[SIZE=3]Order of Battle[/SIZE]
Escultismo Component/Scouting Component
4 reconnaissance squadrons (R-01, R-02, R-03, R-04)
Portaaviones Component/Aircraft Carrier Component - Coronel
Portaaviones Grupo Aéreo No.1 “Peuchens”
-- 1 fighter squadron
-- 2 bomber squadrons
Portaaviones Grupo Aéreo No.2 “Huasos”
-- 1 fighter squadron
-- 2 bomber squadrons
Portaaviones Grupo Aéreo No.3 “Traucos”
-- 2 fighter squadrons
-- 1 patrol squadron
Portaaviones Grupo Aéreo No.4 “Los Rojos”
-- 2 fighter squadrons
-- 1 patrol squadron
Portaaviones Grupo Aéreo No.5 “Los Albos”
-- 1 training squadron
-- 1 helicopter squadron
Portaaviones Grupo Aéreo No.6 “Brujo de Chiloé”
-- 1 fighter squadron
-- 1 patrol squadron
Componente de la Costa/Shore Component
Seaplane Patrol Group
- 1 seaplane squadron
Coastal Patrol Group
- 2 heavy patrol squadrons
- 1 SAR squadron
Liaison Group No.1 (South)
- 2 liaison squadrons
- 1 seaplane squadron
Liaison Group No.2 (North)
- 2 liaison squadrons
Naval Scout-Bombing Group
- 2 scout-bomber squadrons
Dirigible Componente Naval/Naval Airship Component
4 Dirigible Squadrons
2 Parasite Aircraft Squadrons
School of Naval Aviation
Coronel School
-- 2 training squadrons
Valparaiso School
-- 2 training squadrons
Puerto Varas School
-- 2 training squadrons
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Notes: The six carrier air groups are composed of varying numbers of planes and pilots depending upon their billet. As of the beginning of 1940, three groups (Nos. 1, 2, and 3) are rotating through the
Mapuche on a monthly basis; two more groups (Nos. 5 and 6) rotate through the carrier
Chiloe. The final group (No.4) serves ashore as a fighter-training cadre.
In late 1940, with the completion of the fleet carrier
Libertad, the groups will be substantially reordered in order to build a completed carrier group for her.
The Chilean Navy maintains two complete, fully-equipped air groups for every aircraft carrier in the Navy. This is to permit the rapid replacement of aircraft losses in case of combat.