world war2 air war quizz

[Soviet Ace]

Originally Posted by FOZ_1983

From what i can gather the USS Essex was covering the leyte landing and did have hellcats. The MAJORITY of taffy 3 was made of of wildcats and avengers, but not all of it

i have to stop here though because i REALLY dont know that much about it because its not my thing. Only what ive seen on tv and in a few books. Someone else is better discussing this one.

The Hellcats, were used as a cover. Since the Japanese didn't have many fighters at Leyte (5 total maybe!?), the Hellcats never saw action. Just wanna clarify that. The air battle that took place at Leyte Gulf was the Battle off Samar between FM2 Wildcats, and the Japanese Battleships.

Seriously FOZ, if you want to know more about Leyte. Read "The Last of the Tin Can Sailors". It's all about Samar, and Leyte.

[haitch40]

Originally Posted by Soviet Ace

The Hellcats, were used as a cover. Since the Japanese didn't have many fighters at Leyte (5 total maybe!?), the Hellcats never saw action. Just wanna clarify that. The air battle that took place at Leyte Gulf was the Battle off Samar between FM2 Wildcats, and the Japanese Battleships.

Seriously FOZ, if you want to know more about Leyte. Read "The Last of the Tin Can Sailors". It's all about Samar, and Leyte.

the battle of the samar sea had the standoff between Taffy 3 and the Yamato task force didnt it? the guys on the USS Jonston (thats spelt wrong aint it?) were true heroes.

[FOZ_1983]

Originally Posted by haitch40

the battle of the samar sea had the standoff between Taffy 3 and the Yamato task force didnt it? the guys on the USS Jonston (thats spelt wrong aint it?) were true heroes.

yup sure did. I know little about all this theatre which is why i dont really know if it was the hellcat/wildcat.

But taffy 3 was extremely heroic. The USS Johnston did an incredible job along with the USS Samuel B Roberts(??) in causing mayhem and damage to the japanese fleet.

[haitch40]

Originally Posted by FOZ_1983

yup sure did. I know little about all this theatre which is why i dont really know if it was the hellcat/wildcat.

But taffy 3 was extremely heroic. The USS Johnston did an incredible job along with the USS Samuel B Roberts(??) in causing mayhem and damage to the japanese fleet.

yeh oh by the way i know tones on the pacific theatre so much that i know the japs coulda won the war if not for a few morons at midway

[FOZ_1983]

To be honest i dont think Japan would ever of won the war in the pacific, they would of just dragged it out for a few more years maybe? In the end resources and materials ran out and in america they didnt. From start to finish Japan was on borrowed time.

A very commited enemy though and loyal to the emperor of japan. A nasty enemy to go up against, very determined.

[olife]

thanks to participate guys
it is very very good to see people who loves world war2 planes!
thanks a lot guys and exuse me for my bad english(ah!!the frenchies!!!)
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[Voyager]

Originally Posted by Soviet Ace

The Hellcats, were used as a cover. Since the Japanese didn't have many fighters at Leyte (5 total maybe!?), the Hellcats never saw action. Just wanna clarify that. The air battle that took place at Leyte Gulf was the Battle off Samar between FM2 Wildcats, and the Japanese Battleships.

Seriously FOZ, if you want to know more about Leyte. Read "The Last of the Tin Can Sailors". It's all about Samar, and Leyte.

So if I'm following all of this, it sounds like McCampbell was stationed on one of the fleet carriers that didn't actually get to do much during the main Battle of Leyte Gulf. However, from the Wiki article it is clear that he was flying Hellcats during at least the Battle of Sibuyan Sea (24 Oct):

Originally Posted by Wikipedia

Most of the attacking Japanese planes were intercepted and shot down or driven off by Hellcats of Sherman's combat air patrol, most notably by two fighter sections from Essex led by Commander David McCampbell (who is credited with shooting down nine of the attacking planes in this one action).

Looking further at the Wiki article on the battle, it does indeed seem that the Essex was in the force Halsey took north, not in the 7th Fleet. So, overall, McCampbell flew Hellcats at the Battle of Leyte Gulf, but he did not participate in the central action of the battle, the Battle of Samar.

That was tangled.

[FOZ_1983]

erm... so who was right? im confused!