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Battle of Midway. Akagi (Japanese: 赤城, "Red castle", named after Mount Akagi) was an aircraft carrier built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). Though she was laid down as an Amagi -class battlecruiser, Akagi was converted to an aircraft carrier while still under construction to comply with the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty.
The First Air Fleet (Dai-ichi Kōkū Kantai) was a major component of the Combined Fleet (Rengō Kantai). When created on 10 April 1941, it had three kōkū sentai (air flotillas; in the case of aircraft carriers, carrier divisions): On that date, First Kōkū Sentai consisted of Akagi and Kaga and their aircraft units.
Nagumo (front row, center) with the staff of the 1st Air Fleet on Akagi, 10 April 1941 - 14 July 1942 Nagumo in the bridge of Akagi en route to attack Pearl Harbor, 26 November - 7 December 1941. On 10 April 1941, Nagumo was appointed commander-in-chief of the First Air Fleet, the IJN's main carrier battle group, largely due to his seniority.
The aircraft was also given a "short designation" consisting of a group of Roman letters and numbers. The first letter (sometimes two) indicated the basic type or purpose of the aircraft. Second came a series number indicating the number of major sub-types produced for that type of aircraft.
The name of the Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Akagi had been covered in paint, perhaps to hide its identity from U.S. Forces, but the letters were seen outlined in the metal hull, officials say.
The First Carrier Division (第一航空戦隊, Dai Ichi Kōkū sentai, often abbreviated as 一航戦 Ichikō-sen) was an aircraft carrier unit of the Imperial Japanese Navy 's First Air Fleet. At the beginning of the Pacific Campaign of World War II, the First Carrier Division consisted of the fleet carriers Akagi and Kaga. The division ...
Richard Halsey Best. VB-6 pilots in January 1942: Best is seated 3rd from the left. Richard Halsey Best (March 24, 1910 – October 28, 2001) was a dive bomber pilot and squadron commander in the United States Navy during World War II. Stationed on the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, Best led his dive bomber squadron at the 1942 Battle of ...
Kaga (Japanese: 加賀, named after the ancient Kaga Province) was an aircraft carrier built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). Originally intended to be one of two Tosa-class battleships, Kaga was converted under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty to an aircraft carrier as the replacement for the battlecruiser Amagi, which had been irreparably damaged during the 1923 Great Kantō ...