World War II Armed Forces – Orders of Battle and Organizations

Last Updated 24.04.2005

Imperial Japanese Navy In cooperation with Jeff Donahoo Commanders of Naval Air Groups

The format is Japanese style: rank; last name, first name; (Eta Jima class, if known); day.month.year of command and assignment. Commanders marked with * are known to have died.

 

Bihoro Naval Air Group       • Capt Kondo Katsuji (46) 11.41 – 3.42 Chichi Jima Naval Air Group       • Cdr Takahashi Nobukichi (47) 2.42 – 8.42       • Capt Kamo Yuhao (48) 8.42 – 10.43 Chitose Naval Air Group    becomes 201 Naval Air Group 12.42    disbanded 12.42 Chosen Naval Air Group       • R.Adm Kondo Katsuji (46) 6.45 – 9.45 Genzen Naval Air Group    becomes 252 Naval Air Group 9.42       • Capt Yanagimura Yoshitane (49) 9.42 – 2.44       • Capt Furukawa Kiyonami (45) 8.44 – 10.44 Hakata Naval Air Group       • Capt Hattori Katsuji (44) 11.41 – 11.42       • Capt Furukawa Tamotsu (43) 11.42 – 9.43 Hyakurihara Naval Air Group       • Capt Sakata Yoshito (46) 1.43 – 7.43       • Capt Inoue Samaji (44) 2.44 – 7.44       • Capt Takatsugu Konichi (44) 7.44 – 5.45 Iwakuni Naval Air Group       • Capt Minobe Sasakatsu (42) 11.41 – 9.42       • Capt Minato Keijo (44) 3.43 – 11.43 Iwojima Naval Air Group       • Capt Inoue Samaji (44) 7.44 – 3.45 Izimi Naval Air Group       • Capt Minobe Sasakatsu (42) 4.43 – 8.43 Kamatsushima Naval Air Group       • Capt Kose Takasue (42) 11.41 – 5.43 Kanoya Naval Air Group    becomes 253 Naval Air Group 11.42    disbanded 7.44       • Capt Fujiyoshi Naoshiro (44) 11.41 – 4.42       • Capt Kondo Katsuji (46) 4.42 – 11.42xxxx       • Capt Odawara Toshiko (48) 9.42 – 10.42       • Capt Takatsugu Konichi (44) 10.42 – 1.44 Kashima Naval Air Group       • Capt Yamada Michiyuki (42) 11.41 – 11.42       • Capt Araki Keikichi (45) 11.42 – 3.43 Kasumigura Naval Air Group       • Capt Senda Sadatoshi (40) 11.41 – 11.42       • Capt Yamada Michiyuki (42) 11.42 – 1.43       • Capt Ito Yoshiaki (43) 1.43 – 8.43       • R.Adm Miki Morihiko (40) 8.43 – 2.44       • R.Adm Furukawa Tamotsu (43) 2.44 – 9.44 Kisarazu Naval Air Group       • Capt Asakira Kuni (49) 11.41 – 3.42xxxxxxx       • Capt Awanohara Hitoshi (50) 11.41 – 4.42xxxxx       • Capt Fujiyoshi Naoshiro (44) 4.42 – 10.42 Kitakura Naval Air Group       • Capt Hosoya Sukeyoshi (49) 4.45 – 5.45 Kochi Naval Air Group       • *Capt Kato Hideyoshi (48) 7.44 – 8.45 Kofuji Naval Air Group       • *Capt Higuchi Ko (40) 5.44 – 10.44 Kure Naval Air Group       • Capt Shinoda Taraahachi (44) 5.43 – 5.44 Kyushu Naval Air Group       • R.Adm Yamanori Kamenosuke (45) 3.45 – 9.45 Malaya Naval Air Group       • Capt Shinoda Taraahachi (44) 10.44 – 9.45 Mariana Naval Air Group       • *Capt Kamei Yoshio (46) 7.44 – 8.44 Matsushima Naval Air Group       • Capt Sakata Yoshito (46) 10.44 – 3.45 Mie Naval Air Group       • Capt Kose Takasue (42) 5.43 – 2.44 Nagoya Naval Air Group       • Capt Takeda