List of air divisions of the Imperial Japanese Army

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Air Groups (Air Divisions) of the Imperial Japanese Army were units typically formed by aggregating several (4-8) aviation regiments (Sentais) for the training or large-scale military operations.

List of Air Divisions

Name Kanji FormedDissolvedCallsignLocation, notes
Provisional Air Division (Japan) 航空兵団 1 August 19361 June 1942- Tokyo-North China-Manchuria
1st Air Division (Japan) 第1飛行師団 10 June 19381945Tip (, Kabura) 1045 Kakamigahara-Sapporo-Obihiro, was dissolved in 1942 and re-formed in 1943
2nd Air Division (Japan) 第2飛行師団 24 July 193717 May 1945Vulture (Tip, , Washi) Manchuria-Philippines (1944)-Singapore (1945) [1]
3rd Air Division (Japan) 第3飛行師団 15 April 194214 February 1944Hawk (, Hayabusa) 2375 China-French Indochina-Dutch East Indies-Myanmar-China
4th Air Division (Japan) 第4飛行師団 15 April 19421944/1945Wing (, Tsubasa) Manchuria-Philippines (1944) merged in 2nd Air Division
5th Air Division (Japan) 第5飛行師団 15 April 19421945High (, Taka) Myanmar-Phnom Penh(1945)
6th Air Division (Japan) 第6飛行師団 26 November 19421 August 1944Ocean (, hiroshi) Rabaul-New Guinea
7th Air Division (Japan) 第7飛行師団 28 January 194321 July 1945Raid () New Guinea-Ambon (1944)-Phillipines (1944)
8th Air Division (Japan) 第8飛行師団 10 June 19431945True (, Makoto) 18900 Taipei
9th Air Division (Japan) 第9飛行師団 10 December 19431945Soaring (, Kakeru) Palembang
10th Air Division (Japan) 第10飛行師団 8 March 19441945Soaring Ambition (天翔, Tensho) Tokyo
11th Air Division (Japan) 第11飛行師団 15 July 19441945Soaring Eagles (天鷲, Amawashi) Taisho Airfield
12th Air Division (Japan) 第12飛行師団 15 July 19441945Soaring Wind (天風, Tenpu) Kozuki Airfield
13th Air Division (Japan) 第13飛行師団 26 February 19451945Pioneer Hawks (隼魁) Hanguchi
51st Air Division (Japan) 第51飛行師団 ?1945?? [2]
52nd Air Division (Japan) 第52飛行師団 19351945?former Kumagayari flight school
53rd Air Division (Japan) 第53飛行師団 ?1945??
54th Air Division (Japan) 第54飛行師団 ?1945??
55th Air Division (Japan) 第55飛行師団 ?1945??
Teishin Shudan 第1挺進集団 ?1945?paratroopers
Tachikawa Training Air Maintenance division 立川教導航空整備師団 20 June 19441945?former Tachikawa flight school in Tachikawa Airfield
Mito Training Air Transport division 水戸教導航空通信師団 May 19451945?former Army air transport school in Ibaraki Airport
Shimoshidu Training Air division 下志津教導飛行師団 June 19451945?former Shimoshidu air school in Wakaba-ku
Akenokyo Training Air division 明野教導飛行師団 June 19451945?former Akenokyo air school in Obata, Mie
Hitachi Training Air division 常陸教導飛行師団 November 19441945?former Hitachi air school in Hitachi, Ibaraki, split from Akenokyo flight school in March 1944
Hokota Training Air division 鉾田教導飛行師団 June 19441945?former Hokota air school in Hokota, Ibaraki
Hamamatsu Training Air division 浜松教導飛行師団 June 19441945?former Hamamatsu Army air school in Hamamatsu
Utsunomiya Training Air division 宇都宮教導飛行師団 June 19441945?former Shirokiko Army air school in Tokorozawa, Saitama, later in Northeast China.

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