Daitai Transport Unit

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Japanese Navy Air Service Daitai Unit was an Imperial Japanese Navy Air transport section with mission to transport personnel,weapons and equipment to Japanese occupied territoires or to a combat front in wartimes. Such units supported Navy Special Naval Landing Force airborne units during their missions.

These service possessed various models of airplanes and hydroplanes:

  • Hitachi LXG1 (Liaison and communication)
  • Kawanishi H6K2/4-L (Transport Flying boat)
  • Kawanishi H6K3 (Transport Flying boat)
  • Kawanishi H8K2-L Seiku (Transport version of H8K)
  • Kawanishi E11K1 (Merchant Transport Hydroplane)
  • Mitsubishi K3M3-L "Pine" (Light Transport)
  • Mitsubishi L3Y1/2 (Armed Transport)
  • Mitsubishi G6M1/2-L (Armed Transport)
  • Mitsubishi L4M1 (Personnel Transport)
  • Nakajima C2N1 (Light transport)
  • Nakajima L1N1 (Personnel Transport)
  • Nakajima G5N2-L Shinzan "Liz" (Merchant transport)
  • Nihon L7P1 (Light amphibious transport)
  • Showa/Nakajima L2D2 "Tabby" (Merchants and Personnel Transport)
  • Yokosuka H5Y1 "Cherry" (Transport Hydroplane)
  • Kyushu K10W11 "Oak" (liaison and Communications)
  • Nakajima A4N1 (liaisons)
  • Aichi E13A1 "Jake" (liaisons and officer transport)
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