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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 8/16/2010 4:12:26 PM   
castor troy


Posts: 14330
Joined: 8/23/2004
From: Austria
Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 11, 43
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ASW attack near Sampit at 57,99

Japanese Ships
DD Tadeyame

Allied Ships
SS O21



SS O21 is located by DD Tadeyame
DD Tadeyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tadeyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tadeyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tadeyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tadeyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Hengchun at 84,68

Japanese Ships
E Hiyodori
E Kari
E Hayabusa

Allied Ships
SS Scorpion



SS Scorpion launches 6 torpedoes at E Hiyodori
E Kari fails to find sub and abandons search
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa attacking submerged sub ....
E Hayabusa attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 40,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 38



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
38 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet

I´ve got lots of ac here but none in the air to be shot down by a sattelite sweep...

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Morning Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 38,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 39



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
39 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet



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Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 39,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 42



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
42 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet



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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 40,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 14


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35600 feet

the enemy sweeps empty air, we do the same... noone is foolish enough to put up Cap... that´s how far we´ve gone... funny AE world...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 38,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 14


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35600 feet



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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 46,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 21


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
21 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet



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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 74,54

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 8
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 53rd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 54th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 53rd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 54th Chinese Corps ...

the enemy attacks our stack moving onto Liuchow... without any notable effect... or lets say the only thing you notice is the units that are attacked revert to combat from move...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 2
Hurricane XIIb x 15


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Hurricane XIIb sweeping at 36000 feet
2 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 41,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 6


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35600 feet
2 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35600 feet
2 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35600 feet



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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 12
B-17E Fortress x 23
B-25C Mitchell x 47
P-40K Warhawk x 23


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 1 destroyed



Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 33

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

flak claims a Wellington, we only do minor damage... the enemy has based fighters here but they were out on a sweep and landed without problems at their base...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 14
Wellington Ic x 16
B-25C Mitchell x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 12


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 15


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 10


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 3


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 35,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 14


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35600 feet



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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 14


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet



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Afternoon Air attack on 14th Division, at 114,138 (Lunga)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 8
B-26B Marauder x 21


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 9th Ind. Engr Rgt /2 ...
Also attacking 14th Division ...
Also attacking 9th Ind. Engr Rgt /2 ...
Also attacking 14th Division ...
Also attacking 9th Ind. Engr Rgt /2 ...

keep on pounding the enemy units on Lunga... effect unknown, probably not existing...

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Afternoon Air attack on Lunga , at 114,138

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 8


No Allied losses



Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on 2nd JNAF AF Unit , at 114,138 (Lunga)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 9


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 100,68

Japanese Ships
TK Tatekawa Maru
PB Karimo Maru
TK Kurume Maru
PB Mikitade Maru
PB Toyokuni Maru

Allied Ships
SS Finback



SS Finback launches 4 torpedoes at TK Tatekawa Maru
Finback diving deep ....
PB Mikitade Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Toyokuni Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toyokuni Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toyokuni Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toyokuni Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toyokuni Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

the tanker was missed...

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Ground combat at Lunga (114,138)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 24041 troops, 615 guns, 267 vehicles, Assault Value = 791

Defending force 8384 troops, 32 guns, 67 vehicles, Assault Value = 172

Allied adjusted assault: 201

Japanese adjusted defense: 861

Allied assault odds: 1 to 4 (fort level 5)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
462 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 38 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled


Allied ground losses:
448 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 34 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled)


Assaulting units:
2nd Marine Division
3rd Marine Division
104th USN Base Force
119th USAAF Base Force

Defending units:
14th Division
2nd JNAF AF Unit
9th Ind. Engr Rgt /2


our adjusted av is once again only 25% of the base av which is as ridicoulos as all the other times this happens... with an enemy being near collapse getting his av multiplied by 4 there´s nothing we could do... also the losses were equal today, means it was a total failure... having the base cut off for months and the units bombed for weeks means nothing...

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 8/16/2010 4:28:09 PM   
castor troy


Posts: 14330
Joined: 8/23/2004
From: Austria
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ASW attack near Shikuka at 126,45

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-10

Allied Ships
SS Hake



SS Hake is sighted by escort
SC CHa-10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Saishu To at 99,56

Japanese Ships
xAK Havre Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Nissen Maru #3
xAK Yuri Maru
xAK Rasin Maru
xAK Akagisan Maru
PB Ryusei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Tunny



SS Tunny launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Havre Maru
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

that one is sunk for sure...

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ASW attack near Ketapang at 55,96

Japanese Ships
E W-3
E Kamome
E W-18

Allied Ships
SS Grampus



SS Grampus is sighted by escort
Grampus bottoming out ....
E Kamome fails to find sub and abandons search
E W-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 36,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 38



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
38 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Gasmata , at 103,127

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 40,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 25


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 31


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vc Trop: 1 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet

CAP engaged:
No.75 Sqn RAAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 11 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 37000 , scrambling fighters to 37000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
No.76 Sqn RAAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 37000 , scrambling fighters to 37000.
Raid is overhead
No.452 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 37000 , scrambling fighters to 37000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
No.457 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 37000 , scrambling fighters to 37000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes

the enemy brought Tojos to Kavieng and sweeps Gasmata at max alt... the Spits can go slightly higher but very few of them actually dove on the enemy, understandable when most of them have to scramble while the enemy is already over the base... four radar sets (SCR) at the base, no effect... I´m pretty puzzled about land based radar, doesn´t ever seem to work for me... and it leads to always the same answer: just don´t put up Cap at all if there isn´t really a must to do so (like having a convoy anchered at the base)...

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Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 31



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet

no Cap, no radar effect...

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Morning Air attack on Pisanuloke , at 58,57

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 22


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet

no Cap, no radar effect... got no clue about enemy radar at the base though...

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Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 25


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
21 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
47th I.F.Chutai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Raid is overhead

leaking Cap from Bangkok, no radar... dive for the Lightnings, all enemy ac shot down...

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Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 3
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 3



Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 8
P-38F Lightning x 8
P-38G Lightning x 25


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 2 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed
Ki-61-Ia Tony: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
7 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet *
8 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet
24 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ia Tony (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 37730
Raid is overhead
286 Ku S-1 with A6M3a Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes

follow on sweep, more leaking Cap, dive for the Lightnings -> massacre...

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Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 4
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 8



Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 8


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed




CAP engaged:
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ia Tony (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 37730
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
286 Ku S-1 with A6M3a Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 11000
Raid is overhead
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36740
Raid is overhead

last "strike pack" of today´s sweeps, getting the dive again... we had two fighters damaged with one crashing on the way home and another one being written off... the enemy probably lost close to 20 fighters over this base for 2 Lightnings lost... not the Lightning is so superior, the dive is...

funny again that it´s not bombing or fighter sweeps that is really dangerous, it´s as always nav search that is probably killing you and close to a kamikaze mission... today, no less than 5 PBY crashed... funny AE world...

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Morning Air attack on 73rd Chinese Corps, at 74,54

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 8
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 1st New Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 73rd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 1st New Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 73rd Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on Gasmata , at 103,127

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 40,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3



Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 14


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



CAP engaged:
No.75 Sqn RAAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 37000 , scrambling fighters between 37000 and 37740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
No.76 Sqn RAAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 37000 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
No.457 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 37000 , scrambling fighters to 37000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes

two Tojos were damaged, effect unknown...

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Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 22
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 9
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 15
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 24



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 4 damaged



Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 60

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
24 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
15 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
9 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

radar isn´t even working if the enemy is sending in a strike consisting of 80 aircraft... radar? hmm got something like three dozen radar sets in Burma, none of them ever showed any effect... that´s pretty consistent when it NEVER works...

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Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 42,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 11



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet

funny when my land based radar fails 100% of the time... nav based radar works though...

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Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 19



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 3 damaged


Allied ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 38

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Pisanuloke , at 58,57

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 26
B-17E Fortress x 39
B-25C Mitchell x 60


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 24
Airbase supply hits 20
Runway hits 94

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

doesn´t matter if we have radar and the enemy hasn´t because the outcome is the same... we got radar that isn´t working, the enemy normally hasn´t got any...

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Morning Air attack on Pisanuloke , at 58,57

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 16


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground




Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 26

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

this base was hit hard today...

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Morning Air attack on Pisanuloke , at 58,57

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 16


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Pisanuloke , at 58,57

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 46,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 3


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Tsuyung , at 68,46

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 30



No Japanese losses



Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
30 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 8000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Lunga , at 114,138

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 25
B-26B Marauder x 19


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 14th Division ...
Also attacking 9th Ind. Engr Rgt /2 ...
Also attacking Lunga ...
Also attacking 2nd JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 14th Division ...
Also attacking 9th Ind. Engr Rgt /2 ...
Also attacking Lunga ...
Also attacking 14th Division ...


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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 39


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 46

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 31


Japanese aircraft losses
H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 63

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 10


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 17


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

we´re doing round the clock bombing with everything we can get airborne but we aren´t able to keep any of the bigger airfields closed, we can´t even keep them heavily damaged... as mentioned earlier, I´ve long been waiting for a Cap ambush... and we´re losing far too many bombers without facing Cap already...

it felt like a victorious day in the air with our succesful sweeps into the Bangkok area but at the end of the day we also lose 17 aircraft, 8 of them on nav search, because also the Stranraer was lost on a nav search mission...

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Ground combat at 56,56

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9468 troops, 128 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 2425

Defending force 58176 troops, 539 guns, 997 vehicles, Assault Value = 2299


Allied ground losses:
90 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
14th Indian Division
2nd British Division
25th Indian Division
23rd Indian Division
39th Indian Division
26th Indian Division

Defending units:
74th Infantry Regiment
1st Tank Division
9th Tank Regiment
52nd Division
112th Infantry Regiment
143rd Infantry Regiment
56th Division
33rd Division
11th Tank Regiment


yeah baby, working as designed...




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Sub attack near Balabac at 69,84

Japanese Ships
TK San Luis Maru, Torpedo hits 1
TK Tatibana Maru
E W-14

Allied Ships
SS Guardfish



SS Guardfish launches 6 torpedoes at TK San Luis Maru
E W-14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

very intense turn starts with a hit on an enemy tanker, guess that won´t be a kill...

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ASW attack near Taihoku at 87,62

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 3
SC Ch 15
SC Ch 14

Allied Ships
SS Tinosa, hits 1



SS Tinosa is located by SC Ch 3
Tinosa diving deep ....
SC Ch 15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 14 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 14 is out of ASW ammo
SC Ch 15 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 15 is out of ASW ammo
SC Ch 15 is out of ASW ammo
SC Ch 15 is out of ASW ammo
SC Ch 14 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC Ch 15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 39,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 40



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 6
Hurricane IIb Trop x 25
Hurricane IIc Trop x 21
Hurricane XIIb x 6
P-40K Warhawk x 40
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 10


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 7 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 4 destroyed



CAP engaged:
No.14 Sqn RCAF with Hurricane XIIb (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
No.5 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Raid is overhead
No.17 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIa Trop (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes
No.30 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
No.34 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
No.67 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
No.79 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
No.136 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Raid is overhead
No.146 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
51st FG/16th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
51st FG/26th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters to 42000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
347th FG/67th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
18th FG/70th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Raid is overhead
23rd FG/75th FS with P-40K Warhawk (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Raid is overhead

placed more than 200 fighters at Toungoo to engage the enemy again... it´s smarter not to put up Cap at all IMO, I (yet again unsuccesfully) hoped for radar to work but radar once again isn´t existing... I start to seriously doubt that land based radar works at all when it fails 100% of the time in this PBEM... so radar isn´t working and your fighters are sitting on the field, waiting to get destroyed... we start off with a stratosphere sweep, taking apart our "low" flying Hurricanes followed by probably a dozen Oscars shot down by the P-47 that dove from 42,000ft... the Oscars achieve a 5:1 over the Hurricanes and 7:0 over the Warhawks with the alt advantage to lose 12:0 vs the P-47 that had the alt advantage... by far not even 50% of our fighters got airborne... it´s only about the height advantage... forget about speed or man, all you need is altitude...

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Morning Air attack on 57th Chinese Corps, at 74,54

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 22
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 17
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 7th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 57th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 7th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 57th Chinese Corps ...

again, I can only be glad that the enemy still has parts of his airforce in China instead having it in Thailand... these attacks got no effect at all, my troops are marching on Liuchow... wonder if Rainer is already aware about what hammer is really coming towards his stronghold at Liuchow...

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Morning Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 24
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 6
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 24
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 24



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 6
Hurricane IIb Trop x 22
Hurricane IIc Trop x 15
Hurricane XIIb x 4
P-40K Warhawk x 27
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 8


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 6 destroyed
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 7 destroyed, 14 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 7 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIa Trop: 3 damaged
Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 destroyed on ground
Hurricane IIb Trop: 3 destroyed, 18 damaged
Hurricane IIb Trop: 4 destroyed on ground
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed on ground
Hurricane XIIb: 4 damaged
Hurricane XIIb: 1 destroyed on ground
P-40K Warhawk: 27 damaged
P-40K Warhawk: 5 destroyed on ground
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 28

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
20 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
17 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
No.14 Sqn RCAF with Hurricane XIIb (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 7000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
6 planes vectored on to bombers
No.5 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
No.17 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIa Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
12 planes vectored on to bombers
No.30 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
10 planes vectored on to bombers
No.34 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
2 planes vectored on to bombers
No.67 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
No.79 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
No.146 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 26000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
2 planes vectored on to bombers
51st FG/16th FS with P-40K Warhawk (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
11 planes vectored on to bombers
51st FG/26th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
347th FG/67th FS with P-40K Warhawk (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
18th FG/70th FS with P-40K Warhawk (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
12 planes vectored on to bombers
23rd FG/75th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
5 planes vectored on to bombers
No.136 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers

I´m really getting pissed about radar... is there a good reason why it never works? I really can´t here the "it´s all working as designed" anymore... how much blah blah was going on during the "the airroutines are broken threads" that mentioned radar effects when there isn´t any effect at all... at least there is never any effect of land based radar in this PBEM... feel free to scroll through 25 pages of this AAR to find air strikes on land targets that were spotted by radar... I can´t remember them and it really is getting obvious that land based radar never works... how the hell can it always fail? Dozen of radar sets are in this area (not only at this base, going to Toungoo, the enemy runs over at least 12-15 radar sites) Toungoo also got a hell a lot...

after the sweep coming in first, we sure still had far more than 200 combat ready fighters, but that doesn´t help you at all if the enemy is employing 21st century stealth technology and your "radar" is something like a 90 year old spotter sitting in the jungle... 85 fighters are listed as engaging the enemy, that´s roughly one third of what we´ve got available... that´s nothing but a wet fart compared to the numbers we´ve got available, we placed around 65% of all available fighters in this theatre on Cap at Toungoo... but the most ridicoulos fact was that not even these 85 fighters were able to engage the incoming strike BEFORE they were dropping their bombs onto our parked fighters... we tangled a very short time with the 18 Tojos that were able to keep us from even reaching the bombers... heck, that´s all working so well... then the bombers dropped their load on the airfield, resulting in dozens of "fighter(s) damaged" and "fighter(s) destroyed messages"... oh how funny that was to watch... flak? Don´t get me started about this "feature"... guess I´ve now got even more than 150 3.7 inch flak guns at the base... effect? non existent... 3 bombers were claimed by flak today... 3 out of 102 in total attacking the base... against a total unrealistic stack of flak guns at an airfield in the middle of the Burmese jungle... now you could say that you shouldn´t expect a realistic outcome by stacking an unrealistic number of flak guns into one place, but hey, this statement would only be ok if the enemy bombers would fall in droves when they are coming in at 11,000ft against such a base defense... I´ve thought that it would once again be possible for the enemy to attack an airfield with something like 250 fighters set to Cap without suffering at all but doing massive damage to our squadrons (like it happened several times in the past with the exact same conditions) but then we got lucky it seems and there was a post air attack phase... our fighters suddenly started bouncing the Tojos, taking out 1/3 of the escorts and then turning onto the bombers, claiming at least 40-50 of them... according to the replay, the losses above are totally incorrect, I expect to have downed 40 enemy bombers for sure...

flak of course got no effect in this PBEM either... it´s useless... please see in the post below how much flak and how many base forces with radar I´ve placed there... to me, neither radar, nor flak got any effect... therefore I feel just like a stupid dork again to put fighters at an airfield with a huge number of flak guns and radar sets when you then aren´t able to engage the enemy and your fighters just keep sitting on the field, waiting to get bombed... that must have been the same like during the BoB when the RAF fighter command lost most of it´s fighters on the ground... ah, wait.. was it really that way?

just to point it out again, wouldn´t there have been this lucky die roll to get a post air attack phase (can´t figure out what´s the reason to get that phase ) then we would have lost some 30 fighters with 50 more damaged on the ground while we would have taken out 2 Tojos and 2 or 3 bombers BEFORE they dropped their load... and this with placing 250 fighters on Cap at an airfield with more than a dozen radar sets... and NO, that´s not a "one time you got so unlucky die roll"... that´s obviously happening most of the time when I look at the pre warning times of attacks against my airfields... I see the number of fighters, the number of flak guns and the number of radar sets as totally unrealistic, yet my radar always fails, my flak got no effect and 65% of my fighters stay grounded when the enemy sends in a 100 plane strike... mhm...

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Morning Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 24
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 17



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 6
Hurricane IIb Trop x 14
Hurricane IIc Trop x 10
Hurricane XIIb x 4
P-40K Warhawk x 20
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 5


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 11 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 destroyed on ground
Hurricane IIb Trop: 10 damaged
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed on ground
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged
Hurricane IIc Trop: 2 destroyed on ground
Hurricane XIIb: 1 damaged
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 4 damaged

all damaged or destroyed on the ground...


Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
No.14 Sqn RCAF with Hurricane XIIb (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Raid is overhead
4 planes vectored on to bombers
No.17 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIa Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 118 minutes
6 planes vectored on to bombers
No.30 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 121 minutes
No.79 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
No.146 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 86 minutes
1 planes vectored on to bombers
51st FG/16th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 67 minutes
51st FG/26th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 59 minutes
2 planes vectored on to bombers
347th FG/67th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 72 minutes
1 planes vectored on to bombers
18th FG/70th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 58 minutes
2 planes vectored on to bombers
23rd FG/75th FS with P-40K Warhawk (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
No.5 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 84 minutes
No.34 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead
No.67 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 64 minutes
No.136 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes

guess even with the non working sound detectors of real life you could have done better than with a dozen British radar sets in WITP AE... pre warning time? non existent... a funny engagement once more... why? because this time none of the 17 Tojos did anything... don´t know what has to happen when 17 escorting fighters just ignore their bombers being attacked and taken apart, but that´s what has happened here... halve of the bombers were shot down, the other dozen bombers then damaged or destroyed more than two dozen fighters on the ground...

now let´s look at the total losses of this turn... with around 40 Allied fighters and probably 80 Japanese aircraft destroyed at Toungoo today, just from the loss list you could think that this was an Allied victory... was it? No IMO... why? because the enemy sent in 102 bombers that were escorted by only 35 Tojos... granted, there was a 40 Oscar sweep before the main strikes arrived but the Oscars "only" accounted for roughly a dozen fighers shot down with another halve dozen damaged, which still left us with far more than 200 combat ready fighters... but this just doesn´t help you at all if you can´t get them airborne and the ones you have airborne decide not to engage the enemy strike before it is going to drop the bombs... this just felt like our big carrier engagement, when only 30% of our fighters actually engaged the enemy, even though radar worked then... only the unexpected low hit rate of the IJAAF saved us from losing 50-60 fighters on the ground today... IJA airfields were often surprised by Allied airstrikes in real life but those most often lacked any kind of radar, I wonder how well the "we´re always going to surprise you with your pants down" would have worked in real life against Allied bases with more than a dozen radar sets... I don´t want to even discuss flak anymore, I´m not talking about bad die rolls because flak (non)effect is shown in all these attacks against Toungoo, which is nothing but an unrealistic massing of flak units. IMO, the Japanese got away pretty good today, they faced 65% of all available fighters and the same percentage of heavy flak in this theatre while only losing 2:1...




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Ground combat at Lunga (114,138)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 23746 troops, 615 guns, 266 vehicles, Assault Value = 785

Defending force 7966 troops, 32 guns, 67 vehicles, Assault Value = 159

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Allied adjusted assault: 459

Japanese adjusted defense: 161

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 4)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 4

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
962 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 37 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 60 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled


Allied ground losses:
241 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled)


Assaulting units:
2nd Marine Division
3rd Marine Division
104th USN Base Force
119th USAAF Base Force

Defending units:
14th Division
2nd JNAF AF Unit
9th Ind. Engr Rgt /2

not only did the engineers reduce a fort level, we also got an adjusted av higher than 50% base av... holy grail, so much luck in one turn? The base seems to be about to fall...

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Ground combat at 56,54

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3825 troops, 270 guns, 191 vehicles, Assault Value = 2620

Defending force 92664 troops, 978 guns, 1086 vehicles, Assault Value = 3333

Japanese ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 10 (4 destroyed, 6 disabled)


Assaulting units:
19th Indian Division
6th Australian Division
7th Indian Division
7th Australian Division
111th Chindit Brigade
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
20th Indian Division
70th British Division
77th Chindit Brigade
IV Indian Corps
2/9th Field Regiment
RAF 221 Group Base Force
8th Medium Regiment
2/13th Field Regiment
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
III Indian Corps
4th NW Frontier Base Force
6th Medium Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
106th RAF Base Force
XXXIII Indian Corps
AHQ Bengal
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
XV Indian Corps
Eastern Army
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
48th Division
38th Division
2nd Tank Division
9th
53rd Division
Imperial Guards Division
5th Guards Division
15th Army
32nd Field AA Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
31st Field AA Battalion
34th Field AA Battalion

intelligence bombardment... estimated enemy strenght in the area is 8,000av...



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Sub attack near Aogashima at 113,65

Japanese Ships
E Matsuwa, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Minekaze

Allied Ships
SS Snook



SS Snook launches 6 torpedoes at E Matsuwa
Snook diving deep ....
DD Minekaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Minekaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Minekaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Minekaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Minekaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

one of the rare kills...

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ASW attack near Kobe at 107,61

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-16
E W-10
SC CHa-22

Allied Ships
SS Lapon



SS Lapon is sighted by escort
Lapon diving deep ....
E W-10 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC CHa-22 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-22 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-22 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-22 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-22 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-22 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Tawi Tawi at 71,89

Japanese Ships
PB Shintohoku Maru

Allied Ships
SS Stingray



SS Stingray is sighted by escort
Stingray diving deep ....
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Hollandia at 93,115

Japanese Ships
xAKL Uga Maru, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
SS S-41



SS S-41 attacking on the surface
SS S-41 low on gun ammo, Holley, G.M. breaks off surface engagement and submerges

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Morning Air attack on 1st New Chinese Corps, at 74,54

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 8
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 53rd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 1st New Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 53rd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 1st New Chinese Corps ...


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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 51


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 4 damaged



Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 31

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

hit rate is just pathetic... it seems that my medium bombers are far better suited to attack airfields than my heavies... but as you might know already, I´m going to run out of medium bombers soon, only getting useless attack bombers in future for the USAAF...

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 29


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 29

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 10


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 4 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

flew a full attack today but it´s hardly possible to keep Darwin suppressed for more than a day...

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Ground combat at Lunga (114,138)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 23441 troops, 615 guns, 263 vehicles, Assault Value = 773

Defending force 7189 troops, 32 guns, 67 vehicles, Assault Value = 124

Allied adjusted assault: 309

Japanese adjusted defense: 425

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 4)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
325 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled


Allied ground losses:
180 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled


Assaulting units:
2nd Marine Division
3rd Marine Division
104th USN Base Force
119th USAAF Base Force

Defending units:
14th Division
2nd JNAF AF Unit
9th Ind. Engr Rgt /2

with a succesful attack in the last days I´ve thought we could keep up doing good here but we fail miserably again...

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Ground combat at 56,54

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8684 troops, 466 guns, 312 vehicles, Assault Value = 2618

Defending force 92674 troops, 978 guns, 1087 vehicles, Assault Value = 3333

Japanese ground losses:
59 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Assaulting units:
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
7th Australian Division
6th Australian Division
20th Indian Division
70th British Division
111th Chindit Brigade
7th Indian Division
19th Indian Division
77th Chindit Brigade
XXXIII Indian Corps
AHQ Bengal
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
III Indian Corps
RAF 221 Group Base Force
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
4th NW Frontier Base Force
2/13th Field Regiment
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
8th Medium Regiment
Eastern Army
2/9th Field Regiment
XV Indian Corps
IV Indian Corps
106th RAF Base Force
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
2nd Tank Division
2nd Guards Division
53rd Division
38th Division
9th
48th Division
5th Guards Division
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
31st Field AA Battalion
32nd Field AA Battalion
15th Army
34th Field AA Battalion


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Ground combat at Liuchow (74,55)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 220400 troops, 1098 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8445

Defending force 35102 troops, 311 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 1303

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 5

Allied adjusted assault: 10310

Japanese adjusted defense: 1382

Allied assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 5)

Allied forces CAPTURE Liuchow !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
16705 casualties reported
Squads: 332 destroyed, 235 disabled
Non Combat: 360 destroyed, 238 disabled
Engineers: 88 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 121 (115 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Vehicles lost 55 (50 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Units retreated 8


Allied ground losses:
8330 casualties reported
Squads: 28 destroyed, 566 disabled
Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 753 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 30 disabled


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
35th Chinese Corps
70th Chinese Corps
14th Chinese Corps
75th Chinese Corps
56th Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
16th Chinese Corps
62nd Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
12th Chinese Corps
90th Chinese Corps
64th Chinese Corps
57th Chinese Corps
31st Chinese Corps
50th Chinese Corps
76th Chinese Corps
11th Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
95th Chinese Corps
85th Chinese Corps
36th Chinese Corps
2nd Prov Chinese Corps
21st Group Army
15th Group Army
7th Group Army
8th Group Army
8th War Area
14th Group Army
6th Group Army
37th Group Army
9th Group Army
4th War Area
34th Group Army
2nd Chinese Base Force

Defending units:
2nd Militia Regiment
17th Division
39th Division
1st Militia Regiment
102nd Infantry Regiment
3rd Militia Regiment
21st Mortar Battalion
32nd JNAF AF Unit

now what about that? This is the first major Chinese offensive of the war and it starts off with a major success on the South Western Chinese front. We´ve massed around 15,000 Chinese av in the area(yes, 15,000) and nearly 250,000 troops were sent in to storm the enemy positions at Liuchow. The Chinese offensive only is possible due to the liberation of Burma and supplies flowing en masse to China, but the supply routine is a different discussion and is just borked to me anyway, something Rainer and me agree completely. But what really is giving us a good chance is the fact that Rainer seemed to have done a big mistake in having this front only covered by two divisions, a rgt and a couple of useless Militia rgts. While there were level 6 forts, this is a clear hex and the enemy has got no chance against such a hammer, even if we´re only talking about Chinese units. Fully supplied and employed en masse shows the ground combat´s uggly face when it comes down to assault value. Fully prepped with lots of HQs and supplies we get an adjusted av being higher than our base av, resulting in a 7:1 ratio, perfectly enough to kick out the Japanese defenders on our first attempt. The enemy loses squads worth a full division with more or less another one being disabled. We only lose two dozen combat squads with nearly 600 disabled, but the disabled squads are spread out within all our units, which means every unit is still in perfect shape and usually doesn´t have more than two dozen squads disabled which will be fine in short time I guess. Enough supplies and support is on hand, got another 4,000 av marching into the town, the rest of the Army will storm WEST now.

Rainer really has misidentified the need to hold the position here, which means in this area. I would have built up Nanning (wooden hex, two hexes West) and would have placed there at least three divs more to hold the place. Even then it would be a tough fight to hold against 15,000 Chinese av I guess but losses would be horrible for the Chinese, probably halting an offensive pretty quickly. As it stands now, we broke through the front within one day and I guess there´s nothing left that could stop us from advancing into Vietnam and further onto Thailand to force the enemy to withdraw units from the Moulmein front, which is the main reason for the Chinese to do this offensive. The Western Allied can´t break through the front against 8,000 enemy av sitting in the jungle behind forts but the Japanese now have a second front in their back. The good thing about this is that it isn´t linked via road or rail to the rest of China in Japanese hands so bringing in Japanese troops over land will take time, leaves them with sea lift, but that means non restricted units only and there shouldn´t be that many divisions available to stop us. So I´m hoping to really see Japanese units being drawn out of the Moulmein - Chiang Mai line in Northern Thailand. We´re going to advance with the Chinese as long as it takes to force the Japanese to move back. Or until Rainer pulls off a nice operation trashing the advancing Chinese.



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ASW attack near Billiton at 54,94

Japanese Ships
E W-11
E W-3
E Kamome
E W-18

Allied Ships
SS Sailfish



SS Sailfish launches 4 torpedoes at E W-11
Sailfish bottoming out ....
E Kamome fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamome fails to find sub and abandons search
E W-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

keep on fighting E escorts...

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ASW attack near Tawau at 69,91

Japanese Ships
PB Shintohoku Maru

Allied Ships
SS Pike



SS Pike is sighted by escort
Pike diving deep ....
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Pre-Invasion action off Namatanai

19 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
CL Concord
CL Marblehead
LST-17
AM Bengal
AM Muritai


Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


CL Concord firing at 58th JNAF AF Unit
CL Marblehead firing at 58th JNAF AF Unit
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards


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Amphibious Assault at Namatanai

TF 109 troops unloading over beach at Namatanai, 107,125


Allied ground losses:
749 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 122 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 242 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 34 (0 destroyed, 34 disabled)
Vehicles lost 73 (0 destroyed, 73 disabled)


10 Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 8th RAN Base Force /6

this was a test... I had three rgts and two base forces between 30 and 40 prepped for this target and hoped that the landing would be "ok" if I would use APA and LST. The landing itself obviously didn´t go well , our units are 25-30% disabled, but suffered no losses so it´s only a minor annoyance as the base is only very lightly defended... the enemy was pleased to see such a result though... that´s the base East of Rabaul and I want to seize it together with Kavieng before invading Rabaul... all troops were thrown onto the beach together with 25,000 supplies today, so the invasion convoy will leave the area again tomorrow as I don´t want to run into an enemy surface combat group or KB... still some 300 av left to take the base and this should be easily enough, some 1500 enemy troops are reported to be defending the place... shortly after the base is taken we´re going to move overland to Kavieng (no problem with a trail going to that base) and we´re shipping in some eng units to build up the place to cover the Rabaul invasion in a couple of weeks... APA and LST really work great

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Invasion Support action off Namatanai

10 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
LST-18
AM Bengal
AM Muritai



Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards


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Sub attack near Torishima at 109,68

Japanese Ships
xAK Tensyo Maru
PB Tama Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Snapper



SS Snapper launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Tensyo Maru
Snapper diving deep ....
PB Tama Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tama Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tama Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tama Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tama Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Vigan at 79,73

Japanese Ships
DD Yunagi
DD Oite
DD Asanagi

Allied Ships
SS Cisco, hits 4



SS Cisco launches 4 torpedoes at DD Yunagi
DD Yunagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asanagi attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yunagi fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asanagi attacking submerged sub ....
DD Asanagi is out of ASW ammo
DD Asanagi is out of ASW ammo
DD Asanagi is out of ASW ammo
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

not really succesful day for the subs... light damage from near misses...

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Morning Air attack on Prome , at 55,50

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 41,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 42



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
42 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet

the usual sweep against empty air, didn´t even try to put up Cap here...

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Morning Air attack on Kweilin , at 76,54

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 43,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 18



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet *



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Morning Air attack on Tavoy , at 54,60

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 20


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
20 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
47th I.F.Chutai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Raid is overhead

we send out the Lightnings to either engage fighters from Tavoy or leaking Cap from Bangkok... that´s leaking Cap...

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Morning Air attack on Tavoy , at 54,60

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 3
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 22


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
18 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
286 Ku S-1 with A6M3a Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 11000
Raid is overhead

more of them show up and more of them are shot down...

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Morning Air attack on Tavoy , at 54,60

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 4
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 11



Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 6
P-38F Lightning x 7
P-38G Lightning x 6


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed
Ki-61-Ia Tony: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38F Lightning: 1 destroyed



CAP engaged:
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ia Tony (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(11 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 37730
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740
Raid is overhead
286 Ku S-1 with A6M3a Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes

more enemy fighters with every sweep, two parts of the last squadron and 6 P-38G of the first two squadrons that got lost show up, again taking a heavy toll on the defenders... the sweeps turned out to be counterproductive though...

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Morning Air attack on 1st New Chinese Corps, at 74,54

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 8
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 73rd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 1st New Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 73rd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 1st New Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on Kweilin , at 76,54

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 43,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet *



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Morning Air attack on Tavoy , at 54,60

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 6
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 9
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 3



Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 6
Wellington Ic x 24
B-17E Fortress x 29


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 1 damaged
Wellington Ic: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged



Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
47th I.F.Chutai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Raid is overhead
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 11000
Raid is overhead
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36740
Raid is overhead
286 Ku S-1 with A6M3a Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 36750.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ia Tony (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 37730 , scrambling fighters to 37730.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes

that´s the reason why I thought the sweeps to be counterproductive... wanted to take out enemy Cap with my sweeps, but only pulled in more fighters... the bombers don´t have escorts at that range and the bombers really take a beating today... while we only lose a single Lightning for taking down a dozen enemy fighters we also lose a lot of bombers, medium bombers I can´t replace...

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Morning Air attack on Tavoy , at 54,60

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 4
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 3



Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 7
B-25C Mitchell x 32


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 2 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
47th I.F.Chutai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Raid is overhead
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 11000
Raid is overhead
286 Ku S-1 with A6M3a Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 81 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ia Tony (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 37730 , scrambling fighters to 37000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 57 minutes

losing B-25C really hurts, they can only be replaced by B-25D1 and I´ve got no use for them... well, I want to use them for nav attacks but if strafe is the only skill that is needed for succesful 100ft attacks then they´re unusable because there are no bomber crews with any strafe skill and you can´t train bombers on strafe... would mean I would have to swap out these bomber crews with fighter pilots but I haven´t trained any fighter pilots on strafe either as there´s just no reason to do so... if lownav skill isn´t used for 100ft attacks then I would call that seriously borked... why? Because you can´t train a bomber crew on the needed skill to do the kind of bombing run that is hardcoded for attack bombers... the first 100ft attack on shipping will show what is needed because the B-25D1 that I´ve set to nav attack all got crews with 70 lownav skill (but no strafe skill of course)... when they hit something, then lownav is needed for 100ft attacks, if they hit nothing, then I bet strafe is needed... with no strafe or lowgnd skill, 48 of these bombers can´t achieve more than one or two hits during an airfield attack... 48 unskilled level bombers like the B-25C would achieve 20-40 hits for sure in a 10,000ft level bombing run... must be pretty hard to miss a runway if you attack at 100ft...

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Morning Air attack on Tavoy , at 54,60

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 1
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 2



Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 12


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
1 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 11000
Raid is overhead
286 Ku S-1 with A6M3a Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ia Tony (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 37730 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Tavoy , at 54,60

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged



Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 137 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 41
F4F-3P Wildcat x 2


Japanese aircraft losses
H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged



Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6


Japanese aircraft losses
H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground




Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Lunga , at 114,138

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 25
B-26B Marauder x 17


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged



Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 14th Division ...
Also attacking 9th Ind. Engr Rgt /2 ...
Also attacking 14th Division ...
Also attacking Lunga ...
Also attacking 14th Division ...
Also attacking 9th Ind. Engr Rgt /2 ...
Also attacking 14th Division ...

nearly all my bombers on every front were airborne today... we can´t sustain losses like today though...

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Morning Air attack on 14th Division, at 114,138 (Lunga)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 9


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Tavoy , at 54,60

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 9


No Allied losses



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Tavoy , at 54,60

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 9


No Allied losses



Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Tavoy , at 54,60

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 6


No Allied losses



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Lunga , at 114,138

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 9


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 18


Japanese aircraft losses
H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground




Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 12


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 6


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 17



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 8000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

not much sense to bomb Liuchow...