Rokukichi (36) 4.42 – 5.42 Oi Naval Air Group       • Capt Matsuoka Tomoyuki (42) 4.42 – 11.42       • Capt Miyoshi Hisashi (45) 11.42 – 5.44 Okinawa Naval Air Group       • Capt Hanada Jiro (47) 4.44 – 12.44 Omura Naval Air Group       • Capt Inoue Samaji (44) 11.41 – 2.42 Orita Naval Air Group       • Capt Miyoshi Hisashi (45) 11.41 – 11.42       • Capt Kondo Katsuji (46) 11.42 – 10.43 Philippine Naval Air Group       • R.Adm Kose Takasue (42) 7.44 – 9.45 Saiki Naval Air Group       • Capt Nagai Mitsuru (45) 12.43 – 7.44       • Capt Umetani Karou (46) 7.44 – 1.45 Sasebo Naval Air Group       • Capt Miyazaki Shigetoshi (46) 11.41 – 4.42 Suzuka Naval Air Group       • Capt Ando Shigeki (43) 8.42 – 9.42       • Capt Fujiyoshi Naoshiro (44) 10.42 – 2.44       • R.Adm Hattori Katsuji (44) 2.44 – 7.44 Tainian Naval Air Group    becomes 251 Naval Air Group 11.42    disbanded 7.44       • CaptHiguchi Ko (40) 11.41 – 9.42       • R.Adm Miki Morihiko (40) 5.44 – 7.44 Taiwan Naval Air Group       • Capt Sakata Yoshito (46) 7.44 – 8.44 Takao Naval Air Group       • Capt Ito Yoshiaki (43) 11.41 – 3.42       • Capt Asakira Kuni (49) 5.42 – 10.42       • Capt Inoue Samaji (44) 10.42 – 2.44 Takuma Naval Air Group       • Capt Araki Keikichi (45) 8.44 – 5.45       • *Capt Hosoya Sukeyoshi (49) 5.45 Tateyama Naval Air Group       • Capt Kikuchi Tomozo (45) 11.41 – 3.42       • Capt Ando Shigeki (43) 3.42 – 8.42       • Capt Takahashi Nobukichi (47) 10.43 – 6.44 Toko Naval Air Group       • Capt Miura Kanzo (47) 11.41 – 11.42 Tokushima Naval Air Group       • Capt Konishi Seizo (46) 4.42 – 12.42       • Capt Takahashi Nobukichi (47) 7.43 – 10.43 Tschiura Naval Air Group       • Capt Aoki Taijiro (41) 11.41 – 3.42       • Capt Hasagawa Kiichi (42) 3.42 – 11.42       • R.Adm Matsuoka Tomoyuki (42) 11.42 – 3.43       • Capt Araki Keikichi (45) 3.43 – 8.44       • R.Adm Fujiyoshi Naoshiro (44) 6.45 – 9.45 Tsukuba Naval Air Group       • Capt Nomoto Tameki (44) 11.41 – 6.42       • Capt Yokokawa Ichibei (43) 6.42 – 12.42       • Capt Takatsugu Konichi (44) 3.44 – 5.45 Urato Naval Air Group       • R.Adm Beppu Arimoto (38) 11.44 – 3.45 Usa Naval Air Group       • Capt Matsuoka Tomoyuki (42) 11.41 – 4.42       • Capt Ito Yoshiaki (43) 4.42 – 1.43       • Capt Miura Kanzo (47) 1.43 – 4.43 Utsumi Naval Air Group       • R.Adm Araki Keikichi (45) 5.45 – 9.45 Yatabe Naval Air Group       • Capt Matsubara Masata (36) 2.43 – 4.43       • R.Adm Miki Morihiko (40) 11.43 – 2.44       • Capt Umetani Karou (46) 1.45 – 5.45 Yokohoma Naval Air Group       • Capt Yokoi Toshiyuki (46) 11.41 – 5.42       • Capt Miyazaki Shigetoshi (46) 4.42 – 8.42 Yokosuka Naval Air Group       • Capt Arima Masafumi (43) 11.41 – 5.42       • R.Adm Kusaka Ryunosuke (41) 11.42 – 11.43       • R.Adm Yamada Sasyoshi (42) 12.43 – 3.44       • R.Adm Kira Shunichi (40) 3.44 – 7.44       • R.Adm Hattori Katsuji (44) 7.44 – 9.44       • Capt Kato Tadao (45) 7.44 – 3.45

