japanese aviation school graduation watch fob

https://asiamedals.info/threads/two-pilot-badges-of-6th-class-army-youth-pilot-school-graduate.27084/#post-360227

Reverse 2599 - 1939 第四十二期偵練 - 42th Reconnaissance Training [Class] 卒業記念 - Graduation Commemorative

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...

See also https://asiamedals.info/threads/1942-army-aviation-maintenance-school-24th-class-of-engine-mechanics-graduation-commemorative-watch-fob-1942.27566/ ; https://asiamedals.info/threads/army-aviation-maintenance-school-25th-class-of-engine-mechanics-graduation-commemorative-watch-fob.27626/...

Private collection. Photos courtesy of the owner. Obverse 機関 - Engine 2600 - 1940 reverse 幹部候補生 - Officer Candidate Trainee 集合教高記念 - Educational Workshop [educational assembly] Сommemorative Engraved 提卯一郎 - Hisage Uichirō

See https://asiamedals.info/threads/army-aviation-maintenance-school-25th-class-of-engine-mechanics-graduation-commemorative-watch-fob.27626/ ; https://asiamedals.info/threads/1942-army-aviation-maintenance-school-24th-class-of-engine-mechanics-graduation-commemorative-watch-fob-1942.27566/...

Reverse 卒業記念 - Graduation Commemoration 第十八期乙種 - 18th B/Otsu/-Class 飛行予科練習生 - Flight Preparatory Trainee

See also https://asiamedals.info/threads/4th-flight-reserve-trainee-a-class-yokaren-program-graduation-commemorative-watch-fob-2600.27017/ ; https://asiamedals.info/threads/6th-flight-reserve-trainee-a-class-yokaren-program-graduation-commemorative-watch-fob.27033/ ...

See also https://asiamedals.info/threads/army-aviation-maintenance-school-26th-class-of-engine-mechanics-graduation-commemorative-watch-fob.27632/ ; https://asiamedals.info/threads/1942-army-aviation-maintenance-school-24th-class-of-engine-mechanics-graduation-commemorative-watch-fob-1942.27566/...

Private collection. Photos courtesy of the owner. Obverse 偵察 - Reconnaissance reverse 昭和十五年九月 - September 1940 鈴鹿海軍航空隊 - Suzuka Air Group /established on October 1, 1938/ 第四十九期偵察練習生 - 49th Class of Reconnaissance Trainee 卒業記念 - Graduation Commemorative Engraved 川谷田 - Kawatani...

Private collection. Photos courtesy of the owner. Obverse 高整 - Advanced [Course in] Maintenance reverse 皇紀2603年 - 1943 第五十四期高等科整備術 - 54th Advanced Maintenance Course 信器電氣専習卒業記念 - Signaling Electronic Equipment Special Training Graduation Commemorative 第一期生 - 1st Class Trainee...

Private collection. Photos courtesy of the owner. Reverse 2597 - 1937 第五期高空雷 - 5th Class/Term of Advanced Aerial Torpedo Course 卒業記念 - Graduation Commemoration Marked 純銀 - pure silver.

Obverse 乙飛17 - 17th B-Class Flight 2604 - 1944 reserve 乙種第十七期 - B-Class [Flight Reserve Trainee] 17th class 飛行豫科練習生 - Flight Reserve Trainee Program (飛行予科練習生/Hikō Yoka Renshū-sei) a.k.a. Yokaren (予科練) 卒業記念- Graduation Commemorative In 1928, a new program was created to enable civilian...

Obverse 射高 - Shooting and Bombing Course reverse 皇紀2603年 - 1943 第十六期高等科航空兵器術 - 16th Advanced Course of Aviation Weaponry (射爆)卒業記念 - (Firing [of weapons] and Bombing) Graduation Commemorative Marked 純銀 - pure silver.

Private collection. Photos courtesy of the owner. Obverse 関機 - Engine reverse 陸軍航空整備學校 - Army Aviation Maintenance School 第二十四回機関學生 - 24th Class of Engine [Maintenance] Student 卒業記念 - Graduation Commemorative Engraved 但馬美代人 - Miyo Tajima

Obverse 無線 - Wireless reverse 陸軍航空通信学校 - Army Aviation Signal School 教導隊 - Instructor Corps Engraved name is hidden under the paper.

Reverse 第三十期 - 30rd 操縦練習生 - Pilot Training 卒業記念 - Graduation Commemorative Original case.