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25th Air Flotilla

Field	Value
unit_name	25th Air Flotilla
image	RabaulJapaneseEnlistedFighterPilots.jpg
image_size	300
caption	Enlisted fighter pilots of the Tainan Air Group, part of the 25th Air Flotilla, pose at Lae in 1942. Several of these aviators would be among the top Japanese Naval aces, including Saburō Sakai (middle row, second from left), and Hiroyoshi Nishizawa (standing, first on left).
dates	1 April 1942 – 5 May 1944
10 July 1944 - 10 February 1945
country	Empire of Japan Empire of Japan
allegiance	Empire of Japan
branch	Empire of Japan Imperial Japanese Navy
type	Naval aviation unit
role	Bomber, Fighter, Reconnaissance
command_structure	[11th Air Fleet](11th-air-fleet)
garrison	Rabaul, New Britain
Lae, Buka, and Buin, Papua New Guinea, and Shortland Islands and Tulagi, Solomon Islands
battles	New Guinea Campaign
Solomon Islands Campaign
notable_commanders	Sadayoshi Yamada

10 July 1944 - 10 February 1945 Lae, Buka, and Buin, Papua New Guinea, and Shortland Islands and Tulagi, Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Campaign The 25th Air Flotilla was a combat aviation unit of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJNAS) during the Pacific Campaign of World War II.

History

The 25th Air Flotilla, mainly consisting of land-based bombers, fighters, and reconnaissance aircraft, reported to the 11th Air Fleet. As originally organized, the flotilla's core units were the 4th Air Group, Tainan Air Group, and Yokohama Air Group. The 4th flew bombers, the Tainan fighters, and the Yokohama reconnaissance aircraft. The flotilla, under the command of Rear Admiral Sadayoshi Yamada, was deployed to Rabaul, New Britain on 29 March 1942. From this location, the unit supported Japanese military operations in the New Guinea and Solomon Islands Campaigns. During these campaigns, the unit was augmented by aircraft from other flotillas (i.e., 2nd Air Group and 3rd Air Group). The operational title for this hybrid organization was the 5th Air Attack Force. The organization took heavy losses in air combat over Guadalcanal.

Organization

Date		Higher unit		Aviation units and vessels
1 April 1942 (original)
29 April 1942
7 August 1942
12 September 1942
10 October 1942
1 November 1942
18 May 1943
1 July 1943
1 September 1943
1 December 1943
1 February 1944
5 May 1944
10 July 1944
15 November 1944
15 December 1944
10 February 1945

Commanding officers

Rank	Name	Date	Note
1	Rear-Admiral	Sadayoshi Yamada	1 April 1942
2	Rear-Admiral	Keizō Ueno	17 November 1942
x		dissolved	5 May 1944
3	Captain / Rear-Admiral	Tomozō Kikuchi	10 July 1944
4	Captain	Toshiyuki Yokoi	24 October 1944
x		dissolved	10 February 1945

Notes

References

Sources

{{cite book| translator =Bullard, Steven | title =Japanese army operations in the South Pacific Area New Britain and Papua campaigns, 1942–43| series = Senshi Sōshō (translated excerpts)| publisher =Australian War Memorial| date =2007
Monthly "The Maru" series, and "The Maru Special" series, (Japan)
"Ships of the World" series, (Japan)
"Famous Airplanes of the World" series and "Monthly Kōku Fan" series, Bunrindō (Japan)

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