Service aérien de la Marine impériale japonaise
Lt Zenjiro Miyano—the commander of "Dai 3 Kōkūtai" (3rd Air Group) of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service—led nine Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero fighters and a Mitsubishi C5M2 reconnaissance plane from their base at Kupang, Timor in the attack, on the morning of 3 March.