Imperial Japanese Army Air Force

Sentais 50+

Version_2006_11_15

153 pics in total

 

 

 

50. Hiko Sentai
Note: unusual Chutai-colors
Sentai Hombu (HQ) 1.Chutai 2.Chutai 3.Chutai
1940-1941   -   Nakajima Ki-27-Ib NATE   -   Philippines
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1941-1942   -   Nakajima Ki-27-Ib NATE   -   Rangoon, Burma
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(O-148)		 - -
1942, late   -   Nakajima Ki-43-Ia Hayabusa OSCAR   -   Myanmar, Burma
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CO
Masao Miyamaru
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Sgt. Isamu Sasaki (38 victories)
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Lt. Teizo Kazamaru
Inscription on the tail 'wounded wind'
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Sgt. Satoru Anabuki
1943   -   Nakajima Ki-43-Ic Hayabusa OSCAR   -   Myanmar, Burma

Major T. Ishikawa		 -
Sgt Major Chikara Kotanigawa		 -
1943, October   -   Nakajima Ki-43-IIa Hayabusa OSCAR   -   Myanmar, Burma
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CO
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Masao Miyamaru
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Sgt. Satoru Anabuki
A/C named 'Kimikaze'(after his wife)
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P-40E Kittyhawk
captured 1943		 -
1943-1944   -   Nakajima Ki-44-IIb Shoki TOJO   -   Meiktila, Burma
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1943-1944   -   Nakajima Ki-44-IIc Shoki TOJO   -   Meiktila, Burma
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April 1944-1945   -   Kawasaki Ki-61-Ib Hien TONY   -   Hiho airfield, Burma
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Sgt. Satosi Anabuki		 -

 

 

 

51. Sentai
1. Chutai
1944-1945   -   Ki-84 I Hayate FRANK


# 715

 

 

 

52. Hiko Sentai
1. Chutai 2. Chutai 3. Chutai
1944   -   Ki-84-I Hayate FRANK   -   Philippines
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1945   -   Ki-84-I Hayate FRANK   -   Shimodate airfield, Ibaraki, Japan
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# 71
# 71

 

 

 

53. Sentai
1. Chutai 2. Chutai 3. Chutai
1944-1945   -   Kawasaki Ki-45(-KAI)c Toryu NICK   -   where ?

# 59		 -
# 38
1944, November   -   Kawasaki Ki-45(-KAI)c Toryu NICK   -   Matsudo Airfield, Japan (Home Defense)
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# 62
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# 18
Jun-i (Army Sergeant) Nobuji Negishi
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# 84
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# 25 -1943(?)
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# 65
Special Simpu-Seiku Sotai, 53rd Sentai
Single-seated Kawasaki Ki-45(-Kai)-c especially adapted to suicidal attacks
by dismounting of barreled armament and placing explosives into telegraphist-gunner area.
1945, Spring   -   Kawasaki Ki-45(-KAI)c Toryu NICK   -   Matsudo Airfield, Japan (Home Defense)

# 13
# 40
# 98 (wrong d-model)

 

 

 

54. Sentai
2. Chutai 3. Chutai
1943-45   -   Nakajima Ki-43-IIb Hayabusa OSCAR   -   Kitano-Dai AB, Paramushiro island, 1944


Captain Koshiishi


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55. Sentai
The tailmarking was very close to the 53.Sentai one. It was later overpainted with a new sign.
1. Chutai 2. Chutai
1943-45   -   Nakajima Ki-43-IIb Hayabusa OSCAR   -   Kemaki airfield, Nagoi area

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Lt. Tomito Toda, Summer 1944
1944-1945   -   Kawasaki Ki-61-Ia Hien TONY   -   Chofu, Tokyo


#03

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Winter 1944-1945   -   Kawasaki Ki-61-Ic Hien TONY   -   Chofu, Tokyo


# 73

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1945   -   Kawasaki Ki-61-Ic Hien TONY   -   Itami air base, Japan


CO Captain Takefumi Jano
(KIA 17 January 1945)
personal tailmarking ?

