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Originally Posted by John Dudek
I finally found the numbers I was looking for. Hap Arnold placed the re-armament of the Philippines on their number one priority list. It was decided that 165 B-17's and B-24's and 230 modern fighters be assigned to the Philippines by the end of 1942. This does not include all of the light, medium and dive bombers, torpedo planes, PBY Catalina flying boats, training, liason and transport aircraft that would naturally have to be sent to make up a well rounded air force. There were no appreciable numbers of aircraft sent to Europe during the last six months of 1941. Everything that could fly was sent either by boat or flown directly to the PI.
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Still wouldn't be close to 1,000 combat aircraft. And Hap Arnold may have been keen to get every aircraft possible to the the Philippines in 1941-42, but he wasn't the sole arbiter of that decision. He reported to the JCS and Roosevelt, both of which had concerns about supplying aircraft to the British and Soviets, as well as outfitting US forces elsewhere. Despite what you claim, the Philippines did NOT have top priority, with those who counted, for US aircraft production; that distinction went to the defense of the continental US.
I gather you've dropped your claims about the four US divisions, and 44 (or 45 subs, I forget now which)?