11th Air Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)

11th Air Fleet 1941-1945 Combined Arms Southeast Area Fleet The 11th Air Fleet 第十一航空艦隊 Dai-Jūichi Kōkū Kantai was a grouping of naval aviation and surface units. Assignments and Components Date Higher unit Lower units 15 January 1941 (original) Combined Fleet 21st Air Flotilla, 22nd Air Flotilla, 24th Air Flotilla 10 December 1941 Combined Fleet 21st Air Flotilla, 22nd Air Flotilla, 23rd Air Flotilla,DesDiv. 34 (Destroyer Akikaze, Hakaze, Tachikaze), Auxiliary aircraft transport Keiyō Maru, Lyons Maru, Kamogawa Maru, Amagisan Maru, Nikkoku Maru, Tatsugami Maru, Hinō Maru No. 5, Nana Maru 1st Yokosuka SNLF, 2nd Yokosuka SNLF 14 July 1942 Combined Fleet 22nd Air Flotilla, 24th Air Flotilla, 25th Air Flotilla, 26th Air Flotilla,DesDiv. 34, Auxiliary aircraft transport Lyons Maru, Keiyō Maru, Nagoya Maru 24 December 1942 Southeast Area Fleet 22nd Air Flotilla, 24th Air Flotilla, 25th Air Flotilla, 26th Air Flotilla, Atsugi NAG, Toyohashi NAG, 802nd NAG,Seaplane tender Akitsushima, Destroyer Akikaze, TachikazeAuxiliary aircraft transport Lyons Maru, Keiyō Maru, Nagoya Maru, Goshū Maru, Mogamigawa Maru, Fujikawa Maru 1 January 1944 Southeast Area Fleet 25th Air Flotilla, 26th Air Flotilla, 151st NAG,Seaplane tender Akitsushima, Destroyer Akikaze, Tachikaze 15 August 1944 Southeast Area Fleet 958th NAG, 105th Air Base Unit 6 September 1945 Surrendered to Australia at Rabaul. Commanders Rank Name Date Note, additional post1 Vice-Admiral Eikichi Katagiri 15 January 1941 2 Vice-Admiral Nishizō TsukaharaKlemen L https://warfare.gq/dutcheastindies/tsukahara.html Vice-Admiral Nishio Tsukahara 1999–2000 Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941-1942 June 2026 InternetArchiveBot 10 September 1941 3 Vice-Admiral Jin'ichi Kusaka 1 October 1942 24 December 1942 Commander of the Southeast Area Fleet Chiefs of Staff Rank Name Date Note, additional post1 Rear-Admiral Takijirō Ōnishi 15 January 1941 2 Rear-Admiral Munetaka Sakamaki 10 February 1942 3 Rear-AdmiralVice-Admiral Yoshimasa Nakahara 24 December 19421 November 1943 Chief of staff of the Southeast Area Fleet4 Rear-Admiral Ryūnosuke Kusaka 29 November 1943 Chief of staff of the Southeast Area Fleet5 Rear-Admiral Sadatoshi Tomioka 6 April 1944 Chief of staff of the Southeast Area Fleet6Vice-Admiral Naosaburō Irifune 7 November 1944 Chief of staff of the Southeast Area FleetCommander of the 8th Base Force1 December 1944 Chief of staff of the Southeast Area Fleet Notes References Klemen L 2000 Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942 https://warfare.gq/dutcheastindies/index.html 30 March 2021 26 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110726053035/http://www.dutcheastindies.webs.com/index.html dead June 2017 Category:Fleets of the Imperial Japanese Navy Category:Units of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service Category:Military units and formations established in 1941 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1945