Location
31° 22' 3N 130° 50' 44E  Located at Kagoshima on the southern coast of Japan.

Wartime History
In 1945, this base was used to launch kamikaze attacks. 829 Kamikaze pilots were killed on their missions after taking off from Kanoya.

Units based at Kanoya (partial list)
19th Dokuritsu Chutai (Ki-46) 1945

American Missions Agaisnt Kanoya
April 8, 1945 -

April 8, 1945
(20th AF) Mission 60: 29 of 32 B-29s strike 2 airfields at Kanoya

April 16, 1945
(7th AF) P-51s with Twentieth AF B-29 navigational escort, strafe and bomb targets at Kanoya Airfield

April 17, 1945
(20th AF) Missions 70 to 75: 118 B-29s bomb airfields at Tachiarai, Kokubu, Izumi, Nittagahara, and 2 at Kanoya

PARTIAL LIST

August 12, 1945
(FEAF) B-25s and A-26s hit Kanoya Airfield.

Today
Still in use today as a JSDF airbase

Kanoya Museum
Museum located at the airbase.

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Last Updated
October 1, 2009