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The 2nd Air Fleet (第二航空艦隊 Dai-Ni Kōkū Kantai ) organized to defend National Defence Zone with 1st Air Fleet. They were in charge of Philippine air defense. However, their airplane has disappeared in November 1944 because they fought against Halsey Fleet from the front.
Date | Higher unit | Lower units | |
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15 June 1944 (original) | Imperial General Headquarters | 141st NAG[1], 345th NAG, 762nd NAG | |
10 July 1944 | Combined Fleet | 21st Air Flotilla, 25th Air Flotilla, 141st NAG, 221st NAG, 341st NAG, 762nd NAG, 763rd NAG, Kyūshū NAG[2] |
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8 January 1945 | disbanded |
Rank | Name | Date | Note, additional post | |
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1 | Vice-Admiral | Shigeru Fukudome | 15 June 1944 |
Rank | Name | Date | Note, additional post | |
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1 | Rear-Admiral | Ushie Sugimoto | 15 June 1944 | |
2 | Rear-Admiral | Tomozō Kikuchi | 27 October 1944 |
The 3rd Air Fleet (第三航空艦隊 Dai-San Kōkū Kantai ) was in charge of air defense of Eastern Japan.
Date | Higher unit | Lower units | |
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10 July 1944 (original) | Combined Fleet | 27th Air Flotilla | |
15 December 1944 | Combined Fleet | 25th Air Flotilla, 27th Air Flotilla, 131st NAG, 210th NAG, 252 NAG, 343rd NAG, 601st NAG, 706th NAG, 722nd NAG, 752nd NAG, 801st NAG 1023rd NAG | |
25 May 1945 | Combined Fleet | 13th Air Flotilla, 25th Air Flotilla, 27th Air Flotilla | |
15 October 1945 | disbanded |
Rank | Name | Date | Note, additional post | |
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1 | Vice-Admiral | Shun'ichi Kira | 10 July 1944 | |
2 | Vice-Admiral | Kinpei Teraoka | 17 November 1944 | |
3 | Vice-Admiral | Sadayoshi Yamada | 26 August 1945 | |
x | vacant post | 1 October 1945 |
Rank | Name | Date | Note, additional post | |
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1 | Rear-Admiral | Kanzō Miura | 10 July 1944 | WIA on 30 July 1944 |
x | vacant post | 31 July 1944 | ||
2 | Captain | Tarō Taguchi | 1 August 1944 | |
x | vacant post | 26 December 1944 | ||
3 | Captain | Chūzaburō Yamazumi | 1 January 1945 | |
4 | Captain | Chihaya Takahashi | 26 August 1945 | |
x | vacant post | 1 October 1945 |
The 5th Air Fleet (第五航空艦隊 Dai-Go Kōkū Kantai ) was in charge of air defense of Western Japan.
Date | Higher unit | Lower units | |
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10 February 1945 (original) | Combined Fleet | 203rd NAG, 701st NAG, 721st NAG, 762nd NAG, 801st NAG, 1022nd NAG, Kyūshū NAG, Nansei-Shotō NAG |
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25 May 1945 | Combined Fleet | 12th Air Flotilla, 72nd Air Flotilla, Takuma NAG, 171st NAG, 634th NAG, 701st NAG, 721st NAG, 762nd NAG, 801st NAG, 931st NAG Kyūshū NAG, San'in NAG, Nansei-Shotō NAG, Naikai NAG, Saikai NAG |
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10 October 1945 | disbanded |
Rank | Name | Date | Note, additional post | |
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1 | Vice-Admiral | Matome Ugaki | 10 February 1945 | KIA on 15 August 1945 |
x | vacant post | 16 August 1945 | ||
2 | Vice-Admiral | Ryūnosuke Kusaka | 17 August 1945 |
Rank | Name | Date | Note, additional post | |
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1 | Captain Rear-Admiral |
Toshiyuki Yokoi | 10 February 1945 1 May 1945 |
The 10th Air Fleet (第十航空艦隊 Dai-Jū Kōkū Kantai ) was training unit.
Date | Higher unit | Lower units | |
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1 March 1945 (original) | Combined Fleet | 11th CAG[3], 12th CAG, 13th CAG | |
1 June 1945 | Combined Fleet | Kasumigaura NAG, Yatabe NAG, Hyakurihara NAG, Jinmachi NAG, 2nd Kōriyama NAG, Matsushima NAG, Tōkyō NAG, Genzan NAG | |
10 October 1945 | disbanded |
Rank | Name | Date | Note, additional post | |
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1 | Vice-Admiral | Minoru Maeda | 1 March 1945 | |
x | vacant post | 1 October 1945 |
Rank | Name | Date | Note, additional post | |
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1 | Rear-Admiral | Chikao Yamamoto | 1 March 1945 | |
2 | Captain Rear-Admiral |
Shigenori Kami | 20 June 1945 15 September 1945 |
LODD on 15 September 1945 |
x | vacant post | 16 September 1945 |
The 11th Air Fleet (第十一航空艦隊 Dai-Jūichi Kōkū Kantai ) was organized to summarize a strategy of naval air groups at first.
