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1. Estimate of J apanese Air Force
2. Ta.ble. : 1. Estirla ted Iden1; ~ f1 ed ~ t r ength and Di
TI. Tent~t1ve apar.ese Ai , c r aft Co~bat Sep tember • 9~·4.
3. Charts: I. J. A. T'. Identifi ed Un ~ Strength.
II. Stre~gth of J. A.F. by Months. III . Strer>gth In JaI !:l.n~M8. r( ue~:aonln8 Are,l
by Months. IV. Stre _gth 1 Philh}plnct~-Java-Timor~
I nner Seas An~a by Ionthe.
v. Strength in Chi na. and Formosa by Honths.
4. Estll1lB.te of 1-1 nthly Pl'(;c uc t1 on
DISTRIE 'l'ION
ACt AS,
AC/AS, Intelll~ence
ChIef, OPD, wVGS
Deputy Chief (Air) . Theatr~ Group,
7. Directo r of Inte111~ence. '.as 8. Joint Intelligence Staff 9. Joint War Plans Commi t tee
10. Secretary of Air Staff _ 11. AAF School of Appli ed Tactics 12. B~lt18h Joint Statf ~4_.4 __
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ESTIMATE OF I OCTOBER '44JAPANE E AIR FORCE t~NI~MY CAI'\IIIL1 Il r,S S Ojo' I (JCII)II~;H I !I I I I. rll" .J . A.~'. lollS Inst !'hl> ('/tllllldllt,) for:
n. l.Ilr " " -s,',tI,-. suo.;t.alllf'd /t.:lloll .
h . o.;lrnlllt.I\IH>Ollo.; f\"rf>ns" or It.s fnn.lnr hIli••>,;, IIOW wlthlll rltll ,. "r I/llId hlts"01 nr ('ltrrl"r hils II or \ 1.11 ,,11 I I'd "I r '\ till (' ko.;.
" II,,· ,1.1\ .... rf> 1.11 Ills \, h(l ('ll(lIdd 111..1 rnr:-' II • '" rnf> r I "fI I 1.1 :; I r n n d" 1'" liS ,. fI" Iii "'" t
I II V1\" III" "I 1 I" d (\ I r 'I lid '1m pi II II If)" s f" r (' ,I S "II 1II''''r 1111(10.;, pr"vllIllI~ ,I'·f"IIo.;'·" III lI"pl." """
h. I.lmlt,,·d "rt"'II"I V" 0('1 Inll III ChIli" 1\ 11t1 IIlIrfRll ""lIdltioll"" hi r"'llllr"m'· lIl.s lI11d Inss"s on ot.h'·r rrollts.
\"ry wP 1lk d ... r,.ns lv .. r"lIctl,," Hf~ltlnsl. df\y l l~1I1. ,..Irlk,·o.; nil tI,,, tlnlllll, KII 7.1l II , fllld I r'lk I s I nllll".
(I. 'Inll'· rlll.'· - s('1t I ,. d,· r "I1'" ,. f\L(1I IllS I. HI r nl.tlt('ks '" Ih,· !llIrll "o.; .
:, . Ill" "/lpuhlll' I" " or tI,,, ,I . \. 1" . , h"o.;,'" ' II"H' Id"loI, lfl"oI ,.. r " II"1.1o III ""mh,,1 UIIII,.., "PI"'lIr
In h·· "" r I '"I" 1,1 1111PII I r"'1 II): tl. "hort.a tlp flf' Ild"III/,1.ft,.\ t. rHtfl(ld
p I 101.,, :
pi "ll!ll'II I :
1111.1
.1 \ ..... SI I ', I i III \\ 11 dISI'II';III/)'
I. II,,· ov r -," I sl.r"II"l.h of 111 I. II I r(' rll /'1..
TOTAL
UNIT
STRENGTH I..
