Japanese Airborne Forces Imperial Navy

Kaigun kutei ( я 空 挺 ) - airborne units of the Marine Corps of the Imperial Navy of Japan . Due to the discord between the army and navy in the Japanese Empire , they were created and existed independently of the airborne troops of the Imperial Army .

Japanese Airborne Forces Imperial Navy Kaigun Kutei ( Japanese 海軍 空 挺 )
Years of existence	1940 - 1945
A country	Imperial japan
Included in	Imperial Navy of Japan
Type of	Marine Corps
Participation in	The Second World War Operation in Borneo Timor operation
Commanders
Famous commanders	Toyokaki Horiuchi Koichi Fukumi

The sign of the paratroopers, 1940-1945

Three naval paratrooper detachments were formed in 1941 from the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Marine Corps units from Yokosuka Base. The fleet planned to use these parts for sabotage, as well as for capturing coastal areas in combination with landing from the sea.

In December 1941, the 2nd Airborne Squad took part in the battle for North Borneo , but not as an airborne unit, but as a regular marine corps. The 1st airborne squad received baptism of fire on January 11, 1942, after being thrown out of the air to capture Manado in the Netherlands East Indies. The 3rd airborne squad in February landed from the air in Kupang and took part in the battle for Timor .

In mid-1942, the 1st Detachment returned to Yokosuka, and the remainder of the 3rd Detachment took part in the occupation of the eastern islands of the Netherlands East Indies, returning to Yokosuka by the end of October 1942. After retraining, the personnel of both detachments was brought into the 1st special parachute landing squad of the Yokosuka naval base under the command of Captain 3rd Rank Kawashima.

In September 1943, two companies of the detachment were sent to the island of Nauru to perform garrison service, and the main forces (three parachute companies, an artillery unit, a communications unit, medical, transport, etc.) were transferred to Saipan. In June 1944, the detachment died trying to repel an American landing .