USN CV fighter-bombers http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/6101/t/USN-CV-fighter-bombers.html en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Fri, 02 May 2008 10:22:25 GMT Wed, 07 May 2008 19:11:05 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Yuku http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/6101/t/USN-CV-fighter-bombers.html Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ Re: USN CV fighter-bombers ]]> http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/78759/t/USN-CV-fighter-bombers.html#reply-78759
http://www.history.navy.mil/download/nasc.pdf

A 3.6 Mb pdf file, "US Naval Aviation Combat Statistics - World War II". One of my favorite sources, but a word of caution to double check the math on anything you want to use. Calculation errors did creep in and can give you the wrong idea if you aren't careful. I put all the tables... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (RLeonard) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/sreply/78759 Wed, 07 May 2008 19:11:04 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: USN CV fighter-bombers ]]> http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/78758/t/USN-CV-fighter-bombers.html#reply-78758 feeds@yuku.com (RLeonard) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/sreply/78758 Wed, 07 May 2008 19:04:34 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: USN CV fighter-bombers ]]> http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/78757/t/USN-CV-fighter-bombers.html#reply-78757 StewartG wrote:


RLeonard - that sounds like a fantastic source for US squadron sizes / availabilities, is it available anywhere?

Despite not being Rich, I can answer. It is available in non-searchable PDF files:

http://www.history.navy.mil/a-record/ww-ii/loc-ac/loc-ac.htm

Max

]]> feeds@yuku.com (maxs75) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/sreply/78757 Wed, 07 May 2008 19:01:38 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: USN CV fighter-bombers ]]> http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/78755/t/USN-CV-fighter-bombers.html#reply-78755 Thanks for the replies gents, this is interesting.

I discovered some fragmentary notes of my own on a related issue. These are from a 23 May 1945 document called BPF 932/Ops, which was an abstract of various operational research reports done for Admiral Fraser. It includes some US numbers for the bombing efficiency of the VBFs:

Tons dropped per attack sortie: VF/VBF 13, VB 64, VT 77
Tons dropped per loss to AA: VF/VBF 10, VB 27, VB 39

... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (StewartG) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/sreply/78755 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:40:23 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: USN CV fighter-bombers ]]> http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/78652/t/USN-CV-fighter-bombers.html#reply-78652 Most of the VBF squadrons in already existing air groups were established in January 1945. A look at the aircraft locations returns for full strength VF squadrons (and leaving out the working up squadrons with FM-2s in their inventories and VF training squadrons such as VF-100 at Barbers Point, but including those noted as "Ready" but unassigned) in late November 1944 shows that there was an average of slightly more than 53 fighters... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (RLeonard) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/sreply/78652 Tue, 06 May 2008 17:18:02 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: USN CV fighter-bombers ]]> http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/78542/t/USN-CV-fighter-bombers.html#reply-78542

]]> feeds@yuku.com (emc) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/sreply/78542 Mon, 05 May 2008 19:52:01 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: USN CV fighter-bombers ]]> http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/78537/t/USN-CV-fighter-bombers.html#reply-78537 ]]> feeds@yuku.com (maxs75) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/sreply/78537 Mon, 05 May 2008 19:17:48 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: USN CV fighter-bombers ]]> http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/78197/t/USN-CV-fighter-bombers.html#reply-78197 StewartG wrote:
OK - in 1944 the USN began the process of expanding the fighter complements of their carriers, up from 36 (organised as a single VF squadron?). Initially around 18 planes were added, taking the total up to ~54. But the newcomers were designated as fighter-bombers, in a separate "VBF" unit.

I'm curious about how this worked. How were the VBF pilots trained? Were they "really"... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (emc) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/sreply/78197 Fri, 02 May 2008 17:00:58 GMT <![CDATA[ USN CV fighter-bombers ]]> http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/6101/t/USN-CV-fighter-bombers.html
I'm curious about how this worked. How were the VBF pilots trained? Were they "really" fighter pilots or attack pilots (to use the modern term), or a super combination of... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (StewartG) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/6101 Fri, 02 May 2008 10:22:25 GMT