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Japan (Pacific): IJAAF in China Aug 1937 Bombers 3+2 Chutai Heavy Ki.21 I? bombers 4 Lt Bomber Ki.32 Fighters 5+2 Chutai Ki.10 I Recon 6+2 Chutai ?

IJNAF in China Aug 1937 Carrier Based 1st Carrier Div Hosho A2N fighters Operating individually Ryujo ~30 a/c in the Kaga Aug-37 near Shanghai 22 B2M bombers 14 D1A1 DBs 16 A2N fighters Land-based 1st Rengo Kokutai (Combined AG) Kanoya Kokutai 18 G3M1 Taihoku, Taipei Kizarazu Kokutai 24 G3M1 Omura, then Cheju Islands 2nd Rengo Kokutai (Combined AG) 12th Kokutai 12 A4N1 fighter Aug-37: Dairen; 12 D1A1 DB Sep-37: Shangahai 12 B3Y1 bomber 13th Kokutai 12 A5M fighter Aug-37: Dairen; 6 D1A2 DB Sep-37: Shangahai 12 B4Y1 Part of 3rd Fleet Idzumo (HQ) Shanghai 8th Cruiser Div Shanghai (Whang-po) 1st DD sqdn

IJNAF in China Nov 1937 Carrier Based 1st Carrier Div Ryujo ~30 a/c Kaga 32 B4Y1 bombers 16 D1A2 DBs 16 A5M fighters Land-based 1st Rengo Kokutai (Combined AG) Kanoya Kokutai 36 G3M2 bombers Taipei Kisaru Kokutai? 2nd Rengo Kokutai (Combined AG) 12th Kokutai 12 A5M fighter Sep-37: Shangahai 12 D1A1 DB 12 B3Y1 bomber 13th Kokutai 12 A5M fighter Sep-37: Shangahai 6 D1A2 DB

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12 B4Y1 bomber

Imperial Japanese Army Air Force Deployment: July 1942 Kokugan = Air Army Hikoshidan = Air Division Hikodan = Air Brigade or Regiment Sentai = Btn? Hikotai = Air Btn? Chutai = Squadron 1st Kokugan Home Islands and Manchuria 1st Hikoshidan: 17,18,19, 20 Hikodans 2nd Kokugan Manchukuo 2nd Hikoshidan: 2, 6, 7, 8 Hikodans 4th Hikoshidan: 4, 9, 10, 13 Hikodans 15th & 28th Doritsu Hikotai (4 independent Chutais) 2nd Sentai (strategic recon) 3rd Kokugan Southern Front and China: Burma: 4th Hikodan + 83rd Hikotai (3 sentai), including: • 64th Sentai in Ki.43 II • 13th Sentai in Ki.45 Toryu • 77th Sentai in Ki.61? Malaya: 7th Hikodan (3 Sentai + 3 transport Chutai) Java: 3 Sentai + 1 Chutai of 3rd Hikodan Sumatra: 2 Sentai of the 12th Hikodan Indochina: 2 Sentai (1 ftr, 1 bombr?) and 2 transport Chutai Phillipines: 3 Sentai China: 3rd Hikoshidan w/8 Sentai (includes 25th, 33rd, 54th and 62nd) New Guinea/ (Dec) 6th Hikoshidan (110 a/c, mostly Ki.43 & Ki.48). Later transferred to the Rabaul 4th Kokugan 4th Kokugan NewGuinea 6th Hikoshidan 7th Hikoshidan (Aug-43) 1st Sentai (Ki.43-II-Ko) Wewak 14th Hikodan Hollandia 11th Sentai (Ki.43-II-Ko) 13th Sentai (Ki.43-II-Ko) Wewak? 24th Sentai (Ki.43-II-Ko) Wewak? 59th Sentai (Ki.43-II-Ko) But 68th Sentai (Ki.61-I) Wewak 77th Sentai (Ki.61-I) 78th Sentai (Ki.43-II-Ko + Ki.61) Wewak 244th Sentai (ftr) 248th Sentai (ftr) (Oct-44) 237 aircraft / 83 fighters, including 24th Sentai (withdrawn from New Guinea Oct-43) 200th Sentai (with Ki.84 new unit in Oct-44)

Rabaul: a Description Rabaul town, with small phone net and small power source. Dominated by small, dormant volcanic mountains (good siting for AAA). • Simpson Harbor (immediate to the town) capable of holding 300,000 tons of shipping. • Lakunai field – ex-civilian field soon equipped as fighter field next to Rabaul town. 4300 ft x 630 ft. 90 fighter, 10 bomber revetments, 2.5 of taxiways. • Vunakunau field – 9 miles SW of R-town. Built as lt bomber field by Aussies. 5200 ft x 720 ft (concrete 4200 ft x 135 ft). 90 fighter, 60 bomber revetments, 6.5 miles taxiway

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• Rapopo field – 14 miles SE of Rabaul town. Built by Japanese Dec-42. 4600 ft by 630 ft, all concrete. 94 bomber, 10 fighter revetments. • Keravat field – SW of R-town. Built by Japanese for IJA. Drainage problems; eventually became 4200 ft emergency strip. • Tobera field – “several miles south” of the other major fields, covered in steel plates, 75 fighter revetments. By Nov-43, AAA was • IJN: 8x 127mm, 15x 120mm • IJA: 95 80mm + 70mm • 250 smaller AAA weapons (25mm, then 13mm MGs?)

Wake Island Invasion (Dec-41) F4F-3/-3A TBD-1 SBD-2/-3 TF-11 USS Lexington VF-2 18 F2A-3 (Exc) VT-2 15 TBD (Avg) VS-2 14 SBD-3 Dixon Brown CLAG: Ault Ramsey Miller VB-2 17 SBD-3 Felt Raid USS Indianapolis, 2x CA Marshalls. 9x DDs, 1x oiler TF-14 USS Saratoga VF-3 13 F4F (Gd) Thach VT-3 11 TBD (Avg) VS-3 21 SBD-3 Hoerner Fletcher CSAG: Cruise VMF-221 14 F2A-3 Magly VB-3 21 SBD-3 Leslie Take 14 McCaul VMF-221 3x CA F2A-3s to 8x DDs , USS Neches (old, slow oiler) Wake USS Tangier with troops, ammo, supplies, and . VMF-221can take off from carrier,but must land at a base. Wake VMF-211: 12 F4F-3 Island

Wake Hiryu 27 A6M2 (Exc) 18 B5N2 Kate (Exc) 16 D3A2 Val (Exc) Island Soryu 27 A6M2 (Exc) 18 B5N2 Kate (Exc) 16 D3A2 Val (Exc) Attack 2x CA Force 2x DDs Abe Marshall 4 CA Area Ops 2 CL Support Force Goto

Solomons: IJN in South Seas Region: 1-Feb-42 Rabaul & 24th Koku Sentai (RADM Goto) Truk Chitose Kokutai (det) 27 G3M2 Nell 18 A5M4 Claude Yokohama Kokutai H6K4 Mavis Roi Chitose Kokutai (Capt Ohashi) 18 A5M4 Claude (LCdr Isoarashi) Taroa Chitose Kokutai (det) 9 G3M2 Nell (Nakai) 15 A5M4 (Lt Kurukane) Jaluit Yokohama Kokutai (det) 6 H6K4 (LCdr Koizumi) Makin Yokohama Kokutai (det) 3 H6K4 (Lt. Sakaki)

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Marshall Islands Raiders (Feb-42) F4F-3/-3A TBD-1 SBD-2/-3 TF-8 USS Enterprise VF-6 18 (Good) VT-6 18/18 Lindsay VS-6 18 Hopping Halsey CEAG: Young McClusky (Avg) VB-6 18 Hollingsworth Corbin Gray CA Northampton CA Salt Lake City, Chester 3x DDs TF-17 USS Yorktown VF-42 18 –3s (Avg) VT-5 12 (Avg) Taylor VS-5 19 (Avg) Burch Fletcher CYAG: Smiley Pederson VB-5 19 (Avg) Armstrong CA Louisville CL St. Louis DDs Hughes Russell, Sims, Walke

Coral Sea (May-42) TF-17 USS Yorktown VF-42 18 (Avg) VT-5 12 (Avg) Taylor VS-5 13 (Avg) Burch Fletcher CYAG: Pederson Fenton VB-5 15 (Avg) Short CA Astoria CA Portland, Chester DDs Russell, Hammann, Aylwin, Dewey TF-11 USS Lexington VS-2 27/28 (Avg) VT-2 12/13 TBDs VS-2 15 (Avg) Ault Fitch CAG-2: VB-2 17 (Avg) CA Minneapolis CA New Orleans, Chicago DDs Morris, Anderson, Phelps, Monaghan DD Sims Oiler Neosho USAAF Townsville 22nd BG Low availability, 2nd BS 92 B-25s & B-26s generally green 33rd BS units 18th Recn 8th FG 50 P-39s Charters 3rd BG (Lt) 8th BS A-20As 13th BS 8 B-25Cs 89th BS 19 A-24s 90th BS 8 B-25Cs

Operation MO Forces Carrier Div 5 Zuikaku: 20 (Exc) Lt Okajima B 19 Kate Subota 20 Val Ema V Adm Takagi Hikotaicho: LCdr Lt Yamamoto (BJr) Shimazaki (incl 1/3 Vet, 1 Vet/Ace/Hero) Shokaku: 20 (Exc) Lt Hoashi 20 Ichihara 22 Val Yamaguchi Takahashi Lt Tsukamoto (BJr)

2 CA 6 DDs

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Pt Moresby Shoho: 8 Zeros, 4 Claude 6 Kates Assault Force Snr Buntaicho: Lt (Good) Lt. Nakamoto R Adm Goto Notomi 4 CA 11 transports Tulagi Force Okinoshima R Adm Shima 2 DD (Kikuzuki), 1 transport Kamikawa Maru Seaplanes

Midway The Big one…..

USN: Carrier Striking Force TF17 CV-5 Yorktown Pederson (CYAG) (also FDO) Fletcher Buckmaster VF-3 Thach 25 F4F-4 (Vet/Hero, 2 Vet, 13 Reg, Reg/Hero, 7 Green) VB-3 Leslie 17 SBD-3 VS-5 Short 16 SBD-3 VT-5 Massey 12 TBD TG 17.2 Cruiser Group CAs: Astoria, Portland RAdm Smith TG 17.4 ComDesRon 2 6 DDs: TF16 CV-6 McClusky (CEAG) 1 SBD Spruance Enterprise VF-6 Gray 27 F4F-4 Murray VB-6 Best 15 SBD-3 VS-6 Gallaher 17 SBD-3 VT-6 Lindsay 14 TDB CV-8 Hornet Ring (CHAG) 1 SBD Mitscher VF-8 Mitchell 27 F4F-4 (1 Vet, 7 Reg, 20 Green) VB-8 Johnson 19 SBD-3 VS-8 Rodee 16 SBD-3 VT-8 Waldron 15 TBD TG 16.2 Cruiser Group CAs: New Orleans, Minneapolis, Vincennes, Northampton, Pennsacola RAdm Kincaid CL: Atlanta TG 16.4 ComDesRon 2 9 DDs:

USN: Midway Shore-based Air PatWing 1 32 PBY-5A Catalina PatWing 2 VT-8 Det 6 TBF Avengers (first combat for Avengers) MAG 22 VMF-221 20 F2A-3, 7F4F-3 VMSB-241 12 SB2U-3, 16 SBD-2 US 7th AF 26th BS 6 B-17E detach 431st BS 6 B-17E 31st BS 2 B-17E 72nd BS 1 B-17E 69th BS / 38th BG 2 B-26A 18th Recon Sqdn / 22nd BG 2 B-26A

USN: Midway Shore-based Air Command Structure

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First Carrier Striking Group Carr Div 1 Akagi (Flag) Hikotaicho Buntaicho Jr. Buntaicho Aoki 21 A6M2 Zero Fighters Lt Itaya Lt Shirane Ayao 21 D3A-2 Val Dive Bombers 21 B5N2 Kate Torp Bmbrs Kaga Hikotaicho Okada 21 A6M2 Zero Fighters 21 D3A-2 Val Dive Bombers 30 B5N2 Kate Torp Bmbrs Carr Div 2 Hiryu Hikotaicho Lt. Tomonaga Buntaicho Jr. Buntaicho RAdm Kaku 21 A6M2 Zero Fighters Lt. Mori Shigeru Lt Shigematsu Yasuhiro Yamaguchi Lt. Mori 21 D3A-2 Val Dive Bombers Lt Kobayashi Michio Lt Yamashita Michiji 21 B5N2 Kate Torp Bmbrs Lt Kikuchi*1 Lt Kadano Hiroharu* Lt Hashimoto Soryu Hikotaicho Buntaicho Jr. Buntaicho Yaganimoto 21 A6M2 Zero Fighters Lt Fujita Iyozo 21 D3A-2 Val Dive Bombers 21 B5N2 Kate Torp Bmbrs Suppt Grp CruDiv 8 CAs: Tone (flag), Chikuma RAdm 2nd Sect BatDiv BBs: Haruna, Krishima Abe 3 Screen Nagara (flag) DesRon DesDiv 4 4 DDs: Arashi 10 DesDiv 10 3 DDs: Makigumo RAdm DesDiv 17 4 DDs Kimura Tanikaze, Hamakaze, Isokaze, Hagikaze, Maikaze, Nowaki Supply 5 oilers.

