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, where they severely damaged Enterprise on two occasions. He was killed in action during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
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damaged by the first wave strike under the command of Lieutenant Commander MamoruSeki. Takahashi only learned about the report, which may have allowed him...
Mamoru Hosoda (細田 守, Hosoda Mamoru, born September 19, 1967) is a Japanese film director and animator. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category...
4 Zeros at 08:40. The second strike leader was Lieutenant Commander MamoruSeki, while the fighter cover was led by Lieutenant Hideki Shingo. Thus, by...
dive bombers and 15 Zeros under the command of Lieutenant Commander MamoruSeki, was in the air by 14:50 and on its way toward Enterprise and Saratoga...
Nihon Cinema studios, and is best known for her work with director Kōji Seki, especially Whore (1967) and Erotic Culture Shock (1969). She also appeared...
Aichi D3A dive bombers, led by Lieutenant Commander MamoruSeki, against the US carrier fleet. While Seki coordinated the dive bombing attack, Lieutenant...
the US carriers, Lieutenant Arima was part of Lieutenant Commander MamoruSeki's first strike wave, consisting of 27 D3A dive bombers and 10 A6M Zero...
and 10 A6M Zero fighters, under the command of Lieutenant Commander MamoruSeki (Hikōtaichō). Arima led one of the three divisions (chūtai), with nine...
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for his new, young pupils Taihei Aoki and Kintarō Kaneda. Mamoru Takamura (鷹村 守, Takamura Mamoru) Voiced by: Rikiya Koyama Takamura is an undefeated two-time...
Nevertheless, the carrier Enterprise was badly damaged by Lieutenant Commander MamoruSeki's first strike, which included Shirane's academy classmate, Lieutenant...
Global Information
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJN)