The was a carrier air group (later converted to airbase garrison unit) of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the Pacific campaign of World War II.
Structure Higher unit 4th Carrier Division (1 May 1944–14 November 1944) 2nd Air Fleet (15 November 1944–7 January 1945) 1st Air Fleet (8 January 1945–24 May 1945) 5th Air Fleet (25 May 1945–2 August 1945) 32nd Air Flotilla (3 August 1945–postwar) Lower unit 163rd Fighter Squadron (1 August 1944–14 November 1944) 167th Fighter Squadron (15 August 1944–14 November 1944) 301st Reconnaissance Squadron (1 January 1945–postwar) 302nd Reconnaissance Squadron (1 July 1945–postwar) Commanding officers Cdr. / Capt. Amagai Takehisa (51) - 1 May 1944 - 15 November 1944 (Captain on 15 October 1944.) Cdr. Emura Nichio (57) - 15 November 1944 - 3 July 1945 Capt. Katsumi Korokuro (51) - 3 July 1945 - 15 September 1945
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