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Part II-Plans |
Fleet Organization and Composition
Tactical organization |
Commander |
Composition |
Duties |
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Air Attack Force | CinC 1st Air Fleet | 1st Air Fleet (less 4Sf, 5Sf,10S)1 | To attack and destroy enemy fleet; support Occupation Force. | ||
Supporting Force | Comdr. CruDiv 8. | CruDiv 8, 2nd section of BatDiv 3. | To destroy enemy fleet; Cover Air Attack Force. | ||
Screening Unit | Comdr. DesRon 10. | DesRon 10 (less DesDiv 7), DesDiv 4. | Screen; to destroy enemy fleet. | ||
Supply Force |
1st Supply Unit Group | Comdr. Sp. Service Ship Kyokuta Maru. | Kyokuta M2 (1), Shin Koku M (2), Toho M (3), Nippon M(4), Kokuyo M (5), | Supply Duty |
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2nd Supply Unit Group | Under Direct Command. | Nichiro M (9), #2 Kyoei M(10), Hoko M (11). | |||
Reserve Unit | Comdr. CarDiv 5. | CarDiv 5. | Maintenance; Training.Zuikaku to prepare for Third Phase Operation. |
1 4Sf is CarDiv 4. 5Sf is CarDiv 5. 10S is DesRon 10.
2 M is Maru.
Composition |
Command |
Number of Aircraft1 |
Notes |
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Organization No. 5 | First Wave | Second Group | Third Attack Unit | Air OfficerHiryu | Direct Command | Air OfficerHiryu | Div. Comdr.Soryu | fo x 18 | 1 torpedo plane from Hiryureturned due to engine trouble. |
Fourth Attack Unit | fo x 18 | ||||||||
Second Wave | Fifth Group | 11th Attack Unit | Div. Comdr.Kaga | Div. Comdr.Kaga | Div. Comdr.Akagi | fb x 18 | |||
12th Attack Unit | fb x 18 | ||||||||
Third Wave | Eighth Group | 1st Air Control Unit | Div. Comdr.Soryu | Div. Comdr. Akagi | fc x 9 | ||||
2nd Air Control Unit | Div. Comdr. Kaga | fc x 9 | |||||||
Ninth Group | 3rd Air Control Unit | Div. Comdr. Soryu | fc x 9 | ||||||
4th Air Control Unit | Div. Comdr. Hiryu | fc x 9 |
1 fo is attack plane; fb is bomber; fc is fighter.
First Attack on Enemy Carriers
Organization |
Commander |
Number of Aircraft |
Notes |
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14th Attack Unit | Hiryu Division Comdr. | fb x 18 | 2 planes of the Air Control Unit encountered and destroyed enemy torpedo planes en route, and did not join in the attack. | |
4th Air Control Unit | Hiryu Division Comdr. | fc x 6 |
Second Attack on Enemy Carriers
Organization |
Commander |
Number of Planes |
Notes |
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4th Attack Unit | Air Officer Hiryu. | fo x 9 | Akagi's attack planes failed to use their torpedoes and brought them back. | |
Akagi Attack Planes | Warrant Officer Nishimori | fo x 1 | ||
4th Air Control Unit | Division Comdr.Hiryu | fc x 4 | ||
Kaga Air Control Unit | A Yamamoto | fc x 21 |
1 fc is fighter.
Organization of Reconnaissance Units
Organization |
Search Line No. |
Ship |
Plane Type |
Number |
Commander |
Notes |
Recco Unit1 | 1 | Akagi | Type 97, ship based attack | 1 | Commander of respective planes. |
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2 | Kaga | Type 97, ship based attack | 1 | |||
3 | Tone | Type 0, Float Recco | 1 | |||
4 | 1 | |||||
5 | Chikuma | Type 0, Float Recco | 1 | |||
6 | 1 | |||||
7 | Haruna | Type 0, Float Recco | 1 |
1 Other reccos were carried out by type 13 experimental ship based bombers from CruDiv 8 and 2nd Div. of BatDiv 3.
Published: Mon Aug 11 11:05:14 EDT 2014