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 19


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 28


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 4 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 29

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

I´m seriously thinking about stopping these bomb runs on Darwin... we can´t keep the airfield permanently suppressed (guess we can´t even suppress it for a single day) and we don´t really burn enemy supplies either... we only take losses... the enemy only got a IJAAF base force left at the base so putting lots of aircraft there won´t work anyway and we could sweep them with 100 Corsairs and 50 Lightnings anyway... followed by 150 Liberators... as mentioned earlier, the enemy seems to be evacuating his troops via airtransport to Timor... we´re in the process or moving more tank units overland to Darwin but this is going to take some more weeks, by then, the enemy strenght should have been further gone down... I expect to destroy two divisions and most of the heavy equipment of two or three more divs as these hopefully won´t be air transportable... anyway, main goal is to finally seize Darwin and build it up, this will be the most important base in the next twelve months I guess...




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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 12


No Allied losses



Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Ground combat at 56,54

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8681 troops, 466 guns, 312 vehicles, Assault Value = 2620

Defending force 92663 troops, 978 guns, 1088 vehicles, Assault Value = 3332

Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)


Assaulting units:
6th Australian Division
20th Indian Division
7th Australian Division
70th British Division
7th Indian Division
111th Chindit Brigade
19th Indian Division
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
77th Chindit Brigade
RAF 221 Group Base Force
6th Medium Regiment
4th NW Frontier Base Force
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2/13th Field Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
106th RAF Base Force
Eastern Army
III Indian Corps
AHQ Bengal
XXXIII Indian Corps
2/9th Field Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
XV Indian Corps
8th Medium Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
IV Indian Corps
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
2nd Guards Division
38th Division
53rd Division
2nd Tank Division
48th Division
9th
5th Guards Division
32nd Field AA Battalion
15th Army
31st Field AA Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
34th Field AA Battalion






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Sub attack near Saishu To at 99,56

Japanese Ships
xAKL Shinrei Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
SC CHa-26

Allied Ships
SS Flying Fish



SS Flying Fish launches 6 torpedoes at xAKL Shinrei Maru
SC CHa-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

scoring on a small freighter...

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ASW attack near Iba at 78,74

Japanese Ships
DD Asanagi
DD Oite
DD Yunagi

Allied Ships
SS Trigger



SS Trigger is located by DD Asanagi
Trigger diving deep ....
DD Yunagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yunagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yunagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yunagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yunagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Submarine attack near Saishu To at 99,56

Japanese Ships
xAKL Shinrei Maru, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Flying Fish



xAKL Shinrei Maru is sighted by SS Flying Fish
SS Flying Fish launches 6 torpedoes

and Flying Fish´s skipper is stupid enough to fire another 6 torp salvo on a freighter that sinks a minute later... this salvo completely missed... well done, spending 12 out of 18 available fwd torps on a xAKL...

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ASW attack near Hachijo-jima at 114,64

Japanese Ships
xAK Panama Maru
PB Taian Maru

Allied Ships
SS Herring



SS Herring is sighted by escort
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 100,68

Japanese Ships
TK Oyashima Maru
PB Daiya Maru

Allied Ships
SS Snapper



SS Snapper launches 4 torpedoes at TK Oyashima Maru
PB Daiya Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Daiya Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Daiya Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Daiya Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Daiya Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

a pity, duds...

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Morning Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 41,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 35



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
35 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet *

also no fighters over Mandalay... we´re back into our hit and run tactic...

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 33


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 34

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Rabaul has to be shut down as long as my battlewaggons and the invasion TF is in range... my convoys usually don´t get spotted though, other than a couple of recons there are no enemy air assets left in the area, something that makes life much more easier... instead of flying recon over my bases I would heavily invest in nav search as this at least gives you a picture about the enemy´s moves...

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 12


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged



Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Lunga , at 114,138

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 26
B-26B Marauder x 15


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 14th Division ...
Also attacking 9th Ind. Engr Rgt /2 ...
Also attacking 14th Division ...
Also attacking Lunga ...
Also attacking 9th Ind. Engr Rgt /2 ...
Also attacking 14th Division ...
Also attacking Lunga ...
Also attacking 14th Division ...
Also attacking Lunga ...


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Morning Air attack on 14th Division, at 114,138 (Lunga)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 12


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

as soon as Lunga will fall, the medium bombers will join the heavies in bombing Rabaul...

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Morning Air attack on 9th Ind. Engineer Regiment, at 114,138 (Lunga)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 8


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 57th Chinese Corps, at 74,55 (Liuchow)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 25



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 8000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 85th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 57th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 85th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 57th Chinese Corps ...


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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 18


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 35


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 32

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Ground combat at Namatanai (107,125)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1228 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 26

Defending force 11814 troops, 188 guns, 211 vehicles, Assault Value = 274

Japanese adjusted assault: 4

Allied adjusted defense: 646

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 161

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
735 casualties reported
Squads: 18 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Units destroyed 1


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
7th Indpt SNLF Coy
58th JNAF AF Unit

Defending units:
24th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
158th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
14th Canadian Brigade
179th USAAF Base Force
8th RAN Base Force

when this attack popped up I thought the enemy units would have done one of those auto attacks but Rainer told me that he ordered the attack due to totally wrong intel telling him about only a couple of hundred troops left on the beach... funny but it won´t matter anyway, the base will fall tomorrow for sure and I doubt the SNLF unit would have kept me from taking the place...

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Ground combat at Lunga (114,138)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 23374 troops, 615 guns, 263 vehicles, Assault Value = 770

Defending force 6888 troops, 32 guns, 67 vehicles, Assault Value = 118

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Allied adjusted assault: 218

Japanese adjusted defense: 241

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
532 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 48 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled


Allied ground losses:
148 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled


Assaulting units:
2nd Marine Division
3rd Marine Division
104th USN Base Force
119th USAAF Base Force

Defending units:
14th Division
2nd JNAF AF Unit
9th Ind. Engr Rgt /2

it was positive to take down another fort with our engineers, it was positive to see the enemy getting a negative multiplier for disruption (due to air attacks or not, I don´t know) but it was yet again totally disappointing to get an adjusted av of only 30%... never got above 50% while being fully prepped and fully supplied... nearly no disruption and no fatigue due to having full support... it really seems like you need an HQ whenever you attack... you´re screwed with only a handful US HQs suitable for amphib assaults...

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Ground combat at 56,54

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8648 troops, 466 guns, 313 vehicles, Assault Value = 2619

Defending force 92673 troops, 978 guns, 1088 vehicles, Assault Value = 3331

Japanese ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Assaulting units:
7th Indian Division
19th Indian Division
70th British Division
7th Australian Division
111th Chindit Brigade
20th Indian Division
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
6th Australian Division
77th Chindit Brigade
IV Indian Corps
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
III Indian Corps
2/9th Field Regiment
Eastern Army
8th Medium Regiment
2/13th Field Regiment
AHQ Bengal
106th RAF Base Force
XXXIII Indian Corps
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
4th NW Frontier Base Force
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
RAF 221 Group Base Force
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
XV Indian Corps
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
2nd Guards Division
9th
53rd Division
2nd Tank Division
48th Division
38th Division
5th Guards Division
15th Army
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
32nd Field AA Battalion
31st Field AA Battalion
34th Field AA Battalion


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Ground combat at Namatanai (107,125)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2989 troops, 66 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 274

Defending force 728 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6



Assaulting units:
24th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
158th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
14th Canadian Brigade
179th USAAF Base Force
8th RAN Base Force

Defending units:
58th JNAF AF Unit

ordered an intel bombardment, could also have ordered an immediate attack I guess... the enemy defense in the Solomons and everything on New Guinea South of Hollandia has totally collapsed, the next logic step will be to finally take out Rabaul... 25 units being reported at the base, now that´s going to be a tough target... wonder how many divisions I will meet, when Rainer even placed two of them further South of Rabaul...


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Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 19


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
19 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
47th I.F.Chutai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes

back to back sweep, this time against leaking Cap from Bangkok... you don´t want to sit in any fighter being outnumbered and the enemy above you... what follows is another massacre... I guess the best solution for air combat would be to set every fighters ceiling at 40,000ft...

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Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Corps, at 74,55 (Liuchow)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 8
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 9th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 9th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on Chiang Mai , at 58,53

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 12
Wellington Ic x 26
B-17E Fortress x 11
B-25C Mitchell x 15
P-40K Warhawk x 13


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 3 damaged
Wellington Ic: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled



Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 91

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

don´t know how consistent it is, but I notice it again and again that medium bombers seem to do better in airfield attacks than heavy bombers, despite my heavy bombers actually being flown by higher skilled crews and the medium bombers carrying usually less bombs (except the Wellington which is kind of a heavy bomber in regards of payload)...

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Morning Air attack on Chiang Mai , at 58,53

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 24
P-40K Warhawk x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 29

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Chiang Mai , at 58,53

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 11


No Allied losses



Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Chiang Mai , at 58,53

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 10


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Chiang Mai´s level 4 airfield is down...

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Morning Air attack on 9th Ind. Engineer Regiment, at 114,138 (Lunga)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 20
B-26B Marauder x 18


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 14th Division ...
Also attacking 9th Ind. Engr Rgt /2 ...


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Morning Air attack on 14th Division, at 114,138 (Lunga)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 9


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 14th Division, at 114,138 (Lunga)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 8


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Chiang Mai , at 58,53

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 11


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged



Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Chiang Mai , at 58,53

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 11


No Allied losses



Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 14th Division, at 114,138 (Lunga)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 9


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 14th Division, at 114,138 (Lunga)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 9


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Chiang Mai , at 58,53

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 46,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 21


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
21 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet

did I notice that the enemy wasn´t pleased to see Thunderbolts? Couldn´t really bring them to the fight yet though...

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Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 3



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 6


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed




CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36740
Raid is overhead
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ia Tony (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 37730
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000
Raid is overhead

the Lightnings work just fine though... 16 hexes range and being able to fly above every Japanese fighter... that´s the rest of the first squadron...

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Morning Air attack on 14th Chinese Corps, at 74,55 (Liuchow)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 25



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 8000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 76th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 76th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 76th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 3
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 3



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 21


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-61-Ia Tony: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
15 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
286 Ku S-1 with A6M3a Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000
Raid is overhead
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters to 36740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ia Tony (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 37730 , scrambling fighters to 37730.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes

another dozen enemy fighters downed by the Lightnings today for one of them lost to ops...

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Afternoon Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 40,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 18



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet



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Afternoon Air attack on Saumlaki , at 78,117

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 39


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 4 damaged



Airbase hits 15
Runway hits 46

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 13


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 35

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Kavieng , at 106,122

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 23


Japanese aircraft losses
C5M2 Babs: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 58

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Kavieng´s level 2 airfield has to be shut down, only recon ac at the base at the moment...

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Afternoon Air attack on Kavieng , at 106,122

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 11


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Saumlaki , at 78,117

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 11


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6


No Allied losses



Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Saumlaki , at 78,117

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb




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Sub attack near Tawi Tawi at 72,89

Japanese Ships
TK Nissan Maru, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Shintohoku Maru

Allied Ships
SS Grayling



SS Grayling launches 6 torpedoes at TK Nissan Maru
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

good aiming and working torps...

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Ground combat at Namatanai (107,125)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 7812 troops, 150 guns, 129 vehicles, Assault Value = 284

Defending force 580 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

Allied adjusted assault: 144

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 144 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Namatanai !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
543 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 10 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1



Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
24th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
158th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
14th Canadian Brigade
179th USAAF Base Force
8th RAN Base Force

Defending units:
58th JNAF AF Unit

adjusted av is halved but here we only had 40 preparation on average... hmm... it was easily enough...

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Ground combat at 56,54

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8676 troops, 466 guns, 313 vehicles, Assault Value = 2623

Defending force 92689 troops, 978 guns, 1089 vehicles, Assault Value = 3332

Japanese ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (2 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 5 (3 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Assaulting units:
70th British Division
6th Australian Division
111th Chindit Brigade
7th Indian Division
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
7th Australian Division
20th Indian Division
19th Indian Division
77th Chindit Brigade
6th Medium Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2/9th Field Regiment
4th NW Frontier Base Force
2/13th Field Regiment
RAF 221 Group Base Force
2/11th Field Regiment
AHQ Bengal
XV Indian Corps
8th Medium Regiment
106th RAF Base Force
IV Indian Corps
III Indian Corps
Eastern Army
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
XXXIII Indian Corps
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
2nd Tank Division
9th
53rd Division
38th Division
48th Division
2nd Guards Division
5th Guards Division
15th Army
31st Field AA Battalion
32nd Field AA Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
34th Field AA Battalion


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Ground combat at 73,55

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 142583 troops, 635 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5536

Defending force 20716 troops, 198 guns, 35 vehicles, Assault Value = 683

Allied adjusted assault: 4585

Japanese adjusted defense: 485

Allied assault odds: 9 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
10730 casualties reported
Squads: 200 destroyed, 228 disabled
Non Combat: 153 destroyed, 247 disabled
Engineers: 9 destroyed, 20 disabled
Guns lost 15 (10 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 13 (3 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Units retreated 4


Allied ground losses:
3439 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 235 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 216 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 24 disabled


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
36th Chinese Corps
14th Chinese Corps
70th Chinese Corps
16th Chinese Corps
57th Chinese Corps
76th Chinese Corps
85th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
90th Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
75th Chinese Corps
95th Chinese Corps
4th War Area
9th Group Army
7th Group Army
6th Group Army
8th War Area
15th Group Army

Defending units:
39th Division
17th Division
102nd Infantry Regiment
21st Mortar Battalion


the enemy gambled and lost, our troops were moving faster into this hex than the enemy could move out... note the (-) for op mode, we cross the river with most of our Army and trash the ex defenders of Liuchow... these units suffer their second retreat within a week, doubt that they could be called anything near combat ready... guess the two divisions and the rgt together shouldn´t have more than 100-150 av left... more than 200 combat squads disabled on our side but these are again spread out within our Army, leaving all our Corps combat ready... we keep on marching West, threatening Vietnam which I expect to be totally void of Japanese combat units (other than garisson units)... am not sure how the enemy is going to stop us without taking 3-4000 av out of the Moulmein - Chiang Mai front in Northern Thailand. The only reasonable move I see at the moment is to drastically shorten the front line, which means falling back into the area around Bangkok to keep both the Western Allied in Thailand and the Chinese in Vietnam honest while still holding back the Allied from moving into Malaya, which is the biggest threat (strategically spoken) for the Japanese.



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Sub attack near Orchid Island at 86,68

Japanese Ships
E Hayabusa
E Kari

Allied Ships
SS Scorpion



SS Scorpion launches 4 torpedoes at E Hayabusa
Scorpion diving deep ....
E Kari fails to find sub and abandons search
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59

Japanese Ships
DD Okikaze
E Kamo

Allied Ships
SS Halibut



SS Halibut launches 6 torpedoes at DD Okikaze
DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

it´s just not worth it at all to fire at enemy E or DD... the subs would be by far better off avoiding these targets instead of attacking them...

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Sub attack near Dadjangas at 78,95

Japanese Ships
PB Spey Maru
TK Eisho Maru
TK Nitiei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Tautog



SS Tautog launches 4 torpedoes at PB Spey Maru
Tautog diving deep ....
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and to attack the tankers instead of their crappy escorts...

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Sub attack near Saishu To at 99,56

Japanese Ships
xAKL Kensho Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
SC CHa-26

Allied Ships
SS Tunny



SS Tunny launches 6 torpedoes at xAKL Kensho Maru
SC CHa-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

we kill a cheap xAKL though...

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ASW attack near Orchid Island at 86,68

Japanese Ships
E Otori
E Kari
E Hayabusa

Allied Ships
SS Scorpion



SS Scorpion is located by E Otori
Scorpion diving deep ....
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub and abandons search
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Hengchun at 85,68

Japanese Ships
E Hiyodori
E Otori
E Kari
E Hayabusa

Allied Ships
SS Snapper



SS Snapper launches 4 torpedoes at E Hiyodori
Snapper diving deep ....
E Kari attacking submerged sub ....
E Hayabusa attacking submerged sub ....
E Hayabusa is out of ASW ammo
E Hayabusa is out of ASW ammo
E Kari fails to find sub and abandons search
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

more of the same...

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Sub attack near Balabac at 69,83

Japanese Ships
PB Mikitade Maru
PB Karimo Maru
TK Kurume Maru
PB Toyokuni Maru

Allied Ships
SS Guardfish



SS Guardfish launches 4 torpedoes at PB Mikitade Maru
Guardfish diving deep ....
PB Mikitade Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Toyokuni Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toyokuni Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toyokuni Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toyokuni Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toyokuni Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

oh no...

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Sub attack near Hobart at 82,181

Japanese Ships
SS RO-35

Allied Ships
PC Kimball, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
SC-706



SS RO-35 launches 2 torpedoes at PC Kimball
RO-35 diving deep ....
SC-706 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-706 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-706 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-706 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-706 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

the enemy does better, killing one of the ASW vessels off Hobart...

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Morning Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 41,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 18



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet



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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 39,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 13



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 13


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 2 destroyed



CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Raid is overhead

altitude wins... the Hurricanes were bounced and shredded...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 36,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 12



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 14


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 2 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35600 feet

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters between 34600 and 36600.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 112 minutes

dive for both sides, neutral result...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 45,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3



Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 20


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
19 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters to 37600.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes

altitude wins, what the enemy had left in the air was shot down or damaged... and yet again, all that counts is altitude... heck, not all, but it´s more or less the one and only factor...

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Morning Air attack on 75th Chinese Corps, at 73,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 29
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 76th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 75th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 76th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 75th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 43,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet



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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 10
Wellington Ic x 11
B-17E Fortress x 34
B-25C Mitchell x 49
P-40K Warhawk x 73


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 2 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged



Airbase hits 24
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 109

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

medium bombers work just fine... while I´m stuck with useless and bugged attack bombers I would love to get 30 Mitchells (level bombers) each month as I could make good use of them... as it stands now, I will end up with 4E bombers only, which will be more than one problem... a) 20 engines of 4E bombers on an airfield carry 40x500lb bombs, 20 engines of 2E bombers on an airfield carry 60x500lb bombs... b) 2E can be maintained far easier and c) I just don´t get enough 4E to equip more bomber squadrons, I can hardly replace losses at the moment with the 48 B-24D1 which we get each month... about halve of our bomber squadrons has been equipped with 4E which is the absolut maximum I would like to equip... with the totally bugged attack bombers it will be tough when you end up with only 50% of the USAAF bomber squadrons employed... even if the bug is squashed, I´m not sure that the ingame design of attack bombers nearly can resemble what they were in real life... the game is 2 weeks ahead of the AAR and I´ve flown lots of B-25D1 missions against a small SNLF unit at Tulagi (armed with a couple of small AA MGs) and my bombers usually get totally banged up by such a HEAVY flak defense... it´s just depressing when the game then shows "attack bomber strafing to supress flak guns"... this message is just a joke, you´re 10 times better off with Mitchell level bombers bombing from 10000ft than going in at 100ft with those damned attack bombers... as it stands now, the attack bombers are confirmed bugged and I´m not convinced that the attack bomber design isn´t flawed anyway (ingame, not real life)...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 40,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 4


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35600 feet
2 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35600 feet



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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 14


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 2 damaged



Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 16


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 14th Division, at 114,138 (Lunga)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 28
B-26B Marauder x 6


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 9th Ind. Engr Rgt /2 ...
Also attacking 2nd JNAF AF Unit /2 ...
Also attacking 14th Division ...
Also attacking 2nd JNAF AF Unit /2 ...


