Japanese Chinkai Naval Air Station in 1937

Commissioned in 1936 as a coast defence station of which only seaplanes could be operated. With 0.5 squadron of reconnaissance (VS) seaplanes.

Source

National Archives USA. Record Group 38: Records of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Series: Secret Naval Attaches Reports. Report of the Naval Attache Tokyo dated 6 August 1937 No. 219 dealing with the Expansion Program of the Naval Aviation Shore Establishment. M975-002.