Imperial Japanese Navy Aviation Bureau


The Imperial Japanese Navy Aviation Bureau of the Ministry of the Navy of Japan was responsible for the development and training of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service. In 1941 it was headed by Vice-Admiral Eikichi Katagiri and was organized as follows:
Training for the IJNAS are conducted under training unit led directly by the Naval Air Bureau. Such unit could either be an actual combat air group or a proper training unit. For training pilot for carrier operation, light carriers are employed.
Such schools and units was named after the place where they were established, or with the carrier name if it is a carrier based unit. A numbering system is also used.
For example, the 12th combined air group based at Kure consist of the Ōita, Usa, Hakata and Ōmura training air group.
Navy training units by name
Training Carriers