The 701st Naval Air Group (第七〇一海軍航空隊, Dai Nana-Maru-Hito Kaigun Kōkūtai) was an aircraft and airbase garrison unit of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the Pacific campaign of World War II.

First generation (ex-Mihoro Naval Air Group)

Structure

  • Higher unit
  • Commanding officers
    • Capt. Yamada Yutaka [1][2] (49) - 1 November 1942 - 15 March 1943

Second Generation (ex-Toyohashi Naval Air Group)

Structure

  • Higher unit
  • Lower unit
    • 305th Fighter Squadron (20 March 1945–5 May 1945)
    • 311th Fighter Squadron (5 March 1945–24 May 1945)
    • 5th Attack Squadron (5 January 1945–9 February 1945)
    • 102nd Attack Squadron (1 October 1944–9 December 1944)
    • 103rd Attack Squadron (1 October 1944–postwar.)
    • 105th Attack Squadron (10 February 1945–postwar.)
    • 251st Attack Squadron (10 February 1945–19 April 1945)
    • 252nd Attack Squadron (1 October 1944–14 December 1944)
    • 256th Attack Squadron (1 January 1945–9 February 1945)
    • 406th Attack Squadron (25 January 1945–9 February 1945)
    • 702nd Attack Squadron (1 April 1944–9 October 1944)
    • 3rd Reconnaissance Squadron (15 November 1944–9 February 1945)
  • Commanding officers
    • Capt. Yamada Yutaka (49) - 20 February 1944 - 5 September 1944
    • Capt. Kida Tatsuhiko (50) - 5 September 1944 - 29 May 1945
    • Capt. Enoo Yoshio (51) - 29 May 1945 - 15 August 1945

Footnotes

  1. ^ Heihachi Yoshitake, p. 134.
  2. ^ Alumni Association of 705th Naval Air group, p. 61.

Bibliography

  • The Japanese Modern Historical Manuscripts Association, Organizations, structures and personnel affairs of the Imperial Japanese Army & Navy, University of Tokyo Press, Tōkyō, Japan, 1971, ISBN 978-4-13-036009-8.
  • Bunrin-Dō Co., Ltd., Tōkyō, Japan.
    • Famous airplanes of the world
      • No. 59, Type 1 Attack Bomber, 1996, ISBN 4-89319-056-3.
      • No. 91, Type 96 Attack Bomber, 2001, ISBN 4-893-19089X.
    • Koku-Fan Illustrated No. 42, Japanese Imperial Army & Navy Aircraft Color, Markig, 1988.
  • Model Art, Model Art Co. Ltd., Tōkyō, Japan.
    • No. 406, Special issue Camouflage & Markings of Imperial Japanese Navy Bombers in W.W.II, 1993.
    • No. 458, Special issue Imperial Japanese Navy Air Force Suicide Attack Unit "Kamikaze", 1995.
    • No. 553, Special issue I.J.N. Carrier Attack Bomber, 2000.
  • Heihachi Yoshitake (One of the members of the Mihoro Naval Air Group), Biography of the Mihoro Naval Air Group, K.K. Art Insatsu, Bihoro, Japan, 1982.
  • Alumni Association of the 705th Naval Air group, History of the 705th Naval Air Group, Sougo Insatsu Kougei K.K., Tokyo, Japan, 1985.
  • Japan Center for Asian Historical Records ([1], National Archives of Japan, Tōkyō, Japan.
    • Reference Code: C08051771200, Transition table of formation of Imperial Japan Navy Air Units (special establishment) during Pacific War, Japan Demobilization Agency, 1949.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/701st_Naval_Air_Group
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