11th Air Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)

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11th Air Fleet
Active1941-1945
TypeCombined Arms
Part of Southeast Area Fleet

The 11th Air Fleet (第十一航空艦隊, Dai-Jūichi Kōkū Kantai) was a grouping of naval aviation and surface units.

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Assignments and Components

DateHigher unitLower units
15 January 1941 (original)Combined Fleet 21st Air Flotilla, 22nd Air Flotilla, 24th Air Flotilla
10 December 1941Combined Fleet21st Air Flotilla, 22nd Air Flotilla, 23rd Air Flotilla,
DesDiv. 34 (Destroyer Akikaze, Hakaze, Tachikaze), Auxiliary aircraft transport Keiyō Maru, Lyons Maru, Kamogawa Maru, Amagisan Maru, Nikkoku Maru, Tatsugami Maru, Hinō Maru No. 5, Nana Maru
1st Yokosuka SNLF, 2nd Yokosuka SNLF
14 July 1942Combined Fleet22nd Air Flotilla, 24th Air Flotilla, 25th Air Flotilla, 26th Air Flotilla,
DesDiv. 34, Auxiliary aircraft transport Lyons Maru, Keiyō Maru, Nagoya Maru
24 December 1942 Southeast Area Fleet 22nd Air Flotilla, 24th Air Flotilla, 25th Air Flotilla, 26th Air Flotilla, Atsugi NAG, Toyohashi NAG, 802nd NAG,
Seaplane tender Akitsushima, Destroyer Akikaze, Tachikaze
Auxiliary aircraft transport Lyons Maru, Keiyō Maru, Nagoya Maru, Goshū Maru, Mogamigawa Maru, Fujikawa Maru
1 January 1944Southeast Area Fleet25th Air Flotilla, 26th Air Flotilla, 151st NAG,
Seaplane tender Akitsushima, Destroyer Akikaze, Tachikaze
15 August 1944Southeast Area Fleet958th NAG, 105th Air Base Unit
6 September 1945Surrendered to Australia at Rabaul.

Commanders

RankNameDateNote, additional post
1Vice-Admiral Eikichi Katagiri 15 January 1941
2Vice-Admiral Nishizō Tsukahara [1] 10 September 1941
3Vice-Admiral Jin'ichi Kusaka 1 October 1942
24 December 1942Commander of the Southeast Area Fleet

Chiefs of Staff

RankNameDateNote, additional post
1Rear-Admiral Takijirō Ōnishi 15 January 1941
2Rear-Admiral Munetaka Sakamaki 10 February 1942
3Rear-Admiral
Vice-Admiral
Yoshimasa Nakahara 24 December 1942
1 November 1943
Chief of staff of the Southeast Area Fleet
4Rear-AdmiralRyūnosuke Kusaka29 November 1943Chief of staff of the Southeast Area Fleet
5Rear-Admiral Sadatoshi Tomioka 6 April 1944Chief of staff of the Southeast Area Fleet
6Vice-Admiral Naosaburō Irifune 7 November 1944Chief of staff of the Southeast Area Fleet
Commander of the 8th Base Force
1 December 1944Chief of staff of the Southeast Area Fleet

Notes

  1. L, Klemen (1999–2000). "Vice-Admiral Nishio Tsukahara". Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941-1942.

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