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NOTES TO TABLES 11, 12 AND 13

These three tables provide analyses of some aspects of carrier operations for successive months or periods, during the major part of the Pacific war (early actions and Atlantic operations excluded), percentages and averages have been calculated, to show trends in performance with respect to.

(a) Relative volume of flights, action sorties, and ordnance on target, credited to each type of carrier and type of aircraft.

(b) Average bomb and rocket load delivered to target by each type of aircraft and each type of carrier.

(c) Flights and action sorties flown per plane of complement, for each type of aircraft arid each type of carrier.

The data will be useful to show, among other items.

(1) The composition and employment of the combat carrier forces during various periods.

(2) The physical capabilities of the force and its components during various types of operations, and for periods of various lengths.

(3) The extent to which the offensive potentialities of the force or any of its components were less than fully utilized during various periods.

(4) The relative parts played by various components of the force in providing the air effort necessary for the operation.

Most of the information in these tables is of technical rather than general interest and no detailed analysis will be made, but the following will be of general interest:

(a) The increased utilization of carrier VF for bombing and rocket attacks, particularly CVL and CVE fighters, which during some periods averaged as much as a quarter ton of bombs per F6F attack sortie, and 3 or 4 rockets per attack sortie.

(b) The average loading of over 5 rockets (plus over 1000 pounds of bombs) per attack sortie carried by CVE TBMs in the Iwo Jima and Okinawa operations.

(c) The general tendency for CVL and CVE ordnance loadings per sortie to equal or exceed those of CV planes of the same types, particularly in 1945 operations, despite the smaller size of the carrier.

(d) The general reliance on CVL and CVE planes for the bulk of the patrols not involving action, and on CVs for the major weight of offensive activity. This practice was partially reversed during the Okinawa operations, when the offensive capabilities of the CVLs were for the first time fully utilized on a scale comparable with the CVs, the CVEs took over a major share of the offensive, and the CVs increased their relative volume of patrol activity.

(e) The parallel tendency of requiring CVLs (and the CVEs in months of major amphibious operations) to fly a higher number of flights per plane per month than the CVs, and a lower number of action sorties per plane. Even in the Okinawa operations this tendency was not eradicated (see Table 12 for April 1945, when CVLs and CVEs not only made 26 flights per plane against the CVs 20, but flew far more action sorties as well).

(f) The record performances in flights per plane per month:

F6F: 37.1 from CVEs, 30.3 from CVLs, and 24.2 from CVs, in April 1945.

TBM: 28.7 from CVEs in July 1944, 20.0 from CVs in October 1944, 21.3 from CVLs in July 1944.

