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BATTLE OF THE BISMARCK SEA · 2023 · VOLUME 50 · NUMBER 2<br />
ALLIED AIRPOWER IN THE<br />
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER<br />
BATTLE OF THE BISMARCK SEA · 2023 · VOLUME 50 · NUMBER 2<br />
ALLIED AIRPOWER IN THE<br />
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER<br />
ABOUT THE COVER<br />
The cover image features two aircraft assigned to the CAF Southern<br />
California Wing. In this image, the A6M3 Zero is being chased by<br />
the F6F Hellcat. The U.S. Navy’s Hellcat dominated the Zero in the<br />
Pacific Theater. Most battles in the Pacific Theater conjure images<br />
of Wildcats, Hellcats, and TBM Avengers. However, no Allied Naval<br />
aircraft participated in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea. This major<br />
victory was achieved by land-based aircraft using airpower to<br />
devastate Japan’s warships.<br />
Original Photo by Gary Chambers (composition edited to fit cover).<br />
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THE DISPATCH<br />
DIGITAL DISPATCH<br />
This and past issu<a title="Digital Dispatch, February 2023 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1f5fd2b?page=1"> BATTLE OF THE BISMARCK SEA · 2023 · VOLUME 50 · N</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, February 2023 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1f5fd2b?page=2"> BATTLE OF THE BISMARCK SEA · 2023 · VOLUME 50 · N</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, February 2023 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1f5fd2b?page=3"> SUMMARY CAF’s PBJ Sem</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, February 2023 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1f5fd2b?page=4"> FLIGHTLEAD Mid-Year Updates W </a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, February 2023 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1f5fd2b?page=5"> OFFICIAL MERCHANDISE OF THE COMMEMORATIVE AIR FOR</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, February 2023 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1f5fd2b?page=6"> T HE TRIUMPH OF AIRPOWER IN THE BISMARCK SEA </a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, February 2023 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1f5fd2b?page=7"> THE AXIS PLAN In December 1942, the Japanese Impe</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, February 2023 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1f5fd2b?page=8"> ALLIED & AXIS COMMANDERS AND LEADERS : BATTLE OF </a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, February 2023 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1f5fd2b?page=9"> ALLIED & AXIS COMMANDERS AND LEADERS : BATTLE OF </a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, February 2023 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1f5fd2b?page=10"> The Japanese vessel Kembu Maru under attack durin</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, February 2023 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1f5fd2b?page=11"> The CAF Southern California Wing, based in Camari</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, February 2023 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1f5fd2b?page=12"> BATTLE OF THE March 2, 1943 ◆ ◆ PACIFIC AXIS FOR</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, February 2023 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1f5fd2b?page=13"> BISMARK SEA March 4, 1943 ES HEATER ◆ ALLIED FO</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, February 2023 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1f5fd2b?page=14"> 14 SEARCHING THE SEAS FOR WWII’S MISSING PERSONN</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, February 2023 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1f5fd2b?page=15"> DEFENSE POW/MIA ACCOUNTING AGENCY (DPAA) REPATRI</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, February 2023 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1f5fd2b?page=16"> 2,062 </a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, February 2023 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1f5fd2b?page=17"> 4 PROFILES OF WWII PERSONNEL ACCOUNTED FOR MM2 Le</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, February 2023 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1f5fd2b?page=18"> 18 WATCHING THE WINGS LAKE SUPERIOR SQUADRON </a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, February 2023 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1f5fd2b?page=19"> I n 1998, a windstorm flipped over an</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, February 2023 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1f5fd2b?page=20"> 4 STORIES TO KNOW AIRPOWER IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC </a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, February 2023 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1f5fd2b?page=21"> Imperial Japanese Army Air Force Little Boy Soldi</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, February 2023 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1f5fd2b?page=22"> 22 C O M M E M O R A T I V V E IA </a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, February 2023 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1f5fd2b?page=23"> Telling and Preserving the Stories of the CAF</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, February 2023 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a1f5fd2b?page=24"> Top photo by Scott Slocum, Left photo by Mick Het</a>