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The 634th Naval Air Group (第六三四海軍航空隊, Dai Roku-San-Yon Kaigun Kōkūtai) was a carrier air group (later converted to airbase garrison unit) of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the Pacific campaign of World War II.

Structure

• Higher unit
  • 4th Carrier Division (1 May 1944–14 November 1944)
  • 2nd Air Fleet (15 November 1944–7 January 1945)
  • 1st Air Fleet (8 January 1945–24 May 1945)
  • 5th Air Fleet (25 May 1945–2 August 1945)
  • 32nd Air Flotilla (3 August 1945–postwar)
• Lower unit
  • 163rd Fighter Squadron (1 August 1944–14 November 1944)
  • 167th Fighter Squadron (15 August 1944–14 November 1944)
  • 301st Reconnaissance Squadron (1 January 1945–postwar)
  • 302nd Reconnaissance Squadron (1 July 1945–postwar)
• Commanding officers
  • Cdr. / Capt. Amagai Takehisa (51) - 1 May 1944 - 15 November 1944 (Captain on 15 October 1944.)
  • Cdr. Emura Nichio (57) - 15 November 1944 - 3 July 1945
  • Capt. Katsumi Korokuro (51) - 3 July 1945 - 15 September 1945

Bibliography

• The Japanese Modern Historical Manuscripts Association, Organizations, structures and personnel affairs of the Imperial Japanese Army & Navy, University of Tokyo Press, Tōkyō, Japan, 1971, ISBN 978-4-13-036009-8.
• Bunrin-Dō Co., Ltd., Tōkyō, Japan.
  • Famous airplanes of the world No. 47, Imperial Japanese Navy Reconnaissance Seaplane, 1994.
  • Famous airplanes of the world No. 69, Navy Carrier Dive-Bomber "Suisei", 1998, ISBN 4-89319-066-0.
  • Koku-Fan Illustrated No. 42, Japanese Imperial Army & Navy Aircraft Color, Markig, 1988.
• Model Art, Model Art Co. Ltd., Tōkyō, Japan.
  • No. 439, Special issue Heroes of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Force in 1937–1945, 1994.
  • No. 510, Special issue Camouflage & Markings of the I.J.N. Fighters, 1998.
  • No. 565, Special issue Imperial Japanese Navy Seaplanes, 2000.
• Japan Center for Asian Historical Records (http://www.jacar.go.jp/english/index.html)^{[permanent dead link]}, National Archives of Japan, Tōkyō, Japan.
  • Reference Code: C08051771200, Transition table of formation of Imperial Japan Navy Air Units (special establishment) during Pacific War, Japan Demobilization Agency, 1949.