IJN Shore-based Air: 11th Air Fleet Midway Expeditionary Force: 36 A6M2 Zero Fighters (aboard Carier Division 1 & 2) 10 G4M1 Land-based Bombers at Wake 6 H6K4 Flying Boats at Jaluit 24th Koku Sentai (RADM Maeda) Kwajalein Chitose Kokutai 36 A6M2 Zero, 36 Torpedo bombers Aur 1st Kokutai 36 A6M2 Zero, 36 Torpedo bombers Wotje Jaluit 14th Kokutai 18 flying boats Wotje

Second Carrier Striking Group (Northern Attack) Carr Div 4 Ryujo Buntaicho Jr. Buntaicho RAdm Kato 16 A6M2 Zero Fighters Lt. Yoshio Shiga Lt Minoru Kobayashi Kakuta 21 B5N2 Torpedo Bombers Lt M Yamagami Junyo Buntaicho Jr. Buntaicho 24 A6M2 Zero Fighters 21 D3A-2 Val Dive Bombers Suppt Grp CruDiv 4 CAs: Maya, Takoa

1 Lt. Kikuchi killed and Lt. Kadano badly wounded during the morning attack on Midway.

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RAdm DesDiv 7 3 DDs Ono 1 oiler

USA: Aleutian Area Air Power TG 8.1 Air Search PatWing 4: 20 PBY-5A Group 3 tenders (in Aleutian chain) + bases in Kodiak,Dutch Harbor,Nome, Cold Bay TG 8.3 Air Striking Ft Randall (Cold Bay): 21 fighters, 14 bombers Group Ft Glenn Unmak: 12 P-40E fighters (11th FS) (11th Air Force) Kodiak: 32 fighters, 5 bombers, 2 light bombers Elmendorf Fld, Anchorage: 44 fighters, 24 bombers, 2 light bombers

Solomons: Tainan Sentai Escort for Opening Day: 7-Aug-42 1st Chutai 2nd Chutai 3rd Chutai LCdr Nakajima Vet/Hero Lt Kawai Reg Lt (jg) Sasai Reg PO1 Nishizawa V/A/H/CS/G PO1 Yoshida Vet PO1 Ota Vet/Ace/CS F Sea1 Reg PO3 Yamazaki Reg PO2 Endo Reg Yoshimura

WO Takatsuka Vet PO1 Oki2 Vet PO1 Saburo V/A/H/CS/G Sakai F PO1 Yamashita Reg PO2 Reg PO2 Kakimoto Reg Tokushige PO2 Matsuki Vet/Ace PO2 Nishiura Reg PO3 Uto Reg (Ace?)

Solomons: Battle of the Eastern Solomons Late Aug-42 Japan: Ships A6M2 Zero B5N2 Kate D3A2 Val Striking Force Shokaku 18/22 (Good) 24/24 (Avg) 21/21 (Avg) (Kido Butai) Zuikaku 20/21 (Avg) 24/24 (Avg) 22/24 (Avg) Nagumo CA 8 DD (Arashi) Advanced Force BB Kirishima, Hiei Abe CA Suzuya CL Naga DDs Makigumo, Akigumo, Yugumo, Isokaze 8th Cruiser Division CA Chikuma, Tone R Adm Hara DD Tanikaze, Urakaze Support Force Ryujo 20/20 (Good) 7/7 (Ltd) 17/18 (Ltd) VAdm Kondo Kakuta Lt Shiga Lt Irikiin Yamaguchi BB Kongo, Haruna CA Atago CL 10 DD

USN TF 61 Ships F4F-4 Wildcat TBF Avenger SBD-3 Dauntless TF-16 USS Enterprise VF-6 28/29 (Avg) VT-3 15/15 (Ltd) VS-5 18/18 Davis CAG-6: Leslie Bauer Jeff VB-6 17/17 Strong

2 Oki aborted on the trip down.

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Kinkaid BB North Carolina CA Portland CL-AA Atlanta DDs Benham, Balch, Maury, Ellet, Grayson Monssen TF-11 USS Saratoga VF-5 27/28 (Avg) VT-8 13/13 (Ltd) VS-3 15 (Avg) Kirn CAG-3: LCdr Felt Lt. Simpler Larsen VB-3 17 (Avg) Shumway CA Minneapolis CL New Orleans DDs Worden, Phelps, Dale, MacDonough

Solomons: Tainan Sentai Escort for 13-Sep-42 (Recon run) 1st Shotai 2nd Shotai 3rd Shotai Recon Shotai Lt Inano Vet WO Vet PO1 Oki Vet Hayashi Reg Takatsuka Vet PO1 Sato Vet/Ace PO1 Ota Vet/Ace/CS Ono Reg Okimura Mogi Reg PO2 Matsuki Vet/Ace PO3 Uto Reg/Ace

Solomons: IJN's R Area Air Fleet: 21-Sep-42 F1M-2 Pete A6M2-N Rufe E13A Jake Chitose 16 - 7 Kamikawa M - 11 2 Sanyo Maru 6 - 2 Sanuki Maru 8 - - Total 30 11 11

Solomons: USS Wasp Air 8-Sep-42 F4F-4 Wildcat TBF-1 Avenger SBD-3 Dauntless USS Wasp VF-71 28/32 VT-7 10/10 VS-71 14/14 Eldridge VS-72 14/14

Solomons: 1st Marine Air Wing 8-Sep-42 BrigGen. Geiger Col Woods, CoS Lt Col Munn, W-2 MAG-23 F4F-4 Wildcat SBD-3 Dauntless (~20 total) Col. Wallace A/c / P Dispersed n. of Pagoda Hill LtCol Fike, XO VMF-223 7/13 Maj J Smith VMSB-231 Maj L Smith Lt Col Scollin, S3 LtCol Bayler, VMF-224 10/14 Maj R Galer VMSB-232 LtCol R Mangrum Commo Arr 30-Aug Flight 300 Lt Caldwell, USN (det VS-5, VB-6) 67th FS (P-39) 3/8 Maj D Brannon VS-3 (det) Lt R Milner, USN

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Solomons: Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands Oct-42 Japan: Ships A6M2 Zero B5N2 Kate D3A2 Val D4Y1-C Judy Striking Force Shokaku 18/22 (Good) 24/24 (Avg) 21/21 (Avg) 1/1 (Kido Butai) Zuikaku 20/21 (Avg) 24/24 (Avg) 22/24 (Avg) Nagumo Zuiho 18/19 (Good) 6/6 (Ltd) CA Kumano DD Arashi, Maikaze, Teruzuki, Hamakaze, Amatsukaze, Hatsukaze, Tokitsukaze, Yukikaze Advanced Force BB Kirishima, Hiei Abe CA Suzuya CL Naga DDs Makigumo, Akigumo, Yugumo, Isokaze 8th Cruiser Division CA Chikuma, Tone R Adm Hara DD Tanikaze, Urakaze Support Force Junyo 20/20 (Good) 7/7 (Ltd) 17/18 (Ltd) VAdm Kondo Kakuta Lt Shiga Lt Irikiin Yamaguchi BB Kongo , Haruna CA Atago CL 10 DD

USN: Ships F4F-4 Wildcat TBF Avenger SBD-3 Dauntless TF-16 USS Enterprise VF-10 18/22 (Avg) VT-10 9/9 (Ltd) VS-10 10/14 Lee Kinkaid Flatley Collett VB-10 13/20 Thomas BB South Dakota CA Portland CL-AA San Juan DDs Porter, Maury, Cushing, Mahan, Preston Conygham, Smith TF-17 USS Hornet VF-72 33/38 (Avg) VT-6 15/16 (Ltd) VS-8 (Avg) Widhelm Murray Sanchez Parker VB-8 (Avg) Rodee? CAs Northampton, Pensacola CL-AAs Juneau, DDs Morris, Hughes, Mustin, Anderso,n Russell, Barton

Solomons: Tanaka’s Reinforcement Convoy 14-Nov-42 Merchantmen 1st Butai 2nd Butai Vessel Speed Tonnage Vessel Speed Tonnage Nagara Maru 14 7198 Yamazuki Maru 13 6438 Hirokawa Maru* 16 6872 Yamaura Maru 14 6798 Sado Maru∗ 16 7180 Kinugawa Maru 11 6936 Canberra Maru 16 6477 Shinanogawa Maru 12 7504 Nako Maru 14 7145 Brisbane Maru 10 5425 Arizona Maru* 11 9685 Escort DesDev 15 DesDiv 24 DesDiv 31 Recovery Unit Hayashio Umikaze Takanami Amagiri Oyashio Kawakaze Naganami Mochizuki Kagero Suzukaze Makinami

∗ “AA” ships, with 6x 13mm MGs, as opposed to 2-4 13mm MGs.

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Solomons: Battle of Rennell Island Jan-43 Japan: Bombers based in Rabaul 29-Jan-43 701st Sentai 16 G4M2 Betty carrying torps under LCdr Higai (1 turned back before attack) 705th Sentai 16 G4M2 Betty carrying torps 30-Jan-43 751st Sentai 11 G4M2 Betty carrying torps

US Navy: Task Forces involved Ships F4F-4 Wildcat TBF Avenger SBD-3 Dauntless TF-16 USS Enterprise VF-10 18/22 (Avg) VT-10 9/9 (Ltd) VS-10 10/14 Lee Kinkaid Flatley Collett VB-10 13/20 Thomas Heading to BB South Dakota rendezvous with CA Portland Saratoga CL-AA San Juan DDs Porter, Maury, Cushing, Mahan, Preston Conygham, Smith TF-11 USS Saratoga ?? Escort Heading to rendezvous with Enterprise TG-62.8 4 4 Transports Sailing the last 100 miles to Lunga point via Lengo channel TF-67 4 CAs 4 DDs Sailing to meet TF-64 TF-64 BBs North Carolina, Indiana, Washington Lee 4 DDs Sailing to meet TF-67 TF-18 CAs Wichita, Chicago, Louisville Giffen CLs Montpelier, Cleveland, Columbia DDs Waller, Edward, La Vallette, Conway, Chevel, Taylor Sailing close cover for TG-62.8, just south of Guadalcanal. Due off Cape Hunter at 2100 hrs to rendezvous w/ Cactus Striking Force (4 DDs) (detached 29- CVE Chenango VGF-28 11 F4F-4 VGS-28 8 SBD-3 VGS-28 9 TBF-1 Jan-43 1400 hrs) CVE Suwanee VGF-27 18 F4F-4 VGS-27 15 TBF-1 Capt. Wyatt DD Meade, Taylor Cactus 4 DDs Striking Force Briscoe

US Squadrons Arriving at Guadalcanal Force Sqdn A/C Arrival Date USMC VMF-223 F4F-4 20-Aug-42 USMC VMSB-232 SBD-1 20-Aug-42 USAAF 67th Fighter P-39/P-400 22-Aug-42 USN VB-5 (Ent) SBD-3 24-Aug-42 USN VS-5 (Ent) SBD-3 24-Aug-42 USMC VMF-224 F4F-4 30-Aug-42 USMC VMSB-231 SBD-1 30-Aug-42 USN VF-5 (Ent) F4F-4 11-Sep-42

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USN VT-8 (Sara) TBF-1 13-Sep-42 USMC VMSB-141 SBD-3 23-Sep-42 USMC VMF-121 F4F-4 25-Sep-42 USN VS-3 (Sara) SBD-3 28-Sep-42 USN VS-71 (Wasp) SBD-3 28-Sep-42 USAAF 339th Fighter P-38 3-Oct-42 USMC VMF-212 F4F-4 3-16-Oct-42 USMC VMSB-132 SBD-3 29-Oct-42 USMC VMF-112 F4F-4 2-Nov-42 USMC VMSB-131 TBF-1 12-Nov-42 USMC VMSB-142 SBD-3 12-Nov-42 USMC VMF-122 F4F-4 13-Nov-42 USAAF 68th Fighter P-40 8-Dec-42 USAAF 70th Fighter P-39/P-38 12-Dec-42 USMC VMSB-233 SBD-4 12-Dec-42 USN VP-12 PBY-5A 15-Dec-42 USAAF 44th Fighter P-40 22-Dec-42 USAAF 12th Fighter P-39/P-38 3-Jan-43 USAAF 17th Photo F-5 17-Jan-43 USN VGS-11 F4F-4/TBF 1-Feb-43 USN VGS-12 F4F-4/TBF 1-Feb-43 USN VGS-16 F4F-4/TBF 1-Feb-43 USMC VMF-214 F4U-1 17-Feb-43

11th Air Fleet Approximate Strengths Plus Feb 42 – Feb-44 replacement rate was about 50 IJN a/c per month – 40 ftrs/10 bombers – but op losses took some of these before they fly across the Pacific Jan-July 43 Oct-43 150-200 a/c at Rabaul 240 a/c at Rabaul Most Zeros, with many tactical (carrier) bombers. At 50-100 at Lae and Gasmata June, say 230 fighters and 75 tactical bombers down Solomons, but by Oct, Attacks from Bettys nearly ceased many were gone. due to losses over Guadalcanal 50a/c at Gasmata + 75-100 IJA at Rabaul

4th Kokugan in New Guinea Jun 43 = replacements of about 60 a/c per month 6th Hikoshidan 7th Hikoshidan Fighters 180 Bombers 108 Recon 36 250 operational at the 84 total Wewak complex

6th Hikoshidan in New Guinea: Makes up bulk of 4th Air Army in New Guinea Oct-43 Feb-44 Fighters 248th Sentai 30/32 Ki.43-I (some II) 63rd, 33rd, 77th Sentai arrive with 13th Sentai ~15 Ki.43 Ki.43-II 59th Sentai ~25 Ki.43 59th Sentai leaves 68th Sentai 10/12 Ki.61 Assault 26th Sentai 27 Ki.51 LR 10th Sentai 7/10 Ki.46-I

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Recon 76th Dokuritsu Chutai +another independent sqdn SR Recon 1 SR recond sqdn ~3 Ki.51 Bomber 208th Sentai 10-15 Ki.48 7th Sentai 9 Ki.49 9th Sentai 6-8 Ki.49 14th Sentai (withdrawn mid-Nov-43) 9 Ki.21-II

Battle of the Marianas (Jun-44) Marianas: Ozawa’s carriers (air units all rather green) 1st Carrier Div Taiho 27 A6M5b Zeros 601st AC Hikotai 311 27 D4Y3 (DB) Judy 18 B6N2 Jill 3 D4Y1 (Recon) Judy Shokaku 27 A6M5b Zeros 27 D4Y3 (DB) Judy 18 B6N2 Jill 3 D4Y1 (Recon) Judy Zuikaku 27 A6M5b Zeros 27 D4Y3 (DB) Judy 18 B6N2 Jill 3 D4Y1 (Recon) Judy 2nd Carrier Div Junyo 27 A6M5b Zeros 652nd AC 9D3A2 Val 9 D4Y3 (DB) Judy 6 B6N2 Jill Hiyo 27 A6M5b Zeros 18 D3A2 Val 6 B6N2 Jill Ryuho 27 A6M5b Zeros 6 B6N2 Jill 3rd Carrier Div Chiyoda 21 A6M5b Zeros 653rd AC 9 B5N2 Kate RAdm Chitose 21 A6M5b Zeros Obayasho 9 B5N2 Kate Zuiho 21 A6M5b Zeros 9 B6N2 Jill 1st Air Fleet Land bases 540 a/c 11-Jun-44 VAdm Kakuta about 250 surviving a/c by 19-Jun-44

13th Air Fleet Approximate Strength: Aug-44 HQ in Singapore Aug-44 Singapore HQ 331st Air 10 fighters plus about 20 carrier type Group: bombers Balikpape 381st Air 70 fighters (Zeros) n Group: Java area 90 training aircraft Celebes 23rd Air Flotilla: Maintenace bases & AAA units – no aircraft.

