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NOTES TO TABLE 17
(The purpose of this table is primarily to provide a historical record. A number of interesting observations may be made from the tables:)

(a) Marine fighters carried the greatest burden of aerial combat activity of any of the land-based planes. Part A shows their defensive and offensive combat record through the Solomons-Rabaul campaign. In few months from August 1942 to February 1944 did their relatively small force fail to shoot down 50 or more Jap planes. In December 1944 a Marine fighter group went to the rescue at Leyte. In April-June 1945 at Okinawa Marine VF renewed their early performances by accounting for 479 Jap planes in 3 months, this time without the high losses that had marked their successes under the difficult conditions of Guadalcanal (when the combination of F4Fs, poor airstrips, and superior enemy forces had held them to a 5 or 6-to-1 combat superiority over the Japs instead of their 36-to-1 ratio of 1945).

(b) After the removal of the enemy air force from the Bismarcks area, the Marine VF took to bombing, and after the middle of 1944 averaged nearly a third of a ton of bombs on each of their low-level sorties against the Japs.

(c) The Marine dive and torpedo bomber force, building up from small beginnings to a substantial striking power, was the backbone of the anti-shipping and tactical striking force in the Solomons, contributed greatly to the reduction of the Jap bases in the Marshalls, and later contributed the bulk of its strength to give tactical air support in the reconquest of Luzon and the southern Philippines'. During late 1942 and early 1943 its few planes were devoted mainly to stopping Jap naval and transport vessels from reinforcing Guadalcanal. Later it carried its anti-shipping strikes to Bougainville, and in early 1944 cleaned the last Jap ships out of Rabaul. Meanwhile as its force expanded it built up its attacks on nearby airfields (Munda and Vila), gave heavy direct support in the New Georgia and Bougainville campaigns, and made the most accurate and effective attacks in the campaign for destruction of the Jap base at Rabaul. In March and April 1944 it was a major factor in turning back the Jap counter attacks on Bougainville, doubling its previous volume of activity, then returned to neutralization of the entire Bismarck area. In late 1944 the Marine SBDs were largely withdrawn from the Bismarcks area for transfer to Luzon, where they began their biggest, though not their most important, job of the war.

(d) Navy fighters and single-engine bombers were used ashore largely to supplement the Marines in critical periods. Some of the shore-based naval squadrons were from sunk, damaged or non-available carriers; others were merely surplus carrier groups for which there was no current need afloat; a few in late 1943 and early 1944 were specially formed as shore-based support squadrons. After June 1944 the latter were decomissioned, and the surplus of carrier groups disappeared; thereafter the only Navy VF, VSB and VTB in shore-based action were from carrier groups conducting training exercises in forward areas, or Navy inshore patrol squadrons patrolling in the Marshalls.

Navy shore-based fighters provided the extra strength needed in the Solomons in late 1942, in the New Georgia and Bougainville campaigns, and against Rabaul. In these campaigns they accounted for 422 Jap planes (in some 2,500 action sorties flown). In addition, one squadron aided in the early neutralization of the Marshalls.

Navy shore-based bombers, while used more continuously than the fighters, were also employed to bolster our Marine forces for major encounters. Thus in September-November 1942 carrier bomber squadrons were used ashore in the critical struggles on Guadalcanal, then withdrawn when the emergency ended. From March to June 1943 (when the Marines had few VTB) Navy squadrons provided most of the weight of attack in the Solomons. In July reinforced Navy squadrons delivered a remarkable total of 1,238 tons to support the New Georgia campaign (against the Marine bombers' 395 tons), then withdrew again for rest. Thereafter Navy land-based bombing effort continued at a reduced scale in the Bougainville and Rabaul campaigns, and in the Marshalls, until its cessation in May 1944.

(e) The story of Navy patrol bombers, particularly with respect to their anti-shipping campaign of 1945, is more fully told elsewhere in this report. Certain items of Table 17G require detailed comment here:

(1) Patrol bomber losses to enemy aircraft in June 1942 are believed overstated, but to what extent is not known.

(2) The high bomb tonnages reported for February and March 1943 result from initial use of the first PB4Y squadron for horizontal bombing in formations. They were later restored to their normal single-plane search function.

(3) High tonnage in January 1944 results from extensive minelaying operations in the Marshalls.

