The schedule below is taken from Tentative Logistics Annex to Olympic O. I., 1 August 1945. It is the preliminary Land Based Air Logistics Plan for OLYMPIC and includes a troop list and planned operational dates. It is organized by air base and does not articulate specific air organization above that level. It does show that the Fifth Air Force and its most regularly subordinated headquarters would land over the Shibushi beaches and likely spread out over Shibushi, Iwakawa, Kanoya, and Kushira Bases. The 308 Bomb Wing was to land at the Miyazaki Air Base. Marine Air Wing 1 and XIII Fighter Command were to occupy the Byu Air Base. The Thirteenth Air Force would be the last to arrive and occupy the air base at Miyakonojo. It would be the garrison Air Force once the Fifth moved to Kyushu for CORONET.

Miyazaki

308 Bomb Wing (H)                                               Yontan

348 Fighter Group          100 P-51   X+10   Ie Shima

25 Photo Squadron      16  F-5      X+10    Yontan

49 Fighter Group          75  P-38   X+10     Mobuto

110 Tac Rec Squadron   24 F-6      X+10     Ie Shima

157 Liaison Squadron     25  L-5   X+10     Mobuto

417 Bomb Group (L)       64  A-26   X+15     Mobuto

345 Bomb Group (M)    64 B-25   X+40     Ie Shima

A Fighter Group          75  P-47   X+45     Luzon, Redeployed

22 Bomb Group (H)      48 B-24   X+50     Mobuto

43 Bomb Group (H)      48 B-24   X+60     Ie Shima

Shibushi                                 

475 Fighter Group               75 P-38      X+10   Ie Shima

8 Photo Squadron                16 F-5         X+10     Ie Shima

82 Tac Rec Squadron         24 F-6        X+10      Ie Shima

17 Rec Squadron (B)               16 B-25      X+10   Ie Shima

3 Air Commando Group      50 P-51      X+10   Ie Shima

     16 C-47     X+10   Ie Shima

159 Liaison Squadron           32 L-5        X+10       Mobuto

160 Liaison Squadron            32 L-5        X+10     Mobuto

421 Night Fighter Squadron 12 P-61       X+15     Ie Shima

8 Radar Calibration Det       1 B-25        X+30    Ryukyu

     2 B-24       X+30     Ryukyu

3 Bomb Group (L)                    64 A-26    X+30     Machinato

“A” Bomb Squadron (H-LAB)  12 B-24      X+45       Luzon, Redeployed

20 Recon Sq, LRP                         12 F-7         X+45    Yontan

6 Emergency Rescue Sq     4 C-47      X+45     Ie Shima

    8 B-17        X+45     Ie Shima

   8 L-5          X+45      Ie Shima

    12 OA-10   X+45    Ie Shima

Kushira      

35 Fighter Group                            75 P-51      X+20       Machinato

547 Night Fighter Squadron      12 P-61       X+20       Ie Shima

3 Emergency Rescue Sq            4 C-47      X+20     Ie Shima

       8 B-17       X+20       Ie Shima

      8 L-5         X+20     Ie Shima

12 OA-10    X+20     Ie Shima

8 Fighter Group                    75 P-38     X+30     Ie Shima

58 Fighter Group                   100 P-47      X+30      Machinato

26 Photo Squadron                    16 F-5         X+30      Mobuto

36 Photo Squadron                 16 F-5         X+30      Mobuto

418 Night Fighter Squadron   12 P-61       X+30       Machinato

38 Bomb Group                        64 B-25     X+45      Yontan

375 Troop Carrier Group        64 C-46    X+60      Mobuto

Kanoya     

317 Troop Carrier Gp (-)       48 C-47    X+45     Tara

90 Bomb Group (H)               48 B-24     X+60       Ie Shima

312 Bomb Group (VH)     48 B-32     X+60     Yontan

"A" Bomb Group (L)            64 A-26     X+60       Luzon, Redeployed

380 Bomb Group (H)      48 B-24     X+75      Yontan

"A" Weather Recon Squadron  12 B-24      X+105    Ryukyu, Redeployed

Iwakawa   

"B" Fighter Group              75 P-47      X+30    Luzon, Redeployed

41 Bomb Group (M)           64 B-25      X+45    Ryukyu

319 Bomb Group (L)        64 A-26     X+45      Ryukyu

Elm 317 Troop Carrier Group    16 C-47      X+60     Tara

Miyakonojo                                           

18 Fighter Group                         75 P-38      X+60      Ryukyu

419 Night Fighter Squadron  12 P-61        X+60       Palawan

17 Photo Squadron              16 F-5         X+60    Palawan

347 Fighter Group           75 P-38      X+75      Ryukyu

42 Bomb Group (M)      80 B-25      X+75    Palawan

"C" Fighter Group       75 P-47       X+90     Luzon, Redeployed

868 Bomb Squadron (H-LAB) 12 B-24       X+105   Ryukyu

"B" Bomb Squadron (H-LAB)   12 B-24       X+105    Luzon, Redeployed

5 Bomb Group (H)             48 B-24      X+105     Samar

307 Bomb Group (H)      48 B-24     X+105    Morotai

Byu

25 Liaison Squadron       32 L-5         X+15      Leyte

Marine Air Wing 1            2 R4D         X+20     *Ryukyu, Bougainville

     2 TBF          X+20      *Ryukyu, Bougainville

Marine Air Group 14            100 F4U        X+20    Awase

         2 R4D         X+20      Awase

     2 TBF          X+20       Awase

Marine Air Group 33              100 F4U        X+20     Awase

   2 R4D         X+20    Awase

2 TBF          X+20       Awase

VMF(N) 533                         17 F7F N      X+20       Chimu

VMD 254                              15 F7F P       X+20       *Ryukyu, USA

3 Radar Calibration Unit    2 RB-25 J   X+30     Leyte

Marine Air Group 32           66 SB2C     X+35      Zamboanga/Ryukyu

          34 TBF         X+35       Zamboanga/Ryukyu

2 R4D         X+35       Zamboanga/Ryukyu

Marine Air Group 12      100 F4U        X+35     Zamboanga

         2 R4D         X+35       Zamboanga

2 TBF          X+35       Zamboanga

VMF(N) 541                         17 F6F-N    X+40      *Ryukyu, Peleliu

Marine Air Group 61    60 PBJ-1J   X+45       *Ryukyu, Zamboanga, Emirau

         2 R4D         X+45       *Ryukyu, Zamboanga, Emirau

2 TBF          X+45      *Ryukyu, Zamboanga, Emirau

Elms Fleet Air Wing  1           60 PB4Y-2 X+60      Ryukyu