base. They were usually numbered when they left Japan. See also List of military aircraft of Japan Pilot training in the Imperial Japanese Navy Imperial Japanese Navy Aviation Bureau Imperial Japanese Army Air Service List of A6M Reisen operators List of Japanese Navy Air Force aces (Mitsubishi A6M) Daitai Transport Unit List of radar models of the Imperial Japanese Navy List of bombs used by the Imperial Japanese Navy List of weapons on Japanese combat aircraft List of Aircraft engines in use of Japanese Navy Air Force Japanese marine paratroopers of World War II WWII Battle of Japan (Air War) References Notes Citations Bibliography Further reading Francillon, Ph.D., René J. Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War. London: Putnam & Company Ltd., 1970. (2nd edition 1979, ). Gilbert, Martin (ed.). Illustrated London News: Marching to War, 1933–1939. New York: Doubleday, 1989. Thorpe, Donald W. Japanese Naval Air Force Camouflage and Markings World War II. Fallbrook, CA: Aero Publishers, Inc., 1977. (hardcover, paperback ). Tagaya, Osamu: "The Imperial Japanese Air Forces", In: Higham & Harris. Why Air Forces Fail: The Anatomy of Defeat. University Press of Kentucky Sweet creative (ed.). Zerosen no himitsu. PHP kenkyusho, 2009. . Assignment of naval air group numbers (海軍航空隊番号附与標準, Kaigun Kōkūtai-bangō fuyo Hyōjun), 1 November 1942, Naval Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of the Navy Senshi Sōsho, Asagumo Simbun (Japan) Vol. 39, Combined Fleet #4, "First part of the Third step Operations", 1970 Vol. 45, Combined Fleet #6, "Latter part of the Third step Operations", 1971 Vol. 71, Combined Fleet #5, "Middle part of the Third step Operations", 1974 Vol. 77, Combined Fleet #3, "Until February 1943", 1974 Vol. 80, Combined Fleet #2, "Until June 1942", 1975 Vol. 91, Combined Fleet #1, "Until outbreak of war", 1975 Vol. 93, Combined Fleet #7, "Last part of the War", 1976 Vol. 95, History and summary of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service, 1976 External links http://www.combinedfleet.com/kaigun.htm (see the section of Japanese Navy Aircraft) http://www.warbirdpix.com/ (link with somes photos of Axis Aircraft (German, Italian and Japanese Army and Navy) http://www.j-aircraft.org/xplanes/ (about advanced Japanese Army and Navy aircraft) https://web.archive.org/web/20091027182301/http://uk.geocities.com/sadakichi09/ (over Japanese Navy and Army armaments, vehicles, Aircraft, electronic warfare and somes local special Japanese weapon technology ) http://www.j-aircraft.com/captured/ (somes captured aircraft or aircraft in evaluations) http://www.j-aircraft.com/ (general resources of Japanese aircraft) Japanese naval aviators Imperial Japanese Navy Japanese Air Force Disbanded air forces Naval history of World War II Aviation history of Japan