(4) High tonnages in March 1944 result from the use of VPB to meet the emergency created by the Jap counter attack on Bougainville, plus extensive use of PVs (during April and May also) for bombing strikes against the Marshalls and Nauru.

(5) The lull in activity in early 1945 represented exhaustion of targets within range of present bases, followed by redisposition of the force to Luzon, Iwo, and Okinawa, from which extensive new target areas came within range.

(6) The record of the patrol bombers against enemy aircraft in 1944 and 1945 is worthy of note. Though VPB generally operated singly, without escort, they were able to destroy 146 planes against 14 losses in combat in 1944, and 153 against 9 losses in 1945.

(f) Marine VPB activity is largely the story of the PBJ, which first appeared in combat in March 1944. These planes were used for day and night patrol, for night heckling strikes in the Solomons area, and for daylight formation attacks almost entirely in the Solomons. The PBJ constituted the bulk of the bombing force in that area during 1945, and the only significant Naval air strength remaining in the area. During late 1944 and 1945 other PBJ squadrons undertook long-range anti-shipping searches and similar specialized missions from Central Pacific bases.

TABLE 17. MONTHLY OPERATIONS AND RESULTS, FOR LAND-BASED AIRCRAFT, By Type of Aircraft and by Service (Navy-Marine), Pacific Only
A. MARINE FIGHTERS
MONTH	FLIGHTS, SQUADRONS IN ACTION	ACTION SORTIES	OWN LOSSES					ENEMY AIRCRAFT DESTROYED IN COMBAT		TONS OF BOMBS ON TARGETS
			ON ACTION SORTIES			ON OTHER FL'TS	ON GROUND	ENEMY AIRCRAFT DESTROYED IN COMBAT
			To Enemy A/A	To Enemy A/C	Operational	ON OTHER FL'TS	ON GROUND	Bombers	Fighters
December 1941	*	49	0	0	2	0	18	10	0	0
February 1942	*	#	0	1	0	0	0	#	#	#
March 1942	*	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
June 1942	*	27	0	15	0	0	0	8	7	0
August 1942	*	57	0	7	0	1	2	21	31	0
September 1942	*	177	1	12	0	6	0	55	22	0
October 1942	*	401	1	19	3	4	6	51	100	0
November 1942	*	168	1	16	6	4	0	22	44	0
December 1942	*	40	0	4	0	4	0	0	17	0
January 1943	*	84	0	7	0	5	0	4	48	0
February 1943	*	10	0	5	0	8	0	5	10	0
March 1943	*	#	0	2	0	0	0	#	#	#
April 1943	*	197	1	11	3	6	2	13	33	0
May 1943	*	113	0	5	1	1	0	0	15	0
June 1943	*	156	0	17	0	20	1	24	65	0
July 1943	*	358	0	18	2	13	0	27	90	0
August 1943	*	414	1	10	4	9	0	15	93	0
September 1943	*	430	3	14	8	7	0	11	59	0
October 1943	*	282	4	3	1	9	0	0	57	0
November 1943	*	401	4	5	3	8	1	7	12	0
December 1943	*	462	2	10	4	14	1	0	73	0
January 1944	3,679	951	2	20	6	14	2	0	249	0
February 1944	4,554	1,160	2	13	6	7	0	7	73	0
March 1944	6,593	819	7	0	0	14	1	0	15	51
April 1944	5,956	1,169	13	1	3	11	1	2	0	149
May 1944	8,334	1,594	9	0	5	8	2	0	0	278
June 1944	7,314	1,332	10	0	3	11	2	0	1	165
July 1944	8,029	2,901	10	0	6	6	0	0	0	745
August 1944	11,056	4,331	8	0	4	11	0	0	0	1,420
September 1944	11,145	3,607	8	0	8	10	1	0	0	1,091
October 1944	15,013	4,747	12	0	5	9	0	0	1	1,558
November 1944	14,638	5,148	16	0	9	7	3	0	0	1,402
December 1944	15,533	2,958	12	3	8	25	5	10	44	1,056
January 1945	11,611	2,433	11	0	8	32	5	1	4	621
February 1945	10,036	3,324	11	0	9	16	8	0	1	1,127
March 1945	7,914	2,945	12	0	5	18	0	0	1	953
April 1945	12,435	3,618	9	5	12	28	13	98	47	1,173
May 1945	15,395	2,662	15	3	9	46	5	84	133	924
June 1945	18,837	2,980	15	5	13	42	0	41	76	976
July 1945	15,753	2,540	14	1	13	72	0	8	10	767
August 1945	8,590	548	2	0	2	13	0	2	1	133
1941-2 Total	*	923	3	74	11	19	26	168	221	0
1943 Total	*	2,907	15	107	26	100	5	106	555	0
1944 Total	111,844	30,717	109	37	63	133	17	19	383	7,915
1945 Total	100,571	21,050	89	14	71	267	31	234	273	6,674
GRAND TOTAL	212,415	55,597	216	232	171	519	79	527	1,432	14,589
* No data available. # No action reported; losses reported may have been sustained in unreported actions during this month, or in previous months’ action, or may be erroneous reports. No action was reported during months not listed above.