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Japanese Air Strength in the Philippines: Oct-44 The Philippines had suffered strong carrier raids in Sep-44. Just before the Invasion of Leyte, Japanese air strength in the central Pacific was (approximately) Area Unit Aircraft Fighters Types Philippines 5th Base Air Force: 203 115 mostly A6M 19 airfields on 4th Kokugan 237 83 including Ki.43, Ki.45, Ki.61, Ki.84 Luzon, 5-8 near Leyte, 20 more on Negros, Cebu, Mindanoa Formosa to 6th Base Air Force 737 223 Includes 83 bombers from T-buntai, southern Kyushu (added 11-14 Oct) +688 +~60 172 carrier aircraft. 11 naval air fields, 2 Seaplane bases

Japanese Home Islands Defenses: Aug-44 IJN 192 fighters, mostly Zeros w/few Raiden (Jack) & N1K2 Shiden (George). NFs are all J1N1 Gekko. Aug-44 Dec-44 (Day/Night) 48/24 in Yokosuka 160 at Atsugi Airbase 48/12 in Kure 15 Zeros at Meiji airbase (SE of Nagoya) 48/12 in Sasebo 30 Zeros at Naruao airbase (near Osaka & Kobe) IJAA 110 in Tokyo area 200 near Tokyo (Ki.43, Ki.44 Shekis, Ki.61 Hiens, Ki.84 Hayate, Ki.45 Toryu, F 60 in Northern Ki.46 Dinahs NFs) Kyushu 80 near Nagoya 30 Osaka 50 near Osaka & Kobe 400 Army & Navy fighters reserved for escorting

Attu and Kiska Islan Dist from Estimated Notes d Unmak Troops Kiska 600 miles 1000 (low by Attu selected for attack first to cut off Kiska. Beyond fighter range. a lot) Fighting was quite bitter, with booby-traps all over the place. Attu 750 miles 8000 (over by Larger installation, including several , at least 3 heavy AAA a lot) batteries, and additional light batteries. For a while included A6M2-N Rufe float fighters and other sea planes.

Aleutian Campaign Allied bases. Annette Island No. 118 Sqdn RCAF Kittyhawk I 60 miles n. of Price Rupert, BC. Inner guard No. 135 Sqdn RCAF Hurricnae XII station; never saw combat. No. 149 Sqdn RCAF Beaufort Elmendorf Field, No 8 Sqdn RCAF Blenheim IV HQ of 11th Air Force Anchorage Cold Bay/ No. 111 Sqdn RCAF or Kittyhawk I/IV One relieved the other. 111th at one point on Ft Randall No. 14 Sqdn RCAF Kittyhawk I Adak, ready for attack vs Kiska. Ft. Glenn/ 11 FS P-40Es 3000 ft x 100 ft runways (later 5000 ft). Not Otter Bay finished in Jun-42, had ftr sqdn present vs. Umnak Island Japanese. ~70 miles SW of Dutch Harbor. Dutch Harbor Patrol seaplanes PBY-5 Navy base Kodiak Island/ Feb-42 Jun-42 Runway 1: 5000 x 150 ft Ft Greeley 18th FS No. 111 RCAF P-36s P-40s Runway 2: 5400 x 150 ft 36th BS 406th BS B-18s A-29s Runway 3: 6000 x 150 ft

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Adak Established Sep-42; a/c flew within 2 weeks. Used as base vs. Attu & Kiska Fairbanks Attu Seized by Japanese 7-Jun-42 US landings 11-May-43 Kiska Seized by Japanese 6-Jun-42 Evacutaed by Japanese 28-Jul-43 US Landings 11-Aug-43 Amchitka US landings 11-Jan-43 Shemya 40 miles NE of Attu; flat and considered more suitable for an airbase than Attu.

Japanese bases. Katoaka base (Naval) Airfield, naval Last island before Kamchatka – and Soviets. US attacks start in Shimushu Island port Feb-44. (modern name In Aug-44, a/c included Bajkovo) 6 A6M5 (3 flew vs Soviets) 4 B5N2 1 B6N1 Plus unspecified 2&4 engine recon aircraft (Mavis?) Possibly J1N1-S Irving NF Kashiwabara Base 3 airfields, army bases, Japanese 5th fleet HQ? lots of action stages through here. US area navy base Attacks begin Jul-43. Paramushiro Island (1 field at “Karubu ‘43/44 includes 19 Ki.43, 6 still available for soviet invasion. Cape”) Radar on Southern cape, but view of Shimushu probably blocked by volcano (6 active volcanoes on island)

Soviet Forces in Kuriles: Aug 1945. Based near Petrapovlovsk on Kamchatka peninsula (part of Far Eastern Front & Naval forces) 128 SAD 888 IAP ~60 P-63 Kingcobras Newly re-equipped. Last Regt to switch from I-16s. (mixed air 410 ShAP ~60 P-63 Kingcobras Newly re-equipped; just switched from Il-2s. div) 903 BAP A-20s, SBs, few PV-1s PV-1s were interned a/c. 2 MTAD 4 MTAP ~60 IL-4s + DB-3s Naval Torpedo Bombardment regiments. One A-20 49 MTAP Il-4, A20G, A-20H torpedoed a small Japanese warship (700 t MS). 52 MTAP DB-3

Soviet Aircraft Used Reg’t 32-60 a/c in 3 sqdns + HQ flight Fighters IAP Yak-9, La-5, La-7, P-63 Assault ShAP Il-2, IL-10 Bombers BAP Pe-2, Tu-2, some A-20, few (remaining) SB- 2 Recon RAP Yak-9, Pe-2 Naval Recon MRAP MBR-2, PBN-13, PBY-6A Naval Torp MTAP DB-3, Il-4, A-20 Bomber LR Bombers DBAP Li-2 (DC-3), DB3/IL-4, B-25 Transport TRAP Li-2, TB-3

3 PBN-1 is a slightly upgraded version of the PBY-6, re-equipped with Soviet licensed copies of US engines.

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Soviet Unit Acroymn Prefixes & Suffixes General formation of a unit acronym is: Prefix (if any) | Type | Suffix (denotes unit size)

P/S Description Aircraft Represented -AK Air Korps (2-4 divs) 200-750 a/c -AD Air Division (2-4 regts) 90-180 a/c -AP Air Regiment (3 sqdns) 30-60 a/c -AE Squadron (independent) 6-20 a/c O- Separate/Independent M- Naval Aviation D- Long Range

Transbaikal Front 115, 116, 131, 132, 133 RAE 40, 41 KAE 12 Air Army Marshal S. A. Khudyakov 190 IAD 17 IAP P-63A Col. V.V. Fokin 821 IAP P-63A (only 2 regiments) 245 IAD 781 IAP P-63A Col. G. P. Pleshchenko 940 IAP P-63A 246 IAD 70 IAP 551 IAP 718 IAP 248 ShAD 64 ShAP Il-10 Col. I. B. Savel'ev 967 ShAP Il-2M 291 ShAP Il-10 51 IAP Il-10? 316 ShAD (2 ShAPs & 1 IAP) Col. A. A. Erokhin 6 BAK Maj. Gen. I. P. Skok 326 BAD Tu-2 334 BAD 12 BAP Tu-2 132 BAP Tu-2 454 BAP Tu-2 7 BAK Lt. Gen. V. A. Ushakov O/N OAPS 1010 Peregon. AP 113 DBAD 815 DBAP Il-4 836 DBAP Il-4 855 DBAP Il-4 179 BAD 30 BAD 396 AP-O/N B-25

54 BAD (DBA) 29 Gv BAP Li-2 MajGen. V. A. 117 Gv BAP Li-2 Shchyolkin 340 BAP Il-4

247 BAD 56 BAP 541 OBAP 23 TBAE TB-3

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12 RAP 21 Gv TRAD 49 Gv TRAP Li-2 Maj. Gen. I. M. Gorskii 50 Gv TRAP Li-2 51 Gv TRAP Li-2

Far Eastern Front 10 Air Army Col. Gen. P. F. Zhigarev 18 IAK 296 IAD 777 IAP 96 ShAD 75 ShAP Col. I. A. Kochergin Maj. S. A. Chernykh 140 DRAE 28 KAE 128 SAD 888 IAP P-63A Lt. Col. M. A. 410 ShAP P-63A Eryomin 903 BAP A-20 SB-2 few PV- 1 255 SAD 29 IAD 554 IAP Yak9 Yak-3 254 IAD 300 IAP Yak-9T Lt. Col. N. A. Silaev 253 ShAD Lt. Col. K. T. Tsedrik 83 BAD 7 RAP 411 KRAP 344 TRAP

1st Air Fleet: Feb-45 132nd Hikotai 133rd Hikotai 205th Hikotai 765th Hikotai

721st Jinrai Buntai: March-45 (unit of 3rd Air Fleet) Ohkas 4 sqdn 50 Ohka Fighters 305th Hikotai 48 Otsu and Kembu fighters4. 306th Hikotai 48 Zero fighters 307th Hikotai 48 Otsu and Kembu fighters Bombers 708th Sentai 18 G4M2 711th Sentai 18 G4M2

Kamikaze Attacks by IJN: March-June-45 Attacks by Fighters Attacks by other (Judy, Val, (Zeros) Jill, Frances, Kate, Nell, Betty) Launched Dove Launched Dove 1st Air Fleet (Formosa) 293 34 118 44

4 20-Mar-45 (air defense) lose 23 fighters ;claim 22. “Kembu” fighters were A6M7 armed with 500 Kg bomb.

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3rd and 5th Air Fleet 597 330 865 576 (Kyushu)

USN Code Names for German Aircraft in Japanese Service (more suspected than based on any actual proof or sightings) Bf109E Mike Bf110C Doc FW190A-5 Fred FW200C Trudy Ju52 Trixie Ju87 Irene Ju88 Janice He111H Bess

China 1932-36 China bought an air force to deal with its guerilla war vs Chinese Communists: • 72 Douglas O2MC-2 and C-10 Attack bombers (biplane, FG/DG .30 cal, open cockpit, fixed gear) • 20 Vought V-92C Corsairs • 24 Heinkel He66Ch biplane dive bombers Good for counter-insurgency missions, but helpless vs enemy fighters.

Chinese Air Force Units: July 1937 March 1938 Fighters 3rd Group: 3rd Group: 7th Sqdn: Ba27 changing to Hawk III 17th Sqdn: Gloster Gladiator I (Feb 38) 8th Sqdn: 15 CR.32 28th Sqdn: Gloster Gladiator I (Feb 38) 17th Sqdn: Boeing P-26Cs (Aug-37) 29th Sqdn: Gloster Gladiator I (Feb 38) 4th Group: 4th Group: 21st Sqdn: Curtiss Hawk III (Aug 37) 21st Sqdn: 10x I-16 (Feb-38) 22nd Sqdn: Curtiss Hawk III (Aug 37) 22nd Sqdn: 11x I-15bis (Feb-38) 23rd Sqdn: Curtiss Hawk III (Aug 37) 23rd Sqdn: 8+ I-15bis (Feb-38) 5th Group 5th Group: 26th Sqdn: Hawk IIs 2 sqdns: Curtiss Hawk II biplanes (Aug-37) 28th Sqdn: Hawk IIs (Aug-37) 1 sqdns: Fiat CR.32 biplanes (Aug-37) 29th Sqdn: Hawk IIs (Aug-37) 6th Group 34th Provisional Group (Green) 16th Sqdn: 9 Hawk 75M (Oct-38) Hawk IIs & Hawk IIIs 18th Sqdn: 9 Hawk 75M (Jan-39) 34th Provisional Group: 3 Sqdns: Curtiss Hawk II biplanes (Aug-37) Bombers 1st Group 2nd Group: 1st Sqdn: Northrop Gamma 2E 2nd Sqdn: SB-2s (Sep-37) 2nd Sqdn: Northrop Gamma 2E 9th Sqdn 6th Group 11th Sqdn: SB-2s (Sep-37) 16th Sqdn: Vought V-65C/92 Corsair 30th Sqdn: (replaced by Curtiss A-12 Shrike) 8th Group: 18th Sqdn: Douglas O-2MC 14th Sqdn: Martin 139WCs 32nd Sqdn: Douglas O-2MC5 19th Sqdn: Martin 139WCs (US pilots) (s)

5 All destroyed 16-Aug-37, re-equipped with Vultee V-11s used at Nan-Ning as fighter

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10th Group 10th Sqdn: 6 SM.72s (used as trans) 14th Sqdn: Vultee V.11, 2x Dewoitine D.510 (Intl pilots, 1+ Vet) 19th Sqdn: 6 He111A-0 30th Sqdn: 6+3 Martin M.139WC

41st AAA 1st Batt: 37mm 7th Batt: 75mm Regiment 2nd Batt: 20mm 8th Batt: 76.2mm 6th Batt: 37mm 15th Batt: Searchlights AAA for 3 Batt 76.2mm 1 Batt 37mm Wuhan after 1 Batt 75mm 1 Batt 20mm Nanking falls 1 SL detachment (1 light?)