TABLE 11. ANALYSIS OF CARRIER AIR OPERATIONS DATA, FOR SUCCESSIVE PERIODS IN 1944-45 (PACIFIC ONLY) By Type Carrier and by Model Aircraft
January – May 1944
TYPE OF CARRIER, PLANE MODEL	FLIGHTS, SQUADRONS IN ACTION	ACTION SORTIES	SORTIES ATTACKING TARGETS	TONS OF BOMBS ON TARGETS	ROCKETS EXPENDED ON TARGETS	PERCENT OF PERIOD TOTAL				AVERAGES
TYPE OF CARRIER, PLANE MODEL	FLIGHTS, SQUADRONS IN ACTION	ACTION SORTIES	SORTIES ATTACKING TARGETS	TONS OF BOMBS ON TARGETS	ROCKETS EXPENDED ON TARGETS	Fl’ts	Action Sorties	Tons of Bombs	Rockets	Tons per Attack Sortie	Rockets per Attack Sortie
PERIOD TOTAL	56,161	15,524	15,372	5,063	1,153	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.33	0.07
CV F6F	14,180	4,790	4,936	202	0	25.2	30.8	4.0	0.0	0.04	0.00
CV SBD	6,566	2,541	2,610	1,119	0	11.7	16.3	22.1	0.0	0.43	0.00
CV SB2C	3,025	1,327	1,462	714	0	5.4	8.5	14.1	0.0	0.49	0.00
CV TBF, TBM	6,226	2,384	2,402	1,843	769	11.1	15.4	36.4	66.7	0.77	0.32
CV F4U	161	2	0	0	0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00
CVL F6F	10,315	2,606	2,107	78	0	18.4	16.8	1.5	0.0	0.04	0.00
CVL TBF, TBM	4,808	961	926	711	0	8.5	6.2	14.0	0.0	0.77	0.00
CVE F6F	2,291	72	77	0	0	4.1	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00
CVE FM	3,152	164	188	8	0	5.6	1.1	0.2	0.0	0.04	0.00
CVE SBD	903	137	140	39	0	1.6	0.9	0.8	0.0	0.28	0.00
CVE TBF, TBM	4,534	540	524	343	384	8.1	3.5	6.9	33.3	0.67	0.73
June – August 1944
TYPE OF CARRIER, PLANE MODEL	FLIGHTS, SQUADRONS IN ACTION	ACTION SORTIES	SORTIES ATTACKING TARGETS	TONS OF BOMBS ON TARGETS	ROCKETS EXPENDED ON TARGETS	PERCENT OF PERIOD TOTAL				AVERAGES
TYPE OF CARRIER, PLANE MODEL	FLIGHTS, SQUADRONS IN ACTION	ACTION SORTIES	SORTIES ATTACKING TARGETS	TONS OF BOMBS ON TARGETS	ROCKETS EXPENDED ON TARGETS	Fl’ts	Action Sorties	Tons of Bombs	Rockets	Tons per Attack Sortie	Rockets per Attack Sortie
PERIOD TOTAL	50,848	22,495	22,294	7,093	5,428	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.32	0.24
CV F6F	12,614	6,834	6,797	446	1,487	24.8	30.4	6.3	27.4	0.07	0.22
CV SBD	1,220	790	789	371	0	2.4	3.5	5.2	0.0	0.47	0.00
CV SB2C	6,610	4,145	4,204	2,276	0	13.0	18.4	32.1	0.0	0.54	0.00
CV TBF, TBM	5,099	3,072	3,047	2,060	1,870	10.0	13.7	29.0	0.0	0.68	0.61
CV F4U	176	7	0	0	0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00
CVL F6F	6,874	2,220	2,178	233	0	13.5	9.9	3.3	0.0	0.11	0.00
CVL TBF, TBM	3,424	1,128	1,118	794	0	6.7	5.0	11.2	34.5	0.71	0.00
CVE F6F	4,220	1,874	1,886	323	0	8.3	8.3	4.6	0.0	0.17	0.00
