IArticle View: Expand - Back

Initial Japanese Army Order of Battle

Unit	Commander	Start	Administrative Assignment	Operational Assignment	Notes
Imperial General Headquarters	Hirohito	Tokyo
Army General Staff	Sugiyama Gen	Tokyo	Imperial General Headquarters
4 Division	Kitano Kenzo	Shanghai	Army General Staff		General reserve. Seriously understrength, with just 11,000 men. Homma considered this the worst-equipped division in the Japanese Army. Its infantry group was composed of 8 Regiment, 37 Regiment (from Osaka), and 61 Regiment. Redeployed to China 1941-12, returned to Japan 1943-8, and redeployed to Sumatra 1944-8 and Thailand 1944-12.
15 Independent Mixed Brigade	Tanaka Tsutomu		Army General Staff		Exact assignment unknown
1 Amphibious Landing Group	Ito Shinobu		Army General Staff		Exact assignment unknown. Redesignated as 1 Amphibious Brigade in 1944-1.
General Defense Command	Yamada Otozo	Tokyo	Army General Staff
Ship Transport Command			General Defense Command		Responsible for the Army merchant shipping pool
Northern District Army	Hamamoto Kisaburo	Obihiro	General Defense Command		Redesignated 5 Area Army on 1944-3-10.
7 Division	Koito Koichi		Northern District Army		Participated in the Siberian Intervention in 1918. 28 Regiment (2000 men) was deployed to Aslito. The rest of the division never left Japan.
Karafuto Independent Mixed Brigade		Karafuto	Northern District Army
Karafuto Reserve Brigade		Karafuto	Northern District Army
Chishima Regiment		Kuriles	Northern District Army
Central District Army	Fujii Yoji	Osaka	General Defense Command		Redesignated 13 Area Army in 1945-1.
53 Division	Baba Masao	Kyoto	Central District Army		Deployed to Burma 1944-1
54 Division	Katamura Shihachi	Himeji	Central District Army		Deployed to Burma 1943-8
4 Depot Division	Kan Hararoku?		Central District Army
5 Depot Division	Hasegawa Miyoji		Central District Army
55 Depot Division	Nagami Shuntoku		Central District Army
1 Air Division	Abe Tetsujo		Central District Army		A training unit
13 Air Regiment		Kakogawa	1 Air Division		9 Ki-27 Nate
Western District Army	Fujie Keisuke	Fukuoka	General Defense Command
6 Depot Division	Kayashima Taka		Western District Army
56 Depot Division	Sakai Yasushi		Western District Army
26 Engineer Regiment			Western District Army
Eastern District Army	Nakamura Kotaro	Tokyo	General Defense Command
52 Division	Mugikura Shunsaburo		Eastern District Army		Deployed to Truk 1943-12 and never saw combat.
2 Depot Division	Terakura Shozo		Eastern District Army
3 Depot Division	Kushibuchi Senichi		Eastern District Army
51 Depot Division	Ueno Kenichiro		Eastern District Army
57 Depot Division	Osako Michisada		Eastern District Army
Imperial Guards Brigade	Teshima Fusataro	Tokyo	Eastern District Army		Or Imperial Guards Depot Division
17 Air Brigade	Nakanishi Ryosuke	Chofu	Eastern District Army
5 Air Regiment		Chofu	17 Air Brigade		25 Ki-27 Nate
144 Air Regiment		Chofu	17 Air Brigade		19 Ki-27 Nate
Korea Army	Itagaki Seishiro	Seoul	General Defense Command		Redesignated Korea District Army 1945-2-1
19 Division	Kozuki Yoshio	Rashin	Korea Army		Redeployed to Luzon 1944-12 and destroyed.
20 Division	Nagatsu Sadashige	Pusan	Korea Army		Composed of 62, 82, and 83 Regiments. Redeployed to New Guinea 1943-1 and destroyed.
23 Engineer Regiment			Korea Army
10 Area Army	Ando Rikichi	Taipeh	Army General Staff		Controlled army units in Formosa. However, in December 1941, no combat formations were assigned.