Chinese Air Force Units: Late 1941 Late-1942 Late 1943 Fighters 3rd Group: 3rd Group: 3rd Group: (Chunking) 17th Sqdn: I-153 (Feb-41) 7th Sqdn: P-66 (Sep-42) 7th Sqdn: P-66 (Sep-42) 29th Sqdn: I-16 (Jun-41) 8th Sqdn: P-66 (Sep-42) 8th Sqdn: P-66 (Sep-42) 4th Group: (Chengdu Aug-42) 17th Sqdn: P-40E (Aug-37) 17th Sqdn: P-40E (Aug-42) 21st Sqdn: P-43A (Apr-42) 29th Sqdn: P-40E (Aug-37 29th Sqdn: P-40E (Aug-42) 22nd Sqdn: P-43A (Apr-42) 4th Group: (Chengdu Aug-42) 4th Group: (Chengdu Aug-42) 23rd Sqdn: P-43A (Apr-42) 21st Sqdn: P-43A (Apr-42) 21st Sqdn: P-43A (Apr-42) 24th Sqdn: P-43A (May-42) 22nd Sqdn: P-43A (Apr-42) 22nd Sqdn: P-40E (May-43) 11th Group: (Jionglai) 23rd Sqdn: P-43A (Apr-42) 23rd Sqdn: P-40E (May-43) 41st Sqdn: I-15 (Jan-41) 24th Sqdn: P-43A (May-42) 24th Sqdn: P-43A (May-42) 42nd Sqdn: I-16 (Jan-41) 11th Group: (Jionglai) 5th Group (Shangliu) 43rd Sqdn: I-15 (jan-41) 41st Sqdn: I-15 (Jan-41) 17th Sqdn: 44th Sqdn: I-15/Hawk75 42nd Sqdn: I-16 (Jan-41) 26th Sqdn: (Jan41) 43rd Sqdn: I-15 (Jan-41) 27th Sqdn: 44th Sqdn: I-15/Hawk75 (Jan 29th Sqdn: 41) 11th Group: (Jionglai) 41st Sqdn: P-66 (Nov-42) 42nd Sqdn: P-66 (Nov-42) 43rd Sqdn: I-15 (Jan-41) 44th Sqdn: I-15/Hawk75 (Jan 41) Bombers 2nd Group: 9th Sqdn: A-29 (Aug-41) 11th Sqdn: A-29 (Aug-41) 30th Sqdn: A-29 (Oct-42) 6th Group 16th Sqdn 18th Sqdn

Japanese Army Air Units in China: Aug-42 Bombers 62nd Sentai Hsingyang & Wuchang Ki.21 II Sally 90th Sentai Licheng & Peking Ki.48 II Lily 65th Sentai Shanghai & Hangchow Ki.51 Sonia Fighters 54th Sentai Hankow & Nanchang Ki.27 Nate 10th Doku-Chutai Hankow Ki.43 I 24th Sentai Canton Ki.43 I

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Recon 18th Doku-Chutai Ki.46

Japanese Army Air Units in China: Feb-43 1st Hikodan? 16th Sentai Ki.48 II Lily 90th Sentai Ki.48 II Lily 33rd Sentai Ki.43 I 24th Sentai Ki.43 I Recon 18th Doku-Chutai Ki.46

US Aid to Chinese Air Force: Jul/Dec-42 By the end of Dec-42, the US had supplied to the CAF:

• 29 A-29 • 27 P-40 Tomahawk • 41 P-43 Replublic • 82 P-66 Vanguard • 23 C-46 Commando • 77 C-47 Dakota

Chinese AF Groups Dec-42 Fall-43 Fighter Groups 3,4,5,11 3,4,5,11 Bomber Groups 1,2,6,8, 12 1, 2,12 Composite 8 (w/2 sqdns Pu153s) Groups

Chinese-American Composite Wing: Fall-43 Fighters 3rd Fighter Group 28th FS: P-40N-5 (Nov-43) (replaced by P-40N-15/25s) 32nd FS: P-40N-5 (Nov-43) (replaced by P-40N-15/25s) 7th FS: P-40N-15 (Jan-44) 8th FS: P-40N-15 (Jan-44) 5th Fighter Group 26th FS: P-40N-15 (Apr-44) 39th FS: P-40N-15 (Apr-44) 17th FS P-40N-15 (Jun-44) 27th FS: P-40N-15 (Jul-44) Slowly replaced by P-51s starting Spring 45. Bombers 1st Group 2nd BS: B-25D/H (Oct-43) 1st BS: B-25D/H (Feb-44) 4th BS: B-25H (Apr-44) 3rd BS: B-25H (Jun-44) – Jun-Aug –44 served in Burma Slowly replaced by J models starting in Oct-44.

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Malaya RAF Far East Command & Air Fields, Dec. 1941: Field Location Description Units / A/c Sembawang, Singapore No. 453 Sqdn RAAF / 18 B-339E Buffalo Tengah, Seletar No. 36 Sqdn / 5 Wildebeeste III Batu Pahat, Kluang, 75 miles Nof Singapore, Jemaluan 40-50 miles apart west to east Kuala Lumpur ~150 miles NW of Singapore. Kuantan ~150 miles N of Jemulan on east coast. No. * Sqdn (det) / 8 Hudson lt bombers 10 Blenheim lt bombers No. 36 Sqdn (det) / Wildebeeste III 6 Swordfish & torp bombers Ipoh 80 miles NNW of Kuala Lumpur Taiping 50 miles NNW of Ipoh Butterworth 50 north of Taiping along the west coast. 1 sqdn Blenheim I (destroyed 9-Dec-41) Sungei 50 north of Butterworth along the west coast. Alor Star 50 north of Sungei along the west coast, just None about on the border with Thailand Kota Bahru 150 miles NNW of Kuantan on east coast

Far East Command, 8 december 1941 HQ Singapore Seletar Field Air Vice Marshal C.W. Pulford No 221 Group Mingalon, Burma Group E.R.Manning Wing Commander R.L.Vivian - 60th RAF Squadron Mingaladon, Burma 10 x Bristol Blenheim Mk I - 1 flight No 60th Sq. Kuantan, Singapore 8x Bristol Blenheim Mk I - 67th RAF Squadron Mingalon, Burma Squadron Leader R.A.Milward 17x Brewster Buffalo Norgroup Kuala Lumpur, Malakka - Butterworth Station - 21st RAAF Squadron Sungei Patani Squadron Leader W.F.Allshorn 12x Brewster Buffalo - 27th RAF Squadron Sungei Patani Squadron Leader F.F.C.Fowle 12x Bristol Blenheim Mk IF - 62nd RAF Squadron Alor Star Wing Commander J.Duncan 18x Bristol Blenheim Mk I - Kuantan Station - 1st RAAF Squadron Kota Bharu Wing Commander R.H.Davis 10x Lockheed Hudson Mk II - 36th RAF Squadron Seletar Wing Commander R.C.Gaskell 5x Vickers Vildebeest - 1 flight No 36th Sq Gong Kedah Squadron Leader G.Witney 7x Vickers Vildebeest No 224 Group Seletar, Singapore Group Captain E.B.Price - Sembawang Station Flight Lieutnant T.A.Vigors - 453rd RAAF Squadron Sembawang 18x Brewster Buffalo

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1x De Havilland Tiger Moth - Seletar Station Wing Commander R.N.McKern - 100th RAF Squadron Seletar 6x Bristol Beaufort 14x Vickers Vildebeest Wing Commander L.W.Burgess - 205th RAF Squadron Seletar 5x Consolidated Catalina - 1 flight No 205 Sq RNZAF Seletar ?x Short Singapore Mk III - Tengah Station Wing Commander F.N.Wright - 8th RAAF Squadron Sembawang 4x Lockheed Hudson Mk II Squadron Leader A.D.Henderson - 1 flight No 8 Sq Kuantan 8x Lockheed Hudson Mk II Wing Commander G.P.Longfield - 34th RAF Squadron Tengah 17x Bristol Blenheim Mk IV - Kallang Station Squadron Leader W.G.Clouston - 488th RNZAF Squadron Kallang 17x Brewster Buffalo Squadron Leader F.J.Powell - 243rd RAF Squadron Kallang 15x Brewster Buffalo Flight Officer M.H.Holder - 1 flight No 243 Sq Kota Bharu 2x Brewster Buffalo Sq. Leader N.W.Wright 4th Anti Aircraft Cooperation Unit Tengah en Kuantan 2x De Havilland Queen Bee, 6x Blackburn Shark en 8x Sq. Leader C.R.G.Lewis 4th Photo Recon Unit Kallang 2x Brewster Buffalo Hong Kong Station Wing Commander H.G.Sullivan 4x Vickers Vildebeest - Hong Kong Flight Kai Tek, Kowloon 3x Short Singapore Mk II 2x De Havilland Hornet Moth - Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Force Kai Tek, Kowloon 2x Avro Cadet 1x Avro Tutor Lieutenant P.J.Milner-Barry - 715th Squadron Kai Tek, Kowloon 7x Supermarine Walrus Mk I De volgende eenheden waren onder commando van Far East Command gesteld. Lieutenant Commander B.E.W. Logan 720th Fleet Air Arm Squadron Auckland, Neww Zeeland 2x Supermarine Walrus American Volunteer Group Colonel C.L.Chennault Major R.Sandal - 1st AVG Squadron Kyedaw, Burma 20x Curtiss P-40 Major J.Newkirk - 2nd AVG Squadron Kyedaw, Burma 20x P-40 Major A.Olson - 3rd AVG squadron Kyedaw, Burma 20x P-40 Vliegtuiggroep III KNIL Singapore Luitenant Kolonel W.J. van Gulik 1e Luitenant F.R.Letting - 1-Vl.G.III Kallang 3x Martin WH-3A en 7x Martin WH-3

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1e Luitenant A.B.Wolff - 3-Vl.G.III Kallang 8x Martin WH-3A Kapitein J.P. van Helsdingen - 2-Vl.G.V Kallang 12x Brewster B-339D

Dutch East Indies Palembang: 14-Feb-42 Bombers No. 225 Group (Bomber) No. 27 Sqdn RAF 40 Blenheims (I, IF, IV) between them No. 34 Sqdn RAF No. 84 Sqdn RAF No. 211 Sqdn RAF

No. 1 Sqdn RAAF 35 Hudson IIs & IIIIs between them. No. 8 Sqdn RAAF No. 59 RAF No. 62 RAF (120 a/c in all) Fighters No. 226 Group (Fighter) No. 232 Sqdn RAF 15 servicable Hurricane I No. 258 Sqdn RAF

India/Burma Burma/Arakan Region Dec-42 Nov-43 Nov-44 RAF 6 sqdn Hurricane II (incl 14 sqdn of fighters & fighter- Sqdns include: No. 224 No. 67) bombers (Spits, Hurricanes, 3+ sqdns Spitfire VIIIC (No. 17, Group / 2 Sqdn Bleinheim IV (and Beaufighters (3- 1NF), Vengeance) 67, 152) 3rd TAF Bisleys) (200 a/c in all) 2+ sqdn Hurri IIC (No. 11, 17) 1 flight Beaufighter IF 1+ sqdn Mustang I (120 a/c in all) Bases: Feni, Imphal, Chiringa, 3 sqdn Beaufighter TF.X (No. 27, Calcutta, Baigachi 177, 211) Bases: Agatala, Bengal RAF Liberators based in Madura IJAAF 50 fighters (mostly Oscar) ~ 50 aircraft Ki. 43 II 5th 90 bombers (mostly Ki.21, Hikoshi Ki.48)6 dan

Korea: 1950 Units and Aircraft June 1950 Jun-50 USAF North Korean AF Fighters • F-51D – 35th FIW (39th, 40th, 41st FS) • Yak-7 (70 ftrs total) • F-82G - 4th, 68th, 339th (AW) FS • Yak-9

6 With reversals in Solomons, 5th Hikoshidan was stripped of units to form 6th Hikoshidan in New Guinea and Rabaul.

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• F-80C – 51st FIW (16th, 25th, 26th FS) • La-9 • RF-80C – 8th TRS • La-11? Bombers • B-26 – 3rd BG: 8th, 13th BS, 728th BS • 62 Il-10s • B-29A – 19th BG (28th, 30th, 93rd BS) Kadena AB Misc • C-46, C-47, C-54 - 374th Troop Car Wg (6th, 22nd) • Po-2 • 21st TCS C-47s (came from Clark AB, PI) • 22 Yak-18 transports