CVE FM	4,480	1,265	1,141	0	56	8.8	5.6	0.0	1.0	0.00	0.05
CVE TBF, TBM	6,131	1,160	1,134	590	2,015	12.1	5.2	8.3	37.1	0.52	1.78
September – October 1944
TYPE OF CARRIER, PLANE MODEL	FLIGHTS, SQUADRONS IN ACTION	ACTION SORTIES	SORTIES ATTACKING TARGETS	TONS OF BOMBS ON TARGETS	ROCKETS EXPENDED ON TARGETS	PERCENT OF PERIOD TOTAL				AVERAGES
TYPE OF CARRIER, PLANE MODEL	FLIGHTS, SQUADRONS IN ACTION	ACTION SORTIES	SORTIES ATTACKING TARGETS	TONS OF BOMBS ON TARGETS	ROCKETS EXPENDED ON TARGETS	Fl’ts	Action Sorties	Tons of Bombs	Rockets	Tons per Attack Sortie	Rockets per Attack Sortie
PERIOD TOTAL	50,390	24,114	24,728	7,546	13,770	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.31	0.56
CV F6F	13,446	7,777	7,944	499	5,513	26.7	32.3	6.6	40.0	0.06	0.69
CV SB2C	6,834	5,099	5,556	3,151	0	13.6	21.1	41.8	0.0	0.57	0.00
CV TBM	4,279	3,179	3,246	2,272	1,024	8.5	13.2	30.1	7.4	0.70	0.32
CVL F6F	7,737	2,219	1,984	88	2,019	15.4	9.2	1.2	14.7	0.04	1.02
CVL TBM	2,745	687	692	513	0	5.4	2.8	6.8	0.0	0.74	0.00
CVE F6F	1,933	2,808	2,867	30	0	3.8	11.6	0.4	0.0	0.01	0.00
CVE FM	7,666	522	644	51	4	15.2	2.2	0.7	0.0	0.08	0.01
CVE TBM	5,750	1,823	1,795	942	5,210	11.4	76	12.4	37.9	0.52	2.90
November 1944 – January 1945
TYPE OF CARRIER, PLANE MODEL	FLIGHTS, SQUADRONS IN ACTION	ACTION SORTIES	SORTIES ATTACKING TARGETS	TONS OF BOMBS ON TARGETS	ROCKETS EXPENDED ON TARGETS	PERCENT OF PERIOD TOTAL				AVERAGES
TYPE OF CARRIER, PLANE MODEL	FLIGHTS, SQUADRONS IN ACTION	ACTION SORTIES	SORTIES ATTACKING TARGETS	TONS OF BOMBS ON TARGETS	ROCKETS EXPENDED ON TARGETS	Fl’ts	Action Sorties	Tons of Bombs	Rockets	Tons per Attack Sortie	Rockets per Attack Sortie
PERIOD TOTAL	47,839	15,096	13,912	4,158	17,981	100.0	100.0	100.0	100,0	0.30	1.29
CV F6F	21,187	7,264	6,959	685	10,463	44.3	48.1	16.5	58.2	0.10	1.50
CV F4U	600	131	101	12	0	1.3	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.11	0.00
CV SB2C	3,410	1,819	1,709	1,087	43	7.1	12.0	26.1	0.2	0.64	0.03
CV TBM	3,433	1,951	1,839	1,409	387	7.2	12.9	33.9	2.2	0.77	0.21
CVL F6F	6,264	1,271	1,175	117	2,290	13.1	8.4	2.8	12.7	0.10	1.95
CVL TBM	1,190	526	507	379	0	2.4	3.5	9.1	0.0	0.75	0.00
CVE FM	8,301	1,356	896	4	2,475	17.4	9.0	0.1	13.8	0.00	2.76
CVE TBM	3,454	778	726	465	2,323	7.2	5.2	11.2	12.9	0.64	3.20
February – June 1945
TYPE OF CARRIER, PLANE MODEL	FLIGHTS, SQUADRONS IN ACTION	ACTION SORTIES	SORTIES ATTACKING TARGETS	TONS OF BOMBS ON TARGETS	ROCKETS EXPENDED ON TARGETS	PERCENT OF PERIOD TOTAL				AVERAGES