China Expeditionary Army	Hata Shunroku	Nanking	Army General Staff		Controlled all army units in central and southern China. These were the areas of active operations against the Kuomintang.
11 Army	Anami Korechika	Hankow	China Expeditionary Army		Preparing to attack Changsha with 120,000 men supported by 600 artillery pieces and 200 aircraft of 1 Air Brigade.
3 Division	Takahashi Takaji	Changsha?	11 Army		Square division
6 Division	Kanda Masatane		11 Army		Had an excellent reputation as one of the toughest divisions in the Japanese Army. Redeployed to Bougainville 1943-1 and isolated for the remainder of the war. Infantry group included 23 Regiment.
13 Division	Uchiyama Eitaro	I'chang	11 Army
34 Division	Oga Shigeru	Nanchang	11 Army
39 Division	Sumida Raishiro	I'chang	11 Army		Redeployed to Manchuria 1945-7
40 Division	Aoki Seiichi	I'chang?	11 Army
14 Independent Brigade	Nakayama Tomodu		11 Army
18 Independent Mixed Brigade	Tsutsumi Fusaki		11 Army
13 Tank Regiment			11 Army
2 Engineer Regiment			11 Army
8 Engineer Regiment			11 Army
13 Army	Sawada Shigeru	Shanghai	China Expeditionary Army
15 Division	Sakai Naoji	Wuhu	13 Army		Redeployed to Thailand 1943-8 and to Burma 1944-2.
22 Division	Ota Katsumi	Hangchow	13 Army		Redeployed to French Indochina 1945-1
116 Division	Takeuchi Toshijiro		13 Army
? Independent Mixed Brigade			13 Army
11 Independent Mixed Brigade	Tsutsumi Mikio		13 Army
12 Independent Mixed Brigade	Nanbu Johkichi		13 Army
13 Independent Mixed Brigade	Akashika Tsutomu		13 Army
17 Independent Mixed Brigade	Tagami Hachiro		13 Army
20 Independent Mixed Brigade	Nozoe Masanori	Nanchang	13 Army
23 Army	Sakai Takashi	Canton	China Expeditionary Army
51 Division	Nakano Hidemitsu		23 Army		Composed of 66, 102, and 115 Regiments. Redeployed to New Guinea 1943-1 and destroyed.
104 Division	Komoda Koichi		23 Army
? Independent Mixed Brigade			23 Army
19 Independent Mixed Brigade	Matsui Kanichi		23 Army
45 Air Regiment		Tien Flo	23 Army		34 Ki-32 Mary
1 Air Brigade	Mori Shigeki	Hankow	China Expeditionary Army		Assigned to support 11 Army at Changsha
44 Air Regiment		Tien Flo	1 Air Brigade		24 Ki-51 Sonia
18 Squadron		Hankow	1 Air Brigade		11 Ki-15 Babs
54 Air Regiment		Hankow	1 Air Brigade		12 Ki-27 Nate (at Nanking) 24 Ki-27 Nate (at Hankow)
10 Squadron		Hankow	1 Air Brigade		10 Ki-27 Nate
8 Air Regiment		Nanchang	1 Air Brigade		12 Ki-51 Sonia
83 Squadron		Taiyuan	1 Air Brigade		10 Ki-15 Babs
66 Squadron		Hankow	China Expeditionary Army		12 Ki-30 Ann
North China Area Army	Okamura Yasutsuga	Peiping	Army General Staff		Controlled army units in north China, where there were no active operations against the Kuomintang. However, antiguerrilla operations against Mao's Chinese Communists were ongoing.
27 Division	Tominaga Nobusama		North China Area Army
35 Division	Harada Kumakichi	Kaifeng?	North China Area Army		Composed of 219, 220, and 221 Regiments. Redeployed to New Guinea 1944-4 and destroyed.
