Speedysteve
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Hi all,
I hereby enclose a summary of action 26-30th April.......
First off the CV Battle.....
29th April -
On the 29th April my CV Forces reached a position 276 miles ESE of Iwo Jima. Scouts located an enemy convoy docking off Iwo Jima and a force was despatched. 11 x AK and 2 x SC were sent to the bottom off the sea. About 20 enemy fighters (Zero/Tojo) were on CAP but little was shot down on either side (3 x Escorts and 1 x Tojo).
In return Japanese sweeps and a Betty raid were launched against my CV's. The Sweeps achieved little (12 x Jap losses vs 4 x US fighters) BUT they did disrupt my CAP so that when 33 x Betty arrived on the scene 27 of them got through to bomb! No hits were sustained though.
This made me realise though that despite having 4 x CV a series of repeated strikes would comfortably get through my CAP to cause destruction. As such I decided to send my CV's south to a position well NE of Pagan to attack any more enemy ships.........
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30th April -
Dawn revealed an overcast but the scouts went off. Within an hour reports came in of enemy carriers 46 miles to the SE! Jakes were also spotted overhead! 2 prize fighters slugged it out at close quarters......the CR's will suffice for the next part:
Morning Air attack on TF, near Haha-jima at 113,81
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 42 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 30
G4M1 Betty x 28
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 14
F6F-3 Hellcat x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 8 destroyed, 7 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
Allied Ships
BB Massachusetts
CV Hornet
CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Haha-jima at 113,81
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 45 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 26
A6M5 Zero x 13
B5N2 Kate x 17
B6N1 Jill x 18
D3A1 Val x 12
D3A2 Val x 22
D4Y1 Judy x 27
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 4
F6F-3 Hellcat x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
B6N1 Jill: 5 destroyed, 5 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 damaged
D3A2 Val: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
D4Y1 Judy: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
BB Washington, Bomb hits 9, on fire
BB Massachusetts, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DD Meade
CA Quincy, Bomb hits 1
DD Hobby, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
CV Saratoga
CV Hornet, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA San Francisco
CV Lexington
DD Gillespie
BB South Dakota, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Porter
CA Minneapolis, Bomb hits 2
DD Duncan
BB North Carolina, Torpedo hits 1
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RETURN STRIKE:
Morning Air attack on TF, near Agrihan at 114,82
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 47 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 26
A6M5 Zero x 14
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 11
F6F-3 Hellcat x 14
SBD-3 Dauntless x 131
TBF-1 Avenger x 54
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 3 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 4 destroyed, 12 damaged
TBF-1 Avenger: 3 destroyed, 11 damaged
Japanese Ships
CV Hiyo, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires
CVE Hosho, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
CV Junyo, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
BB Kirishima, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires
CV Taiho, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires
CVL Ryuho, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Tokitsukaze, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Urakaze, Bomb hits 1
DD Oyashio, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Hamakaze, Bomb hits 1
DD Shiranui
CA Nachi, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Amatsukaze
CLAA Tatsuta, Bomb hits 2, on fire
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Haha-jima at 113,81
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 42 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
A6M3a Zero x 47
A6M5 Zero x 6
G4M1 Betty x 12
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 6
F6F-3 Hellcat x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 2 destroyed
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed
Allied Ships
CV Lexington, Torpedo hits 1
CV Saratoga
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Agrihan at 114,82
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 6
SBD-3 Dauntless x 56
TBF-1 Avenger x 29
Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
TBF-1 Avenger: 5 damaged
Japanese Ships
CV Taiho, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
BB Kirishima, Bomb hits 5, on fire
CV Hiyo, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Urakaze
CV Junyo, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
CLAA Tatsuta, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Hamakaze, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DD Amatsukaze
DD Tokitsukaze, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Nachi, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Shiranui
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Post-script to follow
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Submarine Warfare -
5 x Dud/missed attacks.
SS Tarpon left AK Fukko Maru dead in the water with a torpedo hit off Jesselton.
SS S-34 blew up SC CHa-15 off Shikuka.
SS Barb sank the large freighter Yamasimo Maru north of Sorong.
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