Units and Aircraft June 1951 Jun-51 USAF PLAAF (Chinese): 1050 a/c (not all in Korea) Fighters • 12 Divisions (each w/2 Regts of 25 a/c) • MiG-9 • MiG-15: 445 • La-9 Bombers • 2 Attack Division (each w/2 Regts of 25 a/c) • ~100 Il-10s 2 Bomber Division (each w/2 Regts of 25 a/c) • ~50 Tu-2 • ~50 La-2 Misc • Transport Division (w/2 Regts of 25 a/c) • ~50 Il-12s

Units and Aircraft November 1952 (FEAF estimate) Nov-51 USAF PLAAF (Chinese): 1485 a/c (opposite Korea) Fighters • • 950 jet fighters (mostly MiG-15) • 165 prop fighters (mostly La-9) Bombers • • 100 Il-28 bombers • 65 prop light bombers (mostly Tu-2) • 115 ground attack aircraft Misc • • 90 transports (mostly Il-12)

Australia Darwin Area Defenses: Early 1943 1st RAAF No. 452 RAAF 11 Spitfire VC (Trop) Wing No. 457 RAAF 11 Spitfire VC (Trop) No. 54 RAF 11 Spitfire VC (Trop) Other 2 RAAF sqdns Hudson patrol bombers 1 RAAF sqdn Beaufighter 1 RAAF sqdn Vengeance divebomber 1 USAAF Sqdn B-24D Liberator 1 sqdn B-25D Mitchell KNIL (Dutch East Indies AF)

Africa Operation Ironclad: Madagascar, May-42 HMS Illustrious No. 881 Sqdn 12 Martlet III No. 882 Sqdn 8 Martlet III, 1 Fulmar NFI No. 810 Sqdn 20 Swordfish between them No. 829 Sqdn

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HMS No. 800 Sqdn 8 Fulmar Indomitable No. 806 Sqdn 4 Fulmar No. 880 Sqdn 6 Sea Hurricane No. 827 Sqdn 24 Albacore between them No. 831 Sqdn Escort: Ramilles (BB), CAs: Malaya, Devonshire, Hermoine (CL), 23 other warships Troop ships: Duchess of Atholl, Oronsay, Sobieski and Winchester Castle Assault ships: Karanja and Karen, Royal Ulsterman and Bachaquero Land-based 35 Flight SAAF 4 Marylands (6?) renumbered 16 SAAF 37 Flight SAAF 4 Beauforts (11?)

Libya/Egypt: Air Unit Deployment: June1940 (From Wavell’s War campaign) June 1940 Oct-40 RAF No. 33, 80, 112 Sqdns (all Gladiators) 3 sqdn Hurricane (87) No. 55, 113 (Blenheim IV bombers) No. 3 RAAF - Gladiators No. 211 (Blenheim Mk I) 4 sqdn Blenheim IV (~80) No. 208 Sqdn (Coop – Hurris & Lysanders) 2 sqdn Wellington (groups 202 & 205?) No. 208 Sqdn (Coop – Hurris & Lysanders) 2 sqdn Lysanders 1 sqdn Transport 1 sqdn Sunderlands (CC 228,230) Regia 4º Stormo (8 Gruppi) bombers (mostly SM.79) 306/542 aircraft Aeronatutica 14º Gruppo BT (SM.81) El Adem (T-3) 2 Stormo Fighters: ~75 CR.42, 30 CR.32 2º Stormo CT 1 Stormo FBs (50): ~25 Ba.65, 1 sqdl Ca.310 8º Gruppo CT – Tobruk (T-2) 4 Stormo bombers (mostly SM.79, some SM.81) 92, 93, 94 Sqda – CR.32 (7/40 – CR.42s) 2 Stormo recon 10º Gruppo CT – Tobruk (T-2) 1 Gruppo desert recon (Ca.309) 84, 90, 91 Sqda – 44 CR.42 13º Gruppo CT - 2 Gruppi + 2 Sqdn Recon

50º Stormo 12º Gruppo 159 Sqdn – Ca.310s;(7/40 - Ba.65s) 160 Sqdn - Ba.65 replaced w/ CR.32 quart 16º Gruppo 167 Sqdn - Ba.65 168 Sqdn - Ba.65

Libya/Egypt: Air Unit Deployment: April 1941 (From Book on German DBs) Apr-41 Luftwaffe 55 Ju87Bs 25 Bf110Ds 12 (1 sqdn) He111Hs (II KG26 in Benghazi)

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Regia 4 Stormo (8 Gruppi) bombers (mostly SM.79) 306/542 aircraft Aeronatutica 1 Stormo Fighters (all CR.42) 2 Stormo Fighters: ~75 CR.42, 30 CR.32 2 Gruppi + 2 Sqdn Recon 1 Stormo FBs (50): ~25 Ba.65, 1 sqdl Ca.310 4 Stormo bombers (mostly SM.79, some SM.81) 50º Stormo 2 Stormo recon 12º Gruppo 1 Gruppo desert recon (Ca.309) 159 Sqdn - Ba.65 160 Sqdn - Ba.65 replaced w/ CR.32 quart 16º Gruppo 167 Sqdn - Ba.65 168 Sqdn - Ba.65

Libya/Egypt: Air Unit Deployment: Summer 1941 RAF No. 33 Hurricane I No.46 Beaufighters Forms summer as nightfighter unit No. 202 Grp No. 73 No. 94 Hurricane I No. 112 Hurricane I Serves in Palestine/Syria No. 127 Hurricane I No. 213 Hurricane I Arrives June No. 229 Hurricane II Arrives June. Transfers to Malta Jan-42 No. 238 Hurricane II No. 250 Hurricane II Arrives June No.260 Hurricane I Serves in Palestine/Syria No. 2 SAAF Tomahawk No. 3 SAAF Tomahawk No. 4 SAAF Tomahawk

253 Wing 2 Sqdn Hurricane, 1 Blenheim IV for CAS 258 Wing Frontline service 269 Wing Frontline service 262 Wing Nile Delta Zone defense Luftwaffe 1x StGr Ju87B Triploi (Zuara), Sirte JG27 Bf109E-7s Gazala 1x ZGr Bf110C/Ds Gazala 1x KG Ju88A Benghazi JG53 Bf109E Sicily Regia 4 Stormo (8 Gruppi) bombers (mostly SM.79) Aeronatutica 1 Stormo Fighters (all CR.42) 2 Gruppi + 2 Sqdn Recon

Libya/Egypt: Air Unit Deployment: Nov 1941 RAF No. 28 (Forms as No. 80 Sqdn Hurri IV Hurribombers Western No. 229 Hurricane II (Transfers to Malta Jan-42) Desert AF No. 238 Hurricane Oct-41) 3 RAAF Tomahawk 1 SAAF Hurricane 24 SAAF Bostons Lost 6 on 10-Dec-41

258 Wing Op Crusader 4 Hurricane, 2 Tomahawk sqdn

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262 Wing Op Crusader 2 Hurricane, 3 Tomahawk sqdn 269 Wing Rear defense 2 Hurricane sqdn, 1 FAA/RAF unit: Hurris & Martlets Luftwaffe I/StG1 Ju87B-2/Trp 33 II/StG2 Ju87B-2/Trp 33 Stb/StG3 Ju87B-2/Trp 4 III/LG1 Ju88A-4/Trp (suffered high unserviceability rate) Stb/JG27 Bf109F-4/T 5 I/JG27 Bf109E-7 20 II/JG27 Bf109F-4/T 25 8./ZG26 Bf110D-3 12 2.(H)/14 Hs126A-1 Regia 320 a/c, half of which are Aeronautica MC.200s & MC.202s

Libya/Egypt: Air Unit Deployment: Mar 1942 RAF Bases: Bu Amud, Gambut, El Firdan, El Adem, Cyprus (Malta fields) 201 Wing: • 2 sqdn Beaufighters IC & IF (No. 252 & 272) • 3+ sqdn Kittyhawk (3rd RAAF, 5th SAAF, 250) • 1+ sqdn Hurricanes (No. 229 Sqdn) Lt Bombers: • 1+ Sqdn Beauforts (No. 39) • 2+ Sqdn Blenheim Ivs (No 14 & 203) Mdm Bombers: 7+ sqdn Wellington IICs • (No. 37, 38, 70, 104, 108, 148, 458 RAAF) FAA: No. 821 Albacores Regia Comando Settore Est Aeronautica 1° STORMO CT • 6° Gruppo - (Macchi MC202 ‘Folgore') Squad. 79a, 81a, 88a - Martuba • 17° Gruppo - (Macchi M.C. 202 ‘Folgore’) Squad. 71a, 72a, 80a - Wadi Tamet

2° STORMO CT • 8° Gruppo (Macchi M.C. 200 ‘Saetta’) Squad. 92a, 93a, 94a - Benghazi • 13° Gruppo (Macchi M.C. 200 ‘Saetta’) Squad. 77a, 78a, 82a – Benghazi • 3° Gruppo Autonomo CT (Fiat CR.42 "Falco") Squad. 153a, 154a, 155a – Martuba • 150° Gruppo Autonomo CT ( Macchi MC.200 "Saetta") Squad. 363a, 364a, 365a - Martuba

131° Gruppo Aerosiluranti - Siai S.M. 79 ‘Sparviero’) Squad. 279a, 274a - Benghazi 133° Gruppo Aerosiluranti - Siai S.M. 79 ‘Sparviero’) Squad. 174a, 175a - Benghazi Luftwaffe Fleiger Fuerher Afrika Avai Unit Base Tot A/c Notes l 2.(H)/14 Martuba 14 6 Bf 110C-4 With Bf 109F 4.(H)/12 Martuba - - Bf 110C-4 With Bf 109F

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1.(F)/121 Derna 7 5 Ju 88D-1 - Bf 109F- Jabo./JG 3 10 10 Fighter-bomber 2/B Stab/JG 27 - - - Martuba I./JG 27 26 12 - Bf 109F-4 II./JG 27 30 11 - III./JG 27 27 12 - 7./ZG 26 Derna 9 5 Bf 110D-3 - 12./LG 1 Berca (Barce) 9 2 Ju 88A-4 - Stab/StG 3 Berca (Barce) 5 4 With Bf 110 & He 111 I./StG 3 Martuba 32 16 - Ju 87D-1 Re-fitting II./StG 3 Libya-Eygpt 8 0 7.4.42

Libya/Egypt: Air Unit Deployment: 23-Oct 42 RAF Fighters 211 Group 6 SAAF, 7 SAAF Sq 16+16x Hurricane IID USAAF 64th, 65th FS 18+18x P-40F Egypt

233th Wing 2 SAAF, 4 SAAF 16+16 Kittyhawks I, II, III No.5 Sq SAAF 16x Tomahawks No.260 Sq 16x Kittyhawks I & IIb 239th Wing No.112 Sq 16x Kittyhawk IA No.250 Sq 16x Kittyhawk IIA No.260 Sq 16x Tomahawks US 66th Sqdn 18x P-40F 244th Wing No.145, 601 Sq 16+16 Spitfires Vb No.73 Sq 16x Tomahawks IIb No.92 Sq 16x Spitfires Vc

212 Group 243th Wing 1 SAAF, No 33 16+16x Hurricane IIc No.213, 238 16+16x Hurricane IIb 7th SAAF Wing No.80 Sq 16x Hurricane IIc No.127, 335, 274 Sq 16+16+16x Hurricane IIb No. 46, 89 Sqdn Beaufighter I.NFs Bombers 3rd SAAF Bomber Wing 12 SAAF Sq 24x Marylands 21 SAAF Sq 24x Baltimores I,II & III 24 SAAF Sq 24x Douglas III

232nd Bomber Wing No.55, 223 Sq 24+24 Baltimores I,II & III 82nd, 83rd,434th BS USAF 12+12+12 Mitchell B-25C

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Other 285th Recce Wing 40 SAAF Sq (Tac recon) 18x Hurricane I 60 SAAF Surv Sq (Photo) 8x Maryland+others 1437 Flight (Strat recon) 8x Baltimores II

US 316th Troop Carrier Grp (added late Nov) El Adem, Libya 36th TCS C-47s 37th TCS C-47s

Regia 7 Gruppi of MC.202 Aeronautica 5 Gruppi of CR.42 1 Gruppe of Ju87B 1 Gruppe of Z-1007 2 Gruppi of SM.79 Luftwaffe

East Africa: Air Unit Deployment: July 1940 Italian East Africa Air Command Nord 25° Sqda BT Ca.133 Bahar Dar (Assab) 26° Sqda BT Ca.133 Gondar 27° Sqda BT Ca.133 Assab 28° Sqda BT SM.81 Zula 118° Sez BT Ca.133 Assab Sez RST "Nord" Ca.133 Agordat 409° Sqda CT CR.42 Massawa 413° Sqda CT CR.42 Assab Centrale 4° Sqda BT SM.81 Scenele (Addis 29° Sqda BT SM.81 Assab Ababa) 44° Sqda BT SM.79 Ghiniele 49° Sqda BT Ca.133 Gimma 4° Sqda BT Ca.133 Addis Ababa 110° Sez RST Ro.37 Diredawa 410° Sqda CT CR.32 Diredawa 411° Sqda CT CR.32 Diredawa Sud 31° Sqda BT Ca.133 Neghelli (Mogadishu) Sez RST "Sud" Ca.133 Mogadishu Britain and RAF: allies • Port Sudan: 2 bomber sqdn w/ antique aircraft No 203 group armed with Wellesleys? ”Wartime use restricted to three squadrons in North Africa, Nos 14, 47 and 223, making up No 203 Group's Advanced Striking Force operating against Italian forces in East Africa. No 47 continued flying Wellesleys until September 1942.” • Sudan Frontier: 1 sqdn army coop (Lysanders?) Kenya: • No. 2 SAAF Sqdn Hawker Furies (Fighters) • No. 11 SAAF Sqdn 12(?) Fairey Battles • No. 12 SAAF Sqdn 6 Ju86 (converted from civvy transports) • No. 40 SAAF Sqdn Hawker Hartebeests (Army Co-op) • No. 237 Sqdn (Rhodesia) Hawker Hartebeests(?)

