The 7th Air Division (第七飛行師団, Dai 7 Hikō Shidan) was a land-based aviation force of the
Imperial Japanese Army
The was the official ground-based armed force of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945. It was controlled by the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office and the Ministry of the Army, both of which were nominally subordinate to the Emperor o ...
. The division was formed on 29 January 1943 in the
Netherlands East Indies as part of the
Eighth Area Army The Eighth Area Army was an area army of the Imperial Japanese Army. The army was formed on 9 November 1942, becoming effective on 26 November at Rabaul as part of the Southern Army. The army was disbanded in September 1945.
Commanders
*General ...
.
It was incorporated into the
Fourth Air Army based at
Rabaul on 28 July 1943.
[
The division moved its headquarters to ]Wewak
Wewak is the capital of the East Sepik province of Papua New Guinea. It is on the northern coast of the island of New Guinea. It is the largest town between Madang and Jayapura. It is the see city (seat) of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wewak. ...
in June 1943. The division was disbanded 24 July 1945.[
]
Commanders
*Lt. General Einosuke Sudō (29 January 1943 – 1 February 1945)[
*Lt. General Chōji Shirokane (1 February 1945 – 16 July 1945)][
]
Organisation
*59th Hikō Sentai (1943)
*5th Hikō Sentai (1943)
*7th Hikō Sentai (1943)
*61st Hikō Sentai (1943)
See also
* List of air divisions of the Imperial Japanese Army
Notes and references
*Shindo, Hiroyuki. 2001, Japanese air operations over New Guinea during the Second World War, Journal of the Australian War Memorial.
*''Rekishi Dokuhon'', Document of the war No. 42 ''Overview of Imperial Japanese Army Units'', Shin-Jinbutsuoraisha Co., Ltd., Tōkyō, Japan, 1998, {{ISBN, 4-404-02639-0.
Military units and formations established in 1943
Military units and formations disestablished in 1945
1943 establishments in Japan
1945 disestablishments in Japan
Air Divisions of Japan