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Appendix B
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A P P E N D I X B JapaneseArmyAirStrengthforthePhilippines Operation,Formosa,December8,1941 BaseUnit NumberandTypeofAircraft Heito 24thSentai 12Type97Fighters(“Nate”)a 52dDokoritsuChūtai 9Type97CommandReconnaissance Planes(“Babs”)b 74thDokoritsuChūtai12Type98DirectCooperationPlanes (“Ida”) 76thDokoritsuChūtai9Type97HeadquartersReconnaissance Planes(“Babs”) Choshu 14thSentai 27Type97HeavyBombers(“Sally”) 24thSentai 24Type97Fighters(“Nate”) Kato8thSentai27Type99Twin-engineLightBombers (“Lily”) 9Type97CommandReconnaissance Planes(“Babs”) 16thSentai 27Type97LightBombers(“Ann”) Koshun50thSentai 36Type97Fighters(“Nate”) Source: HeadquartersArmy Forces Far East, Military History Section,“PhilippinesAir OperationsRecord:PhaseOne,”JapaneseMonographno.11,8;KoichiShimada,“The OpeningAirOffensiveagainstthePhilippines,”chap.3inDavidC.Evans,ed.,TheJapanese NavyinWorldWarII,79–80(ascorrected);TakushiroHattori,TheCompleteHistoryofthe GreaterEastAsiaWar,2:31. a Alliedcodenamesaregiveninparenthesesforeachaircrafttype. b TheImperialNavy’sType97reconnaissanceplane(“Babs”)wasthearmyversionofthe ImperialNavy’sType97reconnaissanceplanewiththesameAlliedcodename. appB 4/2/03,1:07PM 426 ...