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 __

http:Estll1lB.te

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Instructors ea 'in~

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Name ___~~----------- Date ~t2___(}d

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

1

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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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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