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'Greater Japan Empire Army Air Corps') was the aviation force of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA). Its primary mission was to provide tactical close air support for ground forces, as well as a limited air interdiction capability.
Trainer aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II were frequently modified from operational aircraft and differentiated by the suffix letter "K". Japanese training aircraft were red-orange where combat aircraft would have been camouflaged.
7th Air Squadron (Japan) ja:飛行第7戦隊 (日本軍) 1 May 1925: 1945-Hamamatsu (Shizuoka) - Itami (Hyogo) 8th Air Squadron (Japan) ja:飛行第8戦隊 (日本軍) 1 May 1925: 1945-Pingtung City, Taiwan 9th Air Squadron (Japan) ja:飛行第9戦隊 (日本軍) 1 December 1935: 1945-Nining, Korea - Nanjing, Jiangsu province 10th Air Squadron ...
Japanese names are used here; World War II Allied reporting names are mentioned where available. The prefix "Ki" in this list is an abbreviation of "Kitai", meaning "airframe", and was used only by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force. "Ki" should be read as one word.
The Imperial Japanese Army and the Imperial Japanese Navy functioned as the IJAF's primary service branches, with the country's aerial power being split between the Army Air Service under the former and the Navy Air Service under the latter.
6th Air Division (Japan) 第6飛行師団: 26 November 1942: 1 August 1944: Ocean (洋, hiroshi) Rabaul-New Guinea: 7th Air Division (Japan) 第7飛行師団: 28 January 1943: 21 July 1945: Raid (襲) New Guinea-Ambon (1944)-Philippines (1944) 8th Air Division (Japan) 第8飛行師団: 10 June 1943: 1945: True (誠, Makoto) 18900: Taipei: 9th ...
Kumaichi Teramoto: LtCol (Air Force), Officer attached; later member of Army Aeronautical Department; Takeo Yasuda: Officer attached to Army Air Technical Laboratories (MajGen) Yoshitoshi Tokugawa: Director of the Research Department, Tokorozawa Army Aviation School; Imperial Japanese Army Air Force units. 64th Sentai units (Bangkok Airfield, 1941)
The Japanese military aircraft designation systems for the Imperial period (pre-1945) had multiple designation systems for each armed service. This led to the Allies' use of code names during World War II, and these code names are still better known in English-language texts than the real Japanese names for the aircraft. A number of different ...