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# 37		 -

 

 

 

56. Sentai
1. Chutai 2. Chutai 3. Chutai
1944-1945   -   Kawasaki Ki-61-Id Hien TONY   -   Itami air base, Japan

CO  Sub-Col. Haruyoshi Furukawa
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# 817		 - -
1945, April   -   Kawasaki Ki-61-II(-Kai) Hien TONY   -   Itami air base, Japan
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CO 3rd Chutai (yellow?) Cpt. Fudzitaro Ito
(He was one of the best Japanese aces)

 

 

 

57. Shinbu-Tai
- Special Attack Sentai -
1945, May   -   Nakajima Ki-84-Ia Hayate FRANK   -   Tokyo, Japan

# 00
# 01
# 10 - Sgt. Hisachi Nishida
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# ?
# ?

# 20
# 21		 -
1945   -   Kawasaki Ki-100-Ib TONY   -   Tokyo, Japan
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fictional ?
(looks like the Hayate livery above)		 -

 

 

 

58. Shinbu-Tai
- Special Attack Sentai -
1945, May-August   -   Nakajima Ki-84-Ia Hayate FRANK   -   Miyakonojo AB, Miyazaki, Mie, Japan

# 4
# 7 - Lt. Toku Ueda

 

 

 

59. Sentai
It seems to me, this unit first appeared as a single small group, with different colours for each pilot.
Plus the Katakana Letter on the rudder for the beginning of his name.
1939   -   Nakajima Ki-27 Ia/Ib NATE   -   China, during Nomonhan Incident
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1941   -   Nakajima Ki-43-I Hayabusa OSCAR   -   Hankow AB, China
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Sentai Hombu (HQ) 1. Chutai 2. Chutai 3. Chutai
Sometime after the China action, the different Chutais were introduced, the group`s arrow moved to the tail, before being simplified later
1942   -   Nakajima Ki-43-IIb Hayabusa OSCAR   -   Malaya - CBI - New Guinea
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1943   -   Nakajima Ki-43-IIb Hayabusa OSCAR   -   Malaya - CBI - New Guinea, But Airfield
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Captain Shigeo Nango, CO 2./-
MSgt. Tomio Hirohata
1945   -   Mitsubishi Ki-100-Ia TONY   -   Ashiya AB, Fukuoka, Japan
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# 177
# 078
     
# 153 - Naojuki Ogata
1945, August   -   Mitsubishi Ki-100-Ib TONY   -   Ashiya AB, Fukuoka, Japan
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# 022
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# 71

 

 

 

60. Sentai
2. Chutai
1939   -   Ki-21-Ia SALLY   -   Manchuria

 

 

 

61. Sentai
1. Chutai 2. Chutai 3. Chutai
1938-1944   -   Nakajima Ki-49-IIa  Donryu HELEN

1943		 - -
1944   -   Nakajima Ki-49-IIa  Donryu HELEN
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1945   -   Mitsubishi Ki-67 Hiryu PEGGY
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# 60
# 48

 

 

 

62. Sentai
1. Chutai 2. Chutai 3. Chutai
1938-1944   -   Nakajima Ki-49-IIa  Donryu HELEN   -   CBI
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1945   -   Mitsubishi Ki-67 Hiryu PEGGY   -   Japan
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63. Hiko Sentai

 

 

 

64. Hiko Sentai
Sentai Hombu (HQ) 1. Chutai 2. Chutai 3. Chutai
1939   -   Nakajima Ki-27-Ib NATE   -   China, during Nomonhan Incident
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Lt. Iori Sakai, Canton, 1938
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1942   -   Nakajima Ki-43-Ib Hayabusa OSCAR   -   Malaya, later Burma, Toungoo, Myanmar
 
Takeo Kato
Myanmar, Toungoo, Burma 1942
CO
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 CO Captain Katsumi Anma,
Ipoh Airfield, Malaya, January 1942

