The Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJNAS) was the air arm of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). The organization was responsible for the operation of naval aircraft and the conduct of aerial warfare in the Pacific War.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy_Air_Service
Kazuo Odachi was born on 11 December, 1926 in a country village not far from Tokyo called Kitano Kotesashi. Odachi’s graduation from elementary school coincided with Japan’s occupation of China. Within a few years, Odachi [Read more]
The following is condensed from an article by Warren Manger who has kindly allowed me to reproduce it here. Keiichi Kuwahara was 17 when he was recruited to the naval airforce in 1943. By the [Read more]
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