6th Air Group

6th Air Group
Active	1 April 1942 – 1 November 1942
Country	Empire of Japan
Branch	Imperial Japanese Navy
Type	Naval aviation unit
Role	Fighter
Part of	26th Air Flotilla, 11th Air Fleet
Garrison/HQ	Kisarazu Midway Island (intended) Rabaul Buin
Aircraft flown	Mitsubishi A6M Zero
Engagements	World War II Doolittle Raid Battle of Midway Guadalcanal Campaign Solomon Islands Campaign Naval Battle of Guadalcanal[a] Operation KE[a] Battle of Bismarck Sea[a] Operation SO and SE[a] Defence of Rabaul[a]
Commanders
Notable commanders	Hideki Shingō Tadashi Kaneko Mitsugi Kofukuda Zenjirō Miyano[a] Saburō Shindō[a] Kiyokuma Okajima[a]

The 6th Air Group (第六航空隊, Dai-roku Kōkūtai) was a unit of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJNAS) during the Pacific War that was involved in Battle of Midway and then extensively in the Guadalcanal Campaign and Solomon Islands Campaign. The air group was redesignated as the 204th Air Group on 1 November 1942.
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