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       S3#58 Cats and Zekes - The Battle for Guadalcanal, Fall 1942. 
      
        
        
          | 
          IJN/IJAAF | 
          Turnout 
           | 
          SV  | 
          Role | 
          Aircraft |  
        
          |  JG2 | 
          1 | 
          - | 
          F | 
          A6M/Kate/Val | 
         
        
          | JG27  | 
          6 | 
          1 | 
          F | 
          A6M/Kate/Val |  
        
          | JG51 | 
          
             10  | 
          
             2  | 
          F | 
          
             A6M/Kate/Val  |  
        
          | Knights of Ni  | 
          6 | 
          1 | 
          B | 
          G4M2/Kate/Val | 
         
        
          | Tainan Kokutai
            
           | 
          6 | 
          1 | 
          F | 
          A6M/Kate/Val | 
         
        
          | 352nd FG/19 Sqd Duxford Wing
            
           | 
          18 | 
          3
            
           | 
          F | 
          A6M/Kate/Val | 
         
        
          | 401/417 RCAF
            
             | 
          4 | 
          1
            
             | 
          F | 
          A6M/Kate/Val | 
         
        
          | 416 RCAF
            
           | 
          12 | 
          2
            
           | 
          F | 
          A6M/Kate/Val | 
         
        
          | 475th FS | 
          3 | 
          1 | 
          F | 
          A6M/Kate/Val | 
         
        
          | Nomads(22nd,305th,550th,AG-8) 
            
           | 
          7 | 
          2 | 
          B | 
          G4M2/Kate/Val | 
         
        
          | Menacing Ferrets
            
           | 
          12 | 
          2 | 
          S | 
          G4M2/Kate/Val | 
         
        
          | Japanese Total 
             | 
          
            85 | 
          16 | 
           | 
          - |  
        
          | USN/USMC/USAAF | 
          Turnout  | 
          SV  | 
          Role | 
          Aircraft |  
        
          | 4th FG
  
             | 
          17 | 
          3 
             | 
          F | 
          F4F4/P400/SBD/TBD |  
        
          | TF17/100th FBG
            
            
             | 
          5 | 
          1
            
             | 
          F | 
          F4F4/P400/SBD/TBD | 
         
        
          | 31st FG
            
           | 
          23 | 
          4 | 
          F | 
          F4F4/P400/SBD/TBD | 
         
        
          | 69th
            
            Composite Group | 
          6 | 
          1 | 
          B | 
          B25C/B17F/SBD/TBD | 
         
        
          | VMF222 | 
          16 | 
          3 | 
          F | 
          F4F4/P400/SBD/TBD | 
         
        
          | 332nd FG
            
           | 
          9 | 
          2
            
           | 
          F | 
          F4F4/P400/SBD/TBD | 
         
        
          | Pale Horses
            
            /American Eagles  | 
          10 | 
          2 | 
          F | 
          F4F4/P400/SBD/TBD | 
         
        
          | Night Stalkers
            
             | 
          8 | 
          2
            
             | 
          S | 
          B25C/B17F/SBD/TBD | 
         
        
          | US Total 
             | 
          
            94 | 
          18 | 
          - | 
          - |  
        
          | Grand Total 
           | 
          179 | 
          36 | 
          - | 
        - |   
      
        - squad/squad = Composite Groups/Bomb 
        Groups where smaller squads with 1-4 pilots average turnout are attached 
        to a larger squad for planning purposes only.        
 - Turnout 
        # = 
        averages based upon last event, only those pilots that made 3 or more 
        frames are counted. 
        
 - SV = Step Value, relative 
        size of a squad(1 = 1-6, 2 = 7-12, 3 = 13-18, 4 = 19-24, 5 = 25+) 
        
 
        - A/C = squad assigned a/c, this may change as pilots upgrade in later 
        frames, reinforcements and/or losses. 
        
 - * = turnout changed due to 
        squad CO estimates 
  
      
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