Hikotai Transport Unit

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Japanese Army Air Force Hikotai Unit was a Army Air transport section with mission to trasladed personnel,weapons and equipments to occupied territories or combat front in wartimes.such unit supported at Army airborne forces during your missions also.

These service poses various types of aircraft how:

  • Kawasaki Ki-3 (liaison and communications)
  • Nakajima Ki-4 (liaison and Communications)
  • Kokusai Ki-76 "Stella" (liaison)
  • Kobesiko Te-Go (liaison)
  • Mansyu Ki-97 (Communications)
  • Mitsubishi Ki-7 (liaison)
  • Mitsubishi Ki-46 "Dinah" (liaison,communication and courier)
  • Tachikawa (Ishikawajima) Light Ambulance (Air Ambulance/liaison)
  • Tachikawa Ki-9 "Spruce" (Communications)
  • Tachikawa Ki-17 "Cedar" (Communications)
  • Kayaba Ka-1 (communications Autogyro)
  • Kawasaki Ki-56 "Thalia" (Merchant transport)
  • Kokusai Ki-59 "Theresa" (Light transport)
  • Mitsubishi Ki-1 (Heavy Bomber/Transport)
  • Mitsubishi Ki-7 (Light transport)
  • Mitsubishi Ki-21 "Sally" (Heavy Bomber/transport)
  • Mitsubishi MC-2 (Transport version of Ki-21 Bomber)
  • Mitsubishi Ki-57 "Topsy" (Personnel transport)
  • Nakajima Ki-34 "Thora" (Personnel transport)
  • Nakajima Ki-6 (Light transport,version of Fokker 8 Super Universal)
  • Nakajima Ki-49 (Transport modification of Ki-49 Bomber)
  • Douglas DC-2 (Transport,2 purchased before at war and ones 6 manufactured under license)
  • Douglas DC-5 (Transport,1 example captured at KLM,evaluated and used for transport services also)
  • Tachikawa Type LO "Thelma" (Personnel transport)
  • Tachikawa Ki-54 "Hickory" (Light transport)
  • Kokusai Ku-8 "Gander" (Transport Glider)

Amongst this unit Army developed in Manchukuo the Manchoukuoan Air Transport Services,as paramilitary transport service inside of Manchu Air Force for trasladed Japanese and Manchu military personnel in land.such unit was equipped with Junkers Ju 86 Z-2,between others airplanes.