Modern
American Corps Support

late 1950-53 Korea

List A29M

by Mark Bevis

1. Corps Support

Up to:

    12 Fighter-Bomber Flights@ 4x P-51D or P-51H Mustang
    8 Fighter-Bomber Flights@ 4x F-80C Shooting Star or F-84E Thunderjet
    3 Squadrons@ 1Ox B-29 Superfortress, pre-planned mission only
    2 Squadrons@ 12x B-26G Marauder bombers
    3 Night-Fighter Flights@ 5x F-82G Twin Mustang or F-7F2N Tigercat or F-94A Starfire or F4U-5N Corsair
    4 Fighter-Bomber Flights@ 4x F-84D Thunderjet
    3 Bomber Flights@ 4x A-26B Invader
    4 Fighter Flights@ 4x F-86A or F-86E or F-86F Sabre
    4 RAAF Flights@ 4x F8 Meteors (mid 1951+)
    3 SAAF Flights@ 6x P-51D Mustang (up to Dec'52)
    6 RN Flights@ 4x Firefly F1A or AS5
    6 RN Flights@ 4x Sea Fury FB11 or Seafire 47
    8 USN Flights@ 6x F4U-5 Corsair or AD-1 or AD-5 Skyraider
    4 USN Flights@ 4x F9F-2 Panther or F2H-2 Banshee or F3D-1 Skynight
    3 USN Rescue Flights@ 2x HUP-1 Retreiver ?
    6 Air Liaison Teams in Jeeps or T-6 Havard

    1 Artillery Battalion:

      BHQ: 6 Carbine sqds, 8 lorries
      3 batteries@ 4x M40, 1x M3 H/T

    1 Artillery Battalion:

      BHQ: 6 Carbine sqds, 8 lorries
      3 batteries@ 4x 155mm M114, 4x M4 HST, radio van

    1 AA Battalion:

      BHQ: 4 rifle sqds, 4 lorries
      4 batteries@ 4x 90mm M118, 4 lorries

    6 Liaison Sections@ 2x R-5F (S-51) helicopters
    16x LST
    3 Naval Batteries@ 3x 16" guns
    3 RN Naval Batteries@ 3x 6" guns
    1 RN Naval Battery: 4x 4.5" Dual Purpose guns
    1 RN Naval Battery: 4 or 6x 4" guns
    6 Naval Batteries@ 3x 8" guns
    10 Naval Batteries@ 2x 5" guns

    6 Engineer Companies@

      CHQ: 2(8 man) rifle sqds
      3 platoons@ 3(12 man) rifle/engineer sqds, 1 BAR, 1x 2.36" bazooka

    6 Pioneer Companies@ 200 unarmed Koreans, 4 US Carbine/Pioneer sqds

    1 Artillery Battalion:

      BHQ: 6 Carbine sqds, 8 lorries
      3 batteries@ 4x M43, 1x M3 H/T

    3 AA Companies@

      CHQ: 2 rifle sqds, 2x M3 H/T
      4 platoons@ 4x M16

    1 Ranger Company:

      CHQ: M5 man) rifle/SMG sqd
      3 platoons@ 2(12 man) rifle/SMG sqds, 4 LMG, 2x 60mm M19, 2x 2.36" bazooka, 2 flameguns

    1 British RM Commando Company:

      CHQ: 2 rifle/SMG sqds
      4 Troops@ 5 rifle/SMG sqds, 10 LMG, demo charges
      1 Troop: 2 MMG, 2x 81mm M1 mortars, in W5 man) SMG sqd

    1 Artillery Battalion:

      BHQ: 6 Carbine sqds, 8 lorries (mid'51+)
      3 batteries@ 4x 240mm guns, 4x M6 HST, radio van

    1 British Armoured Squadron: (Jan'51 only)

      SHQ: 3x Churchill VII, 1x Churchill ARV Mk2, 1x Churchill AVLB, 1x Daimler S/C
      4 Troops@ 3x Churchill VII

2. Notes

    a) Radios are in all AFV and other PHOs.
    b) Infantry have no A/T grenades.
    c) Details are provisional.
    d) USN aircraft may have HEAT warheads on 5" rockets from Aug'50.
    e) If Air Liaison Team is available, then 1 flight of fighter­ bombers is on call every 15 minutes.
    f) Note inservice dates of: F-84E(Oct'51); F-94A & F-86E(Dec,51); F86F(Jul'52); and AD-5 Skyraider(1952).


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