TABLE 17. MONTHLY OPERATIONS AND RESULTS, FOR LAND-BASED AIRCRAFT, By Type of Aircraft and by Service (Navy-Marine), Pacific Only
B. MARINE DIVE AND TORPEDO BOMBERS
MONTH	FLIGHTS, SQUADRONS IN ACTION	ACTION SORTIES	OWN LOSSES					ENEMY AIRCRAFT DESTROYED IN COMBAT		TONS OF BOMBS ON TARGETS
			ON ACTION SORTIES			ON OTHER FL'TS	ON GROUND	ENEMY AIRCRAFT DESTROYED IN COMBAT
			To Enemy A/A	To Enemy A/C	Operational	ON OTHER FL'TS	ON GROUND	Bombers	Fighters
June 1942	*	39	4	6	3	1	0	0	6	11
August 1942	*	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	8
September 1942	*	125	0	2	4	4	0	0	0	31
October 1942	*	123	4	2	2	4	7	0	4	51
November 1942	*	321	5	1	1	1	0	0	4	126
December 1942	*	291	3	1	0	8	0	0	2	83
January 1943	*	310	2	4	1	5	0	0	2	97
February 1943	*	374	8	9	0	9	0	0	6	167
March 1943	*	162	0	0	1	6	0	0	1	81
April 1943	*	122	11	1	2	10	0	0	0	61
May 1943	*	69	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	47
June 1943	*	102	1	1	5	5	0	0	0	57
July 1943	*	808	4	1	1	3	0	0	2	395
August 1943	*	655	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	373
September 1943	*	788	7	0	1	1	2	0	2	460
October 1943	*	774	2	0	3	6	1	0	0	435
November 1943	*	1,331	2	1	1	6	2	0	0	874
December 1943	*	1,527	3	0	4	7	0	0	0	1,000
January 1944	3,495	914	10	4	6	4	2	0	14	427
February 1944	3,421	1,421	15	1	2	10	1	0	2	707
March 1944	5,154	2,951	7	0	0	3	1	0	0	1,658
April 1944	5,855	2,269	8	0	4	1	1	0	0	1,205
May 1944	4,700	2,030	13	0	1	4	0	0	0	942
June 1944	5,156	1,574	7	0	1	2	0	0	0	659
July 1944	4,413	2,116	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	983
August 1944	4,761	2,352	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	1,047
September 1944	4,360	2,018	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	915
October 1944	6,335	1,938	2	0	1	4	0	0	0	892
November 1944	6,019	1,026	0	0	3	6	1	0	0	455
December 1944	5,234	466	0	0	1	6	10	0	0	214
January 1945	4,084	654	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	293
February 1945	5,788	4,128	4	2	3	2	2	0	0	1,767
March 1945	7,494	4,508	5	0	9	1	1	0	0	2,127
April 1945	7,803	3,402	5	0	2	6	9	0	0	1,602
May 1945	8,567	3,623	3	0	1	15	9	0	1	1,929
June 1945	9,327	2,731	1	0	4	11	1	1	0	1,422
July 1945	6,307	1,699	3	0	3	11	1	0	0	919
August 1945	3,167	302	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	155
1942 Total	*	919	17	12	10	19	7	0	16	310
1943 Total	*	7,022	42	17	23	60	5	0	13	4,047
1944 Total	58,903	21,075	70	5	20	46	17	0	16	10,104
1945 Total	52,537	21,047	22	2	23	49	23	1	1	10,214
GRAND TOTAL	111,440	50,063	151	36	76	174	52	1	46	24,675
* – No data available. No action was reported during months not listed above.

