The Memory of the Other Wind.

Japanese Official Records

• War Diary of the 701st Naval Air Group, incl. annex: War Diary of the Kokubu No. 2 Detachment (National Institute for Defense Studies, Ministry of Defense / Japan Center for Asian Historical Records, Ref. C13120358900)
• Operational Records of the Ten Air Unit, Fifth Air Fleet, Feb.–Aug. 1945 (ibid., Ref. C16120705300)
• Combat Reports of Fighter Squadrons 302 & 303, "Air Defense of the Kanoya Area," 18–20 March 1945 (ibid., Ref. C13120282500)
• Status Tables of Naval Air Bases, Homeland Section: Sasebo Naval District (National Institute for Defense Studies)
  
  

Japanese Publications

• Tokkotai Commemoration Peace Memorial Association (ed.), The Complete History of the Special Attack Corps (2008; supplement 2011) and the Special Attack Corps Roster of the Fallen
• Iwamoto, Kiyoshi & Mukai, Tsutomu (eds.), Requiem: Ride the White Clouds Home — A Record of Kokubu No. 2 Special Attack Base (Jūsantsukabaru Special Attack Memorial Preservation Committee / Mizobe Town, 1992)
• War History Series (Senshi Sōsho): Naval Operations in the Okinawa Area (War History Office, National Defense College, Asagumo Shimbunsha, 1968)
  
  

U.S. Official Records

• CINCPAC-CINCPOA Bulletin No. 166-45, "Airfields in Kyushu" (U.S. Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas, 15 August 1945) — public domain
• Air Facilities Supplement to JANIS 84 (Southwest Japan) (Joint Army-Navy Intelligence Study, compiled 1 May 1945) — public domain
• CINCPAC-CINCPOA Special Translation No. 65, "Digest of Japanese Air Bases" (12 May 1945 / National Diet Library Digital Collections) — public domain
• XXI Bomber Command Tactical Mission Reports, incl. Mission No. 104 (National Diet Library Digital Collections) — public domain
• U.S. Army Air Forces reconnaissance photograph, Sortie 5ME-1 (taken 1 January 1945; JICPOA annotated print, ref. 50203-46 / original negative: U.S. National Archives, Record Group 373) — public domain
  
  

Local Sources (Kirishima City, Kagoshima)

• Inscription and dedication of the Jūsantsukabaru Special Attack Corps Memorial (Uwatoko Park, erected 1979)
• Information board, Runway Concrete Fragments (Airport Park, 651-10 Kareigawa, Hayato-chō; Kokubu-Mizobe Special Attack Memorial Preservation Committee) — the figure of 173 fallen is per Kirishima City research
• Memorial information board (Uwatoko Park, 1997, Mizobe Town Special Attack Memorial Preservation Committee)
• On-site guide map, "Special Attack Base: Kokubu No. 2"
  
  

Images

• U.S. military aerial photograph USA-M57-261 (19 April 1946, 1st Reconnaissance Squadron, Eighth Air Force): adapted from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) Map & Aerial Photo Viewing Service
• Present-day aerial imagery: adapted from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) aerial photographs.
  
  

Film

• "Japanese Pilots; Dive Bombers; Aerials of Dive Bombers in Flight" (1943, captured Japanese footage): U.S. National Archives, via Internet Archive — public domain
• U.S. Navy footage, March–April 1945, waters off Kyushu and Okinawa (Naval Photographic Center collection, NPC-11125 / 11173 / 11213 / 11164 et al.): U.S. National Archives, via Internet Archive — public domain