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Morning Air attack on 14th Division, at 114,138 (Lunga)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 10


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 9th Ind. Engineer Regiment, at 114,138 (Lunga)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 8


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 14th Division, at 114,138 (Lunga)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 9


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 14th Division, at 114,138 (Lunga)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 7


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

coordination routines are flawed for sure...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 3


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet

especially when we speak about sweeps and squadrons constantly losing 3 fighters... boy, how flawed... no, wait, the responsible was shot at and that´s perfectly resembling real life (the noncoordination, not the flawed altitude factor)...

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Morning Air attack on 16th Chinese Corps, at 73,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 23



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 8000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 9th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 9th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 40,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 29



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
29 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet



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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 34


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 4 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 57

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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ASW attack near Balabac at 69,83

Japanese Ships
PB Karimo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
TK Kurume Maru
PB Mikitade Maru

Allied Ships
SS Guardfish



SS Guardfish launches 4 torpedoes at PB Karimo Maru
Guardfish diving deep ....
PB Mikitade Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Mikitade Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Mikitade Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Mikitade Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Mikitade Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

great, we sink another PB... had the chance to sink three tankers today, we killed two PB...

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Ground combat at 56,56

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 56522 troops, 539 guns, 750 vehicles, Assault Value = 2294

Defending force 62596 troops, 932 guns, 940 vehicles, Assault Value = 2421

Japanese ground losses:
202 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 24 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
112th Infantry Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
74th Infantry Regiment
52nd Division
143rd Infantry Regiment
56th Division
1st Tank Division
33rd Division
11th Tank Regiment

Defending units:
23rd Indian Division
39th Indian Division
25th Indian Division
2nd British Division
14th Indian Division
26th Indian Division

artillery... lol, surely better than the "we don´t need supplies to do nuke bombardments" before the patch but noone seriously can say it´s ok now... bombardment was toned down by 100 while counter bombardment was left alone, at least that´s what it looks like... flawed...

flawed turn it seems...

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Ground combat at 57,54

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 17540 troops, 156 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 708

Defending force 1020 troops, 72 guns, 68 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 285

Allied adjusted defense: 16

Japanese assault odds: 17 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), leaders(+), supply(-)
Attacker: fatigue(-)

Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 22 (14 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Vehicles lost 80 (29 destroyed, 51 disabled)
Units retreated 2


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
24th Division
4th RTA Division

Defending units:
48th Light AA Regiment
22nd Light AA Regiment

two Light AA rgts ended up in the same hex as the enemy as they couldn´t march out fast enough... doesn´t care about it, they are light AA rgts and in this game you will NEVER ever see a light AA rgt fire it´s AA guns because the enemy will never attack low enough to be shot at...

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Ground combat at 56,54

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8676 troops, 466 guns, 313 vehicles, Assault Value = 2624

Defending force 92697 troops, 978 guns, 1089 vehicles, Assault Value = 3332

Japanese ground losses:
87 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
19th Indian Division
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
6th Australian Division
20th Indian Division
7th Australian Division
70th British Division
111th Chindit Brigade
7th Indian Division
77th Chindit Brigade
4th NW Frontier Base Force
AHQ Bengal
IV Indian Corps
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
XV Indian Corps
RAF 221 Group Base Force
2/13th Field Regiment
III Indian Corps
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
106th RAF Base Force
Eastern Army
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
8th Medium Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
2/9th Field Regiment
XXXIII Indian Corps
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
48th Division
38th Division
9th 9th what?
2nd Tank Division
53rd Division
2nd Guards Division
5th Guards Division
15th Army
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
32nd Field AA Battalion
31st Field AA Battalion
34th Field AA Battalion


the enemy is holding the hex North of Moulmein and I will never break through here...




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ASW attack near Sampit at 56,98

Japanese Ships
DD Tagonami
DD Tadeyame

Allied Ships
SS Grampus, hits 5



SS Grampus is located by DD Tagonami
Grampus bottoming out ....
DD Tadeyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tadeyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tadeyame attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tadeyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tadeyame attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tadeyame is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub

Grampus is sent home damaged...

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Sub attack near Kangean at 62,104

Japanese Ships
PC Take
PC Nire
AO Teibo
AO Kyuko
AO Shiriya
AO Sata
AO Ondo
AO Hayamoto
DD Oboro
DD Akatsuki

Allied Ships
SS Sculpin, hits 1



SS Sculpin launches 4 torpedoes at PC Take
Sculpin diving deep ....
DD Oboro attacking submerged sub ....
DD Akatsuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Oboro fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akatsuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Oboro fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Oboro fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Oboro attacking submerged sub ....
DD Oboro fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

high value target, guess the enemy fleet needs fuel...

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Sub attack near Donggala at 69,96

Japanese Ships
TK Nitiei Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
TK Eisho Maru
PB Spey Maru

Allied Ships
SS Barb



SS Barb launches 6 torpedoes at TK Nitiei Maru
Barb diving deep ....
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

failed three times yesterday, scored today... that one should be sunk...

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Sub attack near Donggala at 69,96

Japanese Ships
TK Nitiei Maru, heavy damage
PB Spey Maru

Allied Ships
SS Barb



SS Barb launches 4 torpedoes at TK Nitiei Maru
Barb diving deep ....
PB Spey Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Barb wastes another salvo but scored only duds... hmm, split off with an escort, no "sinking sound"...

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Morning Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 44,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 18



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet



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Morning Air attack on 16th Chinese Corps, at 73,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 8
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...

these attacks do nothing than switching the two attacked units from move to combat... they aren´t worth a single op loss IMO...

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Morning Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 40,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet



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Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Corps, at 73,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 24



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 8000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 85th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 9th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 85th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 9th Chinese Corps ...


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Afternoon Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 38,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 14


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet



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Afternoon Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 36,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 11


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35600 feet

doing single squadron sweeps again, the enemy abandoned...


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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 37


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 61

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

these attacks will soon find an end... the enemy can fly out troops at will (his transports must be WWII Ospreys) and we never score enough supply hits that the enemy will note a supply shortage anytime soon... when looking at all those places I took that were cut off for months and bombed by thousands of bombers sorties over time, they never ran out of supplies...

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 10


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 26


Japanese aircraft losses
H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Rabaul is one of those bases, don´t know how many thousand sorties we´ve flown against the base already, I´m sure when we´re going to land there in a couple of weeks, the enemy will still be in perfect supply... base has been cut off for something like halve a year...

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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 22


Japanese aircraft losses
H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 10


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 45,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 22


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet



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Ground combat at Lunga (114,138)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 23282 troops, 615 guns, 263 vehicles, Assault Value = 766

Defending force 6329 troops, 32 guns, 67 vehicles, Assault Value = 92

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Allied adjusted assault: 303

Japanese adjusted defense: 67

Allied assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 2)

Allied forces CAPTURE Lunga !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), fatigue(-), experience(-) ... supply???
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1292 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 104 disabled
Engineers: 25 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 19 (19 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 43 (43 destroyed, 0 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
166 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled


Assaulting units:
2nd Marine Division
3rd Marine Division
104th USN Base Force
119th USAAF Base Force

Defending units:
14th Division
2nd JNAF AF Unit /2
9th Ind. Engr Rgt /2

after a long and hard fight we finally took Lunga... we never had a better adjusted av than 50% base av, on average I would say we achieved 35%... amazing when you think about 100% preparation and ten times more supplies than needed... we missed a HQ, the only thing I could think of, but why should there have been any negative (or positive) multiplier for something... we as the attacker always get "neutral" multipliers it seems, resulting in our base av divided by three... mhm...

note that also Lunga NEVER suffered any supply shortage... thousands of bomber sorties against the base and the ground troops... I´m more and more getting the impression that all those sorties are totally useless and only account for op losses...

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Ground combat at 56,54

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8671 troops, 466 guns, 313 vehicles, Assault Value = 2623

Defending force 92702 troops, 978 guns, 1090 vehicles, Assault Value = 3333

Japanese ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Assaulting units:
6th Australian Division
70th British Division
7th Indian Division
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
20th Indian Division
111th Chindit Brigade
7th Australian Division
19th Indian Division
77th Chindit Brigade
106th RAF Base Force
AHQ Bengal
2/13th Field Regiment
XXXIII Indian Corps
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
4th NW Frontier Base Force
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
IV Indian Corps
Eastern Army
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2/9th Field Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
RAF 221 Group Base Force
III Indian Corps
8th Medium Regiment
XV Indian Corps
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
9th
53rd Division
38th Division
2nd Guards Division
2nd Tank Division
48th Division
5th Guards Division
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
15th Army
32nd Field AA Battalion
31st Field AA Battalion
34th Field AA Battalion




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ASW attack near Balabac at 69,83

Japanese Ships
E Asagao
E Shimakaze
E Karukaya

Allied Ships
SS Silversides



SS Silversides is located by E Asagao
Silversides diving deep ....
E Karukaya fails to find sub and abandons search
E Asagao fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Asagao fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Asagao fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Asagao fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Asagao fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Submarine attack near Ketapang at 55,96

Japanese Ships
DD Suruyame
DD Tagonami
DD Tadeyame

Allied Ships
SS Sailfish, hits 20, and is sunk



SS Sailfish launches 4 torpedoes at DD Suruyame
Sailfish bottoming out ....
DD Suruyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Suruyame attacking submerged sub ....
SS Sailfish forced to surface!
DD Suruyame firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Tagonami firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Tadeyame firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Suruyame firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Tagonami firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Tadeyame firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Tagonami firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Tadeyame firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Tagonami firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Tadeyame firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Tadeyame firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Suruyame firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Tagonami firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Tadeyame firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves

the shallow waters West of Borneo are a death trap for my subs... placing my subs near Palemband or Soerabaja usually ends in heavily damaged or sunk subs... Sailfish was directly hit by two DC and forced to surface... the DDs had no problem finishing her off...

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ASW attack near Sampit at 56,98

Japanese Ships
DD Tadeyame
DD Suruyame

Allied Ships
SS Sculpin, hits 5



SS Sculpin is located by DD Tadeyame
DD Suruyame attacking submerged sub ....
DD Suruyame is out of ASW ammo
DD Suruyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Suruyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Suruyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Suruyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

the same ASW TF moved two hexes on and attacks the next sub, achieving five near misses and knocking out all fwd torp tubes... as mentioned earlier, these damage routines now always result in ALL forward or ALL rear torp tubes being knocked out, not like in WITP when you could lose 1-6... don´t know if this was an intended change or another non working routine...

I liked the WITP routine better and think that would be more realistic than always losing all torp tubes... or am I wrong?


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Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 39,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 42



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
42 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet

without working land based British radar I won´t put up Cap anytime soon and the enemy sweeps empty air... am sure his bombers will show up sooner than later again...

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Morning Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 42,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 18



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet



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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 14


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet

CAP engaged:
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36740
Raid is overhead

we sweep Moulmein and find three lonely Tojos (probably got repaired last turn and in the air today)... perhaps it´s leaking Cap from somewhere... we had the dive, the Tojos didn´t get a shot at the Hurricanes... altitude...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 14


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet

CAP engaged:
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes

copy of engagement number one...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 38,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 14


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet

CAP engaged:
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes

again...
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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 37,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 11


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35600 feet

CAP engaged:
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters to 37000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 109 minutes

again...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 22


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet

and nothing left... we don´t lose a single Hurricane but halve a dozen Tojos were downed... the dive was exclusively on our side today...

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Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 37,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 23



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet



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Morning Air attack on 14th Chinese Corps, at 73,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 6th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 6th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on 2nd British Division, at 56,56

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 12
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 29



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
29 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 23rd Indian Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 23rd Indian Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...


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Morning Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 41,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet



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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 38,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 20


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet
2 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet
2 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet

another squadron with the rest of two others going in earlier... especially the getting lost of a couple of fighters of each squadron more or less with every sweep is what I call totally off... that´s just insane...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 9
Wellington Ic x 22
B-17E Fortress x 14
B-25C Mitchell x 60
P-40K Warhawk x 34


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 2 damaged
Wellington Ic: 2 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 2


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet

as can be seen here...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 38,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 2


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35600 feet

and here again...

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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 16


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-17F Fortress laying Mk 13 Mine from 10000 feet

doubt that the enemy will ever move ships to Darwin again, he´s evacuating all his troops by air transport... never suffers any real op losses doing so, coming from Timor, normally going in on a damaged airfield... Ospreys!

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 8


No Allied losses



Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 45,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 3


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet



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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 20


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 41

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 19


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 40

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Hollandia , at 93,116

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 33
B-24D1 Liberator x 13


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 64

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Hollandia , at 93,116

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 24


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 33

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Hollandia , at 93,116

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 11


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb


we keep on losing nav search aircraft en masse, but that´s nothing new anymore... four lost today, nothing unusual... find that off just as many other things... using my aircraft on transport or nav search usually results in more ac lost than bombers lost attacking heavily defended targets... mmm...




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Ground combat at Lunga (114,138)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 27996 troops, 643 guns, 433 vehicles, Assault Value = 758

Defending force 4923 troops, 14 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 39

Allied adjusted assault: 471

Japanese adjusted defense: 17

Allied assault odds: 27 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
797 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 36 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Units destroyed 1


Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
2nd Marine Division
3rd Marine Division
104th USN Base Force
119th USAAF Base Force

Defending units:
14th Division
2nd JNAF AF Unit /2
9th Ind. Engr Rgt /2

finishing off enemy units after the base falls is far easier in AE...

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Ground combat at 56,54

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8698 troops, 466 guns, 313 vehicles, Assault Value = 2620

Defending force 92824 troops, 991 guns, 1090 vehicles, Assault Value = 3336

Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Assaulting units:
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
19th Indian Division
70th British Division
7th Australian Division
6th Australian Division
111th Chindit Brigade
20th Indian Division
7th Indian Division
77th Chindit Brigade
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
XV Indian Corps
III Indian Corps
6th Medium Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
2/13th Field Regiment
RAF 221 Group Base Force
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2/9th Field Regiment
IV Indian Corps
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
AHQ Bengal
4th NW Frontier Base Force
Eastern Army
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
106th RAF Base Force
8th Medium Regiment
XXXIII Indian Corps
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
38th Division
2nd Tank Division
2nd Guards Division
48th Division
9th
53rd Division
5th Guards Division
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
31st Field AA Battalion
32nd Field AA Battalion
15th Army
34th Field AA Battalion


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Ground combat at Bathurst Island (76,123)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 1120 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 81

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Allied adjusted assault: 37

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 37 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Bathurst Island !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+)



Assaulting units:
1st USMC Parachute Bn /1
503rd Parachute Rgt /1

we drop onto the dot base North of Darwin, can be built up to level 8 airfield and level 4 port... trying to move in some more engis with fast transport and build up this base asap... Darwin has to be taken out soon, but I guess the Aussie inf divs with more or less all the US Army and Australian art and armor units won´t be enough to dislodge the remaining 1500 Japanese av... we can not move further North without taking Darwin and building it up and Rainer knows that... as last time when our fleets collided, I expect to see most of the IJN in this area (KB for sure)... I guess they´re parked somewhere near Kendari or in a port on Java...

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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Lunga by attrition!!!





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Sub attack near Shikuka at 126,45

Japanese Ships
PB Tamo Maru #7
xAK Africa Maru

Allied Ships
SS Hake



SS Hake launches 4 torpedoes at PB Tamo Maru #7
Hake diving deep ....
PB Tamo Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tamo Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tamo Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tamo Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tamo Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Hengchun at 84,68

Japanese Ships
E Kari

Allied Ships
SS Scorpion



SS Scorpion is located by E Kari
Scorpion diving deep ....
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kari attacking submerged sub ....
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 39,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 42



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
42 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet

looks like Rainer still hopes to catch lower flying Cap... while I hope to catch his grounded fighters at some point...

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Morning Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 40,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 18



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet



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Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 22


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
47th I.F.Chutai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Raid is overhead

I guess Lightnings will account for 80% of all enemy fighters shot down in 43... this of course not because they are uber, but they´ve got long range and can fly higher than all Japanese fighters... the Tojo also isn´t uber, but the Tojo is able to fly higher than most of the Allied fighters... this will change soon with P-47 appearing in numbers...

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Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4



Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 5
P-38F Lightning x 14
P-38G Lightning x 6


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38E Lightning: 1 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
7 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet
7 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet
3 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet
3 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet
4 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes

pretty much screwed up attack in terms of "coordination"... more Tojos shot down but also a Lightning was downed during a short phase when they had no dive...

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Morning Air attack on 14th Chinese Corps, at 73,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 6th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 6th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 44,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet



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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 16


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-17F Fortress laying Mk 13 Mine from 10000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 3
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 11
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 3



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 21


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-61-Ia Tony: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
6 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ia Tony (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 37730
Raid is overhead
286 Ku S-1 with A6M3a Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000
Raid is overhead
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740
Raid is overhead

another full squadron takes on the Cap from Bangkok, shredding the enemy formations... dive exclusively on our side... Numbers? Speed? Man? Gun value? Nothing is as important as the dive... the enemy was shredded... shredded... all enemy fighters damaged or shot down...

10 enemy fighters were reported shot down (for the loss of one Lightning) which means most of the damaged fighters made it back home... and as usual, we´ve lost a total of 7 aircraft during transport or nav search missions... flying a transport or a Catalina seems to be 10 times more dangerous than flying a Lightning on a long range sweep against enemy opposition... the enemy lost some transports and patrols too today...