2407
FIGHTERS
1961
BOMBERS
49'3 FL.PLAN'S
420 OTHERS
TOTALS281
DISPOSITION STRENGTHAREA ,'T"'NE 2 M• LINE TOTAL
JAPAN, KURllES.MANCHU~ CHINA'-. ADJACENT AREAS 8URMA,S~AM/MAl.AVA. SUM. s. w. PACI I='IC CENTRAL PACIFIC
TOTAL
18" 1250 306. 559 312 871
356 182 5J8 380 354 714
61 12 73 3181 2100 5281
MONrNI.Y CIfAN(;': IN TOm/. (/Nlr Sr~ENGrH - 5%
MONTHLV SEPT. WASTAGE P~OO.1105 COMBATFIGHTERS TVPES..42.5 8OM8EltJ
a75 OTHERS
ToTAL led! ~ MOSTLY FIGHrERS ~
I. ') lIrl,I" -;"pl"ml"r, tI'l' tlol' ,/,"''''. fot,ll lll'oI :/7 orr"lIslv'! 101 Slc,IIS, 1If'!! I I ~ I h I .· I II S ('!\ II' (n II I ~ :1 III ,Ill ~ I I ' t 10 I. ) , 1\ 1101 I ii milltlr 11,"1 1IlI'.Ior, ill"l'rn ,'tfv" IIII"rl'l'pf III"s . .J.\.I ' _ "flutlmt jlrr". ' t.IVI·'lfloSS rl'll(' 1,(0' t.1I .. low"~t. 1"v"1 of' tlo,' Wflr. I
:.! . III t.h" C"lItrlll 1"(I·lr l .· , til" """rn~ WII" rlrlv"l1 ('rolll 'd I ""Sf'S "X " ('I' I Iw" .ll nul 1111" C'IoII'101 , 111111\. III tI, ,, ,IIlIIIII I\nll.1I 1,,1"""",11"01 Irllk III Ih" ('nr·nllll"s. 1If. 1111 Ill' wlol('t, 011 1 ,11,,1.:"11 slr;',, !"I, WHS l'p tui'l"d . 11(' (",il.-" tn r'"Ut,t to, I ii,' 1"!I/lII 1/lllIlllIgs .
: • • In th(\ "'iOllthwl"\!'o.t Put·if'i." t"" "UPHI.""'; str"lIl'tI, III till' 1'10111 1' 1'111" I s l llllols WIIS vll""I1 I I)
1I11I1I1,II"f"", mllstl) fill Ut I' I!; r""1 111 lois 'nll .lor 1>1\lIt with lhl' nlllv", Ih('''n m) will pro!,1Ihl) ~1I\lntl\ III hi., "tr"II"Lh III llop. I10n
III, 1\l\l,all. a ll" Irlll.: 1,-Oll
"tilllt" lis PlIl'm> I" wltildrawlll" r r orn tI'l> lI(>arh) lIort 1I"rll C"l,,",>s to 1.111> ort. .. ,Ior ll"o a TIl I ';ollthf>I\.,I" rll r"lf'h(lS IIrI'IIS .
7. III Cellfral 1\1It! ..,nllft. 1'111111, ti," "II"rn) will "011111"'" ml"\t·rll f ,,-.,r,tl,, "['r"lIslv,, /If/pril l. I () II" n ,!o IIIsIn II r r (l r HI r d 1\ I r 10 (I S "", ., po r 1\ tI I (' II II! It I II t. t'lf' ks 1\ /!II IllS I r 10"'\11 f" hn.,,, s . II lid
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Estimated Rate ProJc8cted Bate JanUS" 1944 tp JU;17 J.94.4
Regonnahlse (SIll) l~yrt o 5
II Juq See under JudT diTe bomber
If Jake 40 20
It Glen l~o information 110 information
If Norm 5 10
II Paul 5 00
II Pete 45 45
(TE) IrT1ng See under I rTlng fighter
Total 95 100
FInK Boat!
