This book is a companion volume to Japanese Army Air Force Fighter
Units and Their Aces 1931-1945. The book commences with
a comprehensive account of the operations of navy fighter units throughout the
period under review. This is followed by individual sections detailing the
history and achievements of each unit involved, be it land-based or aircraft
carrier-based. A major section then provides biographical details regarding all
pilots claiming eight or more aerial victories.
As might be expected of such a work, prolific appendices provide
detailed listings of all pilots known to have claimed five or more victories
(and thus considered to be ‘aces’); listings of the graduation from training of
all Japanese Navy fighter pilots, and of fighter pilot casualties.
The book is profusely illustrated with photographs, maps and artist’s
side-view drawings and paintings of aircraft relevant to each of the units
described.
