Appendix 7 - Order of Battle, Antisubmarine Aircraft, for final week of August, 1943.*
TYPE AND NUMBER
VLR
LR
MR
SR
LTA
ICELAND
U.S.N.
0
10
0
0
0
R.A.A.
14
0
19
0
0
GREENLAND
U.S.A.A.F.
0
0
8
0
0
U.S.N.
0
6
0
0
0
NEWFOUNDLAND & NOVA SCOTIA
U.S.A.A.F.
12
0
0
0
0
U.S.N.
7
0
0
0
0
R.C.A.F.
14
103
39
0
0
EASTERN SEA FRONTIER
U.S.A.A.F.
20
0
34
0
0
U.S.N.
0
17
30
158
28
GULF SEA FRONTIER
U.S.A.A.F.
19
0
15
0
0
U.S.N.
0
50
0
101
18
PANAMA SEA FRONTIER
U.S.N.
0
11
0
32
0
GUANTANAMO
U.S.N.
0
36
0
14
2
PUERTO RICO SECTOR
U.S.A.A.F.
0
0
6
0
0
U.S.N.
0
1
8
28
0
TRINIDAD SECTOR
U.S.A.A.F.
5
0
21
6
0
U.S.N.
0
24
4
14
4
CURACO-ARUBA SECTOR
U.S.A.A.F.
4
0
6
25
0
U.S.N.
0
4
0
14
0
BERMUDA
U.S.N.
10
8
0
15
0
* Compiled by Antisubmarine Command from U. S. Navy and British Coastal Command data, and printed in 8MIR43.
306
307
VLR
LR
MR
SR
LTA
4th FLEET
U.S.N.
13
59
0
0
0
ASCENSION ISLAND
U.S.A.A.F.
1
0
6
14
0
MOROCCAN SEA FRONTIER AND GIBRALTAR
U.S.A.A.F. & R.A.F.
24
33
55
0
0
UNITED KINGDOM
U.S.A.A.F.
48
0
0
0
0
U.S.N.
0
15
0
0
0
R.A.F.
45
132
173
0
0
TOTAL
236
509
424
421
52
GRAND TOTAL - 1642
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