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24th Air Flotilla

Field	Value
unit_name	24th Air Flotilla
第二十四航空戦隊
dates	1940-1944
country	Japan
branch	Aviation
command_structure	[4th Fleet](4th-fleet-imperial-japanese-navy)

第二十四航空戦隊 The 24th Air Flotilla (第二十四航空戦隊, Dai-Nijūyon Kōkū-Sentai) was a combat aviation unit of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the Pacific Campaign of World War II. The flotilla, mainly consisting of land-based bombers, fighters, and flying boats, reported to the IJN's 4th Fleet. As originally organized, the flotilla's core units were the 4th Air Corps, Yokohama Air Corps, and 1st Air Corps.

Organization

The 4th Combined Air Group (第4連合航空隊, Dai-yon Rengō Kōkutai) was original unit of the 24th Air Flotilla, therefore, describe this section from the 4th Combined Air Group.

Date		Higher unit		Unit name		Aviation units and vessels
15 November 1940 (original)
15 January 1941
10 April 1941
20 December 1941
16 February 1942
1 April 1942
1 December 1942
5 August 1943
1 December 1943
20 February 1944

Commanding officers

Rank	Name	Date	Note
1	Rear-Admiral	Ryūnosuke Kusaka	15 November 1940
2	Rear-Admiral
Vice-Admiral	Eiji Gotō	15 April 1941
15 October 1941
3	Rear-Admiral	Minoru Maeda	1 June 1942
4	Rear-Admiral
Vice-Admiral	Michiyuki Yamada	20 January 1943
6 February 1944
x	vacant post		7 February 1944

Footnotes

References

Notes

Bibliography

{{cite book |translator-last =Bullard |translator-first =Steven

References

Bullard, pp.32-33.

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