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Allies in East Africa, Jun-40 Fighters: No. 94 Sqdn 6 Gladiator Aden No 203 Sqdn Blenheim IVF Aden Bombers No 8 Sqdn 6 Blenheim I Aden 6 Vincent (soon added: No.39 12 Blenheim I (from India) No. 203 Grp No. 14 Sqdn 11 Wellesleys No. 47 Sqdn 11 Wellesleys No. 223 Sqdn 11 Wellesleys French 4 Po.631/3 Djibouti 11 Po.25TOE 3 MS.406 2 Po.29 transports

Iraq: May-41 Elements of the Royal Iraqi Air Force, including 63 British, Italian and American-built warplanes equal to or newer than those at Habbaniyah. Unit Base Aircraft No. 1 (Army Co-op) Sqdn Mosul 25 airworthy Hawker Nisrs, (export Audax lt bomber w/ Bristol Pegasus radial). No. 4 (Fighter) Sqdn Kirkuk 9 Gladiators. No. 5 (Fighter) Sqdn Baghd 15 Breda Ba.65 attack planes ad No. 6 (Mdm Bomber) Sqdn Rashid 4 Savoia-Marchetti SM.79A medium bombers No. 7 (Ftr-Bomber) Sqdn Rashid 15 Northrop 8A-4s

RAF School at Habbinayah: A Sqdn Habbinayah 10 Audaxes Wing Commanders G. Silyn- School Roberts, C Sqdn Habbinayah 10 Audaxes C.W.M. Wing School D Sqdn Habbinayah 10 Audaxes John G. Hawtrey School B Sqdn Habbinayah 26 Oxfords, Squadron Leader A.G. Dudgeon School 8 Gordons 1 Blenheim MkI Fighter Habbinayah 9 Gladiators F/Lt. R.S. May Flight School No. 37 Sqdn Basra Wellington No. 203 Habbinayah 4 Blenheim IVF (Fly in 3-May-41) School Of the 35 flying instructors on hand, however, only three had combat experience, and there were even fewer seasoned bombardiers and gunners. Smart selected the best of the cadets to bolster those numbers, while the ground crews installed racks and crutches for 250-pound and 20-pound bombs on the trainers.

Turkey: 1940 The Turkish Air Force (THK, part of the Army until Feb-44) during the early years of WW2 profited in being offered aircraft form both sides in the conflict. Both Germany and the Allies sought to bring Turkey into the war on their side; Turkey remained neutral until August, 1944 (before declaring war on Germany in Feb-45).

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The Turkish aiorforce was made of 4 Regiments, each of 6 companies – about 370 aircraft. A 5th regiment formed in 1941. In 1940, aircraft included PZL-24, Hurricane Is, P-40s, Blenheim Is, He111Gs

By 1945, the Turkish Air Force had been reopiranized intp 2 Aiur Divisions of 15 air wings (30 flights of aircraft).

Mid-East: Spitfire Deployment: May 1948 Israel 30 Spitfire LF.XVIe + Spitfire LF.IXs (bought from Czechoslovakia) Egypt Spitfire LF.IXe Britain F/FR.18 (RAF) F/FRXIVe

Mid-East: IAF June 1948 Fighters Unit Aircraft 101 Sqdn 4+19 Avia S-199 Mezek (19 arrived Jul-48) 103 Sqdn 2/4 Beaufighter TF.X Bombers 69th Sqdn 3 B-17F (Jul-48) 35th Sqdn 10 T-6 Texans serving as Divebombers (Nov-48) Transport 100th 8 De Havilland Dragon Rapide

Mid-East: Meteor Sales: mid- 1950s Israel Jan-54 11 F.8s w/ US HVAR Rkt equipment Jun-56 4 NF.13 Egypt Aug-55 20 F.8s Oct-56 6 NF.13 Syria Mar-53 12 F.8s Jul-54 6 NF.13

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Mediterranean Malta: Air Unit Deployment: From Malta: The Hurricane Years and Malta: The Spitfire Year by Shores, Cull, Malizia, plus additional from History of the Luftwaffe RAF Luftwaffe Regia Aeronautica June/Jul Fighter flight (Luqa): 6 Gladiators + Squadra Aerea 2 – HQ Palermo y 1940 Hurricane I added in 2s & 3s. No. 202 Sqdn det: 2 Saro flying boats Fighters (Marsaxlokk) 1 Div Aerea CT – HQ Palmero No. 830 Sqdn: 12 Swordfish (Hal Far) 1º Stormo CT – HQ Trapani No. 3 AACU: 3 Swordfish SAR (Kalafrana 17º Gruppo (71, 72, 80 Sqd) 26 CR.32 bay) 157º Gruppo (385,386, 387 Sqd) 17 CR.42 6º Gruppo Auton CT (79, 81, 88 Sqd) MC.200

Bombers 11º Stormo BT – HQ Comiso 33º Gruppo (59, 60 Sqd) 17 SM.79 34º Gruppo (67, 68 Sqd) 16 SM.79 34º Stormo BT HQ Catania 52º Gruppo (214, 215 Sqd) 14 SM.79 53º Gruppo (216, 217 Sqd) 13 SM.79 41º Stormo BT – HQ Gela 59º Gruppo (232, 233 Sqd) 15 SM.79 60º Gruppo (234, 235) Sqd) 18 SM.79 30º Stormo BT – HQ Sciacca 87º Gruppo (192, 193 Sqd) 14 SM.79 90º Gruppo (194, 195 Sqd) 13 SM.79 36º Stormo BT – HQ Castelvetrano 108º Gruppo (256, 257 Sqd) 16 SM.79 109º Gruppo (258, 259 Sqd) 16 SM.79 96º Gr BaT – Pantelleria (236, 237 Sqd) 4 S.85

Other 83º Grp RST (184, 186, 189) Augusta 21 Z.501 (189 Sqd) Syracuse 143 Sqd RST – Melenas 6 Z.501 144 Sqd RST – Marsala 6 Z.501 170 Sqd RST – Auguata 6 Z.50B 76º Gruppo Autoin OA – Palermo

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(30 Sqd) 6 Ro37bis

Aero della Sardegna – HQ Cagliari 8º Stormo BT – HQ Villacidro 27º Gruppo (18, 52 Sqd) 16 SM.79 28º Gruppo (10, 19 Sqd) 16 SM.79 31º Stormo BM – HQ Cagliari-Elmas 93º Gruppo (196, 197 Sqd) 16 Z.506B 94º Gruppo (198 Sqd) 8 Z.506B 32º Stormo BT – HQ Decimomonnu 38º Gruppo (49, 50 Sqd) 15 SM.79 89º Gruppo (228, 229 Sqd) 15 SM.79 3º Gruppo Aut CT – HQ Monserrato (153, 154, 155 Sqd) 27 CR.42 19 Gr Auton Combattimento – HQ Alghero (100, 101, 102 Sqd) 13 Ba.88 85º Gruppo Aut RST – HQ HQ Cagliari-Elmas (146, 183, 188 Sqd) 18 Z.501 148 Sqd, Vigna Valle 6 Z.501 199 Sqd, Santa Giusta 7 Z.506B 124 Sqd, Cagliari-Elmas 4 Ro37 5 Sez. Costiera, Olbia 4 Z.501 613 Sez, Cagliari-Elmas 5 S.66 Oct-40 No. 261 Sqdn (Takali): 16+4 Hur IA, 4 Add: Glad 96º Gruppo Aut Ba’Tuffatori No. 830 Sqdn (Hal Far): 12 Swordfish (236, 237 Sqd) Ju87B No. 228 Sqdn (Kalafrana): 4+2 Sunderland I No. 148 Sqdn (Luqa): 16+2 Wellington IC No. 431 Flight (Luqa): 4+1 Maryland I (rcn) Jan-41 RAF Malta Luftwaffe: Fleigerkorps X Regia Aeronautica No. 261 Sqdn (Takali): 16 Hur IA, 4 Glad 7/JG26 7 Bf109E-7 (10-Feb-41) 1º Stormo CT – HQ Trapani No. 830 Sqdn (Hal Far): ~8 Swordfish III/ZG26 24 Bf110C-4 6º Gruppo (79, 81, 88 Sqd) Catania, MC.200 No. 228 Sqdn (Kalafrana): Sunderland I 1/NJG3 8 Bf110D (NF) 17º Gruppo (71, 72, 80) Palermo, CR.32,CR42 I/StG1 18 Ju87B/R No. 148 Sqdn (Luqa): 12 Wellington IC 23º Gruppo (70,74, 75 Sqd) Comiso, CR.42 No. 69 Sqd (Luqa): 3 Maryland I (recon) I,II/StG2 36 Ju87B/R II/KG26 32 He111H Bombers II,III/LG2 64 Ju88A-4 30º Stormo BT – HQ Palermo 1 (F)/121 10 Ju88D 87º Gruppo (192, 193 Sqd) Sciacca SM.79

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2 (F)/123 10 Bf110C 89º Gruppo (194, 195 Sqd) Sciacca SM.79 KGr.zbV9 Ju52 289 Sqd Auton AS, Catania SM.79sil Seenotberichscommando X He59, Do24 May-41 Fighters The Luftwaffe units leave in a steady trickle in 1º Stormo CT – HQ Trapani (lv Jun-41) No. 46 (Hal Far): 14 Hurricane II (arr preparation for the attack on Russia. The 6º Grp (79, 81, 88 Sqd) 6 CR.42, 20 MC.200 June) Italians reclaimed their fields with ------Æ 17º Grp (71, 72, 80 Sqd) 7 CR.42, 21 MC.200 No. 185 (Takali): 16 Hurricane IIA 157º Grp (385,386, 387) 15 CR.42, 4 Re.2000 No. 229 (Hal Far) Hurri I/II (arr may) 4º Stormo CT – Catania (arr Jun-41) No. 261 (Takali): 16 Hurricane IIA (lv 10º Gruppo May) 16º Gruppo No. 252 (Luqa) 13 Beaufighter IF 54º Stormo CT (Comiso) (arr Jun-41) 7º Grp (76, 86, 98 Sqd) MC.200 Bombers 23º Gruppo Aut CT No. 21 (Luqa) Blenheim IV 10º Stormo BT No. 82 (Luqa) Blenheim IV (arr Jun) 30º Gruppo 7 SM.79 No. 148 (Luqa): 12 Wellington IC 32º Gruppo (57, 58 Sqd) 12 SM.79

30º Stormo BT Recon 87º Gruppo 7 SM.79 No. 69 (Luqa): 3 Maryland I (recon) 90º Gruppo 7 SM.79

43º Stormo BT (Catania) FAA 31º Gruppo (65, 66 Sqd) more BR.20M No. 800X Flt (Hal Far) 4 Fulmar I (intdr) 99º Gruppo (242, 243 Sqd) 14 BR.20M No. 830 (Hal Far): ~8 Swordfish 101º Gruppo Tuff (208, 238) Gerbini Ju87 (jun) No. 228 (Kalafrana): Sunderland II 178 Sqd Aerosiluranti 2 SM.79sil 173 Sqd Aut RST (Catania) CR.25 612 Sqd Aerosoccorso 2 Z.506B

Aero Della Sardegna – HQ Cagliari 8º Stormo BT – HQ Villacidro 27º Gruppo (18, 52 Sqd) 16 SM.79 28º Gruppo (10, 19 Sqd) 16 SM.79 31º Stormo BM – HQ Cagliari-Elmas 93º Gruppo (196, 197 Sqd) 16 Z.506B 94º Gruppo (198 Sqd) 8 Z.506B 32º Stormo BT – HQ Decimomonnu 38º Gruppo (49, 50 Sqd) 15 SM.79 89º Gruppo (228, 229 Sqd) 15 SM.79 3º Gr Auton CT – HQ Monserrato

