701st Naval Air Group

701st Naval Air Group
Mitsubishi G4M1 R2-385 of 702nd Attack Squadron in September 1944.
Active	November 1, 1942 – March 15, 1943 February 20, 1944 – postwar.
Country	Empire of Japan
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Branch	Imperial Japanese Navy
Type	Naval aviation unit
Role	Until 15 March 1943 Bomber, torpedo bomber And after 20 February 1944 Fighter, bomber, torpedo bomber, reconnaissance
Size	48 aircraft (initial)
Part of	22nd Air Flotilla 51st Carrier Division 25th Air Flotilla 5th Air Fleet
Garrison/HQ	Bihoro, Japan Tinian, Marianas Ruot, Kwajalein Atoll Vunakanau, New Britain Toyohashi, Japan Kanoya, Japan Kokubu, Japan
Aircraft flown	G3M Type 96 "Nell" G4M Type 1 "Betty" P1Y Ginga "Frances" D3A Type 99 "Val" D4Y Suisei "Judy" B6N Tenzan "Jill" B5N Type 97 "Kate" A6M Type 0 "Zeke" C6N Saiun "Myrt"
Engagements	World War II New Guinea campaign Battle of Rennell Island Formosa Air Battle Philippines Campaign Battle of Okinawa
Insignia
Identification symbol	M (1942) R2 (February 1944) 01 or 701 (November 1944)

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
  • 22nd Air Flotilla (1 November 1942–15 March 1943, dissolved.)
• Commanding officers
  • Yutaka Yamada^[1][2] (1 November 1942–15 March 1943, dissolved.)

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
  • Captain Yutaka Yamada (20 February 1944–4 September 1944)
  • Captain Tatsuhiko Kida (5 September 1944–28 May 1945)
  • Captain Yoshio Enoo (29 May 1945–postwar)

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, 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 (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.

Imperial Japanese Navy air units
Air Fleet	1 2 3 5 10 11 12 13 14
Air Flotilla	11 12 13 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 32 51 53 61 62 71 72 101
Combined Air Group	1 2 3 4 11 12 13 14 15 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Air Group	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 31 32 33 35 36 40
Naval Air Group (Numbered name)	121 131 132 133 141 151 153 171 201 202 203 204 205 210 221 251 252 253 254 256 261 263 265 281 301 302 312 321 322 331 332 341 343 345 352 361 381 452 453 501 502 503 521 522 523 524 531 541 551 552 553 582 601 631 634 652 653 701 702 703 705 706 707 721 722 723 724 725 732 751 752 753 755 761 762 763 765 801 802 851 901 902 903 931 932 933 934 936 938 951 952 953 954 955 956 958 1001 1021 1022 1023 1081
Naval Air Group (Place name)	Expeditionary unit Chitose Genzan (I) Kanoya (I) Kisarazu Mihoro Misawa (I) Takao (I) Tainan (I) Tōkō Yokohama Patrol / Defensive unit Chichijima Chinkai Kure Kushimoto Maizuru Okinawa Ōminato Saeki Sasebo Tateyama Toyohashi (I) Yokosuka Practice unit Atsugi Genzan (II) Hakata Kaikō Kanoya (II) Komatsushima Kōnoike Matsushima Miyazaki Nagoya Ōi Ōita Ōmura San'a Seitō Shanhai Shinchiku Sukumo Suzuka Tainan (II) Takao (II) Tokushima Toyohashi (II) Tsuiki (I) Tsukuba Usa Yatabe Basic training unit Amakusa Fukuyama Himeji Hyakurihara Isahaya Iwakuni (I) Izumi 1st Izumi Jinmachi Kan'onji Kashima Kitaura Kobi Kōchi Kokubu 2nd Kōriyama Kōshū 2nd Kōwa 2nd Miho Mineyama 3rd Okazaki Ōryū Ōtsu Pusan Saijō 2nd Takao Takuma Tōkyō Tsuiki (II) Yamato Mechanic training unit Fujisawa Hitoyoshi 2nd Izumi 2nd Kanoya Katori Kōriyama 1st Kōriyama Kōwa 1st Kōwa Kushira Oihama Okazaki 1st Okazaki 2nd Okazaki Sagamino 1st Sagamino 2nd Sagamino Sunosaki 2nd Tainan Tarumi Taura Preparatory flight training unit Fukuoka Iwakuni (II) Kagoshima Kasumigaura Kofuji Komatsu Kōyasan Kurashiki Matsuyama Mie Miho 1st Miho Misawa (II) Nara Nishinomiya Seto Shiga Shimizu Takarazuka Tsuchiura Urado Uwajima
Naval Air Group (Regional name)	Chōsen Chūhi Chūshi Gōhoku Higashikarorin Hitō Hokuhi Hokutai Hokutō Inshi Kantō Kinki Kyūshū Marai Mariana Naikai Nanpi Nanpōshotō Nanseishotō Nantai Nishikarorin Ōu Saikai San'in Taiwan Tōin Tōkai
Flying squadron	Fighter Squadron 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 315 316 317 318 351 401 402 403 407 601 602 603 701 804 812 851 901 902 Attack Squadron 1 3 5 102 103 105 107 161 251 252 253 254 256 262 263 401 405 406 501 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 711 Reconnaissance Squadron 3 4 11 12 61 101 102 301 302
(I) First generation (II) Second generation