Withdrawal of Air Units

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

The (P) after the squadron name does not mean Permanently Restricted, it means Pursuit - the old US name for a fighter type squadron.
The unit is assigned to ABDA - an unrestricted HQ.

See the picture below for another P-40 unit assigned to ABDA that I have in Port Moresby:

While you are correct about Pursuit, that's not the P in the OP's screen shot being discussed. That one is the "Remove by 15 March 1942 P "

Thanks for pointing that out Bullwinkle58. My old eyes could not read that red text (poor contrast) without a magnifying glass and the suggestions of changing HQs led me to believe they thought it was somehow restricted.

[Bullwinkle58]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Thanks for pointing that out Bullwinkle58. My old eyes could not read that red text (poor contrast) without a magnifying glass and the suggestions of changing HQs led me to believe they thought it was somehow restricted.

It's cool. While I knew historically about the Pursuit designation, I've never noticed it in the interface. I look at the picture for model and then the HQ for restriction, then the pilot count(s), then the plane pool line. The unit name I never "see."

[Dili]

One of the fragments can be disbanded then the other can be too. There is no need to reunite.

[wdolson]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

The (P) after the squadron name does not mean Permanently Restricted, it means Pursuit - the old US name for a fighter type squadron.
The unit is assigned to ABDA - an unrestricted HQ.

See the picture below for another P-40 unit assigned to ABDA that I have in Port Moresby:

In this case the (P) does not stand for Pursuit, that was in the title for the squadron. There were a couple of P-40 squadrons assembled in Australia for a short time using P-40 airframes that were sitting around and built around pilots evacuated from the Philippines mixed with replacement pilots. These were temporary units that were disbanded once it became clear the situation in the Philippines was untenable. If I remember right, the (P) meant "Provisional".

Bill

[HansBolter]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

The (P) after the squadron name does not mean Permanently Restricted, it means Pursuit - the old US name for a fighter type squadron.
The unit is assigned to ABDA - an unrestricted HQ.

See the picture below for another P-40 unit assigned to ABDA that I have in Port Moresby:

While you are correct about Pursuit, that's not the P in the OP's screen shot being discussed. That one is the "Remove by 15 March 1942 P "

Thanks for pointing that out Bullwinkle58. My old eyes could not read that red text (poor contrast) without a magnifying glass and the suggestions of changing HQs led me to believe they thought it was somehow restricted.

I thought the 'P' in parenthesis after 20th PS stood for Provisional. It's the 'P' in the 'PS' that stands for pursuit.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: wdolson

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

The (P) after the squadron name does not mean Permanently Restricted, it means Pursuit - the old US name for a fighter type squadron.
The unit is assigned to ABDA - an unrestricted HQ.

See the picture below for another P-40 unit assigned to ABDA that I have in Port Moresby:

In this case the (P) does not stand for Pursuit, that was in the title for the squadron. There were a couple of P-40 squadrons assembled in Australia for a short time using P-40 airframes that were sitting around and built around pilots evacuated from the Philippines mixed with replacement pilots. These were temporary units that were disbanded once it became clear the situation in the Philippines was untenable. If I remember right, the (P) meant "Provisional".

Bill

Thanks for the clarification Bill and Hans - I just am not that well-read on the early air war stuff in the Pacific. Always amazed how much detail you guys know on this stuff. [&o][&o]