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Sub attack near Saishu To at 99,56

Japanese Ships
DD Okikaze
E Kamo

Allied Ships
SS Halibut, hits 3



SS Halibut launches 6 torpedoes at DD Okikaze
DD Okikaze fails to find sub and abandons search
E Kamo attacking submerged sub ....
E Kamo attacking submerged sub ....
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Halibut sent home...

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Ground combat at 85,44

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 52853 troops, 473 guns, 35 vehicles, Assault Value = 1902

Defending force 91028 troops, 509 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3111

Japanese ground losses:
89 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Assaulting units:
71st Infantry Brigade
59th Division
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
64th Infantry Brigade
6th Division
58th Infantry Regiment
1st Ind.Mixed Brigade
138th Infantry Regiment
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
12th Army
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
34th Chinese Corps
48th Chinese Corps
51st Chinese Corps
96th Chinese Corps
69th Chinese Corps
19th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
47th Chinese Corps
4th Chinese Cavalry Corps
42nd Chinese Corps
38th Chinese Corps
84th Chinese Corps
61st Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
7th New Chinese Corps
5th War Area
4th Group Army
Jingcha War Area
3rd Group Army
22nd Group Army


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Ground combat at Lunga (114,138)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 27980 troops, 643 guns, 433 vehicles, Assault Value = 756

Defending force 4167 troops, 14 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 25

Allied adjusted assault: 444

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 444 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
5835 casualties reported
Squads: 216 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 564 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 16 (16 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 27 (27 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1


Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
2nd Marine Division
3rd Marine Division
104th USN Base Force
119th USAAF Base Force

Defending units:
14th Division

14th division finally destroyed, the unit put up a good fight... Lunga cleared, units prepping for their next target... will be brought back to Australia for R&R... losses in total were light, some 20% of the combat squads are disabled...

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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 57952 troops, 896 guns, 1607 vehicles, Assault Value = 2634

Defending force 48839 troops, 431 guns, 672 vehicles, Assault Value = 1714

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
2/7th Armoured Regiment
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
1st Australian Division
2/11th Armoured Car Battalion
5th Australian Division
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
754th Tank Battalion
3rd Army Tank Brigade
1st USMC Tank Battalion
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
2/6th Armoured Regiment
193rd Tank Battalion
4th Armoured Brigade
2/8th Armoured Regiment
763rd Tank Battalion
762nd Tank Battalion
2/10th Armoured Regiment
2/4th Armoured Regiment
2nd Australian Division
4th Australian Division
3rd Motor Brigade
3rd Australian Division
1st Motor Brigade
134th Field Artillery Battalion
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
114th USAAF Base Force
II Australian Corps
94th Coast AA Regiment
205th Field Artillery Battalion
4th Field Artillery Battalion
I Australian Corps
21/22 Field Regiment
1st RAN Base Force
2nd Australian Army
97th Field Artillery Battalion
181st Field Artillery Regiment
197th Coast AA Regiment
16th RAAF Base Force
96th Coast AA Regiment
148th Field Artillery Battalion
503rd Coast AA Regiment
188th Field Artillery Regiment
2nd RAAF M/W Sqn
249th Field Artillery Battalion
198th Field Artillery Battalion
1st Australian Army
168th Field Artillery Regiment
30th Field Artillery Regiment
223rd Field Artillery Battalion
2nd RAN Base Force
154th FA Bn
70th Coast AA Regiment
183rd Field Artillery Regiment
III Australian Corps
40th Field Artillery Regiment
198th Coast AA Regiment
226th Field Artillery Battalion
10th RAAF Base Force
2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
216th Coast AA Regiment
13th Australian Hvy AA Regiment

Defending units:
8th Tank Regiment
21st Division
5th Division
3rd Tank Regiment
16th Division
54th Division
18th Division
14th Tank Regiment
11th JAAF Base Force
16th AA Regiment
16th Army
40th JNAF AF Unit /1
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Bn /3

intel bombardment, more enemy av left at the base than I´ve though...

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Ground combat at 56,54

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8694 troops, 466 guns, 313 vehicles, Assault Value = 2624

Defending force 92831 troops, 991 guns, 1091 vehicles, Assault Value = 3335

Japanese ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)


Assaulting units:
19th Indian Division
20th Indian Division
7th Indian Division
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
111th Chindit Brigade
6th Australian Division
70th British Division
7th Australian Division
77th Chindit Brigade
2/9th Field Regiment
XV Indian Corps
6th Medium Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
III Indian Corps
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2/13th Field Regiment
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
XXXIII Indian Corps
2/11th Field Regiment
AHQ Bengal
8th Medium Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
IV Indian Corps
Eastern Army
106th RAF Base Force
RAF 221 Group Base Force
4th NW Frontier Base Force
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
48th Division
53rd Division
2nd Guards Division
2nd Tank Division
38th Division
9th
5th Guards Division
31st Field AA Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
32nd Field AA Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
15th Army
34th Field AA Battalion


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Ground combat at Nanning (72,55)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8503 troops, 102 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10689

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Allied adjusted assault: 162

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 162 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Nanning !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:



Assaulting units:
68th Chinese Corps
46th Chinese Corps
57th Chinese Corps
14th Chinese Corps
59th Chinese Corps
76th Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
90th Chinese Corps
70th Chinese Corps
36th Chinese Corps
99th Chinese Corps
85th Chinese Corps
75th Chinese Corps
60th Chinese Corps
54th Chinese Corps
37th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
95th Chinese Corps
53rd Chinese Corps
10th Chinese Corps
86th Chinese Corps
16th Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
97th Chinese Corps
100th Chinese Corps
5th Group Army
6th Group Army
32nd Group Army
4th War Area
25th Group Army
3rd War Area
NCAC
7th Group Army
8th War Area
15th Group Army
Lusu War Area
9th Group Army
9th Chinese Base Force


our Army takes the next base on the way into Vietnam... Nanning was empty, the enemy units are fleeing West...



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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 8/24/2010 2:23:11 AM   
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Status: offline 		About search planes. The ops loses should go down drasticaly if you set them to normal range and not maximum.At least with the Mavis and Emily it helped alot, around 50% less ops losses I would say.Also flying search above enemy bases with cap increases ops losses but I guess you are aware of that one already.

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ORIGINAL: Gräfin Zeppelin

About search planes. The ops loses should go down drasticaly if you set them to normal range and not maximum.At least with the Mavis and Emily it helped alot, around 50% less ops losses I would say.Also flying search above enemy bases with cap increases ops losses but I guess you are aware of that one already.



all my search aircraft where flying normal range or 1 hex less than normal range for over a year already, didn´t make any change. none of them are flying over enemy bases with known Cap.

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TF 84 encounters mine field at Lunga (114,138)

Allied Ships
DMS Elliot
DMS Wasmuth
DMS Chandler
DMS Long
DMS Perry



37 mines cleared

after we´ve sent some AM to sweep mines we now try it with DMS as the AM were shot up pretty quickly (non sunk though) by the Provisional base force at Rabaul... I guess the mine field isn´t really big and we´re going to invade soon... three divs, combat eng units plus support troops are 100% prepped, another div, a bgd and a combat eng unit are low prepped but could be used in a couple of weeks, depending on the resistance we meet... 25 enemy units reported at Rabaul...

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 13
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 74
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 55



Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 9
F6F-3 Hellcat x 68


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 5 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vc Trop: 1 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 11 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet
4 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet
3 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet
1 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet

CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 25 scrambling)
11 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters between 36000 and 36740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
13th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 25 scrambling)
11 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 20 scrambling)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (4 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
14 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Raid is overhead
265th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36750 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes

now what about that? I´ve mentioned it several times, it´s impossible for us to take out enemy airfields for longer than a day or two and we won´t ever be able to keep an airfield like Rabaul or Darwin supressed, the enemy will always be able to move in hundreds of fighters to put them on Cap... I was kind of shocked to see enemy Cap here today... the next thing that shocked me were my carriers once again trying to escort land based strikes in the region, I had my carriers here on an important escort mission... all our fighters were set to 15000ft, means all enemy aircraft of course dive on the Hellcats and especially the Tojos take out the Hellcats at will... we lose no less than 27 Hellcats today (two dozen to Tojos) for not even three Tojos downed by the Hellcats... that´s quite a depressing outcome (or should I just call it a stupid game design) because the Hellcats are flown by the best pilots on the map (not even my leading aces with 15 kills flying Lightnings could be compared to the USN pilots you start with because they hardly ever increase anything during combat), the reason is IMO easily detected again, the ongoing dive for the enemy... once again, it´s all about altitude and that´s just as stupid as it could be... what the air team lead thinks about it is so wrong, it could not be even worse as he still thinks "the dive only takes out a couple of aircraft at the beginning and is usually over quite quickly" how stupid... that´s just plain wrong and says enough about his knowledge of what happens in the game it seems... perhaps that´s how it should have been designed, but that´s not what is happening in the game... the dive lasts most often forever and leads to loops every turn you have bigger air engagements, it´s just ridicoulos... it works for both sides and the one that gets higher wins, wins big time... the Nicks weren´t really a threat, I guess Rainer was as surprised about my Hellcats as I was about his Cap as he surely wanted to take out one of my 4E bomber strikes... the dive and this sort of air engagements just stinks... independent on which sides is on the winning side...

as a result of this engagement, all my carrier based fighters will be set to max altitude, I can´t see any difference in coordination (better say ongoing non coordination) from setting your bombers to the same altitude, so you are just better off setting them at max altitude because then the Hellcats will sweep at 38000ft, bouncing the enemy instead of flying at 15000ft being bounced and shredded... I´m sure that the Hellcats would have had a field day if they would have come in at 38000ft... seeing 142 enemy fighters being in the air or trying to get in the air surely was a surprise, especially with only 8 min pre warning time but Japanese land based radar seems to be just as useless as Allied land based radar... with nearly 140 Hellcats per month as replacement I can easily afford such losses, but more than a dozen irreplaceable pilots were lost today, you will never be able to get such pilots, no matter what you´re going to try... I´m sure the Hellcat will do better on the defense and that´s what it´s main task will be, hopefully scrambling and engaging in real numbers with the dive on their side...

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 8
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 56
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 33



Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 18


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed



CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
14 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 41740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
20 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 40800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 86 minutes
265th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36750 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 36750.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 94 minutes
13th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 9 scrambling)
14 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 40200.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 36740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes

another squadron that was lost during it´s attempt to escort a LBA strike... carriers SHOULD NOT try to escort land based strikes whenever they are in range... that´s just friging nuts! even fight here, very short dive phase for both sides... still a hell a lot of enemy fighters...

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Morning Air attack on 14th Chinese Corps, at 72,55 (Nanning)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 16
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on 2nd British Division, at 56,56

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 18
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 24



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 26th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 26th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...


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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4



Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 16


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-17F Fortress laying Mk 13 Mine from 10000 feet

CAP engaged:
253 Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 32810
Raid is overhead

as you can see, mine laying bombers can now be targetted by enemy Cap, nice new feature... I have yet to actually see enemy fighters doing something against mine laying bombers, the B-17 just avoided the Zeroes... seems at least that it should be possible (if the routine works) to engage mine laying bombers...

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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4



Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 32
B-24D1 Liberator x 50


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-57-I Topsy: 3 destroyed on ground
G3M3 Nell: 4 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 32
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 142

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
5th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38500
Raid is overhead

moved a hell a lot of bombers into the area and bombed Timor the first time... Noticed it earlier that the Japanese are using massive numbers of transports to evacuate troops from Darwin (serves me well)... I nevertheless wanted to take out their staging base and I guess that´s what this attack did... have reconned the base for three days already and so far the enemy kept his ac there (more than 150 aux have been reported) but it seems that he moved out most of them exactly today... we only catch a good dozen transports and bombers on the ground...

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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 9



Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 12


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 4 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
5th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38500
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3



Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 11
B-24D1 Liberator x 15


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-57-I Topsy: 1 destroyed on ground
G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 7
Runway hits 53

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
5th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 179 minutes

the base surely is knocked out... recon shows huge troop concentrations on Timor, both Dili and Lautern got more than 30000 troops already (that´s where the Japs from Darwin are flown to) and also Koepang already got more than 10000 troops... and 10000 troops usually meant a div plus support which so far caused us quite some trouble to take the base with two of our divs...

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 5
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 52
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 30



Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 9
B-26 Marauder x 48
B-26B Marauder x 16


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 5 damaged
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 4 destroyed on ground
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed, 18 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 7 destroyed on ground
H6K4 Mavis: 5 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 22
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 60

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (12 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling)
12 plane(s) intercepting now.
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
17 planes vectored on to bombers
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 20 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 36740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
16 planes vectored on to bombers
265th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 36750 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
13th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (12 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
12 plane(s) intercepting now.
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 37750.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
9 planes vectored on to bombers
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers

here comes the first bomber wave, again a surprising result... with nearly 90 enemy fighters still showing up on Cap I expected my medium bombers (worth their weight in gold with only broken attack bombers as replacement) to be hit hard... after a very short time of my Spitfires tangling with the enemy the IJAAF fighters turned to attack the bombers but the attack on the bombers was over after a couple of seconds, followed by the bombers attacking the airfield and destroying lots of enemy aircraft on the ground... now that was surprising... must be the same strange behaviour of Cap I´ve suffered from over my carriers (with nearly 250 Wildcats not engaging the enemy) and over Burma (with hundreds of fighters not even getting airborne)... Light rain can be seen as "good" weather and the hit rate was quite good...

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 5
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 49
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 28



Allied aircraft
Martlet IV x 3
B-26B Marauder x 12
F4U-1 Corsair x 10


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 damaged
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (24 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
24 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
1 planes vectored on to bombers
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (16 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling)
16 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
7 planes vectored on to bombers
265th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 36750 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
5 planes vectored on to bombers
13th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (15 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
15 plane(s) intercepting now.
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 37750.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
7 planes vectored on to bombers
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead
1 planes vectored on to bombers

next strike, next amazing result... once again we´re heavily outnumbered, once again the enemy Cap did... nothing... the Corsairs took out some of the Cap and the dozen bombers scored some more kills on the ground... we haven´t even suffered from a post bombing Cap phase...

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Afternoon Air attack on Rahaeng , at 58,56

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 38,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 14


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet *



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Afternoon Air attack on Rahaeng , at 58,56

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 14


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet *



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Afternoon Air attack on Rahaeng , at 58,56

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 22


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet

most of our airforce on the map was in the air today, we´ve ordered massive attacks all around the globe... not only do I want to destroy the enemy but also impress him with the airpower we can project, even if it´s a max effort...

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Afternoon Air attack on Tavoy , at 54,60

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 19


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
19 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
47th I.F.Chutai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes

and therefore you don´t want to miss the Lightnings of course, our enemy fighter killer number one...

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Afternoon Air attack on Tavoy , at 54,60

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 3
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 3



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 18


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-61-Ia Tony: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
13 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ia Tony (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 37730
Raid is overhead
286 Ku S-1 with A6M3a Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes

second sweep, more leaking Cap, no chance for them with the dive eclusively on our side... the single Lightning was lost during a short phase were noone had the dive... how surprising...

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Afternoon Air attack on Tavoy , at 54,60

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 4



Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 3
P-38F Lightning x 14


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 2 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
5 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet
3 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet
7 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
286 Ku S-1 with A6M3a Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 11000
Raid is overhead

and the rest of the enemy Cap is dispatched... this squadron that is broken down to P-38F and E will be equipped with P-38G as soon as the P-38H enters production... then we´re going to have three P-38 squadrons in Burma and two of them on the New Guinea front (without any in the pool)... and they are racking up kills as fast as they can while keeping their own losses very low... you just don´t want to run into a bigger Cap with your piece meal single squadron sweeps and see your dive end...

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Afternoon Air attack on Rahaeng , at 58,56

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 7
Wellington Ic x 12
B-17E Fortress x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 27
P-40K Warhawk x 18


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled



Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 48

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

guess all but the medium bombers on the map away from the frontline that are acting as training squadrons and those that are set to nav attack flew ground attacks today... what you see in this turn´s combat report is more or less all that we can throw at the enemy...

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Afternoon Air attack on Rahaeng , at 58,56

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 37,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 11


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35600 feet *



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Afternoon Air attack on Rahaeng , at 58,56

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 5
B-25C Mitchell x 9
P-40K Warhawk x 18


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Rahaeng , at 58,56

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 14


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet *



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Afternoon Air attack on Rahaeng , at 58,56

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 14


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet *

with the slaughter of my Hellcats over Rabaul I´ve thought we would pay a high price today but in the end it turns out to have been an overall victory in terms of total aircraft destroyed today... the main reason for this was the fact that after the first engagement over Rabaul, the enemy fighters just didn´t engage our follow on strikes, even though there were more than a hundred fighters left... don´t know why, but this happened to us more than once already too...

loss list reports 94 enemy ac destroyed for 37 lost on our side... what really hurts are the highly skilled and highly experienced USN pilots that were downed by the Tojos at a 9:1 rate over Rabaul...




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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 57808 troops, 896 guns, 1607 vehicles, Assault Value = 2618

Defending force 48746 troops, 431 guns, 671 vehicles, Assault Value = 1710


Allied ground losses:
109 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)


Assaulting units:
4th Armoured Brigade
2nd Australian Division
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
2/6th Armoured Regiment
762nd Tank Battalion
2/8th Armoured Regiment
3rd Army Tank Brigade
1st USMC Tank Battalion
5th Australian Division
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
763rd Tank Battalion
754th Tank Battalion
2/11th Armoured Car Battalion
2/10th Armoured Regiment
4th Australian Division
3rd Motor Brigade
1st Australian Division
2/7th Armoured Regiment
2/4th Armoured Regiment
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
3rd Australian Division
193rd Tank Battalion
1st Motor Brigade
70th Coast AA Regiment
4th Field Artillery Battalion
1st RAN Base Force
II Australian Corps
2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
96th Coast AA Regiment
1st Australian Army
114th USAAF Base Force
503rd Coast AA Regiment
168th Field Artillery Regiment
97th Field Artillery Battalion
216th Coast AA Regiment
134th Field Artillery Battalion
223rd Field Artillery Battalion
30th Field Artillery Regiment
188th Field Artillery Regiment
16th RAAF Base Force
2nd Australian Army
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
181st Field Artillery Regiment
226th Field Artillery Battalion
148th Field Artillery Battalion
94th Coast AA Regiment
205th Field Artillery Battalion
40th Field Artillery Regiment
198th Field Artillery Battalion
2nd RAAF M/W Sqn
197th Coast AA Regiment
21/22 Field Regiment
198th Coast AA Regiment
I Australian Corps
249th Field Artillery Battalion
2nd RAN Base Force
III Australian Corps
10th RAAF Base Force
183rd Field Artillery Regiment
154th FA Bn
13th Australian Hvy AA Regiment

Defending units:
8th Tank Regiment
18th Division
54th Division
5th Division
3rd Tank Regiment
21st Division
16th Division
14th Tank Regiment
11th JAAF Base Force
16th AA Regiment
16th Army
40th JNAF AF Unit /1
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Bn /3

gotta love that design... big time...

