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Info EDUARD 07/2023, Page 41
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BOXART STORY
American General Billy Mitchell told
Congress in 1935: “I believe that in the future,
whoever holds Alaska will hold the world.
I think it is the most important strategic place
in the world.” Because the Kuril Islands could
be invaded by Soviet troops with American
support, the Japanese command wanted
to make cooperation between the U.S. and
the USSR as difficult as possible if Stalin
entered the war against Japan. Therefore,
the Japanese command focused on the
Aleutian Islands, some of which they wanted
to conquer, to establish bases on, and then
attack American supply and military vessels.
The attack on the Aleutians and the landings
on Attu and Kiska in June 1942 were not an
action to divert attention from the attack on
Midway, as it is sometimes stated. It was
a strategically equivalent part of an invasion
operation that had northern and southern
objectives, with reserve forces operating
roughly halfway between the Aleutians and
Midway.
After the Japanese carriers sailed from the
Aleutians, the Tōkō Kōkūtai was tasked with
fighter cover for the invasion force. Among
other seaplanes it operated A6M2-N Rufe
fighters. The fighter unit began operations
in early July 1942, and was later detached to
form the 5th Kōkūtai, redesignated Kōkūtai
452 towards the end of the year.
The weather in the Aleutians is cool
and very changeable even in summer,
characterized by low clouds. American flying
boats and two- and four-engine bombers
soon began attacking Japanese forces.
Because of the low altitude, their raids
were not only covered by fighter escorts,
but were preceded within minutes by fighter
attacks against air defense positions. These
operations involved pilots of Lightnings,
Airacobras and also Curtiss P-40s of both the
US and Royal Canadian Air Forces.
Rufes were initially moored in the shallows
and maintenance was done in largely
improvised conditions on shore. A hangar
was later built on Kiska Island, but the Allies
meanwhile quickly built new airfields on the
Aleutians. While defending their bases, Rufe
pilots often fought against superior numbers,
but were also tasked with anti-submarine
patrols and attacks on Allied airfields. The
Rufe unit shot down fifteen aircraft certainly
and five probably from the summer of 1942
to March 1943. In less than eight months of
its combat deployment, it operated against
the enemy during sixty days, in many cases
conducting multiple actions in a single day.
Twelve Rufes and ten pilots were lost in aerial
combat. Another 23 Rufes in the Aleutians
were written off because of malfunctions and
weather.
Among their opponents were P-40 pilots
from the 11th FS, 343rd FG. In 1942, they
operated out of Fort Glenn on Umnak Island
and 11th FS was one of the units that faced
a raid by Japanese carrier planes during
the attack on Dutch Harbor. Initially, 11th FS
was armed with Curtiss P-40Es, which are
listed in its reports until August 1943. From
September 1942, it also used P-40Ks, and
after August 1943 unit´s airmen were flying
P-40Ns. While operating in extremely difficult
conditions, 11th FS airmen scored six victories
and eleven of them did not return from
combat. During World War II, nearly 100 more
11th FS aircraft were damaged or destroyed
due to accidents. In 1942, 11th FS was led by
Lt/Col John Stephen Chennault, son of the
legendary Flying Tigers commander. And
because the apple didn't fall far from the tree,
tiger-inspired paintings also appeared on the
noses of 11th FS Curtisses, but they were
more prominent than those of his father's
American Volunteer Group.
John S. Chennault, like his opponents, faced
extremely adverse conditions for combat. He
scored one Rufe seaplane on September 25,
1942. Both sides took pride in their ability to
accomplish combat missions in the Aleutian
area. After the war, Chennault commented in
a unit history, “As long as I live, there'll never
be another like the “We'll Be There” Squadron.
We went through so much and were so ill
prepared in everything but morale, but we
had that. The hardships the men had to put
up with and the manner which they accepted
them made you proud to be an American.”
John S. Chennault, who later served in the
Korean War, is buried next to his father in
Arlington Cemetery.
For more details on the Rufe and its
deployment to the Aleutian area, see the
April 2023 issue of INFO Eduard magazine.
Illustration: Marek Ryś
Frosty battlefield
Text: Jan Bobek
#82219
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