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Re: Photos Japanese Army Airforce
Clint -
Here's another Table of Contents for you - in particular, see III.(3)c where there are c. 47 pages on flight training with elaboration on the different types of aircraft employed by the training schools:
Order of Battle
JAPANESE ARMY AIR FORCE
Military Intelligence Division
War Department
Washington 25, D.C.
1 October 1945
[Note: includes ULTRA-derived intelligence and goes to August 1945.]
VOLUMES 1 and 2
Section I Supreme Command 1
1. Imperial General Headquarters 1
2. Councils and Boards 1
Section II History and command Organizations: JAAF 1
1. Historical Summary 1
2. Command and Administration 3
3. Charts 10
Section III Organizations: JAAF 17
1. Administrative 17
a. Inspectorate General of Aviation 17
b. Air Headquarters 17
2. Tactical 17
a. Air General Army 17
b. Air Armies 18
c. Flying Divisions 25
d. Flying Groups 36
e. Flying Brigades 39
f. Flying Regiments 59
g. Independent Flying Units 136
h. Independent Flying Squadrons 141
i. Direct Cooperation Flying Units 158
j. Special Attack (suicide) 160
k. Field Replacement Flying Units 175
l. Air Photographic Units 176
m. Miscellaneous Units 177
n. Raiding 178
3. Training 189
a. History 189
b. Organization 192
c. Units and Schools 196
(1) Flight Training (Divs., Brigades, Units) 196
(2) Ground Training (Brigades and Units) 231
(3) Schools 238
4. Supply and Repair 250
a. Organization 250
b. Units 251
(1) Air Depots 251
(2) Air Supply Depots 257
(3) Field Air Supply Depots 258
(4) Field Air Repair Depots 263
(5) Independent Maintenance Units 272
(6) Mobile Air Repair Sections 276
(7) Air Sub-Depots 277
(8) Shipping Air Depots 278
5. Service 279
a. Airfield 279
(1) Air Sector Commands 279
(2) Airfield Battalions 311
(3) Airfield Companies 342
b. Airfield Construction (Org. and Units) 353
c. Communications (Org. and Units) 360
d. Intelligence (Org. and Units) 374
e. Meteorological (Org. and Units) 379
6. Transport 384
a. Air Transport (Org. and Units) 384
b. Air Route (Org. and Units) 391
Section IV Japanese Army Air Officers (c. 2,325 names) 401
Section V Unit Designations, JAAF 476
1. Code Names 476
2. Home and Depot Designations 477
3. Code Numbers 496
Section VI Glossary and Abbreviations 517
Section VII Types of JAAF Aircraft (by “Ki” No. and by Code Name) 527
Section VIII Tail Markings of JAAF 538
[prepared 01 Feb 2005]
L deZ.
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