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It's normally IE + IR (Initial Equipment and Immediate Reserve). So 12+8 would mean 12 aircraft normally assigned to missions, with 8...
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IOTL between the damage from Japanese air raids, sabotage by retreating RAF personnel and booby traps left by SOE men, the British...
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Out of curiosity, when you say 12 + 8, does that mean 12 active/crewed and 8 reserve or something?
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If the forward based Commonwealth aircraft can get into action, without much destruction on the ground, two beneficial possibilities...
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1941, Saturday 06 December; An hour before sundown, the Vildebeest bomber taxied to the aircraft pen, led by a hand-painted RAF blue...
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The Hundred Fathom Curve is fairly close ashore for Luzon
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At the beginning of the Pacific War, the IJN Air doctrine was superior. The IJN surface doctrine was superior. The IJN subsurface...
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I think that it was USN surface doctrine to look primarily for vertical masts protruding from the sea; silhouettes or smoke on the...
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Yes, because he was tasked with operating in the Philippine and Chinese coastal areas, with depths of under 300 foot common. Fleet subs...
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Nice share. Bravo Zulu for non-semaphore types.
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I didn't discount land based airpower, though there again the US just curb stomped the Japanese in time, though it wasn't my focus so...
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Yes, among others. https://www.usnwcarchives.org/repositories/2/archival_objects/57687
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They did so in response to the Chinese providing safe haven and safe passage for Doolittle and his fliers after the mission, not for...
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Is this in the Buell/Whitehill Collection at NWC?
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