601st Naval Air Group

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Country Empire of Japan Branch Imperial Japanese Navy		Allegiance Empire of Japan Type Naval aviation unit

Active February 15, 1944 – postwar. Role Fighter, interceptor fighter, bomber, torpedo bomber, reconnaissance

The 601st Naval Air Group (第六〇一海軍航空隊, Dai Roku-Maru-Hito Kaigun Kōkūtai) was a carrier air group (later converted to airbase garrison unit) of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the Pacific campaign of World War II.

Structure

Higher unit

3rd Fleet (15 February 1944–9 July 1944)

1st Carrier Division (10 July 1944–9 February 1945)

3rd Air Fleet (10 February 1945–postwar.)

Lower unit

161st Fighter Squadron (10 July 1944–15 November 1944)

162nd Fighter Squadron (10 July 1944–15 November 1944)

308th Fighter Squadron (20 February 1945–postwar.)

310th Fighter Squadron (20 February 1945–postwar.)

402nd Fighter Squadron (5 March 1945–20 April 1945)

1st Attack Squadron (20 February 1945–postwar.)

161st Attack Squadron (10 July 1944–15 November 1944)

254th Attack Squadron (20 February 1945–5 March 1945)

262nd Attack Squadron (10 July 1944–14 November 1944)

61st Reconnaissance Squadron (10 July 1944–15 November 1944)

Commanding officers

Commander Toshiie Irisa (15 February 1944–KIA 19 June 1944, posthumously promoted to Rear-Admiral on same day.)

Vacant post (20 June 1944–9 July 1944)

Captain Shōichi Suzuki (10 July 1944–14 February 1945)

Captain Toshikazu Sugiyama (15 February 1945–postwar.)

References

601st Naval Air Group Wikipedia

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