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11 Air Fleet included
most of the first-line land-based aircraft of the
Japanese Navy. These
were committed against the Philippines
and
Malaya
at the start of the Pacific War. It was the long-range
bombers of
the Mihoro, Genzan, and Kanoya Air Groups that destroyed Force Z.
These impressive successes concealed a fundamental weakness: The
Japanese Navy had so few reserves of trained pilots that 11 Air Fleet had significant
numbers of incompletely trained aircrew on its rosters when it went to
war. This came about in part because 11
Air Fleet was drawn on heavily for cadre for the new Shokakus.
| 11 Air Fleet (Tsukahara; at Takao) | ||||
| AVP Kamogisan
Maru (10,000 tons) |
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| AVP Keiyo Maru (9392 tons, 13.5 knots) | ||||
| AVP Lyons Maru (7018 tons, 12 knots) | ||||
| AP Amagisan Maru (7620 tons, 16 knots) | ||||
| AP Tashushin Maru (10,000 tons) | ||||
| AP Nikkoku Maru (2728 tons) | ||||
| AOG Hino Maru #5 (2935 tons) | ||||
| AOG? Nana Maru (9800 tons, 16 knots) | ||||
| Destroyer Division 34 | ||||
| DD Akikaze (at Takao) | ||||
| DD Hakaze (at Cap St. Jaques) | ||||
| DD Tachikaze (at Takao) | ||||
| 21 Air Flotilla (Tada; at Tainan) | ||||
| AVP Katsuragi Maru (8033 tons, 15 knots) | ||||
| 1 Air Group (at Tainan) | ||||
| 48 G3M Nell | ||||
| Toko Air Group (at Tainan) | ||||
| 6 H6K Mavis (at Takao) | ||||
| 18 6K Mavis (at Palau) | ||||
| 13 A5M Claude (at Peleliu?) | ||||
| Kanoya Air Group (at Taichu) | ||||
| 36 G4M Betty | ||||
| 1001 Air Group (at Chiai) | Ordered to cooperate with 16 Army | |||
| 28 L3Y Tina | ||||
| 1 Yokosuka SNLF (520 paratroops) | ||||
| 3 Yokosuka SNLF (849 paratroops) | ||||
| 22 Air Flotilla (Matsunaga; at Saigon) | ||||
| AVP Fujikawa Maru (6938 tons) | ||||
| Mihoro Air Group (at Dau Mot) | ||||
| 48 G3M Nell | ||||
| Genzan Air Group (at Saigon) | ||||
| 48 G3M Nell | ||||
| Kanoya Air Group (at Saigon) | ||||
| 36 G4M Betty | ||||
| Yamada Unit (at Soc Trang) | ||||
| 25 A6M Zero | ||||
| 11 A5M Claude | ||||
| 6 C5M Babs | ||||
| 23 Air Flotilla (Takenaka; at Takao) | ||||
| AVP Komaki Maru (8525 tons, 16.5 knots) | ||||
| 3 Air Group (at Takao) | ||||
| 53 A6M Zero | ||||
| 7 A5M Claude | ||||
| 9 C5M Babs | ||||
| Tainan Air Group (at Tainan) | ||||
| 54 A6M Zero | ||||
| 6 A5M Claude | ||||
| 8 C5M Babs | ||||
| Takao Air Group (at Takao) | ||||
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72 G4M Betty | |
| 2 LO Thelma | ||||
References
http://www.freeport-tech.com/WWII (accessed 2002; now defunct)
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