Yokohama Air Group

Yokohama Air Group
A Yokohama Kawanishi H6K5 at an unidentified location in the Solomon Islands in 1942
ActiveOctober 1, 1936 – November 1, 1942
CountryEmpire of Japan
AllegianceAxis Powers of World War II
BranchImperial Japanese Navy
TypeNaval aviation unit
RoleBomber, fighter, and reconnaissance using flying boats
SizeVaried
Garrison/HQYokohama, Japan
Majuro, Marshall Islands
Rabaul, New Britain
Buin, Papua New Guinea,
Shortland Islands and Tulagi, Solomon Islands
EngagementsBattle of Wake Island
New Guinea Campaign,
Solomon Islands Campaign
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ヨハ (Oct 1936-Nov 1940)
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Y (Nov 1940-Nov 1941)

The Yokohama Air Group (横浜海軍航空隊, Yokohama Kaigun Kōkūtai) was an aircraft and airbase garrison unit of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service during the Pacific campaign of World War II.