Date | Higher unit | Lower units | |
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15 January 1941 (original) | Combined Fleet | 21st Air Flotilla, 22nd Air Flotilla, 24th Air Flotilla | |
10 December 1941 | Combined Fleet | 21st Air Flotilla, 22nd Air Flotilla, 23rd Air Flotilla, DesDiv. 34 (Destroyer Akikaze, Hakaze, Tachikaze), Auxiliary aircraft transport Lyons Maru, Keiyō Maru, Kamogawa Maru, 1st Yokosuka SNLF, 2nd Yokosuka SNLF |
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14 July 1942 | Combined Fleet | 22nd Air Flotilla, 24th Air Flotilla, 25th Air Flotilla, 26th Air Flotilla, DesDiv. 34, Auxiliary aircraft transport Lyons Maru, Keiyō Maru, Nagoya Maru |
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24 December 1942 | Southeast Area Fleet | 22nd Air Flotilla, 24th Air Flotilla, 25th Air Flotilla, 26th Air Flotilla, Atsugi NAG, Toyohashi NAG, 802nd NAG, Seaplane tender Akitsushima, Destroyer Akikaze, Tachikaze Auxiliary aircraft transport Lyons Maru, Keiyō Maru, Nagoya Maru, Goshū Maru, Mogamigawa Maru, Fujikawa Maru |
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1 January 1944 | Southeast Area Fleet | 25th Air Flotilla, 26th Air Flotilla, 151st NAG, Seaplane tender Akitsushima, Destroyer Akikaze, Tachikaze |
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15 August 1944 | Southeast Area Fleet | 958th NAG, 105th Air Base Unit | |
6 September 1945 | Surrendered to Australia at Rabaul. |
Rank | Name | Date | Note, additional post | |
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1 | Vice-Admiral | Eikichi Katagiri | 15 January 1941 | |
2 | Vice-Admiral | Nishizō Tsukahara[4] | 10 September 1941 | |
3 | Vice-Admiral | Jin'ichi Kusaka | 1 October 1942 | |
24 December 1942 | Commander of the Southeast Area Fleet |
Rank | Name | Date | Note, additional post | |
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1 | Rear-Admiral | Takijirō Ōnishi | 15 January 1941 | |
2 | Rear-Admiral | Munetaka Sakamaki | 10 February 1942 | |
3 | Rear-Admiral Vice-Admiral |
Yoshimasa Nakahara | 24 December 1942 1 November 1943 |
Chief of staff of the Southeast Area Fleet |
4 | Rear-Admiral | Ryūnosuke Kusaka | 29 November 1943 | Chief of staff of the Southeast Area Fleet |
5 | Rear-Admiral | Sadatoshi Tomioka | 6 April 1944 | Chief of staff of the Southeast Area Fleet |
6 | Vice-Admiral | Naosaburō Irifune | 7 November 1944 | Chief of staff of the Southeast Area Fleet Commander of the 8th Base Force |
1 December 1944 | Chief of staff of the Southeast Area Fleet |
The 12th Air Fleet (第十二航空艦隊 Dai-Jūni Kōkū Kantai ) was in charge of an air cover of the Northeast Area Fleet.
Date | Higher unit | Lower units | |
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18 May 1943 (original) | Combined Fleet | No units, they were existence only in the documents. | |
5 August 1943 | Northeast Area Fleet | 24th Air Flotilla, 27th Air Flotilla, 51st Air Flotilla, Horomushiro Communication Unit, 5th Weather Observation Unit |
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1 April 1944 | Northeast Area Fleet | 27th Air Flotilla, 51st Air Flotilla, Horomushiro Communication Unit, 5th Weather Observation Unit, 41st Air Base Unit |
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5 December 1944 | Combined Fleet | 452nd NAG, Hokutō NAG, Chishima Base Force | |
1 March 1945 | Combined Fleet | Hokutō NAG, Chishima Base Force | |
30 November 1945 | disbanded |
Rank | Name | Date | Note, additional post | |
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1 | Vice-Admiral | Michitarō Tozuka | 18 May 1943 | |
5 August 1943 | Commander of the Northeast Area Fleet | |||
2 | Vice-Admiral | Eiji Gotō | 15 September 1944 | Commander of the Northeast Area Fleet |
5 December 1944 | ||||
15 February 1945 | Commander of the Ōminato Guard District | |||
3 | Vice-Admiral | Kanji Ugaki | 15 March 1945 | Commander of the Ōminato Guard District |
x | vacant post | 1 October 1945 |
Rank | Name | Date | Note, additional post | |
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1 | Rear-Admiral | Yoshiyuki Ichimiya | 18 May 1943 | |
5 August 1943 | Chief of staff of the Northeast Area Fleet | |||
5 December 1944 | ||||
2 | Rear-Admiral | Tsuyoshi Matsumoto | 6 February 1945 | |
3 | Rear-Admiral | Zensuke Kanome | 15 February 1945 | Chief of staff of the Ōminato Guard District Commander of the Ōminato Transportation Department |
x | vacant post | 1 October 1945 |
The 13th Air Fleet (第十三航空艦隊 Dai-Jūsan Kōkū Kantai ) was in charge of an air cover of Southwest Area Fleet.