TABLE 17. MONTHLY OPERATIONS AND RESULTS, FOR LAND-BASED AIRCRAFT, By Type of Aircraft and by Service (Navy-Marine), Pacific Only
C. NAVY FIGHTERS
MONTH	FLIGHTS, SQUADRONS IN ACTION	ACTION SORTIES	OWN LOSSES					ENEMY AIRCRAFT DESTROYED IN COMBAT		TONS OF BOMBS ON TARGETS
			ON ACTION SORTIES			ON OTHER FL'TS	ON GROUND	ENEMY AIRCRAFT DESTROYED IN COMBAT
			To Enemy A/A	To Enemy A/C	Operational	ON OTHER FL'TS	ON GROUND	Bombers	Fighters
September 1942	*	82	0	4	1	2	0	19	15	0
October 1942	*	77	0	15	1	2	16	6	7	0
November 1942	*	7	0	0	0	1	3	0	4	0
February 1943	*	#	2	4	0	5	1	#	#	#
March 1943	*	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
April 1943	*	#	1	7	0	1	0	#	#	#
May 1943	*	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
June 1943	*	81	0	10	2	7	0	20	19	0
July 1943	*	167	0	16	3	8	0	8	49	0
September 1943	*	169	0	8	1	2	0	0	27	0
October 1943	*	174	0	4	0	1	0	0	7	0
November 1943	*	520	6	.4	5	4	0	28	39	0
December 1943	*	266	0	3	0	2	1	1	21	0
January 1944	1,804	412	0	15	6	5	1	2	94	0
February 1944	1,242	629	2	3	1	0	0	0	56	1
March 1944	2,077	494	3	0	3	4	1	0	0	19
April 1944	1,748	367	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	85
May 1944	1,015	358	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	101
June 1944	900	231	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	5
July 1944	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
March 1945	886	76	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	20
April 1945	89	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
May 1945	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
June 1945	48	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
August 1945	262	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
1942 Total	*	166	0	19	2	5	19	25	26	0
1943 Total	*	1,388	9	56	11	32	2	57	162	0
1944 Total	8,786	2,514	5	18	14	16	2	2	150	211
1945 Total	1,286	121	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	20
GRAND TOTAL	10,072	4,189	16	93	27	55	25	84	338	231
* – No data available. # – No action reported; losses reported may have been sustained in unreported actions during this month, or in previous months’ action, or may be erroneous reports. No action was reported during months not listed above.

TABLE 17. MONTHLY OPERATIONS AND RESULTS, FOR LAND-BASED AIRCRAFT, By Type of Aircraft and by Service (Navy-Marine), Pacific Only
D. FIGHTERS, SERVICE UNKNOWN
MONTH	FLIGHTS, SQUADRONS IN ACTION	ACTION SORTIES	OWN LOSSES					ENEMY AIRCRAFT DESTROYED IN COMBAT		TONS OF BOMBS ON TARGETS
			ON ACTION SORTIES			ON OTHER FL'TS	ON GROUND	ENEMY AIRCRAFT DESTROYED IN COMBAT
			To Enemy A/A	To Enemy A/C	Operational	ON OTHER FL'TS	ON GROUND	Bombers	Fighters
January 1944	*	238	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
February 1944	*	110	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
March 1944	*	420	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
April 1944	*	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14
Total	*	817	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	14
* – No data available. No action was reported during months not listed above.

