The 26th Air Flotilla (第二六航空戦隊, Dai Nijūroku Kōkū Sentai) was a combat aviation unit of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJNAS) during the Pacific...
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(Rengō Kantai). When created on 10 April 1941, it had three kōkū sentai (air flotillas; in the case of aircraft carriers, carrier divisions): On that date...
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Commander of 11th Navy Air Fleet Masafumi Arima: Commander of the 26th Air Flotilla Shigeyoshi Inouye: Commander of Fourth Navy Fleet Gunichi Mikawa:...
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a combat command on 9 April 1944, and was assigned the 26th Air Flotilla, based at Clark Air Base, on Luzon, in the Philippines. After the Battle of...
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addressed to the commanders of Base Unit No. 1, the 11th Air Flotilla, and the 26th Air Flotilla, was encoded in the Japanese Naval Cipher JN-25D, and was...
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at the same as air raids were being conducted on the Palau Islands. There were however no aircraft based yet as the 26th Air Flotilla were to based at...
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Kamikaze (redirect from Special Air Attack Group)
aircraft. Rear Admiral Masafumi Arima, the commander of the 26th Air Flotilla (part of the 11th Air Fleet), is sometimes credited with inventing the kamikaze...
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6th Air Attack Force (also called the 26th Air Flotilla) under Vice Admiral Seigo Yamagata from Tinian with 27 Type 1 bombers joined the 5th Air Attack...
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Guadalcanal campaign (section Air battles over Henderson Field and strengthening of the Lunga defenses)
The Japanese aircraft assigned to Guadalcanal were to come from the 26th Air Flotilla, then located at bases in the Central Pacific (Bullard, p. 127) See...
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unit was dispatched to Rabaul on New Britain and was assigned to 26th Air Flotilla. First, Lieutenant Hiromi Ikeda (group's Buntaichō) brought nine G4M...
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The 11th Air Fleet (第十一航空艦隊, Dai-Jūichi Kōkū Kantai) was a grouping of naval aviation and surface units. L, Klemen (1999–2000). "Vice-Admiral Nishio Tsukahara"...
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1937) 1st Combined Air Group (11 July 1937–14 January 1940) Yokosuka Naval District (15 January 1940–31 March 1942) 26th Air Flotilla (1 April 1942–1 December...
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The attack group, including 29 land bombers and 12 Zeros from the 26th Air Flotilla in addition to the Kaga fighters, flew east for 600 nmi (1,100 km;...
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tender Kōkūtai List of Air Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy List of Imperial Japanese Navy carrier division and air flotilla List of Imperial Japanese...
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This is a List of squadrons and flotillas of the Royal Navy. 1st Aircraft Carrier Squadron – British Pacific Fleet, East Indies Fleet (1945–1947) 2nd...
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Operation Hailstone (section Air attacks)
daybreak on 17 February 1944. No Japanese air patrol was active at the time, as the IJN's 22nd and 26th Air Flotillas were enjoying shore leave after weeks...
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Kokutai at Kisarazu Air Base. Yanagiya arrived at Rabaul on October 7, 1942, as a member of 6th Kokutai, which was under the 26th Air Flotilla in the South East...
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the 11 "Wildcat" (F4F) pilots lost when elements of the Japanese 26th Air Flotilla opposed the Guadalcanal invasion force on 7 August. Through the efforts...
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The 6th Air Group (第六航空隊, Dai-roku Kōkūtai) was a unit of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJNAS) during the Pacific War that was involved in Battle...
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Serbian Army (section Air-defence)
Rocket Launcher Artillery Battalion (Valjevo) 25th Air-defence Artillery Battalion (Kraljevo) 26th Tank Battalion (Kraljevo) 27th Mechanized Battalion...
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however, and the 26th Destroyer Flotilla, under Captain Manley Power, steamed to intercept. The flotilla was made up of HMS Saumarez (flotilla leader) and...
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Operation Jubilee order of battle (section Air forces)
1st SGB Flotilla. 20 Motor Launches The Allied air forces were under the command of Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory. The Deputy Senior Air Staff...
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Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service disposed of an increasing number of "air fleets" - airborne combat units attached to the Navy. The 1st Air Fleet was the primary...
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Commander-in-Chief, Channel. One of his chief accomplishments was leading the 26th Destroyer Flotilla into the Malacca Strait during Operation Dukedom to sink the Japanese...
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25th Army. 35th Army 9th Air Army Chuguevsk Operational Group. Amur River Flotilla. Transbaikal Front included the 12th Air Army. In the Soviet invasion...
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List of Polish People's Army units (section Air Force)
Babie Doły 4th Air Defense Surface-to-Air Missile Brigade - Gdynia 26th Air Defense Surface-to-Air Missile Brigade - Gryfice 2nd Air Defense Radiotechnical...
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Bomber Aviation Division Dnieper Flotilla 1st River Ship Brigade (parts) Order of battle for the Battle of Berlin Soviet Air Forces order of battle 1 May...
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exercises. In September 1965 she was transferred to the 26th Escort Squadron when the 3rd Frigate Flotilla disbanded, but remained stationed at Singapore, periodically...
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Bombardment Squadron 4th Reconnaissance Squadron 17th Air Base Command 11th Bombardment Group 26th Bombardment Squadron 42d Bombardment Squadron 50th Reconnaissance...
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Newcastle from November to January 1945, prior to joining the 26th Destroyer Flotilla, British East Indies Fleet. Early in January 1945, Saumarez left...
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