Operation_Task Force.png EXPLANATION – OVERVIEW OF JAPANESE OPERATIONS (07–31 DECEMBER 1941)
The operations listed below (Z, E, M, B, G, W, HK and D3) cover all documented major Japanese army and navy operations that were active between 7 and 31 December 1941.
These are genuine Japanese army and ...

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ORDER OF BATTLE

IMPERIAL GENERAL HEADQUARTERS / ARMY SECTION (大本営陸軍部)
Status: 6 December 1941
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[] Supreme Commander: Tennō (Shōwa ...

Thank you very much for the two links; they are indeed very helpful.

The ww2in172.com page provides several additional pilot names for Akagi during the Pearl Harbor attack. I will compare them with the lists I have already reconstructed. Some of the spellings differ from those that appear in ...

I fully agree with you, Gters. A single Discord channel is simply not sufficient for a project of this scale. If you want to organize graphics, sounds, historical references, interface elements, and different mod versions properly, you need a dedicated server with clearly structured and logically ...

Outlook and Next Steps of the Project

With the current version, the structures of the Army Air (IJAAF) and a large part of the Imperial Army are largely completed, revised, and reorganized. The next steps aim to complete the overall picture and transition from a purely organizational ...

INSPECTORATE GENERAL OF ARMY AVIATION & ARMY AVIATION HEADQUARTERS

陸軍航空総監部 & 陸軍航空本部 – INSPECTORATE GENERAL OF ARMY AVIATION & ARMY AVIATION HEADQUARTERS
Status: 6 December 1941
(The central command, administrative and planning center of the Army air arm)

Overall Integration
Subordination ...

Imperial Japanese Army Air Force (IJAAF) – Flight Schools Dossier
This dossier on the Flight Schools of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force (IJAAF) was created to reconstruct, as completely and transparently as possible, the training structure, personnel composition, and organizational depth of ...

111th Hiko Sentai (第111飛行戦隊)
Founded: 1 July 1945
Classification: Standard Unit
Base (as of 1 August 1945): Honshū, Japan
Higher Command: Homeland Air Defense Command
Commanding Officer (1 July 1945)
Lt. Col. Tadashi Ishikawa – senior IJAAF officer assigned to command one of Japan’s ...

85th Hiko Sentai (第85飛行戦隊)
Founded: 1 March 1941
Classification: Standard Unit
Base (as of 6 December 1941): Hankow, China
Higher Command: 10th Air Brigade → 5th Air Division → China Expeditionary Army Air Command

Commanding Officer (6 December 1941)
Major Gorō Yamamoto – veteran of ...

72nd Hiko Sentai (第72飛行戦隊)
Founded: 1 April 1944
Classification: Standard Unit
Base (as of 1 April 1944): Kita-Ise, Japan
Higher Command: Homeland Air Defense Command

Commanding Officer (1 April 1944)
Major Eisuke Tsuzaki – a seasoned officer with China campaign experience. Not a ...

63rd Hiko Sentai (第63飛行戦隊)
Founded: 1 February 1943
Classification: Standard Unit (Training / Home Defense)
Base (as of 1 February 1943): Hachinohe, Honshū
Higher Command: 2nd Air Army (Home Defense / Training Reserve)

Commanding Officer (1 February 1943)
Major Magoji Hara – veteran of ...

52nd Hiko Sentai (第52飛行戦隊)
Founded: 28 April 1944
Classification: Standard Unit
Base (as of 28 April 1944): Osaka Airfield
Higher Command: Homeland Air Defense Command
Commanding Officer (28 April 1944)
Major Nobuhiko Kuwabara – veteran of the China campaigns; energetic yet pragmatic ...

31st Hiko Sentai (第31飛行戦隊)
Founded: 18 February 1943
Classification: Standard Unit
Base (as of 18 February 1943): Paicheng, Manchuria
Higher Command: 3rd Air Army (China Area Army)
Commanding Officer (18 February 1943)
Major Masateru Kashima – veteran officer of the China front. In 1941 ...

20th Hiko Sentai (第20飛行戦隊)
Founded: 1 December 1943
Classification: Standard Unit
Base (as of 1 December 1943): Itami, Japan
Higher Command: 3rd Air Division / 1st Air Army
Commanding Officer (1 December 1943)
Lieutenant Colonel Gorō Yamamoto – seasoned front-line officer from the early ...

10th Independent Fighter Chutai (第10独立戦闘中隊)
Founded: 1 September 1937
Classification: Standard Unit
Base (as of 6 December 1941): Unknown (likely Northern China)
Higher Command: 2nd Air Division / North China Army

Commanding Officer (6 December 1941)
Major Akira Takatsuki – an ...

1st Hiko Sentai (第1飛行戦隊)
Founded: August 31 1938
Classification: Standard / Traditional Unit
Base (as of Dec 6 1941): Kompong Trach, Cambodia
Command Structure: 5th Air Brigade → 3rd Air Division → Southern Army → Army Aviation HQ

Formation & Background
The 1st Hiko Sentai was one of ...

Thanks for the feedback, BBfanboy — good point about the readability.
I’ve adjusted the color scheme a bit so that the text is easier to read on light backgrounds, especially in “Eyesaver” mode.

All IJAAF units from the 1st to the 248th Hiko Sentai have now been fully converted into BBC code ...

111th Hiko Sentai (第111飛行戦隊)
Founded: 1 July 1945
Classification: Standard Unit
Base (as of 1 August 1945): Honshū, Japan
Higher Command: Homeland Air Defense Command

Commanding Officer (1 July 1945)
Lt. Col. Tadashi Ishikawa – senior IJAAF officer appointed during the war’s final months ...

85th Hiko Sentai (第85飛行戦隊)
Founded: 1 March 1941
Classification: Standard Unit
Base (as of 6 December 1941): Hankow, China
Higher Command: 10th Air Brigade → 5th Air Division → China Expeditionary Army Air Command

Commanding Officer (6 December 1941)
Major Gorō Yamamoto – veteran of the ...

72nd Hiko Sentai (第72飛行戦隊)
Founded: 1 April 1944
Classification: Standard Unit
Base (as of 1 April 1944): Kita-Ise, Japan
Higher Command: Homeland Air Defense Command

Commanding Officer (1 April 1944)
Major Eisuke Tsuzaki – veteran of the China campaigns, respected for dependability rather than ...