Navy Cap Tally Reference Thread

[Britian_Jacky]

It’s the same as West Point. The people going in are recruits and then come out to be officers. I bet the photo of your father in law is an interesting one, knowing he became captain.

[Bill D.]

I found another one.
(I think that they are breeding during the night!)
Any help with a translation of this tally would be GREATLY appreciated!

[GHP]

I found another one.
(I think that they are breeding during the night!)
Any help with a translation of this tally would be GREATLY appreciated!

大村海軍航空隊
Ōmura Kaigun Kōkū-tai

大村海軍航空隊（おおむらかいぐんこうくうたい）は、日本海軍の部隊の一つ。搭乗員の訓練を目的に、あらゆ る機種の訓練を推進した。昭和19年後半頃より、戦闘機隊教官を中心に防空任務を担当するようになり、成都 を基地とするB-29戦略爆撃機隊の邀撃に参加した。末期には沖縄の地上戦を支援するために、爆装零戦による特別攻撃にも従 事した。昭和18〜19年にかけて、操縦者の大量育成を図るために、3個分遣隊が増設された。これらは昭和 19〜20年に独立し、元山海軍航空隊（げんさんかいぐんこうくうたい）・諫早海軍航空隊（いさはやかいぐ んこうくうたい）・釜山海軍航空隊（ふざんかいぐんこうくうたい）となった。本稿では大村海軍航空隊（大村 空）に加え、大村空分遣隊より独立した各航空隊についても述べる。

GoogleTranslate:

The Omura Navy Air Corps (Omura Kaigun Kōkū-tai ) was one of the Japanese Navy's units. It promoted training of all models for training of crew members. Since late 1945, it began taking charge of air defense mission centered on fighter aircraft instructors and participated against the strikes of the B-29 strategic bombers' units based in Chengdu [called Seitoshi in Japanese]. In the end of the year it also engaged in special attacks by [kamikaze] to support the ground battle of Okinawa. From 1945 to 1973, three detachment teams were added to try to train a large number of pilots. These will be independent in the Showa 19 ~ 20 years, the Motoyama* Navy Air Corps (Gensan Kaigun Kōkū-tai), Isahaya Naval Air Corps (Isahaya Kaigun Kōkū-tai), and Busan [Pusan] Navy Air Corps (Funzan Kaigun Kōkū-tai). In this paper, in addition to the Omura Navy Air Corps (Omura Kū), we also describe each air fleet independent from the Omura Sky Detachment Corps.

Source

[NB: * 元山 can be pronounced both Motoyama and Genzan]


--Guy

[Bill D.]

Many thanks, Guy!
I truly appreciate the help!
But I'm a bit perplexed by this statement:

From 1945 to 1973, three detachment teams were added to try to train a large number of pilots. These will be independent in the Showa 19 ~ 20 years

Did the unit exist post war? I would think that "Showa 20" would be the year 1945. I was also puzzled by the reference "Since late 1945..." since, of course, the war ended in August of 1945.

[GHP]

Many thanks, Guy!
I truly appreciate the help!
But I'm a bit perplexed by this statement:

Did the unit exist post war? I would think that "Showa 20" would be the year 1945. I was also puzzled by the reference "Since late 1945..." since, of course, the war ended in August of 1945.

I HATE Google-Translate. Lemme look at the actual Japanese.


Okay, it says "...from Showa 18~20...." For some reason that was automatically translated incorrectly! Should be "from 1943 ~ 1945."








--Guy

[Bill D.]

Thanks, Guy!
As you know, I'll be reading those Japanese entries myself in only about 320 years!

[GHP]

Slightly Off-Topic

...I bet the photo of your father in law is an interesting one, knowing he became captain.

Hello Britain Jacky,

The mountain howitzer photo was taken at the Sendai Officer Military Academy the other is of him as a 2nd Lt; we don't have any photos of him any higher ranking. He ended the war as a captain, and his older brother was a colonel who received a pension after the war (father-in-law only received lacquered sake cups for his service ... missed a pension by a few months).

The mounted image is of a friend of his. F-I-L enjoyed riding and going to the races. Wish I had one of him mounted.

Assignments I'm aware of were Shumushu (one of the smaller Karafuto/Sakhalin islands), Attu & Kiska, China, and the South Pacific.


Cheers,
--Guy

[Britian_Jacky]

Those pictures are very cool, to say the least. Its also very interesting to see a photo from ww2 of your or someone else's great grandparents during the war in uniform. it makes me think a bit. He seems to have quite a few assignments to be fair, plus he ended up a respectable rank at the end of the war.

[blinky]

Boy, that Ōmura Kaigun Kōkū-tai tally didn't last long.

[GeorgeP]

Looks like an IJN collection is being liquidated.


Tom