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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 3/28/2011 3:13:48 PM   
castor troy


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Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 65,72

Japanese Ships
xAK Eiman Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Fukuei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Billfish



SS Billfish launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Eiman Maru
PB Fukuei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Fukuei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Fukuei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Fukuei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Fukuei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

there´s still shipping going into the Cam Ranh Bay area and the Japanese usually pay for it...
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ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 68,72

Japanese Ships
PB Fukuei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Truant



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


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Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 68,72

Japanese Ships
PB Fukuei Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Truant



SS Truant launches 6 torpedoes
Truant diving deep ....
Sub escapes detection

Truant tries a second time and kills the escort...

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Morning Air attack on Singkawang , at 56,88

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 56


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 48

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Babo , at 83,111

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 24


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 44

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Pontianak , at 56,90

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 63


Allied aircraft losses
B-25H Mitchell: 6 damaged



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 82

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

all three Japanese airfields on NW Borneo aren´t operational anymore...


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Morning Air attack on Pontianak , at 56,90

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 12


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



Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Pontianak , at 56,90

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 12


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Pontianak , at 56,90

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 12


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Bacolod , at 79,85

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 14
F4U-1A Corsair x 10
PV-1 Ventura x 18


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 4 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

that´s the base where the Oscar fighter bombers were coming from... while we´re bombing all these bypassed airfields now and then, they usually get operational at some point which enables the enemy to fly surprise attacks which so far weren´t succesful but could become annoying when hitting a precious target... going to take another two months to have my smaller combat units prepped for all these bases in my line of advance (four or five targets) and then we´re finally going to take them out... after these bases got bypassed I´ve expected Rainer to use his transport aircraft to lift all his units out but he just kept them there...


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Afternoon Air attack on Bacolod , at 79,85

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 5
P-38J Lightning x 6
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 15
PV-1 Ventura x 18


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Laoag , at 81,72

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 7



Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 63


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-57-II Topsy: 4 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 5 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 30
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 77

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

CAP engaged:
254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (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 9000
Raid is overhead

we had recon about three dozen aux at Laog (Northern Philipines) and ordered all available 4E at Iloilo to fly an airfield attack... when the first wave arrives there are halve a dozen Zeros over the airfield (leaking Cap)... the Zeroes are dispatched easily and the airfield is knocked out...


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Afternoon Air attack on Laoag , at 81,72

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 24


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-57-II Topsy: 3 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 71

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



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Afternoon Air attack on Laoag , at 81,72

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 21


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 34

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

lots of dispersed strikes, just asking to run into a disaster with hundreds of Japanese fighters on the Philipines... it amazes me that Rainer puts a Topsy unit onto an airfield without any fighter cover as he could have also put them into Manila on his level 9 airfield... we take the chance and destroy one and a halve dozen transports on the ground...


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Afternoon Air attack on Laoag , at 81,72

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-57-II Topsy: 1 destroyed on ground




Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 22

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



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Afternoon Air attack on Cebu , at 80,86

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 27
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 16


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 28

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

Cebu is also one of these bypassed bases with a small Japanese garisson remaining there...
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Afternoon Air attack on Cebu , at 80,86

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 39


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 25

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



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Afternoon Air attack on Cebu , at 80,86

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 6


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 14

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



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Afternoon Air attack on Cebu , at 80,86

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 7

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




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Ground combat at Malaybalay (80,90)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 51145 troops, 853 guns, 1760 vehicles, Assault Value = 2409

Defending force 25732 troops, 388 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 482

Allied adjusted assault: 1434

Japanese adjusted defense: 526

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
11401 casualties reported
Squads: 308 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 351 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 34 (33 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units retreated 15


Allied ground losses:
459 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 28 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 128 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Vehicles lost 64 (3 destroyed, 61 disabled)


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
766th Tank Battalion
98th Infantry Division
I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
706th Tank Battalion
24th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
1st Regiment
2nd Regiment
640th Tank Destroyer Battalion
77th Infantry Division
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
2/6 Cavalry Cdo Battalion
1st Australian Para Battalion
711th Tank Battalion
14th NZ Brigade
18th British Division
154th USA Base Force
148th USA Base Force
135th USA Base Force
151st USA Base Force
152nd USA Base Force
V US Amphib Corps
155th USA Base Force

Defending units:
54th Division
26th Ind.Mixed Brigade
79th Brigade
52nd Division
25th Ind.Mixed Brigade
28th Ind.Mixed Brigade
75th Infantry Brigade
81st Infantry Brigade
35th Ind.Mixed Brigade
60th JNAF AF Unit /2
16th Army
59th Fld AA Bn /1
19th Army
64th Fld AA Bn /1
66th Fld AA Bn /1

our units finally made their way into Malaybalay to kick out the ex defenders of Davao... retreating again the enemy takes heavy losses, our units are in pursuit...

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Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 71205 troops, 1458 guns, 1753 vehicles, Assault Value = 2715

Defending force 27187 troops, 241 guns, 31 vehicles, Assault Value = 450

Allied adjusted assault: 62

Japanese adjusted defense: 297

Allied assault odds: 1 to 4

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

Japanese ground losses:
240 casualties reported
Squads: 25 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
227 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 23 destroyed, 38 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 36 (24 destroyed, 12 disabled)


Assaulting units:
43rd Infantry Division
5th USMC Tank Battalion
104th Combat Engineer Regiment
24th Infantry Division
110th Combat Engineer Battalion
II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
13th Canadian Brigade
763rd Tank Battalion
32nd Infantry Division
2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
2/9th Armoured Regiment
40th Infantry Division
38th Infantry Division
3rd Australian Division
2nd Australian Division
14th Canadian Brigade
181st USAAF Base Force
161st USA Base Force
149th USA Base Force
III US Amphib Corps
159th USA Base Force
209th Field Artillery Battalion
98th Field Artillery Battalion
163rd USA Base Force
228th USN Base Force
V US Amphib Force
233rd USN Base Force
165th Field Artillery Battalion
162nd USA Base Force
114th USAAF Base Force

Defending units:
12th Division
Babeldoap Naval Fortress
46th Division
4th Guards Division
22nd Special Base Force
8th Base Force
7th Air Div /1
60th Fld AA Bn /1
30th Special Base Force /1

great, one unit was still on deliberate attack... how that works is beyond me as all other units were stood down and I usually just click on order "all units to defend" and not all units separately, especially not with such a stack... oh well, no biggy...



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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 3/28/2011 3:20:27 PM   
castor troy


Posts: 14330
Joined: 8/23/2004
From: Austria
Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 22, 44
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Kuching at 58,88, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
MTB G-1
MTB G-2, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD Philip
DD Spence, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage



Reduced sighting due to 7% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 7% moonlight: 1,000 yards
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
Range closes to 4,000 yards...
Range closes to 2,000 yards...
Range closes to 1,000 yards...
MTB G-2 sunk by DD Spence at 1,000 yards
MTB G-1 engages DD Spence at 1,000 yards
Irvine B. orders Allied TF to disengage
Range increases to 2,000 yards
DD Spence engages MTB G-1 at 2,000 yards
Nomizo, H. orders Japanese TF to disengage
DD Spence engages MTB G-1 at 2,000 yards
Task forces break off...

lol, that´s been a nice one... Rainer said all his MTB reinforcements would be stuck in the queue and I said I wouldn´t care as they´re useless anyway... ok, so I´ve sent 2x2 destroyers to take out some barges at Kuching, picked the right night with very low visibility and run right into torps... the DD is heavily damaged but makes Brunei a couple of turns later and is safe...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Kuching at 58,88, Range 6,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
MTB G-1

Allied Ships
DD Stanly
DD Stevens



Reduced sighting due to 7% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 7% moonlight: 6,000 yards
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards
Range increases to 7,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
DD Stanly engages MTB G-1 at 6,000 yards
DD Stevens engages MTB G-1 at 6,000 yards
DD Stanly engages MTB G-1 at 6,000 yards
Range increases to 9,000 yards
DD Stanly engages MTB G-1 at 9,000 yards
Range increases to 13,000 yards
DD Stanly engages MTB G-1 at 13,000 yards
DD Stanly engages MTB G-1 at 13,000 yards
Task forces break off...

and we didn´t engage the barges there at all... well done for two MTB...

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Sub attack near Tawi Tawi at 72,93

Japanese Ships
SS RO-46, hits 17, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD Cummings
BB West Virginia
BB Colorado
DD Case
DD Downes
DD Smith
DD Perkins
DD Shaw



SS RO-46 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Cummings
DD Downes fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Smith fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Perkins fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Shaw attacking submerged sub ....
DD Shaw fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shaw fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shaw fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shaw attacking submerged sub ....
SS RO-46 forced to surface!
DD Downes firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Smith firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Perkins firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Downes firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Smith firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Perkins firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Downes firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Smith firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Perkins firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Downes firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Smith firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Perkins firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Downes firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Smith firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Perkins firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Shaw firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Downes firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Smith firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Perkins firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Shaw firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Downes firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves

RO-46 attacks one of the escorts of a SAG that is accompying an invasion convoy... the sub pays for it...

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Morning Air attack on Zamboanga , at 75,89

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 18 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 42


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
14 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 30000 feet *
14 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 30000 feet *
14 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 30000 feet *

these are the P-47 from Brunei again... they just shouldn´t do that and I can´t stand them down or reduce their range as I want them to escort my naval bombers if the enemy dares to close in on the base... and as there´s no option to "escort naval strike" I have to live with the strike routine as it is... and I don´t think it is well done but I guess I don´t have to point that out...

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Morning Air attack on Zamboanga , at 75,89

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 16
SBD-5 Dauntless x 72


Allied aircraft losses
SBD-5 Dauntless: 4 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
16 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
10 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
10 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
2 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
6 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Zamboanga , at 75,89

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 10
SBD-5 Dauntless x 36


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
10 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
6 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Bacolod , at 79,85

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

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


Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 27
P-38J Lightning x 9
PV-1 Ventura x 30


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 8 damaged

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



Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 36

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Bacolod , at 79,85

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 9
PV-1 Ventura x 18


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 3 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 49

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6179 troops, 84 guns, 249 vehicles, Assault Value = 2733

Defending force 26944 troops, 241 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 448



Assaulting units:
763rd Tank Battalion
32nd Infantry Division
2nd Australian Division
24th Infantry Division
43rd Infantry Division
38th Infantry Division
5th USMC Tank Battalion
110th Combat Engineer Battalion
II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
13th Canadian Brigade
3rd Australian Division
104th Combat Engineer Regiment
2/9th Armoured Regiment
40th Infantry Division
14th Canadian Brigade
162nd USA Base Force
III US Amphib Corps
181st USAAF Base Force
165th Field Artillery Battalion
209th Field Artillery Battalion
161st USA Base Force
V US Amphib Force
163rd USA Base Force
159th USA Base Force
149th USA Base Force
98th Field Artillery Battalion
228th USN Base Force
233rd USN Base Force
114th USAAF Base Force

Defending units:
Babeldoap Naval Fortress
46th Division
12th Division
4th Guards Division
22nd Special Base Force
7th Air Div /1
8th Base Force
60th Fld AA Bn /1
30th Special Base Force /1




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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 3/28/2011 3:53:58 PM   
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Sub attack near Quinhon at 68,71

Japanese Ships
xAK Chowa Maru
PB Tokihime Maru
PB Tsukikawa Maru

Allied Ships
SS Scamp



SS Scamp launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Chowa Maru
Scamp diving deep ....
PB Tsukikawa Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tsukikawa Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tsukikawa Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tsukikawa Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tsukikawa Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

missing a freighter with 6 torps...

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Morning Air attack on Lubang , at 78,78

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 3



Allied aircraft
P-51B Mustang x 16


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
13 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 36000 feet

CAP engaged:
S-301 Hikotai with A6M5b 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 6000
Raid is overhead

and engaging leaking Cap...

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Morning Air attack on Lubang , at 78,78

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 48,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 8
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 7



Allied aircraft
P-51B Mustang x 16


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 42000 feet

CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
S-301 Hikotai with A6M5b Zero (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Lubang , at 78,78

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 6
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 7



Allied aircraft
P-51B Mustang x 16


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5b Zero: 3 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 3 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
2 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet

CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 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 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
S-301 Hikotai with A6M5b Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Lubang , at 78,78

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38L Lightning x 16


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet

when the Lightnings finally showed up there was nothing left in the air... sweeps looking as silly as always with not even the squadrons fyling as a whole... that´s how it´s been done mind you...

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Morning Air attack on Lubang , at 78,78

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38L Lightning x 16


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Cebu , at 80,86

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 6
PV-1 Ventura x 27


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 6 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 49

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Cebu , at 80,86

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 16
PV-1 Ventura x 9


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged



Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Cebu , at 80,86

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 9


No Allied losses



Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Cebu , at 80,86

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 3


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Matsuyama , at 105,59

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5c Zero x 9
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 3
Ki-61-Ib Tony x 5
Ki-61-Id Tony x 10
Ki-84a Frank x 7



Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 96


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61-Id Tony: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged



Aichi Ha-60 hits 110

ordered the 200 B-29 at Changsha to attack the Aichi plant at Matsuyama, a hex without it´s own fighter cover but there were quite some fighters leaking into the hex, damaging a hell a lot of my B-29 and taking down a couple of them right over the target... the first wave already completely takes out the engine factory and the enemy loses 2/3 of the total Aichi Ha-60 factories... if not enough in the pools the enemy has to repair that one to build more Judies...

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
Kasagi-1 with A6M5c Zero (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 10000
Raid is overhead
19th Sentai with Ki-61-Id Tony (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 10000
Raid is overhead
22nd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (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 10000
Raid is overhead
55th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc 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 10000
Raid is overhead
56th Sentai with Ki-61-Ib Tony (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



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Morning Air attack on Matsuyama , at 105,59

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5c Zero x 7
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 10
Ki-61-Ib Tony x 11
Ki-61-Id Tony x 7
Ki-84a Frank x 13




Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 9


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61-Ib Tony: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged




Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
Kasagi-1 with A6M5c Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 74 minutes
55th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
19th Sentai with Ki-61-Id Tony (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
22nd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 84 minutes
56th Sentai with Ki-61-Ib Tony (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
10 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 6000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes

that´s how it works... you´ve got Cap that increases in numbers against later waves and you´ve got waves that just look completely silly to start with... the result is that my B-29 get shred today... the mission was a success in that the target was hit hard but at what cost... thanks for a silly strike routine... even if we would have a more detailed phase instead of a "morning" and "afternoon" phase, having strikes in bits and pieces of < squadron size all the time against Cap is nothing but a pain in the arse...


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Morning Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 8
B-25H Mitchell x 63
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 28
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 13


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

Allied aircraft losses
B-25H Mitchell: 3 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 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 147

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



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Morning Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-25H Mitchell: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 20

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



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Morning Air attack on Matsuyama , at 105,59

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5c Zero x 7
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 9
Ki-61-Ib Tony x 8
Ki-61-Id Tony x 4
Ki-84a Frank x 11



Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 9




Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61-Id Tony: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged


and more of the same, it really pisses me off, what a piece of crap design... if someone really think that´s how airstrikes looked like then he may well turn around and read a book on the matter... while having still a game that got "morning" and "afternoon" PHASES, the strikes are so stupidly modelled that they end up being smaller than a combat box which therfore suffer accordingly then... when looking at the losses and the replacements, every Japanese player must cheer to engage enemy heavy bombers during long range missions as even leaking Cap of three dozen fighters (mostly not to be known as bomber killers) manage to down a full monthly replacement of B-29... and we´re talking about leaking Cap here, not a heavily defended target...

combat box:

It consisted of as many as 21 planes (3 squadrons of 7 planes) staggered vertically and horizontally in such a way that the bombers' guns provided maximum firepower all around, and especially against head - on attacks. On large raids, three of these boxes were formed into a combat wing, with one box in the lead and the others stacked 1,000 feet above and below it. Designed to increase bombing accuracy, LeMay placed his most proficient crews in the lead planes of the combat box. All the planes in the box dropped their bombs simultaneously-but only on cue of the lead crew. The result, at least in theory, was a closely packed pattern of hits on the target.

so why not going with combat boxes with the biggest single wave being a combat wing? No, better do it with strange numbers of numbers in each wave, staring with a huge one, followed by lots of mini waves...

the design as it is is silly, period... the idea to model Cap differently was great, it also turned out to be well done IMO... the idea to model strikes differently was also great, it turned out to be badly modeled though because having one big wave followed by a myriad of mini waves is just silly as these mini waves drop out of the sky like flies... if you try to model more waves in comparison to the "one WITP wave" then make it more realistically, not 100/12/9/10/8/12/10...

as it is now, you end up losing a full monthly replacement of B-29 against three dozen enemy fighters from leaking Cap... doesn´t make sense to me... even worse for the Japanese as they would send 2E zippos...


Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
55th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes
Kasagi-1 with A6M5c Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
1 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 5000 and 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
22nd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes
56th Sentai with Ki-61-Ib Tony (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 64 minutes
19th Sentai with Ki-61-Id Tony (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Matsuyama , at 105,59

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5c Zero x 3
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 6
Ki-61-Ib Tony x 4
Ki-61-Id Tony x 2
Ki-84a Frank x 6



Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 9


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

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged




Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
55th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
Kasagi-1 with A6M5c Zero (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 10000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes
22nd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 157 minutes
19th Sentai with Ki-61-Id 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 10000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
56th Sentai with Ki-61-Ib Tony (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 68 minutes

you just gotta love it... 16 B-29 lost today, 18 per month as replacements... looks like strategic day light bombing is hardly possible, not even against hexes without a single fighter based there... with losses inflicted like this our bombing offensive quickly comes to a halt, even worse than the aircraft losses are the losses of the high exp/skill crews that have been flying B-24 for over two years already, with exp in the high 60, low 70 and skills above 80... these are pilots that spent 3 months in on map training squadrons, followed by more than 2 years of combat missions, many of these pilots got hundreds of missions... we´ve just lost a dozen of these crews...

to me, the flaws in air combat pretty much start with the coordination routine(s), no matter if escort/sweep failures in the dozen every turn, sweeps in general that usually send 2/3 of a squadron alone against ten times more enemy fighters on Cap or the bomber strikes (with or without escorts) that are nothing but daily screw ups... every turn is nothing but a series of screwed up air strikes if you look at it, day after day, from the beginning until the end of the war, while daily getting more ridicoulos with more and more aircraft available... if you add in dive massacres in fighter vs fighter (just think about escort) then all is going to be worse... how flawed it is might not come up in 12/41 when you´ve got two squadrons attacking, but in 7/44 when you´ve got two dozen squadrons attacking it might look different, something you can see here every couple of turns... and I´m not even using these 7 ac squadrons the B-29 arrived in, I´ve downgraded these which are now used as training squadrons and used other 12 and 16 ac units for the B-29 but that doesn´t matter anyway it seems...

one huge wave followed by lots of mini waves, mhm, well working...