TABLE 17. MONTHLY OPERATIONS AND RESULTS, FOR LAND-BASED AIRCRAFT, By Type of Aircraft and by Service (Navy-Marine), Pacific Only
E. NAVY DIVE AND TORPEDO BOMBERS
MONTH	FLIGHTS, SQUADRONS IN ACTION	ACTION SORTIES	OWN LOSSES					ENEMY AIRCRAFT DESTROYED IN COMBAT		TONS OF BOMBS ON TARGETS
			ON ACTION SORTIES			ON OTHER FL'TS	ON GROUND	ENEMY AIRCRAFT DESTROYED IN COMBAT
			To Enemy A/A	To Enemy A/C	Operational	ON OTHER FL'TS	ON GROUND	Bombers	Fighters
June 1942	*	6	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	4
August 1942	*	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
September 1942	*	122	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	42
October 1942	*	237	1	6	5	3	17	0	9	104
November 1942	*	110	2	2	0	12	1	0	3	58
December 1942	*	#	0	2	0	7	0	#	#	#
February 1943	*	12	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6
March 1943	*	154	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	97
April 1943	*	118	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	91
May 1943	*	262	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	179
June 1943	*	386	2	1	1	10	0	0	0	248
July 1943	*	1,747	3	2	2	4	0	0	4	1,238
August 1943	*	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25
September 1943	*	163	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	103
October 1943	*	225	3	0	1	5	0	0	0	160
November 1943	*	392	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	227
December 1943	*	456	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	262
January 1944	1,508	405	3	0	0	6	0	0	1	161
February 1944	977	537	3	0	1	4	0	0	0	236
March 1944	2,437	1,115	5	0	1	3	1	0	0	533
April 1944	2,458	1,051	3	0	2	5	0	0	0	555
May 1944	1,423	976	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	523
November 1944	225	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
December 1944	249	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
March 1945	219	56	0	0	0	1	8	0	0	35
April 1945	323	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
May 1945	364	42	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
June 1945	447	104	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	42
July 1945	394	86	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	30
August 1945	636	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24
1942 Total	*	486	4	15	5	26	18	0	12	212
1943 Total	*	3,949	12	5	10	29	1	0	4	2,636
1944 Total	9,277	4,086	16	0	4	18	1	0	1	2,008
1945 Total	2,383	384	3	1	1	4	8	0	0	134
GRAND TOTAL	11,660	8,905	35	21	20	77	28	0	17	4,990
* – No data available. # – No action reported; losses reported may have been sustained in unreported actions during this month, or in previous months’ actions, or may be erroneous reports. No action was reported for months not listed above.

TABLE 17. MONTHLY OPERATIONS AND RESULTS, FOR LAND-BASED AIRCRAFT, By Type of Aircraft and by Service (Navy-Marine), Pacific Only
F. DIVE AND TORPEDO BOMBERS, SERVICE UNKNOWN
MONTH	FLIGHTS, SQUADRONS IN ACTION	ACTION SORTIES	OWN LOSSES					ENEMY AIRCRAFT DESTROYED IN COMBAT		TONS OF BOMBS ON TARGETS
			ON ACTION SORTIES			ON OTHER FL'TS	ON GROUND	ENEMY AIRCRAFT DESTROYED IN COMBAT
			To Enemy A/A	To Enemy A/C	Operational	ON OTHER FL'TS	ON GROUND	Bombers	Fighters
January 1944	*	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
February 1944	*	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
March 1944	*	419	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	56
April 1944	*	139	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	69
May 1944	*	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	*	621	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	136
* – No data available. No action was reported during months not listed above.

