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Jef_ace_pilot

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Gentlemen, i'm in need of some information about aircraft used in the Philippines Campaign ( 20 October 1944 – 2 September 1945 ) .

The information that i need is What aircraft where involved in the campaign on both sides.
Please give me any information you have regarding Plane types and the aproximate numbers of those types used in the campaign.

Many thanx in advance i really need this info :p
 
Gentlemen, i'm in need of some information about aircraft used in the Philippines Campaign ( 20 October 1944 – 2 September 1945 ) .

The information that i need is What aircraft where involved in the campaign on both sides.
Please give me any information you have regarding Plane types and the aproximate numbers of those types used in the campaign.

Many thanx in advance i really need this info :p

Couple of documents located here on the philippines if you havent found it yet.

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/technical/pacific-china-documents-15584.html
 
From the allied side:
USAAF:
5th Air Force
Bomber squadrons:
16 squadrons (4 Groups) of B-24 Liberators
8 sqns. of B-25 Mitchells
12 Sqns of A-20 Havocs
Fighter squadrons:
9 sqns (3 groups) of P-38 Lightnings
10 sqns (3 groups) of P-47 Thunderbolts, 6 of them converted to P-51 Mustangs in early 1945

13th Air Force
9 squadrons (2 Groups) of B-24 Liberators
5 sqns. (1 group) of B-25 Mitchells
6 sqns (2 groups) of P-38 Lightnings

plus Transports (C-47 and C-46) and recce (F-5, F-6, F-7)

Marines:
from late 1944-early 1945
about 15 squadrons of F4U Corsairs and SBD Dauntlesses

Navy, embarked:
on fast carriers:
F6F Hellcats
F4U Corsairs (from 1945)
SB2C Helldivers
TBM Avengers

on escort carriers:
F6F Hellcats (only 3 carriers)
FM Wildcats (all other)
TBM Avengers (all carriers)

Navy, land/sea based:
PB4Y Liberators
PV Venturas
PBY Catalinas
PBM Mariners

HTH
Max
 

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