The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Katsuji Hirata

Hirata, Katsuji

Lieutenant-General

* 11th of August 1894

† August 1960

(平田勝治)

(ひらた かつじ)

Promotions

1938-03-01 Colonel
1941-10-15 Major-General
1945-04-30 Lieutenant-General

Service

1935-10-10 1938-07-15 Instructor at the Army Aviation Technical School
1938-07-15 1939-03-09 Staff Officer, Special Duty Section, Northern China Area Army
1939-03-09 1939-08-01 Staff Officer, Northern China Contact Section
1939-08-01 1941-10-15 Commanding Officer 6th Air Squadron
1941-10-15 1942-03-31 Executive Officer, Mito Army Aviation School
1942-03-31 1943-12-11 Commanding Officer 6th Air Group
1943-12-11 1944-10-05 Commandant of Kumagai Army Aviation School
1944-10-05 1945-10-21 Attached to Inspectorate-General of Army Aviation
1944-10-21 1945-02-20 Commandant of the Army Aviation Maintenance School
1945-02-20 1945-09-XX Head of 3rd (Air Base Establishment Training) Bureau, Army Aviation Headquarters
1945-07-28 1945-09-XX Head of Army Air Base Construction Practice Department