TYPE OF CARRIER, PLANE MODEL	FLIGHTS, SQUADRONS IN ACTION	ACTION SORTIES	SORTIES ATTACKING TARGETS	TONS OF BOMBS ON TARGETS	ROCKETS EXPENDED ON TARGETS	Fl’ts	Action Sorties	Tons of Bombs	Rockets	Tons per Attack Sortie	Rockets per Attack Sortie
PERIOD TOTAL	140,446	48,831	43,383	14,794	121,302	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.34	2.80
CV F6F	34,350	9,665	7,431	1,004	14,418	24.5	17.1	6.8	11.9	0.14	1.94
CV F4U, FG	18,820	6,033	4,824	728	14,011	13.4	11.1	4.9	11.6	0.15	2.90
CV SB2C	6,837	4,455	4,321	2,800	3,954	4.9	10.0	18.9	3.3	0.65	0.92
CV TBM	8,719	4,745	4,562	3,478	3,116	6.2	10.5	23.5	2.6	0.76	0.68
CVL F6F	13,945	4,516	3,670	676	10,140	9.9	8.5	4.6	8.4	0.18	2.76
CVL TBM	3,199	1,951	1,899	1,492	1,756	2.3	4.4	10.1	1.4	0.79	0.92
CVE F6F	7,495	2,797	2,697	609	10,348	5.3	6.2	4.1	8.5	0.23	3.84
CVE F4U, FG	1,190	350	339	76	1,389	0.8	0.8	0.5	1.1	0.22	4.10
CVE FM	27,373	7,291	6,818	85	25,707	19.5	15.7	0.6	21.2	0.01	3.77
CVE TBM	18,518	7,028	6,822	3,846	36,463	13.2	15.7	26.0	30.0	0.56	5.34
July - August 1945
TYPE OF CARRIER, PLANE MODEL	FLIGHTS, SQUADRONS IN ACTION	ACTION SORTIES	SORTIES ATTACKING TARGETS	TONS OF BOMBS ON TARGETS	ROCKETS EXPENDED ON TARGETS	PERCENT OF PERIOD TOTAL				AVERAGES
TYPE OF CARRIER, PLANE MODEL	FLIGHTS, SQUADRONS IN ACTION	ACTION SORTIES	SORTIES ATTACKING TARGETS	TONS OF BOMBS ON TARGETS	ROCKETS EXPENDED ON TARGETS	Fl’ts	Action Sorties	Tons of Bombs	Rockets	Tons per Attack Sortie	Rockets per Attack Sortie
PERIOD TOTAL	41,815	12,698	11,494	4,496	22,226	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.39	1.93
CV F6F	12,890	3,848	3,311	630	9,131	30.8	30.3	14.0	41.1	0.19	2.76
CV F4U, FG	10,063	2,966	2,666	491	8,096	24.1	23.4	10.9	36.4	0.18	3.04
CV SB2C	3,790	1,716	1,644	855	581	9.1	13.5	19.0	2.6	0.52	0.35
CV TBM	4,615	1,795	1,730	1,505	46	11.0	14.1	33.5	0.2	0.87	0.03
CVL F6F	6,038	1,385	1,217	288	3,841	14.4	10.9	6.4	17.3	0.24	3.16
CVL TBM	1,733	809	790	695	113	4.2	6.4	15.5	0.5	0.88	0.14
CVE F6F	303	29	24	3	54	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.13	2.25
CVE F4U, FG	1,046	93	63	5	173	2.5	0.7	0.1	0.8	0.08	2.75
CVE FM	340	23	15	0	95	0.8	0.2	0	0.4	0.00	6.33
CVE TBM	997	34	34	24	96	2.4	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.71	2.82
NOTE: Sorties attacking targets, and averages based thereon, are not comparable between 1944 and 1945, since attacks on multiple targets were counted as multiple attacks in 1944 and single attacks in 1945.