TABLE 17. MONTHLY OPERATIONS AND RESULTS, FOR LAND-BASED AIRCRAFT, By Type of Aircraft and by Service (Navy-Marine), Pacific Only
G. NAVY PATROL BOMBERS
MONTH	FLIGHTS, SQUADRONS IN ACTION	ACTION SORTIES	OWN LOSSES					ENEMY AIRCRAFT DESTROYED IN COMBAT		TONS OF BOMBS ON TARGETS
			ON ACTION SORTIES			ON OTHER FL'TS	ON GROUND	ENEMY AIRCRAFT DESTROYED IN COMBAT
			To Enemy A/A	To Enemy A/C	Operational	ON OTHER FL'TS	ON GROUND	Bombers	Fighters
December 1941	*	21	0	8	0	0	18	0	2	5
January 1942	*	13	0	2	0	0	4	0	1	0
February 1942	*	6	0	5	0	0	5	0	1	0
May 1942	*	6	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3
June 1942	*	28	5	13	1	6	0	0	0	5
July 1942	*	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1
August 1942	*	10	0	1	0	1	1	0	4	6
September 1942	*	8	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1
October 1942	*	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
November 1942	*	#	0	2	0	0	4	#	#	#
December 1942	*	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
January 1943	*	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
February 1943	*	34	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	75
March 1943	*	37	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	33
April 1943	*	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
May 1943	*	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
June 1943	*	50	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	39
July 1943	*	63	0	1	0	5	0	1	5	41
August 1943	*	30	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	29
September 1943	*	88	0	0	2	4	3	2	5	36
October 1943	*	143	0	0	4	4	1	4	1	94
November 1943	*	176	1	0	0	6	0	2	9	79
December 1943	*	164	2	2	0	7	3	1	8	114
January 1944	3,541	349	5	1	1	8	3	2	6	280
February 1944	3,560	313	2	0	0	8	5	3	1	193
March 1944 (@)	3,280	486	2	0	2	4	1	4	0	450
April 1944	2,657	353	4	0	0	2	0	9	3	249
May 1944	2,856	506	2	1	1	11	0	9	8	383
June 1944	2,942	302	3	0	2	9	4	12	8	155
July 1944	2,366	226	2	1	1	2	0	2	2	108
August 1944	3,220	403	1	1	2	5	3	1	3	237
September 1944	2,279	237	2	2	0	4	1	6	3	103
October 1944	2,543	263	6	3	0	5	1	9	9	154
November 1944	3,199	267	2	3	1	4	16	2	8	147
December 1944	2,729	347	5	2	0	6	8	9	27	193
January 1945	2,900	141	1	0	2	6	0	3	7	42
February 1945	2,726	265	9	0	3	6	2	13	13	42
March 1945	4,921	450	10	1	1	12	10	14	11	173
April 1945	4,395	449	6	0	0	9	15	9	2	161
May 1945	4,027	743	20	3	3	10	9	15	28	367
June 1945	4,390	552	10	3	3	14	11	1	19	347
July 1945	4,433	493	7	1	2	14	13	3	7	203
August 1945	3,523	205	4	1	1	7	5	2	6	58
1941-2 Total	*	109	5	32	3	12	34	0	8	23
1943 Total	*	803	6	7	8	33	7	11	28	547
1944 Total	35,172	4,052	36	14	10	68	42	68	78	2,652
1945 Total	31,315	3,298	67	9	15	78	65	60	93	1,393
GRAND TOTAL	66,487	8,262	114	62	36	191	148	139	207	4,615
* – No data available. # – No action reported; losses reported may have been sustained in unreported actions, or in previous months’ actions, or may be erroneous reports. @ – Including 33 sorties, and 41 tons of bombs, by VPB of unknown branch of service. No action was reported in months not listed above.

TABLE 17. MONTHLY OPERATIONS AND RESULTS, FOR LAND-BASED AIRCRAFT, By Type of Aircraft and by Service (Navy-Marine), Pacific Only
H. MARINE PATROL BOMBERS
MONTH	FLIGHTS, SQUADRONS IN ACTION	ACTION SORTIES	OWN LOSSES					ENEMY AIRCRAFT DESTROYED IN COMBAT		TONS OF BOMBS ON TARGETS
			ON ACTION SORTIES			ON OTHER FL'TS	ON GROUND	ENEMY AIRCRAFT DESTROYED IN COMBAT
			To Enemy A/A	To Enemy A/C	Operational	ON OTHER FL'TS	ON GROUND	Bombers	Fighters
1943, Total	*	32	0	2	0	3	2	2	1	3
January 1944	351	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
February 1944	421	6	1	0	0	1	0	1	4	0
March 1944	687	132	2	0	0	5	0	1	0	70
April 1944	285	142	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	81
May 1944	877	158	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	60
June 1944	436	148	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	43
July 1944	479	188	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	119
August 1944	846	239	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	143
September 1944	789	333	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	173
October 1944	885	322	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	198
November 1944	1,314	655	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	507
December 1944	1,274	685	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	670
January 1945	1,782	516	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	560
February 1945	1,867	845	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	817
March 1945	1,429	698	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	731
April 1945	1,967	1,020	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	1,190
May 1945	2,091	1,023	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1,278
June 1945	1,804	526	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	489
July 1945	1,874	628	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	724
August 1945	1,029	160	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	149
1943-4 Total	8,644	3,051	12	2	5	18	2	5	6	2,067
1945 Total	13,843	5,416	7	0	7	13	2	0	0	5,938
GRAND TOTAL	22,487	8,467	19	2	12	31	4	5	6	8,005
* – Data not available.

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TABLE 17. MONTHLY OPERATIONS AND RESULTS, FOR LAND-BASED AIRCRAFT,

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TABLE 17. MONTHLY OPERATIONS AND RESULTS, FOR LAND-BASED AIRCRAFT,

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TABLE 17. MONTHLY OPERATIONS AND RESULTS, FOR LAND-BASED AIRCRAFT,

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TABLE 17. MONTHLY OPERATIONS AND RESULTS, FOR LAND-BASED AIRCRAFT,

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