25th Air Flotilla
| 25th Air Flotilla | |
|---|---|
Sadayoshi Yamada |
The 25th Air Flotilla (第二五航空戦隊,, Dai Nijūgo Kōkū Sentai, "Nijūgo Kōsen") was a combat aviation unit of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJNAS) during the Pacific Campaign of World War II.
History
The 25th Air Flotilla, mainly consisting of land-based bombers, fighters, and reconnaissance aircraft, reported to the
Organization
| Date | Higher unit | Aviation units and vessels |
|---|---|---|
| 1 April 1942 (original) | 11th Air Fleet |
4th Air Group[N 1], Tainan Air Group[N 2], Yokohama Air Group[N 3], MV Mogamigawa Maru |
| 29 April 1942 | 4th Air Group, Tainan Air Group, Yokohama Air Group, Seaplane tender Akitsushima, MV Mogamigawa Maru | |
| 7 August 1942 | 4th Air Group, Tainan Air Group, 2nd Air Group, Yokohama Air Group (detachment), 14th Air Group (detachment)[5] | |
| 12 September 1942 | 4th Air Group, Tainan Air Group, 2nd Air Group, Toko Air Group, Yokohama Air Group (detachment)[6] | |
| 10 October 1942 | Tainan Air Group, 2nd Air Group, 3rd Air Group (detachment), 751st Air Group (ex-Kanoya fighter unit), Toko Air Group, 14th Air Group (detachment)[7] | |
| 1 November 1942 | 251st Air Group, 702nd Air Group, 801st Air Group
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| 18 May 1943 | 251st Air Group, 702nd Air Group | |
| 1 July 1943 | 251st Air Group, 501st Air Group[N 4], 702nd Air Group | |
| 1 September 1943 | 251st Air Group, 253rd Air Group[N 5], 702nd Air Group, 705th Air Group[N 6], 751st Air Group[N 7] | |
| 1 December 1943 | 251st Air Group, 253rd Air Group, 751st Air Group | |
| 1 February 1944 | 251st Air Group, 582nd Air Group[N 8], 751st Air Group | |
| 5 May 1944 | dissolved | |
| 10 July 1944 | 2nd Air Fleet |
Nansei-Shotō Air Group[N 9] |
| 15 November 1944 | 203rd Air Group[N 10], 701st Air Group[N 11], Nansei-Shotō Air Group | |
| 15 December 1944 | 3rd Air Fleet |
203rd Air Group, 701st Air Group |
| 10 February 1945 | dissolved | |
Commanding officers
| Rank | Name | Date | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rear-Admiral |
Sadayoshi Yamada |
1 April 1942 | |
| 2 | Rear-Admiral | Keizō Ueno | 17 November 1942 | |
| x | dissolved | 5 May 1944 | ||
| 3 | Captain / Rear-Admiral | Tomozō Kikuchi | 10 July 1944 | Rear-Admiral on 15 October 1944. |
| 4 | Captain | Toshiyuki Yokoi | 24 October 1944 | |
| x | dissolved | 10 February 1945 |
Notes
- ^ Attack bomber unit. Renamed 702nd Air Group on 1 November 1942.
- ^ Fighter unit. Renamed 251st Air Group on 1 November 1942.
- ^ Flying boat unit. Renamed 801st Air Group on 1 November 1942.
- ^ Combined fighter- and dive bomber unit.
- ^ Fighter unit.
- ^ Attack bomber unit. Before the Misawa Air Group, until 31 October 1942.
- ^ Attack bomber unit. Before the Kanoya Air Group, until 31 October 1942.
- ^ Dive bomber unit. Before the 2nd Air Group, until 31 October 1942.
- ^ Air base guards unit.
- ^ Fighter unit. Before that known as the Atsugi Air Group, until 19 February 1944.
- ^ Attack bomber unit. Before that known as the Toyohashi Air Group, until 19 February 1944.
References
- ^ Lundstrom 2005a.
- ^ Lundstrom 2005b.
- ^ Tagaya 2001.
- ^ Hata, Izawa & Shores 2011.
- ^ Lundstrom 2005, pp. 42–43.
- ^ Lundstrom 2005, pp. 189–191.
- ^ Lundstrom 2005, pp. 294–295.
Sources
- Japanese army operations in the South Pacific Area New Britain and Papua campaigns, 1942–43. ISBN 978-0-9751904-8-7.
- Hata, Ikuhiko; Izawa, Yasuho (1989) [1975]. Japanese Naval Aces and Fighter Units in World War II. Translated by Don Cyril Gorham. ISBN 0-87021-315-6.
- Hata, Ikuhiko; Izawa, Yasuho; Shores, Christopher (2011). Japanese Naval Air. London, UK: Grub Street. ISBN 9781906502843.
- Lundstrom, John B. (2005b). Black Shoe Carrier Admiral: Frank Jack Fletcher at Coral Sea, Midway, and Guadalcanal. Annapolis, MD: US Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-475-2.
- Lundstrom, John B. (2005a). First Team and the Guadalcanal Campaign: Naval Fighter Combat from August to November 1942 (New ed.). Annapolis, MD: US Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-472-8.
- Lundstrom, John B. (2005). The First Team: Pacific Naval Air Combat from Pearl Harbor to Midway (New ed.). Annapolis, MD: US Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-471-X.
- Tagaya, Osamu (2001). Mitsubishi Type 1 "Rikko" 'Betty' Units of World War 2. Botley, Oxfordshire, UK: Osprey. ISBN 978-1-84176-082-7.
- Monthly "The Maru" series, and "The Maru Special" series, "Ushio Shobō". (Japan)
- "Ships of the World" series, "Kaijinsha". (Japan)
- "Famous Airplanes of the World" series and "Monthly Kōku Fan" series, Bunrindō (Japan)