(4lC) Emil;r 12 8 0
Emily 22 o 8" ( fE) Cherry 5 0
Special Reece J'.B .-Jl --R"
TgtAl 13 13
TOTALS 858 1068· ,
~AIR S1I1RVICE
'Fighters
(SE) Oscar 2 140 220
II Frank 5 50
n ToJo 2 50 50
11 1'0 117 75 100
.. Bob 10 25
II Steve 10 26
" Pat o 6
(T.iI!) Nick 25 A Total ~15 600
Bombere
(~IE) Lily 2 40 )--- 40
If 2-engined dl~ bombef o L__II 58.117 20
" Medium bomber (MitBublehl) 10 )
n Helen 2 25 o
It . Helen 3 o 40
U }fea.T)" bomber (Nakajima) J ~
!2h1 95 115
- 5
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l.~ ~~ • • -1
: ~14
P:a. ;', • ESTI!UTED ID];NTIFIED STRENGTH A.a."lD »1 SPOSITION OF JAPANESE AI R FORCE AS or 1 OCTOBER 1944
" !Ql!: Strength elt1m3te. sre divided into "firet ltneN Rnd R.econd 1inew• The division ie made in au attempt to give a more accurate picture of the effectiveness of the Japanese Air Force. It wal suggested by the obviou. dllparl t7 in recent monthll between the nume.rical Itrength ,hOWD by the eeti!natel. and the actual ecal. and quality of tha Japanele air effort. Included in FIRST LINE AIR STRENGTH are: (1) Onerational unitl equipped with new t1Pe planee; (2) Operational units in rear areae which have been organized for at leaet three monthe and are est1mated to have completed Iquadron training, and all other unit. a. to which there 18 no lubs'a ttal evidenee that they are not fint 11ne. Included in SECOND LI~1E AIR STRENG'tH are aircraft e ·.J timated to be in the follOwing un!h: (1) Local patrol, convoy escort, anti-submarine i (2) Recently formed and not y • . ~ reaci7 for combat; (3) Reformin« and refitting. (4) .Equi"9ped with obsolete planes.
I'lGHTEP.s
let 2nd (2nd lat Ltne Line L1ne) Li ne
50 46 33 -( - 33) (I 46) ( 0) ( - 31)
956 243 172 74 (/-200) ( - 168) ( - 20) ( ~ 16)
25 -- - -(- 11) ( 0) ( 0) ( 6)
96 - 6 54 (./. 96) (- 64) ( 0) ( 9)
270 - 28 27 ll. Indo-China (I 24) (I. 35) \ (I 6) ( 0) (f 28) ( 0) (- 32)
ForJllo.a-B,yuk;yue I13 I!J ~~{ n
42 130 (f 1) (- d)
l . ........ ~
149 60 ( 9) ( (J. 12)
- 1 -
- 27 ( n) ( 1)
BOHBERS
ZO.NJij lIt
7..1no ~-----------------~-
Kurl1e.-Bckkaido-Karaf to-No Honc hu (
24 1 4)
Japan 571 ( 1203)
:Bonine-Marcul (I
21 3)
Mancln1rla-Korea (
-0)
Chlna-Hainan 76
2nd Ltne
115 ( ~ 19)
643 (I 24)
( -
3)
( -
0)
72
2nd Line
39 ({ 25)
56 ( - 1)
2 (- 4)
9 f_ 6)
27
lilt Line
74 (-178)
1601 ( 1387)
46
TOTALS 2nd Line
233
(.I. 52)
1012
(-166)
2 (- 14) (- 7)
150 15 (I- 87) (- 64)
373 100 (I. 90) (I 4)
191 217 C- A) (- 20)
ZON "I CHARGE
Area
307 ( -126) (-126)
2613 ( f221) ( ~221)
48 (- 21) ( - 21)
165 (f 23) (~ 23)
473 (/. 94) (I- 94)
(- 28) (- 28)
408
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TABU£ I (Continued)
FLOAT BOMBEBS PLARES!'lGB'l'ERS OTHERS TOTALS ZOrn:
CHA~!GEZONE 2nd 2nd (2ndlit let 2nd 2ndlet18' Line Line Line) LineLine Line Line Line Line Area
Burma-Thalland 34 99 249 15"1 (f 16)(I
20 5)
4 3~ 190 ( . 0)S. Indo-eMu (I 2) (f 10) ( 0) (f 32)(I 20) (- 21) (f 16)(- 16)
l-~ala.Ya-SWDatra 67 182 73 (.t 20)12 4 194 144 ~3e An
- , " OCTOBER 1944 . - -
JA.F. IDENTIFIED·UNIT STRENGTH FIRST LINE SECOND LINE
FIGHTERS 2089 318 BOMBERS 868 1093 OTHERS 224 689 913
TOTALS 3181 2100 S281 f -- \
" I
'\ " MONGOL\A'-"---- .. ,-,.-
CH\NA
\ , \
NOTE TV LINE 5TREN
.... --- .5600 1800 - - - --- . . 5600 [
5400 1600 · - - - -
5200 • 1" ••• - _ _I ~OO- - - .
