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Property	Value
rdf:type	Unit
rdfs:label	244th Sentai
rdfs:comment	Nickname(s) Type Leader(s) Equipment Size el>Headquarters Historical Information Established Fragmented Reformed Dissolved Notable Conflicts Affiliation [Source] The 244th was a Sentai or fighter regiment that served under Japan during WWII. The Sentai was formed in 1941 as the 144th Sentai and was created to intercept American bombers over Tokyo. By 1942, the Sentai was renamed to the 244th and had gained its first Kawasaki Ki-61 Hiens in 1943. The Sentai only surrendered in 1945 at the war's end. During the conflict, the sentai had first flown the Nakajima Ki-27, but was then given the far more advanced Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien and Kawasaki Ki-100 fighter aircraft.
Leader	Shigechika Tomari Shin-ichi Muraoka Takashi Fujita Teruhiko Kobayashi
dcterms:subject	IJAAF Air Regiments Units Japanese Units dbkwik:resource/mAGVlxNN3vLzLA5tfOP3VQ==
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destruction	1945
Affiliation	Japan
Name	244
Type	Fighter Regiment
Establishment	1941
reformed	1942
abstract	Nickname(s) Type Leader(s) Equipment Size el>Headquarters Historical Information Established Fragmented Reformed Dissolved Notable Conflicts Affiliation [Source] The 244th was a Sentai or fighter regiment that served under Japan during WWII. The Sentai was formed in 1941 as the 144th Sentai and was created to intercept American bombers over Tokyo. By 1942, the Sentai was renamed to the 244th and had gained its first Kawasaki Ki-61 Hiens in 1943. The Sentai only surrendered in 1945 at the war's end. During the conflict, the sentai had first flown the Nakajima Ki-27, but was then given the far more advanced Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien and Kawasaki Ki-100 fighter aircraft.