Ah, the eternal interservice rivalry between Navy aviators and land-based aviators. (I had no idea the IJN had that division too.)
OOZ662 said:
The IJN and IJA pretty much openly hated each other.
Heck, the IJN even had its own land-based aviation branch, so as not to have to have anything to do with the Army... and of course, the Army countered by building its own fleet of submarines (Maruyu).
Dooon't-leeet-goooo!She's flying.July 6thZero Day.
The Zero Fighter is a ship-based plane utilised by the Navy. "Not the Air Force!" say the carriers over-and-over again.