110 Division	Yamada Tetsujirou	Paotang?	North China Area Army		Square division
1 Independent Mixed Brigade	Suzuki Teiji		North China Area Army
7 Independent Mixed Brigade	Hayashi Yoshitaro		North China Area Army
8 Independent Mixed Brigade			North China Area Army
15 Brigade	Fukei Shinpei		North China Area Army
15 Tank Regiment			North China Area Army
1 Army	Iwamatsu Yoshio	Taiyuan	North China Area Army
36 Division	Izeki Mitsuru		1 Army		Composed of 222, 223, and 224 Regiments. Redeployed to New Guinea 1943-12 and destroyed.
37 Division	Nagano Yuichiro		1 Army		Redeployed to French Indochina 1945-1
41 Division	Shimizu Tsunenori	Tsingtao	1 Army		Composed of 237, 238, and 239 Regiments. Redeployed to New Guinea 1943-2 and destroyed.
3 Independent Mixed Brigade	Mori Suehiro		1 Army
4 Independent Mixed Brigade	Tsuda Yoshitake		1 Army
9 Independent Mixed Brigade	Ikenoue Kenkichi		1 Army
16 Independent Mixed Brigade	Wakamatsu Heiji		1 Army
12 Army	Dobashi Kazutsugu	Peiping	North China Area Army
17 Division	Hirabayashi Morito		12 Army		Redeployed to New Britain 1943-9 and isolated.
32 Division	Ide Tetsuzo	Tsinan?	12 Army		Composed of 210, 211, and 212 Regiments. Redeployed to Halmahera 1944-4
5 Independent Mixed Brigade	Uchida Ginnosuke		12 Army
6 Independent Mixed Brigade	Iwai Torajiro		12 Army
10 Independent Mixed Brigade			12 Army
Mongol Army	Akamasu Shigetaro	Kalgan	North China Area Army		Or Mongolia Garrison Army. A puppet formation
36 Cavalry Group	Nishihara Issaku		Mongol Army		Nine divisions of puppet cavalry
26 Division	Yano Otosaburo		Mongol Army		Redeployed to Philippines 1944-8 and destroyed at Leyte.
2 Independent Mixed Brigade	Mano Goro		Mongol Army
Kwantung Army	Umezu Yoshijiro	Changchun	Army General Staff
Manchurian Area Army		Changchun	Kwantung Army
10 Division	Sogawa Jiro		Manchurian Area Army		This division got clobbered at Taierhchuang in 1938. It was destroyed again after redeploying to Luzon 1944-11.
28 Division	Ishiguro Teizo		Manchurian Area Army		Redeployed to Ryukyu Islands 1944-7. Never saw combat.
29 Division	Uemura Toshimichi	Anshan	Manchurian Area Army		Redeployed to Marianas 1944-2 and destroyed on Guam. Infantry group included 50 Regiment.
Kwantung Defense Army	Kusaba Tatsumi		Manchurian Area Army		Redesignated 44 Army on 1945-5-30.
Kwantung Air Brigade		Mukden	Manchurian Area Army		36 Ki-57 Topsy
3 Army	Kawabe Masakazu	Botanko	Kwantung Army
9 Division	Higuchi Kiichiro		3 Army		A veteran division that participated in the First Shanghai Incident. Moved to Okinawa in 1944-2 and to Formosa in 1945-2. Never saw combat in the Pacific.
12 Division	Kasahara Yukio		3 Army		From southern Kyushu. Participated in the Siberian Intervention in 1918. Redeployed to Formosa 1944-11. Never saw combat.