TABLE 12. CARRIER AIR OPERATIONS DATA AND OPERATING RATIOS, By Type of Carrier, Monthly from August 1943 to August 1945, Pacific Only.
MONTH	CARRIERS IN ACTION	COMPLEMENT	FLIGHTS, SQUADRONS IN ACTION	ACTION SORTIES	TONS OF BOMBS ON TARGETS	OPERATING RATIOS				PERCENT OF MONTH TOTAL
MONTH	CARRIERS IN ACTION	COMPLEMENT	FLIGHTS, SQUADRONS IN ACTION	ACTION SORTIES	TONS OF BOMBS ON TARGETS	FLIGHTS PER PLANE	ACTION SORTIES PER PLANE	ACTION SORTIES PER FLIGHT	TONS PER ACTION SORTIE	FL’TS	ACTION SORTIES	TONS OF BOMBS
August 1943	2 CV	180	*	270	109	*	1.5	*	0.40	*	93	94
August 1943	1 CVL	33	*	20	7	*	0.6	*	0.35	*	7	6
September 1943	1 CV	90	*	128	55	*	1.4	*	0.43	*	65	66
September 1943	2 CVL	66	*	68	28	*	1.0	*	0.41	*	35	34
October 1943	3 CV	270	*	712	282	*	2.6	*	0.40	*	81	88
October 1943	3 CVL	99	*	170	37	*	1.7	*	0.22	*	19	12
November 1943	6 CV	510	*	2,286	767	*	4.5	*	0.34	*	77	80
	5 CVL	165	*	484	160	*	2.9	*	0.33	*	16	16
	5 CVE	128	*	215	35	*	1.7	*	0.16	*	7	4
December 1943	5 CV	430	*	471	183	*	1.1	*	0.39	*	89	92
December 1943	2 CVL	66	*	57	15	*	0.9	*	0.26	*	11	8
January 1944	6 CV	513	10,314	1,952	627	20.1	3.8	0.19	0.32	61	70	72
	6 CVL	198	4,588	723	187	23.2	3.7	0.16	0.26	27	26	21
	5 CVE	138	2,143	118	56	15.5	0.9	0.06	0.47	12	4	7
February 1944	6 CV	513	5,938	3,115	1,008	11.6	6.1	0.52	0.32	45	65	69
	6 CVL	198	3,074	1,136	234	15.5	5.7	0.37	0.21	24	24	16
	8 CVE	210	4,099	521	222	19.5	2.5	0.13	0.43	31	11	15
March 1944	5 CV	430	5,642	1,415	543	13.1	3.3	0.25	0.38	66	79	89
	6 CVL	198	2,248	345	64	11.4	1.7	0.15	0.19	26	19	11
	2 CVE	56	713	27	1	12.7	0.5	0.04	0.04	8	2	0
April 1944	6 CV	524	6,044	3,747	1,377	11.5	7.2	0.62	0.37	44	71	77
	7 CVL	231	3,937	1,276	284	17.0	5.5	0.32	0.22	28	24	16
	8 CVE	232	3,925	247	117	16.9	1.1	0.06	0.47	28	5	7
May 1944	4 CV	338	2,220	815	323	6.6	2.4	0.37	0.40	64	90	94
May 1944	3 CVL	99	1,276	87	20	12.9	0.9	0.07	0.23	36	10	6
June 1944	7 CV	617	9,474	5,492	1,730	15.4	8.9	0.58	0.32	45	63	71
	8 CVL	264	5,938	2,054	468	22.5	7.8	0.35	0.23	29	23	19
	11 CVE	311	5,520	1,220	237	17.7	3.9	0.22	0.19	26	14	10
July 1944	8 CV	706	11,923	8,320	3,068	16.9	11.8	0.70	0.37	49	66	72
	7 CVL	231	4,519	1,559	537	19.6	6.7	0.34	0.34	19	13	13
	11 CVE	311	7,700	2,670	661	24.8	8.6	0.35	0.25	32	21	15
