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300:). The operational title for this hybrid organization was the 5th Air Attack Force. The organization took heavy losses in air combat over
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The 25th Air
Flotilla, mainly consisting of land-based bombers, fighters, and reconnaissance aircraft, reported to the
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Campaigns. During these campaigns, the unit was augmented by aircraft from other flotillas (i.e.,
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4th Air Group, Tainan Air Group, 2nd Air Group, Toko Air Group, Yokohama Air Group (detachment)
906:(translated excerpts). Translated by Bullard, Steven. Canberra: Australian War Memorial. 2007.
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Japanese army operations in the South
Pacific Area New Britain and Papua campaigns, 1942–43
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First Team and the
Guadalcanal Campaign: Naval Fighter Combat from August to November 1942
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175:
92:
72:
67:
39:
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in 1942. Several of these aviators would be among the top
Japanese Naval aces, including
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1417:
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Black Shoe
Carrier Admiral: Frank Jack Fletcher at Coral Sea, Midway, and Guadalcanal
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334:
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251st Air Group, 253rd Air Group, 702nd Air Group, 705th Air Group, 751st Air Group
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253:
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147:
171:
143:
115:
1069:"Famous Airplanes of the World" series and "Monthly Kōku Fan" series
1007:
The First Team: Pacific Naval Air Combat from Pearl Harbor to Midway
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378:, Yokohama Air Group (detachment), 14th Air Group (detachment)
1060:
268:. As originally organized, the flotilla's core units were the
151:
35:
1047:
402:
fighter unit), Toko Air Group, 14th Air Group (detachment)
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Hata, Ikuhiko; Izawa, Yasuho; Shores, Christopher (2011).
1009:(New ed.). Annapolis, MD: US Naval Institute Press.
990:(New ed.). Annapolis, MD: US Naval Institute Press.
489:
203rd Air Group, 701st Air Group, Nansei-Shotō Air Group
1043:
Monthly "The Maru" series, and "The Maru
Special" series
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Organization of the
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
1026:
Mitsubishi Type 1 "Rikko" 'Betty' Units of World War 2
925:
Japanese Naval Aces and
Fighter Units in World War II
356:
4th Air Group, Tainan Air Group, Yokohama Air Group,
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1945
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1944
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1119:
200:
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18:
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460:251st Air Group, 582nd Air Group, 751st Air Group
452:251st Air Group, 253rd Air Group, 751st Air Group
436:251st Air Group, 501st Air Group, 702nd Air Group
3386:Military units and formations established in 1944
3376:Military units and formations established in 1942
3371:Units of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
843:
229:
223:
1091:
783:Attack bomber unit. Before that known as the
8:
971:. Annapolis, MD: US Naval Institute Press.
2893:
2054:
1098:
1084:
1076:
819:
807:
879:
867:
855:
34:, part of the 25th Air Flotilla, pose at
523:
311:
800:
770:Fighter unit. Before that known as the
704:Combined fighter- and dive bomber unit.
658:
921:Hata, Ikuhiko; Izawa, Yasuho (1989) .
831:
15:
7:
42:(middle row, second from left), and
1028:. Botley, Oxfordshire, UK: Osprey.
929:. Translated by Don Cyril Gorham.
398:(detachment), 751st Air Group (ex-
246:Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
244:was a combat aviation unit of the
14:
613:Rear-Admiral on 15 October 1944.
428:251st Air Group, 702nd Air Group
394:Tainan Air Group, 2nd Air Group,
374:4th Air Group, Tainan Air Group,
2613:Preparatory flight training unit
1106:
91:
66:
24:
735:Attack bomber unit. Before the
722:Attack bomber unit. Before the
57:10 July 1944 - 10 February 1945
30:Enlisted fighter pilots of the
1:
844:Hata, Izawa & Shores 2011
748:Dive bomber unit. Before the
986:Lundstrom, John B. (2005a).
967:Lundstrom, John B. (2005b).
933:: US Naval Institute Press.
665:Attack bomber unit. Renamed
1056:"Ships of the World" series
1005:Lundstrom, John B. (2005).
952:. London, UK: Grub Street.
