British Pacific Fleet

REQUIREMENTS FOR LAND-BASED AND CARRIER-BASED AIRCRAFT TO ACCOMPLISH THE DEFEAT OF JAPAN, APPENDIX “B”, ANNEX “C” - AVAILABILITY OF BRITISH PACIFIC FLEET CARRIERS AND AIRCRAFT

A table showing data about carriers and aircraft over three different dates, including counts of CVs, CVLs, CVEs, and types of aircraft with specific counts of VF and VB.

British Carriers and Air Groups

List of Aircraft Carriers assigned to the British Pacific Fleet, August 1945 listed below it taken from “British Pacific Fleet” by David Hobbs. VINDEX, FENCER, and REAPER are listed as Ferry Carriers. ILLUSTRIOUS was under repair at Rosyth and OCEAN was working up as a night carrier.

Aircraft Carriers

CV ILLUSTRIOUS

CV FORMIDABLE

CV VICTORIOUS

CV INDOMITABLE

CV IMPLACABLE

CV INDEFATIGABLE

CVL COLOSSUS

CVL VENERABLE

CVL VENGANCE

CVL GLORY

CVL OCEAN

CVE SLINGER

CVE RULER

CVE ARBITER

CVE VINDEX

CVE STRIKER

CVE CHASER

CVE FENCER

CVE SPEAKER

CVE REAPER

Carrier Air Groups

Typical Carrier Air Groups from “British and Empire Warships of the Second World War” by H. T. Lenton and “British Pacific Fleet” by David Hobbs.

FORMIDABLE-36 Corsair, 4 Hellcat, 2 Hellcat Photo, 12 Avenger

VICTORIOUS-37 Corsair, 16 Avenger, 2 Walrus

IMPLACABLE-48 Seafire, 12 Firefly, 21 Avenger

INDEFATIGABLE-40 Seafire, 12 Firefly, 21 Avenger

INDOMITABLE-33 Hellcat, 15 Avenger

ILLUSTRIOUS-36 Corsair, 16 Avenger

COLOSSUS Class-24 Corsair, 18 Barracuda

RULER-18 Hellcat, 4 Avenger