March 1942
Chiengmai, northern Thailand		  
Sungei-Patani airfield, Malaya
March 1942
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1942, late   -   Nakajima Ki-43 IIb Hayabusa OSCAR   -   Rangoon, Burma
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1942, late   -   Nakajima Ki-43 IIa Hayabusa OSCAR   -   Rangoon, Burma

CO Colonel Takeo Kato		 - -

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1943   -   Nakajima Ki-43 IIa Hayabusa OSCAR   -   Mingaladon Airfield, Burma
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photographed probably after
overhaul & repainting		 -
1943, November   -   Nakajima Ki-43 IIa Hayabusa OSCAR   -   Mingaladon Airfield, Burma
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Captain Hideo Miyabe
Captain Yasuhiko Kuroe
& Lt. Yohei Hinoki
1944, March   -   Nakajima Ki-43 IIIa Hayabusa OSCAR   -   Burma
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Norio Shindo		 -
Lt. Yohei Hinoki
1944, July   -   Nakajima Ki-43 IIIa Hayabusa OSCAR   -   Saigon, Indochina
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Major Toyoki Eto		 -
1944, late   -   Nakajima Ki-43-IIIa Hayabusa OSCAR   -   Burma
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CO (2nd Ch.) Captain Hideo Miyabe		 -
1945   -   Nakajima Ki-43-IIIa Hayabusa OSCAR   -   Krakor airfield, Indochina
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CO Major Hideo Miyabe		 - -

 

 

 

65. Hiko Sentai

 

 

 

66. Hiko Sentai

 

 

 

67. Hiko Sentai

 

 

 

68. Sentai
Sentai Hombu (HQ) 1. Chutai 2. Chutai
1943, April =>  -   Ki-61-Ia Hien TONY   -   New Guinea, Gasmata / Malahang (Madang?) / Wewak
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Captain Onozaki
(7 victories in Summer of 1943)		 -
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1943, Summer  -   Kawasaki Ki-61-Ib Hien TONY   -   Wewak

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CO 2.Chutai Captain Shogo Takeuchi
1943, Summer  -   Kawasaki Ki-61-Ic Hien TONY   -   Wewak

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Ki-61 Hien TONY

 

 

 

70. Sentai

Sentai Hombu (HQ)

1. Chutai

2. Chutai

3. Chutai
1943, December   -   Nakajima Ki-44-IIb Shoki TOJO   -   Manchuria, Mukden

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captured
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1945, June   -   Nakajima Ki-44-IIc Shoki TOJO   -   Kashiwa AB, Japan

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#  2 Lt. Makoto Ogawa
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 # 11 - Captain Yoshio Yoshida
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# 12 - ?
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# 14 - ?

 

 

 

71. Sentai
2. Chutai
1945   -   Nakajima Ki-84-I Hayate FRANK   -   Japan

 

 

 

72. Sentai
Sentai Hombu (HQ) 1. Chutai 2. Chutai 3. Chutai
1945   -   Nakajima Ki-84-Ia Hayate FRANK   -   Japan

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# 12		 -
# 25

 

 

 

73. Sentai -Apoyo-
1. Chutai 2. Chutai 3. Chutai
1940   -   Nakajima Ki-27-Ib NATE   -   China ?
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1944, December   -   Ki-84 Ia Hayate FRANK   -   Philippines

 # 61
# 91
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74. Sentai
1. Chutai
1945   -   Mitsubishi Ki-67 Hiryu PEGGY

 

 

 

77. Sentai
Sentai Hombu (HQ) 1. Chutai 2. Chutai 3. Chutai
1939   -   Kawasaki Ki-10-II PERRY   -   Burma (?)

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1941-42   -   Nakajima Ki-27-Ib NATE   -   Meshod, Thailand


CO 77. Sentai
Shot down by AVG in december 1941
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1943   -   Nakajima Ki-43-IIb Hayabusa OSCAR   -   Rangoon, Burma


CO 77. Sentai

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1944   -   Nakajima Ki-43-IIb Hayabusa OSCAR   -   Rangoon, Burma