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Morning Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 12


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 22

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



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Morning Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

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


Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 12


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 25

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



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Morning Air attack on Lubang , at 78,78

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-51B Mustang x 6


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 36000 feet



do I really have to comment this? Either the rest of the forum is constantly keeping the eyes closed or this is just happening in this specialy edition of AE...

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Morning Air attack on Lubang , at 78,78

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38L Lightning x 12


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet
6 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Lubang , at 78,78

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 47,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-51B Mustang x 6


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 42000 feet

prize for best design 2009...

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Morning Air attack on Lubang , at 78,78

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-51B Mustang x 6


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet

and the winner is?

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Morning Air attack on Lubang , at 78,78

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 46,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38L Lightning x 6


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet

realism...

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Morning Air attack on Lubang , at 78,78

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38L Lightning x 16


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet



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Sub attack near Quinhon at 68,71

Japanese Ships
xAK Chowa Maru
PB Tokihime Maru
PB Tsukikawa Maru

Allied Ships
SS Scamp



SS Scamp launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Chowa Maru
Scamp diving deep ....
PB Tsukikawa Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tsukikawa Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tsukikawa Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Tsukikawa Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tsukikawa Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Scamp´s second salvo on a freighter today, both missed...
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Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6190 troops, 84 guns, 250 vehicles, Assault Value = 2815

Defending force 27069 troops, 241 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 463

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



Assaulting units:
40th Infantry Division
3rd Australian Division
43rd Infantry Division
110th Combat Engineer Battalion
763rd Tank Battalion
24th Infantry Division
2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
5th USMC Tank Battalion
38th Infantry Division
2nd Australian Division
104th Combat Engineer Regiment
13th Canadian Brigade
2/9th Armoured Regiment
32nd Infantry Division
14th Canadian Brigade
181st USAAF Base Force
233rd USN Base Force
159th USA Base Force
228th USN Base Force
98th Field Artillery Battalion
162nd USA Base Force
III US Amphib Corps
V US Amphib Force
149th USA Base Force
165th Field Artillery Battalion
209th Field Artillery Battalion
161st USA Base Force
163rd USA Base Force
114th USAAF Base Force

Defending units:
46th Division
12th Division
Babeldoap Naval Fortress
4th Guards Division
60th Fld AA Bn /1
22nd Special Base Force
7th Air Div /1
8th Base Force
30th Special Base Force /1






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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 3/28/2011 4:03:36 PM   
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Posts: 14330
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To civilian observers on the ground, masses of World War II bombers flying at high altitude were an awesome site, yet they appeared to be clustered or scattered in random fashion. Any US Army Air Force veteran will tell you that the disorganized appearance was an illusion, far from the reality. The bombers flew in fixed positions within complex formations, and the Air Force was deadly serious about training and perfect formation flying.

lol, in AE, formation flying isn´t existing, not even a squadron of fighters can fly in formation. "Disorganized appearance" that´s what AE is, unfortunately the strikes not only appear to be disorganized.

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Status: offline 		Southwest Pacific (6-plane diamond formation, 9-plane formation V of Vs; Javelin Down)

These basic bombardment squadron formations utilized by the Fifth,and Thirteenth Air Forces were defensively successful against as many as fifty enemy fighters in a frontal attack without sustaining an aircraft loss. It was primarily used for bombing attacks. When no interception was anticipated, the route to the target was flown in Javelin up, a formation permitting quick closing to the defensive diamond. Group formation consisted of squadrons echeloned right or left with 500 to 1000 feet differences of altitude between squadrons.


Pacific (3-3-3-4 Box)

The B-29s of the Twentieth Air Force basically flew a box formation created by General Curtis LeMay, who was the Commanding General during most of its missions from the Mariannas. Normally about 30-32 planes made up the 3-3-3-4 arrangement, the last element having a "tail-end Charlie" in the slot position, the position directly behind and lower than the element lead.

Central Pacific (6-plane diamond formation, 9-plane formation V of Vs, Javelin Down)

The B-24s and B-25s of the Seventh Air Force fought in the campaign for the Marshall Islands, with its primary objective to neutralize Japanese fighter opposition. They flew long-range missions to strike enemy air bases and vital centers in the enemy's communications lines.

Burma, India (Javelin Down)

The Tenth Air Force very successfully employed the Javelin Down formation in its bombing campaign to cripple Japanese transportation in Burma. En route to the target, four squadrons combined in a group from formation for mutual protection. The ships formed a flat diamond pattern, wider than its depth.

China, Burma (Group defensive formation)

The heavy bomber groups of the Fourteenth Air Force utilized standard formations in this theater with the exception that each squadron consisted of seven instead of six aircraft. Assembly approach., and retirement were accomplished in group stagger formation. The standard group defensive formation, which was also used for the bombing of area targets, was a modification of the group stagger.

Alaska (9-plane formation V of Vs)

The Eleventh Air Force determined that a formation of nine aircraft provided a sufficient defense in this theater. The normal formation consisted of a "V" of "V's" with the wingmen of each flight being forward nearly in line with and slightly below their respective flight leaders. If fighters were present, the defensive formation was held for the bombing run. In the case of no fighter opposition, bombing attacks were made by flights or individual aircraft, with the defensive formation reformed immediately after the bombing run.

Africa, Mediterranean, Italy (Stagger Down, 9plane formation V of Vs)

The Ninth Air Force was begun in Cairo in mid-1942 with a single squadron of B-17s, augmented later by B-24s, P-40s, and B-25s. The Twelfth Air Force, formed in the UK from elements of the Eighth Air Force, began arriving in North Africa in November 1942. The mission in the Middle East at that time was purely tactical - destroy the enemy air force and support the British Eighth Army. The Italian Air Force was hardly equal to the challenge and simple formations worked satisfactorily for these objectives. Their use was continued in mid 1943 when the bombers supported the invasion of Sicily. The primary role of the Twelfth Air Force, initially, was to operate with and assist the Ground Forces in their penetration of Axis Europe. Support of advancing troops continued through 1944 with tactical sorties against rail yards, troop concentrations, highways, bridges, ports, and supply centers to deny the enemy his supplies and mobility.

France, Belgium, Netherlands - Tactical (Stagger Down, 9-plane farmation V of Vs, Javelin Down)

The Ninth Air Force's tactical expertise was needed to soften up German defenses for the coming Normandy invasion, and so was transferred to the UK in October 1943. All medium bomber groups serving in the Eighth Air Force at that time flew their last missions with the Eighth and joined the Ninth. During the summer and fall of 1943, the medium and light bomber groups focused on cratering the hundreds of Luftwaffe airfields throughout France, Belgium and Holland. Between December 1943 and the spring of 1944, the medium bombers were also engaged in Operation CROSSBOW, the effort to destroy flying bomb sites along the Normandy and Calais coasts. The light bomber groups continued their assaults on airfields, rail yards, bridges, roads, and communications lines.

Germany And German Occupied Countries - Strategic (ETO Combat Box)

When the first heavy bomb groups of the Eighth Air Force began operations in the European Theater, the 12-ship formations known as the Javelin Down and the Stagger Down were employed. The more missions the Eighth flew, however, the better prepared German fighters became to exploit the vulnerabilities of these basic formations. They were too long and narrow; fighters could approach either end without much exposure to firepower from the bombers. Individual ships or elements in the rear of the formation had difficulty keeping up. Elements broke formation to bomb leaving the ships even more vulnerable to fighter attack.

Air Force Command determined that these standard training formations were unsuitable for the heavy bombers in the ETO, where the bombers were encountering the heaviest opposition, flying the best equipment, and employing the most effective tactics. Something had to change.

The challenge was to devise a formation which had firepower in all directions, left no loose ends open to concentrated attack, and which provided a good compact bombing pattern. Further complicating the design of this new formation were the needs to make it flexible, maneuverable, and easy to fly while each ship maintained its position.

It was a very difficult challenge. One can almost imagine groups of generals and colonels huddled around a chalk board pitching ideas and arguing, much like a coaching staff working out the Xs and Os of a new gridiron formation. After extensive trial and error, the Group Stagger formation was modified into the Combat Box. The high and low squadrons were moved forward to line up with one another and separated vertically by an additional fifty feet. The Combat Box formation corrected the offensive and defensive inadequacies of the formations initially used by the Eighth. It became the standard heavy bomber formation in the ETO for the Eighth, and Fifteen Air Forces.


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Three heavy Bomb Groups of one Combat Wing take off from neighboring airfields and assemble into formations separately, orbiting counter-clockwise around a fixed position.

The "Buncher", a low frequency radio beacon with a 25 mile broadcast range, transmits a unique Morse call-sign and long-keyed pulse once per minute for the ships to home in on. Once each Group assembles they join together in a single formation at a higher altitude, still circling on the Buncher signal.

When this process is completed, the Wing rendezvous and assembles with other Combat Wings in its Division at the "Splasher," a medium frequency radio beacon which broadcasts more vertically than the Buncher. Splashers have four transmitters broadcasting simultaneously at different frequencies but pulsing the same call-sign. Homing on the Splasher, the Wings create a mega-formation composed of as many as 400 ships before departing England to bomb targets.





now go ahead and try to form an attack of three US fighter squadrons from a level 9 airfield in the game... I like the term "mega formation"...

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Morning Air attack on Calapan , at 78,79

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 16


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet

formation flying... mhm, AE obviously fails to be realistic when it comes down to strikes... the question now is what´s closer considering the morning/afternoon phases, AE or WITP...

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Morning Air attack on Calapan , at 78,79

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 16


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Bacolod , at 79,85

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 5
P-38L Lightning x 12
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 6
PV-1 Ventura x 30


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 6 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Bacolod , at 79,85

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 6
PV-1 Ventura x 9


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Bacolod , at 79,85

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 6
F4U-1A Corsair x 5
PV-1 Ventura x 9


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged



Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 6th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion, at 81,81 (Naga)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 218
P-38L Lightning x 15


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
76 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 25 (14 destroyed, 11 disabled)
Vehicles lost 27 (13 destroyed, 14 disabled)



Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 6th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion ...
Also attacking 1st Raiding Force ...
Also attacking 6th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion ...
Also attacking 24th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 6th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion ...
Also attacking 19th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 6th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 6th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion ...
Also attacking 1st Raiding Force ...
Also attacking 6th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 6th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion ...
Also attacking 24th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 6th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 6th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion ...
Also attacking 1st Raiding Force ...

trying to force the enemy out of this clear hex without having to send ground forces as we could unload directly at this base with a bigger port and airfield... as it looks now, we´re going to land paras at Legaspi and bring in the invasion convoys... then the ground battle for Luzon starts...

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Morning Air attack on Calapan , at 78,79

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 34


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet
6 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet
6 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet


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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Samah at 71,69

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 2



Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 4


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Chowa Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
S-324 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead

the enemy still tries to move ships into the South China Sea... guess that will come to a halt at some point...

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Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 76069 troops, 1538 guns, 1838 vehicles, Assault Value = 2867

Defending force 27179 troops, 241 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 471

Allied adjusted assault: 1674

Japanese adjusted defense: 1575

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
1864 casualties reported
Squads: 85 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 72 destroyed, 47 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
294 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 39 disabled
Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 30 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Vehicles lost 37 (23 destroyed, 14 disabled)


Assaulting units:
24th Infantry Division
5th USMC Tank Battalion
13th Canadian Brigade
II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
763rd Tank Battalion
38th Infantry Division
2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
3rd Australian Division
2nd Australian Division
110th Combat Engineer Battalion
40th Infantry Division
104th Combat Engineer Regiment
32nd Infantry Division
43rd Infantry Division
2/9th Armoured Regiment
14th Canadian Brigade
209th Field Artillery Battalion
III US Amphib Corps
163rd USA Base Force
161st USA Base Force
159th USA Base Force
165th Field Artillery Battalion
149th USA Base Force
V US Amphib Force
98th Field Artillery Battalion
162nd USA Base Force
233rd USN Base Force
228th USN Base Force
181st USAAF Base Force
114th USAAF Base Force

Defending units:
12th Division
Babeldoap Naval Fortress
46th Division
4th Guards Division
60th Fld AA Bn /1
7th Air Div /1
22nd Special Base Force
8th Base Force
30th Special Base Force /1


the defender gets the av multiplied by four... funny, considering disruption, no supply and being kicked out of the base some time ago...

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Morning Air attack on 52nd Division, at 79,90

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 16
SBD-5 Dauntless x 53


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
6 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
12 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
2 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 16th Army ...
Also attacking 52nd Division ...
Also attacking 16th Army ...
Also attacking 52nd Division ...
Also attacking 16th Army ...
Also attacking 52nd Division ...
Also attacking 16th Army ...
Also attacking 52nd Division ...
Also attacking 16th Army ...
Also attacking 52nd Division ...

using Marine dive bombers for ground support now as they´re never going to be close to enemy shipping anyway... got hundreds of 70 skilled Marine pilots in the pool and hundreds of SBD with 70 nav skill on the map but the enemy never got into range with a convoy worth mentioning and he probably won´t ever do that...

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Morning Air attack on 52nd Division, at 79,90

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 10
SBD-5 Dauntless x 89


Allied aircraft losses
SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
12 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
10 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
6 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
6 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
9 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
6 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 79th Brigade ...
Also attacking 54th Division ...
Also attacking 81st Infantry Brigade ...
Also attacking 52nd Division ...
Also attacking 79th Brigade ...
Also attacking 54th Division ...
Also attacking 81st Infantry Brigade ...
Also attacking 52nd Division ...
Also attacking 79th Brigade ...
Also attacking 54th Division ...
Also attacking 81st Infantry Brigade ...
Also attacking 52nd Division ...
Also attacking 79th Brigade ...
Also attacking 54th Division ...
Also attacking 81st Infantry Brigade ...
Also attacking 52nd Division ...
Also attacking 79th Brigade ...
Also attacking 54th Division ...
Also attacking 81st Infantry Brigade ...

doubt that these attacks got much effect though...

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Morning Air attack on Naga , at 81,81

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9
P-38J Lightning x 6
P-38L Lightning x 15
P-51B Mustang x 12
PV-1 Ventura x 39


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 8 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 32

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking Naga ...
Also attacking 1st Raiding Force ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking Naga ...


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Morning Air attack on Naga , at 81,81

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 36
PV-1 Ventura x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged

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



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 1st Raiding Force ...
Also attacking Naga ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 19th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking Naga ...
Also attacking 19th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 1st Raiding Force ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 19th Field AF Construction Battalion ...


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Morning Air attack on 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment, at 79,79 (Lucena)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 117
P-38J Lightning x 9
P-38L Lightning x 6


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)



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

Also attacking 23rd Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment ...
Also attacking 23rd Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment ...


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Morning Air attack on Naga , at 81,81

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12


No Allied losses

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



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

Also attacking 1st Raiding Force ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 1st Raiding Force ...


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Morning Air attack on 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment, at 79,79 (Lucena)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12


No Allied losses



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

some of the bombers changed target to Lucena on their own... probably means one of the LCU from Naga moved on the railroad to Lucena and the bombers target "followed" the unit... this could well lead into a disaster...

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Morning Air attack on 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment, at 79,79 (Lucena)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9


No Allied losses



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



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Morning Air attack on 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment, at 79,79 (Lucena)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 6


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged



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

especially when you see the beloved mini strikes AE tends to create...

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Morning Air attack on 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment, at 79,79 (Lucena)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9


No Allied losses



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



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Morning Air attack on 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment, at 79,79 (Lucena)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 6


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged



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

give the enemy a hundred fighters in this hex and watch two dozen B-24 being shot down... the biggest advantage of the Japanese at this stage is the strike routine of AE as it means screwed up missions in 99% of the time... and usually it´s the Allied on the offense now with the Japanese being on the defense...

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Morning Air attack on 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment, at 79,79 (Lucena)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 6


No Allied losses



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



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Morning Air attack on 23rd Special Base Force, at 79,79 (Lucena)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator 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:
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment, at 79,79 (Lucena)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged



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

one piece meal strike after another...

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Morning Air attack on 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment, at 79,79 (Lucena)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

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


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 6


No Allied losses



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



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Hong Kong at 76,66

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 9


Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Imizu Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

and another freighter sent to hell, that one even managed to move all the way from Cam Ranh Bay close to Hong Kong...
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Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 75586 troops, 1538 guns, 1811 vehicles, Assault Value = 2826

Defending force 25690 troops, 241 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 435

Allied adjusted assault: 1546

Japanese adjusted defense: 553

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
2605 casualties reported
Squads: 192 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 116 destroyed, 99 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
912 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 81 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 93 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Vehicles lost 38 (3 destroyed, 35 disabled)


Assaulting units:
2nd Australian Division
32nd Infantry Division
2/9th Armoured Regiment
3rd Australian Division
110th Combat Engineer Battalion
43rd Infantry Division
40th Infantry Division
763rd Tank Battalion
13th Canadian Brigade
5th USMC Tank Battalion
104th Combat Engineer Regiment
II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
24th Infantry Division
38th Infantry Division
2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
14th Canadian Brigade
III US Amphib Corps
162nd USA Base Force
98th Field Artillery Battalion
165th Field Artillery Battalion
161st USA Base Force
181st USAAF Base Force
228th USN Base Force
159th USA Base Force
209th Field Artillery Battalion
163rd USA Base Force
V US Amphib Force
149th USA Base Force
233rd USN Base Force
114th USAAF Base Force

Defending units:
46th Division
12th Division
Babeldoap Naval Fortress
4th Guards Division
22nd Special Base Force
8th Base Force
60th Fld AA Bn /1
7th Air Div /1
30th Special Base Force /1


the enemy still resists but takes heavy losses now... hope to see a banzai charge soon...

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Post #: 1391
RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 3/29/2011 3:33:43 PM   
castor troy


Posts: 14330
Joined: 8/23/2004
From: Austria
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Morning Air attack on 52nd Division, at 79,90

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 10
F4U-1A Corsair x 5
SBD-5 Dauntless x 126


Allied aircraft losses
SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
81 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
10 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
14 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
6 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
10 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
14 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
12 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
6 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 79th Brigade ...
Also attacking 16th Army ...
Also attacking 54th Division ...
Also attacking 19th Army ...
Also attacking 52nd Division ...
Also attacking 79th Brigade ...
Also attacking 16th Army ...
Also attacking 54th Division ...
Also attacking 19th Army ...
Also attacking 52nd Division ...
Also attacking 79th Brigade ...
Also attacking 16th Army ...
Also attacking 54th Division ...
Also attacking 19th Army ...
Also attacking 52nd Division ...
Also attacking 79th Brigade ...
Also attacking 16th Army ...
Also attacking 54th Division ...
Also attacking 19th Army ...
Also attacking 52nd Division ...
Also attacking 79th Brigade ...
Also attacking 16th Army ...
Also attacking 54th Division ...
Also attacking 19th Army ...

we drop more bombs than the enemy suffers casualties...

