Personnel Assigned Commanding Officers Capt. Higuchi Hiroshi (40) - 1 October 1941 - 4 October 1941 Cdr. / Capt. Saito Masahisa (47) - 4 October 1941 - 1 November 1942 (Promoted Captain on 1 May 1942.) Executive Officers VACANT - 1 October 1941 - 1 November 1942 Maintenance Officers VACANT - 1 October 1941 - 15 October 1942 Lt. (Eng.) Nishimoto Hisashi (Eng. 41) - 15 October 1942 - 1 November 1942 Surgeons LtCdr. (Med.) Fujimura Nobuyoshi (1929) - 1 October 1941 - 1 August 1942 LtCdr. (Med.) Nishino Denkichi (1929) - 1 August 1942 - 1 November 1942 Paymasters Lt. (Pay.) Kaneko Seizaburo (Pay. Aux. 2) - 1 October 1941 - 1 November 1942 Communications Officers LtCdr. Sonoda Yoshiteru (56) - 1 October 1941 - 1 November 1942 Air Officers LtCdr. / Cdr. Kozono Yasuna (51) - 1 October 1941 - 1 November 1942 (Promoted Commander on 15 October 1941.) References Notes Bibliography External links Groups of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service Military units and formations established in 1941 Military units and formations disestablished in 1942