However, we "point-of-the-spear-in-face-to-face combat with the enemy" types value the close-in and devastating use of dedicated air for frontline support. We Marines have always insisted on it and our flying Marines have always delivered it. The army would be wise to build their own direct support fixed wing units - but the Air Force would fight them tooth and nail.
Imaging how much better things would have gone if the landing forces on Omaha Beach had well-trained and gutsy Dauntless/Helldiver squadrons, delivering 500 pounders on those cliffs overlooking the landing beaches. Would have saved a lot of infantry lives.
Unit | Target | Target - Coodinates | Target - Type | Times over Target | Force |
10/J/66 | 089806 | Strongpoint | zero minus 30 to zero minus 10 | 5 Squadrons | |
10/J/49 | 015850 | Strongpoint | zero minus 30 to zero minus 5 | 7 Squadrons | |
10/J/56 | 049832 | Strongpoint | zero minus 30 to zero minus 5 | 4 Squadrons | |
10/J/120 | |||||
10/J/59 | 067818 | Strongpoint | zero minus 30 to zero minus 5 | 7 Squadrons | |
10/J/152 | |||||
10/J/122 | 106801 | Strongpoint | zero minus 30 to zero minus 5 | 7 Squadrons | |
10/J/187 | 993818 | 88mm Bat. | zero minus 30 to zero minus 5 | 2 Squadrons | |
10/J/79 | 138790 | Strongpoint | zero minus 30 to zero | 5 Squadrons | |
10/J/80 | 152793 | Strongpoint | zero minus 30 to zero | 5 Squadrons | |
10/J/62 | 076782 | Coastal | zero minus 10 to zero plus 10 | 2 Squadrons | |
10/J/69 | 103780 | Coastal | zero minus 10 to zero plus 10 | 2 Squadrons | |
10/J/47 | 972809 | Coastal | zero minus 10 to zero plus 10 | 2 Squadrons | |
10/E/4 | 058740 | Regtl. Hq. | zero to zero plus 3 | 1 Squadron | |
10/E/48 | 016700 | Div. Hq. | zero to zero plus 3 | 1 Squadron | |
10/J/60 | 073774 | Bn. Hq. | zero to zero plus 3 | 1 Squadron | |
10/Q/3 | 003822 | Bn. Hq. | zero to zero plus 3 | 1 Squadron | |
10/J/48 | 994855 | Strongpoint | 5 Squadrons | ||
10/J/186 | 047772 | Coastal | 2 Squadrons | ||
10/Q/7 | zero plus 5 to zero plus 37 | 16 Squadrons | |||
Unit | Target | Target - Coodinates | Target - Type | Times over Target | Force |
10/J/5 | 637928 | zero minus 30 to zero minus 5 | 6 Squadrons | ||
10/J/6 | 646919 | zero minus 30 to zero minus 5 | 6 Squadrons | ||
10/J/7 | 649916 | zero minus 30 to zero minus 5 | 6 Squadrons | ||
10/J8 | 655912 | zero minus 30 to zero minus 5 | 6 Squadrons | ||
10/J/9 | 665906 | zero minus 30 to zero minus 5 | 12 Squadrons | ||
10/J/12 | 677900 | zero minus 30 to zero minus 5 | 6 Squadrons | ||
10/J/13 | 678896 | zero minus 30 to zero minus 5 | 6 Squadrons | ||
10/J/14 | zero minus 30 to zero minus 5 | 6 Squadrons | |||
10/J/15 | 693893 | zero minus 30 to zero minus 5 | 6 Squadrons | ||
10/J/16 | 699890 | zero minus 30 to zero minus 5 | 6 Squadrons | ||
10/J/18 | 748880 | Strongpoint | zero minus 20 to zero minus 5 | 4 Squadrons | |
10/J/19 | |||||
10/J/21 | 756878 | Strongpoint | zero minus 20 to zero minus 5 | 5 Squadrons | |
Unit | Target | Target - Coodinates | Target - Type | Times over Target | Force |
10/J/125 | 797870 | Coastal | zero minus 40 to zero plus 10 | 6 Squadrons | |
10/J/39 | 886867 | Strongpoint | zero minus 30 to zero minus 15 | 4 Squadrons | |
10/J/40 | 907869 | Strongpoint | zero minus 30 to zero minus 15 | 4 Squadrons | |
10/J/42 | 926868 | Strongpoint | zero minus 30 to zero minus 10 | 5 Squadrons | |
10/J/38 | 877866 | Coastal | zero minus 30 to zero minus 10 | 6 Squadrons | |
10/J/36 | 860863 | Coastal | zero minus 30 to zero minus 5 | 5 Squadrons | |
10/J/41 | Coastal | zero minus 30 to zero minus 5 | |||
10/J/45 | 965858 | Strongpoint | zero minus 30 to zero minus 5 | 5 Squadrons | |
10/J/118 | |||||
10/J/46 | 972856 | Strongpoint | zero minus 30 to zero minus 5 | 5 Squadrons | |
10/J/159 | 848853 | Coastal | zero minus 30 to zero minus 5 | 5 Squadrons | |
925865 | Strongpoint | zero minus 20 to zero minus 10 | 3 Squadrons | ||
10/J/35 | 853864 | Strongpoint | zero minus 20 to zero minus 5 | 6 Squadrons | |
10/J/178 | zero minus 20 to zero | ||||
10/K/11 | 924862 | Strongpoint | zero minus 10 to zero minus 5 | 1 Squadron | |
10/J/184 | 883833 | Rocket Gun | zero to zero plus 10 | 3 Squadrons | |
10/Q/7 | zero plus 41 to zero plus 65 | 11 Squadrons |
The ”Jug”, or original Thunderbolt, would have been just as effective as Helldivers.