Imperial Japanese Navy Aircraft

- Land-Based Units - 2xx Kokutais -

Version 2006_11_05 - 47 pics in total

201. Kokutai
(201- )

former Chitose Kokutai

1939, October 1 - Formed in Chitose

1943 - A6M3 M.32 Rei-Sen HAMP - Buin

(WI-108)
CPO-Takeo Okumara

1944 - N1K1-Ja Shiden GEORGE - Clark Field, Philippines

(201-53)

Kamikaze Unit

1943, Summer - G6M1-LBETTY - Dutch East Indies_

(X2-903)

1944 - A6M3 M.22 Rei-Sen HAMP - Philippines

(X2-171)

203. Kokutai (03- )
1943 - Mitsubishi A6M2 M.21 Rei-Sen ZEKE - Omura AB, Japan
	(03-99)
1945 - Mitsubishi A6M5 M.52 Rei-Sen ZEKE - Omura AB, Japan
(03-09) - CPO Takeo Tanimizu Kagoshima, Juni 1945	(03-51)	(03-79) Omura AB
(later 303. Hikotai)

204. Kokutai (T2- )
1943 - A6M2 M.21 Rei-Sen ZEKE - Rabaul
(T-102)		-
1943, April - A6M3 M.32 Rei-Sen HAMP - Buin
(T2-112) WO Hagiri Matsuo Summer - -	(T2-165) Shoichi Sugita - - -	(T2-169) PO 2-c Kenji Yanagiya (PO Yanagija was the sole fighter pilot of Adm. Yamamoto's Bouganville escort group to survive the war)
1943, Autumn - A6M3 M.32 Rei-Sen HAMP - Rabaul
(T2-190)	(T2-197)	(T2-1129)

210. Kokutai (210- ) 210-Kokutai around April 1945. 210-Kokutai was originally OTU (Operational Training Unit), but participated in the battles over Okinawa as night torpedo attack unit based in Kushira NAS, Kyushu
1944 - Japan
A6M7 M.63 Rei-Sen ZEKE	Nakajima C6N1 Saiun MYRT	-
(210-105)	(210-95)	-
(210-118)	-	-
1945 - Meiji
N1K1-Ja Shiden GEORGE	J1N1-R IRVING	B6N2 M.12 Kou Tenzan JILL
(210-127)	(210-64)	(210-321)
(210-149) Tokushima/1945	-	(210-322)

211. Kokutai
(211- )

F1M2 Zerokan PETE

(211-01)

212. Kokutai
(212- )

F1M2 Zerokan PETE

(211-01)

221. Kokutai (221- )
Fighter	Divebomber	Levelbomber
1941, March - with 21st Koku Sentai - Hanoi, Indo-China
?	?	Mitsubishi G3M2 NELL
-	-	(221-01)
1945
Mitsubishi A6M5 M.52 Rei-Sen ZEKE	?	?
(221-16)	-	-

241. Kokutai
(41- )

Yokosuka D4Y1 M.12 Suisei JUDY

(41-12)

242. Kokutai
(242- )

Aichi E-13A 1b JAKE

(242-03)

251. (ex Tainan) Kokutai (UI- )
1942 - Mitsubishi A6M3 M.32 Rei-Sen HAMP - Formosa 1942, late - Mitsubishi A6M3 M.32 Rei-Sen HAMP - Kyushu, Japan
(UI-120)	-	C5M2 BABS (251-023) ????
1943 - Mitsubishi A6M3 M.22 Rei-Sen ZEKE - Solomons
Note: The M.22 was made out of the M.32, but had again the earlier wings of the M.21
(UI-105) Hiroyoshi Nishizawa	(UI-106) Hiroyoshi Nishizawa	-

253. (Kanoya) Kokutai (7- ) and later (53- ) "Tatsumaki" Unit
1936, April 1 - Formed in Kanoya
Autumn 1943 - A6M3 M.22 ZEKE - Rabaul
(7-101) -	(7-104) W.O. Tetsuzo Iwamoto	-
1944, February - A6M3 M.22 ZEKE - Rabaul, Tobera AB
	(53-104) W.O.Tetsuzo Iwamoto	(53-888) -
1944 - A6M5 M.52 Rei-Sen ZEKE - Rabaul, Tobera AB
-	( 3-104) W.O. Tetsuzo Iwamoto	-

254. Kokutai
(254- )

A6M2 M.21 Rei-Sen ZEKE

(254-16)

261. Kokutai (?- ) / (61- )
1944 - Mitsubishi A6M2 Model 21 Rei-Sen ZEKE - Saipan, Marianas
(X-110)	-	-
1944, February - Mitsubishi A6M5 Model 52 Rei-Sen ZEKE - Saipan, Marianas
Note: The Aircraft seen here are painted after wrong profiles due to misinterpretation of B&W pics. The pic was taken aboard USS Copahee, which transported the planes to the states for evaluation. Just before the pics were taken, the dust on the surface was cleaned where hinomarus and markings were. Will say, the planes had one color and no "Blotches", like (61-108) & (61-121) show here.
(61-108)	(61-120)	-
(61-121)	(61-131)	(61-197)

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