F4U Corsair pamusoro peOkinawa Chikamu 2
Corsair Navy-312 "Chess" ine hunhu chessboard yeiyi squadron pane chivharo cheinjini uye chidzoreso; Kadena, Kubvumbi 1945
The American kumhara oparesheni pamusoro Okinawa akatanga musi Kubvumbi 1, 1945, pasi pechifukidziro chevatakuri vendege Task Force 58. Kunyange zvazvo ndege inotakura ndege yakabatanidzwa muhondo dzechitsuwa mumwedzi miviri yakatevera, basa rekutsigira mauto epasi uye. kufukidza zvikepe zvechisimba zvishoma nezvishoma zvakapfuura kumakungwa eCorsair akamira panhandare dzendege dzakatorwa .
Chirongwa chekushanda chakafungidzira kuti vatakuri veTask Force 58 vaizosunungurwa nekukurumidza sezvinobvira ne10th tactical aviation. Kuumbwa uku kwakaumbwa nemauto gumi nemaviri eCorsair uye zvikwata zvitatu zveF12F-6N Hellcat husiku varwi sechikamu chechina Marine Air Mapoka (MAGs) ari e5nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW, Marine Aircraft Wing) uye USAAF 2st Fighter Wing, inosanganisira. yezvikwata zvitatu zveP-301N Thunderbolt fighter.
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Yekutanga Corsairs (ndege ye94 yakazara) yakasvika muOkinawa muna Kubvumbi 7th. Vaive vezvikwata zvitatu - Navy-224, -311 uye -411 - vakaungana muMAG-31, iyo yakambotora chikamu mumushandirapamwe weMarshall Islands. VMF-224 yakanga yakashongedzerwa neF4U-1D vhezheni, nepo VMF-311 uye -441 vakauya neF4U-1C, mutsauko wakapakata pfuti ina dze20mm pachinzvimbo chepfuti nhanhatu dze12,7mm. MAG-31 mauto akadzingwa kubva kune vanoperekedza vatakuri vendege USS Breton neSitkoh Bay vakamhara paYontan airfield pamhenderekedzo yekumadokero kwechitsuwa chakabatwa pazuva rekutanga rekumhara.
Kusvika kweCorsair kwakabatana nekutanga kurwiswa kukuru kwekamikaze (Kikusui 1) pazvikepe zvinopinda zveUS. Vatyairi veVMF-311 vakati wandei vakabata bhomba imwe chete yeFrances P1Y payakayedza kubondera muSitko Bay. Yakapfura pasi pakonzati yakaputeni. Ralph McCormick naLt. Kamikaze John Doherty akawira mumvura mamita mashoma kubva padivi pemutakuri wendege. Mangwanani akatevera, MAG-31 Corsairs akatanga kutenderera chikepe cheanchorage uye radar yekutarisa vaparadzi.
Mangwanani ekunaya kwemvura musi wa9 Kubvumbi, Corsairy MAG-33s - VMF-312, -322 uye -323 - yakabudiswa kubva kune vanoperekedza vatakuri USS Hollandia neWhite Plains ndokusvika padyo neCadena Airport. Kune ese matatu MAG-33 squadrons, Hondo yeOkinawa yaive yavo yekutanga kurwa, kunyangwe ivo vaive vaumbwa angangoita makore maviri apfuura uye vanga vakamirira kubva ipapo kuti vakwanise kuita chiito. VMF-322 yakasvika ichibva kuF4U-1D uye mamwe mapoka maviri akashongedzerwa neFG-1D (shanduro ine rezinesi yakagadzirwa neGoodyear Aviation Works).
VMF-322 yakanga yarasikirwa nekutanga mazuva matanhatu apfuura apo ngarava yekumhara LST-599, yakatakura vashandi vechikwata nemidziyo, yakarwiswa nevanoverengeka Ki-61 Tonys kubva ku105th Sentai inoshanda kubva kuFormosa. Mumwe wevarwi vebhomba akarovera pasi pengarava, achiikuvadza zvikuru; midziyo yese yeVMF-322 yakarasika, nhengo pfumbamwe dzechikwata dzakakuvara.
Nzvimbo dzendege dzeYontan neKadena dzaive padyo nemahombekombe ekumhara, uko kwaipihwa zvikwata zvekurwira. Izvi zvakagadzira dambudziko rakakura, sezvo zvikepe, zvichizvidzivirira kubva pakurwisa kwemhepo, kazhinji zvakagadzira chidzitiro cheutsi icho mhepo yaivhuvhuta pamusoro pemigwagwa. Nechikonzero ichi, muna Kubvumbi 9 kuYeontan, Corsei matatu yakadonha ichiedza kumhara (mutyairi wendege akafa), uye mumwe akamhara pamhenderekedzo. Kuita kuti zvinhu zviwedzere kuipa, apo pfuti yekudzivirira ndege yakazarura moto, chimvuramabwe che shrapnel chakawira panhandare dzendege mbiri, semugumisiro wekuti pakati pevashandi veMarine squadrons vakakuvadzwa uye vakatofa. Mukuwedzera, iyo Kadena airfield yakanga iri pasi pemoto kubva kuJapan 150-mm pfuti yakavanzwa mumakomo kwemavhiki maviri.
Musi waApril 12, apo mamiriro okunze akavandudza, kubhururuka kweImperial Navy neuto zvakatanga kurwisa kwechipiri kwekamikaze (Kikusui 2). Mambakwedza, varwi vokuJapan vakabhomba Kadena airfield, vachiedza "kumhara" muvengi. Lieutenant Albert Wells vakarangarira kukunda kwekutanga kwakaitwa neVMF-323 Rattlesnakes, iyo yaifanirwa kuve yakabudirira kwazvo Marine squadron muHondo yeOkinawa (iyo chete yakakunda kukunda kwe100): Takagara mumakombi takamirira kuti munhu ataure zvataiita. Ndakanga ndichitaura nomukuru mukuru webasa repasi, akanga akamira pabapiro rendege, apo takaerekana taona nhevedzano yevateresi vachirova nzira. Takatanga injini, asi zvisati zvaitika kwainaya zvikuru zvokuti anenge munhu wose akabva angonamira mumadhaka. Vamwe vedu takarova pasi nemapropeller edu achiedza kutiza. Ndakamira pane imwe nzira yakaoma zvikuru, saka ndakapfura pamberi pevanhu vose, kunyange zvazvo muchikamu chechipiri ndaifanira kunge ndakatanga chechitanhatu chete. Zvino ndakanga ndisingazivi zvokuita. Ndakanga ndiri ndega munzira yekubva kumabvazuva ichienda kumadokero. Denga rakabva rachena. Ndakaona ndege ichisvetuka kubva kuchamhembe ichibva yarova control tower. Ndakaita hasha nekuti ndaiziva kuti akanga achangobva kuuraya vamwe vedu vaiva mukati.