r------------+----------------------------r~ /400 1
1943 1944
5800
LINE STREN 1 1943 BOMBERS 1944
VA" flO.U'" "" OM , •• " M'Y JUNE JULY 'U'U~T )("I~_ 0(10'1k MOY'"'" 9H'MlH JAIlUNl\' " ..lIMY MAAr" ~'Rll HAY JU.( JULY AlJc.u~, l!PT£H8U O(JO&{R IOVlHDlR DHEH6U-"'J' ,4" II 4 " 16lH " IUS I e 1'122' 6 "U 1I J 10 1114 I 8 IHal' ~ 11 I' 2. 1 9 "" 10 , .. II " '4 " III U I • II It » IS "" I' Ill' L , II U ~. " 10 U 4 " 1111 , e u u n 6 IHO" , 10 " 14" , I~ .. UI • ,.. " to l 9 "IJ" , 14 Zl 282200~200 ____---------L~~_L~~~~----~~-~ 21000 ----
.J...--.;.....-----------j--1/800· . - - -------------------------~r-~
--~-------~~1600 , ---_. --- -
'000
4600
4C{)0
. -------.--------~~------------, "200 -'._-
"'....,-, 4 000
3600, .. - - - J800'.- - . _.------ ~~--~-------- -- .
. , - .. - -----~-:-+--'--- -- . --t--""-'-------------_ _._____
• ..J 3600 " ---
lZoo· J400 ~
... - - . - ~ - .--- - . . . - . . :5200 t - . ._-- _.,- --i-- ---- - . _-,____ t .. . . ... .. . .... . .- . - ..... -2aOO -. - - - , 3000 , I , . • • • • • - ... • • t . - -
2600 , ,
- , - - - . --- ------...........j
, - --_._----1 2600. . 2400
2200
2000
1200 --------------~----------~----------------------L-----------~----------~--------------~----~--~120a
FIGHTERS 800 ..
600
400
2.200 · -.
2000 ----- • .. .
1800 .
'600· . . -
1-----. • ,
OTHERS
- - --- - -; ----------·....:..... -----t------i2.BOO
~--~~~----------~2600
--....1...--- - ----12400
--------------------~2Z00
------------------1.2~
,- --- . . ----·------------ --1 1800
-----4---.-----------------~1600
-~-----+~~~------~----------41400
",, loJ.'l
800
600
-- -
,.,, 1 2600
) 2500,~ -
... .
-. II, . I \ I It
T r300~ t- r
- . . . I ,
• N - r- - , - --- - , - .- -- .. - - - - ,- - - ..,-
I
I ~ -... u.£~ ~ I -
I lit.- -- - I
JAPAN, BONIN, MARCUS· ~ TOTAL AIRCRAFT STRENGTH \
V. ~ 1500 \)
1400
J~
1300
I(I \,1200 " r (
1100
tr,
. ~ 1000
\ V-\ A900 , • I i\J" \.. I800 ~'\'/Ir\ J I700 , 'f'
J~,I'600 Y 500
400
,___..300
.l. After 15 May 1~3, graph does not include &1reratt In the Kuriles. I 200 r
·2. After 7 Aucuat 1~3, graph does not include &1reraft In the KurUea, HoIdaUdo or Karatuto.
100 l-I ,-,- , r 1 I r 1 I L "r-l', I'"
o NOV DEC. IMI ,...2
SfP. OCT.MAY MAR. APR. MAY JUN. JUL.AUG. SEP. OCT. SfP. FEB.JUN. JUL. AUG.NOV. DEC'J.IAIiI__ 1 FU. IIWl AI'flDEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. APR. MAY JUN. IJUL. OCT. NOV. DEC. JAN. 19......." ... -
ISOO
18('(
1100
I ~ C,O
I;) ,c,
I I CO
.:: 00
ero
co
5 0
4- 0
3 ('
z. c
I 1'\
o
JAVA, PHILIPPINES, TIMOR, INNER SEAS *
TOTAL AIRCRAFT STRENGTH
,I
1500
1400
IJOO
1200
1100
1000
900
BOO
700
600
500
400
JOO
200
100
0 DEC 1941
" ., ~~ 1\ h..., rJ~ ~ A ~ JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NCN DEC JA N FEB 1942 19 4J
I
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... J'... l/~
~ I--1\ IA .A ....
y '"P
,*1
MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN 19 44
~
J ~
/1 // _ .-1 ,1l •
" • , I, •, " , ,
.. •'-' I ~ l J~ , ,
J IV , I,
• I
I
~ .... Ie .,....
