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NOTES TO TABLE 31
The predominance of the Solomons campaign in 1942-43 is clearly shown. The equal importance of land and shipping targets in 1942, and the steady decrease in the relative importance of shipping as a target is also illustrated. 1944, as the table indicates, was the year when Naval aviation was first able to come to grips with sizeable quantities of the Jap merchant marine and was the year when the bulk of it was eliminated.
The table also illustrates graphically the expansion of the areas of operation of the Naval air forces, and the shifts from old areas to new as enemy bases were captured or bypassed and neutralized, and enemy shipping eliminated from successive areas.
TABLE 31. SORTIES ATTACKING LAND
TARGETS AND SHIP TARGETS
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TARGET AREA |
SORTIES ATTACKING LAND TARGETS |
SORTIES ATTACKING SHIP TARGETS |
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1942 |
1943 |
1944 |
1945 |
TOTAL |
1942 |
1943 |
1944 |
1945 |
TOTAL |
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Solomons, Bismarcks |
1,090 |
10,639 |
31,589 |
4,487 |
47,805 |
1,239 |
1,668 |
2,266 |
1 |
5,174 |
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New Guinea, Halmahera |
18 |
10 |
2,691 |
2 |
2,721 |
85 |
8 |
525 |
8 |
626 |
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Celebes, Borneo |
|
9 |
115 |
372 |
496 |
1 |
0 |
169 |
192 |
362 |
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Midway Area |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
320 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
320 |
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Wake, Marcus |
69 |
1,038 |
857 |
826 |
2,790 |
42 |
5 |
36 |
0 |
83 |
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Gilberts, Nauru |
0 |
1,830 |
297 |
32 |
2,159 |
0 |
47 |
2 |
0 |
49 |
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Marshalls |
77 |
544 |
21,268 |
2,457 |
24,346 |
63 |
180 |
1,717 |
172 |
2,132 |
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Eastern Carolines |
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8 |
3,127 |
245 |
3,380 |
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5 |
1,517 |
26 |
1,548 |
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Western Carolines |
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11,986 |
7,568 |
19,554 |
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2,766 |
397 |
3,163 |
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Marianas |
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18,567 |
96 |
18,663 |
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1,270 |
0 |
1,270 |
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Bonins |
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1,860 |
4,239 |
6,099 |
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1,224 |
270 |
1,494 |
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Philippines |
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12,154 |
27,214 |
39,368 |
6 |
0 |
7,839 |
661 |
8,506 |
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Formosa |
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2,273 |
1,430 |
3,703 |
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683 |
1,134 |
1,817 |
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Ryukyus |
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860 |
34,613 |
35,473 |
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849 |
1,950 |
2,799 |
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Kyushu, Kure Area |
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4,952 |
4,952 |
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1,901 |
1,901 |
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Central Honshu |
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1,934 |
1,934 |
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1,018 |
1,018 |
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Tokyo Area |
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5,794 |
5,794 |
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1,012 |
1,012 |
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Hokkaido, No. Honshu |
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1,445 |
1,445 |
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747 |
747 |
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Korea, No. China |
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32 |
32 |
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282 |
282 |
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Central China |
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35 |
35 |
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119 |
119 |
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South China |
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483 |
483 |
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1 |
526 |
527 |
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Indo China |
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317 |
317 |
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1 |
756 |
757 |
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Java, Sumatra, Malaya |
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98 |
19 |
117 |
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31 |
36 |
67 |
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Aleutians |
2 |
124 |
0 |
0 |
126 |
14 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
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Kuriles |
0 |
5 |
278 |
78 |
361 |
0 |
1 |
41 |
29 |
71 |
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Atlantic |
430 |
0 |
483 |
0 |
913 |
67 |
55 |
39 |
0 |
161 |
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TOTAL, ALL AREAS |
1,686 |
14,207 |
108,503 |
98,670 |
223,066 |
1,837 |
1,971 |
20,976 |
11,237 |
36,021 |
