Misawa Naval Air Group

Misawa Naval Air Group 705th Naval Air Group 706th Attack Squadron
Mitsubishi G4M1 of 705th Naval Air Group in May 1943.
Active	As Misawa Naval Air Group February 10, 1942 – October 31, 1942 September 1, 1944 – June 30, 1945 As 705th Naval Air Group November 1, 1942 – October 1, 1944
Country	Empire of Japan
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Branch	Imperial Japanese Navy
Type	Naval aviation unit
Role	As first generation and 705th Naval Air Group Bomber, torpedo bomber As second generation Trainer
Size	27 aircraft (1 April 1942)
Part of	Ōminato Guard District 26th Air Flotilla 25th Air Flotilla 28th Air Flotilla 19th Combined Air Group
Garrison/HQ	Kisarazu, Japan Saipan, Marianas Rabaul, New Britain Tinian, Marianas Padang, Sumatra Peleliu, Palau Babeldaob, Palau Misawa, Japan
Aircraft flown	G4M Type 1 "Betty" B5N Type 97 "Kate" K5Y Type 93 "Willow"
Engagements	World War II Solomon Islands Campaign New Guinea campaign Guadalcanal Campaign Operation Ke Battle of Rennell Island Operation I-Go Battle of the Philippine Sea Burma Campaign
Insignia
Identification symbol	As Misawa Naval Air Group ミサ (Misa, used in Japan homeland) H (February–October 1942) As 705th Naval Air Group H (November 1942) T1 (June 1943) 705 (March 1944)

The Misawa Naval Air Group (三澤海軍航空隊, Misawa Kaigun Kōkūtai) was an aircraft and airbase garrison unit of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the Pacific campaign of World War II. This article handles first generation, second generation, renamed unit the 705th Naval Air Group (第七〇五海軍航空隊, Dai Nana-Maru-Go Kaigun Kōkūtai), and re-organised unit the 706th Attack Squadron (攻撃第七〇六飛行隊, Kōgeki Dai Nana-Maru-Roku Hikōtai) also.

First generation of the Misawa Naval Air Group and 705th Naval Air Group

Structure

• Higher unit
  • Ōminato Guard District (10 February 1942–31 March 1942)
  • 26th Air Flotilla (1 April 1942–31 August 1943
    • Renamed 705th Naval Air Group on 1 November 1942.
  • 25th Air Flotilla (1 September 1943–14 October 1943)
  • 28th Air Flotilla (15 October 1943–1 October 1944, dissolved.)
    • All land-based attack bombers were independent to the 706th Attack Squadron on 4 March 1944.
• Commanding officers
  • Commander/Captain Masao Sugawara (10 February 1942–9 December 1942)
  • Captain Yasuo Konishi (10 December 1942–23 May 1944)
  • Captain Tarōhachi Shinoda (24 May 1944–1 October 1944, dissolved.)

Second generation of the Misawa Naval Air Group

Reborn as the preparatory flight training unit (Yokaren).

Structure

• Higher unit
  • 19th Combined Air Group (1 September 1944–1 March 1945)
  • Ōminato Guard District (1 March 1945–30 June 1945, dissolved.)
• Commanding officers
  • Commander Takeo Higo (1 September 1944–29 September 1944)
  • Captain Shōgo Miyashita (29 September 1944–30 June 1945, dissolved.)

706th Attack Squadron

Structure

• Higher unit
  • 755th Naval Air Group (4 March 1944–10 July 1944, dissolved.)
• Squadron leader
  • Lieutenant commander Fumio Iwaya (4 March 1944–10 July 1944, dissolved.)

Bibliography

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Imperial Japanese Navy air units
Air Fleet	1 2 3 5 10 11 12 13 14
Air Flotilla	11 12 13 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 32 51 53 61 62 71 72 101
Combined Air Group	1 2 3 4 11 12 13 14 15 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Air Group	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 31 32 33 35 36 40
Naval Air Group (Numbered name)	121 131 132 133 141 151 153 171 201 202 203 204 205 210 221 251 252 253 254 256 261 263 265 281 301 302 312 321 322 331 332 341 343 345 352 361 381 452 453 501 502 503 521 522 523 524 531 541 551 552 553 582 601 631 634 652 653 701 702 703 705 706 707 721 722 723 724 725 732 751 752 753 755 761 762 763 765 801 802 851 901 902 903 931 932 933 934 936 938 951 952 953 954 955 956 958 1001 1021 1022 1023 1081
Naval Air Group (Place name)	Expeditionary unit Chitose Genzan (I) Kanoya (I) Kisarazu Mihoro Misawa (I) Takao (I) Tainan (I) Tōkō Yokohama Patrol / Defensive unit Chichijima Chinkai Kure Kushimoto Maizuru Okinawa Ōminato Saeki Sasebo Tateyama Toyohashi (I) Yokosuka Practice unit Atsugi Genzan (II) Hakata Kaikō Kanoya (II) Komatsushima Kōnoike Matsushima Miyazaki Nagoya Ōi Ōita Ōmura San'a Seitō Shanhai Shinchiku Sukumo Suzuka Tainan (II) Takao (II) Tokushima Toyohashi (II) Tsuiki (I) Tsukuba Usa Yatabe Basic training unit Amakusa Fukuyama Himeji Hyakurihara Isahaya Iwakuni (I) Izumi 1st Izumi Jinmachi Kan'onji Kashima Kitaura Kobi Kōchi Kokubu 2nd Kōriyama Kōshū 2nd Kōwa 2nd Miho Mineyama 3rd Okazaki Ōryū Ōtsu Pusan Saijō 2nd Takao Takuma Tōkyō Tsuiki (II) Yamato Mechanic training unit Fujisawa Hitoyoshi 2nd Izumi 2nd Kanoya Katori Kōriyama 1st Kōriyama Kōwa 1st Kōwa Kushira Oihama Okazaki 1st Okazaki 2nd Okazaki Sagamino 1st Sagamino 2nd Sagamino Sunosaki 2nd Tainan Tarumi Taura Preparatory flight training unit Fukuoka Iwakuni (II) Kagoshima Kasumigaura Kofuji Komatsu Kōyasan Kurashiki Matsuyama Mie Miho 1st Miho Misawa (II) Nara Nishinomiya Seto Shiga Shimizu Takarazuka Tsuchiura Urado Uwajima
Naval Air Group (Regional name)	Chōsen Chūhi Chūshi Gōhoku Higashikarorin Hitō Hokuhi Hokutai Hokutō Inshi Kantō Kinki Kyūshū Marai Mariana Naikai Nanpi Nanpōshotō Nanseishotō Nantai Nishikarorin Ōu Saikai San'in Taiwan Tōin Tōkai
Flying squadron	Fighter Squadron 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 315 316 317 318 351 401 402 403 407 601 602 603 701 804 812 851 901 902 Attack Squadron 1 3 5 102 103 105 107 161 251 252 253 254 256 262 263 401 405 406 501 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 711 Reconnaissance Squadron 3 4 11 12 61 101 102 301 302
(I) First generation (II) Second generation