Imperial Japanese Navy
UNITS REPRESENTED

  Hiryu Air Group
Participated in 7 December 1941 Pearl Harbor attack and the attack on Darwin, Australia 19 February 1942.
Shokaku Air Group
Operated off the aircraft carrier Shokaku, and participated on the attack at Pearl Harbor. Later, aircraft from this Group were temporarily transferred to land bases to bolster air strength in the Solomon Islands, particularly Rabaul, Buin and Ballale.

Kanoya Kokutai / 751st Kokutai
This unit was arguably the most famous of the Japanese G4M1 units, whose Bettys sank the British battleships Prince of Wales and Repulse near Singapore in 1941 during the opening stages of the war.

  705th Kokutai
Originally named the Misawa Kokutai, the 705th was redesignated in November 1942. It was later transferred to the East Indies a year later from where it bombed, among other targets, Calcutta.
  6th - 204th Kokutai
Estabished in April 1944 at Kisarazu Air Base in Japan. This unit participated in the attacks on Dutch Harbor, Alaska, Midway, battles in New Guinea and Rabaul. Reorganized as the 204th Air Group in November 1942. Operated from Bougainville at Buin airstrip. Dispanded April, 1944. The unit claimed in excess of a thousand victories.

Tinian - 251st Kokutai
One of the most famous Japanese Navy units, it was formed in October 1941 at Tainan, Formosa and had many famous aces in its rooster, including Saburo Sakai. It was reorganized in November of 1942 as the 251st. The unit's first night combat patrol took place from Rabaul on 21st May 1943, in a J1N1 Irving under the command of Shigetoshi Kudo. Designated a specialist night-fighter unit on 1 September 1943, the unit successfully attacked US Marine Corps, Thirteenth and Fifth Air Force bombers, that flew up "the slot" on night missions from the Solomons and New Guinea.

 
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