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

See also https://asiamedals.info/threads/arm...litary-service-commemorative-watch-fob.30581/.

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).​