721st Naval Air Group
The 721st Naval Air Group was an aircraft and airbase garrison unit of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Pacific campaign of World War II. This air group was organised for use in suicide attacks. It was otherwise known as the God Thunder Corps.
Structure
- Higher unit
- *Yokosuka Naval District
- *Combined Fleet
- *11th Air Flotilla
- *5th Air Fleet
- Lower unit
- *Attack bomber Squadron
- **Renamed 711th Attack Squadron on 15 November 1944.
- *Ohka Squadron
- *Suisei Squadron
- **Aircraft and airmen were moved to 722nd Naval Air Group on 15 February 1945.
- *305th Fighter Squadron
- *306th Fighter Squadron
- *307th Fighter Squadron
- *708th Attack Squadron
- *711th Attack Squadron
- **Aircraft and airmen were moved to the 708th Attack Squadron on 5 May 1945.
- *Kamikaze
- **Shinken Unit
- **Shichisei Unit
- **Tsukuba Unit
- **Shōwa Unit
- Commanding officer
- *Capt. Motoharu Okamura - 1 October 1944 - 30 September 1945