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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