1 Tank Group	Yamada Kunitaro		3 Army		Also known as 1 Tank Brigade. 3, 5, and 9 Tank Regiments.
5 Engineer Regiment			3 Army
9 Engineer Regiment			3 Army
27 Engineer Regiment			3 Army
4 Army	Yokoyama Isamu	Beian	Kwantung Army
1 Division	Nakazawa Mitsuo	Beian	4 Army		Redeployed to the Philippines 1944-9 and destroyed in the Leyte campaign.
14 Division	Kawanami Mitsu	Tsitsihar	4 Army		Redeployed to Palaus 1944-4 and isolated on Babelthuap.
57 Division	Osako Michisada		4 Army		Returned to Japan 1945-4
5 Border Guard Brigade		Holomoching	4 Army
6 Border Guard Brigade		Nencheng	4 Army
7 Border Guard Brigade			4 Army
8 Border Guard Brigade			4 Army
13 Border Guard Brigade			4 Army
5 Army	Iimura Jo	Toan	Kwantung Army
11 Division	Takamori Takashi	Hulin	5 Army		Returned to Japan 1945-4. Never saw combat.
24 Division	Nemoto Hiroshi		5 Army		Redeployed to Okinawa 1944-4 and destroyed.
2 Tank Group	Yamaji Hideo		5 Army		10 and 11 Tank Regiments.
4 Border Guards Brigade			5 Army
6 Border Guards Brigade			5 Army
12 Border Guards Brigade			5 Army
3 Cavalry Brigade	Kataoka Tadasu		5 Army
7 Engineer Regiment			5 Army
22 Engineer Regiment			5 Army
24 Engineer Regiment			5 Army
6 Army	Kita Seiichi	Hailar	Kwantung Army
23 Division	Nishihara Kanji		6 Army		Redeployed to Luzon 1944-11 and destroyed.
20 Army	Seki Genroku	Keinei	Kwantung Army
8 Division	Hondo Masaki	Suiyang	20 Army		Redeployed to Luzon 1944-8 and destroyed in the second Philippines campaign.
25 Division	Akashiba Yaezo		20 Army		Returned to Japan 1945-3
2 Border Guards Brigade			20 Army
3 Border Guards Brigade			20 Army
10 Border Guards Brigade			20 Army
11 Border Guards Brigade			20 Army
2 Air Division	Teramoto Kumaichi	Changchun	Kwantung Army
2 Air Brigade	Nakamura Yoshiaki	Chiamussu	2 Air Division
6 Light Air Regiment		Chiamussu	2 Air Brigade		27 Ki-57 Topsy
9 Air Regiment		Pyongyang	2 Air Brigade		36 Ki-27 Nate
65 Light Air Regiment		Tunhua	2 Air Brigade		36 Ki-30 Ann
8 Air Brigade	Tazoe Noboru		2 Air Division		Redesignated 8 Air Division on 1942-6-1.
32 Light Air Regiment		Tunhua	8 Air Brigade		27 Ki-32 Mary
33 Air Regiment		Chiamussu	8 Air Brigade		36 Ki-27 Nate
58 Heavy Air Regiment		Sui-hua	8 Air Brigade		27 Ki-21 Sally
9 Air Brigade	Hashimoto Hidenobu	Tsitsihar	2 Air Division		Redesignated 9 Air Division in 1944-8.
6 Heavy Air Regiment		Hailar	9 Air Brigade		27 Ki-21 Sally
7 Heavy Air Regiment		Kungchunling	9 Air Brigade		27 Ki-21 Sally
13 Air Brigade		Hailang	2 Air Division
70 Air Regiment		Lankang	13 Air Brigade		36 Ki-27 Nate
85 Air Regiment		Hailang	13 Air Brigade		36 Ki-27 Nate
87 Air Regiment		Hailang	13 Air Brigade		36 Ki-27 Nate
28 Independent Air Regiment		Hailang	2 Air Division		20 Ki-15 Babs
Southern Expeditionary Army	Terauchi Hisaichi	Saigon	Army General Staff		Responsible for executing the major land operations of the Centrifugal Offensive by which Japan hoped to seize southeast Asia before the Allies could react. This offensive was completely successful, achieving all of its objectives ahead of schedule and at smaller loss than anticipated. Subsequently renamed Southern Army
1 Parachute Brigade "Dash Forward"		Nyutabaru, Kyushu	Southern Expeditionary Army		Deployed to Southeast Asia in December 1941 following the outbreak of war.
1 Parchute Regiment		Chiai	1 Parachute Brigade
2 Parachute Regiment		Saigon	1 Parachute Brigade		Conducted airborne attack on Palembang
21 Division	Tanaka Hisaichi	Cam Ranh?	Southern Expeditionary Army		From Kanazawa. Had seen two years' service in China. Redeployed to Indochina 1943-8.
