7th_Air_Division_(Japan)

7th Air Division (Japan)

7th Air Division (Japan)

Military unit

The 7th Air Division (第七飛行師団, Dai 7 Hikō Shidan) was a land-based aviation force of the Imperial Japanese Army. The division was formed on 29 January 1943 in the Netherlands East Indies as part of the Eighth Area Army.[1] It was incorporated into the Fourth Air Army based at Rabaul on 28 July 1943.[1]

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The division moved its headquarters to Wewak in June 1943. The division was disbanded 24 July 1945.[1]

Commanders

  • Lt. General Einosuke Sudō (29 January 1943 – 1 February 1945)[1]
  • Lt. General Chōji Shirokane (1 February 1945 – 16 July 1945)[1]

Organisation

  • 59th Hikō Sentai (1943)
  • 5th Hikō Sentai (1943)
  • 7th Hikō Sentai (1943)
  • 61st Hikō Sentai (1943)

See also

Notes and references

  1. [1]
    "7. Air Division (Japan)". Axis History Factbook. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  • Shindo, Hiroyuki. 2001, Japanese air operations over New Guinea during the Second World War, Journal of the Australian War Memorial.
  • Rekishi Dokuhon, Document of the war No. 42 Overview of Imperial Japanese Army Units, Shin-Jinbutsuoraisha Co., Ltd., Tōkyō, Japan, 1998, ISBN 4-404-02639-0.
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