601st Naval Air Group

The 601st Naval Air Group (第六〇一海軍航空隊) was a carrier air group (later converted to airbase garrison unit) of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the Pacific campaign of World War II.

Structure

 * Higher unit
 * 3rd Fleet (15 February 1944–9 July 1944)
 * 1st Carrier Division (10 July 1944–9 February 1945)
 * 3rd Air Fleet (10 February 1945–postwar.)
 * Lower unit
 * 161st Fighter Squadron (10 July 1944–15 November 1944)
 * 162nd Fighter Squadron (10 July 1944–15 November 1944)
 * 308th Fighter Squadron (20 February 1945–postwar.)
 * 310th Fighter Squadron (20 February 1945–postwar.)
 * 402nd Fighter Squadron (5 March 1945–20 April 1945)
 * 1st Attack Squadron (20 February 1945–postwar.)
 * 161st Attack Squadron (10 July 1944–15 November 1944)
 * 254th Attack Squadron (20 February 1945–5 March 1945)
 * 262nd Attack Squadron (10 July 1944–14 November 1944)
 * 61st Reconnaissance Squadron (10 July 1944–15 November 1944)

Commanding officers

 * Cdr. / RADM* Irisa Toshiie (52) - 15 February 1944 - 19 June 1944 (KIA; posthumous two-rank promotion.)
 * Cdr. Irisa was jointly Air Officer of CV Taiho, and was KIA in her sinking.
 * VACANT - 19 June 1944 - 10 July 1944
 * Cdr. / Capt. Suzuki Masakazu (52) - 10 July 1944 - 10 February 1945 (Captain on 15 October 1944.)
 * Cdr. / Capt. Sugiyama Toshikazu (51) - 10 February 1945 - 15 August 1945 (Captain on 1 May 1945.)