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Morning Air attack on 52nd Division, at 79,90

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 16
SBD-5 Dauntless x 18


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
2 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Singkawang , at 56,88

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 34


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Singkawang , at 56,88

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 11


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Singkawang , at 56,88

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 11


No Allied losses



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Kuching , at 58,88

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 99


Allied aircraft losses
B-25H Mitchell: 5 damaged

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



Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 119

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

North Western Borneo is targetted again, invasion convoys are closing in...

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Ground combat at 79,90

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 51499 troops, 853 guns, 1773 vehicles, Assault Value = 2420

Defending force 17963 troops, 349 guns, 37 vehicles, Assault Value = 299

Allied adjusted assault: 1726

Japanese adjusted defense: 70

Allied assault odds: 24 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
3491 casualties reported
Squads: 341 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 347 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 32 (23 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Vehicles lost 9 (8 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units retreated 12


Allied ground losses:
349 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 64 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Vehicles lost 46 (1 destroyed, 45 disabled)


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
2/6 Cavalry Cdo Battalion
I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
14th NZ Brigade
706th Tank Battalion
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
24th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
711th Tank Battalion
77th Infantry Division
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
98th Infantry Division
766th Tank Battalion
1st Regiment
1st Australian Para Battalion
640th Tank Destroyer Battalion
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
2nd Regiment
18th British Division
148th USA Base Force
154th USA Base Force
135th USA Base Force
151st USA Base Force
152nd USA Base Force
V US Amphib Corps
155th USA Base Force

Defending units:
75th Infantry Brigade
28th Ind.Mixed Brigade
52nd Division
25th Ind.Mixed Brigade
26th Ind.Mixed Brigade
54th Division
79th Brigade
81st Infantry Brigade
35th Ind.Mixed Brigade
19th Army
16th Army
66th Fld AA Bn /1

the enemy on Mindanao is again kicked a hex further and suffers accordingly... we won´t completely destroy the enemy units that way but in the end the units won´t be anything else than ghosts...

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Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6183 troops, 84 guns, 250 vehicles, Assault Value = 2785

Defending force 23285 troops, 241 guns, 25 vehicles, Assault Value = 401

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



Assaulting units:
2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
38th Infantry Division
43rd Infantry Division
13th Canadian Brigade
2/9th Armoured Regiment
110th Combat Engineer Battalion
2nd Australian Division
3rd Australian Division
32nd Infantry Division
II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
5th USMC Tank Battalion
24th Infantry Division
763rd Tank Battalion
104th Combat Engineer Regiment
40th Infantry Division
14th Canadian Brigade
181st USAAF Base Force
233rd USN Base Force
228th USN Base Force
159th USA Base Force
98th Field Artillery Battalion
114th USAAF Base Force
163rd USA Base Force
161st USA Base Force
149th USA Base Force
165th Field Artillery Battalion
209th Field Artillery Battalion
V US Amphib Force
III US Amphib Corps
162nd USA Base Force
XX US Bomber Cmnd

Defending units:
Babeldoap Naval Fortress
12th Division
46th Division
4th Guards Division
22nd Special Base Force
8th Base Force
7th Air Div /1
60th Fld AA Bn /1
30th Special Base Force /1




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Post #: 1392
RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 3/29/2011 3:42:07 PM   
castor troy


Posts: 14330
Joined: 8/23/2004
From: Austria
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Night Naval bombardment of Lucena at 79,79 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M3 Jack: 1 destroyed on ground

1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
CA Cornwall
CA Suffolk
CA Astoria

Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 10
Port hits 7
Port supply hits 2

CA Cornwall firing at Lucena
CA Suffolk firing at Lucena
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Astoria
CA Astoria firing at 23rd Special Base Force
23rd Special Base Force firing at CA Astoria

a daitai of Jacks at the base but the cruisers don´t cause much damage tonight... these bombardments are more a demonstration of strenght in the area than an attempt to really do a lot of damage... but I doubt the enemy is going to send in surface assets anyway...


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Night Naval bombardment of Lucena at 79,79 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
CA New Orleans
CA Salt Lake City
CA Pensacola
CA Indianapolis
CL Columbia
CL Cleveland

Japanese ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled



Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 22
Port hits 6

CA New Orleans firing at 23rd Special Base Force
23rd Special Base Force firing at CA New Orleans
CA Salt Lake City firing at 23rd Special Base Force
SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Pensacola
CA Pensacola firing at Lucena
CA Indianapolis firing at Lucena
CL Columbia firing at 54th JNAF AF Unit
CL Cleveland firing at 23rd Special Base Force
23rd Special Base Force firing at CL Cleveland


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Pre-Invasion action off Singkawang

10 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
CA Shropshire
CL Concord
CL Trenton
CL Raleigh
CL Richmond
CL Leander
LST-335
LST-272
DMS Hambleton
DMS Elliot
LST-273



CA Shropshire firing at 62nd JAAF AF Bn
CL Concord firing at 62nd JAAF AF Bn
CL Trenton firing at 62nd JAAF AF Bn
CL Raleigh firing at 62nd JAAF AF Bn
CL Richmond firing at 62nd JAAF AF Bn
CL Leander firing at 62nd JAAF AF Bn
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards

invasion force reached Singkawang, our convoys are covered by the full might of Allied carrier groups... don´t expect the enemy to do anything against this invasion... Singers and Palembang together got something like a hundred fighters plus a couple of bombers but nothing I would call a threat... the airfields aroudn Singkawang are all knocked out and are only held by a very small Japanase garisson, probably only equipment left that couldn´t be evacuated by airlift...

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Amphibious Assault at Singkawang

TF 153 troops unloading over beach at Singkawang, 56,88


Allied ground losses:
133 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 32 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 16 (0 destroyed, 16 disabled)
Vehicles lost 10 (0 destroyed, 10 disabled)


11 troops of a AIF Inf Section 44 accidentally lost during unload of 12th Australian Bde
10 troops of a AIF Cmbt Eng 43 accidentally lost during unload of 30th Australian Bde
10 Support troops lost overboard during unload of 22nd Marine Rgt /4

fully prepped, the invasion is going to be a cakewalk... some 700 av are going to land here, units in regimental and brigade strength, some will go South, the rest will head East to take Kuching... got a big convoy with support troops following and Singkawang is going to be built up to level 9 (expected duration three to four weeks), then we are planning to start the liberation of the Malayan peninsula... probably landing at Mersing (or somewhere else in this area, depending on which base is empty and can be taken by para assault), then we´re going to follow with 2500 av plus support in the first wave... that should be easily enough already to take Singapore (only 15000 troops reported there - probably not more than 200 av)... the rest of the peninsula seems to be empty... I see this as a secondary front anyway and it only diverts my assets to take Luzon...


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Invasion Support action off Singkawang

8 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
LST-272
DMS Hambleton
DMS Elliot



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


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Submarine attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 62,74

Japanese Ships
xAK Nichiyu Maru #3, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Billfish



xAK Nichiyu Maru #3 is sighted by SS Billfish
SS Billfish attacking on the surface

going to Cam Ranh Bay is a suizide task for the enemy Navy...

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Morning Air attack on Naga , at 81,81

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 267
P-38J Lightning x 6
P-38L Lightning x 18
P-51B Mustang x 12
PV-1 Ventura x 39


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

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 11 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
329 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 34 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)



Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 96

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 1st Raiding Force ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 1st Raiding Force ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 1st Raiding Force ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 1st Raiding Force ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 1st Raiding Force ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 1st Raiding Force ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 1st Raiding Force ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 1st Raiding Force ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 1st Raiding Force ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 1st Raiding Force ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 1st Raiding Force ...
Also attacking 24th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 1st Raiding Force ...
Also attacking Naga ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 1st Raiding Force ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 1st Raiding Force ...
Also attacking 24th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 1st Raiding Force ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 1st Raiding Force ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 1st Raiding Force ...
Also attacking 24th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking Naga ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 1st Raiding Force ...
Also attacking Naga ...


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Morning Air attack on Naga , at 81,81

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 9


No Allied losses



Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Naga , at 81,81

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 6


No Allied losses



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



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Morning Air attack on Naga , at 81,81

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9


No Allied losses



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



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Morning Air attack on Naga , at 81,81

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9


No Allied losses



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



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Morning Air attack on Naga , at 81,81

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 6


No Allied losses



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



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Morning Air attack on Naga , at 81,81

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged



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



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Afternoon Air attack on 19th Army, at 78,89

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38L Lightning x 18


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet
9 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet



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Afternoon Air attack on 52nd Division, at 78,89

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 17
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 16
P-51B Mustang x 9
F4U-1A Corsair x 5
SBD-5 Dauntless x 72


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
67 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
10 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
14 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
6 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
10 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 16th Army ...
Also attacking 52nd Division ...
Also attacking 16th Army ...
Also attacking 52nd Division ...
Also attacking 16th Army ...
Also attacking 52nd Division ...
Also attacking 16th Army ...
Also attacking 52nd Division ...
Also attacking 16th Army ...


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Afternoon Air attack on 19th Army, at 78,89

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38L Lightning x 9
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 10
P-51B Mustang x 18
SBD-5 Dauntless x 72


Allied aircraft losses
SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 damaged

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



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
10 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
6 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
2 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
2 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 79th Brigade ...
Also attacking 54th Division ...
Also attacking 19th Army ...
Also attacking 79th Brigade ...
Also attacking 54th Division ...
Also attacking 19th Army ...
Also attacking 79th Brigade ...
Also attacking 54th Division ...
Also attacking 19th Army ...
Also attacking 79th Brigade ...
Also attacking 54th Division ...
Also attacking 19th Army ...
Also attacking 79th Brigade ...
Also attacking 54th Division ...
Also attacking 19th Army ...





the enemy keeps using a lot of his transports, either to supply bases or evacuate cut off troops (I guess the latter)... and air transport stays far more dangerous than actual combat missions in AE... I would think that is something to be looked at too but I guess it´s seen as ok...

the enemy already lost probably more Emily transports to ops than were even built in real life, same goes for the Allied side, if I would use halve of my C-47 force every second or third day, I would lose more than what I receive... these missions take two or three times too many op losses...

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Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6194 troops, 84 guns, 250 vehicles, Assault Value = 2838

Defending force 23400 troops, 241 guns, 25 vehicles, Assault Value = 412



Assaulting units:
38th Infantry Division
110th Combat Engineer Battalion
40th Infantry Division
32nd Infantry Division
2/9th Armoured Regiment
24th Infantry Division
3rd Australian Division
2nd Australian Division
43rd Infantry Division
II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
5th USMC Tank Battalion
763rd Tank Battalion
13th Canadian Brigade
2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
104th Combat Engineer Regiment
14th Canadian Brigade
V US Amphib Force
209th Field Artillery Battalion
163rd USA Base Force
98th Field Artillery Battalion
162nd USA Base Force
III US Amphib Corps
114th USAAF Base Force
181st USAAF Base Force
228th USN Base Force
149th USA Base Force
233rd USN Base Force
161st USA Base Force
XX US Bomber Cmnd
159th USA Base Force
165th Field Artillery Battalion
V US Amphib Force /2

Defending units:
12th Division
Babeldoap Naval Fortress
46th Division
4th Guards Division
60th Fld AA Bn /1
8th Base Force
22nd Special Base Force
30th Special Base Force /1






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Invasion Support action off Singkawang
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
LST-473
LST-272



LST-473 fired at enemy troops

only the rest of the supply is unloaded now...

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Invasion Support action off Singkawang
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
LST-465
LST-460
LST-449
LST-446
LST-335
LST-272
LST-273



LST-465 fired at enemy troops
LST-460 fired at enemy troops
LST-449 fired at enemy troops
LST-446 fired at enemy troops
LST-335 fired at enemy troops


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Invasion Support action off Singkawang
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
LST-479
LST-475
LST-473
LST-461
LST-446
LST-344
LST-276
LST-273
LST-272



LST-479 fired at enemy troops
LST-475 fired at enemy troops
LST-473 fired at enemy troops
LST-461 fired at enemy troops
LST-446 fired at enemy troops
LST-344 fired at enemy troops
LST-276 fired at enemy troops


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Morning Air attack on 52nd Division, at 78,89

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 45,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38L Lightning x 6


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet

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Morning Air attack on 52nd Division, at 78,89

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 16
F4U-1A Corsair x 5
SBD-5 Dauntless x 126


Allied aircraft losses
SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
83 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
14 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
12 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
14 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
12 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
10 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
10 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
2 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
6 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 54th Division ...
Also attacking 19th Army ...
Also attacking 79th Brigade ...
Also attacking 54th Division ...
Also attacking 52nd Division ...
Also attacking 54th Division ...
Also attacking 19th Army ...
Also attacking 79th Brigade ...
Also attacking 54th Division ...
Also attacking 52nd Division ...
Also attacking 54th Division ...
Also attacking 19th Army ...
Also attacking 79th Brigade ...
Also attacking 54th Division ...
Also attacking 52nd Division ...
Also attacking 54th Division ...
Also attacking 19th Army ...
Also attacking 79th Brigade ...
Also attacking 54th Division ...
Also attacking 52nd Division ...
Also attacking 54th Division ...
Also attacking 19th Army ...
Also attacking 79th Brigade ...
Also attacking 54th Division ...


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Morning Air attack on 16th Army, at 78,89

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 10
SBD-5 Dauntless x 18


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
6 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb



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Sub attack near Quinhon at 66,71

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 47, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Capelin



SS Capelin launches 6 torpedoes at SC Ch 47
Capelin diving deep ....
Sub escapes detection

single sub chaser moving around...

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Invasion Support action off Singkawang
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
LST-479
LST-474
LST-473
LST-470
LST-461
LST-456
LST-452
LST-446
LST-343
LST-340
LST-339
LST-276
LST-272



LST-479 fired at enemy troops
LST-474 fired at enemy troops
LST-473 fired at enemy troops
LST-470 fired at enemy troops
LST-461 fired at enemy troops
LST-456 fired at enemy troops
LST-452 fired at enemy troops
LST-446 fired at enemy troops
LST-343 fired at enemy troops
LST-340 fired at enemy troops
LST-339 fired at enemy troops
LST-276 fired at enemy troops


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Ground combat at 78,89

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 5567 troops, 48 guns, 982 vehicles, Assault Value = 1370

Defending force 11218 troops, 296 guns, 31 vehicles, Assault Value = 174

Allied adjusted assault: 448

Japanese adjusted defense: 16

Allied assault odds: 28 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
4777 casualties reported
Squads: 172 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 257 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 21 (21 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 12


Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 43 (2 destroyed, 41 disabled)
Units pursuing 9


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
762nd Tank Battalion
1st Army Tank Regiment
4th Armoured Brigade
767th Tank Battalion
2/6th Armoured Regiment
193rd Tank Battalion
4th USMC Tank Battalion
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
754th Tank Battalion
2/4th Armoured Regiment
3rd Motor Brigade
1st USMC Tank Battalion
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
2/7th Armoured Regiment
3rd NZ Armoured Sqn

Defending units:
79th Brigade
28th Ind.Mixed Brigade
26th Ind.Mixed Brigade
54th Division
25th Ind.Mixed Brigade
81st Infantry Brigade
52nd Division
75th Infantry Brigade
35th Ind.Mixed Brigade
19th Army
16th Army
66th Fld AA Bn /1

the enemy is another time forced to retreat an Mindanao and suffers accordingly... guess there´s nothing left of any combat ability...

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Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 45060 troops, 828 guns, 1146 vehicles, Assault Value = 2898

Defending force 23606 troops, 241 guns, 25 vehicles, Assault Value = 430

Allied adjusted assault: 1095

Japanese adjusted defense: 1383

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
627 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 35 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
412 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 35 disabled
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 56 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Vehicles lost 63 (21 destroyed, 42 disabled)


Assaulting units:
110th Combat Engineer Battalion
2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
2/9th Armoured Regiment
40th Infantry Division
5th USMC Tank Battalion
104th Combat Engineer Regiment
24th Infantry Division
43rd Infantry Division
2nd Australian Division
32nd Infantry Division
II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
3rd Australian Division
763rd Tank Battalion
38th Infantry Division
13th Canadian Brigade
14th Canadian Brigade
209th Field Artillery Battalion
162nd USA Base Force
71st RAAF Wing
228th USN Base Force
81st RAAF Wing
93rd Coast AA Regiment
V US Amphib Force
149th USA Base Force
181st USAAF Base Force
1st RAAF Base Force
165th Field Artillery Battalion
114th USAAF Base Force
159th USA Base Force
98th Field Artillery Battalion
12th RAAF Base Force
163rd USA Base Force
III US Amphib Corps
95th Coast AA Regiment
161st USA Base Force
233rd USN Base Force
18th USN Naval Construction Battalion
XX US Bomber Cmnd

Defending units:
Babeldoap Naval Fortress
12th Division
46th Division
4th Guards Division
8th Base Force
22nd Special Base Force
60th Fld AA Bn /1
30th Special Base Force /1

completely different on Babeldaob it seems when the enemy suddenly gets insane adjusted av again...
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Ground combat at Singkawang (56,88)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 21116 troops, 358 guns, 264 vehicles, Assault Value = 899

Defending force 1257 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11

Allied adjusted assault: 489

Japanese adjusted defense: 11

Allied assault odds: 44 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Singkawang !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
1012 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 54 destroyed, 32 disabled
Engineers: 20 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Units destroyed 1


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


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
22nd Marine Regiment
30th Australian Brigade
13th Australian Brigade
12th Australian Brigade
101st USN Base Force
13th RAAF Base Force
10 RAAF Base Force

Defending units:
3rd Shipping Engineer Regiment
62nd JAAF AF Bn


even a deliberate attack would have done the trick here... now that we took Singkawang we´re directly threatening Singapore and Palembang... guess that´s it for any ships going to Palembang as soon as the airfield increases another two or three levels... as soon as we´ve got it to level 9 we´re going to start the assault on the Malayan coast...

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Sub attack near Quinhon at 69,71

Japanese Ships
TK Nichinan Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Searaven



SS Searaven launches 4 torpedoes

the subchaser that was sunk yesterday wasn´t going around alone, it was escorting this tanker that got sunk with a full load of oil today...

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Morning Air attack on Lubang , at 78,78

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 3



Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 16


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38J Lightning: 1 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
15 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet

CAP engaged:
S-301 Hikotai with A6M5b 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 6000
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on Lubang , at 78,78

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 5
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 8



Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 16


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5b Zero: 2 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38J Lightning: 1 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
10 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet

CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc 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 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
S-301 Hikotai with A6M5b Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes

engaging leaking Cap with the usual looking sweeps... not even in squadron size...
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Morning Air attack on Lubang , at 78,78

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 3
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 6



Allied aircraft
P-51B Mustang x 16


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
12 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet

CAP engaged:
S-301 Hikotai with A6M5b 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 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead

our fighters do very well though... not that this would mean we could directly attack any of the major airfields in this area as radar and being outnumbered in every sweep would cost us too many fighters and pilots...

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Morning Air attack on Lubang , at 78,78

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 9



Allied aircraft
P-51B Mustang x 16


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




Aircraft Attacking:
13 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet

CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc 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 6000
Raid is overhead
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead

so we´ve got to go with our attacks against a couple of enemy fighters that are willing to come out to play...

