Kanoya Air Group

Kanoya Air Group
Kanoya Air Group
Active	1 April 1936 – 10 July 1944
Country	Empire of Japan
Branch	Imperial Japanese Navy
Type	Naval aviation unit
Role	Bomber, Fighter
Part of	21st Air Flotilla
Garrison/HQ	Kanoya, Japan; Hankou, China; Saigon, French Indochina; Kendari, Sulawesi; Kavieng, New Ireland; Rabaul, New Britain;
Engagements	Second Sino-Japanese War; Philippines Campaign; Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse; Battle of Malaya; Battle of Singapore; Dutch East Indies Campaign; New Guinea Campaign; Guadalcanal Campaign; Solomon Islands Campaign; Naval Battle of Guadalcanal; Battle of Rennell Island; Battle of the Bismarck Sea; Operation I-Go; Defence of Rabaul;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Shichiso Miyauchi; Miyoshi Nabeta; Kazuo Nishioka; Toshitaka Itō; Osamu Doki

The Kanoya Air Group (鹿屋海軍航空隊, Kanoya Kaigun Kōkūtai) was an aircraft and airbase garrison unit of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJNAS) during the Second Sino-Japanese War and Pacific campaign of World War II. The air group was redesignated as the 751st Air Group on 1 October 1942. On 1 November, the group's fighter unit was redesignated to the 253rd Air Group, while the bomber unit remained the 751st Air Group.

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