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Ground combat at 56,54

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8709 troops, 466 guns, 313 vehicles, Assault Value = 2622

Defending force 92813 troops, 991 guns, 1091 vehicles, Assault Value = 3333

Japanese ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
20th Indian Division
70th British Division
19th Indian Division
111th Chindit Brigade
6th Australian Division
7th Australian Division
7th Indian Division
77th Chindit Brigade
6th Medium Regiment
106th RAF Base Force
8th Medium Regiment
XV Indian Corps
AHQ Bengal
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
XXXIII Indian Corps
III Indian Corps
Eastern Army
4th NW Frontier Base Force
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2/13th Field Regiment
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
RAF 221 Group Base Force
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2/9th Field Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
IV Indian Corps
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
2nd Guards Division
38th Division
2nd Tank Division
48th Division
9th
53rd Division
5th Guards Division
31st Field AA Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
32nd Field AA Battalion
15th Army
34th Field AA Battalion






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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 8/24/2010 3:18:31 PM   
EUBanana


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Status: offline 		So what's the situation with Allied medium bombers in 1943?

Don't you have level bomber variants of Mitchell and Marauders and Havocs, or is every single medium bomber being made in 1943 classed as an attack bomber?

My christ, if so, given attack bombers buggedness at the moment against anything other than ships, that is quite a serious issue.

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 8/24/2010 3:57:40 PM   
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So what's the situation with Allied medium bombers in 1943?

Don't you have level bomber variants of Mitchell and Marauders and Havocs, or is every single medium bomber being made in 1943 classed as an attack bomber?

My christ, if so, given attack bombers buggedness at the moment against anything other than ships, that is quite a serious issue.



the situation is that I won´t get any USAAF medium bomber that is a level bomber until sometime in 44 when I will get 15 B-25xxx that are rated as level bombers. The rest of the Mitchells and Havocs are all attack bombers. No Marauders since a year.

And I can´t even tell you yet if the B-25D1 attack bombers work against ships as I haven´t had them attacking a ship yet. All my B-25D1 squadrons are full of lownav skill 70 pilots so if attack bombers vs ships work then they should hit something as these pilots hit like wild if they are flying in B-25C and drop their load from 1000ft. But the "strafing to supress flak" that shows up during the replay isn´t working at all as a single SNLF with a couple of rubbish AAMG shoots up my B-25D1 whenever they attack this single throw away unit. You don´t want to know what happens if you actually attack a target that can really fire back. As it stands now, attack bombers are bugged (that´s confirmed), as soon as the bug is killed with a patch (whenever that will be...) there will still be the question if the design of the attack bombers (in game) represent what they were in real life...

and I don´t get any USAAF medium bomber for over a year which is a normal level bomber, will get attack bombers exclusively... very late in the game you´ll get lots of invaders but honestly, I really don´t care at the moment what I´m going to get in late 44 or mid 45. First the Allied side in this PBEM suffered from not working LCU replacements for over halve a year (some units still haven´t recovered from that problem), now I´m having to fight with attack bombers only that for sure don´t work on ground attack (ground, airfield, port) and I´m not sure if they work against ships.

There was a lot hurrey about this new feature about attack bombers but it seems there wasn´t much testing and thought put into it, because it really only took me a couple of attacks to be 100% sure about that there´s something wrong. Probably a problem during beta testing as attack bombers aren´t available before mid 43. Nevertheless you should seriously test a new feature if you implement it, especially one that is so important like this one as it literally robs me of 50% of my USAAF bomber force. One more reason for me that I call it not well tested or well thought out is the fact that your bomber pilots need strafe skill but there is no way to train strafe in the game. Now if the game uses the bomber pilots strafe skill to calculate bomb hits then you don´t have to wonder why my attack bomber never hit something, while totally untrained level bomber pilots would achieve 10 times more hits on an airfield from 10000ft like attack bombers do from 100ft. First I´ve thought I would have to use fighter pilots, but I wasn´t able to train them on strafe, no matter which training at which alt I´ve used (thought 100ft would work - doesn´t). Also can´t train bomber pilots on strafe, the only way would be to put them on "general training" and to hope that you increase a point of strafe every now and then. Or you can do onmap training like I´ve been doing for quite some time already (AAR behind the game) on a cut off unit on Tulagi, which increases strafe (now somewhere in the low 30 for two squadrons) but the single, cut off, rubbish SNLF unit hits my attack bombers hard most of the time, seeing their morale being totally pummeled. So much about "bombers strafing to supress flak"... attack bombers don´t work, they need to fix the bug and they need to fix the design IMO.

And I don´t have any hopes that this PBEM will see any of the above, so I´m stuck with useless attack bombers. Heck, I could equip my training squadrons with them... My next PBEM will be modded, the attack bombers will be replaced with level bombers. But that won´t help me with this PBEM and it really is pissing me off to be honest. What would the Japanese player think about losing halve his IJAAF bomber force? Well, not losing them, but having them 100% useless.

Attack bombers in real life were deadly against ships and ground targets, I can´t tell you about how they will perform with lownav skill 70 against ships yet, but I can tell you that they for sure don´t work against ground targets compared to how they worked in real life.

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ORIGINAL: castor troy
And I don´t have any hopes that this PBEM will see any of the above, so I´m stuck with useless attack bombers. Heck, I could equip my training squadrons with them... My next PBEM will be modded, the attack bombers will be replaced with level bombers. But that won´t help me with this PBEM and it really is pissing me off to be honest. What would the Japanese player think about losing all his IJAAF bomber force? Well, not losing them, but having them 100% useless.


...great. Well, thats a disaster almost headed for the 'game is unplayable' sort of level of disaster.

I really hope they fix that. Treating them as level bombers against any target other than a ship would be a start.

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 8/24/2010 4:19:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		yup, that is a game breaker, but the game will be continued. At least until it turns out that they are also completely useless against ships. This probably would bring the game to a halt. It´s hard enough not being able to use any of your medium bomber replacements against ground target and you´ve got to rely on heavy bombers only, which are not able to do that without medium bomber support, as mentioned earlier. 48 B-24D1 a month sounds a lot, but it sure isn´t enough to have the whole USAAF bomber force relying on this bomber type. Each month I´m losing probably 30 heavy bombers (this without having faced any real opposition), so I could equip one more squadron each month with heavy bombers. More heavy bombers active, more losses. More enemy opposition, more losses and upgrading more would come to an end quite soon.

I thought about using Australian bomber squadrons but the frontline units are equipped with BeaufortVIII which is the only torpedo bomber (range 8) I´ve got available. I´ve put over a year into training Aussie pilots in torp attacks and have kept all my BeaufortsVIII out of any real fighting to have halve a dozen bomber squadrons ready when the real fighting starts. I don´t want to throw these away on useless ground attacks supressing cut off airfields somewhere near the front. Leaves me with the Kiwis... well, don´t have any bombers for them... the bomber squadrons (very few) are doing nav search. Canadian? Pff... guess I´ve got one bomber squadron (equipped with 100% useless Blenheim) outside of Canada. British? Yeah, got them in Burma, probably three squadrons that are equipped with Wellingtons, one with Liberators, four are flying dive bombers. The rest are all equipped with useless Blenheim on training, producing 10 times more 70 skilled bomber pilots than I get bombers to put them in. That´s it. No, wait, don´t leave out the USN, the nav attack squadrons (six of them) are equipped with PB4Y-1 and won´t be used on ground attack as the pilots and bombers are just too valuable. Got another two or three Ventura squadrons (36 bombers... lol) that will now start getting to the frontline to support the USAAF. I´m getting enough Venturas, but the USN bomber squadrons are more than limited, guess I will get another two in the next months, perhaps bringing my USN bomber force to 60 Venturas that I could use against ground targets. And the rest? The rest has to be done with the 48 B-25D1 per month and the roughly 250-300 B-25C and B-26 that are left on the map at the moment. I´ve got no replacements for any of them.

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ASW attack near Brunei at 65,85

Japanese Ships
DD Ikazuchi
DD Murakumo
DD Isonami

Allied Ships
SS Albacore, hits 5



SS Albacore is located by DD Ikazuchi
DD Murakumo fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Isonami attacking submerged sub ....
DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Isonami attacking submerged sub ....
DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Albacore is hit, has to retire...

Halibut was hit by air asw, fwd torptubes are all damaged... once again: WHY ARE ALWAYS ALL TORP TUBES DAMAGED? Design decision (unlike WITP) or yet another flaw? My sub force is being reduced on a real fast pace, not sunk but sent home at a rate I can´t send new ones to the front and every time you´re losing at least two weeks transit time (at least four if the sub is crippled and limping home)...


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ASW attack near Nakadori-jima at 101,56

Japanese Ships
xAKL Bunzan Maru
SC CHa-26

Allied Ships
SS Flying Fish



SS Flying Fish is sighted by escort
Flying Fish diving deep ....
SC CHa-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Night Time Surface Combat, near Bathurst Island at 76,123, Range 10,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Yakaze, Shell hits 2

Allied Ships
APD Colhoun, Shell hits 1
APD Gregory
AVD Childs, Shell hits 1
AVD Ballard
AVD Thornton
AVD Hulbert, Shell hits 5
AVD Williamson, Shell hits 4, on fire


Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Improved night sighting under 82% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 82% moonlight: 12,000 yards
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
Range closes to 15,000 yards...
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 10,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
Tokuda, U. crosses the 'T'
DD Yakaze engages AVD Williamson at 10,000 yards
DD Yakaze engages AVD Hulbert at 10,000 yards
DD Yakaze engages APD Colhoun at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
AVD Ballard collides with AVD Thornton at 76 , 123
DD Yakaze engages APD Colhoun at 6,000 yards
Range closes to 4,000 yards
DD Yakaze engages AVD Williamson at 4,000 yards
DD Yakaze engages AVD Thornton at 4,000 yards
DD Yakaze engages AVD Childs at 4,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
DD Yakaze engages AVD Williamson at 2,000 yards
DD Yakaze engages AVD Hulbert at 2,000 yards
DD Yakaze engages AVD Ballard at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 4,000 yards
DD Yakaze engages AVD Williamson at 4,000 yards
DD Yakaze engages AVD Thornton at 4,000 yards
DD Yakaze engages APD Gregory at 4,000 yards
DD Yakaze engages AVD Hulbert at 4,000 yards
DD Yakaze engages APD Colhoun at 4,000 yards
Range increases to 6,000 yards
AVD Williamson , AVD Hulbert , AVD Thornton screened from combat
- escorted by AVD Ballard , AVD Childs
DD Yakaze engages APD Gregory at 6,000 yards
DD Yakaze engages APD Colhoun at 6,000 yards
Range increases to 7,000 yards
AVD Williamson , AVD Hulbert screened from combat
- escorted by AVD Thornton , AVD Ballard
DD Yakaze engages AVD Childs at 7,000 yards
DD Yakaze engages APD Gregory at 7,000 yards
Range increases to 8,000 yards
AVD Williamson , AVD Hulbert screened from combat
DD Yakaze engages AVD Thornton at 8,000 yards
DD Yakaze engages AVD Ballard at 8,000 yards
DD Yakaze engages AVD Childs at 8,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
AVD Williamson , AVD Hulbert screened from combat
DD Yakaze engages APD Gregory at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards
DD Yakaze engages AVD Williamson at 9,000 yards
DD Yakaze engages AVD Hulbert at 9,000 yards
DD Yakaze engages APD Gregory at 9,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
AVD Williamson screened from combat
- escorted by AVD Hulbert , AVD Thornton
DD Yakaze engages APD Colhoun at 10,000 yards
Range increases to 11,000 yards
DD Yakaze engages APD Gregory at 11,000 yards
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
Task forces break off...

oh boy... tried to send a fast transport TF to Bathurst Island but the fast transport movement bug is still there... Rainer suffered a couple of times from this bug AFTER the latest patch already and now we suffere again from it... be aware that you have to manually place your fast transport or surface combat TF at strike range to move in next turn, otherwise you will often end up with screwed movement... it seems to have become better since the latest patch but the bug (or another) is still there... all my ships will live on...


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Sub attack near Balikpapan at 64,98

Japanese Ships
PB Chitose Maru

Allied Ships
SS Barb



SS Barb launches 4 torpedoes at PB Chitose Maru
PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Kobe at 107,61

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-22
SC CHa-16
E W-10

Allied Ships
SS Lapon



SS Lapon launches 6 torpedoes at SC CHa-22
Lapon diving deep ....
E W-10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-22 fails to find sub and abandons search
E W-10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

forget about targetting E or DD... if we hit them, funnily we still score four duds out of five hits...

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Bathurst Island at 77,123, Range 17,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Yakaze, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
APD Colhoun
APD Gregory
AVD Childs
AVD Ballard
AVD Thornton
AVD Hulbert
AVD Williamson



Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 25,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 25,000 yards
Range closes to 23,000 yards...
Range closes to 21,000 yards...
Range closes to 19,000 yards...
Range closes to 17,000 yards...
DD Yakaze engages AVD Hulbert at 17,000 yards
Range closes to 16,000 yards
AVD Williamson , AVD Hulbert , AVD Thornton screened from combat
- escorted by AVD Ballard , AVD Childs
DD Yakaze engages APD Gregory at 16,000 yards
Tokuda, U. orders Japanese TF to disengage
Range closes to 14,000 yards
DD Yakaze engages AVD Williamson at 14,000 yards
DD Yakaze engages APD Colhoun at 14,000 yards
Range increases to 20,000 yards
Task forces break off...

trying to get home to Gove, saw us meeting the damned DD again... no damage done...

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ASW attack near Orchid Island at 86,68

Japanese Ships
E Kari

Allied Ships
SS Scorpion, hits 1



SS Scorpion is sighted by escort
Scorpion diving deep ....
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kari attacking submerged sub ....
E Kari is out of ASW ammo
E Kari is out of ASW ammo
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Tsushima at 102,56

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-55
SC CHa-56

Allied Ships
SS Flying Fish



SS Flying Fish is located by SC CHa-55
SC CHa-56 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-56 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-56 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-56 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-56 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Channel Islands at 214,95

Japanese Ships
SS I-16

Allied Ships
xAK Thomas Nast
xAK Owen Summers
xAK Francisco Coronado
xAK Adoniram Judson
YMS-135



SS I-16 is sighted by escort
YMS-135 fails to find sub, continues to search...
YMS-135 fails to find sub, continues to search...
YMS-135 fails to find sub, continues to search...
YMS-135 fails to find sub, continues to search...
YMS-135 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Bathurst Island , at 76,123

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 40,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 19



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet

that was interesting...

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Morning Air attack on Prome , at 55,50

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 38,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 37



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
37 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet

in 98 out of 100 times the enemy won´t find Cap over my bases... wouldn´t make sense to put 300 fighters on Cap, radar can´t help bringing them into the air and even if the fighters would scramble, all but the P-47 with a ceiling of 42000ft would be dead meet against the diving Oscars...

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 42,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 15


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
15 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet

moved in 200 fighters and have set every available bomber (except the ones on my carriers) to attack Rabaul but Rainer already told me I wouldn´t face anymore Cap over Rabaul today as he wouldn´t want to see his fighters tangling with dozens of fighter sweeps near 40000ft... and he´s right...

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 40,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 16


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 37,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 16


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 11


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Spitfire Vc Trop sweeping at 37000 feet *

even if we send all our fighter squadrons to the target in piece meal strikes... mmm...

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 14


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Spitfire Vc Trop sweeping at 37000 feet *



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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 14
P-40K Warhawk x 9


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 24


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
24 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

even moved the two P-38 squadrons into range...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 46,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 9
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 22


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet

Burma airforce is active too...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 4
P-38F Lightning x 14
P-40K Warhawk x 9


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
7 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet
4 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet
7 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Bathurst Island , at 76,123

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 39,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 5



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet



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Morning Air attack on Prome , at 55,50

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 39,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 4



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet



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Morning Air attack on 6th Chinese Corps, at 72,55 (Nanning)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 16
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 20



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 1st New Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 6th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 1st New Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 6th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 40,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 18


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 40,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 4


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet
2 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet

always the same, squadrons being to dumb not to lose a couple of their fighters during each sweep... formation flying of veteran pilots? didn´t exist in WWII... "just take off and try to get to your target, alone or with a couple of fighters you may perhaps meet in the air"...

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
Mitchell II x 12
B-24D Liberator x 28
B-26 Marauder x 12
F4U-1 Corsair x 18


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Mitchell II: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 4 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 18
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 45

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Mitchell II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

here comes the first bomber strike package... note the Mitchell II... this is an Aussie bomber squadron I forgot to mention in above´s post, got one of these (and will upgrade another), which means I will have another 24 Mitchell level bomber for this front... now hold your breath, I´m getting 4 Mitchell II as replacement each month, means if these two squadrons run into enemy fighters in numbers just once, I´m probably going to lose two or three months´ replacements in one turn... not counting any losses to ops or flak... mhm... got very limited numbers of B-24D in the pool left, as soon as the pools dry up I´m going to upgrade theses squadrons to B-24D1 one after another... means not upgrading any medium bomber squadrons of course...