1 Naval Air Group       • Capt Inoue Samaji (44) 2.42 – 9.42       • Cdr Sonoyama Hitoshi (49) 9.42 – 11.42 2 Naval Air Group    activated 5.42    becomes 582 Naval Air Group    disbanded 7.43 3 Naval Air Group    becomes 202 Naval Air Group 11.42    disbanded 7.44       • Capt Kamei Yoshio (46) 11.41 – 8.42       • Capt Umetani Karou (46) 8.42 – 10.42 4 Naval Air Group    activated 2.42    disbanded 4.42 5 Naval Air Group       • Cdr Takahashi Nobukichi (47) 8.42 – 11.42 6 Naval Air Group    activated 4.42    becomes 204 Naval Air Group 11.42    disbanded 4.44       • Capt Sugimoto Ushie (44) 3.43 – 9.43 7 Naval Air Group 8 Naval Air Group 11 Naval Air Group       • Capt Takahashi Nobukichi (47) 12.44 – 4.45 12 Naval Air Group 13 Naval Air Group       • Capt Miyoshi Hisashi (45) 5.44 – 5.45 14 Naval Air Group 15 Naval Air Group 18 Naval Air Group       • Cdr Takahashi Nobukichi (47) 11.41 – 2.42 19 Naval Air Group       • Cdr Sonoyama Hitoshi (49) 4.42 – 9.42 21 Naval Air Group 31 Naval Air Group       • Capt Takeda Rokukichi (36) 9.44 – 9.45 32 Naval Air Group       • Capt Kose Takasue (42) 3.44 – 7.44 33 Naval Air Group 35 Naval Air Group 36 Naval Air Group 40 Naval Air Group 102 Naval Air Group       • *Capt Awanohara Hitoshi (50) 1.44 – 8.44 121 Naval Air Group 131 Naval Air Group    activated 7.44    disbanded 9.45 132 Naval Air Group 153 Naval Air Group    activated 1.44    disbanded 9.45       • Capt Takahashi Nobukichi (47) 7.44 – 11.44 201 Naval Air Group    See Chitose NAG 202 Naval Air Group    See 3 NAG 203 Naval Air Group    activated 2.44    disbanded 9.45 204 Naval Air Group    See 6 NAG 205 Naval Air Group    activated 2.45    disbanded 9.45 210 Naval Air Group    activated 9.44    disbanded 9.45 221 Naval Air Group    activated 1.44    disbanded 1.45 251 Naval Air Group    See Tainian NAG 252 Naval Air Group    See Genzen NAG 253 Naval Air Group    See Kanoya NAG 254 Naval Air Group    activated 10.43    disbanded 1.45 256 Naval Air Group    activated 2.44    disbanded 12.44 261 Naval Air Group    activated 6.43    disbanded 7.44 263 Naval Air Group    activated 10.43    disbanded 7.44 265 Naval Air Group    activated 11.43    disbanded 7.44 281 Naval Air Group (CenPac Fleet)    activated 2.43    disbanded 2.44 301 Naval Air Group    activated 11.43    disbanded 7.44 302 Naval Air Group    activated 3.44    deactivated 9.45 321 Naval Air Group    activated 10.43    disbanded 7.44 331 Naval Air Group    activated 7.43    disbanded 5.44 332 Naval Air Group    activated 8.44    disbanded 9.45 341 Naval Air Group    activated 11.43    disbanded 1.45 343 Naval Air Group    activated 1.44    disbanded 7.44    reactivated 12.44    disbanded 9.45       • Capt Genda Minoru 12.44 – 352 Naval Air Group    activated 8.44    disbanded 9.45 381 Naval Air Group    activated 10.43    disbanded 9.45       • Capt Kondo Katsuji (46) 10.43 – 10.44 452 Naval Air Group       • Capt Takahashi Nobukichi (47) 11.42 – 7.43 453 Naval Air Group 501 Naval Air Group       • Capt Sakata Yoshito (46) 7.43 – 7.44 503 Naval Air Group 521 Naval Air Group       • Capt Kamei Yoshio (46) 3.44 – 7.44 541 Naval Air Group 553 Naval Air Group       • Capt Takatsugu Konichi (44) 2.44 – 3.44 582 Naval Air Group    See 2 NAG 601 Naval Air Group 634 Naval Air Group 652 Naval Air Group 653 Naval Air Group 705 Naval Air Group       • Capt Konishi Seizo (46) 12.42 – 7.43       • Capt Shinoda Taraahachi (44) 5.44 – 10.44 721 Naval Air Group    activated 10.44       • disbanded 9.45 751 Naval Air Group       • Capt Odawara Toshiko (48) 10.42 – 3.43 752 Naval Air Group       • Capt Sonoyama Hitoshi (49) 11.42 – 2.44 753 Naval Air Group       • Capt Umetani Karou (46) 10.42 – 7.44 762 Naval Air Group 801 Naval Air Group 802 Naval Air Group       • *Capt Kamo Yuhao (48) 10.43 – 2.44 901 Naval Air Group       • R.Adm Horiuchi Shigetada (46) 1.45 – 9.45 902 Naval Air Group 903 Naval Air Group       • R.Adm Nomoto Tameki (44) 12.44 – 9.45 931 Naval Air Group 932 Naval Air Group 934 Naval Air Group    activated 11.42    deactivated 3.44 936 Naval Air Group       • Capt Konishi Seizo (46) 7.43 – 9.44 938 Naval Air Group 951 Naval Air Group       • R.Adm Furukawa Kiyonami (45) 10.44 – 7.45 954 Naval Air Group       • Capt Takeda Rokukichi (36) 9.43 – 12.43 955 Naval Air Group