soc.history.war.world-war-ii

Dan,
there were a number of ground units on Bataan formed from fighter pilots and
ground crew who had lost their planes in the raid son Clark and subsequent.
Such as the 34th Pursuit, 3rd Pursuit, 20th Pursuit and the 21st Pursuit to
name a few.

regards
Bob Hart

"Cubdriver" wrote in message
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> On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:23:56 -0500, Bill Shatzer
> wrote:
>
>>> The fate of the 77th Sentai, an army fighter group, is instructive.
>>> When the 77th lost its last aircraft, the pilots and ground crews were
>>> given rifles and used as footsoldiers. There were almost no survivors.
>>
>>How is that different than the fate of the American pilots at Bataan?
>
> Um, what fighter squadrons were stationed on Bataan?
>
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