Thread: What if the Japanese strike at Hickham and Pearl Harbor succeded but the one at Clark failed?
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Default Re: What if the Japanese strike at Hickham and Pearl Harbor succeded but the one at Clark failed?
Well certainly a better air warning system would have helped along with more modern AA The FEAF lost fully half of its 107 P-40s and 35 B-17s the first day due to Japanese attacks. IMO Though I think the system that Chennault used in China wouldnt have worked in the Philippines. The FEAF also lacked enough bases for proper dispersal of the fighters and bombers. Not to say also that they lacked the repair facilites and equipment to service the damaged aircraft. IMO it wasn't just the tactics that doomed the FEAF.
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