Aircraft at Pearl Harbor
7 December 1941
USAAC: Hawaiian Air Force (7th AF)
Hickam Air Base
33 Douglas B-18 Bolo 2-engine standard bomber, 1936
12 Boeing B-17D Flying Fortress 4-engine heavy bomber, 1939
13 Douglas A-20A Havoc 2-engine attack/light bomber, 1940
2 Douglas C-33 (DC-2) 2-engine freighter
Wheeler Air Base
6 Boeing P-26A Peashooter open cockpit pursuit, 1934
6 Boeing P-26B Peashooter open cockpit pursuit, 1935
39 Curtiss P-36A Mohawk pursuit, 1937
87 Curtiss P-40B Tomahawk pursuit, 1940
11 Curtiss P-40C Kittyhawk pursuit, 1941
3 Martin B-12 2-engine medium bomber, 1934
3 Grumman OAF-9 Goose observation amphibian
2 Douglas BT-2 biplane basic trainer
2 North American AT-6 Texan advanced trainer
1 Seversky AT-12A Guardsman, advance trainer
Five Mohawks engaged Zeros, flaming two, with the loss of one P-36.
Five Mohawks engaged Zeros, flaming two, with the loss of one P-36.
Bellows Air Field
6 North American O-47B observation plane
2 Stinson O-49 Vigilant L-1 observation plane
Two P-40's on training at Bellows attempted to take off and were shot down before gaining altitude. Other pilots were killed on the ground.
1 Martin B-12 - Reader's his Dad was there. May have been one of the Wheeler planes.
Two P-40's on training at Bellows attempted to take off and were shot down before gaining altitude. Other pilots were killed on the ground.
1 Martin B-12 - Reader's his Dad was there. May have been one of the Wheeler planes.
Haleiwa Air Field
2 Curtiss P-36 Mohawk pursuit
8 Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk pursuit
The only unattacked air field launched at least 3 P-40's and 1 P-36 on seven sorties and claimed 7-8 Japanese diver bombers with the loss of the P-36 to anti-aircraft fire.
The only unattacked air field launched at least 3 P-40's and 1 P-36 on seven sorties and claimed 7-8 Japanese diver bombers with the loss of the P-36 to anti-aircraft fire.
On the 7th of December 1941, there were 223 army aircraft
based in Hawaii.
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