Date | Higher unit | Lower units |
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20 September 1943 (original) | Combined Fleet | No units, they were existence only in the documents. |
1 January 1944 | Southwest Area Fleet | 23rd Air Flotilla, 28th Air Flotilla, 732nd NAG |
15 August 1944 | Southwest Area Fleet | 28th Air Flotilla, 381st NAG, 102nd Air Base Unit, 104th Air Base Unit |
15 December 1944 | Southwest Area Fleet | 28th Air Flotilla, Malay NAG, Tōin NAG |
5 February 1945 | 10th Area Fleet | 23rd Air Flotilla, 28th Air Flotilla, 11th NAG, 12th NAG, 13th NAG, 31st NAG, 936th NAG, Malay NAG, Tōin NAG |
1 June 1945 | 10th Area Fleet | 28th Air Flotilla, 31st NAG, 381st NAG |
12 September 1945 | Surrendered to United Kingdom in Singapore. |
Rank | Name | Date | Note, additional post | |
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1 | Vice-Admiral Admiral |
Shirō Takasu | 20 September 1943 1 March 1944 |
Commander of the Southwest Area Fleet and the 2nd Southern Expeditionary Fleet |
2 | Vice-Admiral | Gun'ichi Mikawa | 18 July 1944 | Commander of the Southwest Area Fleet |
15 August 1944 | Commander of the Southwest Area Fleet and the 3rd Southern Expeditionary Fleet | |||
3 | Vice-Admiral | Denshichi Ōkawachi | 1 November 1944 | Commander of the Southwest Area Fleet and the 3rd Southern Expeditionary Fleet |
4 | Vice-Admiral | Minoru Tayui | 8 January 1945 | Commander of the 1st Southern Expeditionary Fleet |
5 | Vice-Admiral | Shigeru Fukudome | 13 January 1945 | Commander of the 1st Southern Expeditionary Fleet |
5 February 1945 | Commander of the 10th Area Fleet and the 1st Southern Expeditionary Fleet |
Rank | Name | Date | Note, additional post | |
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1 | Rear-Admiral Vice-Admiral |
Takeo Tada | 20 September 1943 1 November 1943 |
Chief of staff of the Southwest Area Fleet and the 2nd Southern Expeditionary Fleet |
2 | Rear-Admiral Vice-Admiral |
Hidehiko Nishio | 1 March 1944 15 October 1944 |
Chief of staff of the Southwest Area Fleet |
3 | Rear-Admiral | Kaoru Arima | 1 November 1944 | Chief of staff of the Southwest Area Fleet and the 3rd Southern Expeditionary Fleet Commander of the 31st Special Base Force |
17 November 1944 | Chief of staff of the Southwest Area Fleet and 3rd Southern Expeditionary Fleet | |||
4 | Rear-Admiral | Bunji Asakura | 8 January 1945 | Chief of staff of the 1st Southern Expeditionary Fleet |
5 February 1945 | Chief of staff of the 10th Area Fleet and the 1st Southern Expeditionary Fleet |
The 14th Air Fleet (第十四航空艦隊 Dai-Jūyon Kōkū Kantai ) was in charge of an air cover of Central Pacific Area.
Date | Higher unit | Lower units |
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4 March 1944 (original) | Central Pacific Area Fleet | 22nd Air Flotilla, 26th Air Flotilla, Seaplane tender Akitsushima |
5 May 1944 | Central Pacific Area Fleet | Seaplane tender Akitsushima |
8 July 1944 | HQ was annihilated | |
18 July 1944 | disbanded |
Rank | Name | Date | Note, additional post | |
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1 | Vice-Admiral Admiral |
Chūichi Nagumo | 4 March 1944 8 July 1944 |
Commander of the Central Pacific Area Fleet KIA on 8 July 1944 |
x | vacant post | 9 July 1944 |
Rank | Name | Date | Additional post | |
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1 | Rear-Admiral VIce-Admiral |
Hideo Yano | 4 March 1944 8 July 1944 |
Chief of staff of the Central Pacific Area Fleet KIA on 8 July 1944 |
x | vacant post | 9 July 1944 |