Gifu Army Flight School /岐阜陸軍飛行学校/ was established in August 1940 with the main purpose of educating pilot candidates and non-commissioned officer candidates. The school headquarters /and school headquarters/ were located in Unuma Village, Inaba District, Gifu Prefecture (present-day eastern...
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岐阜陸軍飛行学校章
岐阜陸軍飛行学校第五期陸軍飛行機操縦徽章
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陸軍飛行機操縦徽章
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...
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大刀洗陸軍飛行学校陸軍飛行機操縦徽章
陸軍飛行機操縦徽章
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The exact attribution of this rare badge remains unknown.
Specimen from a personal collection.
Height 43.22 mm.
Width 44.70 mm.
Weight 24.56 g.
Obvious roots of naïve attribution.
Reverse
2596 = 1936
卒業記念 - Graduation Commemorative
熊谷陸軍飛行学校 - Kumagaya Army Flight School
第二期操縦生徒 - 2nd Class of Pilot Trainees (school was established in 1935)
Engraved
齋藤 - Saitō