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Morning Air attack on Lubang , at 78,78

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 2



Allied aircraft
P-51B Mustang x 16


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




Aircraft Attacking:
16 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet

CAP engaged:
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc 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 6000 , scrambling fighters to 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Lubang , at 78,78

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 16


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Zamboanga , at 75,89

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 14


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
14 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 30000 feet *



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Morning Air attack on Zamboanga , at 75,89

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 14
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 16
F4U-1A Corsair x 5
SBD-5 Dauntless x 90


Allied aircraft losses
SBD-5 Dauntless: 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 2
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
10 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
6 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
10 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
6 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Zamboanga , at 75,89

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 14
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 10
SBD-5 Dauntless x 36


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
6 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Zamboanga , at 75,89

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes


Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 5
SBD-5 Dauntless x 18


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



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
6 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb

the only aircraft that are dropping 1000lb bombs in this game are my dive bombers that carry these bombs by default... unfortunately the responsible people still fail to see (better say accept) that not changing the experience needs for bigger bombs is nothing but another brain fart... why? Because overal experience levels dropped by 20 points from WITP to AE, yet the 70 exp need for alternative bomb loads remained the same... if someone tells me this routine was taken out then I may well accept it (even if I wouldn´t understand the reason as it is perfectly clear that Allied bombers carried also bigger bombs than 500lb quite a lot) but just ignoring the need to change the exp need by at least 10 points is yet another time when these people either can´t get over their egos or fail to see that changing A also requires a change to B as it´s directly related...

then you see people posting their results from PBEM that went straight through 45 stating they haven´t seen their bombers dropping 1000lb (or even bigger bombs) for a single time, if the bombers didn´t have the bombs by default... lol, some things are really beyond any sense of logical behaviour...

so I call this as working better in WITP and a step back in the evolvement to AE, while being told the routine for alternative loadouts is still there... but without editing the overal exp levels via modding a scenario you are never going to see that routine in action...

well, must be just me again...

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Morning Air attack on Bandjermasin , at 60,99

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 39
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 7
F4U-1 Corsair x 10
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 34


Allied aircraft losses
B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 54

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

this AE campaign is going to see Allied bomb production being 99% streamlined to 500lb GP bombs...

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Morning Air attack on Bandjermasin , at 60,99

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 15
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 11


Allied aircraft losses
B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged

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



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Bandjermasin , at 60,99

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 15
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 11


Allied aircraft losses
B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Bandjermasin , at 60,99

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 9


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 9

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



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Morning Air attack on 65th JNAF AF Unit , at 81,81 (Naga)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 224
P-38L Lightning x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
193 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 34 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 19th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 19th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 1st Raiding Force ...
Also attacking 19th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 19th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 19th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 19th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 19th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...


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Morning Air attack on 65th JNAF AF Unit , at 81,81 (Naga)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12


No Allied losses

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



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



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Morning Air attack on 19th Field AF Construction Battalion, at 81,81 (Naga)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12


No Allied losses

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



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



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Morning Air attack on Bandjermasin , at 60,99

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 12


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 8

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



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Morning Air attack on 19th Field AF Construction Battalion, at 81,81 (Naga)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12


No Allied losses

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



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



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Morning Air attack on Bandjermasin , at 60,99

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

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



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Morning Air attack on 1st Raiding Force , at 81,81 (Naga)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged

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



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

nothing but uninteresting bomb runs... the enemy still refuses to give up Naga...

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Morning Air attack on 19th Field AF Construction Battalion, at 81,81 (Naga)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9


No Allied losses

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



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



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Morning Air attack on 64th JNAF AF Unit , at 81,81 (Naga)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

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


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 6


No Allied losses

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



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



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Morning Air attack on 64th JNAF AF Unit , at 81,81 (Naga)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 6


No Allied losses



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



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Morning Air attack on 64th JNAF AF Unit , at 81,81 (Naga)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

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


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged

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



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



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Morning Air attack on Lubang , at 78,78

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 18
P-51B Mustang x 18


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet
6 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet
6 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet
6 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet
6 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet
6 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet






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Sub attack near Balabac at 70,83

Japanese Ships
SS I-44

Allied Ships
LCT-152
LCT-151
LCT-131



SS I-44 cannot acquire firing solution on enemy LCT
I-44 bottoming out ....
Sub escapes detection


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Ground combat at Oroquieta (78,88)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 10860 troops, 80 guns, 1255 vehicles, Assault Value = 800

Defending force 7284 troops, 266 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 115

Allied adjusted assault: 426

Japanese adjusted defense: 4

Allied assault odds: 106 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Oroquieta !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
3599 casualties reported
Squads: 70 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 280 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 17 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 54 (54 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 24 (24 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 12


Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
4th Armoured Brigade
2/7th Armoured Regiment
1st Army Tank Regiment
2/4th Armoured Regiment
3rd Motor Brigade
4th USMC Tank Battalion
2/6th Armoured Regiment
3rd NZ Armoured Sqn

Defending units:
26th Ind.Mixed Brigade
35th Ind.Mixed Brigade
54th Division
25th Ind.Mixed Brigade
81st Infantry Brigade
52nd Division
79th Brigade
75th Infantry Brigade
28th Ind.Mixed Bde /2
16th Army
19th Army
66th Fld AA Bn /1


used only my tank units to kick the enemy on Mindanao a hex further once more... what is left now is going to be left alone on the North Western part of Mindanao as the enemy hasn´t even got the combat power to fight one of our base forces... the IJNAF transport patrol boats probably going to pick up what is left...



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Morning Air attack on Zamboanga , at 75,89

Weather in hex: Severe storms

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


Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 14


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
14 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 30000 feet *



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Morning Air attack on Zamboanga , at 75,89

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 28


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
14 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 30000 feet *
14 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 30000 feet *

these Thuds are coming from Northern Borneo trying to escort strikes coming from Cotabato on Mindanao... oh well...

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Morning Air attack on Zamboanga , at 75,89

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 26
SBD-5 Dauntless x 126


Allied aircraft losses
SBD-5 Dauntless: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
12 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
12 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
12 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
10 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
16 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
10 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
6 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
6 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
2 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
2 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
2 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Zamboanga , at 75,89

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes


Allied aircraft
SBD-5 Dauntless x 18


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 24th Field AF Construction Battalion, at 81,81 (Naga)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12
P-38J Lightning x 9
PV-1 Ventura x 39


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 7 damaged

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



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 19th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...


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Morning Air attack on 19th Field AF Construction Battalion, at 81,81 (Naga)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 9


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged

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



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

the rest of the turn is pretty much the same as the earlier ones, bombing, bombing, bombing...
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Morning Air attack on 1st Raiding Force , at 81,81 (Naga)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 187
P-38L Lightning x 15


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
205 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 24th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 1st Raiding Force ...
Also attacking 24th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 19th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 24th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 1st Raiding Force ...
Also attacking 24th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 1st Raiding Force ...
Also attacking 24th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Field AF Construction Battalion ...


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Morning Air attack on 24th Field AF Construction Battalion, at 81,81 (Naga)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 20


No Allied losses

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



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Field AF Construction Battalion ...


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Morning Air attack on 24th Field AF Construction Battalion, at 81,81 (Naga)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12


No Allied losses

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



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



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Morning Air attack on 24th Field AF Construction Battalion, at 81,81 (Naga)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator 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-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 24th Field AF Construction Battalion, at 81,81 (Naga)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9


No Allied losses

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



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



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Morning Air attack on 24th Field AF Construction Battalion, at 81,81 (Naga)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator 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-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 64th JNAF AF Unit , at 81,81 (Naga)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9


No Allied losses



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



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Morning Air attack on 24th Field AF Construction Battalion, at 81,81 (Naga)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9


No Allied losses



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



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Morning Air attack on 64th JNAF AF Unit , at 81,81 (Naga)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 6


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged

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



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



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Morning Air attack on 64th JNAF AF Unit , at 81,81 (Naga)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 6


No Allied losses



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



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Morning Air attack on 24th Field AF Construction Battalion, at 81,81 (Naga)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged

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



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



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Morning Air attack on 64th JNAF AF Unit , at 81,81 (Naga)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 6


No Allied losses



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



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Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 75943 troops, 1537 guns, 1781 vehicles, Assault Value = 2929

Defending force 23296 troops, 241 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 420

Allied adjusted assault: 1891

Japanese adjusted defense: 841

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
1517 casualties reported
Squads: 70 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 73 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled


Allied ground losses:
382 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 39 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Vehicles lost 28 (2 destroyed, 26 disabled)


Assaulting units:
2/9th Armoured Regiment
13th Canadian Brigade
763rd Tank Battalion
32nd Infantry Division
40th Infantry Division
5th USMC Tank Battalion
3rd Australian Division
38th Infantry Division
104th Combat Engineer Regiment
110th Combat Engineer Battalion
2nd Australian Division
2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
43rd Infantry Division
24th Infantry Division
14th Canadian Brigade
165th Field Artillery Battalion
159th USA Base Force
163rd USA Base Force
98th Field Artillery Battalion
181st USAAF Base Force
114th USAAF Base Force
161st USA Base Force
71st RAAF Wing
12th RAAF Base Force
1st RAAF Base Force
95th Coast AA Regiment
93rd Coast AA Regiment
81st RAAF Wing
228th USN Base Force
149th USA Base Force
162nd USA Base Force
18th USN Naval Construction Battalion
III US Amphib Corps
233rd USN Base Force
V US Amphib Force
209th Field Artillery Battalion
XX US Bomber Cmnd

Defending units:
Babeldoap Naval Fortress
12th Division
46th Division
4th Guards Division
30th Special Base Force
22nd Special Base Force
8th Base Force
60th Fld AA Bn /1


I reall wonder where the enemy is getting these adjusted av from... the fight on Babeldaob pretty much turns out to be WITP style...

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Morning Air attack on Lubang , at 78,78

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 22


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet

last day in July starts with sweeps that lose the well known 3 fighter fragment...

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Morning Air attack on Lubang , at 78,78

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 22


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Lubang , at 78,78

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

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


Allied aircraft
P-51B Mustang x 22


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Lubang , at 78,78

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 31
P-51B Mustang x 31


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
25 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet
25 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet
3 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet
3 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet
3 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet
3 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Lubang , at 78,78

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-51B Mustang x 22


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet



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Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 75635 troops, 1537 guns, 1779 vehicles, Assault Value = 2926

Defending force 21881 troops, 241 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 388

Allied adjusted assault: 1487

Japanese adjusted defense: 257

Allied assault odds: 5 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
1445 casualties reported
Squads: 103 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 91 destroyed, 38 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 6 (4 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
420 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 60 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 30 (6 destroyed, 24 disabled)


Assaulting units:
5th USMC Tank Battalion
2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
38th Infantry Division
763rd Tank Battalion
24th Infantry Division
104th Combat Engineer Regiment
13th Canadian Brigade
110th Combat Engineer Battalion
40th Infantry Division
II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
2/9th Armoured Regiment
43rd Infantry Division
2nd Australian Division
3rd Australian Division
32nd Infantry Division
14th Canadian Brigade
1st RAAF Base Force
233rd USN Base Force
163rd USA Base Force
159th USA Base Force
V US Amphib Force
209th Field Artillery Battalion
149th USA Base Force
93rd Coast AA Regiment
71st RAAF Wing
181st USAAF Base Force
98th Field Artillery Battalion
161st USA Base Force
228th USN Base Force
III US Amphib Corps
165th Field Artillery Battalion
95th Coast AA Regiment
162nd USA Base Force
81st RAAF Wing
12th RAAF Base Force
18th USN Naval Construction Battalion
114th USAAF Base Force
XX US Bomber Cmnd

Defending units:
12th Division
46th Division
Babeldoap Naval Fortress
4th Guards Division
60th Fld AA Bn /1
22nd Special Base Force
8th Base Force
30th Special Base Force /1


back to back attack and the enemy took quite some losses today... would be good to see a banzai charge soon... my Inf divisions here are going to need at least two months to recover from the fights here... doesn´t matter much as they need 100 days to prepare for their next target anyway so as soon as they reach 100 prep they´re also going to be fully combat ready again...

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Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 22



Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 146


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged



Merchant Shipyard hits 1
Resources hits 2
Heavy Industry hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
S-306 Hikotai with A6M3a Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(13 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
S-311 Hikotai with A6M3a Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes

this attack wasn´t really worth it to be honest, it was more of an attack due to being bored... leaking Cap showed up but usually Zekes aren´t that much of a threat to an Allied 4E monster...

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Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 8



Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 9


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 3 damaged




Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
S-306 Hikotai with A6M3a Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 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 to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
S-311 Hikotai with A6M3a 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 10000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 66 minutes

the big wave following we see the usual not understandable mini waves...

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Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 3



Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 9


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged




Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
S-306 Hikotai 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 10000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
S-311 Hikotai 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 10000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 6


No Allied losses




Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Quinhon at 68,71

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 3



Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 4


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
AMc Wa 19, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
AMc Fuji Maru #4



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
S-324 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead

even the enemy AMc are leaving the area around Cam Ranh Bay now... does that mean the enemy is giving up on the area? I really wonder how this front is going to turn out in a couple of months when we´ve deliberated Malaya and the enemy still posessing Thailand and most of Vietnam... there are still quite substantial numbers of enemy troops but I can´t see them being evacuated other than using air transport but bringing out a couple of hundred thousand of men seems a bit optimistic to me and it would mean leaving all heavy weapons behind too... perhaps the enemy is going to stand and fight until the end but I´m not really interested in diverting lots of assets into the area as I just can´t see a reason to do so other than clearing the backyard and that´s accomplished already when we take back Malaya as it completely isolates Sumatra and Java as there´s nothing going to slip through the strait between Borneo and Malaya...

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Afternoon Air attack on Cebu , at 80,86

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-51B Mustang x 8


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet



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Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 75481 troops, 1537 guns, 1773 vehicles, Assault Value = 2910

Defending force 20471 troops, 241 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 370

Allied adjusted assault: 1286

Japanese adjusted defense: 223

Allied assault odds: 5 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
397 casualties reported
Squads: 37 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 28 destroyed, 42 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled


Allied ground losses:
628 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 60 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 78 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Vehicles lost 43 (3 destroyed, 40 disabled)


Assaulting units:
3rd Australian Division
2/9th Armoured Regiment
2nd Australian Division
38th Infantry Division
24th Infantry Division
763rd Tank Battalion
2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
32nd Infantry Division
104th Combat Engineer Regiment
13th Canadian Brigade
II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
40th Infantry Division
5th USMC Tank Battalion
43rd Infantry Division
110th Combat Engineer Battalion
14th Canadian Brigade
III US Amphib Corps
81st RAAF Wing
209th Field Artillery Battalion
228th USN Base Force
149th USA Base Force
V US Amphib Force
181st USAAF Base Force
12th RAAF Base Force
233rd USN Base Force
98th Field Artillery Battalion
18th USN Naval Construction Battalion
165th Field Artillery Battalion
95th Coast AA Regiment
93rd Coast AA Regiment
163rd USA Base Force
114th USAAF Base Force
161st USA Base Force
1st RAAF Base Force
162nd USA Base Force
71st RAAF Wing
159th USA Base Force
XX US Bomber Cmnd

Defending units:
Babeldoap Naval Fortress
46th Division
12th Division
4th Guards Division
60th Fld AA Bn /1
22nd Special Base Force
8th Base Force
30th Special Base Force /1




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ASW attack near Quinhon at 69,71

Japanese Ships
AMc Fuji Maru #4

Allied Ships
SS Capelin



SS Capelin is sighted by escort
AMc Fuji Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
AMc Fuji Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
AMc Fuji Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
AMc Fuji Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
AMc Fuji Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on 64th JNAF AF Unit , at 81,81 (Naga)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 8
N1K1-J George x 5
Ki-61-Id Tony x 8



Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 228
P-38L Lightning x 21
PV-1 Ventura x 48


Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-61-Id Tony: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 6 damaged
P-38L Lightning: 1 destroyed
PV-1 Ventura: 11 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
464 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 52 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Guns lost 20 (4 destroyed, 16 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)

expected enemy LRCAP at some point but didn´t really fear it and enemy numbers prove not to be sufficient to really harm our strikes... we nearly trade losses on a 1:1 basis in the end with 4 P-38 and 4 B-24 being lost though and that´s not really worth it when you do such A2G strikes... even though this strike was quite devastating for the enemy units at Naga...

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
S-302 Kokutai with N1K1-J George (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Raid is overhead
S-407 Hikotai with J2M3 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes
18th Sentai with Ki-61-Id Tony (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes

Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 19th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 1st Raiding Force ...
Also attacking 24th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 1st Raiding Force ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 1st Raiding Force ...
Also attacking 19th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 19th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 1st Raiding Force ...
Also attacking 24th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 1st Raiding Force ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 1st Raiding Force ...
Also attacking 24th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 1st Raiding Force ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 19th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 1st Raiding Force ...
Also attacking 24th Field AF Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 64th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 1st Raiding Force ...
Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ...


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Morning Air attack on 65th JNAF AF Unit , at 81,81 (Naga)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 3



Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged



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

CAP engaged:
S-407 Hikotai with J2M3 Jack (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 15000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 154 minutes

following the initial mega wave we see the... you know already...
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Morning Air attack on 65th JNAF AF Unit , at 81,81 (Naga)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 1



Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

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



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

CAP engaged:
S-407 Hikotai with J2M3 Jack (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 15000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes



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Morning Air attack on 65th JNAF AF Unit , at 81,81 (Naga)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9


No Allied losses

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



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

isn´t there a way to programme some realistic looking strikes?

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Morning Air attack on 64th JNAF AF Unit , at 81,81 (Naga)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9


No Allied losses

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



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



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Morning Air attack on 65th JNAF AF Unit , at 81,81 (Naga)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9


No Allied losses



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



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Morning Air attack on 65th JNAF AF Unit , at 81,81 (Naga)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9


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:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 65th JNAF AF Unit , at 81,81 (Naga)

Weather in hex: Light rain

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


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 6


No Allied losses



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



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Morning Air attack on 65th JNAF AF Unit , at 81,81 (Naga)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 6


No Allied losses

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



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



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Morning Air attack on 65th JNAF AF Unit , at 81,81 (Naga)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged

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



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



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Morning Air attack on Lucena , at 79,79

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Sen Baku x 3



Allied aircraft
P-51B Mustang x 12


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Sen Baku: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
6 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet
6 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet

CAP engaged:
S-305 Hikotai with A6M2 Sen Baku (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 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes

the sweeping Mustangs start off with the fragments going in first... please read up on formation flying...

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Morning Air attack on Lucena , at 79,79

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-51B Mustang x 6


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet

as the enemy isn´t sending out his fighters in higher numbers it doesn´t matter...

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Morning Air attack on Cebu , at 80,86

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-51B Mustang x 6


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet
3 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet

these are even worse than the 6 fighter sweeps...

