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Air Groups (Air Divisions ) of the Imperial Japanese Army were units typically formed by aggregating several (4-8) aviation regiments (Sentais ) for the training or large-scale military operations.
List of Air Divisions [ edit ]
Name
Kanji Formed
Dissolved
Callsign
Location, notes
Provisional Air Division (Japan) 航空兵団 1 August 1936
1 June 1942
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Tokyo -North China -Manchuria
1st Air Division (Japan) 第1飛行師団 10 June 1938
1945
Tip (鏑 Kabura 1045
Kakamigahara -Sapporo -Obihiro , was dissolved in 1942 and re-formed in 1943
2nd Air Division (Japan) 第2飛行師団 24 July 1937
17 May 1945
Vulture (Tip 鷲
Manchuria -Philippines (1944) -Singapore (1945) [ 1]
3rd Air Division (Japan) 第3飛行師団 15 April 1942
14 February 1944
Hawk (隼 Hayabusa 2375
China -French Indochina -Dutch East Indies -Myanmar -China
4th Air Division (Japan) 第4飛行師団 15 April 1942
1944/1945
Wing (翼 Tsubasa
Manchuria -Philippines (1944) merged in 2nd Air Division
5th Air Division (Japan) 第5飛行師団 15 April 1942
1945
High (高 Taka
Myanmar -Phnom Penh(1945)
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 Air Division (Japan) 第9飛行師団 10 December 1943
1945
Soaring (翔 Kakeru
Palembang
10th Air Division (Japan) 第10飛行師団 8 March 1944
1945
Soaring Ambition (天翔 Tensho
Tokyo
11th Air Division (Japan) 第11飛行師団 15 July 1944
1945
Soaring Eagles (天鷲 Amawashi )
Taisho Airfield
12th Air Division (Japan) 第12飛行師団 15 July 1944
1945
Soaring Wind (天風 Tenpu
Kozuki Airfield
13th Air Division (Japan) 第13飛行師団 26 February 1945
1945
Pioneer Hawks (隼魁
Hanguchi
51st Air Division (Japan) 第51飛行師団 ?
1945
?
?[ 2]
52nd Air Division (Japan) 第52飛行師団 1935
1945
?
former Kumagayari flight school
53rd Air Division (Japan) 第53飛行師団 ?
1945
?
?
54th Air Division (Japan) 第54飛行師団 ?
1945
?
?
55th Air Division (Japan) 第55飛行師団 ?
1945
?
?
Teishin Shudan 第1挺進集団 ?
1945
?
paratroopers
Tachikawa Training Air Maintenance division 立川教導航空整備師団 20 June 1944
1945
?
former Tachikawa flight school in Tachikawa Airfield
Mito Training Air Transport division 水戸教導航空通信師団 May 1945
1945
?
former Army air transport school in Ibaraki Airport
Shimoshidu Training Air division 下志津教導飛行師団 June 1945
1945
?
former Shimoshidu air school in Wakaba-ku
Akenokyo Training Air division 明野教導飛行師団 June 1945
1945
?
former Akenokyo air school in Obata, Mie
Hitachi Training Air division 常陸教導飛行師団 November 1944
1945
?
former Hitachi air school in Hitachi, Ibaraki , split from Akenokyo flight school in March 1944
Hokota Training Air division 鉾田教導飛行師団 June 1944
1945
?
former Hokota air school in Hokota, Ibaraki
Hamamatsu Training Air division 浜松教導飛行師団 June 1944
1945
?
former Hamamatsu Army air school in Hamamatsu
Utsunomiya Training Air division 宇都宮教導飛行師団 June 1944
1945
?
former Shirokiko Army air school in Tokorozawa, Saitama , later in Northeast China .
