Tachiarai Army Flight School Graduation Commemorative Watch Fobs/太刀洗陸軍飛行学校卒業記念章

The Tachiarai Army Flight School opened in 1940 and trained many pilots who took part in kamikaze operations in the last year of the war. The Tachiarai Flight School had a branch school in Chiran (Kagoshima Prefecture), where many Army pilots departed to make suicide attacks on the American fleet near Okinawa. Operations at Tachiarai came to an end when American B-29s destroyed the base on March 27, 1945.​

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戦闘 - Battle; Combat

2601 - 1941

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卒業記念 - Graduation Commemorative

大刀洗陸軍飛行學校 - Tachiarai Army Flight School

第八十四期操縦學生 - 84th Class of Pilot Students

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多田 - Taba

 

Tachiarai Army Flight School 1st Special Class of Pilots Watch Fob/大刀洗陸軍飛行学校第一期特別操縦習生大邱教育隊章

About Tachiarai Army Flight School https://asiamedals.info/threads/tachiarai-army-flight-school-graduation-commemorative-watch-fobs.28468/ Details. Reverse 第一期 - 1st class 特別操縦習生 - Special Pilot Trainee 太刀洗 - Tachiarai 陸軍飛行學校 - Army Flight School 大邱教育隊 - Daegu Education Corps...

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Private collection. Photos courtesy of the owner.

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鬪魂 = 闘魂 - Fighting Spirit

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皇紀二六〇二年 - 1942

太刀洗陸軍飛行學校 - Tachiarai Army Flight School

第十期少年飛行兵 - 10th Class of Youth Pilots

 

Specimen from the collection of Raymond LaBar. Photos courtesy of the owner.

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飛操 - Flying

太刀洗陸軍飛行學校 - Tachiarai Army Flight School

第一期特別操縦見習士官 - 1st Class of Special Pilot Trainee Officer Candidates ("Tokubetsu Sōjū Minarai Shikan/Special Pilot Trainee Officer Candidate" program was introduced in July 1943 as a special wartime measure (first cadets started studying in October of the same year). Program was intended for graduates or students of higher educational institutions).​