by ADM » Fri Feb 21, 2014 8:29 am
Hi, ren� and thank you for giving your opinion, you don't have all the informations about CVE air wings and I'm glad to complete your knowledge, you can really mix any planes on a CVE, The USS Santee for example, during "Torch" operation on October 25, 1942 (part of Task Group 34.2) was loaded with VGF-29 (12 Wildcat, 9 TBM Avengers and 9 SBD Dauntless). Dauntless were frenquetly used with Avengers aboards many CVE.
The Helldiver was supposed to replace the Dauntless but the Dauntless remained in operation until the end of the war, mostly land based or aboard CVE.
The USS Kasaan Bay (CVE-69) was loaded in 1943 with composite squadron 69 (FM2 and Avenger), in 1944 with Fighting squadron 74 (F6F-5 Hellcat) and composite squadron 72 (FM2 and Avengers) in 1945. So you see, air wings were often moved from one carrier to another, like this one :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier_Air_Wing_Seventeen
Carrier Air Group Seventeen (CVG-17) was established as CVG-82 on 1 April 1944 during World War II and was assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Bennington (CV-20). CVG-82 consisted of Fighting Squadron 82, flying the Grumman F6F Hellcat, Bombing Squadron 82 (Curtiss SB2C Helldiver), Torpedo Squadron 82 (Grumman TBM Avenger) and the two USMC fighter squadrons VMF-112 and VMF-123 (Vought F4U Corsair). After training on the U.S. East Coast, Bennington reached the U.S. 5th Fleet on 7 February 1945. Nine days later. CVG-82 attacked targets in the Tokyo area, mainly the airfields at Nachijo Jima, Nanpo Shoto, Mikatagahara, and Hamamatsu. From 20 to 22 February, the wing supported the landings on Iwo Jima. This was followed by attacks on targets in the Japanese Inland Sea and on Okinawa in March. On 7 April, aircraft from CVG-82 participated in the sinking of the batleship Yamato. The Air Group then supported U.S. troops on Okinawa until June. On 17 June 1945, CVG-82 was replaced aboard Bennington by CVG-1, and was transported to the US aboard USS White Plains (CVE-66). During its deployment, CVG-82 was credited with the destruction of 167 Japanese aircraft in the air and 220 on the ground. However, CVG-82 lost 40 pilots and 13 crewmembers, 25% of its regular strength.[4]
CVE 56 USS Liscome Bay loaded with Dauntlesses, TBF Avengers and F4F Wildcat
And when it's about conveying plane you can add seaplane, army planes, heavy bombers and anything you want, see all the photos on Navsource website, you will be surprised.
Yes, I've really done my CVE in 20 month, it was a really hard work, thank you for your appreciation.
Hi, ren� and thank you for giving your opinion, you don't have all the informations about CVE air wings and I'm glad to complete your knowledge, you can really mix any planes on a CVE, The USS Santee for example, during "Torch" operation on October 25, 1942 (part of Task Group 34.2) was loaded with VGF-29 (12 Wildcat, 9 TBM Avengers and 9 SBD Dauntless). Dauntless were frenquetly used with Avengers aboards many CVE.
The Helldiver was supposed to replace the Dauntless but the Dauntless remained in operation until the end of the war, mostly land based or aboard CVE.
The USS Kasaan Bay (CVE-69) was loaded in 1943 with composite squadron 69 (FM2 and Avenger), in 1944 with Fighting squadron 74 (F6F-5 Hellcat) and composite squadron 72 (FM2 and Avengers) in 1945. So you see, air wings were often moved from one carrier to another, like this one :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier_Air_Wing_Seventeen
Carrier Air Group Seventeen (CVG-17) was established as CVG-82 on 1 April 1944 during World War II and was assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Bennington (CV-20). CVG-82 consisted of Fighting Squadron 82, flying the Grumman F6F Hellcat, Bombing Squadron 82 (Curtiss SB2C Helldiver), Torpedo Squadron 82 (Grumman TBM Avenger) and the two USMC fighter squadrons VMF-112 and VMF-123 (Vought F4U Corsair). After training on the U.S. East Coast, Bennington reached the U.S. 5th Fleet on 7 February 1945. Nine days later. CVG-82 attacked targets in the Tokyo area, mainly the airfields at Nachijo Jima, Nanpo Shoto, Mikatagahara, and Hamamatsu. From 20 to 22 February, the wing supported the landings on Iwo Jima. This was followed by attacks on targets in the Japanese Inland Sea and on Okinawa in March. On 7 April, aircraft from CVG-82 participated in the sinking of the batleship Yamato. The Air Group then supported U.S. troops on Okinawa until June. On 17 June 1945, CVG-82 was replaced aboard Bennington by CVG-1, and was transported to the US aboard USS White Plains (CVE-66). During its deployment, CVG-82 was credited with the destruction of 167 Japanese aircraft in the air and 220 on the ground. However, CVG-82 lost 40 pilots and 13 crewmembers, 25% of its regular strength.[4]
CVE 56 USS Liscome Bay loaded with Dauntlesses, TBF Avengers and F4F Wildcat
[img]http://imageshack.com/a/img22/2460/1r3z.jpg[/img]
And when it's about conveying plane you can add seaplane, army planes, heavy bombers and anything you want, see all the photos on Navsource website, you will be surprised.
Yes, I've really done my CVE in 20 month, it was a really hard work, thank you for your appreciation.