August 1944	6 CV	533	4,322	1,036	355	8.1	1.9	0.24	0.34	75	88	90
	3 CVL	99	843	135	34	8.5	1.4	0.16	0.25	15	11	9
	2 CVE	57	609	9	3	10.7	0.2	0.01	0.33	10	1	1
September 1944	8 CV	728	12,269	8,779	3,332	16.9	12.1	0.72	0.38	48	67	79
	8 CVL	256	5,273	1,729	382	20.6	6.8	0.33	0.22	21	13	9
	16 CVE	452	7,937	2,658	493	17.6	5.9	0.33	0.19	31	20	12
October 1944	9 CV	805	12,290	7,276	2,590	15.3	9.0	0.59	0.36	49	66	77
	8 CVL	256	5,209	1,177	219	20.3	4.6	0.23	0.19	21	11	7
	18 CVE	506	7,412	2,495	530	14.6	4.9	0.34	0.21	30	23	16
November 1944	10 CV	960	8,446	3,830	1,349	8.8	4.0	0.45	0.35	76	87	89
November 1944	6 CVL	190	2,641	567	168	13.9	3.0	0.21	0.30	24	13	11
December 1944	7 CV	721	7,416	1,551	263	10.3	2.2	0.21	0.17	67	75	79
	6 CVL	190	2,133	309	67	11.2	1.6	0.14	0.22	20	15	20
	6 CVE	198	1,456	202	3	7.4	1.0	0.14	0.01	13	10	1
January 1945	8 CV	775	12,768	5,784	1,581	16.5	7.5	0.45	0.27	50	67	69
	5 CVL	157	2,680	921	261	17.1	5.9	0.34	0.28	10	11	11
	18 CVE	574	10,299	1,932	466	17.9	3.4	0.19	0.24	40	22	20
February 1945	11 CV	1,055	12,046	3,865	915	11.4	3.7	0.32	0.24	58	65	73
	5 CVL	165	2,577	487	110	15.6	3.0	0.19	0.23	12	8	9
	11 CVE	350	6,273	1,607	221	17.9	4.6	0.26	0.14	30	27	18
March 1945	10 CV	981	15,004	7,280	2,010	15.3	7.4	0.49	0.28	53	60	64
	6 CVL	198	4,132	2,015	599	20.9	10.2	0.49	0.30	15	17	19
	15 CVE	474	9,176	2,837	553	19.4	6.0	0.31	0.19	32	23	17
April 1945	10 CV	981	19,630	7,795	2,816	20.0	7.9	0.40	0.36	48	49	56
	6 CVL	198	5,120	2,277	796	25.9	11.5	0.44	0.35	12	14	16
	20 CVE	634	16,498	5,980	1,421	26.0	9.4	0.36	0.24	40	37	28
May 1945	9 CV	878	14,263	4,623	1,817	16.2	5.3	0.32	0.39	47	51	52
	6 CVL	198	3,707	1,349	500	18.7	6.8	0.36	0.37	12	15	14
	20 CVE	630	12,227	3,081	1,208	19.4	4.9	0.25	0.39	41	34	34
June 1945	8 CV	775	7,783	1,335	452	10.0	1.7	0.17	0.34	39	24	25
	4 CVL	132	1,608	339	163	12.2	2.6	0.21	0.48	8	6	9
	17 CVE	536	10,402	3,961	1,213	19.4	7.4	0.38	0.31	53	70	66
July 1945	10 CV	981	17,852	6,885	2,281	18.2	7.6	0.39	0.33	74	81	77
	6 CVL	198	4,481	1,447	656	22.6	7.3	0.32	0.45	19	17	22
	4 CVE	122	1,756	136	32	14.4	1.1	0.08	0.24	7	2	1
August 1945	11 CV	1,084	13,506	3,440	1,200	12.5	3.2	0.25	0.35	76	81	79
	7 CVL	231	3,290	747	327	14.2	3.2	0.23	0.44	19	18	21
	3 CVE	94	930	43	0	9.9	0.5	0.05	0.00	5	1	0
* – Data not available.

