Hours Flown
Sorties Flown |
3667 |
Total Hours |
15,087 |
Combat Sorties |
3444 |
F6F Hours |
14,250 |
Others |
223 |
F6F(N) Hours |
837 |
Aircraft Destroyed or Damaged
Planes destroyed in the air |
168 |
Probably destroyed in the air
|
5 |
Planes damaged in the air
|
3 |
* Planes destroyed on the ground
|
60 |
* Probably destroyed on the
ground
|
13 |
* Planes damaged on the ground
|
67 |
* Figures are necessarily conservative as damage inflicted
when airburst fuzing was used was mainly inacessable.
Installations
Installations |
Destroyed |
Damaged |
| Aircraft Hangers |
6 |
26 |
| Headquarters - Barracks
Areas |
|
15 |
| Fuel Dumps |
5 |
|
| Factories -
Warehouses |
|
38 |
| Railroad Yards and
Facilities |
|
2 |
| Open Mine and Facilities |
1 |
|
| Midget Submarine Pens |
2 |
4 |
| Bridges |
3 |
|
| Dock areas |
|
3 |
| Radio - Radar Stations |
|
5 |
| Locomotives |
2 |
|
| Miscellaneous severe damage to
innumerable beach defenses, gun emplacements, AA positions and fortified
caves during "Operation IceBerg" Okinawa offensive. |
Shipping
Participated in the sinking
or damaging of:
265,000 tons - combat vessels
77,000 tons - merchant shipping
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