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| Location Lat 31° 22' 3N Long 130° 50' 44E Kanoya Airfield is located at Kanoya in Kagoshima Prefecture on Kyūshū in Japan. Construction Built prewar by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) with two runways: Kanoya Airfield to the west and Kanoya East Airfield (Kanoya East) further inland to the east. Wartime History During 1945, Kanoya Airfield was used to launch kamikaze attacks. After taking off from Kanoya Airfield, a total of 829 kamikaze pilots were killed on missions to attack U.S. Navy warships off Japan and Okinawa. On March 21, 1945 at 11:00am two C6N1 Myrts took off from Kanoya Airfield to locate and shadow U.S. Navy (USN) Task Force 58 (TF 58) off Japan. They find the Americans roughly 360 miles south-southeast of Kanoya. In response, the fist Kikusui (Floating Chrysanthemum) kamikaze mission is ordered by Vice Admiral Matome Ugaki using the MXY7 Ohka (Baka). Eighteen G4M2 Bettys including fifteen with Ohka took off from Kanoya Airfield escorted by Zeros. Thirty miles away, all eighteen Bettys were shot down before they could launch their Ohka. In total, the operation costs 137 air crew and all 15 Ohka pilots. Japanese units based at Kanoya 19th Dokuritsu Chutai (Ki-46) 1945 American missions agaisnt Kanoya April 8, 1945–August 12, 1945 In total, 829 kamikaze pilots were killed on missions to attack U.S. Navy warships off Japan and Okinawa. Today Still in use today as Kanoya Air Base used by the Japan Self Defense Force (JSDF) with two runways. The first is oriented 26L/08R measures 7,382' x 148' surfaced with concrete. The second is oriented 26R/08L measures 3,937' x 131' surfaced with concrete. Airport code: ICAO: RJFY. Kanoya Museum (Kanoya Naval Air Base Museum) Museum located at the airbase Contribute
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