Misawa Naval Air Group

The Misawa Naval Air Group (三澤海軍航空隊) was an aircraft and airbase garrison unit of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the Pacific campaign of World War II. This article handles first generation, second generation, renamed unit the 705th Naval Air Group (第七〇五海軍航空隊), and re-organised unit the 706th Attack Squadron (攻撃第七〇六飛行隊) also.

Structure

 * Higher unit
 * Ōminato Guard District (10 February 1942–31 March 1942)
 * 26th Air Flotilla (1 April 1942–31 August 1943
 * Renamed 705th Naval Air Group on 1 November 1942.
 * 25th Air Flotilla (1 September 1943–14 October 1943)
 * 28th Air Flotilla (15 October 1943–1 October 1944, dissolved.)
 * All land-based attack bombers were independent to the 706th Attack Squadron on 4 March 1944.


 * Commanding officers
 * Captain Masao Sugawara (10 February 1942–9 December 1942)
 * Captain Yasuo Konishi (10 December 1942–23 May 1944)
 * Captain Tarōhachi Shinoda (24 May 1944–1 October 1944, dissolved.)

Second generation of the Misawa Naval Air Group
Reborn as the preparatory flight training unit (Yokaren).

Structure

 * Higher unit
 * 19th Combined Air Group (1 September 1944–1 March 1945)
 * Ōminato Guard District (2 March 1945 –30 June 1945, dissolved.)


 * Commanding officers
 * Captain Takeo Higo (1 September 1944–30 June 1945, dissolved.)

Structure

 * Higher unit
 * 755th Naval Air Group (4 March 1944–10 July 1944, dissolved.)


 * Squadron leader
 * Lieutenant commander Fumio Iwaya (4 March 1944–10 July 1944, dissolved.)