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634th Naval Air Group

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Active
  
May 1, 1944 – postwar.

Allegiance
  
Empire of Japan

Type
  
Naval aviation unit

Country
  
Empire of Japan

Branch
  
Imperial Japanese Navy

Role
  
Bomber, reconnaissance


The 634th Naval Air Group (第六三四海軍航空隊, Dai Roku-San-Yon 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
  • 4th Carrier Division (1 May 1944–14 November 1944)
  • 2nd Air Fleet (15 November 1944–7 January 1945)
  • 1st Air Fleet (8 January 1945–24 May 1945)
  • 5th Air Fleet (25 May 1945–2 August 1945)
  • 32nd Air Flotilla (3 August 1945–postwar)
  • Lower unit
  • 163rd Fighter Squadron (1 August 1944–14 November 1944)
  • 167th Fighter Squadron (15 August 1944–14 November 1944)
  • 301st Reconnaissance Squadron (1 January 1945–postwar)
  • 302nd Reconnaissance Squadron (1 July 1945–postwar)
  • Commanding officers
  • Captain Takahisa Amaya (1 May 1944–14 November 1944)
  • Commander Haruo Emura (15 November 1944–2 August 1945)
  • Captain Kōrokurō Tatsumi (3 August 1945–postwar)

    • References

    634th Naval Air Group Wikipedia
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