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Re: Japanese air units at Tarawa and Wake?
Chitose Kōkūtai
Mar - Aug 42: the fighter complement in the Marshalls was redistributed during March with 14 based on Wake Is. and 14 at Roi, and the A5M CLAUDEs were gradually replaced with Mitsubishi A6M Type 0 carrier fighters (ZEKE). Responsible for air defense over Wake and Roi, both contingents trained new pilots who were later reassigned to other groups in the Solomons.
1 Dec 42: still there but as 201 Kōkūtai after this date.
This is the only unit that based aircraft on Wake. But it was occasionally used by a few other units as a fuel and brief rest stop.
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