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Originally Posted by Devilsadvocate
BTW, Where do your numbers come from? I know of no plans to send US armored divisions to the PI. And given US aircraft production in 1941-42, 1,000 aircraft in the PI seems very optimistic. And the Navy was NOT committed to reinforcing the Asiatic Fleet with anything beyond the dozen modern subs sent in the fall of 1941, so where do the additional 15 subs come from?
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"By March of 1942, the War Department planned to have 165 heavy bombers and 240 fighters based in the Philippines. The 7th Bombardment Group (H) staged in California and B-17s of its 38th and 88th Reconnaissance Squadrons were en route when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor" Taken from wiki.
That's just over 400 aircraft scheduled for delivery in March alone. Add six months to the equation and you wouldn't be far from the over all total.