December 8, 1941: MacArthur's Pearl Harbor

Appendix A

A P P E N D I X A Japanese฀Naval฀Air฀Strength฀for฀the฀Philippines฀ Operation,฀December฀8,฀1941 Base฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀Unit฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ Number฀and฀Type฀of฀Aircraft Takao,฀Formosa ฀฀฀฀฀Takao฀Kōkūtai฀฀฀฀ 54฀Type฀1฀Attack฀Bombers฀(“Betty”)a ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀Kanoya฀Ko\ku\tai ฀ 27฀Type฀1฀Attack฀Bombers฀(“Betty”) ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀3d฀Kōkūtai฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ 45฀Type฀0฀Carrier฀Fighters฀฀(“Zero”) ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ 12฀Type฀96฀Carrier฀Fighters฀(“Claude”) ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ 7฀Type฀98฀Reconnaissance฀Planes฀(“Babs”)b ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ Tainan฀Kōkūtai฀฀฀ 9฀Type฀0฀Carrier฀Fighters฀(“Zero”)฀ ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀(detached) Tainan,฀Formosa ฀฀฀฀1st฀Kōkūtai ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ 27฀Type฀96฀Attack฀Bombers฀(“Nell”) ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ Tainan฀Kōkūtai฀฀฀ 36฀Type฀0฀Carrier฀Fighters฀฀(“Zero”) ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ 12฀Type฀96฀Carrier฀Fighters฀(“Claude”) ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ 6฀Type฀98฀Reconnaissance฀Aircraft฀(“Babs”) Palau฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀Toko฀Kōkūtai฀฀฀฀฀ 18฀Type฀97฀Flying฀Boats฀(“Mavis”) At฀Sea ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀Ryūjō฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ 12฀Type฀96฀Carrier฀Fighters฀(“Claude”) ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ 13฀Type฀97฀Carrier฀Attack฀Bombers฀฀ ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ ฀ ฀ (“Kate”) ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀Sanuki฀Maru฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ 20฀Type฀95฀Reconnaissance฀Seaplanes฀฀ ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ ฀ ฀ (“Dave”) ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ and฀Type฀0฀Observation฀Seaplanes฀(“Pete”) ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀Mizuhō฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ 20฀Type฀95฀Reconnaissance฀Seaplanes฀฀ ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ ฀ ฀ (“Dave”)฀ ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ and฀Type฀0฀Observation฀Seaplanes฀(“Pete”) ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀Chitose ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ 22฀Type฀95฀Reconnaissance฀Seaplanes฀฀ ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ ฀ ฀ (“Dave”) ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ and฀Type฀0฀Observation฀Seaplanes฀(“Pete”) Source:฀Ikuhiko฀Hata฀and฀Yasuho฀Izawa,฀Japanese฀Naval฀Aces฀and฀Fighter฀Units฀in฀World฀War฀II,฀ 123,฀132;฀Senshi฀Sōsho,฀vol.฀24,฀160,฀173;฀WDC฀160541. a Allied฀code฀names฀are฀given฀in฀parentheses฀for฀each฀aircraft฀type. b The฀Imperial฀Navy’s฀Type฀98฀reconnaissance฀plane฀(“Babs”)฀was฀the฀navy฀version฀of฀the฀ Imperial฀Army’s฀Type฀97฀reconnaissance฀plane฀with฀the฀same฀Allied฀code฀name. app฀A 4/2/03,฀1:07฀PM 425 ...