TABLE 13. CARRIER AIR OPERATIONS DATA AND OPERATING RATIOS, By Type of Carrier and by Model of Aircraft, for Selected Months of Major Operations (Pacific Only)
A. FAST CARRIER FORCE
MONTH	CARRIERS IN ACTION	PLANE TYPE AND COMPLEMENT	FLIGHTS, SQUADRONS IN ACTION	ACTION SORTIES	TONS OF BOMBS ON TARGETS	OPERATING RATIOS				PERCENT OF MONTH TOTAL
MONTH	CARRIERS IN ACTION	PLANE TYPE AND COMPLEMENT	FLIGHTS, SQUADRONS IN ACTION	ACTION SORTIES	TONS OF BOMBS ON TARGETS	Flights Per Plane	Action Sorties Per Plane	Action Sorties Per Flight	Tons Per Action Sortie	Complement	Flights
Nov 1943	6 CV	216 F6F	*	957	0	*	4.4	*	0.00	32	*
		160 SBD	*	615	256	*	3.8	*	0.42	23	*
		32 SB2C	*	179	78	*	5.6	*	0.44	5	*
		105 TBF	*	535	433	*	5.1	*	0.81	15	*
	5 CVL	120 F6F	*	283	0	*	2.4	*	0.00	18	*
	5 CVL	45 TBF	*	201	160	*	4.5	*	0.80	7	*
July 1944	8 CV	304 F6F	5,690	3,640	292	18.7	12.0	0.64	0.08	33	35
		3 F4U	13	1	0	4.3	0.3	0.08	0.00	0	0
		40 SBD	252	154	70	6.3	3.9	0.61	0.45	4	2
		218 SB2C	3,465	2,698	1,506	15.9	12.4	0.78	0.56	23	21
		141 TBF	2,503	1,827	1,200	17.8	13.0	0.73	0.66	15	15
	7 CVL	168 F6F	3,176	1,074	192	18.9	6.4	0.34	0.18	18	19
	7 CVL	63 TBF	1,343	485	345	21.3	7.7	0.36	0.71	7	8
October 1944	9 CV	374 F6F	7,237	3,721	255	19.4	9.9	0.51	0.07	35	41
		272 SB2C	3,146	2,196	1,359	11.6	8.1	0.70	0.62	26	18
		159 TBM	1,907	1,359	976	20.0	8.5	0.71	0.72	15	11
	8 CVL	184 F6F	3,913	921	22	21.3	5.0	0.24	0.02	17	22
	8 CVL	72 TBM	1,296	256	197	18.0	3.6	0.20	0.77	7	8
January 1945	8 CV	551 F6F	9,673	3,870	435	17.6	7.0	0.40	0.11	59	62
		36 F4U	600	131	12	16.7	3.6	0.22	0.09	4	4
		75 SB2C	1,001	703	381	13.3	9.4	0.70	0.54	8	6
		113 TBM	1,494	1,080	753	13.2	9.6	0.72	0.70	12	10
	5 CVL	112 F6F	2,248	612	49	20.1	5.5	0.27	0.08	12	15
	5 CVL	45 TBM	432	309	212	9.6	6.9	0.72	0.69	5	3
April 1945	10 CV	390 F6F	9,426	2,779	292	24.2	7.1	0.29	0.11	33	38
		303 F4U	6,017	1,916	250	19.9	6.3	0.32	0.13	26	24
		135 SB2C	1,929	1,515	984	14.3	11.2	0.79	0.65	11	8
		153 TBM	2,258	1,585	1,290	14.8	10.4	0.70	0.81	13	9
	6 CVL	144 F6F	4,365	1,644	259	30.3	11.4	0.38	0.16	12	18
	6 CVL	54 TBM	755	633	537	14.0	11.7	0.84	0.85	5	3
July 1945	10 CV	412 F6F	7,347	2,554	387	17.8	6.2	0.35	0.15	35	33
		281 F4U	5,374	1,937	319	19.1	6.9	0.36	0.16	24	24
		135 SB2C	2,362	1,162	569	17.5	8.6	0.49	0.49	11	11
		153 TBM	2,769	1,232	1,006	18.1	8.1	0.44	0.82	13	12
	6 CVL	144 F6F	3,499	892	197	24.3	6.2	0.25	0.22	12	16
	6 CVL	54 TBM	982	555	459	18.2	10.3	0.57	0.83	5	4
* Data not available.
B. ESCORT CARRIERS
MONTH	CVEs IN ACTION	PLANE TYPE AND COMPLEMENT	FLIGHTS, SQUADRONS IN ACTION	ACTION SORTIES	TONS OF BOMBS ON TARGETS	OPERATING RATIOS				PERCENT OF MONTH TOTAL
MONTH	CVEs IN ACTION	PLANE TYPE AND COMPLEMENT	FLIGHTS, SQUADRONS IN ACTION	ACTION SORTIES	TONS OF BOMBS ON TARGETS	Flights Per Plane	Action Sorties Per Plane	Action Sorties Per Flight	Tons Per Action Sortie	Complement	Flights
February 1944	8	36 F6F	735	41	0	20.4	1.1	0.06	0.00	17	18
		60 FM	965	84	8	16.1	1.4	0.09	0.10	29	23
		27 SBD	522	108	33	19.3	4.0	0.21	0.31	13	13
		87 TBF	1,877	288	181	21.6	3.3	0.15	0.63	41	46
July 1944	11	60 F6F	1,713	1,090	236	28.6	18.2	0.64	0.22	19	22
		128 FM	2,454	748	0	19.2	5.8	0.30	0.00	41	32
		123 TBF	3,533	832	425	28.7	6.8	0.24	0.51	40	46
October 1944	18	54 F6F	893	330	13	16.5	6.1	0.37	0.04	11	12
		248 FM	3,897	1,273	5	15.7	5.1	0.33	0.00	49	53
		204 TBF	2,622	892	512	12.9	4.4	0.34	0.57	40	35
January 1945	18	364 FM	7,137	1,165	4	19.6	3.2	0.16	0.00	63	69
January 1945	18	210 TBM	3,162	767	462	15.1	3.7	0.24	0.60	37	31
April 1945	20	84 F6F	3,117	1,229	236	37.1	14.6	0.39	0.19	13	19
		328 FM	8,039	2,473	16	24.5	7.5	0.31	0.01	52	49
		222 TBM	5,342	2,278	1,169	24.1	10.3	0.43	0.51	35	32

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TABLE 11. ANALYSIS OF CARRIER AIR OPERATIONS DATA, FOR SUCCESSIVE PERIODS IN 1944-45 (PACIFIC ONLY)

By Type Carrier and by Model Aircraft

TABLE 12. CARRIER AIR OPERATIONS DATA AND OPERATING RATIOS,

By Type of Carrier, Monthly from August 1943 to August 1945, Pacific Only.

TABLE 13. CARRIER AIR OPERATIONS DATA AND OPERATING RATIOS, By Type of Carrier and by Model of Aircraft, for Selected Months of Major Operations (Pacific Only)

A. FAST CARRIER FORCE

B. ESCORT CARRIERS