After the Russo-Japanese War, realizing the needs of aircraft in order to modernize the military, Japan started flight training after they built the Aerial Navigation Research Center in Oppama, Yokosuka. In 1916, Yokosuka Navy Air Corps, the first Navy Air Corps, was born.
The Navy also realized that aircraft would play the central role in the next generation during WWI, and they selected Ami as the suitable location for training both land-based and sea-based aircraft and established "Kasumigaura Navy Air Corps" in Amihara, and "Kasumigaura Navy Air Corp sea-based Team" at the Kasumigaura lakeside in 1922 in order to develop and expand the Navy Air Corp. It remained in existence until the end of World War II in 1945 and was responsible for pilot training for air unit personnel.
Size 3.73 x 31 mm.
Size 3.73 x 31 mm.
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賞 - Award
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露ヶ浦海軍航空隊 - Kasumigaura Air Group
海軍記念日 - Navy Commemoration Day https://asiamedals.info/threads/imp...ay-badges-a-k-a-rising-sun-flag-badges.28623/
