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« on: June 13, 2002, 09:46:33 PM »
Ever wonder which was the most important fighter in the PAC theater? Well the answer is "it depends".

If you consider the Pac war the most critical in 1942(Midway, Quadacanal) then you think it was the F4F. If you think it was won in 1943(Solomans, Rabaul/Bouganville) then it would be the F4U. Or if you think 1944 was most critical(Marianes, Marshalls) then the F6F would be your pick.

It is amazing the total dominace of one fighter type in 1942,43,44.







Pac war kills by type and date

If anyone can extract this chart from this page I would greatly appreciate it.
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« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2002, 10:05:52 PM »
F4U the site doesn't work or for me at least it doesn't
i'd like to see those facts thoguh

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« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2002, 10:17:36 PM »
Fixed It!!

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« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2002, 10:41:21 PM »
you want the chart posted on the BB here?
i'll try for u

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« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2002, 12:21:50 AM »
F4UDOA:

I selected the chart, copied it and it pasted just fine into Excel.

What exactly to you need?  If you want I can email you a word document containing the data in table form.

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« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2002, 09:12:24 AM »
Thanks Gents,

Iwo, yes please post it in this thread if you can.

Hooligan, email please. I tried converting it to a word doc several times but it kept screwing up the margins and I was loosing data.

Thanks Guys
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« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2002, 04:18:57 PM »
F4UDOA:

What is your current email address?

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« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2002, 04:27:43 PM »

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« Reply #8 on: June 14, 2002, 05:18:07 PM »
The zero was the most important fighter in the WWII PTO .

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« Reply #9 on: June 14, 2002, 05:52:46 PM »
Samm,

The Zero was the most important fighter right up until 1943. Then it became a tow target. After 1943 it wasn't even the most important Japanese Fighter. In fact if the IJN hadn't focused so much on the Zero they may have put up a better fight.

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« Reply #10 on: June 14, 2002, 06:32:55 PM »
I misunderstood the question then .

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« Reply #11 on: June 14, 2002, 06:33:49 PM »
Estimated Victories by Type - Table 5 & 24  
  Carrier-Based
Fighter Planes   Land-Based
Fighter Planes   Both Carrier & Land-Based
Fighter Planes  
  F4F/
FM2  F4U  F6F  F4F/
FM2  F4U  F6F  F4F/
FM2  F4U  F6F  TOTAL  
Dec-41 -  -  -  10  -  -  10  -  -  10  
Jan-42 -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  
Feb-42 25  -  -  -  -  -  25  -  -  25  
Mar-42 -  -  -  1  -  -  1  -  -  1  
Apr-42 -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  
May-42 34  -  -  -  -  -  34  -  -  34  
Jun-42 65  -  -  15  -  -  80  -  -  80  
Jul-42 -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  
Aug-42 72  -  -  52  -  -  124  -  -  124  
Sep-42 -  -  -  111  -  -  111  -  -  111  
Oct-42 57  -  -  164  -  -  221  -  -  221  
Nov-42 32  -  -  70  -  -  102  -  -  102  
Dec-42 -  -  -  17  -  -  17  -  -  17  
Total 1942 285  -  -  440  -  -  725  -  -  725  
 
Jan-43 11  -  -  49  -  -  60  -  -  60  
Feb-43 4  -  -  14  -  -  18  -  -  18  
Mar-43 -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  
Apr-43 -  -  -  17  29  -  17  29  -  46  
May-43 -  -  -  -  15  -  -  15  -  16  
Jun-43 -  -  -  41  87  -  41  87  -  128  
Jul-43 -  -  -  52  123  -  52  123  -  175  
Aug-43 -  -  -  -  112  -  -  112  -  112  
Sep-43 -  -  5  -  72  24  -  72  29  101  
Oct-43 1  -  42  -  56  9  1  56  51  108  
Nov-43 1  -  167  -  79  8  1  79  175  256  
Dec-43 -  -  37  -  63  30  -  63  67  130  
Total 1943 17  -  251  173  636  71  190  636  322  1,148  
 
Jan-44 -  -  51  -  291  53  -  291  104  395  
Feb-44 -  -  158  -  131  9  -  131  167  298  
Mar-44 -  -  108  -  11  3  -  11  111  123  
Apr-44 -  -  91  -  2  -  -  2  91  93  
May-44 -  -  2  -  -  -  -  -  2  2  
Jun-44 45  1  736  -  1  -  45  2  736  782  
Jul-44 7  -  107  -  -  -  7  -  107  114  
Aug-44 -  -  26  -  -  -  -  -  26  26  
Sep-44 45  -  321  -  -  -  45  -  321  365  
Oct-44 131  -  1,016  -  1  -  131  1  1,016  1,148  
Nov-44 -  -  264  -  -  -  -  -  264  264  
Dec-44 7  -  106  -  55  -  7  55  106  168  
Total 1944 234  1  2,985  -  491  65  234  492  3,051  3,777  
 
Jan-45 17  7  218  -  5  -  17  11  218  246  
Feb-45 40  79  309  -  1  -  40  80  310  429  
Mar-45 28  120  197  -  1  -  28  121  197  346  
Apr-45 90  241  718  -  128  12  90  369  730  1,189  
May-45 9  67  198  -  184  36  9  251  234  494  
Jun-45 3  4  10  -  99  20  3  102  31  136  
Jul-45 -  27  36  -  16  2  -  43  37  81  
Aug-45 -  29  38  -  3  -  -  31  38  69  
Total 1945 187  573  1,724  -  435  71  187  1,008  1,795  2,990  
 
Grand Total 723  574  4,961  613  1,563  207  1,336  2,137  5,168  8,641
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« Reply #12 on: June 14, 2002, 06:39:27 PM »
"The zero was the most important fighter in the WWII PTO ."

Samm-
     Your not incorrect.

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« Reply #13 on: June 16, 2002, 01:47:14 AM »
if this is a discussion of what the most important fighter of the PTO was, then i would like to remind everyone that it was the P-38 that shot down Yamamoto. Also the P-38 was the only fighter allied fighter available early on that could provide long range escort service for the 'big friends'.  The top 3 allied aces of the PTO all flew the P-38...on the other hand the F6F provided the carriers with a plane that could out fight anything the IJN or IJA had in significant numbers, and the PTO air war certainly could not have been won without well defended carrier forces

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« Reply #14 on: June 16, 2002, 02:13:01 AM »
The F6F produced the most aces of any other American fighter-- but F6F squads also had some of the highest attrition rates.
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