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30th Sentai
31st Sentai
32nd Sentai
33rd Sentai
34th Sentai
35th Sentai
36th Sentai
37th Sentai
38th Sentai
39th Sentai
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40th Sentai
41st Sentai
42nd Sentai
43rd Sentai
44th Sentai
45th Sentai
46th Sentai
47th Sentai
48th Sentai
49th Sentai |
50th Sentai
51th Sentai
52th Sentai
53th Sentai
54th Sentai
55th Sentai
56th Sentai
57th Sentai
58th Sentai
59th Sentai
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60th Sentai
61th Sentai
62th Sentai
63th Sentai
64th Sentai
65th Sentai
66th Sentai
67th Sentai
68th Sentai
69th Sentai |
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208th Sentai
246th Sentai
248th Sentai |
Independent
Squadrons
20th Dokuritsu
Hiko Chutai
70th Dokuritsu
Hiko Chutai
7th Flying Unit |
Japanese Army Air Force (JAAF)
Koku Gun (Air Force)
Hiko Shudan (Air Corps)
Hiko Shindan (Air Division)
Hiko Dan (Air Brigade)
Hiko Sentai (Air Regiment) / Hiko Rentai (Air Regiment)
Hiko Daitai (Air Battalion)
Dokuritsu Hiko Chutai (Independent Company)
Chutai (Company)
Shotai (Flight)
4th Sentani
Established |
Aircraft |
Areas of Operation |
July, 1938 |
Ki-10
Ki-27
Ki-45 |
Formosa, Japan |
Unit dispanded at the end of the war at Ozuki Air Base, Yamaguchi
Prefecture, Japan
5th Sentani
Established |
Aircraft |
Areas of Operation |
August 31, 1938 |
Ki-10
Ki-27
Ki-45
Ki-100
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East Indies, Western New Guinea,
Japan |
Unit dispanded at the end of the war at Kiyosu, South-East of Nagoya,
Japan
7th Sentani
Established |
Aircraft |
Areas of Operation |
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Ki--49 |
New Guinea |
Part of the 9th FB (along with 61st Sentai) the only Type 100 HB units in the SE Area. Other units with
the type were transport units. 7th was withdrawn in early 1944 and replaced by a Type 97 HB unit (60th Sentai).
9th Sentani
Established |
Aircraft |
Areas of Operation |
July 1, 1938
in China |
Ki-10
Ki-27
Ki-44
Ki-84
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Manchuri (Nomonhan), China |
Unit dispanded at the end of the war at Nanking, China. Flew against
B-29's.
11th Hiko Sentai (11th Flying Regiment)
13th Sentani
Established |
Aircraft |
Areas of Operation |
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Ki-45
Ki-43
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Burma
Rabaul (Rapopo)
Kamiri (April 1944) |
Started as a Type 2 two-seat
fighter (Ki 45) but lost all its fighters by September 1943. It took over some
Ki-43s from departing units (1st Sentai), then converted to Ki 43-II. It apparently
remained (technically) a Ki-45 unit until early 1944 and had a few on strength
from time to time. They fought at Wewak with Ki-43s until late Nov 1943 then withdrew through Wadke to the NEI. They again received some heavy fighters but by the time they moved to Kamiri in April 44 they had officially become a Type 1 fighter unit.
14th Hiko Sentai (14th Flying Regiment)
24th Hiko Sentai (24th Flying Regiment)
26th Sentani
Established |
Aircraft |
Areas of Operation |
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Ki-51
Ki-43
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Flew only Type 99 Assault (Ki 51) in New Guinea. The third chutai
with fighters never came to the SE area.
27th Sentani
Established |
Aircraft |
Areas of Operation |
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Ki-45
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Philippines |
Ki-45 Nick
29th Sentani
Established |
Aircraft |
Areas of Operation |
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Ki-44
Ki-84
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Clark Field
Murphy Field |
Later served based at Murphy Field in the Manila area flying Ki-44 and Ki-84.
