List of Imperial Japanese Army air-to-surface special attack units

This article handles air-to-surface special attack units by Action Order only. Therefore, this article does not handle air-to-air suicide attack group the Shinten Air Superiority Group (震天制空隊 Shinten Seikūtai) (.ja), suicide boat group the Army Maritime Assault Squadron (陸軍海上挺進戦隊 Rikugun Kaijō Teishin Sentai) (.ja) and other voluntary special/suicide attacks.

Air unit names in this article.
Japanese military unit name has various translations in en.Wikipedia. This article uses the following side-by-side translations to avoid confusions.
Japanese (Kanji) Rōmaji Abbreviation code in IJA English (Use in this article)
航空総軍 Kōkū Sōgun FSA Supreme Army Air force
航空軍 Kōkūgun FA Army Air Force
教導航空軍 Kyōdō Kōkūgun KFA Instructing Army Air Force
飛行集団 Hikō Shūdan FC Flying Corps
戦闘飛行集団 Sentō Hikō Shūdan FC Fighter Corps
航空師団 Kōkū Shidan KD Air Division
飛行師団 Hikō Shidan FD Flying Division
教導飛行師団 Kyōdō Hikō Shidan KFD Instructing Flying Division
教育飛行師団 Kyōiku Hikō Shidan KED Educational Flying Division
飛行団 Hikōdan FB Flying Brigade
教育飛行団 Kyōiku Hikōdan KFB Educational Flying Brigade
飛行戦隊 Hikō Sentai F or FR Flying Regiment
教育飛行隊 Kyōiku Hikōtai FRK Educational Squadron
練習飛行隊 Renshū Hikōtai FRF Training Squadron
錬成飛行隊 Rensei Hikōtai FRL Learning Squadron
野戦補充飛行隊 Yasen Hojū Hikōtai Field Supply Squadron
独立飛行団 Dokuritsu Hikōdan FBs Independent Flying Brigade
独立教育飛行団 Dokuritsu Kyōiku Hikōdan KFBs Independent Educational Flying Brigade
独立飛行隊 Dokuritsu Hikōtai Fs Independent Squadron
独立飛行中隊 Dokuritsu Hikō Chūtai Fcs Independent Chūtai
挺進集団 Teishin Shūdan RD Raiding Division
挺進飛行団 Teishin Hikōdan RFB Raiding Flying Brigade
挺進飛行戦隊 Teishin Hikō Sentai RFR Raiding Flying Regiment
滑空飛行戦隊 Kakkū Hikō Sentai KFR Gliding Flying Regiment
陸軍飛行学校 Rikugun Hikō Gakkō Army Flying School

Hakkō Unit

Shinbu Unit

Ki-43 IIIa "Oscar" of Shinbu Unit No. 20, Chiran airfield, 12 April 1945.
Nakajima Ki-84 I "Frank" of Shinbu Unit No. 57, Shimodate airfield, 17 May 1945.
Shinbu Unit No. 72 pilots, 26 May 1945.
Manshū Ki-79b "Nate" of Shinbu Unit No. 113, 6 June 1945.

Sei Squadron

Shinshō Unit

Shichisei Unit

Shinshū Unit

Other named unit

Mitsubishi Ki-67 "To-Gō" To-203 of Fugaku Unit, Clark Field, 1944.

Flying Regiment and other air unit

Airborne and ground attack

Giretsu Airborne Unit, Kengun airfield, Kumamoto, 24 May 1945.

Footnote

Notes
  1. All Ki-27s were the description may include Ki-79.
  2. Their action records were not discovered. The same shall apply hereinafter.

See also

Bibliography

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