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601st Naval Air Group

The was a carrier air group (later converted to airbase garrison unit) of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the Pacific campaign of World War II.

Structure

  • Higher unit
  • 3rd Fleet (15 February 1944–9 July 1944)
  • 1st Carrier Division (10 July 1944–9 February 1945)
  • 3rd Air Fleet (10 February 1945–postwar.)
  • Lower unit
  • 161st Fighter Squadron (10 July 1944–15 November 1944)
  • 162nd Fighter Squadron (10 July 1944–15 November 1944)
  • 308th Fighter Squadron (20 February 1945–postwar.)
  • 310th Fighter Squadron (20 February 1945–postwar.)
  • 402nd Fighter Squadron (5 March 1945–20 April 1945)
  • 1st Attack Squadron (20 February 1945–postwar.)
  • 161st Attack Squadron (10 July 1944–15 November 1944)
  • 254th Attack Squadron (20 February 1945–5 March 1945)
  • 262nd Attack Squadron (10 July 1944–14 November 1944)
  • 61st Reconnaissance Squadron (10 July 1944–15 November 1944)

Commanding officers

  • Cdr. / RADM* Irisa Toshiie (52) - 15 February 1944 - 19 June 1944 (KIA; posthumous two-rank promotion.)
  • Cdr. Irisa was jointly Air Officer of CV Taiho, and was KIA in her sinking.
  • VACANT - 19 June 1944 - 10 July 1944
  • Cdr. / Capt. Suzuki Masakazu (52) - 10 July 1944 - 10 February 1945 (Captain on 15 October 1944.)
  • Cdr. / Capt. Sugiyama Toshikazu (51) - 10 February 1945 - 15 August 1945 (Captain on 1 May 1945.)

Bibliography

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  • Vol. 13, Shōkaku class aircraft carrier, 1997, .
  • Vol. 22, Aircraft carrier Taihō / Shinano, 1999, .
  • Extra, Perfect guide, The aircraft carriers of the Imperial Japanese Navy & Army, 2003, .
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  • Koku-Fan Illustrated Special, Japanese Military Aircraft Illustrated Vol. 2, "Bombers", 1982.
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  • 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.
  • Japan Center for Asian Historical Records (http://www.jacar.go.jp/english/index.html), 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.