1st Air Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy
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1st Air Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy, also known as 1st Air Squadron, 1st Naval Air Fleet and 1st Carrier Air Corps was a air fleet in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service. It launched the attack on Pearl Harbor under Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo and Lieutenant-Commander Mitsuo Fuchida of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service, including number of other campaigns. [1]. Chuichi Nagumo was the commander of this air fleet for a while.
For the attack on Pearl Harbor, this fleet had a strength of 103 level bombers, 128 dive bombers, 40 torpedo bombers, 88 fighter planes and plus 91 planes with a total of 441 planes. It's among one of many air fleets such as 2nd Air Fleet, 3rd Air Fleet, etc.
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