American Aircraft

The Americans were caught by surprise at Pearl Harbor,but,one cannot say that they weren't prepared.They had the aircraft that would win the war already in development and there was an economic basis to create a powerful war machine.Even Admiral Yamamoto know the if Japanese declared war on the U.S.,that sooner or later,American industry would create so much material that it would overwhelem them.The Americans had some of the greatest aircraft in history,like the P-51 Mustang and the F4U Corsair.

List of American Air Forces in the Pacific

Naval Aircraft
Carrier and Land-Based Fighters
Brewster F2A Buffalo	Grumman F4F Wildcat	Chance-Vought F4U/F3A/FG Corsair	Grumman F6F Hellcat
Carrier Based Bombers
Douglas SBD Dauntless		Curtiss SB2C Helldiver
Torpedo Bombers
Douglas TBD Devestator		Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger
Army Aircraft
Fighters
Bell P-39 Airacobra	Curtiss P-40 Warhawk	Lockheed P-38 Lightning	Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
North American P-51 Mustang		Northrop P-61 Black Widow
Heavy Bombers
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress	Consolidated B-24 Liberator	Boeing B-29 Superfortress	Consolidated-Vultee B-32 Dominator
Medium Bombers
North American B-25 Mitchell		Martin B-26 Marauder
Attack Bombers
Douglas A-20 Havoc	Douglas A-26 Invader		Lockheed A-28/29 Hudson

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