45th Sentai
52nd Sentai
Ki-84 Frank
Osaka April-May '44
Ashiya, Kyushu, May-September '44
Del Carmen, September-October '44
Saravia, October-November '44
Del Carmen November '44
Shimodate December '44 - MArch '45
Itami March '45
Kakogawa March-April '45
Shimodate April-July '45
Chofu July-end of war '45
59th Sentai
60th Sentani
Established |
Aircraft |
Areas of Operation |
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Ki-21
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Flew Ki-21 Sally based at Galela in April 1944., along with 33rd and 77th Sentai
61st Sentani
Established |
Aircraft |
Areas of Operation |
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Ki-21
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Part of the 9th FB (along with 7th Sentai) Previously flew Ki-21, based in Celebes. Was the first unit to take
the Type 100 HB into combat (Darwin 6/20/43) and transferred to New Guinea
in Jul-Aug 43. It was joined there by the 7th Sentai. Together they formed the 9th FB. The 7th was
withdrawn in early 1944 and replaced by the 60th Sentai.
7th and 61st were the only Type 100 HB units in the SE Area.
Other units with the type were transport units. Decimated in New Guinea,
reformed in Japan with Ki-67 in May 1945.
63rd Sentani
68th Sentani
72th Sentani
Established |
Aircraft |
Areas of Operation |
May 30, 1944 |
Ki-43 |
Philippines |
Organized on May 30, 1944 and advanced to the Philippines in December 1944. By January 1945 the unit had lost all of its planes and was disbanded in the Philippines on January 16, 1945. Reference: Akimoto via Jim Long
74th Sentani
Established |
Aircraft |
Areas of Operation |
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Philippines |
???
77th Sentani
Established |
Aircraft |
Areas of Operation |
July 27, 1938
Nanking, China |
Ki-10
Ki-27
Ki-43 |
China, Thailand, Burma, East Indies, New Guinea
(Hollandia & Wewak) |
Organized in July 1937 from the 4th Hiko Rentai as the 8th Hiko
Daitai. In July 1938 reorganized as the 77th Hiko Sentai with 2 Chutais. Was
in Nothern Burma till Feb.44 and then transferred to Hollandia (Feb-apr.'44)
and Wewak (March'44). In New Guinea 9 recorded victories, no known surviving
pilots.
Commanding officers in New Guinea:
Maj.Kunio Matsumoto from Oct 43 - April 44 (KIA)
Maj. Shigetoshi Inoue from April to August '44.
One of their top aces was Capt.Yoshiro Kuwabara, the 3rd Chutai leader with
12 victories. he shot down a P-47 on the 11th of March but went missing on the
14th.
Unit was destroyed by the USAAF, not a single pilot survived the war. On July, 25th the unit was disbanded.
78th Sentani
208th Hiko Sentai (208th Flying Regiment)
246th Sentani
Established |
Aircraft |
Areas of Operation |
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Ki-44 |
Philippines |
20th Dokuritsu Hiko Chutai (20th Independent Squadron)
Established |
Aircraft |
Areas of Operation |
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Ki-27 |
Philippines |
20th Independent Squadron flew Ki-21 Sallys in the transport and liason role at Hollandia. They probably had no a/c based there but may have still flown liaison missions there. However, there may other possibilities. A key here is the fact that the Chief of Staff of Yo Force (6th Flying Division) flew into Hollandia on the evening of the 20th (this from a captured diary of a Lt. Col. Onada). He may have flown in transport attached to 6th FD HQ or one of the units just mentioned. While other possibilities cannot be ruled out, it seems most likely the a/c destroyed was a transport that had flown in the evening of the 20th and was most probably from one of the resident units or 6th FD HQ. Just surmise, however.
70th Dokuritsu Hiko Chutai (70th Independent Squadron)
7th Flying Unit
Established |
Aircraft |
Areas of Operation |
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Ki-27 |
Philippines |
References
Thanks to Richard Dunn for additional information.
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