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Morning Air attack on Cebu , at 80,86

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-51B Mustang x 3


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet




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Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 75204 troops, 1537 guns, 1808 vehicles, Assault Value = 2892

Defending force 19727 troops, 241 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 355

Allied adjusted assault: 1489

Japanese adjusted defense: 155

Allied assault odds: 9 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
771 casualties reported
Squads: 45 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 35 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
524 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 24 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 43 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)


Assaulting units:
3rd Australian Division
2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
43rd Infantry Division
38th Infantry Division
110th Combat Engineer Battalion
104th Combat Engineer Regiment
24th Infantry Division
5th USMC Tank Battalion
13th Canadian Brigade
2nd Australian Division
32nd Infantry Division
40th Infantry Division
2/9th Armoured Regiment
763rd Tank Battalion
14th Canadian Brigade
114th USAAF Base Force
12th RAAF Base Force
18th USN Naval Construction Battalion
71st RAAF Wing
III US Amphib Corps
209th Field Artillery Battalion
1st RAAF Base Force
163rd USA Base Force
181st USAAF Base Force
165th Field Artillery Battalion
162nd USA Base Force
98th Field Artillery Battalion
93rd Coast AA Regiment
V US Amphib Force
233rd USN Base Force
95th Coast AA Regiment
149th USA Base Force
81st RAAF Wing
228th USN Base Force
159th USA Base Force
161st USA Base Force
XX US Bomber Cmnd

Defending units:
12th Division
Babeldoap Naval Fortress
46th Division
4th Guards Division
22nd Special Base Force
8th Base Force
60th Fld AA Bn /1
30th Special Base Force /1


c´mon, banzai now...



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Morning Air attack on 13th Australian Brigade, at 55,89

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 35



Allied aircraft
Thunderbolt I x 1


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
33 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet *

CAP engaged:
No.54 Sqn RAF with Thunderbolt I (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 25000
Raid is overhead

the British are defending Singkawang´s airfield and the enemy sends one of his Tojo sentais but only Thunderbolt leaves the hex to engage the sweep...


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Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 630 troops, 56 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 2889

Defending force 18967 troops, 241 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 340

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



Assaulting units:
24th Infantry Division
43rd Infantry Division
2/9th Armoured Regiment
II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
13th Canadian Brigade
110th Combat Engineer Battalion
3rd Australian Division
104th Combat Engineer Regiment
40th Infantry Division
763rd Tank Battalion
5th USMC Tank Battalion
32nd Infantry Division
2nd Australian Division
2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
38th Infantry Division
14th Canadian Brigade
181st USAAF Base Force
98th Field Artillery Battalion
228th USN Base Force
159th USA Base Force
233rd USN Base Force
161st USA Base Force
209th Field Artillery Battalion
114th USAAF Base Force
12th RAAF Base Force
163rd USA Base Force
95th Coast AA Regiment
18th USN Naval Construction Battalion
93rd Coast AA Regiment
149th USA Base Force
71st RAAF Wing
III US Amphib Corps
V US Amphib Force
165th Field Artillery Battalion
162nd USA Base Force
1st RAAF Base Force
81st RAAF Wing
XX US Bomber Cmnd

Defending units:
12th Division
46th Division
Babeldoap Naval Fortress
4th Guards Division
60th Fld AA Bn /1
22nd Special Base Force
8th Base Force
30th Special Base Force /1


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Ground combat at Sambas (57,88)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 5756 troops, 84 guns, 92 vehicles, Assault Value = 226

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

Allied adjusted assault: 75

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 75 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Sambas !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:



Assaulting units:
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment

first base next to Singkawang falls without a fight to our troops... quick turn and also the AAR is slowly catching up with the game again, now being three weeks ahead of the AAR... as soon as we´re at two weeks again I can go back to usual update speed as I don´t want to completely catch up due to intel an AAR can give and the experiences here on the forum... not that I would think my opponent would look at the AAR or that I would have any suspecion of being cheated, just to point that out...

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Submarine attack near Cotabato at 78,90

Japanese Ships
SS I-44

Allied Ships
LST-225, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage


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


LST-225 is sighted by SS I-44
SS I-44 attacking LST-225 on the surface

enemy sub in Cotabato´s hex, this either means Rainer has become completely careless or is putting mines into the place (which is what I think)... nice timing as yesterday two LST collided on the way to Cotabato (two big convoys going here) and this is one of them that got sunk by gunfire... probably more than a hundred Allied vessels in this hex capable of ASW and the sub gets a shot at one of the only two unescorted ships... lol


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ASW attack near Cotabato at 78,90

Japanese Ships
SS I-44, hits 13

Allied Ships
CL Detroit
DMS Dorsey
AGC Mount Olympus
AGC Blue Ridge
DMS Macomb
DMS Forrest
DMS Wasmuth
DMS Long



SS I-44 is sighted by escort
DMS Macomb fails to find sub and abandons search
DMS Forrest attacking submerged sub ....
DMS Wasmuth fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS Long fails to find sub and abandons search
Escort abandons search for sub

we then at least engage the sub and damage it...
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Morning Air attack on 13th Australian Brigade, at 55,89

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 35



Allied aircraft
Thunderbolt I x 1


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




Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet *

CAP engaged:
No.54 Sqn RAF with Thunderbolt I (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 25000
Raid is overhead

same as yesterday, the enemy sends a Tojo sentai and we send a single Brit Thunderbolt that manages to down no less than 3 Tojos over the target with another two being damaged... using the dive until running out of ammo...


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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Makassar at 64,107

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 7



Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 1


Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 2 destroyed


Allied Ships
xAP Corio



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 9000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
VMF-422 with F4U-1 Corsair (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Raid is overhead

that´s also been an interesting as well as a surprising one... Rainer spotted my convoy picking up troops at Makassar (rgt going to Tarakan) and sent a small Kate unit into the area that attacked my convoy... a single Corsair was flying Cap and took out no less than 4 Kates, the rest dropped bombs that all missed... why they attacked at 9000ft I don´t know, seems a bit high to me... the single P-47 and Corsair proved to be quite effective today...

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Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 75694 troops, 1537 guns, 1823 vehicles, Assault Value = 2945

Defending force 18990 troops, 240 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 345

Allied adjusted assault: 2035

Japanese adjusted defense: 315

Allied assault odds: 6 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
1282 casualties reported
Squads: 39 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 69 destroyed, 75 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
462 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 47 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 69 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 37 (4 destroyed, 33 disabled)


Assaulting units:
32nd Infantry Division
104th Combat Engineer Regiment
24th Infantry Division
13th Canadian Brigade
3rd Australian Division
110th Combat Engineer Battalion
2/9th Armoured Regiment
2nd Australian Division
40th Infantry Division
43rd Infantry Division
5th USMC Tank Battalion
II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
38th Infantry Division
763rd Tank Battalion
2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
14th Canadian Brigade
V US Amphib Force
233rd USN Base Force
114th USAAF Base Force
81st RAAF Wing
71st RAAF Wing
18th USN Naval Construction Battalion
98th Field Artillery Battalion
228th USN Base Force
162nd USA Base Force
209th Field Artillery Battalion
163rd USA Base Force
1st RAAF Base Force
III US Amphib Corps
165th Field Artillery Battalion
161st USA Base Force
149th USA Base Force
95th Coast AA Regiment
159th USA Base Force
181st USAAF Base Force
93rd Coast AA Regiment
12th RAAF Base Force
XX US Bomber Cmnd

Defending units:
46th Division
12th Division
Babeldoap Naval Fortress
4th Guards Division
22nd Special Base Force
8th Base Force
60th Fld AA Bn /1
30th Special Base Force /1


still no sign of the enemy giving up...




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TF 257 encounters mine field at Cotabato (78,90)

Allied Ships
LST-271, Mine hits 1, heavy damage


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


lol, that´s the proof the enemy sub that has attacked (and sunk) one of the two unescorted LST laid mines here... today, the second unescorted LST hits and sinks a mine... mmm... all the minesweepers did nothing, gotta create a dedicated minesweeper TF it seems...

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Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 75289 troops, 1537 guns, 1819 vehicles, Assault Value = 2934

Defending force 17932 troops, 240 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 319

Allied adjusted assault: 1846

Japanese adjusted defense: 135

Allied assault odds: 13 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
995 casualties reported
Squads: 46 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 56 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
275 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Assaulting units:
110th Combat Engineer Battalion
104th Combat Engineer Regiment
2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
5th USMC Tank Battalion
40th Infantry Division
2/9th Armoured Regiment
24th Infantry Division
2nd Australian Division
13th Canadian Brigade
38th Infantry Division
II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
763rd Tank Battalion
3rd Australian Division
32nd Infantry Division
43rd Infantry Division
14th Canadian Brigade
165th Field Artillery Battalion
98th Field Artillery Battalion
114th USAAF Base Force
159th USA Base Force
III US Amphib Corps
93rd Coast AA Regiment
162nd USA Base Force
V US Amphib Force
95th Coast AA Regiment
163rd USA Base Force
209th Field Artillery Battalion
81st RAAF Wing
149th USA Base Force
161st USA Base Force
181st USAAF Base Force
18th USN Naval Construction Battalion
71st RAAF Wing
233rd USN Base Force
228th USN Base Force
12th RAAF Base Force
1st RAAF Base Force
XX US Bomber Cmnd

Defending units:
46th Division
Babeldoap Naval Fortress
12th Division
4th Guards Division
60th Fld AA Bn /1
22nd Special Base Force
8th Base Force
30th Special Base Force /1


nothing left out this turn, everything has been stood down for rest so there was nothing more to report... Rainer said he likes short combat reports...

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TF 87 encounters mine field at Cotabato (78,90)

Allied Ships
AM Launceton
AM Castlemaine



6 mines cleared

now the mines get cleared...

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TF 87 encounters mine field at Cotabato (78,90)

Allied Ships
AM Launceton
AM Castlemaine



15 mines cleared


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Morning Air attack on 22nd Special Base Force, at 90,97 (Babeldaob)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 8


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Beaufighter Ic sweeping at 25000 feet



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Morning Air attack on 22nd Special Base Force, at 90,97 (Babeldaob)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 4
SBD-5 Dauntless x 48


Allied aircraft losses
SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
12 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 30th Special Base Force /1 ...
Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ...
Also attacking 4th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 22nd Special Base Force ...
Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ...


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Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 75281 troops, 1537 guns, 1819 vehicles, Assault Value = 2954

Defending force 17042 troops, 237 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 310

Allied adjusted assault: 1606

Japanese adjusted defense: 113

Allied assault odds: 14 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
917 casualties reported
Squads: 30 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 33 destroyed, 47 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
215 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 46 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Vehicles lost 17 (3 destroyed, 14 disabled)


Assaulting units:
II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
763rd Tank Battalion
43rd Infantry Division
110th Combat Engineer Battalion
2/9th Armoured Regiment
3rd Australian Division
13th Canadian Brigade
2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
24th Infantry Division
38th Infantry Division
40th Infantry Division
2nd Australian Division
32nd Infantry Division
5th USMC Tank Battalion
104th Combat Engineer Regiment
14th Canadian Brigade
162nd USA Base Force
233rd USN Base Force
98th Field Artillery Battalion
81st RAAF Wing
1st RAAF Base Force
18th USN Naval Construction Battalion
71st RAAF Wing
161st USA Base Force
95th Coast AA Regiment
12th RAAF Base Force
V US Amphib Force
149th USA Base Force
209th Field Artillery Battalion
163rd USA Base Force
114th USAAF Base Force
93rd Coast AA Regiment
III US Amphib Corps
165th Field Artillery Battalion
159th USA Base Force
181st USAAF Base Force
228th USN Base Force
XX US Bomber Cmnd

Defending units:
Babeldoap Naval Fortress
12th Division
46th Division
4th Guards Division
22nd Special Base Force
8th Base Force
60th Fld AA Bn /1
30th Special Base Force /1

4th Guards division is still putting up a fierce fight and the unit still shows up with combat ability during the replay, no idea why this is so...

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Ground combat at Legaspi (82,82)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 1110 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 68

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

Allied adjusted assault: 44

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 44 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Legaspi !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+)



Assaulting units:
1st Australian Para Bn /1
2/6 Cavalry Cdo Bn /1

small but important battle as this is the time when the ground combat for Luzon begins as Australian partroopers take the empty base of Legaspi... expect the enemy airforce on Luzon to be on full alert and all bombers to be set on naval attack as Rainer surely expects my amphib convoys to unload tomorrow as that´s what we´ve usually done... but tomorrow we´re going to do it slightly different as the amphib TFs will just stay under the Cap umbrella at Iloilo while the carrier fleet will move further North to draw all bomber strikes out of Luzon... I expect it to be really bloody if the enemy decides to strike, at the moment I think the biggest threat aren´t air strikes (because these should mostly get eaten up by 1100+ carrier based fighters) but by enemy surface combat groups aiming at Legaspi and my APA/LST convoys... if the enemy gets through to these convoys and finishes off one of them it would be a more severe loss than a couple of my carriers as I´ve got plenty of them while I could still find use for a couple of dozen APA... but I doubt enemy SAG are close enough to attack Legaspi tomorrow and I won´t have any ships there anyway, of course this could put them in danger of being attacked in two days, to counter this I´ve got four strong groups consisting of halve a dozen BB, a dozen cruisers and countless destroyers...

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TF 87 encounters mine field at Cotabato (78,90)

Allied Ships
AM Launceton
AM Castlemaine



21 mines cleared


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TF 87 encounters mine field at Cotabato (78,90)

Allied Ships
AM Launceton
AM Castlemaine



18 mines cleared


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and there we go, the deciding battle for Luzon has started...

Morning Air attack on TF, near Iloilo at 78,82

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 63 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Sen Baku x 21
A6M5b Zero x 17
A6M5c Zero x 29
G3M2 Nell x 36
G3M3 Nell x 31
G4M1 Betty x 33
G4M2a Betty x 6
N1K1-J George x 32
P1Y1 Frances x 30



Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 96
Hellcat I x 24
P-38J Lightning x 12
P-38L Lightning x 12
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 18
P-51B Mustang x 12
F4U-1A Corsair x 183
F6F-3 Hellcat x 785
F6F-5 Hellcat x 116





Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5b Zero: 4 destroyed
A6M5c Zero: 10 destroyed
G3M2 Nell: 13 destroyed, 8 damaged
G3M3 Nell: 8 destroyed, 13 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 15 destroyed, 5 damaged
G4M2a Betty: 3 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 6 destroyed
P1Y1 Frances: 10 destroyed, 12 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed

235 aircraft from Clark Field and Manila join up to attack our carrier fleet and are met by no less than 1258 fighters on Cap, mostly coming from the carriers, the rest is leaking Cap (not LRCAP) from Iloilo... going with the numbers only, I was quite satisfied until I´ve looked at what actually was in the air when the enemy strike showed up... we start off with 54 fighters that are slowly reinforced but we never get over 250 fighters actually attacking this strike... the enemy fighters are on escort and it does not matter if they are flown by air skill 25 or air skill 70 pilots, it does not matter if they fly Georges or Zekes, they just die like flies against our fighters that get the never ending dive... fighter vs fighter kill rate must have exceeded 35:1 in this initial engagement and this IMO doesn´t really show a strenght of the A2A routine as it is just too much for me... go with 15:1 and you´re really high up already (we´re talking about fully trained IJNAF pilots here!) but reaching kill rates of 35-40:1 is just too much... radar, escort and the dive leads to a massacre, it also (again) shows the reason for it... one factor is missing here though that could have made it worse: (non) coordination, but it´s the initial strike and the initial strike usually "looks good" in terms of coordination... but what would be worse? no Hellcat shot down?

ok, getting the never ending dive, we shred the enemy escorts (around 60% of them) and then our fighters turn onto the bombers... at this time the replay window showed around 140 remaining Allied fighters (not quite a lot when 1200+ are available for Cap) and I knew it could get tricky as Japanese 2E bombers aren´t as easily shot down as the 1E bombers, while still not comparable to Allied bomber monsters of course... it couldn´t have been expected differently and at some point the window changed and showed the bombers´ attack runs when nearly 60 bombers were left... the available Cap of 1200+ fighters with a pre warning time of 63 minutes were able to down 60% of the fighters and 55% of the bombers... longest duration for the fighters squadrons to see all fighters reaching this strike was 60 min so it once again was more than depressing to only see 20% of the available fighters actually get to this strike, it looked like there would be no fighter coordination at all... funny thing and just a side note here, if there is a post air attack combat, then you see ALL available fighters attacking the rest of the incoming strike and I usually see my fighters attacking as long as it takes to shoot down what is left in the air... when you only get 20% of your fighters to attack the incoming strike PRE bombing why do you get 100% of the still available fighters to attack the strike AFTER their bomb runs? anyway, I´m a fan of leaky Cap and the end of uber Cap umbreallas so I don´t want to further wonder about this... the overall A2A result as it is in this engagement sees at least a good dozen Hellcats less being shot down as what I would think to be realistic... nealry 100 enemy fighters, all flown by trained pilots should be able to take down two dozen fighters on Cap while suffering themselves too of course... but claiming exactly one Hellcat shot down during the air combat is a joke IMO, especially as you can´t say the incoming strike has been attacked by 1200 aircraft (outnumbering the enemy 12:1) when there were in fact only 200-250 fighters actually attacking the strike (means outnumbering the enemy 2-2.5:1)... just to point out the facts of what happened here... 100 IJNAF fighters meeting 250 USN fighters (both sides´ pilots being equal) sees someting like 60 IJNAF fighters downed during the replay for 1 USN fighter downed during the replay? Granted, a couple of Hellcats got damaged but how many die out of a couple? 1 or 2? Would make it a 60:3 in the end... hmm...

what I definately do wonder is yet again what Allied flak looks like, I guess enough was said about this "feature" and I don´t have to really go into endless detail again as my flak just wasn´t existing and in total we´ve perhaps shot down halve a dozen bombers the WHOLE DAY! And when I look at the task forces that were attacked, there was nothing in real life that came close to having so many flak guns than my CV TFs bristling with heavy and medium flak... you pretty much can´t create any stronger flak at this date of the game so I´m serioulsy claiming Allied ship borne flak (and land based btw) is a fart compared to real life, it just does nothing in terms of KILLS... I can´t reall comment on what it did in terms of reducing the enemy bombers´ accuracy, as I´ve said earlier, I preferre bad weather ten times over a lot of flak as weather has also safed me in the past when flak wasn´t even nearly as strong as now... I know I´m negative most of the time, but the issues I´m complaining about are just so far from being right (means what could have been realistically achieved with the same force in real life) that I still wonder why ppl are arguing over this or that nuissance when there are big issues in the game not even thought about being changed... and what an issue would be flak FOR YOU when you´ve read about what Allied ship based flak did to enemy airstrikes in real life? In AE, it doesn´t matter if you put a modern BB into one of your CV TFs, 1400 AA value more or less means nothing, while in real life it was near suicide to come close to such a beast... OR AM I WRONG TO SAY THIS??? I don´t know if it was done for play balance or what reason ever, but turning around to say it would be realistic is either a bad joke or if meant seriously you end up being Clown Oleg Popov... sorry, but that´s how it is and flak seems to have even less effect in AE than it had in WITP (again in terms of kills as it didn´t effect accuracy at all in WTP)...