321:Aviation units and vessels
230:
3407:
691:Flying boat unit. Renamed
328:
46:(standing, first on left).
3329:
787:, until 19 February 1944.
774:, until 19 February 1944.
512:
475:
467:
224:
55:1 April 1942 – 5 May 1944
23:
752:, until 31 October 1942.
739:, until 31 October 1942.
726:, until 31 October 1942.
190:Solomon Islands Campaign
3254:Reconnaissance Squadron
2119:Patrol / Defensive unit
481:Nansei-Shotō Air Group
326:1 April 1942 (original)
2497:Mechanic training unit
1112:Imperial Japanese Navy
1024:Tagaya, Osamu (2001).
678:Fighter unit. Renamed
232:Dai Nijūgo Kōkū Sentai
98:Imperial Japanese Navy
761:Air base guards unit.
2336:Basic training unit
882:, pp. 294–295.
870:, pp. 189–191.
785:Toyohashi Air Group
695:on 1 November 1942.
682:on 1 November 1942.
669:on 1 November 1942.
520:Commanding officers
248:(IJNAS) during the
186:New Guinea Campaign
107:Naval aviation unit
44:Hiroyoshi Nishizawa
2058:Expeditionary unit
1292:Combined Air Group
1071:, Bunrindō (Japan)
950:Japanese Naval Air
505:, 701st Air Group
343:Yokohama Air Group
278:Yokohama Air Group
3356:
3355:
3349:Second generation
3309:
3308:
2733:
2732:
1035:978-1-84176-082-7
913:978-0-9751904-8-7
858:, pp. 42–43.
650:
649:
517:
516:
383:12 September 1942
219:25th Air Flotilla
212:
211:
168:Shortland Islands
19:25th Air Flotilla
3398:
3343:First generation
3321:R-Area Air Force
2897:Fighter Squadron
2894:
2055:
1110:
1100:
1093:
1086:
1077:
1064:
1051:
1039:
1020:
1001:
982:
963:
944:
928:
917:
883:
877:
871:
865:
859:
853:
847:
841:
835:
829:
823:
817:
811:
805:
788:
781:
775:
772:Atsugi Air Group
768:
762:
759:
753:
746:
740:
737:Kanoya Air Group
733:
727:
724:Misawa Air Group
720:
714:
711:
705:
702:
696:
689:
683:
676:
670:
663:
644:10 February 1945
574:17 November 1942
552:Sadayoshi Yamada
524:
510:10 February 1945
494:15 December 1944
486:15 November 1944
441:1 September 1943
358:Seaplane tender
339:Tainan Air Group
312:
282:Sadayoshi Yamada
274:Tainan Air Group
250:Pacific Campaign
243:
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239:
227:
226:
207:Sadayoshi Yamada
164:Papua New Guinea
96:
95:
71:
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32:Tainan Air Group
28:
16:
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3360:
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3325:
3305:
3249:
3098:Attack Squadron
3093:
2889:Flying squadron
2883:
2741:(Regional name)
2740:
2739:Naval Air Group
2729:
2608:
2492:
2331:
2185:
2114:
2049:
2048:Naval Air Group
2042:
1530:(Numbered name)
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1528:Naval Air Group
1522:
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693:801st Air Group
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680:251st Air Group
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667:702nd Air Group
664:
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629:24 October 1944
625:Toshiyuki Yokoi
522:
503:203rd Air Group
457:1 February 1944
449:1 December 1943
419:801st Air Group
415:702nd Air Group
411:251st Air Group
407:1 November 1942
391:10 October 1942
365:Mogamigawa Maru
347:Mogamigawa Maru
310:
290:Solomon Islands
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176:Solomon Islands
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82:Empire of Japan
73:Empire of Japan