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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 8


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Spitfire Vc Trop sweeping at 37000 feet *
2 x Spitfire Vc Trop sweeping at 37000 feet *
2 x Spitfire Vc Trop sweeping at 37000 feet *
2 x Spitfire Vc Trop sweeping at 37000 feet *

here comes the rest of FOUR Spitfire squadrons that got left... please don´t tell me that would be realistic, but perhaps someone could convince the responsible people that it isn´t... hey, that´s not a bug though, that´s a design flaw...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 38,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 34
P-40K Warhawk x 9


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet
16 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet
2 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 10
Wellington Ic x 22
B-17E Fortress x 15
B-25C Mitchell x 46
P-40K Warhawk x 20


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 1 damaged
Wellington Ic: 3 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed



Airbase hits 7
Runway hits 41

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

bombing Moumein is more or less a no brainer as the base is repaired in no time and could be used by the IJAAF... what we are trying (up to now without any success) is to catch a couple of grounded enemy bomber or fighter units at some point...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 16
P-40K Warhawk x 9


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet
2 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 38,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 13
P-40K Warhawk x 9


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35600 feet



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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3



Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 59


Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 2 destroyed on ground
Ki-57-I Topsy: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 30

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
253 Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 32810
Raid is overhead

back to back attack on Dili, not much hit on the ground...

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 16
B-24D Liberator x 25
B-24D1 Liberator x 25
B-25C Mitchell x 40


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground
H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 70

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

really have forgot about the Japanese ability to repair damaged aircraft overnight and have them fly out of a damaged airfield back to Truk... guess the enemy has moved some 200 fighters to Rabaul yesterday, 50 were shot down or destroyed on the ground, another 100 reported damaged... the airfield is more or less EMPTY today, means that probably more or less 3/4 was moved out immedietely... so much about the ability to repair things on the frontline...

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 12


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 16


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 29

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

there´s nearly nothing left on the field to be destroyed... unbelievable... makes it quite easy for the Japanese to employ hit and run tactics, doesn´t seem to be true when people say you can´t base your aircraft on the frontline because on day two you will lose 70% on the ground to Allied bombers...

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 11
B-26B Marauder x 26


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground


Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 9
P-40K Warhawk x 9


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10
A6M3a Zero x 16
A6M5 Zero x 5
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 7



Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 8


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
Junyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Raid is overhead
Hosho-1 with A6M3a Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 13000
Raid is overhead
5th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38500
Raid is overhead
Taiyo-1 with A6M3a Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
Unyo-1 with A6M3a Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
Chuyo-1 with A6M3a Zero (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
253 Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 32810
Raid is overhead

good number of enemy fighters suddenly shows up over Dili to attack one of my piece meal strikes that is hit hard... four of the bombers are downed... that´s what I´m talking about, with 48 each month as replacement you can sure come up with the losses of your heavy bomber force, but you can not equip each squadron with heavy bombers as replacement for these damned attack bombers and come up with the squadrons´ losses...

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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
A6M3a Zero x 5
A6M5 Zero x 3
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8



Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
5th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 38500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 66 minutes
Junyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 119 minutes
Hosho-1 with A6M3a Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
Taiyo-1 with A6M3a Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes
253 Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32810 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 82 minutes
Unyo-1 with A6M3a Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 6
P-40K Warhawk x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Rabaul is reported to be 100% damaged... will be 100% repaired in estimated 5 days...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 9
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 3


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 14


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Spitfire Vc Trop sweeping at 37000 feet *



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 14


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Spitfire Vc Trop sweeping at 37000 feet *



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 25


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
25 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

ahh, more sweeps...

a whopping single Tojo was destroyed on the ground at Rabaul today... guess this says it all... how many have been flown there yesterday? 120?





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Afternoon Air attack on Prome , at 55,50

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 42,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 31



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet



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Afternoon Air attack on 2nd British Division, at 56,56

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 17



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Sub attack near Okinoerabushima at 97,66

Japanese Ships
TK Azuchisan Maru
TK Okuni Maru
DD Akikaze

Allied Ships
SS Growler



SS Growler launches 6 torpedoes at TK Azuchisan Maru
Growler diving deep ....
DD Akikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

duds...
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ASW attack near Tsushima at 102,56

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-55
SC CHa-56

Allied Ships
SS Flying Fish



SS Flying Fish is located by SC CHa-55
Flying Fish diving deep ....
SC CHa-56 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-56 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-56 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-56 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-56 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Ground combat at 56,54

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8706 troops, 466 guns, 313 vehicles, Assault Value = 2624

Defending force 92825 troops, 991 guns, 1092 vehicles, Assault Value = 3332

Japanese ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Assaulting units:
70th British Division
20th Indian Division
6th Australian Division
111th Chindit Brigade
19th Indian Division
7th Indian Division
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
7th Australian Division
77th Chindit Brigade
AHQ Bengal
RAF 221 Group Base Force
Eastern Army
2/9th Field Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
XXXIII Indian Corps
6th Medium Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2/13th Field Regiment
XV Indian Corps
4th NW Frontier Base Force
8th Medium Regiment
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
IV Indian Corps
III Indian Corps
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
106th RAF Base Force
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
9th
53rd Division
38th Division
48th Division
2nd Guards Division
2nd Tank Division
5th Guards Division
15th Army
31st Field AA Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
32nd Field AA Battalion
34th Field AA Battalion





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Sub attack near Kanoya at 105,66

Japanese Ships
E W-24
TK Teiyo Maru
TK San Ramon Maru

Allied Ships
SS Growler



SS Growler launches 4 torpedoes at E W-24
Growler diving deep ....
E W-24 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-24 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-24 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-24 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-24 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

wrong target...

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Sub attack near Torishima at 106,68

Japanese Ships
AO Toho Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AO Toei Maru
AO Nippon Maru
AO Ken'yo Maru
DD Yuzuki

Allied Ships
SS Pollack



SS Pollack launches 6 torpedoes at AO Toho Maru
Pollack diving deep ....
DD Yuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

we hit an empty AO but the chances seem not really high to see this valuable ship being sunk... usually these AO convoys are heavily escorted, only one DD attacked though...


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Morning Air attack on Prome , at 55,50

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 38,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 36



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet

the enemy keeps on flying these sweeps against my empty bases...

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Morning Air attack on Prome , at 55,50

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 31



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet



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Morning Air attack on Prome , at 55,50

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 40,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 3



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet



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Morning Air attack on 16th Chinese Corps, at 72,56

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 16
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 18



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on Prome , at 55,50

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 7
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 21
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 24



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 4 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 26

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 11000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
23 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

even bombers showed up today, hitting the empty airfield... flak achieved a lucky kill today...

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Morning Air attack on Prome , at 55,50

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 38,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 8



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet



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Morning Air attack on Kavieng , at 106,122

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
Mitchell II x 12
B-24D1 Liberator x 17


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Mitchell II: 1 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 48

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Mitchell II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

taking out Kavieng in preparation of the Rabaul invasion and aircraft from Rabaul were flown to this base... this is an airfield that can be supressed, only level 2 but such a small garisson that it takes forever to repair damage...

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Morning Air attack on Kavieng , at 106,122

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 10
B-25C Mitchell x 12


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Kavieng , at 106,122

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 12


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 36
B-26B Marauder x 11


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 44

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

medium bombers work just fine, they really could take a lot of work off the heavy bombers... every turn I´m now pitying the decision to have these damned attack bombers in AE... Rabaul got a strong air defense (which doesn´t work at 10000ft of course) and attack bombers would be shot to pieces each time they would try to bomb (and miss) the base... just to think about the fact that I´m only getting this BS as replacement makes me

already have serious thoughts about ending the game as soon as I´m running out of medium level bombers...

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 16


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Kavieng , at 106,122

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 10


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Kavieng , at 106,122

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 27


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 27

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged



Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 22


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 10


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 19


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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ASW attack near Kochi at 106,63

Japanese Ships
DD Okikaze
E Hato
E Kamo

Allied Ships
SS Lapon



SS Lapon launches 4 torpedoes at DD Okikaze
Lapon diving deep ....
DD Okikaze fails to find sub and abandons search
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Ground combat at 56,56

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 62375 troops, 641 guns, 1599 vehicles, Assault Value = 2710

Defending force 62319 troops, 932 guns, 940 vehicles, Assault Value = 2395

Japanese adjusted assault: 1573

Allied adjusted defense: 2627

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2995 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 284 disabled
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 224 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 38 disabled
Vehicles lost 494 (14 destroyed, 480 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
1667 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 161 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 132 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Vehicles lost 43 (1 destroyed, 42 disabled)


Assaulting units:
74th Infantry Regiment
1st Tank Division
112th Infantry Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
143rd Infantry Regiment
33rd Division
52nd Division
11th Tank Regiment
56th Division
Guards Tank Division

Defending units:
14th Indian Division
2nd British Division
39th Indian Division
25th Indian Division
23rd Indian Division
26th Indian Division

the enemy attacks us in the hex South East of Moulmein and to my surprise does more damage to our troops than expected...
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Ground combat at 56,54

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8705 troops, 466 guns, 313 vehicles, Assault Value = 2626

Defending force 92837 troops, 991 guns, 1092 vehicles, Assault Value = 3333

Japanese ground losses:
63 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)


Assaulting units:
7th Indian Division
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
111th Chindit Brigade
19th Indian Division
7th Australian Division
70th British Division
6th Australian Division
20th Indian Division
77th Chindit Brigade
2/11th Field Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
2/9th Field Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
RAF 221 Group Base Force
2/13th Field Regiment
XXXIII Indian Corps
106th RAF Base Force
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
IV Indian Corps
4th NW Frontier Base Force
Eastern Army
III Indian Corps
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
AHQ Bengal
8th Medium Regiment
XV Indian Corps
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
48th Division
9th
38th Division
2nd Guards Division
53rd Division
2nd Tank Division
5th Guards Division
32nd Field AA Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
15th Army
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
31st Field AA Battalion
34th Field AA Battalion




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Sub attack near Balabac at 69,83

Japanese Ships
AO Erimo, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
DD Hatakaze

Allied Ships
SS Silversides, hits 4



SS Silversides launches 6 torpedoes at AO Erimo
DD Hatakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Hatakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

like yesterday we hit an AO but today also the sub takes a hit and is forced to retire... SS Herring was hit by a Lily and has to retire also... seems like for every kill at least one of my subs gets damaged too...

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ASW attack near Taihoku at 88,62

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-37

Allied Ships
SS Tinosa



SS Tinosa is sighted by escort
Tinosa diving deep ....
SC CHa-37 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-37 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-37 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-37 attacking submerged sub ....
SS Tinosa eludes ASW attack from SC CHa-37
SS Tinosa eludes ASW attack from SC CHa-37
SC CHa-37 cannot establish contact with SS Tinosa
SS Tinosa eludes SC CHa-37 by diving deep
SC CHa-37 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Submarine attack near Balabac at 69,83

Japanese Ships
AO Erimo, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Silversides, hits 1



AO Erimo is sighted by SS Silversides
SS Silversides attacking on the surface
Burlingame, C.C. decides to submerge SS Silversides due to damage

Erimo was split off her convoy and SS Silversides then engages the ship and puts her down...

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ASW attack near Bundaberg at 98,155

Japanese Ships
SS I-122, hits 5

Allied Ships
DD Taylor
DE Sutlej
AO Kanawha
AO Cuyama
AO Brazos
AO Patoka
TK Manatawny
TK Gertrude Kellogg
TK Mindanao
TK William Sunoco
DD Hobby
DD Caldwell
DD Woodworth



SS I-122 is sighted by escort
DD Hobby fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Caldwell attacking submerged sub ....
DD Woodworth fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hobby fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Caldwell fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hobby fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Caldwell fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Caldwell fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Caldwell fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Caldwell fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

I-122... smells like a mine laying mission going to one of my Aussie bases... guess we caught the sub before the mines were planted somewhere...

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Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 31



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet

more Japanese sweeps... more empty airspace...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 13


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 38,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 14


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet

same is true for our sweeps... drole de guerre in Burma...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 38,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 13


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 38,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 11


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35600 feet



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Morning Air attack on Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 13



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 18


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 3 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
7 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet *

CAP engaged:
253 Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32810 , scrambling fighters to 32000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
5th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 38000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes

recon told us about lots of enemy fighters on Timor though and our Lightnings take care of them... never ending dive, what a massacre...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 48,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 22


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 18


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
16 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet *

CAP engaged:
253 Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32810 , scrambling fighters to 40000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 55 minutes
5th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 32000 and 38810.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes

also the second squadron sends 2/3 of it´s fighters (no clue what the rest was doing and why parts of the squadrons always get lost ) but it was easily enough to also take out the rest of the enemy fighters... Oscars and Zeroes being endlessly bounced created a 15-17:0 today... mhm...

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Morning Air attack on Manus , at 101,119

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 32


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Beaufighter Ic sweeping at 10000 feet
16 x Beaufighter Ic sweeping at 10000 feet

the usual fighter getting lost during escort attempt... mhm...

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Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 6
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 21
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 21



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
21 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

enemy bombers being brought closer to the frontline in Burma again... perhaps we can catch them at some point...

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Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 41,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 11



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet



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Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 17
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 17



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Kavieng , at 106,122

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
Mitchell II x 12
B-25C Mitchell x 15


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Mitchell II: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 49

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Mitchell II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

these Mitchells are at best semi trained in ground attack, try to achiev that with semi trained attack bombers... pff...

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Morning Air attack on Kavieng , at 106,122

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 23
B-25C Mitchell x 12


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 66

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 6


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet
2 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet
2 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet

3x2 fighters that got lost...

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Morning Air attack on Manus , at 101,119

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
Vengeance I x 16


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Vengeance I releasing from 4000' *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x Vengeance I releasing from 3000' *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x Vengeance I releasing from 2000' *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb

even dive bombers work fine, at least far better than attack bombers...

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Morning Air attack on Manus , at 101,119

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
Vengeance I x 16


No Allied losses



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Vengeance I releasing from 4000' *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x Vengeance I releasing from 2000' *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 2


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 36,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 2


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35600 feet



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Morning Air attack on Kavieng , at 106,122

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 24


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 29

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 24
B-26B Marauder x 27


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground


Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 71

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Kavieng , at 106,122

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged



Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 11


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 45,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 1



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 9


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet *
5 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet *

CAP engaged:
5th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 36810.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes

ahh... there´s the rest of the Lightning squadrons...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 46,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 3


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet

the rest of the Thunderbolt squadron... how stupid...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 14


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet



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Afternoon Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 39,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 42



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
42 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet



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Afternoon Air attack on Manus , at 101,119

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 36


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
18 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 10000 feet *
18 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 10000 feet *

failed escort attempt...

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Afternoon Air attack on 59th Chinese Corps, at 72,56

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 16
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 12



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 21


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

the enemy would have long run out of supplies if each supply hit really would take out 1% of the enemy´s supplies... am sure we´ve scored far above 100 supply hits already...

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 11


No Allied losses



Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Manus , at 101,119

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 16
B-25D1 Mitchell x 16


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 19


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Manus , at 101,119

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 16
B-25D1 Mitchell x 16

No Allied losses



Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

that´s the attack bomber bug... they can´t hit at 100ft, they can´t hit at 10000ft... give me level bombers please...




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Ground combat at 56,54

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8680 troops, 466 guns, 311 vehicles, Assault Value = 2627

Defending force 92847 troops, 991 guns, 1093 vehicles, Assault Value = 3335

Japanese ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Assaulting units:
19th Indian Division
70th British Division
6th Australian Division
7th Indian Division
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
20th Indian Division
7th Australian Division
111th Chindit Brigade
77th Chindit Brigade
2/11th Field Regiment
Eastern Army
6th Medium Regiment
IV Indian Corps
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2/9th Field Regiment
2/13th Field Regiment
XXXIII Indian Corps
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
AHQ Bengal
XV Indian Corps
RAF 221 Group Base Force
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
III Indian Corps
8th Medium Regiment
106th RAF Base Force
4th NW Frontier Base Force
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
2nd Guards Division
9th
2nd Tank Division
53rd Division
48th Division
38th Division
5th Guards Division
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
32nd Field AA Battalion
31st Field AA Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
15th Army
34th Field AA Battalion






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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 26, 43
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Sub attack near Torishima at 109,68

Japanese Ships
xAK Huzikawa Maru
PB Ginyo Maru

Allied Ships
SS Pickerel, hits 1



SS Pickerel launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Huzikawa Maru
PB Ginyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ginyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ginyo Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Ginyo Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Ginyo Maru is out of ASW ammo
PB Ginyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

starts off with duds...

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ASW attack near Torishima at 109,68

Allied Ships
SS Mingo



SS Mingo is sighted by escort
Sub escapes detection


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Submarine attack near Balabac at 70,83

Japanese Ships
E Shimakaze
E Karukaya
E Asagao
E Nadakaze

Allied Ships
SS Silversides, hits 26, heavy fires, heavy damage



SS Silversides is located by E Shimakaze
Silversides bottoming out ....
E Karukaya attacking submerged sub ....
E Asagao fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Karukaya fails to find sub and abandons search
E Asagao attacking submerged sub ....
SS Silversides forced to surface!
E Asagao firing on surfaced sub ....
E Nadakaze firing on surfaced sub ....
E Karukaya firing on surfaced sub ....
E Asagao firing on surfaced sub ....
E Nadakaze firing on surfaced sub ....
E Karukaya firing on surfaced sub ....
E Asagao firing on surfaced sub ....
E Nadakaze firing on surfaced sub ....
E Karukaya firing on surfaced sub ....
E Asagao firing on surfaced sub ....
E Nadakaze firing on surfaced sub ....
E Karukaya firing on surfaced sub ....
E Nadakaze firing on surfaced sub ....
E Nadakaze firing on surfaced sub ....
E Karukaya firing on surfaced sub ....
E Asagao firing on surfaced sub ....
E Nadakaze firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves

and another sub lost to the super E...

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ASW attack near Kobe at 107,61

Japanese Ships
E Hato
DD Okikaze
E Kamo

Allied Ships
SS Wahoo



SS Wahoo is located by E Hato
DD Okikaze fails to find sub and abandons search
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Kobe at 107,61

Japanese Ships
E Hato
DD Okikaze
E Kamo

Allied Ships
SS Wahoo



SS Wahoo is located by E Hato
Wahoo diving deep ....
DD Okikaze fails to find sub and abandons search
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo attacking submerged sub ....
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Nagoya at 109,63

Japanese Ships
E Uruko
xAK Glasgow Maru
xAK Florida Maru
xAK Aden Maru
E Sureko

Allied Ships
SS Balao



SS Balao launches 6 torpedoes at E Uruko
Balao diving deep ....
E Sureko attacking submerged sub ....
E Uruko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Sureko attacking submerged sub ....
E Uruko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Sureko fails to find sub and abandons search
E Uruko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Uruko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Uruko fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

more duds... seems like enemy DD and E got reactive armor as most of the hits on these ships are duds if there´s truth in the messages...

