JAAF and JNAF Organizational Structure

[Mustang51]

Again my thanks. With regard to the bases they are mostly within the NW Pacific area encompassed by (now) Indonesia, Timor etc. Somer of the spelling of the bases that I have are "anglicised" and do not match their current local equivalents. It is also proving difficult to locate the units assigned to these bases and their times there or when they were removed. Nil desperandum.... more research required

Pete

[Jim P.]

Agree with Mr. Oxley's recommendation - Hata/Izawa books are the best ones to get by far.

[Jim Oxley]

That's one of the area's where the two books I mentioned above excel. Amongst a host of other details they give details of all bases (names & dates) from which specific units operated.

[Mustang51]

Books are all ordered..... thanks for the advice. Will see just what I can make of all of it once they are read.

Pete

[David_Aiken]

http://www.aero.or.jp/koku_tosyokan/12345.htm

http://ibiblio.org/pha/index.html

http://ibiblio.org/pha/monos/

http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/

http://www.pearlharborattacked.com/c...i?;act=SF;f=11

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[Nicholas]

I don't understand the comments about the Hata/Izawa books being the "best by far" etc. They are the only English language books in their particular field!

However, they do not cover Army and Navy air forces organisational structures and components to the same detail as the Arms & Armour/Hippocrene book. They are only about fighter units. If you want to know how the Japanese Army delivered replacement aircraft, the geographical disposition of Air Armies or how Airfield Battalions worked (and a host of other organisational minutae) they will tell you little!

Comparing the books is like chalk and cheese. They are complementary rather than competitive.