701st Naval Air Group

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

Active November 1, 1942 – March 15, 1943February 20, 1944 – postwar. Role Until 15 March 1943Bomber, torpedo bomberAnd after 20 February 1944Fighter, bomber, torpedo bomber, reconnaissance

The 701st Naval Air Group (第七〇一海軍航空隊, Dai Nana-Maru-Hito Kaigun Kōkūtai) was an aircraft and airbase garrison unit of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the Pacific campaign of World War II.

Structure

Higher unit

22nd Air Flotilla (1 November 1942–15 March 1943, dissolved.)

Commanding officers

Yutaka Yamada (1 November 1942–15 March 1943, dissolved.)

Higher unit

51st Carrier Division (20 February 1944–14 November 1944)

25th Air Flotilla (15 November 1944–9 February 1945)

5th Air Fleet (10 February 1945–postwar)

Lower unit

305th Fighter Squadron (20 March 1945–5 May 1945)

311th Fighter Squadron (5 March 1945–24 May 1945)

5th Attack Squadron (5 January 1945–9 February 1945)

102nd Attack Squadron (1 October 1944–9 December 1944)

103rd Attack Squadron (1 October 1944–postwar.)

105th Attack Squadron (10 February 1945–postwar.)

251st Attack Squadron (10 February 1945–19 April 1945)

252nd Attack Squadron (1 October 1944–14 December 1944)

256th Attack Squadron (1 January 1945–9 February 1945)

406th Attack Squadron (25 January 1945–9 February 1945)

702nd Attack Squadron (1 April 1944–9 October 1944)

3rd Reconnaissance Squadron (15 November 1944–9 February 1945)

Commanding officers

Captain Yutaka Yamada (20 February 1944–4 September 1944)

Captain Tatsuhiko Kida (5 September 1944–28 May 1945)

Captain Yoshio Enoo (29 May 1945–postwar)

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