Allied Ships
CVE Ommaney Bay
CV Saratoga
CV Bunker Hill, Torpedo hits 1
BB South Dakota
CVL Monterey
CVE Thetis Bay
CVE Casablanca
CVL Cabot
CVL Bataan
CVL Langley
CVE Sitkoh Bay
CVE Nehenta Bay, Torpedo hits 1
CV Lexington, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

the result of 58 bombers attacking my carriers with torps could have definately been worse though, the reason for the bad hit rate (5% being good or bad considering the targets?) was either the fact that mostly fast carriers were attacked instead of slow escort carriers, the bad weather or flak... probably a combination of all three things, but what was the biggest factor? Would torpedo bombers be really handicapped by moderated rain or would this be a bigger problem for dive bombers that probably would have a problem not even seeing the enemy through the clouds but torp bombers come in low while I guess this would be too much to model... the biggest factor in real life IMO would be flak fire as either you get shot down from not evading flak fire or your accuracy would suffer I guess...

at this point I´ve thought Lexington would be seriously hit as she also suffered an ammo explotion... Bunker Hill should be able to absorb a torp without a follow on explosion and the CVE usually is knocked out after one hit...



Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
19 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
11 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
11 x P1Y1 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
2 x P1Y1 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

CAP engaged:
49th FG/7th FS with P-38J Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes
18th FG/12th FS with P-47D25 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
8th FG/36th FS with P-47D25 Thunderbolt (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
15th FG/47th FS with P-38J Lightning (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 31000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
347th FG/68th FS with P-51B Mustang (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 31000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
8th FG/80th FS with P-38L Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 40000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 56 minutes
80th FG/88th FS with P-51B Mustang (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 59 minutes
80th FG/90th FS with P-47D25 Thunderbolt (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 42000
Raid is overhead
58th FG/311th FS with P-51B Mustang (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 31000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
1 planes vectored on to bombers
348th FG/340th FS with P-38J Lightning (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
348th FG/341st FS with P-38L Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 40000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes
1 planes vectored on to bombers
475th FG/433rd FS with P-38L Lightning (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 40000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes
VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 14 on standby, 21 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-2 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 21 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 55 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-3 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 21 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
9 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-42 with F6F-5 Hellcat (2 airborne, 14 on standby, 19 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes
9 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-8 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 20 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 57 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-9 with F4U-1A Corsair (3 airborne, 14 on standby, 21 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes
VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 21 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes
13 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 21 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes
18 planes vectored on to bombers


Banzai! - Nojima B. in a G4M1 Betty willing to die for the Emperor

the bugger tried to Kamikaze or what?


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Morning Air attack on TF, near Iloilo at 78,82

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 60 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Sen Baku x 21
A6M5 Zero x 10
G4M2a Betty x 18
J2M3 Jack x 29
P1Y1 Frances x 36



Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 95
Hellcat I x 24
P-38J Lightning x 10
P-38L Lightning x 9
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 18
P-51B Mustang x 9
F4U-1A Corsair x 182
F6F-3 Hellcat x 763
F6F-5 Hellcat x 113


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Sen Baku: 4 destroyed
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
G4M2a Betty: 9 destroyed
J2M3 Jack: 4 destroyed
P1Y1 Frances: 23 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CVE Windham Bay
CVE Saginaw Bay
CVE Shah
CVE Sargent Bay, Torpedo hits 1


next strike coming in, this time launched from three airfields... so far we´re only fighting the IJNAF, no Army aircraft and only one unit of Georges and one unit of Jacks but that doesn´t matter anyway on escort... same as during the first strike, only a handful of our fighters available for Cap actually have been in the air and were engaging the incoming strike... the enemy escorts got away quite nice because most of them weren´t even attacked while the bombers were hit harder than during the first strike... one and a halve dozen attacked a CVE task force - no idea why they aren´t showing up in the report - and Sargent Bay took a torp which caused heavy damage (19 sys 44 flt)... while not really afraid of having a carrier sunk at this point, it wasn´t quite going as expected as the second wave already managed to torpedo carrier number four...

CAP engaged:
VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 21 scrambling)
10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 68 minutes
5 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-2 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 21 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
5 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-3 with F6F-5 Hellcat (2 airborne, 10 on standby, 20 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-42 with F6F-5 Hellcat (4 airborne, 11 on standby, 11 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-8 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 20 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
12 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-9 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 8 scrambling)
12 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 8 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 62 minutes
7 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 7 on standby, 8 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 14 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 59 minutes
7 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (7 airborne, 7 on standby, 13 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 63 minutes
7 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-13 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 12 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 10 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
20 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 14 on standby, 13 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes
11 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 21 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
20 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-18 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 8 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes
9 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-71 with F4U-1A Corsair (2 airborne, 10 on standby, 13 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 57 minutes
6 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-26 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 9 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 8 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 59 minutes
VF-28 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 4 on standby, 2 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
12 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
VF-29 with F6F-5 Hellcat (2 airborne, 3 on standby, 9 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-30 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 10 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
No.851 Sqn-FF FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 7 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
No.881 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 10 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
2 planes vectored on to bombers



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Iloilo at 78,82

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 88 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Sen Baku x 12
B4Y1 Jean x 33



Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 87
Hellcat I x 23
P-38J Lightning x 8
P-38L Lightning x 7
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 16
P-51B Mustang x 7
F4U-1A Corsair x 173
F6F-3 Hellcat x 716
F6F-5 Hellcat x 105


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Sen Baku: 6 destroyed
B4Y1 Jean: 21 destroyed

still in the morning phase the enemy launches another strike... I´ve asked Rainer "biplanes versus my carrier fleet" and he answered that he intended to upgrade this Jean unit and my appearance came a couple of days too early... this strike was completely annihilated...


CAP engaged:
VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 11 on standby, 19 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 79 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-3 with F6F-5 Hellcat (3 airborne, 4 on standby, 16 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 7 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 82 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-42 with F6F-5 Hellcat (7 airborne, 7 on standby, 14 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 80 minutes
2 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-8 with F4U-1A Corsair (4 airborne, 7 on standby, 16 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 10 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
11 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-9 with F4U-1A Corsair (3 airborne, 11 on standby, 12 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 11 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
7 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 7 on standby, 4 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 10 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 78 minutes
18 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (6 airborne, 4 on standby, 15 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 8 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 76 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-13 with F4U-1A Corsair (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 7 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 12 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 73 minutes
12 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 18 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 67 minutes
13 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 4 on standby, 9 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 13 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 76 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-18 with F4U-1A Corsair (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 12 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 83 minutes
11 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-71 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 9 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 12 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 87 minutes
6 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-26 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 5 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes
5 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 8 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 80 minutes
VF-28 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 68 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-29 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 9 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 71 minutes
10 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-30 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 10 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 75 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
No.851 Sqn-FF FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 7 scrambling)
7 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 between 14000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 77 minutes
2 planes vectored on to bombers
No.881 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 4 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 70 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
No.882 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 7 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
1 planes vectored on to bombers



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Iloilo at 78,82

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 70 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 21
G3M2 Nell x 33
G4M2 Betty x 33
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 39
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 58
Ki-61-Id Tony x 39



Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 81
Hellcat I x 21
P-38J Lightning x 8
P-38L Lightning x 7
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 14
P-51B Mustang x 7
F4U-1A Corsair x 156
F6F-3 Hellcat x 652
F6F-5 Hellcat x 96


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5b Zero: 7 destroyed
G3M2 Nell: 21 destroyed, 1 damaged
G4M2 Betty: 17 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 9 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 14 destroyed
Ki-61-Id Tony: 9 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-51B Mustang: 1 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 6 destroyed
F6F-5 Hellcat: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CVE Begum
CVL Langley
CV Saratoga
CV Lexington, on fire

then a big strike with nearly 160 escorts shows up that is still "met" by over 1000 fighters on Cap, with far fewer actually attacking of course (perhaps 300 this time)... we had the dive for a really long time but outnumbering the escorts only 1.5:1 the dive ended at some point when the escorts finally started to also managed to kill some of our fighters... still a onesided affair but by far not as loopsided as during the first strike for example... the good news was that our fighters still took their chance to heavily hit the bomber formation and only five bombers finally managed to get through Cap and start their attack runs with all torps missing...

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M2 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
2 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

CAP engaged:
VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (11 airborne, 7 on standby, 8 scrambling)
11 plane(s) intercepting now.
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 58 minutes
18 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-3 with F6F-5 Hellcat (1 airborne, 7 on standby, 16 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 61 minutes
12 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-42 with F6F-5 Hellcat (3 airborne, 11 on standby, 11 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 63 minutes
12 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-8 with F4U-1A Corsair (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 4 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 19 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 68 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-9 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 12 scrambling)
11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 8 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 56 minutes
6 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (8 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 16 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 66 minutes
VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (7 airborne, 4 on standby, 11 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 13 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 65 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-13 with F4U-1A Corsair (1 airborne, 10 on standby, 3 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 15 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 12 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 7 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 57 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 1 scrambling)
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 12 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 61 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-18 with F4U-1A Corsair (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 8 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
2 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-71 with F4U-1A Corsair (1 airborne, 10 on standby, 5 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 65 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-26 with F6F-5 Hellcat (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 1 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 62 minutes
1 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 4 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 66 minutes
1 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-28 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 4 on standby, 1 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 8 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 65 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-29 with F6F-5 Hellcat (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes
VF-30 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 6 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 57 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
No.851 Sqn-FF FAA with Corsair II (5 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
No.881 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (5 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
No.882 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 7 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 59 minutes
7 planes vectored on to bombers



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Morning Air attack on Legaspi , at 82,82

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 15
Ki-48-IIc Lily x 26



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x Ki-48-IIc Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb

even though the airfield is at level two and had no damage I had no fighters at Legaspi because I wanted to cover my ships at Iloilo with everything I had and due to only some LCT unloading at Legaspi I felt save... bombing the airfield doesn´t mean much as we´re soon going to have so many engineers there that even a 100/100 damage would be repaired within a day...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Iloilo at 78,82

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 49 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 29
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 29
Ki-84a Frank x 56



Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 66
Hellcat I x 18
P-38J Lightning x 8
P-38L Lightning x 7
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 12
P-51B Mustang x 5
F4U-1A Corsair x 138
F6F-3 Hellcat x 559
F6F-5 Hellcat x 88


Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 2 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 9 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 3 destroyed
F6F-5 Hellcat: 1 destroyed

then one of the feared "failed escort sweep" strikes came in and while the Franks suffered from my diving fighters, both the Georges and Tojos put up an equal fight damaging probably one and a halve dozen fighters... without the dive the enemy failed to fire from behind and most times only damaged the rugged Allied fighters... all in all this engagement lasted only a short while, by far shorter than expected as there were still 2/3 of the attackers in the air when the sweep was over...

CAP engaged:
VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
VF-3 with F6F-5 Hellcat (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes
VF-42 with F6F-5 Hellcat (3 airborne, 4 on standby, 8 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 8 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes
VF-9 with F4U-1A Corsair (4 airborne, 3 on standby, 4 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
14 plane(s) not yet engaged, 14 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 18 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes
VF-13 with F4U-1A Corsair (3 airborne, 3 on standby, 2 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 7 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (8 airborne, 4 on standby, 5 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 58 minutes
VF-18 with F4U-1A Corsair (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes
VF-71 with F4U-1A Corsair (3 airborne, 2 on standby, 3 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
VF-26 with F6F-5 Hellcat (1 airborne, 3 on standby, 1 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes
VF-28 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 11 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
VF-30 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 2 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
No.851 Sqn-FF FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes
No.881 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes
No.882 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 4000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
No.896 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (1 airborne, 2 on standby, 3 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
No.898 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
No.1830 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (3 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes
No.1839 Sqn FAA with Hellcat I (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Iloilo at 78,82

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 24



Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 57
Hellcat I x 15
P-38J Lightning x 8
P-38L Lightning x 7
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 9
P-51B Mustang x 5
F4U-1A Corsair x 124
F6F-3 Hellcat x 469
F6F-5 Hellcat x 80


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 12 destroyed

this is an unescorted fighter bomber strike that came in low but got completely destroyed... I don´t think using these Oscars as fighter bombers makes much sense...

CAP engaged:
VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (15 airborne, 0 on standby, 15 scrambling)
15 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
VF-3 with F6F-5 Hellcat (15 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling)
15 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 37300.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes
VF-42 with F6F-5 Hellcat (12 airborne, 4 on standby, 10 scrambling)
12 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 37300.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes
VF-9 with F4U-1A Corsair (21 airborne, 6 on standby, 8 scrambling)
21 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (14 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling)
14 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (16 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling)
16 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes
VF-13 with F4U-1A Corsair (10 airborne, 7 on standby, 5 scrambling)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 36900.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (14 airborne, 4 on standby, 9 scrambling)
14 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes
VF-18 with F4U-1A Corsair (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 12 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 36900.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes
VF-71 with F4U-1A Corsair (15 airborne, 2 on standby, 4 scrambling)
15 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
VF-28 with F6F-3 Hellcat (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 55 minutes
VF-30 with F6F-3 Hellcat (7 airborne, 4 on standby, 4 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
No.851 Sqn-FF FAA with Corsair II (4 airborne, 2 on standby, 6 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 36900.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes
No.881 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
No.882 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes
No.896 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (3 airborne, 2 on standby, 3 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
No.898 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
No.1830 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 1 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 36900.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
No.1839 Sqn FAA with Hellcat I (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 5 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
VC(F)-20 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 5 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Iloilo at 78,82

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 31
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 22



Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 52
Hellcat I x 14
P-38J Lightning x 8
P-38L Lightning x 7
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 9
P-51B Mustang x 5
F4U-1A Corsair x 117
F6F-3 Hellcat x 437
F6F-5 Hellcat x 76


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 16 destroyed
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 6 destroyed, 1 damaged


Allied Ships
CVE Nehenta Bay



Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

still strikes coming in in the morning, now Army bombers are showing up unescorted and one of the unit sees lots of bombers turning back due to the lack of escorts... what comes in is heavily hit but one bomber drops two bombs near Nehenta Bay... seeing my highly succesful 1000ft medium bomber strikes against enemy shipping the enemy has adopted this while I wonder how effective the IJAAF bombers really are in this role as they carry only two bombs below 6000ft...


CAP engaged:
VC(F)-20 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 3 on standby, 5 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 38000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
VC(F)-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
VC(F)-33 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
VF-60 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 2 on standby, 7 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
VC(F)-63 with F6F-3 Hellcat (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
VC(F)-75 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 3 on standby, 4 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
VC(F)-76 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
VC(F)-77 with F6F-3 Hellcat (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead
VC(F)-83 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 4 on standby, 4 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
VC(F)-90 with F6F-3 Hellcat (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 9 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
VC(F)-93 with F6F-3 Hellcat (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 4000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (12 airborne, 0 on standby, 19 scrambling)
12 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes
VF-3 with F6F-5 Hellcat (17 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling)
17 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
VF-42 with F6F-5 Hellcat (11 airborne, 4 on standby, 9 scrambling)
11 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 37300.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
VF-9 with F4U-1A Corsair (19 airborne, 5 on standby, 8 scrambling)
19 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (13 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling)
13 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes
VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (14 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling)
14 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes
VF-13 with F4U-1A Corsair (9 airborne, 7 on standby, 5 scrambling)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (13 airborne, 8 on standby, 9 scrambling)
13 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
VF-18 with F4U-1A Corsair (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 12 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 36900.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Iloilo at 78,82

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 46 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 27



Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 48
Hellcat I x 14
P-38J Lightning x 8
P-38L Lightning x 7
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 9
P-51B Mustang x 5
F4U-1A Corsair x 112
F6F-3 Hellcat x 417
F6F-5 Hellcat x 73


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 16 destroyed


Allied Ships
CVE Ommaney Bay
CVE Anzio
CVE Barnes



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-21-IIb Sally flying as kamikaze
Kamikaze: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

can´t say I didn´t like seeing these unescorted bomber strikes but this finally alerted me when I saw the couple of Sallies that made it through Cap would be flying as KAMIKAZE! This is the first Kamikaze strike of the war and when it happened I was unaware of having advanced that far already to enable the enemy to fly kami attacks... good to know but in the end it wouldn´t make a difference anyway as my defense is maxxed out and I can´t improve it any further (well, in 9/44 the CVE could undergo another flak upgrade but flak isn´t something to really care about)...

CAP engaged:
VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 19 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes
VF-3 with F6F-5 Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 11 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes
VF-42 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 10 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes
VF-9 with F4U-1A Corsair (8 airborne, 3 on standby, 8 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 10 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes
VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
VF-13 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 5 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes
VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 9 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 7 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes
VF-18 with F4U-1A Corsair (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 12 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
VF-71 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 4 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
VF-28 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
VF-30 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 5 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
No.881 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
No.882 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 18000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
No.896 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 3 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
No.898 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
No.1830 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 3 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
No.1839 Sqn FAA with Hellcat I (1 airborne, 8 on standby, 5 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
VC(F)-20 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 3 on standby, 5 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 38000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes
VC(F)-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Legaspi , at 82,82

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 11 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 26



No Japanese losses


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


Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 35

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

it probably would not have made much of a difference if more bombers would have attacked my carriers but I would have used all of them when thinking about attacking as bombing this airfield is senseless (or suicide when I would have put 50 P-47 here)...

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Morning Air attack on Legaspi , at 82,82

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 24



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 6000 feet

and the escorts could also have been of help attacking the fleet, if only they would have enabled some more torp bombers breaking through Cap...

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Morning Air attack on Legaspi , at 82,82

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 42,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 31



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
31 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet

last strike in the morning is another Zeke unit attacking empty Legaspi...

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Iloilo at 78,82

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 70 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Sen Baku x 9
A6M5 Zero x 8
A6M5b Zero x 27
A6M5c Zero x 12
G4M1 Betty x 8
J2M3 Jack x 14
N1K1-J George x 39
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 12
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 59
Ki-61-Id Tony x 14
Ki-84a Frank x 49



Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 91
Hellcat I x 21
F4U-1A Corsair x 174
F6F-3 Hellcat x 663
F6F-5 Hellcat x 108


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M5c Zero: 1 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed
J2M3 Jack: 2 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 3 destroyed
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 2 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 13 destroyed
Ki-61-Id Tony: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 6 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Corsair II: 1 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed

rain in the morning and even worse weather in the afternoon made me feel confident when the first strike showed up... only a bunch of 8 Betties was escorted by no less than 243 fighters but all were treated as escorts, were dived by our fighters and shot down in droves... peak in Allied fighter numbers in this engagement was around 350 so it again wasn´t an insane numerical superiority... one Betty was shot down and the other seven turned around immediately... morale being pummeled in the morning already...

this was the only strike in the afternoon that attacked the carrier fleet...



