601st Naval Air Group | |
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Active | February 15, 1944 – postwar. |
Country | Empire of Japan |
Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
Branch | Imperial Japanese Navy |
Type | Naval aviation unit |
Role | Fighter, interceptor fighter, bomber, torpedo bomber, reconnaissance |
Size | 225 aircraft (initial) |
Part of | 3rd Fleet 1st Carrier Division 3rd Air Fleet |
Garrison/HQ | Atsugi, Japan Seletar, Singapore Aircraft carrier Taihō Katori, Japan Hyakuri, Japan Kokubu, Japan |
Aircraft flown | A6M Type 0 "Zeke" N1K1-J Shiden "George" D4Y Suisei "Judy" B6N Tenzan "Jill" |
Engagements | World War II |
Insignia | |
Identification symbol | Until 9 July 1944 311 or 11; Aircraft carrier Taihō 312 or 12; Aircraft carrier Zuikaku 313 or 13; Aircraft carrier Shōkaku |
Identification symbol | And after 10 July 1944 601 |
The 601st Naval Air Group (第六〇一海軍航空隊, Dai Roku-Maru-Hito Kaigun Kōkūtai) 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
- Shin-Jinbutsuoraisha Co., Ltd., Tōkyō, Japan.
- 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.
- Rekishi Gunzō, History of Pacific War, Gakken, Tōkyō, Japan.
- Bunrin-Dō Co., Ltd., Tōkyō, Japan.
- Famous airplanes of the world No. 69, Navy Carrier Dive-Bomber "Suisei", 1998, ISBN 4-89319-066-0.
- Koku-Fan Illustrated No. 42, Japanese Imperial Army & Navy Aircraft Color, Markig, 1988.
- Koku-Fan Illustrated Special, Japanese Military Aircraft Illustrated Vol. 2, "Bombers", 1982.
- 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.
- Japan Center for Asian Historical Records (http://www.jacar.go.jp/english/index.html)%5B%5D, 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.
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