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S.Sgt Toshio Seki		 - - -
1945   -   Nakajima Ki-43-IIb Hayabusa OSCAR   -   Rangoon, Burma

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78. Sentai
1. Chutai 2. Chutai 3. Chutai
 1943, April =>  -   Kawasaki Ki-6-Ia(-KAI) TONY   -   Vunakanau AB, Rabaul, New Britain Island

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May-June 1943
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Kawasaki Ki-61 Ia(-KAI) TONY
Sgt. Chuichi Tady (4 victories)
He was KIA 6 April 1944 during dog-fight
 with huge group of P-38 fighters
1944   -   Kawasaki Ki-61-Id TONY   -   China-Burma-India

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81. Sentai

1.Chutai

2.Chutai

3.Chutai
1941, September   -   Mitsubishi Ki-46-II DINAH   -   China
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1942   -   Mitsubishi Ki-46-II DINAH   -   Indo-China
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1942   -   Mitsubishi Ki-46-II DINAH   -   Malaya
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1942   -   Mitsubishi Ki-46-II DINAH   -   Sumatra
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1943   -   Mitsubishi Ki-46-III DINAH   -   Java
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1944   -   Mitsubishi Ki-46-III DINAH   -   Burma
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1945, August   -   Capitulation

 

 

 

85. Sentai
Sentai Hombu (HQ) 1. Chutai 2. Chutai 3.Chutai
1942   -   Nakajima Ki-44-IIb Shoki TOJO   -   Nanking, Canton, China
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2. Chutai Commander		 -
1943, summer   -   Nakajima Ki-44-IIa Shoki TOJO   -   Nanking, Canton, China
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Captain Yukiyoshi Wakamatsu		 -
1944   -   Nakajima Ki-44-IIb Shoki TOJO   -   Nanking, Canton, China
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CO Captain Yukiyoshi Wakamatsu		 -
1944, August   -   Nakajima Ki-44-IIb Shoki TOJO   -   Tachikawa AB, Japan
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1944, end   -   Nakajima Ki-44-IIb Shoki TOJO   -   Japan (?)

CO Major Togo Saito
pilot ?
CO Captain Yukiyoshi Wakamatsu		 -
1944-1945   -   Nakajima Ki-84-Ia Hayate FRANK   -   Korea

Tailmarking : "Sa"
CO Major Togo Saito ?
 # 52
fictional ?		 -
Tailmarking : "KaRo"
pilot ?

Tailmarking : "Wa"
Captain Wakamatsu ?
# 71
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87. Sentai
Sentai Hombu (HQ) 1. Chutai 2. Chutai
1943   -   Nakajima Ki-44-IIb Shoki TOJO   -   Meiktila, Burma

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late 1943   -   Nakajima Ki-44-IIb Shoki TOJO   -   Sumatra, D.E.I.
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dark green		 -
1944, May   -   Nakajima Ki-44-IIb Shoki TOJO   -   Meiktila, Burma
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late 1944   -   Nakajima Ki-44-IIb Shoki TOJO   -   Eastern Defense
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# 25 - Captain Hideaki Inayama
flat black

 

 

 

90. Sentai
2. Chutai 3. Chutai
 1945   -   Kawasaki Ki-48-I LILY   -   Okinawa, Japan

crashed at Motubo-beach

 

 

 
98. Sentai
2. Chutai 3. Chutai
1943   -   Mitsubishi Ki-21-IIa SALLY
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1944   -   Mitsubishi Ki-21-IIb SALLY
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General information

 

Aircraft abbreviations
Subtypes were marked with : Japanese Word Translation
a Ko, Kou, Kai 1st in rank
b Otsu 2nd in rank
c Hei 3rd in rank
d Tei 4th in rank
KAI Kaizen/Kaizo modification/improvement
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Ki- Kitai Airframe
- Kensan Experiment

 

Aircraft nominations
plane type named after
Fighter weather situations
Attacker mountains
Bomber star/-pictures (groups)
Recons oceans
Transporter skys
Trainer plants

 

 

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