CAP engaged:
VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 21 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes
VF-2 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 21 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 56 minutes
VF-3 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 21 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes
VF-42 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 19 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes
VF-8 with F4U-1A Corsair (2 airborne, 12 on standby, 17 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 57 minutes
VF-9 with F4U-1A Corsair (4 airborne, 14 on standby, 21 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 62 minutes
VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 14 on standby, 21 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 62 minutes
VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 14 on standby, 21 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 66 minutes
VF-13 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 20 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 63 minutes
VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 19 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes
VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 20 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes
VF-18 with F4U-1A Corsair (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 12 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
VF-71 with F4U-1A Corsair (1 airborne, 12 on standby, 16 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes
VF-26 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 6 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 56 minutes
VF-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 9 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
VF-28 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 7 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 61 minutes
VF-29 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 9 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
VF-30 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 9 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes
No.851 Sqn-FF FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 6 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 64 minutes
No.881 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 9 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tandjoengpinang at 50,85

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
Thunderbolt I x 8
SBD-5 Dauntless x 15


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAKL Miyako Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Yagi Maru, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk

Marine dive bombers coming from the newly captured airfield at Singkawang attacked a small convoy in the area and sink both freighters...

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Miyako Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Yagi Maru


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Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 75195 troops, 1537 guns, 1816 vehicles, Assault Value = 2963

Defending force 16466 troops, 234 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 299

Allied adjusted assault: 1509

Japanese adjusted defense: 55

Allied assault odds: 27 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
1133 casualties reported
Squads: 35 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 46 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
297 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 43 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Assaulting units:
38th Infantry Division
2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
2nd Australian Division
43rd Infantry Division
13th Canadian Brigade
763rd Tank Battalion
5th USMC Tank Battalion
104th Combat Engineer Regiment
32nd Infantry Division
2/9th Armoured Regiment
40th Infantry Division
3rd Australian Division
II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
24th Infantry Division
110th Combat Engineer Battalion
14th Canadian Brigade
18th USN Naval Construction Battalion
159th USA Base Force
81st RAAF Wing
181st USAAF Base Force
71st RAAF Wing
98th Field Artillery Battalion
149th USA Base Force
161st USA Base Force
V US Amphib Force
162nd USA Base Force
209th Field Artillery Battalion
228th USN Base Force
12th RAAF Base Force
1st RAAF Base Force
165th Field Artillery Battalion
233rd USN Base Force
93rd Coast AA Regiment
114th USAAF Base Force
163rd USA Base Force
III US Amphib Corps
95th Coast AA Regiment
XX US Bomber Cmnd

Defending units:
12th Division
Babeldoap Naval Fortress
46th Division
4th Guards Division
22nd Special Base Force
60th Fld AA Bn /1
8th Base Force
30th Special Base Force /1


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Ground combat at Pontianak (56,90)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 11110 troops, 180 guns, 129 vehicles, Assault Value = 461

Defending force 1241 troops, 0 guns, 76 vehicles, Assault Value = 7

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Allied adjusted assault: 260

Japanese adjusted defense: 13

Allied assault odds: 20 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Pontianak !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
76 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 60 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 39 (32 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Units retreated 4


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


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
13th Australian Brigade
30th Australian Brigade
12th Australian Brigade

Defending units:
31st JAAF AF Bn /1
1st JAAF Base Force
41st JAAF AF Bn /1
63rd JNAF AF Unit /1

next base on NE Borneo falls to our troops, as you can see, the enemy only left some fragments behind that couldn´t be airlifted I guess...


here´s today´s tally:

I´m glad the enemy reacted to air para assault on Legaspi as we´ve expected him to do. While we kept our amphib TF at Iloilo we´ve moved our carriers North to draw air strikes that probably would have aimed at ships at Legaspi (guess this at least was the enemy´s plan, which could also explain the airfield attcks on Legaspi). We claim nearly 600 enemy aircraft shot down, including over a hundred torp attack trained IJNAF crews. Hundreds of trained IJ pilots didn´t return today and it should drain IJ pilot pools a bit. Due to lots different aircraft types attacking we probably haven´t drained the enemy´s pools but suffering only some 40 carrier based fighters it has been a clear victory and I guess the backbone of the IJ airforce on Luzon is broken and we´re going to send in our amphib TFs to Legaspi tomorrow with a big number of escorting heavy units. Not severe at all was the loss of pilots today, not even two dozen were lost as most fighters were write offs as only one incoming strike was able to inflict more than just a couple of losses within our fighters on Cap. All in all the operation is going as planned, more about damaged ships in the next post. 16 bombers were claimed by flak in the end, not 6 a mentioned earlier.




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Status: offline 		here are the damaged carriers (nothing else was hit today). The two CVE that were hit both suffered heavy damage as one torp usually is enough to cause quite some trouble on an escort carrier, I don´t expect to lose any of the ships though as they´re going to be disbanded in port of Iloilo for emergency repairs and major floatation damage for both CVE is in the low 30s. Absolutely amazing is Lexington´s damage as she suffered a torpedo hit and a following ammo storage explosion but she´s only got light damage that is going to repaired in close to two weeks when entering our repair assets at Darwin. CV Bunker Hill looks worse after one hit without follow on damage but her major flt damage is only at 8 and 12 sys isn´t a biggy. I could keep both Lexington and Bunker Hill on station but decided not to do so as there´s no need to. I doubt the enemy will fly in 600 fresh aircraft to Luzon and launch the same intensive strikes as today and if so, we´re going to knock down the next 500 enemy aircraft, while expecting to see another halve a dozen ships hit, much depending on the weather.






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Morning Air attack on Legaspi , at 82,82

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 27



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 6000 feet

after yesterday´s massacre it´s going to be interesting if the enemy is launching strikes today too... he starts off with a 6000ft sweep of Legaspi where we haven´t got any fighters yet...


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Morning Air attack on Legaspi , at 82,82

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 32



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
32 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet

following the Oscars a unit of Zekes is also coming in, this time at max alt... even if the enemy´s sweeps fail to "coordinate", they´re still nearly twice as big as our average sweeps... oh well...


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Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Sen Baku x 18
A6M5 Zero x 4
A6M5b Zero x 28
A6M5c Zero x 3
J2M3 Jack x 4
N1K1-J George x 10
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 36
Ki-84a Frank x 60



Allied aircraft
P-38L Lightning x 6
F4U-1A Corsair x 16


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Sen Baku: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 3 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38L Lightning: 3 destroyed
F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed

after knocking out 250+ enemy fighters based on Luzon yesterday I´ve thought I could dare to attack one of the major IJ bases today and I chose Manila for an all out strike... hundreds of fighters are set to sweep and escort the 300+ heavy bombers unloading their bombs over Manila´s level 9 airfield... we start off with a sweep, that just makes me sick again... a 6 P-38 fragment together with the main part of a Corsair squadron is showing up... helplessly outnumbered our fighters suffer 50% losses... I just love the way this is designed, being outnumbered by default as that´s how it works... but hey, as we all know, numbers mean nothing in WITP or AE... not...


CAP engaged:
S-302 Kokutai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41010
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
S-312 Hikotai with A6M5c 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 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
S-401 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41010
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
S-407 Hikotai with J2M3 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
S-305 Hikotai with A6M2 Sen Baku (1 airborne, 2 on standby, 15 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 32810.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
S-316 Hikotai with A6M5b Zero (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 23 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 38000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
331 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 2 on standby, 1 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 28000 and 32000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (1 airborne, 8 on standby, 25 scrambling)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 34440.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 18 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 35000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 12 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 34440.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Sen Baku x 15
A6M5 Zero x 3
A6M5b Zero x 27
A6M5c Zero x 1
J2M3 Jack x 4
N1K1-J George x 9
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 27
Ki-84a Frank x 47



Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 16


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Sen Baku: 1 destroyed
A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed

then a lonely main part of another Corsair squadron shows up, getting the dive to achieve halve a dozen kills and being shred after the dive... two Corsairs shot down over the target, the rest was sent home damaged as the enemy fighters failed to score outright kills with their undergunned fighters...

CAP engaged:
S-302 Kokutai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41010
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
S-316 Hikotai with A6M5b Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 20 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 18000 and 38000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
331 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 28000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
S-401 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (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 41010 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes
S-407 Hikotai with J2M3 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 31000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 12 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 38900.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 31000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
S-305 Hikotai with A6M2 Sen Baku (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 40900.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
S-312 Hikotai with A6M5c Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 16 scrambling)
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 37900.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Sen Baku x 11
A6M5 Zero x 3
A6M5b Zero x 24
A6M5c Zero x 1
J2M3 Jack x 4
N1K1-J George x 6
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 17
Ki-84a Frank x 37



Allied aircraft
P-51B Mustang x 16


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-51B Mustang: 4 destroyed

then 2/3 of a P-51B squadron... anyone notice how stupid this really is? or is it just me to see that? no dive for the Mustangs = bad news as their shot up badly...

CAP engaged:
S-302 Kokutai with N1K1-J George (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 41010 , scrambling fighters between 18000 and 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
S-316 Hikotai with A6M5b Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 18000 and 38500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
331 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 35440.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
S-401 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (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 41010 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
S-407 Hikotai with J2M3 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 38380.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 31440.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
S-305 Hikotai with A6M2 Sen Baku (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 32810.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes
S-312 Hikotai with A6M5c 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 6000 , scrambling fighters to 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 37900.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 35000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Sen Baku x 10
A6M5 Zero x 3
A6M5b Zero x 17
A6M5c Zero x 1
J2M3 Jack x 4
N1K1-J George x 6
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 14
Ki-84a Frank x 29



Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 16


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Sen Baku: 2 destroyed
A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed

it goes on as stupidly as it is shown on 47 pages of this AAR... 2/3 of the next squadron... all my fighters are coming from a level 9 airfield, you can´t build any bigger airfields in the game and yet you fail to even see your squadrons flying as a whole and this is just a borked piece of design as this is definately not how it was done... also this squadron was completely shot up... in the end, I can only be happy about my fighters at least achieving some kills too but that doesn´t really help if they end up being heavily outnumbered in each strike (and yet again I AM THE ONE WHO SENDS IN FAR MORE FIGHTERS THAN THE ENEMY GOT AVAILABLE!!!)... this is what makes it so silly when you then end up being outnumbered the whole day...

CAP engaged:
S-302 Kokutai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters to 34000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
S-316 Hikotai with A6M5b Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 46000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
331 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 4000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
S-401 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters to 26000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
S-407 Hikotai with J2M3 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 34000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 31440.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc 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 36740 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes
S-305 Hikotai with A6M2 Sen Baku (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 32000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
S-312 Hikotai with A6M5c Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 45000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 34000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Legaspi , at 82,82

Weather in hex: Severe storms

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 15
Ki-48-IIc Lily x 27
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 27
Ki-84a Frank x 17



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 40

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-48-IIc Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb
27 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

the enemy bombs the level 3 airfield that was seized by our paratroopers, our engineers there are going to repair it in no time...

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Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 45 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Sen Baku x 6
A6M5 Zero x 2
A6M5b Zero x 9
A6M5c Zero x 1
J2M3 Jack x 3
N1K1-J George x 6
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 7
Ki-84a Frank x 22



Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 4


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

heck, this design is truly silly and I am going to say this another hundred times... it´s so silly, even the ONE MAIN UBER STRIKE of WITP is more realistic...

CAP engaged:
S-302 Kokutai with N1K1-J George (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters to 26000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
S-316 Hikotai with A6M5b Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 34000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes
S-401 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (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 41010 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 26000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 34440.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
S-305 Hikotai with A6M2 Sen Baku (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 32810.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes
S-312 Hikotai with A6M5c Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes
331 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes
S-407 Hikotai with J2M3 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes
11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 43000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 32000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 60 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Sen Baku x 6
A6M5 Zero x 1
A6M5b Zero x 8
A6M5c Zero x 1
J2M3 Jack x 3
N1K1-J George x 6
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 6
Ki-84a Frank x 20



Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 36


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Sen Baku: 1 destroyed
A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed


wow, we get two FULL squadrons meet up on a sweep? This just can´t be! and what´s the imminent result? Our fighters aren´t heavily outnumbered right from the start, they get the dive and voila: they achieve a 10:1 kill rate... and it´s always the same, it´s just about numbers and the dive...


Aircraft Attacking:
14 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 31000 feet *
3 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 31000 feet *

CAP engaged:
S-302 Kokutai with N1K1-J George (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters to 27000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes
S-316 Hikotai with A6M5b Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 29000 and 35810.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 77 minutes
S-401 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (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 41010 , scrambling fighters between 28000 and 37000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 28000 and 34440.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 77 minutes
S-305 Hikotai with A6M2 Sen Baku (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 29000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 72 minutes
S-312 Hikotai with A6M5c Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 64 minutes
331 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
S-407 Hikotai with J2M3 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 63 minutes
11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 39810.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 72 minutes
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 32000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 63 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Maebashi , at 113,59

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 37 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7



Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 162


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed




D hits 45
hits 35
D hits 9

now that´s nice, Maebashi with it´s big number of factories got no fighter cover in the hex, only some Zekes are leaking in from hexes nearby... we´ve ordered all our B-29 to hit the city today, targetting the important Frank (2x) and TojoIIc plants and we hit both of them hard... the two bigger factories are down to 50-60% capacity with the second, smaller Frank factory being down to 30% capacity... the report isn´t showing the factories being hit correctly, must be a bug, so I can´t say if it has been the Tojo or bigger Frank factory that took 45 hits... as we have flown recon here for ages I´m amazed that Rainer never moved strong fighter cover into the hex, 70+ fighters are enough to scare us from using our B-29... not because the MAIN strike of bombers isn´t able to defend itselfe but because there are always the well know silly mine follow on waves that get shot up while suffering loss rates of 50%+ if there are still big numbers of fighters around... the big initial wave is nearly immune to any sort of fighter attacks, you would need hundreds to achieve something... but as AE is "modelling" follow on waves all the time that fail to even resemble the real life B-29 combat boxes of 30-32 bombers you end up with a free run for the enemy to completely knock down these waves with mentioned loss rates of 50%+... and the B-29 replacement rate is 18 per month, so having two or three follow on BS waves meeting 50 fighters results in a monthly replacement of bombers being lost in one day... makes it fun to fly one attack per month... perhaps this has all been done to compensate for the too high effect of the bomber attacks... I don´t know, it more looks like just a flawed way to model strikes as neither the way sweeps tend to look, nor the as ridicoulos looking bomber waves got anything to do with real life as I can´t see a explanation for 200 bombers ending up as 160, 12, 9, 10, 9 waves with the first one being immune and the rest being shot shred... and it looks like this 98% of the time, so it got to be by design... and if it is modelled to simulate "screw ups" then I seriously wonder why someone would think that both sides screwed up 98% of their airstrikes...


Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
Hiyo-1 with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Sen Baku x 2
A6M5b Zero x 1
J2M3 Jack x 2
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 3
Ki-84a Frank x 8



Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 228
P-38L Lightning x 69

after 30% of our fighters ordered to sweep showed up before the bombers the main bomber wave showed up with nearly three full squadrons of P-38 that were ordered to escort... the only 6 P-38L that were missing here were coming in with the first sweep... lol... even with only 30% of our sweeps showing up first, being dispersed and mostly outnumbered the sweeps were still able to reduce enemy Cap by a big amount of fighters and what has been left was only able to take down a couple of P-38 and a bomber... the only reason I´ve set the P-38 to escort was the fact of thinking about the sweeps not showing up in front of the bombers at all and hoping for the escorts to fail and therefore ending up as sweeps which 100% of the time show up in front of the bombers... can you see the irony of the thinking and planning? Knowing all that got to do with strikes is nothing but a screw up by default I´m trying to aim at something else to screw up too to make up another screw up... lol, insane and not much to do with any strike planning as this just doesn´t work...

what follows the short tangle with enemy Cap was a wet dream of every Allied commander though... hoping for the enemy to fill up Manila with strike aircraft and hopefully damaged fighters from yesterday´s battle and new replacements this is exactly what we get today, an airfield full of all sorts of aircraft sitting on the ground (guess both due to damage and the fact that the strike aircraft set to nav attack were set to 6 hexes range max as they would have ended up attacking Iloilo otherwise and that´s where my carriers headed to )... take a look at what the enemy suffered:

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Sen Baku: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
A6M2 Sen Baku: 20 destroyed on ground
A6M5b Zero: 1 damaged
A6M5b Zero: 3 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 3 damaged
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 6 destroyed on ground
Ki-84a Frank: 8 damaged
Ki-84a Frank: 26 destroyed on ground
J2M2 Jack: 19 destroyed on ground
G4M1 Betty: 8 destroyed on ground
H8K2-L Emily: 17 destroyed on ground
D3A1 Val: 15 destroyed on ground
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 3 destroyed on ground
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 4 destroyed on ground
P1Y1 Frances: 37 destroyed on ground
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
P-38L Lightning: 2 destroyed

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



Airbase hits 86
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 334

we came in at 15000ft as I´ve expected a hell a lot of flak at Manila as it is the main airfield on Luzon and there are more than 70 enemy units reported being there but there was nearly no flak at all at 15000ft, I could have even attacked at 6000ft I guess, but then you have to think about balloons that would have accounted for two dozen B-24 as balloons seem to be ten times as deadly as heavy flak guns... anyway, 15000ft proved to be just perfect and we´ve never torched more enemy aircraft on the ground than today... Rainer´s comment was: "if my pools wouldn´t be filled I would cry today"...


Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
S-305 Hikotai with A6M2 Sen Baku (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 16000 , scrambling fighters between 35000 and 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
S-316 Hikotai with A6M5b 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 16000 , scrambling fighters to 34000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
S-407 Hikotai with J2M3 Jack (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 34000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes
11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 27000 and 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (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 6000 , scrambling fighters to 35000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Maebashi , at 113,59

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1



Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 9


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 4 damaged

that´s what I´ve meant...
D hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
Hiyo-1 with A6M2 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 16000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Maebashi , at 113,59

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged



D hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Frank and Tojo, 150,000 supplies to repair


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Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Sen Baku x 1
J2M3 Jack x 1
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 2
Ki-84a Frank x 3



Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84a Frank: 3 damaged
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed on ground
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
S-407 Hikotai with J2M3 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
S-305 Hikotai with A6M2 Sen Baku (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 16000 , scrambling fighters to 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes
11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 19000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 1
Ki-84a Frank x 2



Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84a Frank: 1 damaged
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed on ground
J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed on ground
A6M2 Sen Baku: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged



Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
S-407 Hikotai with J2M3 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes
11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 41 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 1
Ki-84a Frank x 2



Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84a Frank: 2 damaged
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed on ground
P1Y1 Frances: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged



Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
S-407 Hikotai with J2M3 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes
11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 1
Ki-84a Frank x 2



Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed on ground
P1Y1 Frances: 3 destroyed on ground
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 5 damaged



Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
S-407 Hikotai with J2M3 Jack (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 2



Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 6


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84a Frank: 2 damaged
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground
A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Maebashi , at 113,59

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 37 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 6


No Allied losses



hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 41 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 2



Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84a Frank: 1 damaged
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed on ground
A6M2 Sen Baku: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 6


Japanese aircraft losses
H8K2-L Emily: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged



Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 6


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed on ground
A6M2 Sen Baku: 1 destroyed on ground
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed on ground




Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9


Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed on ground
A6M2 Sen Baku: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Maebashi , at 113,59

Weather in hex: Light rain

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


Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 6


No Allied losses



D hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

so if you have read anything about WWII airstrikes and you see the way strikes showed up today (independent of the result), what do you really think about it? realistic? one huge, mega strike followed by lots of piece meal strikes? no formation flying? follow on waves being modelled as aircraft lost on the way to target? happening every time? mmm...

