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More? You want more? Last issue's column on the U.S. ground order of battle in Europa wasn't enough? Well, surprise, I do have more.

Rounding off last issue's ground OB, here's the listing of corps markers for the U.S. Army:

16x Inf XXX HQ (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
1 x Abn XXX HQ (18)

And, what about the air force? The following is the draft Europa air order of battle for all U.S. air assets. I want to thank Paul Dunigan for his tireless efforts in assembling the information that went into this OB.

Draft Europa Air Order of Battle: U.S.A.

Notes:

1. Abbreviations: USAAF: U.S. Army Air Force, USN: U.S. Navy, EAME: Europe-Africa-Middle East (the Army's term for this theater).

2. The USAAF occasionally assigned different series letters to what was essentially the same aircraft. Often the only difference was that a different factory was producing the same model.

Each of these cases is shown as one model, not two, in OB: A-20G covers A-20Gs and A-201-1s, A-20J for Js and Ks, B-24D for Ds and Es, B-25C for Cs and Ds, B-26B for Bs and Cs, P-38D for Ds and Gs, P-51 B for Bs and Cs, and P-51 D for Ds and Ks. Also, the military version of the DC-3 airliner got two different main designations: C-47 and C-53. In theory, the C-47 flew freight and the C-53 flew passengors, but this mattered little in practice and both are grouped under C-47.

3. In addition to its official designation, each aircraft model had a popular name:

USAAF:
A-20 Havoc
B-26 Marauder
P-40 Warhawk
A-26 Invader
C-46 Commando
P-47 Thunderbolt
A-36 (Mustang)*
* The A-36 was an attack version of the P-51 Mustang.

C-47 Skytrain
P-51 Mustang
B-17 Flying Fortress
CG-4 Hadrian
P-61 Black Widow
B-24 Liberator
P-38 Lightning
P-80 Shooting Star
B-25 Mitchell
P-39 Airacobra

USN:
F4F Wildcat
SDB Dauntless
F6F Hellcat
TBF Avenger

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