Group, and other groups. The Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service, similar to the German Luftwaffe idea of organizing an "all aces" select unit Jagdverband 44 equipped with Messerschmitt Me 262A-1a jet fighters, decided to create an all-ace unit (the 343 Kōkūtai) with Kawanishi N1K2-J fighters towards the end of the conflict; this was commanded by Minoru Genda. References Bibliography Hata, Ikuhiko Japanese Naval Air Force Fighter Units and Their Aces, 1932-1945 (Casemate Publishers, First Edition, 1 June 2011) World War II flying aces, Navy World War II flying aces, Navy World War II flying aces, Navy