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(153, 154, 155 Sqd) 27 CR.42 85º Gr Auton RST –HQ Cagliari-Elmas (146, 183, 188 Sqd) 18 Z.501 148 Sqd, Vigna Valle 6 Z.501 199 Sqd, Santa Giusta 7 Z.506B 124 Sqd, Cagliari-Elmas 4 Ro37 5 Sez. Costiera, Olbia 4 Z.501 613 Sez, Cagliari-Elmas 5 S.66 Jan-42 RAF Malta Fleigerkorps II (Sicily)7 Regia Aeronautica Fighters No. 126 Hurricane IIB ~65/80 JG53 (all) Comiso Bf109F-4 96/111 54º Stormo CT No. 185 Hurri IIB/C total II/JG3 Comiso Bf109F-4 30/34 7º Gruppo CT Pantelleria No. 242 (det) Hurricane IIC III/ZG26 Catania Bf110C,D,E ~36 (76, 86, 98 sqd) MC200, CR42 No. 249 Hurricane IIB I/NJG2 Catania Ju88C-4, 8/12 16º Gruppo CT Castelvetrano No. 605 (det) Hurricane IIB 4./NJG2 Catania Do17 3/5 (167, 168, 169 sqd) MC202 1435 Flt (NF) Hurricane IIB Ju88C-4 377 Sqd Aut CT Re2000, Trap. Bombers8 No. 18 Blenheim IV Depleted KuflGr606 Catania Ju88A-4 10/20 9º Stormo BT Castelvetrano No. 107 Blenheim IV Depleted KGr806 Catania Ju88A-4 6/17 29º Gruppo BT (62, 63) Chinisia, Z.1007bis No. 21 Blenheim IV Arr Jan St,I/KG54 Gerbini Ju88A-4 8/13 33º Gruppo BT (59, 60) Trapani, Z.1007bis No. 40 (det) Wellingtion IC Few in St,II/KG77 Catania Ju88A-4 12/20 10º Stormo BT Palermo No. 104 (det) Wellington II service III/KG77 Catania Ju88A-4 12/16 30º Gruppo BT (55, 56) Palermo, SM.79 No. 828 FAA Albacore 4+1ASV II,III/StG 3 Ju87D-1 ~70 32º Gruppo BT (57, 58) Chinisia, SM.79 No. 830 FAA Swordfish 4 173 Sqd Aut RST CR.25 278 Sqd Aut AS SM.79sil 280 Sqd Aut AS (det) SM.79sil (6) Recon No. 69 Maryland I 14 1.(F)/122 Catania Ju88D 8/14 83º Gruppo RM (mar Augusta Hurricane PR 4 2.(F)/122 Tripani Ju88D-5 6/12 rcn) Z.501, Z.506B Beaufighter 1 Seenotst 6 (SAR) Do24T-1 (170, 184, 186, 189 sq) Marsala PR 85º Gruppo RM Z.501, Z.506B (144, 197 sqd) Palermo w/det 76º Gruppo OA (obs) Ro37, Ca311 (30, 40, 115 Sqd) Z.506B 612 Sqd Aut Socc (resc)

7 Through December and into January, Fleigerkorps II grew as Luftwaffe units were pulled from Russia (unsuitable for flying), were re-armed, and sent to Sicily. As they did so, the Regia Aeronautica moved units back to Italy. 8 Malta bomber units very depeleted with few usable a/c. Blenheim units disbanded Jan-42. Wellington dets returned to Egypt, leaving over a dozen u/s a/c to distract the Luftwaffe. No. 242 & 605 sqdns soon disbanded.

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Jun-42 RAF Malta Fleigerkorps II (Sicily) Regia Aeronautica della Sicilia Fighters No. 126 Spitfire Vc 95 in 5 Stab,II/JG53 Comiso Bf109F-4 27 54º Stormo CT Pantelleria No. 185 Spitfire Vc sqdns 7º Grup CT (76, 86, 98) MC200, CR42 No. 249 Spitfire Vc 16º Gruppo CT Castelvetrano No. 601 Spitfire Vc (167, 168, 169 sqd) MC200/ 7 MC2002 No. 603 Spitfire Vc No. 235 (det) Beaufighter IC 14 155º Gruppo Aut CT 29 MC202 No. 89 (det) Beauftr I NF 5 (351, 360, 378 Sqdn) 2º Gruppo Aut CT Pantelleria (150, 152, 358) 14 Re2001 377 Sqd Aut CT 3 Re2K,6 CR42 Bombers No. 217 Blenheim IV 12/15 KuflGr606 Catania Ju88A-4 12/20 9º Stormo BT Castelvetrano No. 38 (det) Wellingtion II 6 KGr806 Catania Ju88A-4 9/17 29º Gruppo BT (62, 63) Chinisia, Z.1007bis Spec Dty Flt Wellington VII 4 (ASV) 33º Gruppo BT (59, 60) Trapani, Z.1007bis No. 828 FAA Albacore 3 10º Stormo BT Palermo No. 830 FAA Swordfish 4 30º Gruppo BT (55, 56) Palermo, SM.79 32º Gruppo BT (57, 58) Chinisia, SM.79 4º Gruppo Aut BT S.84 (14, 15 Sqdn) 50º Gruppo Aut BT Z.1007bis (210, 211 Sqdn) 88º Gruppo BT BR.20M (264, 265 Sqdn) 116º Gruppo BT BR.20M (276, 277 Sqdn) 102º Gruppo Tuffatori 15 Ju87B/R (209, 239) 131º Gruppo Aut AS SM.79sil (279, 284 Sqdn) 132º Gruppo Aut AS SM.79sil (278, 281 Sqd) Recon No. 69 Baltimore 6 1.(F)/121 Catania Ju88a-4/D-1 173 Sqd Aut RST 3 CR.25 Spitfire PR 3 Bf109F-5 83º Gruppo RM Augusta Seenotst 6 (SAR) Do24T-1 (170, 184, 186, 189 sq) Z.501, Z.506B 85º Gruppo RM Marsala (144, 197 sqd) Z.501, Z.506B 76º Gruppo OA (obs) Palermo w/det (30, 40, 115 Sqd) Ro37, Ca311 612 Sqd Aut Socc (resc) 3 Z.506B

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Jun-42 RAF Western Desert Air Force Fleigerfuehrer Afrika9 Aeronautica della Sardegna Fighters 201 Wing: I/JG27 Derna Bf109F-4 96/111 54º Stormo CT No. 252 Beaufighters III/JG53 Bf109F-4 30/34 24º Gruppo Aut CT 31 CR.42, No. 272 Beaufighters Bf110C,D,E ~36 (354, 355, 370 sqd) 17 G.50bis Ju88C-4, 8/12 239 Wing Do17 3/5 3rd RAAF Kittyhawk Ju88C-4 450 RAAF Kittyhawk Mers Ma No. 112 Tomahawk No. 250 Kittyhawk

5th SAAF Hurricane IIC

No. 229 Hurricane IIC

No.238 Hurri IIC/D

No. 5 Hurricane IID No. 6 Hurri IIC/D Fuka No. 20 Hurri IIC/D No. 184 Hurri IIC/D 7th SAAF Hurricane IIC GC 1 (FF) No 244 Wing No. 92 Spitfire V Bombers No. 39 Beauforts SBarrani St,I/KG54 Gerbini Ju88A-4 8/13 36º Stormo AS Decimomannu No. 14 Blenheim IV St,II/KG77 Catania Ju88A-4 12/20 108 Gr AS (256, 257) 30 S.84, 2 S.79 No. 459 Hudsons III/KG77 Catania Ju88A-4 12/16 109 Gr AS (258, 259) II,III/StG 3 Ju87D-1 ~70 51º Gruppo Aut BT Decimomannu No. 37 Wellington IIC (212, 213 Sqdn) 9 Z.1007bis No. 38 Wellington IIC 130º Gruppo Aut AS Elmas No. 70 Wellington IIC (280, 283 Sqdn) 12 SM.79sil No. 104 Wellington IIC 46º Stormo BT/AS Decimomannu No. 108 Wellington IIC 104º Gr AS (252, 253) 14 SM.79sil No. 148 Wellington IIC 9º Stormo BT Villacidro, 458 RAAF Wellington IIC 29º Gruppo BT (62, 63) 24 Z1007 No. 159 Liberators Fayid 33º Gruppo BT Decimomannu No. 160 Liberators Fayid (59, 60 Sqd) 6 P.108B

No. 821 Albacores

9 Some of the few remaining Luftwaffe units were moved to Afrika to support the Afrika Korps.

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Recon No. 203 Blen IV/Mryld 1.(F)/121 Libya Ju88D-5, 10 total 138,146,188,287 Sqd RM 14 Z501,10 Bf109F-5 65º Gr OA (obs) (28, Z.506B 124) Villacidro,13 Ro37 613 Sqd Aut Soccoro Elmas 2 SM.66 Error! 64th FS P-40K Warhawk 4º Stormo CT Referenc 65th FS P-40K Warhawk 10º Gruppo CT Martuba e source (84, 90, 91 Sqda) MC.202 82nd BS B-25C Mitchell not 83rd BS B-25C Mitchell found. 434th BS B-25C Mitchell Jul-42: Oct-42 RAF Malta Luftwaffe in Sicily Aeronautica della Sicilia Fighters Takali Wing Stab,II/JG53 Comiso Bf109F-4 (good/elite) 51º Stormo CT Gela No. 229 Spitfire Vc I/JG53 S Pietro Bf109F-4/G-2 (good) 20º Gr (151, 352, 353) MC.202 No. 249 Spitfire Vc I/JG77 Comiso Bf109G-2 155º Gr (351, 360, 378) MC.202 Luqa Wing 53º Stormo CT S Pie di Caltigirone No. 126 Spitfire Vc 153º Gr (372, 373, 374) MC.202 No. 1435 Spitfire Vc 22º Gruppo Aut CT S Pie di Caltigirone Hal Far Wing (359, 360, 369) Re.2001 No. 185 Spitfire Vc 377 Aut CT Re2K,CR42,M200 No. 227 Beaufighter IC Nuclei Caccia Notturno CR42, MC200 NF Bo. 89 det Beauftr I NF Bombers No. 39 Beauforts St,III/KG54 Catania Ju88A-4 9º Stormo BT No. 69 (1 flt) Wellingtons 4/6 I/II/KG54 Gerbini Ju88A-4 33º Gruppo BT (59, 60) Chinisia, Z.1007bis RN Comp Swordfish 2 Stab/KG77 Comiso Ju88A-4 10º Stormo BT Albacore 2 I/KG77 Catania Ju88A-4 30º Gruppo BT (55, 56) Chinisia, SM.79 Hurricane 3 II,III/KG77 Gerbini Ju88A-4 32º Gruppo BT (57, 58) Chinisia, SM.79 II/LG1 Catania Ju88A-4 7º Stormo BT II/KG100 Catania He111H-6 25º Gruppo BT (8,9) Chinisia, S.84bis I/SchG2 Comiso Bf109F-4/Jabo 88 Gr BT (264,265) Gela, BR20, Z1007 102º Gruppo Tuffatori Gela, Ju87B/R 132 Gr Aut AS (278,281) Gerbini, SM.79sil 173 Sqda RST Palermo, CR25 Recon No. 69 Sqdn Spitfire PRU 1 flight 1(F)/122 Catania Ju88D-1 83º Gruppo RM Baltimore 1 flight Bf109F-5 (170, 184,186, 189) Z.501, Z506,RS14 85º Gruppo RM Z.501, Z506,RS14 (144,197) Z.506S 612 Sqda Aut Soccorso

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Luftflotte 2: 10-May-42 (around the Med) Unit Location Aircraft Available/Total Flkps II Stab/JG53 Comiso Bf109F-4 3/5 Sicily II/JG53 Comiso Bf109F-4 27/42 III/JG53 Comiso Bf109F-4 25/39 Stab,8./ZG26 Trapani Bf110D-3 9/16 10./ZG26 Trapani Do17Z-10 6/8 I/NJG2 Catania Ju88C-6 8/12 KGr606 Catania Ju88A-4 16/23 KGr806 Catania Ju88A-4 10/28 Stab/KG54 Gerbini Ju88A-4 3/3 I/KG54 (Crete Jun-42) Comiso Ju88A-4 13/23 III/StG3 San Pietro Ju87D-1 10/13 1.(F)/122 Catania Bf109F-5, Ju88D-5 8/14 2.(F)/122 Tripani Ju88D-5 6/12 Flkps X Stab/LG1 Eleusis Ju88A-14 1/1 Aegean I/LG1 Heraklion, Crete Ju88A-4 16/29 II/LG1 Eleusis Ju88A-4 15/31 I/KG100 Kalamaki He111H-16 12/25 2.(F)/123 Kastelli Ju88D-5 6/13 2./SAGr125 Skaramanka Ar196A-3 4/8 Stab/Gr125 Skaramanka Bv138C-1 1/1 1./SAGr126 Skaramanka He60C, Fokker T.VIII 11/15 2./SAGr126 Kavila Ar193A-3 He60C 4/13 3./SAGr126 Skaramanka Ar196A-3 10/16 Fleiger- Stab/JG27 Martuba Bf109F-4/Trop 3/5 fuehrer I/JG27 Martuba Bf109F-4/Trop 21/30 Afrika II/JG27 Martuba Bf109F-4/Trop 27/33 III/JG27 Martuba Bf109F-4/Trop 15/29 Jabo/JG27 Martuba Bf109F-4/B 8/8 7./ZG26 Derna, Libya Bf110D-3 5/12 9./ZG26 Maleme, Crete Bf110D-3 4/11 2./NJG2 Derna, Libya Ju88C-6 5/9 12./LG1 Berca Ju88A-4/Trop 11/11 Stab/StG3 Derna-South Ju87D-1/Trop 0/2 I/StG3 Derna-South Ju87D-1/Trop 28/41 4.(H)/12 Martuba Bf109, Bf110, Hs126 7/17 1.(F)/121 Derna Ju88D-5, Bf109F-5 9/10

Royal Navy: Operation Pedestal (Aug-42) Pedestal Ships Fulmar 2 Sea Huricane Swordfish/Albacore Convoy to CL-AA Cairo, nine DDs (Bedouin, Marne, Matchless, Middleton, Ithurie10l, Partridge, Malta Blankney, Badsworth, Kujawiak11), and four minesweepers (Hebe, Speedy, Rye, Hythe). HMS Welshman (ML) loaded with military supplies, raced on ahead and arrived safely. MM: 13 freighters, a large American tanker,