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3314:Special unit
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2625:Iwakuni (II)
2584:2nd Sagamino
2579:1st Sagamino
2534:1st Kōriyama
2418:2nd Kōriyama
2222:Komatsushima
2050:(Place name)
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1179:Air Flotilla
1068:
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904:Senshi Sōshō
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610:10 July 1944
566:Rear-Admiral
556:1 April 1942
547:Rear-Admiral
473:10 July 1944
364:
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346:
308:Organization
263:
254:World War II
235:
231:
218:
216:
130:Part of
40:Saburō Sakai
2839:Nanseishotō
2690:Nishinomiya
2680:Misawa (II)
2635:Kasumigaura
2569:2nd Okazaki
2564:1st Okazaki
2483:Tsuiki (II)
2443:3rd Okazaki
2368:Iwakuni (I)
2358:Hyakurihara
2292:Tainan (II)
2217:Kanoya (II)
2202:Genzan (II)
1061:"Kaijinsha"
832:Tagaya 2001
433:1 July 1943
425:18 May 1943
360:Akitsushima
318:Higher unit
302:Guadalcanal
182:Engagements
148:New Britain
140:Garrison/HQ
3365:Categories
2834:Nanpōshotō
2710:Takarazuka
2594:2nd Tainan
2519:2nd Kanoya
2312:Tsuiki (I)
2297:Takao (II)
2232:Matsushima
2126:Chichijima
2100:Tainan (I)
2090:Misawa (I)
2075:Kanoya (I)
2070:Genzan (I)
795:References
589:5 May 1944
570:Keizō Ueno
513:dissolved
468:dissolved
465:5 May 1944
286:New Guinea
203:commanders
196:Commanders
79:Allegiance
2715:Tsuchiura
2660:Matsuyama
2655:Kurashiki
2630:Kagoshima
2514:2nd Izumi
2509:Hitoyoshi
2468:2nd Takao
2378:1st Izumi
2302:Tokushima
2277:Shinchiku
2141:Kushimoto
2095:Takao (I)
1385:Air Group
1121:Air Fleet
1114:air units
641:dissolved
586:dissolved
2675:1st Miho
2589:Sunosaki
2574:Sagamino
2544:1st Kōwa
2529:Kōriyama
2504:Fujisawa
2438:Mineyama
2433:2nd Miho
2428:2nd Kōwa
2388:Kan'onji
2383:Jinmachi
2348:Fukuyama
2237:Miyazaki
2181:Yokosuka
2171:Tateyama
2110:Yokohama
2080:Kisarazu
225:第二五航空戦隊,
2819:Mariana
2784:Hokutai
2725:Uwajima
2705:Shimizu
2650:Kōyasan
2645:Komatsu
2620:Fukuoka
2559:Okazaki
2549:Kushira
2398:Kitaura
2393:Kashima
2363:Isahaya
2343:Amakusa
2317:Tsukuba
2272:Shanhai
2227:Kōnoike
2156:Ōminato
2151:Okinawa
2146:Maizuru
2131:Chinkai
2065:Chitose
1065:(Japan)
1052:(Japan)
890:Sources
621:Captain
600:Captain
260:History
201:Notable
120:Fighter
62:Country
2869:Taiwan
2864:San'in
2859:Saikai
2844:Nantai
2824:Naikai
2809:Kyūshū
2789:Hokutō
2779:Hokuhi
2764:Gōhoku
2759:Chūshi
2749:Chōsen
2640:Kofuji
2599:Tarumi
2554:Oihama
2524:Katori
2488:Yamato
2473:Takuma
2413:Kokubu
2353:Himeji
2327:Yatabe
2287:Suzuka
2282:Sukumo
2242:Nagoya
2207:Hakata
2197:Atsugi
2166:Sasebo
2085:Mihoro
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276:, and
172:Tulagi
166:, and
158:, and
144:Rabaul
116:Bomber
87:Branch
52:Active
2879:Tōkai
2829:Nanpi
2814:Marai
2804:Kinki
2799:Kantō
2794:Inshi
2754:Chūhi
2720:Urado
2700:Shiga
2604:Taura
2478:Tōkyō
2463:Saijō
2458:Pusan
2423:Kōshū
2408:Kōchi
2373:Izumi
2267:Seitō
2262:San'a
2257:Ōmura
2212:Kaikō
2161:Saeki
653:Notes
538:Note
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345:, MV
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2774:Hitō
2695:Seto
2685:Nara
2670:Miho
2539:Kōwa
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2448:Ōryū
2403:Kobi
2252:Ōita
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1988:952
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