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701st Naval Air Group

The 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
  • 22nd Air Flotilla (1 November 1942–15 March 1943, dissolved.)
  • Commanding officers
  • Capt. Yamada Yutaka (49) - 1 November 1942 - 15 March 1943

Second Generation (ex-Toyohashi Naval Air Group)

Structure

  • Higher unit
  • 51st Carrier Division (20 February 1944–14 November 1944)
  • 25th Air Flotilla (15 November 1944–9 February 1945)
  • 5th Air Fleet (10 February 1945–postwar)
  • 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

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, .
  • Bunrin-Dō Co., Ltd., Tōkyō, Japan.
  • Famous airplanes of the world
  • No. 59, Type 1 Attack Bomber, 1996, .
  • No. 91, Type 96 Attack Bomber, 2001, .
  • Koku-Fan Illustrated No. 42, Japanese Imperial Army & Navy Aircraft Color, Marking, 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 (https://web.archive.org/web/20061224074212/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.