38 Division	Sano Tadayoshi	near Hong Kong	Southern Expeditionary Army		From Nagoya. 20,000 men with motorized transport. Infantry group consisted of 228, 229, and 230 Regiments. Assigned to Southern Expeditionary Army from 23 Army for the attack on Hong Kong. The commander of 23 Army, Sakai Takashi, seems to have personally supervised the Hong Kong operation. Redeployed to Netherlands East Indies 1942-1, Guadalcanal 1942-10, and New Britain 1943-2.
21 Independent Mixed Brigade	Yamagata Kurihanao		Southern Expeditionary Army		Eventually committed to New Guinea.
21 Air Regiment		Gia Lam	Southern Expeditionary Army
82 Light Squadron		Tien Flo	21 Air Regiment		12 Ki-48 Lily
84 Squadron		Nha Trang	21 Air Regiment		9 Ki-27 Nate
83 Air Regiment		Sanya	Southern Expeditionary Army
71 Squadron		Sanya	83 Air Regiment		10 Ki-51 Sonia
73 Squadron		Sanya	83 Air Regiment		9 Ki-51 Sonia
89 Squadron		Dau Mot	83 Air Regiment		12 Ki-32 Mary
7 Air Regiment		Chiai	Southern Expeditionary Army		Transport for 1 Parachute Brigade?
1 Squadron		Chiai	7 Air Regiment		6 Ki-59 Theresa
2 Squadron		Chiai	7 Air Regiment		6 Ki-59 Theresa
13 Squadron		Chiai	7 Air Regiment		12 Ki-57 Topsy (at Chiai) 6 Ki-59 Theresa (at Dau Mot)
47 Squadron		Tien Flo	Southern Expeditionary Army		9 Ki-44 Tojo. Experimental squadron testing the new aircraft design.
14 Army	Homma Masaharu	Magong	Southern Expeditionary Army		Responsible for taking the Philippines. Redesignated 14 Area Army on 1944-7-28.
16 Division	Morioka Susumu		14 Army	Lamon Bay Force	From Kyoto. Participated in the Rape of Nanking. The infantry group consisted of 20 Regiment plus those listed below. The main body embarked with Lamon Bay Force numbered about 9000 men. This division had been recently triangularized and had not seen recent combat. Homma did not rate it very highly.
9 Regiment			16 Division	Lingayen Gulf Force	Kamijima Detachment (later Takahashi Detachment).
33 Regiment			16 Division	4 Surprise Attack Force	Kimura Detachment (2500 men). Responsible for seizing Legaspi. Included the infantry group headquarters from 16 Division. One battalion from the regiment was with the division main body at Naze.
48 Division	Tsuchihashi Yuitsu		14 Army	Lingayen Gulf Force	Composed of 1 and 2 Formosa Regiments and 47 Regiment. Formed in 1940 in Formosa and lacked battle experience, but Homma still considered it the best division in 14 Army. It was partially motorized and reinforced with artillery. Redeployed to Celebes and Timor 1942-4.
2 Formosa Regiment			48 Division	1 Surprise Attack Force	Tanaka Detachment. 2200 men.
3 Battalion, 2 Formosa Regiment			2 Formosa Regiment	2 Surprise Attack Force	Reinforced to 2200 men
65 Brigade	Nara Akira	Magong	14 Army		From Hiroshima. 6500 mostly older reservists. Considered totally unprepared for combat by its own commander. Intended for garrison duty. Composed of 53 and 141 Regiments.
4 Tank Regiment			14 Army	48 Division	Equipped with light tanks.
7 Tank Regiment			14 Army	48 Division	80-100 tanks, including "heavy" 13-ton tanks.
3 Engineer Regiment		Takao	14 Army
21 Engineer Regiment			14 Army	3 Surprise Attack Force
24 Airfield Battalion			14 Army	3 Surprise Attack Force
15 Army	IIda Shojiro	Phnom Penh?	Southern Expeditionary Army		Responsible for taking Burma.
33 Division	Sakurai Shozo	central China	15 Army		From Sendai
55 Division	Takeuchi Hiroshi	on Thai border	15 Army		From Zentsuji. Less 143 Regiment, which was assigned to 25 Army, and 55 Infantry Group (including 144 Regiment) which was assigned to Imperial General Headquarters.