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Waimarama 12,843 t Glenorchy 8982 t Melbourne Star 12,806 t Port Chalmers 8535 t Brisbane Star 12,791 t Santa Elis 8379 t Empire Hope 12,688 t Rochester Castle 7795 t Wairangi 12,436 t Almeria Lykes 7773 t Dorset 10,624 t Deucalion 7516 t Ohio (tanker) 9,263 t Clan Ferguson 7347 t Covering HMS Eagle No. 801 (Gd)– 12 No. 813 – 9 Force SeaHurri IC Swordfish Escort to No. 813– 4 Sea Hurri Sicilian +4 Fulmar II Channel HMS Argus No. 807– 4 (+30 Spitfires) No. 824 - 4 HMS Indomitable No. 806 (L) – 10 No. 800 Sqd (Gd) – 12 Martlet II No. 880 Sqd (Gd) - 10 HMS Victorious No. 809 (L) – 10 No. 885 Sqdn (L) - 6 No. 832 – 12 Alb No. 884 Sqdn - 6 HMS Furious 4 Alb Escort: BB Nelson, BB Rodney Force F (Capital ship escort CLs Phoebe, Sirius, and Charybdis +15 DDs (Wishar, Laforey,Lookout) Force X Direct escort CLs Nigeria, Manchester, Cairo + 13 DDs (Penn, Bramham, Tartar, Wilton, Bicester, Pathfinder, Derwent, Ledbury) + 5 Corvettes, + 4 MS + 2 oilers

Operation Torch: USN Air Wing off 8-Nov-42 Task Force Ship/Base Sqdn A/C Western USS Ranger RAG 1 TBF (Casablanca) VF-41 (Red Rippers) 28 F4F-4 VF-9 26 F4F-4 VS-41 15 SBD-3 USS Suwanee VGF 27 LCdr Wright 15 F4F-4 VGF-28 LCdr Bandy 15 F4F-4 VGS-30 LCdr 9 TBF Bagdanowich USS Sangamon VGF-26 LCdr Ellis 12 F4F-4 VGS-26 9 TBF, 9 SBD USS Santee VGF-29 LCdr Blackburn 12 F4F-4 (off Safi) VGS-29 9 TBF, 9 SBD USS Chenango 45 P-40E (waiting for secured airfield) Central () HMS Biter No 800 Sqdn 12 Sea Hurricane II No. 801 Sqdn (det) 3 Sea Hurricane II HMS Dasher No 804 Sqdn 9 Sea Hurricane IIC No. 835 Sqdn 6 Swordfish II HMS Furious No. 801 12 Seafire IIB No. 807 12 Seafire IIB No. 827 9 Albacore Eastern (Algiers) HMS Argus No. 880 Sqdn 18 Seafire IIB HMS Avenger No. 825 3 Swordfish No. 883 12 Sea Hurricane IIB Force H HMS No. 885* 6 Seafire IIB Formidable No. 888 12 Martlet IV

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No. 893 12 Martlet IV No. 820 9 Albacore I HMS Victorious No. 884* 6 Seafire IIB No. 882 12 Martlet IV No. 896 12 Martlet IV No. 832 9 Albacore I *“Parked on deck” because their wings did not fold and they could not fit down the elevator.

Vichy French North Africa: 8-Nov-42 Territory Unit A/C Base Morocco Groupement de Chasse 25 GC I/5 25 Hawk 75A-3 Rabat GC II/5 20 Hawk 75A-3 Les Cazes (Casablanca) 13 D.520 Groupement de Bombardement 11 GB I/23 13 LeO 451 Marrakech GB II/23 13 LeO 451 Meknés GB I/32 13 DB-7 Les Cazes (Casablanca) GB II/32 13 DB-7 Agadir GR I/22 13 LeO451 Rabat-Sale GR I/52 13 Po 63.11 Marrakech GT I/15 18 Po 29 Rabat-Sale 6 Farman 222 Aeronavale Flotille 1F 27 D.520 Port Lyautey Esc 1AC Esc 2 AC Flotille 3F 11 M.167F Port Lyautey Esc 2B 2 M.167F Agadir (det) Esc 3B Algeria Groupement de Chasse 26 GC II/3 27 D.520 Maison Blanche (Algiers) GC III/3 26 D.520 La Senia (Oran) GC III/6 25 D.520 Maison Blanche (Algiers) Groupement de Bombardement 3 GB I/11 13 LeO 451 La Senia (Oran) GB I/19 13 DB-7 Blida (Algiers) GB II/61 13 DB-7 Blida (Algiers) 2 LeO 451 GR I/36 6 Po 63.11 Sétif GR II/52 9 MB.175 La Senia (Oran) 2 MB.174 Esc 4BR 22 Po 63.11 Maison Blanche (Algiers) GT II/15 3 Po.650 Blida (Algiers) 17 Po.540 Aeronavale Flotille 4F 13 LeO 451 Tarafaraoui (Oran) Esc 6B Esc 7B Flotille 5F 13 La 298 Arzew (Oran) Esc 6T Esc 7T Tunisia Groupement de Chasse 24

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GC II/7 26 D.520 Sidi Ahmed ECN 3/13 8 Po 631 Gabes Groupement de Bombardement 8 GB I/25 13 LeO 451 El Aouina (Bizerte) GB II/25 13 LeO 451 El Aouina (Bizerte) GR II/33 11 MB.174 El Aouina (Bizerte) 3 MB.175 Aeronavale Esc 1E 3 Br.521 Karouba (Bizerte) 3 LeO H257bis

Operation Husky: Jul-43 US 12th Air Force Fighters: 31st FG (307, 308, 309 FS) Gozo (Malta) Spitfire Vc 57th FG (64, 65, 66 FS) Malta P-40F Desert Air Force No. 322 Group Malta Spitfires No. 324 Fighter Wing (Spitfires) Malta Fighters No 72 Sqdn Spitfires No. 81 Sqdn Spitfires No. 243 Sqdn Spitfires

No. 253 Lampedusa Hurricames

Malta Command Malta No. 185 Sqdn Spitfires No. 229 Sqdn Spitfires No. 601 Sqdn Spitfires No. 1435 Sqdn Spitfires Fighter-Bomber No. 239 Wing Malta No. 3 Sqdn RAAF Kittyhawks No. 112 Sqdn Kittyhawks No. 250 Sqdn Kittyhawks No. 450 Sqdn RAAF Kittyhawks

No. 73 Sqdn Malta Hurricane IIs No. 255 Malta Beaufighter

No. 328 Wing Portville II, Tunis No. 23 Sqdn (Night Intruder) Mosquitos No. 39 Sqdn Beaufighter No. 47 Sqdn Beaufighter No. 144 Sqdn Beaufighter

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Bombers No. 3 Wing Malta No. 12 Sqdn SAAF Marauder (B-26C) No. 21 Sqdn SAAF Baltimore (B-30) No. 24 Sqdn SAAF Boston (A-20)

No 14 Sqdn Marauder (B-26C) No. 52 Sqdn Misurata, Tunisia Baltimore (B-30) No. 55 Sqdn Misurata, Tunisia Baltimore (B-30)

No. 236 Wing (Lt bomber) Bostons No. 18 Sqdn

No. 37 Sqdn Tunisia Wellington No. 40 Sqdn Tunisia Wellington No. 70 Sqdn Wellington No. 150 Sqdn Wellington No. 221 Sqdn Wellington Luftwaffe: II/JG27 San Vito dei Normanni, 33 Bf109G Luftflotte 2 in Stab JG53 It. 7 Bf109G Italy I/JG53 Catania (Sicily) 49 Bf109G II/JG53 Vibo Valentia (Italy) 39 Bf109G III/JG53 Rammaca (Italy) 49 Bf109G Stab JG77 Torazzo (Italy) 4 Bf109G I/JG77 Trapani (Sicily) 38 Bf109G II/JG77 Sciacca (Sicily) 46 Bf109G III/JG77 Trapani (Sicily) 39 Bf109G II/JG51 Chilivani/Sardinia (Italy) 38 Bf109G IV/JG3 Casa Zeppera (Sardinia) 43 Bf109G Stab,I,II/ ZG1 Leverano (Italy) 3,36,9 Bf110G-2 III/ZG26 Montecorvino (Italy) 32 Bf110G-2 Stab,I,II/NJG2 Ciampino/ (Italy) Ju88C-6, Bf110G-4 Aquino I,II/LG1 Foggia (Italy) 55,48 Ju-88A +2,2 Ju88C Stab KG1 Airasca (Italy) 4 Ju-88A I/KG1 Viterbo (Italy) 32 Ju-88A II/KG1 Airasca (Italy) 31 Ju-88A +1 Ju88C Stab,III/KG30 Viterbo (Italy) 1,26 Ju-88A Stab,I,II,III/KG6 Foggia (Italy) 5,31,27,39 Ju-88A Stab,III/KG54 Grottaglie (Italy) 1,25 Ju-88A Stab,I,II,III/KG76 Foggia (Italy) 2,26,32,2 Ju88A Stab,I,II,III/KG77 Piacenza (Italy) 1,15,30,4 Ju88A Stab,I,II SG2 Castelvetrano (Sicily) 3,37,24 FW-190A-5/U- Stab/II SKG10 Gerbini (Sicily) 3,8 III/SKG10 S. Pietro (Italy) 4,20 Fw 190 A-5/U-3,-8 IV/SKG10 Gerbini (Sicily) 25 Fw 190 A-5/U-3,-85 25 Fw 190 A-5/U-3,-8 4.(H)/AufklärGr 12 Vallicidro 7 Bf019G-4, 3 Bf109G-6 2.(F)/AufklärGr 122 Fosinone 8 Ju88D-1 + 6 Me410A-2 I/TG1 16/53 Ju52 I,II/TG 5 8/30 Me323 TGr 30 16/44 He111* Ju 90 Staffel 3/7 Ju90 & Ju290 Korps Transport Staffel 5/7 Ju52 Savoia Staffel 5/12 SM.82

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Regia Aeronautica See Regia Aeronautica for 9-Jul- 43 * numbers for mid-May, 1943. Single numbers represent total aircraft; German availability ~60%.

Seafires of Operation Husky HMS Indomitable No. 807 Sqdn 12 L Mk IICs 40 total? No. 880 Sqdn 12 Mk IICs No. 899 Sqdn 12 Mk IICs

Operation Avalanche: FAA Contribution Sep-43 FAA supplied a large portion (106 Seafire L IICs in 9 sqdns and 2 flights) of the CAP for the 700+ ships involved in the Salerno landings. Despite calm conditions, 42 written off as prangs. CVL Unicorn No. 809, 899, 987 Sqdn ~36 Seafire L IIC CVE Attacker No. 879, 886 Sqdn ~20 Seafire L IIC CVE Battler No. 807, 808 Sqdn ~20 Seafire L IIC CVE Hunter No. 899 Sqdn, 834 Flight ~15 Seafire L IIC CVE Stalker No. 880 Sqdn, 833 Flight ~15 Seafire L IIC

Luftwaffe in Italy: 9-Sep-43 Type Unit Location Serv/Avail Aircraft Fighters IV/JG3 Foggia 51/96 Bf109G-6 I,II,III/JG53 Grazzanize Stab,I/JG77 Crotone III/JG77 Chilivani (Sardinia) Bombers II/LG1 Spread between Ju-88A I/KG1 Foggia, AIrsca, Piacenza, Ju-88A Stab,II/KG1 and Viterbo Ju-88A Stab,III/KG54 Ju-88A Stab,I,II/KG76 Ju-88A II/KG77 Grosseto Ju-88A I,II,III/KG30 Marseilles-Istres Ju-88A I,II/KG26 Ju-88A 4.5./SchG2 Ottana 10/28 FW190F-2 II,III/SKG10 Crotone, Monte Corvino 41/64 FW190A-5/U-3

Regia Aeronautica in Maritza, Rhodes: Sep-43 Reported to be just Gruppo 154 CT, but I suspect is all light aircraft on Rhodes due to inclusion of non-CT types: Fighters Other Types 8x Macchi MC.202 28x Ro.43 11x Fiat CR.42 27 Fiat G.50 Frecchia 4x Regianne Re.2000

NAAF Estimate of Axis Air Strength vs Allied Air Power Luftwaffe Southern 380 fighters & fighter-bombers 70 bombers Italy Sardinia 60 fighters 120 bombers Regia 365 day fighters 275 bombers Aeronautica

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NAAF Malta & 528 fighters, 346 heavy bombers, North Africa • 3 groups of U.S. P–38s, 388 medium day bombers, • 7 sqdns of P–51s, 122 medium night • 1 group of U.S. Spitfires, bombers, • 18 sqdns of RAF Spitfires. 140 light bombers,. 160 fighter-bombers: 2 US FGs of A- 36s 32 NFs: 4 NF sqdns in Beaufighters carriers 56 Martlets 12 British Barracudas, 12 Albacores

Italy, Nov-43 Allied and Axis units after Italy surrendered, and fighting stabilized on the Gustav line. Force Unit A/c Location Desert Air Force 4 Spitfire wings HQ Foggia No. 91 Sqdn Spitfires No 111 Sqdn Spitfires No. 601 Sqdn Spitfires No. 417 RCAF Spit VIII Canne

1 Baltimore wing

No. 241 Hurricane

2 SAAF Wing 3 SAAF Wing 7 SAAF Wing

No. 239 Wing No. 3 Sqdn RAAF Kittyhawk No. 112 Sqdn Kittyhawk No. 250 Sqdn Kittyhawk No. 450 Sqdn RAAF Kittyhawk IV Cutella

No. 3 Wing No. 12 Sqdn SAAF Marauder B-26 No. 21 Sqdn SAAF Marauder B-26 No. 24 Sqdn SAAF Marauder B-26

No. 37 Sqdn Wellington Foggia No. 40 Sqdn Wellington Foggia No. 70 Sqdn Wellington Foggia US XIIth Air Force See US XIIth Air Force below US XVth Air See US XVth Air Force below Force Luftwaffe Add: FW190F/G Stab,I,II/SG4 ANR 1 Gruppa CT Late model 2 Gruppa CT Italian fighters

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