The Genzan Air Group (元山海軍航空隊, Genzan Kaigun Kōkūtai) was an aircraft and airbase garrison unit of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service during the Second...
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Kanoya Air Group of Kanoya Kōkūtai (751 Ku), Genzan Air Group of Genzan Kōkūtai (753 Ku), and the Mihoro Air Group of Mihoro Kōkūtai (701 Ku), trained in torpedo...
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Malayan campaign (section Air war)
January 1942, bombers from the Genzan Air Group attacked Kallang Airport in Singapore, and subsequently provided air support for Japanese offensives...
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seaplane fighters Genzan Air Group (based at Rabaul) 25 Mitsubishi G3M Type 96 "Nell" land attack bombers Task force and carrier group commanders TF 17...
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naval air group based at Haikou. He was subsequently recalled to Japan to command the Sasebo Air Group. Aoki was in command of the Genzan Air Group in Korea...
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List of Mitsubishi A6M Zero operators (redirect from List of Imperial Japanese Navy carriers and land Air Corps equipped with the Mitsubishi Zero)
653rd Air Corps. Genzan (Genzan Air Group) – Famous unit known as "the Protector of Chosen", for its principal airbase; they operated from Genzan, Saigon...
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Bombing of Singapore (1941) (redirect from First air raid on Singapore)
Singapore was assigned to 34 bombers of Genzan Air Group (Genzan Kaigun Kōkūtai) and 31 bombers of Mihoro Air Group. Their targets were RAF Tengah, RAF Seletar...
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They were followed shortly afterwards by a group of 23 Mitsubishi G3M "Nell" bombers from the Genzan Air Group that inflicted no damage as they dropped...
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transformed Misawa into an air base in 1938 when it was used as a base for long-range bombers. By early 1941, the Genzan Flying Corps trained at Misawa...
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the lack of a specific naval air policy in these early years was made apparent by the fact that the Yokosuka Air Group operated with the fleet only once...
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