16 Army	Imamura Hitoshi	Tokyo	Southern Expeditionary Army		Responsible for taking the Netherlands East Indies. Would not deploy to the combat zone until the Philippines and Singapore were isolated.
2 Division	Maruyama Masao	Cam Ranh	16 Army		Composed of 4, 16, and 29 Regiments. Redeployed to Guadalcanal 1942-9 and nearly destroyed. Rebuilt and redeployed to southeast Asia 1945-1. Part of the division was committed to Burma 1945-3.
8 Tank Regiment			16 Army
1 Engineer Regiment			16 Army
25 Army	Yamashita Tomoyuki	Cam Ranh	Southern Expeditionary Army		Responsible for taking Malaya
5 Division	Matsui Takuro		25 Army	Singora Attack Force	From Hiroshima. One of the finest and most heavily mechanized divisions in the Japanese Army with specialist training in amphibious assault. Also one of the largest, since it was still a square division. Three of its four regiments were assigned to land at Singora and the fourth at Patani and drive down the west coast of Malaya. Redeployed to the Netherlands East Indies 1943-8.
9 Brigade	Kawamura Saburo		5 Division	Singora Attack Force
11 Regiment		Cam Ranh	9 Brigade		Would deploy as second echelon to Singora by 1941-12-16
41 Regiment			9 Brigade	Singora Attack Force	Formed the vanguard of 5 Division at Singora.
21 Brigade	Sugiura Eikichi	Cam Ranh	5 Division
21 Regiment		Shanghai	21 Brigade		Did not deploy to Thailand until January 1942.
42 Regiment			21 Brigade	Patani Attack Force	Responsible for securing Patani.
18 Division	Mutaguchi Renya	Canton	25 Army		From Kurume. Had considerable combat experience in China and had specialist training in amphibious assault. A square division, but one of its brigade headquarters was detached with one regiment to operate under 16 Army, leaving the other brigade headquarters and three regiments with the main body of the division. Redeployed to Burma 1942-4.
23 Brigade		Canton	18 Division
55 Regiment		Canton	23 Brigade
56 Regiment			23 Brigade	Kota Baharu Attack Force	Responsible for seizing Kota Baharu.
35 Brigade	Kawaguchi	Canton	18 Division	Southern Expeditionary Army	Kawaguchi Detachment was built around the brigade headquarters and 124 Regiment and was responsible for seizing points in west Borneo: Miri, Kuching, Brunei
114 Regiment		Canton	35 Brigade		In reserve for probable deployment to Malaya.
124 Regiment		Canton	35 Brigade
56 Division	Watanabe Masao	Fukuoka	25 Army		From Kurume. This division was newly activated and the brigade designated to become its infantry group (56 Brigade) was operating with 16 Army. Yamashita left the headquarters in Japan, where it was effectively part of the area army reserve. Deployed to Burma 1941-12.
56 Brigade	Sakaguchi Shizuo	Palau	56 Division	16 Army	Designated to become the infantry group of 56 Division. Built around the brigade headquarters and 146 Regiment. Responsible for seizing Tarakan and Balikpapan.
Imperial Guards Division	Nishimura Takuma	on Thai border	25 Army		Organized 1871-3 from 6200 samurai as the nucleus of the modern Japanese Army. Consisted of 2, 4 and 5 Guards Regiments. Responsible for securing Thailand and the Kra Peninsula before joining the rest of 25 Army in Malaya. Redesignated 2 Imperial Guards Division on 1943-6, likely as a calculated insult for its behavior in Malaya.
3 Tank Group			25 Army		Amounted to a full armored division, with four regiments. Three regiments (1, 2, and 6) were equipped with 37 M-97 and 20 M-95 tanks; the 14 Tank Regiment was equipped with 45 M-95 tanks.
