Guadalcanal 1942:

Part 2:
US Air Units
Order of Appearance

by Capt. Bill Harting


All units arrive at Noumea

1 Aug 1942

MAG 21: VMF211 (20F4F); VMF212(Efate -- 20F4F); VMSB233(20SBD); VP 71 and VP 72 (16 PBY and OS2U); VS 5 D 13 (Efate 8 OS2U)
58th PG: 67th PS (40 P-40)
38th MBG: 69th MBS (-) (10 B-26)
11th HBG: 26th, 42nd, 98th HBS (30 B- 17) 3rd RNZAF Bomb Recon Sq (20 Hudson)

14 Aug


11th HBG: 431st HBS (10 B-17); 70th MBS (10 B-26)

21 Aug


MAG 23: VMF 223 (20 F4F); VMSB 232 (20 SBD); VMOS 251 (Tulagi -- 12 OS2U)

28 Aug


MAG 23: VMF 224 (20 F4F); VMSB 231 (20 SBD)

18 Sept


MAG 14: VMF 121 (20 F4F); VMSB 141 (20 SBD)

2 Oct


347th PG: 339th PS (-) (10 P-38) (30 P-39's in crates)

9 Oct


347th PG: 339th PS (-) (10 P-38) (2 B-17's per day for 12 days)

30 Oct


MAG 11: VMF 112 (20 F4F); VMSB 132 (20 SBD)
5 HBG: 72nd HBS (10 B-17) (23 P-39's in crates)

7 Nov


MAG 11: VMF 122 (20 F4F); VMSB 142 (20 SBD)
MAG 14: VMSB 131 (20TBF)

14 Nov


5th HBG: 31st HBS (10 B-24)
18th PG: 44th PS (25 P-40); 339th PS(-) (8P-38); 39th PS(-) (8P-38)

NAVAL AIR GROUPS, PACIFIC FLEET

(Carrier-based)

NAG's: 3, 6, 7, 8,10 (nominally 32 F4F, 36 SBD, and 15 TBF each)

NOTES:

    MAG -- MARINE AIR GROUP
    PG -- PURSUIT GROUP
    MBG -- MEDIUM BOMBARDMENT GROUP
    HBG -- HEAVY BOMBARDMENT GROUP
    VMF, VMSB, VS, VP -- MARINE AIR SQUADRONS
    PS -- PURSUIT SQUADRON
    MBS -- MEDIUM BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON
    HBS -- HEAVY BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON

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