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EARLY ACCESS: Did Japan ever have a chance AGAINST US Carrier Aviation (Patreon)

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Enjoy your early access to the next video! Today I am talking about US Navy carrier aviation.

The Carrier Raids, the Battle of Midway, the Marianas Turkey Shoot -  none of these would have been possible without the US Navy's carriers, aircraft, and pilots. To sustain the fight against Japan however,  America had keep aircraft flying, a precariously neglected capability. With an unprecedented expansion of repair and maintenance facilities and  capacities, the USN helped set the stage for victory.

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- 25% OFF - Use code MILAVHIS to receive 25% OFF: https://www.usni.org/press/books My reading list: https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1959 The Carrier Raids, the Battle of Midway, the Marianas Turkey Shoot - none of these would have been possible without the US Navy's carriers, aircraft, and pilots. To sustain the fight against Japan however, America had keep aircraft flying, a precariously neglected capability. With an unprecedented expansion of repair and maintenance facilities and capacities, the USN helped set the stage for victory. - Check out my books - Ju 87 Stuka - http://stukabook.com STG-44 Assault Platoon - http://sturmzug.com German Panzer Company 1941 - http://www.hdv470-7.com/ Achtung Panzer? Zur Panzerwaffe der Wehrmacht - http://panzerkonferenz.de/ - Support - Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/MilAvHistory Channel Memberships: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmpahmxWXajV0-tuMMzSzAg/join PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/MilAvHis - Museum - Footage from the Museum of Flight, Seattle WA - Social Media - Twitter: https://twitter.com/MilAvHistory Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/milaviationhistory/ - Sources - Carter, Worrall (1952) Beans, Bullets, and Black Oil - The Story of Fleet Logistics Afloat in the Pacific During World, The Navy Department Library. Fisher, Stan (2023). Sustaining the Carrier War – The Deployment of U.S. Naval Air Power to the Pacific. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, ML. Hone, Thomas C. (2013) "Replacing Battleships with Aircraft Carriers in the Pacific in World War II," Naval War College Review: Vol. 66 : No. 1 , Article 6. - Timecodes - 00:00 - War in the Pacific 00:53 - Building a Force 02:41 - Hangar Queens 04:47 - Keep 'em Flying 08:51 - Naval Institute Press (Sponsored Segment) 09:26 - Maintenance on the Fly 12:24 - Sustaining Victory - Audio - Music and Sfx from Epidemic Sound

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Frank C

Finally, a topic I totally understand, aircraft maintenance. 1980's era Avionics guy here Chris. Helicopters and Harriers, yes, every system and component was stocked on the ship and full maintenance was possible. Yes, sometimes there was the hanger queen which existed for ordering parts against, though that was an exception. Back to WW2 and those ships that worked in pairs for repairing aircraft. If was not for this channel, I'd never known this, plus the disposable nature of carrier aircraft. Good topic,

O D

Thanks Chris. This is a topic that is so overlooked . When people count numbers of equipment, it really doesn't matter... if that machine can't fly or roll the day its needed ....it's pretty much useless. All vehicles need attention..But tracked vehicles and AC need it even more. That means they are not for cheapskates and lazy operators. We go gaga over Aces but they are like famous quarterbacks ...none of them won a game all by theirselves. But we don't make heros of our AC Maintenance men ....They are our real unsung heros ... A pilot can be awarded a Silver Star or a Navy Cross.. the other men on that AC ., the Gunner and Radio man ....no . , I am humbled by the courage of those Air Crews who flew into hostile skies, over an unforgiving Ocean ... everything wanting to kill you... so one had to be at the top of their game every moment to survive.. No offense to them... but many support people were needed to make a deadly Air Arm.

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Thanks, Frank! Glad that you found it interesting given your extensive personal experience with the subject!

MilAvHistory
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Thanks! I am really glad Stan Fisher wrote a book on this, it provides a fantastic “here go read this” reference on the subject. Huge help to understand and explore the topic

Nicholas Mew

I posted this on YT. As someone who works at an aircraft component overhaul center and having worked on landing gear overhauls and now on engine components, just seeing all the work needed to overhaul these components really drives home how intricate and important such advanced planned is. Gotta plan out the facilities, the tooling, the labor and so on. Just to overhaul things on time when they come in every ten years. Now imagine that for the armed forces on such a large scale at war.... truly mind boggling. Learned a lot from this video, truly the stuff never talked about. But the impact is obvious. Fantastic video Chris.

Anonymous

Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but if the US had built the B-36 and used radar bombing techniques to deliver anti ship mines against Japanese trade routes and coastal waters and incendiaries against cities, I wonder if both the SWPAC and central pacific island hopping campaigns could have been obviated. Even more effort could have been put into building long range patrol subs too.