143 Regiment		off Kra Isthmus	55 Division	25 Army	Detailed from its parent division to seize points along the Kra Isthmus. The regimental headquarters was embarked on a transport off Prachuap.Two battalions were embarked in two transports and one cargo ship off Jumbhorn. A third battalion was embarked in three transports off Nakhorn.
4 Engineer Regiment				25 Army
15 Engineer Regiment				25 Army
3 Air Division	Sugawara Michio	Kompong Trach	Southern Expeditionary Army
3 Air Brigade	Endo Saburo	Kompong Trach	3 Air Division
27 Light Air Regiment		Kompong Chanang	3 Air Brigade		23 Ki-51 Sonia
59 Air Regiment		Kompong Trach	3 Air Brigade		24 Ki-27 Nate
75 Light Air Regiment		Kompong Trach	3 Air Brigade		25 Ki-48 Lily
90 Light Air Regiment		Kompong Trach	3 Air Brigade		25 Ki-48 Lily
7 Air Brigade	Yamamoto Kenji	Phnom Penh	3 Air Division
12 Heavy Air Regiment		Phnom Penh	7 Air Brigade		21 Ki-21 Sally
60 Heavy Air Regiment		Phnom Penh	7 Air Brigade		39 Ki-21 Sally
51 Recon Squadron		Phnom Penh	7 Air Brigade		3 Ki-15 Babs 3 Ki-46 Dinah
64 Air Regiment		Phiquoc	7 Air Brigade		6 Ki-27 Nate 35 Ki-43 Oscar
98 Heavy Air Regiment		Saigon	7 Air Brigade		42 Ki-21 Sally
10 Air Brigade	Hirotaka Yutaka	Krakor	3 Air Division
31 Light Air Regiment		Siem Reap	10 Air Brigade		24 Ki-30 Ann
77 Air Regiment		Siem Reap	10 Air Brigade		36 Ki-27 Nate
62 Heavy Air Regiment		Krakor	10 Air Brigade		22 Ki-21 Sally
70 Recon Squadron		Krakor	10 Air Brigade		8 Ki-15 Babs
12 Air Brigade	Aoki	Phiquoc	3 Air Division
1 Air Regiment		Phiquoc	12 Air Brigade		42 Ki-27 Nate
11 Air Regiment		Phiquoc	12 Air Brigade		39 Ki-27 Nate
50 Recon Squadron		Kompong Trach	3 Air Division		3 Ki-15 Babs 2 Ki-46 Dinah
81 Recon Squadron		Phnom Penh	3 Air Division		9 Ki-15 Babs 7 Ki-46 Dinah
5 Air Division	Obata Hideyoshi	Heito	Southern Expeditionary Army		There is significant disagreement among various sources on the composition of this unit. We use the composition given by Francillon (1979).
4 Air Brigade	Kawahara Toshiaki	Chiai	5 Air Division		Redesignated 4 Air Division in 1943.
8 Light Air Regiment		Chiai	4 Air Brigade		27 Ki-48 Lily 9 Ki-15 Babs 2 Ki-46 Dinah
14 Heavy Air Regiment		Chiai	4 Air Brigade		18 Ki-21 Sally
16 Light Air Regiment		Chiai	4 Air Brigade		27 Ki-30 Ann
50 Air Regiment		Hengchun	4 Air Brigade		36 Ki-27 Nate
10 Independent Air Squadron		Heito	5 Air Division
52 Recon Squadron		Heito	10 Independent Air Squadron		13 Ki-51 Sonia
74 Recon Squadron		Heito	10 Independent Air Squadron		10 Ki-36 Ida
76 Recon Squadron		Heito	10 Independent Air Squadron		9 Ki-15 Babs 2 Ki-46 Dinah
11 Air Transport Squadron		Taichu	5 Air Division		9 Ki-57 Topsy
12 Air Transport Squadron		Phnom Penh	5 Air Division		9 Ki-57 Topsy. Not given in Francillon, but identified by Rottman and Takizawa (2005) as part of the parachute transport force.
24 Air Regiment		Heito	5 Air Division		36 Ki-27 Nate

Previous - Next

Visit our discussion forums.

Comment on this article