Kanoya Air Group

Kanoya Air Group
Active1 April 1936 – 10 July 1944
CountryEmpire of Japan Empire of Japan
BranchEmpire of Japan Imperial Japanese Navy
TypeNaval aviation unit
RoleBomber, Fighter
Part of21st Air Flotilla
Garrison/HQKanoya, Japan
Hankou, China
Saigon, French Indochina
Kendari, Sulawesi
Kavieng, New Ireland
Rabaul, New Britain
Engagements
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Shichiso Miyauchi
Miyoshi Nabeta
Kazuo Nishioka
Toshitaka Itō
Osamu Doki

The Kanoya Air Group (鹿屋海軍航空隊, Kanoya Kaigun Kōkūtai) was an aircraft and airbase garrison unit of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJNAS) during the Second Sino-Japanese War and Pacific campaign of World War II. The air group was redesignated as the 751st Air Group on 1 October 1942. On 1 November, the group's fighter unit was redesignated to the 253rd Air Group, while the bomber unit remained the 751st Air Group.
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