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and as well as Hi Errolwi, Sekhmet_D and alspug, the FAA are aware of the deficiencies of the Buffalo as a Naval fighter, but these are a temporary solution to a lack of fighters, enabling them to field a training fighter squadron. They certainly won't be sending the Buffalo's to the Med, and...

and Hi JWilly48519 and Admiral Jellicoe, AJ is quite right, (hey, AJ, that has a nice ring to it, don't you think Jelly, oh, so does that, not sure which I prefer now?) they have had some carrier landing training, see...

and Hi LoftonHenderson and FriendlyGhost, yes as FriendlyGhost says, its aircraft, not pilots, of which there would be a few more. These are Buffalo's that have been re-navalised with arrester hooks, inflatable dinghy's etc added, and there are only the 20 that have been converted, so when...

1941, Saturday 06 December; An hour before sundown, the Vildebeest bomber taxied to the aircraft pen, led by a hand-painted RAF blue Morris. There a small ground crew awaited it. It was the last of four aircraft of RAF 212 Sqn to be deployed here, They had flown in from Port Swettenham to be...

Hi Belisarius II, I'm sure your not the only one, I wrote about that nearly two and a half years ago!, see https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/malaya-what-if.521982/post-22672284

Hi Driftless, they were removed from Hong Kong, asset stripping, and sent to Singapore, where they are used in a coastal defence role. They are currently on the eastern coast of Malaya.

Hi GarethC, that's a good question. I don't have a fixed date for them, but can give an estimate of what was thought, HMS Mauritius was handed over to the Singapore Naval Base for a renewal of her fire main (she had installed an experimental system which corroded badly) on the 7 Nov 41. I have...

Hi Steamboy, yes the Light Squadron is operating under the command of Admiral Phillips as a screen for Force Z, but it is an independent formation, see https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/malaya-what-if.521982/post-24248165. As for it being a polyglot force, yes your quite right, it's...

Ok so there's the Royal Navy OOB. Now a few things to point out, warships employed on protecting sea lanes are not mentioned, ie C and D class cruisers in the Indian Ocean, along with AMC's, as well as ships on the Australian and New Zealand stations. They will remain doing their thing there...

Units, ships, or officers underscored not historical to this Command For Hong Kong units see Hong Kong Garrison OOB For Borneo or Burma units see Borneo & Burma Command OOB Royal Navy Eastern Fleet CinC Eastern Fleet – Admiral Sir Thomas Spencer Vaughan Phillips Chief of Staff, Eastern Fleet...

Hi Belisarius II, I agree, the Japanese air forces were badly worn down in the New Guinea and Guadalcanal campaigns from the summer of 1942 onwards. If the initial Japanese attacks on the Malay Barrier are thwarted, I'd expect to see something similar in attritional air warfare in my TL. The...

Hi USNA91, that is a rabbit hole I will definitely be going down, how the Asiatic fleet might be used, and what options Hart had are most interesting for this TL.

Hi Mark1878, could you expand on your thoughts on Pearl Harbor being a strategic failure, are you referring to the failure to get the carriers and the oil tanks, or starting the war? Re the attacks in Asia (Hong Kong, Malaya, Philippines and DEI) I feel this was more like plucking ripen fruit...

Hi Sekhmet_D, thank you that's really good work, and good to know. I have to write some storylines concerning Yamamoto, Kondo and Ozawa, anything you can find on them personally, and on their relationships would be most welcome.

Hi Butchpfd, totally agree, http://www.combinedfleet.com/kaigun.htm is the go to site for IJN. However there is also a useful site here that offers English translation, http://www.tokusetsukansen.jpn.org/E/index.html.