This was the unit responsible for work on the never-ending succession of Pacific Islands captured by US forces.  So far as is known, this Unit never flew any Japanese aircraft on its own account.

Tha TAIU-POA's main claim to fame was the recovery of the first 'Zeke 52' and the first 'Kate" to be captured.  These achievements took place with the capture of the Aslito airfield on Saipan, one of the Mariana Islands, on 18 June 1944.

These aircraft were shipped to the USA aboard the escort carrier USS Copahee, which left the Garapan anchorage off Saipan on 8 July, and unloaded its cargo of fourteen Japanese aircraft and thirty-seven engines at NAS North Island, San Diego, on 28 July.  The aircraft were thirteen 'Zekes', in various states of disrepair, and the'Kate'.  The aircraft were then taken to NAS Anacostia, where a number were restored to flying condition by the TAIC.

Source: "War Prizes" by Phil Butler