..-" FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG. SEP OCT. NCN DEC. °1. PrIOr to d J ~nuary 191111, joe~ not IncluJ" JW1 or tlli" PnlllDDlne t ~hnj~ .
0°2. After ;3 January 191111, Pnlilool ne strenwlli IncluJeJ III are~ l onl, 'n~ a so ~h n separately oy jo tteJ line. .
I~OO
1400
1300
1200
II 00
1000
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
o
CHINA AND FORMOSA
AIRCRAFT STRENGTH
CHI ~" ..,.---.. ......~
~......~-. .. FOR. ~OS ~
, .. • • r-
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG 5EP OCT NOV DEC 1944 1945 1946
S!:Qtember 1944 l'robab17
TY;P88 II./C Destroyed Deitroled DamMed
Fighters 176 50 111
Bombers 35 2 1
Others 14 1 21
UnU.enUfied· 1Q§! .JAl i7 ~l()TAL 1286 a14 180
• Primarily fighter. and bombers. Of ~he above aircraft reported destr07ed in air combat or on the
ground, a total of 1155 were destroyed in the South and Southwest PacifiC, 60 in the Central Pacific and Bonini, and 71 in the ABiat1c Theater.
~'/altage of tbe J .A. "F. during September, or lOO~ of eneDIT aircraft claimed deltroyed in combat operations, plua non-combat 101.e8 of 5~ of ave~ ~onthly operational strength, 18 estimated to have totalled 1554 combat aircraft. If non-combat attrition 1s estimated at 8~ instead of 5~ of ave~e monthly operational stren«th, which may prove to be a more accurate fieure, total Se~t ber wastage would amount to 1714 combat aircraft. .
Final fl«nret on eneaT aircraft lo••e. for AuguFt, nov available, increa.e the tentative figures given in last month's re~ort b7 46 fl~hterl, 7 bomberl, and 37 unidentified types. d.ltro7ed; 17 fighters ~d 4 bomber., probab17 destroy d; and 4 fl~bt~ and 36 unidentified iTPea. damaged. In AU«U8t. an official total of ~47 aircraft were reported deltr07ed. 114 probab1)" deatr07ed. and 203 damaged. Tbns. the ene~ts total wastage in August on the basis of the !ormul~ etated aboTe, val 620 aircraft (if the 5% non-combat lOIS basis is ueed). and 783 (on the 8~ basis), instead of the tentative correrpondlng ficures of 529 and 693 aircraft re~orted lal\ month.
PRODUCTION. The current e.t1mated Japanese monthly production ot combat aircraft i8 unchanged from the total of 1803, given last month for 1 July 1944 productIon. A small amount of additional evidence since the 1 July 1944 estimate has COMe to hand. but it hae not been tal17 ae •••eed al yet, and ~oee not appear to v~r.y prior fIgures. The esti mate. reported last month, therefore, remain val1d and are here\11 th repef~ted.
NAVY AIR SERVICE
:fighterl (SE) :teke 21
Zeke 52 (Nakajima)" II Zeke 52 (Mlteubhht)
" S&.II n Jack Geor~" II Luke
( TE) IrTlng
Total
righ~!r Se~ulABel (Sil) B.u:f'e
II 'Res TotAl
TOGedo Bomber! (SE) Kate
It Jill .. Gra.ce
( TE) Fre.ncel
Total
Dlve Bombe!:! (SE) Val (or Succes8or)
It Judy Total
.Bombe!:1 (1'E) Betty 11
II :aetty 22, 25, & 34 (4E) Liz
It Hi tsubl aM bomber (new) T,2t§:l
l!eUmated Rate Jap%17 1944
FroJected Rate to JU11 1944
240 0
140 0
25 20
0 25
450
o 240 165 40 50 50 25
A 605
15 .JQ
25
15 25 40
23 48 0 ~
91
o 50 20
jq 110
57 JL 132
60 ~ 135
35 12
5 -.-Q
52
o 55
5 ~
65
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