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Morning Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 40,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 15
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 41



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
41 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet
15 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 11000 feet

also no Allied Cap over Mandalay... sorry, I won´t put up fighters if there isn´t a must to do so...

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Morning Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 37,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 42



Allied aircraft
Hurricane XIIb x 3


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane XIIb: 1 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
42 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet

CAP engaged:
No.14 Sqn RCAF with Hurricane XIIb (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Raid is overhead

I´ve moved bombers into the area and had 200+ fighters on Cap at that base though, three of them leaked to Toungoo and were promptly shot down by the diving Oscars... I´ve not been pleased at all at this stage of the turn...

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Morning Air attack on Tavoy , at 54,60

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 19


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
19 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

we then sweep Tavoy and don´t find any enemy Cap...

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Morning Air attack on Tavoy , at 54,60

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 22


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Tavoy , at 54,60

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 14
P-38G Lightning x 6


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
7 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet
7 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet
3 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet
3 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

none of the squadrons on the map manage to fly together... this stays just more than strange...

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Morning Air attack on Tavoy , at 54,60

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 6


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet



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Morning Air attack on 10th Chinese Corps, at 72,56

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 16
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 17



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
94 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 10th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 10th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on Kavieng , at 106,122

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
Mitchell II x 12


Allied aircraft losses
Mitchell II: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Mitchell II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Manus , at 101,119

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
Vengeance I x 16


No Allied losses



Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Vengeance I releasing from 3000' *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x Vengeance I releasing from 2000' *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb

looks like Vengeance work very well on ground attacks, perhaps I should move two or three more of these to the New Guinea front as they can take out airfields that are lightly defended... unlike my attack bombers that are shot to pieces by a single cut off SNLF with 4 13mm AAMG...

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Morning Air attack on Manus , at 101,119

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
Vengeance I x 16


No Allied losses



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Vengeance I releasing from 4000' *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
1 x Vengeance I releasing from 2000' *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x Vengeance I releasing from 3000' *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb

the only downside of the Vengeance is the short range with 6 hexes...

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Morning Air attack on Manus , at 101,119

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 32
B-25C Mitchell x 12


No Allied losses



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

give me more Mitchell level bombers...

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Morning Air attack on Manus , at 101,119

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 27


Japanese aircraft losses
C5M2 Babs: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 56

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Manus , at 101,119

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 16


No Allied losses



Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

and **** off with those stupid attack bombers... unbelievable that this hasn´t been tested at all...

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Afternoon Air attack on Manus , at 101,119

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 38,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 18


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
18 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet *



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Afternoon Air attack on Manus , at 101,119

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 39,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 17


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
17 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet *



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Afternoon Air attack on Pisanuloke , at 58,57

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 9



Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 27
B-25C Mitchell x 16
P-40K Warhawk x 24


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 5 destroyed on ground
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 3 destroyed on ground
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 4 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 2 damaged
P-40K Warhawk: 2 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 46

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 10000 feet *

CAP engaged:
286 Ku S-1 with A6M3a Zero (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes

here´s what finally made me smile during the turn... our bombers attack this Japanese frontline airfield and I was amazed to see Zeroes in the air which were diving on my escorts, taking out four of the Warhawks for the loss of two Zeroes... then the bombs started falling and we got message after message about enemy aircraft being damaged or destroyed... a short cheer was followed by the hope to see all my bombers airborne today...

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Afternoon Air attack on Pisanuloke , at 58,57

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 6



Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 13
B-17E Fortress x 10
B-25C Mitchell x 16


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 5 damaged
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 2 destroyed on ground
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 5 destroyed on ground
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 5 destroyed on ground
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 36

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
286 Ku S-1 with A6M3a Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 63 minutes

and there we go, here comes the second wave... this time without any of the 75 Warhawks set to escort but a couple of Zeroes aren´t really a threat to this kind of strike... considering the weather we achieve a good hit rate and more and more enemy aircraft are destroyed on the ground... I was amazed about how many there really were at this level 2 airfield, looks like the field was of aircraft, considering the engine stacking limit I would call that airfield pretty much overstacked...

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Afternoon Air attack on Pisanuloke , at 58,57

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 2



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 12
B-25C Mitchell x 16
P-40K Warhawk x 50


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M3a Zero: 2 destroyed on ground
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 2 destroyed on ground
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 4 destroyed on ground


Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 35

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 10000 feet *

CAP engaged:
286 Ku S-1 with A6M3a Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes

and the next wave, coming in with the rest of the Warhawks... the single Zero was shot down and the bombers unloaded over the target...

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Afternoon Air attack on Pisanuloke , at 58,57

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 16


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 3 destroyed on ground
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 2 destroyed on ground
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 destroyed on ground
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed on ground




Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

a fourth strike comes in, it seems we were able to get everything airborne today...

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 24


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

then we fly the usual strikes against Darwin with the usual bad result during the usualy really bad weather... that´s why I´m saying that relying on heavy bombers alone would be senseless as there are just not enough of them and not enough big airfields to put them on...

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

really a bad attack, these bomber formation all are very skilled...

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 11


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Manus , at 101,119

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 16
B-24D1 Liberator x 9
B-25D1 Mitchell x 16
F4U-1 Corsair x 18


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

all hits achieved by the heavies, the attack bombers failed... btw, I have put pilots with grdbmb skill into these bombers, so skill isn´t the problem here as that´s the skill that should be used during bombing from 10000ft... hate this feature...

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 7


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Pisanuloke , at 58,57

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 12


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 3 destroyed on ground
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 destroyed on ground
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed on ground




Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

I love medium level bombers... that´s it for the day, guess that´s been a new record for destroyed aircraft on the ground in one day... more than a hundred enemy aircraft are reported destroyed today, Rainer was unlucky in not getting his aircraft airborne (due to whatever reason), but I guess even if they would have flown we still would have had the chance to see them fly in the morning while we bomb them in the afternoon... as the enemy and we are constantly doing hit and run attacks it was pure luck on my part to actually attack the right airfield today with his aircraft being grounded when my bombers show up...

nevertheless a nice morale boost for us, losses can be easily replaced by the enemy I guess as there should be enough in the pool with really light losses so far... seems like we´ve torched two full daitais of Helens, most of a Sally sentai and another Lily daitai...

as always, radar played no role at all...




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Sub attack near Tsushima at 102,56

Japanese Ships
xAK Akagisan Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Zuisyo Maru
xAK Nansin Maru
xAK Sinsyu Maru
PB Ryusei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Drum



SS Drum launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Akagisan Maru
Drum diving deep ....
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

finally another sub scores...

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Ground combat at 56,54

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8692 troops, 466 guns, 312 vehicles, Assault Value = 2624

Defending force 92838 troops, 991 guns, 1093 vehicles, Assault Value = 3335

Japanese ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Assaulting units:
20th Indian Division
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
19th Indian Division
6th Australian Division
111th Chindit Brigade
7th Indian Division
70th British Division
7th Australian Division
77th Chindit Brigade
106th RAF Base Force
4th NW Frontier Base Force
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2/13th Field Regiment
XXXIII Indian Corps
AHQ Bengal
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2/9th Field Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
RAF 221 Group Base Force
IV Indian Corps
8th Medium Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
III Indian Corps
Eastern Army
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
XV Indian Corps
6th Medium Regiment
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
2nd Tank Division
9th
2nd Guards Division
53rd Division
38th Division
48th Division
5th Guards Division
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
32nd Field AA Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
31st Field AA Battalion
15th Army
34th Field AA Battalion

am not sure these bombardments got any sense, I guess not to be honest...



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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 8/25/2010 2:46:54 PM   
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Sub attack near Nakadori-jima at 101,56

Japanese Ships
xAK Sinsyu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
xAK Toei Maru
xAK Nissen Maru #3
xAK Yuri Maru
xAK Rasin Maru
PB Ryusei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Muskallunge



SS Muskallunge launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Sinsyu Maru
Muskallunge diving deep ....
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

one torp ignites, fate of the freighter unknown...


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Sub attack near Nakadori-jima at 101,56

Japanese Ships
xAK Sinsyu Maru, on fire

Allied Ships
SS Muskallunge



SS Muskallunge launches 6 torpedoes

12 torps fired on this freighter, all but one were duds or misses... what a waste...

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Morning Air attack on Manus , at 101,119

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 32


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Beaufighter Ic sweeping at 10000 feet
16 x Beaufighter Ic sweeping at 10000 feet

failed escort attempt... nothing new... same alt as the bombers? don´t get me started...

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Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 18


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
18 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
47th I.F.Chutai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes

changed the target to a base closer to Bangkok again, meeting some Tojos... dive... dead...

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Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 21


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
21 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740
Raid is overhead

MAIN part of the second squadron, another three Tojos climb to be shot down...

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Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 45,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 2
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 3



Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 6
P-38F Lightning x 14
P-38G Lightning x 6


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
7 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet
6 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet
6 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet
1 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet
3 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
77th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36750
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ia Tony (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 37730
Raid is overhead
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740
Raid is overhead

rest of the rest... some more enemies downed, the rest was damaged... a dozen enemy fighters shot down, no Lightning lost... these Lightning squadrons really are killing off the Japanese fighter force on their own, we just have to catch enemy aircraft in the air and in range...

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Morning Air attack on 16th Chinese Corps, at 71,56

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 7th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 7th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on Kavieng , at 106,122

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
Mitchell II x 11


No Allied losses



Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Mitchell II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Manus , at 101,119

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
Vengeance I x 32


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 32

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Vengeance I releasing from 2000' *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x Vengeance I releasing from 2000' *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x Vengeance I releasing from 4000' *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x Vengeance I releasing from 4000' *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12
B-26B Marauder x 15


Japanese aircraft losses
H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 40

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 23
B-26B Marauder x 11


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 49

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

round the clock bombing, invasion is going to go in soon... just like at Darwin, we sure have achieved far over 100 supply hits and the enemy was never able to ship in supplies for months, but I´m sure there won´t be any supply issues at Rabaul nor Darwin... this has already been seen at all the other bases that were cut off and bombed for months...


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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground




Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 29

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Manus , at 101,119

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 38,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 16


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet *



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Afternoon Air attack on Rahaeng , at 58,56

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 14
Wellington Ic x 12
B-17E Fortress x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 43
P-40K Warhawk x 17


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled



Airbase hits 26
Airbase supply hits 18
Runway hits 167

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

"please provide me with more medium level bombers..." "Sir, you are now receiving our new wonder weapon: attack bombers..." "holy crap..." I´ve also got the impression that these tactical bombers seem to work better in these attacks, especially when you look at the loads of supply hits...

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Afternoon Air attack on Rahaeng , at 58,56

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 16
B-17E Fortress x 11
P-40K Warhawk x 25


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 50

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Rahaeng , at 58,56

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 31


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 55

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 28


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 58

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 44
F4U-1 Corsair x 18


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 109

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

this attack was quite devasting too though...

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Afternoon Air attack on Manus , at 101,119

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 32
B-25D1 Mitchell x 32


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

and the wonder weapons being employed... only glad that noone shoots back here...

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 11


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 6


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

another six supply hits today... so many supply hits, so many enemy troops in Darwin, so many months no supply convoys but they won´t ever run out of supplies I guess...

note the two Nells being lost to my fighters again, we´re downed quite a lot of Nells lately, these are employed on nav search in the area between Darwin and Merauke... while they spot EVERY single convoy in the area (no matter if a single LST or a convoy with three dozen AKs), a couple of them are shot down each week...




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ASW attack near Balikpapan at 64,98

Japanese Ships
PB Choyo Maru #2
PB Chitose Maru

Allied Ships
SS Barb



SS Barb is located by PB Choyo Maru #2
PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Ground combat at Madang (97,123)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6188 troops, 72 guns, 86 vehicles, Assault Value = 362

Defending force 127 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8



Assaulting units:
102nd(Sep) Infantry Regiment
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
12th Australian Brigade

Defending units:
54th JNAF AF Unit /1

taking most of New Guinea by overland assault... funny... no need for amphib assaults, we´ve got time... none of the bases but Hollandia seems to be really defended...

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Ground combat at 56,54

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8692 troops, 466 guns, 313 vehicles, Assault Value = 2624

Defending force 92813 troops, 991 guns, 1094 vehicles, Assault Value = 3330

Japanese ground losses:
81 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
7th Australian Division
111th Chindit Brigade
7th Indian Division
6th Australian Division
19th Indian Division
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
70th British Division
20th Indian Division
77th Chindit Brigade
RAF 221 Group Base Force
XV Indian Corps
2/11th Field Regiment
AHQ Bengal
III Indian Corps
2/13th Field Regiment
XXXIII Indian Corps
106th RAF Base Force
2/9th Field Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
IV Indian Corps
8th Medium Regiment
4th NW Frontier Base Force
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
Eastern Army
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
2nd Tank Division
53rd Division
48th Division
38th Division
2nd Guards Division
9th
5th Guards Division
31st Field AA Battalion
32nd Field AA Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
15th Army
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
34th Field AA Battalion






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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 8/26/2010 1:38:00 AM   
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Status: offline 		From post #663 of this AAR "not sure why Rainer got Mavis´ at Rabaul... aren´t those patrols too valuable for the Japanese to be put on an airfield that is under constant air attacks?" ... Castor Troy

Have been reading this AAR from the beginning and came across your question from July 31 or so. I think it is because Mavis's can be used for air transport and often transports are used to extract fragments of each unit that could be destroyed.
The fragments are used to rebuild the unit later and, as I understand it, the opponent gets no VP for a destroyed unit if any fragment of it survives. That is worth risking a Mavis for IMO.

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 8/26/2010 9:49:24 AM   
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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

From post #663 of this AAR "not sure why Rainer got Mavis´ at Rabaul... aren´t those patrols too valuable for the Japanese to be put on an airfield that is under constant air attacks?" ... Castor Troy

Have been reading this AAR from the beginning and came across your question from July 31 or so. I think it is because Mavis's can be used for air transport and often transports are used to extract fragments of each unit that could be destroyed.
The fragments are used to rebuild the unit later and, as I understand it, the opponent gets no VP for a destroyed unit if any fragment of it survives. That is worth risking a Mavis for IMO.



welcome aboard, nice to have another reader.

you are correct about the fragments but that still doesn´t make sense to put the Mavis´ at Rabaul because he could have also put them somewhere else that isn´t under constant attack. Mavis got a huge range so putting them into Rabaul doesn´t make any sense at all IMO.

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 8/26/2010 10:05:53 AM   
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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

From post #663 of this AAR "not sure why Rainer got Mavis´ at Rabaul... aren´t those patrols too valuable for the Japanese to be put on an airfield that is under constant air attacks?" ... Castor Troy

Have been reading this AAR from the beginning and came across your question from July 31 or so. I think it is because Mavis's can be used for air transport and often transports are used to extract fragments of each unit that could be destroyed.
The fragments are used to rebuild the unit later and, as I understand it, the opponent gets no VP for a destroyed unit if any fragment of it survives. That is worth risking a Mavis for IMO.


You get VP's for destroyed squads and devices and not for destroyed LCU's. But otherwise you're correct.

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 8/26/2010 10:38:35 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Kereguelen


quote:

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

From post #663 of this AAR "not sure why Rainer got Mavis´ at Rabaul... aren´t those patrols too valuable for the Japanese to be put on an airfield that is under constant air attacks?" ... Castor Troy

Have been reading this AAR from the beginning and came across your question from July 31 or so. I think it is because Mavis's can be used for air transport and often transports are used to extract fragments of each unit that could be destroyed.
The fragments are used to rebuild the unit later and, as I understand it, the opponent gets no VP for a destroyed unit if any fragment of it survives. That is worth risking a Mavis for IMO.


You get VP's for destroyed squads and devices and not for destroyed LCU's. But otherwise you're correct.


Not sure. The above does not explain why the Mavis is stationed at a base under attack rather than at a base that is secure and the "pick up" function is used if fragments are pulled out of Rabaul or "transport" if fragments are brought to Rabaul.

To achieve the above-mentioned (valid) purpose, it is not necessary to base Mavis at Rabaul.

Just my 2cts

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 8/26/2010 10:40:14 AM   
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ORIGINAL: hartwig.modrow


quote:

ORIGINAL: Kereguelen


quote:

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

From post #663 of this AAR "not sure why Rainer got Mavis´ at Rabaul... aren´t those patrols too valuable for the Japanese to be put on an airfield that is under constant air attacks?" ... Castor Troy

Have been reading this AAR from the beginning and came across your question from July 31 or so. I think it is because Mavis's can be used for air transport and often transports are used to extract fragments of each unit that could be destroyed.
The fragments are used to rebuild the unit later and, as I understand it, the opponent gets no VP for a destroyed unit if any fragment of it survives. That is worth risking a Mavis for IMO.


You get VP's for destroyed squads and devices and not for destroyed LCU's. But otherwise you're correct.


Not sure. The above does not explain why the Mavis is stationed at a base under attack rather than at a base that is secure and the "pick up" function is used if fragments are pulled out of Rabaul or "transport" if fragments are brought to Rabaul.

To achieve the above-mentioned (valid) purpose, it is not necessary to base Mavis at Rabaul.

Just my 2cts

Hartwig


Was only referring to the technical aspects.

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 8/26/2010 12:17:54 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

From post #663 of this AAR "not sure why Rainer got Mavis´ at Rabaul... aren´t those patrols too valuable for the Japanese to be put on an airfield that is under constant air attacks?" ... Castor Troy

Have been reading this AAR from the beginning and came across your question from July 31 or so. I think it is because Mavis's can be used for air transport and often transports are used to extract fragments of each unit that could be destroyed.
The fragments are used to rebuild the unit later and, as I understand it, the opponent gets no VP for a destroyed unit if any fragment of it survives. That is worth risking a Mavis for IMO.


You get VP's for destroyed squads and devices and not for destroyed LCU's. But otherwise you're correct.


Thanks for the clarification on the VPs Kereguelen. That explains why so many players are always referring to the number of squads destroyed to measure the success of their ground combat.
C-T, I think you are wondering why the Mavis was left there knowing that you are blasting the AF each day. I don't know how much control he has over the timing of the trip to pick up fragments, but if the night flight to pick up fragments was delayed, it could be there during the day [as sometimes happens with bombardment TFs]. Or perhaps it just had some operational damage and couldn't leave until it was repaired?

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