Strength of the FEAF.2C 8 December 1941 Far East Air Force (United States)

location of feaf squadrons 7 dec 1941



5th bomber command

19th bomb group (heavy) (headquarters, clark field, collectively, 4 b-17c, 15 b-17d, 10 b-18)

the b-17s distributed 8 squadron, 3 attached group headquarters squadron. 4 of b-18s assigned headquarters squadron, , others 28th bs.

14th bomb squadron (del monte field no. 1, 6 december: 1 b-17c, 7 b-17d)
28th bomb squadron (clark field)
30th bomb squadron (clark field)
93rd bomb squadron (del monte field no. 1, 6 december: 1 b-17c, 7 b-17d)


5th air base group (del monte no. 1: 2 b-18)
27th bomb group (light) (no assigned aircraft, 3 b-18 attached training)

16th bomb squadron (fort mckinley)
17th bomb squadron (san fernando auxiliary field)
91st bomb squadron (san marcelino auxiliary field)


10th bombardment squadron (light), philippine army air corps (maniquis field)


5th interceptor command

24th pursuit group (headquarters, clark field, collectively 89 p-40b/e, 26 p-35a, 12 p-26a)

headquarters squadron (clark field: 1 p-40b)
3rd pursuit squadron (iba field: 24 p-40e, 4 p-35a)
17th pursuit squadron (nichols field: 21 p-40e)
20th pursuit squadron (clark field: 23 p-40b)
21st pursuit squadron (attached, nichols field: 20 p-40e)
34th pursuit squadron (attached, del carmen field: 22 p-35a)


6th pursuit squadron, philippine army air corps (zablan field: 12 p-26a)


2nd observation squadron (nichols field: 2 o-46a, 3 o-49, 11 o-52)

(35th pursuit group headquarters never arrived in philippines , not listed reason.)

support units , personnel

the august 1941 strength of air force ussafe 2,049 enlisted troops under command of 254 officers. final feaf peacetime strength disputed. 1 source stated that, of 30 november, strength 5,609: 669 officers , 4,940 enlisted troops. put 7 december strength 8,100. philippine army air corps constituted 1,500 members, units @ maniquis field (cabanatuan), zablan field (manila), , auxiliary strip @ batangas, on luzon; , detachment @ lahug on cebu.

the numbers in italicized brackets indicate number of personnel, of 30 november.

hq & hq sq, far east air force @ nielson field (42 off, 1 wo, 136 enl)
hq & hq sq, 5th bomber command @ clark field (1 off, 20 enl)
hq & hq sq, far east air service command @ nielson field (3 off, 56 enl)
philippine air depot @ nichols field (17 off)
5th air base group @ del monte field (hq & hq sq only)(16 off, 166 enl)
20th air base group @ nichols field (hq & hq sq, 19th air base sq, 27th , 28th material sqs)
200th coast artillery regiment (antiaircraft) (mobile) @ clark field (76 off,1 wo, 1732 enl)
803d engineer battalion, aviation (separate)
7th materiel squadron, 19th bomb group
48th materiel squadron, 24th pursuit group (216)
440th ordnance company (bombardment)
701st ordnance company (air base)
other units

tow target detachment (49)
weather detachment (20)
chemical warfare detachment (180)
air warning service, 5th interceptor command

signal company (air warning, philippines) (194)

iba detachment
paracale detachment (deploying)
tagatay detachment (deployed not operational)
burgos detachment (deployed not operational)
u.s. marine detachment (36)










^ williams 1945, p. 21
^ cite error: named reference bartc invoked never defined (see page).
^ morton 1953, p. 49, table 4
^ edmunds 1992, p. 68
^ long, richard a. marine detachment, air warning service . shanghai corregidor: marines in defense of philippines. national park service. archived original on 14 june 2010. retrieved 4 march 2011. 

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