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Old 30th July 2014, 23:38
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The birth of the Imperial Japanese Army Aviation

Hello,

This is a small article about the first steps to create military aviation in Japan:

Birth of Imperial Japanese Army Aviation

Comments and corrections are appreciated.

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Re: The birth of the Imperial Japanese Army Aviation

I think that some editing would be good to make the article more readable. Day-to-day chronicle makes it little hard to see the consistent story. I would also like to have seen the date when IJAAF (or/and the preceeding organization) was formally founded.

Also the timeline could have gone little further - up to 1918/1919/1920 - just find some well-founded good point to stop the story at that time. Maybe 1918? - Japan participated in WW1 and there were also lots of lessons to be learned about the airwar after WW1. I´m sure that IJA (or its aviation specialists) studied the aereal warfare experience of WW1.

I have read that some Japanese pilots participated in the WW1 in Europe - maybe sent there by IJA to adquire experience? It is also worth of mentioning that Japanese Naval Aviation was quite advanced in early 1910´s, and IJN´s floatplanes were used against Germans in 1914.

Thanks for the contribution to make the pioneers of the IJAAF known.
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Re: The birth of the Imperial Japanese Army Aviation

Agree, with the above comments;

You could mention that the only Japanese known flyer to fight with the Royal Flying Corps was Harry Fusao O. Ha’Ra born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1891. Having fought courageously in the ground war and was severely wounded 75 times he joined the RFC as an Air Mech, in March 1917 then volunteered for flying training. Qualifing as a pilot at the London and Provincial School of Flying in Edgware on 21st July and received Royal Aero Club Certificate 4991. Promoted to Sergeant, Ha’Ra then went to Reading Aeronautical Military School and passed his exams with honours. After further training, he went to France to fly with No. 1 Squadron.

The legacy of this is that is that at Reading University today a major Japanese manufacturer pays for six students from Japan to study at the Uni.

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Re: The birth of the Imperial Japanese Army Aviation

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I think that some editing would be good to make the article more readable. Day-to-day chronicle makes it little hard to see the consistent story. I would also like to have seen the date when IJAAF (or/and the preceeding organization) was formally founded.

Also the timeline could have gone little further - up to 1918/1919/1920 - just find some well-founded good point to stop the story at that time. Maybe 1918? - Japan participated in WW1 and there were also lots of lessons to be learned about the airwar after WW1. I´m sure that IJA (or its aviation specialists) studied the aereal warfare experience of WW1.

I have read that some Japanese pilots participated in the WW1 in Europe - maybe sent there by IJA to adquire experience? It is also worth of mentioning that Japanese Naval Aviation was quite advanced in early 1910´s, and IJN´s floatplanes were used against Germans in 1914.

Thanks for the contribution to make the pioneers of the IJAAF known.
Hello GuerraCivil,
I just came back from a trip. First, thank you for the feedback. I can change the article to be more as narrative and separate the different goals (gather flying expertise, create an aerodrome, etc.). Let me know if you think this will help.
I will eventually cover further more. Right now, for example, I'm working on the air warfare during the Siege of Tsingtao in 1914.

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Agree, with the above comments;

You could mention that the only Japanese known flyer to fight with the Royal Flying Corps was Harry Fusao O. Ha’Ra born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1891. Having fought courageously in the ground war and was severely wounded 75 times he joined the RFC as an Air Mech, in March 1917 then volunteered for flying training. Qualifing as a pilot at the London and Provincial School of Flying in Edgware on 21st July and received Royal Aero Club Certificate 4991. Promoted to Sergeant, Ha’Ra then went to Reading Aeronautical Military School and passed his exams with honours. After further training, he went to France to fly with No. 1 Squadron.

The legacy of this is that is that at Reading University today a major Japanese manufacturer pays for six students from Japan to study at the Uni.

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Hello Andy Bird,
Thanks for the information. This gentleman seems to be a good next research for me.

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