Omura Naval Air Group

[stulev]

I am looking for some information on the movements of the 14th Kokutai of the Omura Naval Air Group. I am not sure if Omura was the commander or the name of the air group. possibly in Japan, Korea or Taiwan as no naval location code is used.

Tank you for you help.

Stuart

[ijnfleetadmiral]

There was an Omura Air Group. It was activated on 1 December 1922 and deactivated on 5 May 1945. I have a complete CO listing, but no information about assignments other than it was assigned to 12th Combined Air Group from 1 March 1945 until its deactivation on 5 May 1945.

[fontessa]

Hello stulev,

The below is the history of Omura Naval Air Group. I could not find a connection with the 14th Kokutai. Omura Naval Air Group formed Kamikaze Special Attack Units at the end of the war, but was essentially a training unit.

・ Activated at Omura, Nagasaki Prefecture on December 1 1922.
・ Air Unit of Aircraft carrier KAGA was organized at Omura Naval Air Group on 1 November 1929.
・ Dispatched 12 fighters and 18 carrier bombers to the 13th Air Group organized at the time of the Rohzo Bridge incident on 11 July 1937.
・ Kisaragi Naval Air Group of 1st Combined Air Group was advanced to Omura and started famous cross the sea bombing on 8 August 1937.
・ In preparation for the Wuhan capture action, 15th Air Group was activated at Omura Naval Air Group oin 25 June 1938.
・ With the completed the capture of Wuhan, 15th Air Group was deactivated on 1 December 1938.
・ Air Unit of Aircraft carrier Hiryu was organized at Omura Naval Air Group on 1 April 1939.
・ 21st Navy Air Yard was attached on 1 October 1941.
・ Carried out anti-submarine patrol from December 1941 to March 1942.
・ Isahaya Detachment and Genzan Detachment were activated on 15 March 1944.
・ Jeju Detachment was activated on 15 March 1944.
・ Intercepts B-29 Omura raid from August to November 1944.
・ In March 1945, formed Kamikaze Special Attack Units as part of Operation Tengo.
・ Kamikaze Special Attack Units was formed and launched from April to May 1945 as part of Operation Kikusui.
・ Deactivated on 5 May 1945.

fontessa

[Eugen Pinak]

fontessa - thank you once again for the history of Omura group.
Is this history a result of your research or there is a Japanese book with short histories of IJN air units like this?

[fontessa]

Hello Eugen,

I'm praised and uncomfortable, but it's not as much as "the result of my research." I'm just excerpted from Japanese Wiki.

fontessa

[stulev]

Fontessa San thank you for the information on the Omura Air Group. Stuart

[Eugen Pinak]

Hello Eugen,

I'm praised and uncomfortable, but it's not as much as "the result of my research." I'm just excerpted from Japanese Wiki.

fontessa

If I will manage to meet you in person one day, you will really know, what my prize is

You see - in my opinion you (and other Japanese members of this forum) don't get enough prize for your input here. It may seem small thing for you - but before your post I had no idea one can find so many information on naval air group on Japanese Wikipedia. And so on on many other "small" details on Japan and its military.
So I really appreciate your input and hope, that other members appreciate it as well.

[ijnfleetadmiral]

Hello Eugen,

I'm praised and uncomfortable, but it's not as much as "the result of my research." I'm just excerpted from Japanese Wiki.

fontessa

If I will manage to meet you in person one day, you will really know, what my prize is

You see - in my opinion you (and other Japanese members of this forum) don't get enough prize for your input here. It may seem small thing for you - but before your post I had no idea one can find so many information on naval air group on Japanese Wikipedia. And so on on many other "small" details on Japan and its military.
So I really appreciate your input and hope, that other members appreciate it as well.

I agree with Eugen on this...I wish the information on Japan Wikipedia carried over to the English versions of those articles! But more importantly, I agree with him on the fact that the Japanese members of this board - in my case, Fontessa in particular - have helped me immensely in my efforts to have a complete listing of IJN officers. Thanks to their generous help, my two main documents - one an officer listing and the other a career listing - now total over 4,000 pages. So again, to all those who have helped over the years, Arigatou, gozaimasu!

[stulev]

I agree completely concerning our Japanese members. Thank you so much for your help!