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Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 38 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 31


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet
22 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet

hurrey, when all the bombers unloaded, the rest of the sweeps shows up in the known way...

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Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 33 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-51B Mustang x 50


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 42000 feet
22 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 42000 feet
6 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 42000 feet

50 Mustangs in one sweep? 2 squadrons you could think... no, this is AE and we aren´t speaking about two squadrons but the main part of two squadrons (each losing 3 fighters on the way to target) with another 6 from a different squadron that sent out 16 Mustangs already, leaves still three to show up or vanishing in Nirvana...

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Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 6


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet

ah, 6 additional P-38...

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Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 16


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet

and to finish the air combat today another 16 P-38 on sweep... looks like in total we´ve seen 60-70% of our fighters actually showing up over the target, with the 69 P-38L being the only one to actually do what they were ordered to do, escorting in full strenght the main bomber strike... the rest was screw up from A-Z and got nothing to do with any planning, coordination, human sense or obeying orders as 30% of our aircraft (bombers as well as fighterss) just did nothing today (same as in WITP, not a matter of morale btw)... WITP and AE are my favourite games as there´s just nothing that is coming close to them so as long as it is how it is these two games are the premium ones on that theatre and scope but how certain things are working is just shocking and depressing again and again when you load up a game like BoB and see how strikes are modelled there...

in AE it´s all a screw up and the worst that can happen is having carriers in range too, then you can watch 3 minutes error messages popping up when over a hundred messages are shown durign the replay of 3 F6F-3 of VF-1 fail to escort, proceeding to target and that happens 100% of the time in my PBEM when carrier based fighters try to escort LBA strikes and I´m sure that´s how it is in all other games too as I seriously doubt the code is working any different in this PBEM...

srew ups could and did happen, but not 98% of the time as in AE... other than being screwed up I can´t see any explanation for this kind of strikes and 100+ error messages during a common ´44 turn with Allied carrier fleets in range of LBA targets...

all in all last and today´s turn were a full success and enemy losses are close to 900 now so perhaps I just should forget about all the rest of the combat report and just look at the loss list while ignoring the replay and report as that seems to be quite common too...





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Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 75412 troops, 1537 guns, 1829 vehicles, Assault Value = 2992

Defending force 15503 troops, 228 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 277

Allied adjusted assault: 1278

Japanese adjusted defense: 97

Allied assault odds: 13 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
485 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 29 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
173 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 25 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
40th Infantry Division
32nd Infantry Division
763rd Tank Battalion
2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
38th Infantry Division
110th Combat Engineer Battalion
13th Canadian Brigade
43rd Infantry Division
3rd Australian Division
2/9th Armoured Regiment
24th Infantry Division
2nd Australian Division
5th USMC Tank Battalion
II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
104th Combat Engineer Regiment
14th Canadian Brigade
181st USAAF Base Force
233rd USN Base Force
71st RAAF Wing
12th RAAF Base Force
III US Amphib Corps
161st USA Base Force
95th Coast AA Regiment
18th USN Naval Construction Battalion
98th Field Artillery Battalion
165th Field Artillery Battalion
149th USA Base Force
159th USA Base Force
228th USN Base Force
93rd Coast AA Regiment
114th USAAF Base Force
209th Field Artillery Battalion
1st RAAF Base Force
81st RAAF Wing
163rd USA Base Force
V US Amphib Force
162nd USA Base Force
XX US Bomber Cmnd

Defending units:
Babeldoap Naval Fortress
12th Division
46th Division
4th Guards Division
22nd Special Base Force
60th Fld AA Bn /1
8th Base Force
30th Special Base Force /1






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Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 62,74

Japanese Ships
TK Taijima Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
TK Shiyo Maru
TK Hachijin Maru
SC Ch 35

Allied Ships
SS Grunion



SS Grunion launches 6 torpedoes at TK Taijima Maru
Grunion bottoming out ....
SC Ch 35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

didn´t expect much action today after bleeding the IJ airforce on Luzon the last two days so sinking this tanker near Cam Ranh Bay probably is a highlight already... amazing to me that there are still ships being sent into this area...

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Morning Air attack on Legaspi , at 82,82

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 25
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 27



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 6000 feet
14 x J2M3 Jack sweeping at 6000 feet

could have expected these strikes on Legaspi though, so sending the CVE fleet into the hex to put up 500 Hellcats could have resulted in lots more easy kills...

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Morning Air attack on Legaspi , at 82,82

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 32
J2M3 Jack x 11



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
32 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet



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Morning Air attack on Legaspi , at 82,82

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 15
Ki-48-IIc Lily x 27
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 27



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIc Lily: 1 damaged
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 damaged


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


Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 52

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-48-IIc Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb
27 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Namlea , at 76,108

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 57
F4U-1 Corsair x 10


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 40

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

supression attacks...

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Morning Air attack on Namlea , at 76,108

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12


No Allied losses



Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Babeldoap Naval Fortress, at 90,97 (Babeldaob)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 9
Beaufighter VIc x 4
P-40K Warhawk x 5
SBD-5 Dauntless x 54


Allied aircraft losses
SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
3 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
11 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 12th Division ...
Also attacking 60th Fld AA Bn /1 ...
Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ...
Also attacking 12th Division ...
Also attacking 60th Fld AA Bn /1 ...
Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ...
Also attacking 12th Division ...
Also attacking 60th Fld AA Bn /1 ...
Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ...
Also attacking 12th Division ...
Also attacking 60th Fld AA Bn /1 ...

moved SBD to Babeldaob to help the ground troops to finish off the remaining enemy units at some point but the SBD are absolutely rookies when it comes down to ground attacks... if you can hit a moving ship, could you also hit a immobile ground target? don´t get me wrong, I love the skills that were implemented in AE...

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Afternoon Air attack on Babo , at 83,111

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 18


No Allied losses



Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 630 troops, 56 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 3020

Defending force 15104 troops, 223 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 264

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



Assaulting units:
II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
104th Combat Engineer Regiment
2nd Australian Division
38th Infantry Division
763rd Tank Battalion
24th Infantry Division
5th USMC Tank Battalion
43rd Infantry Division
3rd Australian Division
32nd Infantry Division
2/9th Armoured Regiment
110th Combat Engineer Battalion
40th Infantry Division
13th Canadian Brigade
2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
14th Canadian Brigade
228th USN Base Force
93rd Coast AA Regiment
181st USAAF Base Force
165th Field Artillery Battalion
V US Amphib Force
98th Field Artillery Battalion
18th USN Naval Construction Battalion
149th USA Base Force
163rd USA Base Force
209th Field Artillery Battalion
1st RAAF Base Force
81st RAAF Wing
12th RAAF Base Force
71st RAAF Wing
95th Coast AA Regiment
162nd USA Base Force
161st USA Base Force
159th USA Base Force
III US Amphib Corps
233rd USN Base Force
114th USAAF Base Force
XX US Bomber Cmnd

Defending units:
12th Division
Babeldoap Naval Fortress
46th Division
4th Guards Division
8th Base Force
22nd Special Base Force
60th Fld AA Bn /1
30th Special Base Force /1

the ongoing deliberate attacks here have really racked up disablements, disruption and fatigue within our units, this fight here turns out to be WITP style as the enemy just refuses to give up...

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ASW attack near Catanduanes at 84,79

Japanese Ships
DD Hatakaze
DD Tatsukaze
DD Hokaze

Allied Ships
SS Shad



SS Shad is sighted by escort
DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

that´s alerting as Shad is on station East of Luzon to cover the approach to Legaspi as I´m expecting Rainer to use some heavy surface assets to engage my fleet when it starts to unload at Legaspi, at least that´s what I would do in this situation...

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Sub attack near Quinhon at 66,71

Japanese Ships
TK Shiyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires
SC Ch 25
SC Ch 17
TK Hachijin Maru
SC Ch 35

Allied Ships
SS Tarpon, hits 11, on fire, heavy damage



SS Tarpon launches 2 torpedoes at TK Shiyo Maru
Tarpon diving deep ....
SC Ch 35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 35 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 35 attacking submerged sub ....
Sounds of submarine breaking up detected!
Escort abandons search for sub

the tanker is set on fire but the sub is sunk by the lonely subchaser... well done little ship...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Legaspi at 82,82, Range 4,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Hatakaze
DD Oite
DD Asanagi
DD Hokaze
DD Tatsukaze

Allied Ships
PT-235
PT-236
PT-473
PT-523
PT-550
PT-551



Poor visibility due to Thunderstorms with 50% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 50% moonlight: 2,000 yards
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
Range closes to 4,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 4,000 yards
DD Hatakaze engages PT-550 at 4,000 yards
DD Hatakaze engages PT-523 at 4,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
DD Tatsukaze engages PT-551 at 2,000 yards
DD Hokaze engages PT-523 at 2,000 yards
DD Asanagi engages PT-551 at 2,000 yards
DD Oite engages PT-523 at 2,000 yards
DD Hatakaze engages PT-551 at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 6,000 yards
DD Hokaze engages PT-523 at 6,000 yards
DD Asanagi engages PT-523 at 6,000 yards
DD Hatakaze engages PT-551 at 6,000 yards
Range increases to 8,000 yards
DD Tatsukaze engages PT-551 at 8,000 yards
DD Hokaze engages PT-523 at 8,000 yards
DD Oite engages PT-551 at 8,000 yards
Task forces break off...

I haven´t got transports at Legaspi yet and all the enemy engages are my PT...

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Catanduanes at 82,81, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Hatakaze
DD Oite
DD Asanagi
DD Hokaze
DD Tatsukaze

Allied Ships
PT-235, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
PT-236
PT-473, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
PT-523
PT-550, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
PT-551



Poor visibility due to Thunderstorms
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms: 3,000 yards
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
Range closes to 4,000 yards...
Range closes to 2,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
PT-550 sunk by DD Hokaze at 2,000 yards
DD Asanagi engages PT-523 at 2,000 yards
PT-473 engages DD Hokaze at 2,000 yards
PT-235 engages DD Hokaze at 2,000 yards
PT-473 sunk by DD Tatsukaze at 2,000 yards
DD Asanagi engages PT-235 at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 4,000 yards
DD Hokaze engages PT-523 at 4,000 yards
DD Asanagi engages PT-235 at 4,000 yards
DD Tatsukaze engages PT-235 at 4,000 yards
DD Hatakaze engages PT-235 at 4,000 yards
Range increases to 5,000 yards
DD Asanagi engages PT-551 at 5,000 yards
DD Tatsukaze engages PT-235 at 5,000 yards
Range increases to 8,000 yards
DD Tatsukaze engages PT-523 at 8,000 yards
DD Tatsukaze engages PT-523 at 8,000 yards
PT-235 sunk by DD Asanagi at 8,000 yards
Task forces break off...

unfortunately the routine for retreating task forces still is more than wonky as the retreating TFs still retreat exactly into the direction the enemy TF is moving out during the day, which means the retreating TFs then again end up in a surface combat... it was enhanced early on but it´s only become slightly better...

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Catanduanes at 82,81, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Hatakaze
DD Oite
DD Asanagi
DD Hokaze
DD Tatsukaze

Allied Ships
PT-485, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
PT-486
PT-487
PT-488, Shell hits 1
PT-533
PT-534, Shell hits 4, and is sunk



Reduced visibility due to Thunderstorms
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms: 3,000 yards
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
Range closes to 4,000 yards...
Range closes to 2,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
DD Tatsukaze engages PT-534 at 2,000 yards
DD Hokaze engages PT-534 at 2,000 yards
DD Asanagi engages PT-534 at 2,000 yards
PT-534 engages DD Oite at 2,000 yards
DD Tatsukaze engages PT-486 at 2,000 yards
PT-485 engages DD Tatsukaze at 2,000 yards
PT-534 sunk by DD Tatsukaze at 2,000 yards
DD Tatsukaze engages PT-533 at 2,000 yards
DD Asanagi engages PT-488 at 2,000 yards
DD Hokaze engages PT-486 at 2,000 yards
PT-485 sunk by DD Tatsukaze at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 3,000 yards
DD Tatsukaze engages PT-488 at 3,000 yards
PT-488 engages DD Asanagi at 3,000 yards
DD Asanagi engages PT-486 at 3,000 yards
Range increases to 7,000 yards
DD Tatsukaze engages PT-486 at 7,000 yards
DD Hokaze engages PT-486 at 7,000 yards
DD Oite engages PT-488 at 7,000 yards
DD Hatakaze engages PT-486 at 7,000 yards
Range increases to 9,000 yards
DD Tatsukaze engages PT-533 at 9,000 yards
DD Asanagi engages PT-488 at 9,000 yards
DD Oite engages PT-533 at 9,000 yards
Jude, S.O. orders Allied TF to disengage
Task forces break off...

it would have been better to not retreat at all because it´s far easier to kill ships during the day than during the night and the retreat means ending up in a fight during the day... amazingly enough that the retreat is exactly into the same direction as the move of the enemy when there are enough other directions to retreat to...

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Sub attack near Quinhon at 68,71

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 35

Allied Ships
SS Scamp



SS Scamp launches 4 torpedoes
SC Ch 35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Cebu , at 80,86

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 11
F6F-5 Hellcat x 4


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet
4 x F6F-5 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet

yeah, carriers ended up in range of LBA targets...

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Morning Air attack on Legaspi , at 82,82

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 40,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 15



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *



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Morning Air attack on Bacolod , at 79,85

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes


Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 89
F6F-5 Hellcat x 5


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
10 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 30000 feet
10 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 30000 feet
10 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 30000 feet
5 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet
5 x F6F-5 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet
5 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet
4 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet
4 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 20000 feet
4 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 20000 feet
5 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 20000 feet
4 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet
4 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 20000 feet
4 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet
4 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet
4 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet
6 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 20000 feet
6 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 20000 feet

you just got to love that stupidity...

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Morning Air attack on Legaspi , at 82,82

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 43,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 12



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet



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Morning Air attack on Bacolod , at 79,85

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 4
Hellcat I x 6
F6F-3 Hellcat x 17
F6F-5 Hellcat x 4


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 20000 feet
4 x F6F-5 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet
4 x Corsair II sweeping at 15000 feet
6 x Hellcat I sweeping at 20000 feet
4 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 20000 feet
4 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet
4 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet

considering that you got at least two more error messages for each fragment of fighters showing up you don´t have to wonder why you watch 3 minutes of error messages... and it´s 100% consistent that carrier based fighters TRY and FAIL to escort LBA strikes... heck, must be hard to find that out...

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Morning Air attack on Bacolod , at 79,85

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 4


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet



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WOW! Now something that REALLY surprised me!




Morning Air attack on Seattle , at 212,52

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 74
B6N2 Jill x 33
B7A2 Grace x 33
D4Y2 Judy x 70
D4Y3 Judy x 23



Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2 Jill: 3 damaged
B7A2 Grace: 4 damaged
D4Y2 Judy: 11 damaged
D4Y3 Judy: 4 damaged



ô hits 12
hits 5
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 16

what is left of the IJN carrier force was sent to the US West Coast to bomb Seattle´s B-29 and B-17 plants which caught me totally by surprise of course as that´s more or less one of the last things I would do with my carriers at this stage. Nice morale boost for the enemy but in fact it´s not worth a single ac lost nor all the fuel spent for the journey... both factories are hit hard, report is bugged again but neither the B-29 nor the B-17 factory was producing already so it only means some strategic points for the Japanese and as soon as the factories start producing they´re also going to be repaired of course... in real life it would have been quite a mess if the IJN would bomb factories in Seattle but in the game I won´t feel any effect... I definately preferre this over a convoy being sunk, no matter if a small or big one... KB probably slipped through North of Hawaii and the question now is what the enemy is going to do, keep on bombing some time or trying to catch some convoys further South, nothing of importance in range within the next 7-10 days... all the fighter squadrons on training on the West Coast are set to Cap now of course but I seriously doubt Rainer would dare to bomb SF, LA or San Diego...

it nevertheless was a nice surprise, even though I would have rather tried to do some convoy raiding in the South Pacific... also good to know that the remaining carriers can´t join a LBA attack on my fleet near Luzon, 200+ less aircraft to worry about... I´ve told Rainer a carrier fleet has set sail already and is trying to intercept KB´s remnants but of course not a single carrier is sent out as this IJN force is just too unimportant to send out 5 or 6 carriers to hunt them down, I´m staying focussed on Luzon and the overall plan, that´s what I´ve done since day one of the war and every distraction only costs us material and time...

note that KB launched an airstrike at 10 hexes... balloons were deadly today, flak did as usual not a lot - not that Seattle would be a flak trap - while a dozen bombers were lost to balloons...



Aircraft Attacking:
24 x D4Y2 Judy bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 1 x 500 kg GP Bomb
18 x B7A2 Grace bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
26 x D4Y2 Judy bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 1 x 500 kg GP Bomb
18 x B6N2 Jill bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
20 x D4Y2 Judy bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 1 x 500 kg GP Bomb
15 x B6N2 Jill bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
23 x D4Y3 Judy bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 1 x 500 kg GP Bomb
15 x B7A2 Grace bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Legaspi , at 82,82

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 15
A6M5b Zero x 12
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15
Ki-48-IIc Lily x 27



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 21
Port hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
27 x Ki-48-IIc Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 4th Guards Division, at 90,97 (Babeldaob)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 4
Beaufighter VIc x 1
P-40K Warhawk x 10
SBD-5 Dauntless x 60


Allied aircraft losses
SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 damaged

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



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
3 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
5 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
7 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
3 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
7 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
3 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
10 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
3 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 8th Base Force ...
Also attacking 30th Special Base Force /1 ...
Also attacking 22nd Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 4th Guards Division ...
Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ...
Also attacking 4th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 30th Special Base Force /1 ...
Also attacking 4th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 30th Special Base Force /1 ...
Also attacking 4th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 30th Special Base Force /1 ...


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Morning Air attack on 4th Guards Division, at 90,97 (Babeldaob)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 1
P-40K Warhawk x 1
SBD-5 Dauntless x 12


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
1 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
7 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Bacolod , at 79,85

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 30
P-38J Lightning x 9
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 22
F4U-1A Corsair x 6
PV-1 Ventura x 30


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 7 damaged

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



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 45

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

the LBA strikes that my carrier based fighters tried to escort...

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Morning Air attack on Babo , at 83,111

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 24


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged



Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Bacolod , at 79,85

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes


Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 17
PV-1 Ventura x 9


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Bacolod , at 79,85

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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


Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 7
P-38J Lightning x 9
PV-1 Ventura x 9


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 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 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Cebu , at 80,86

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 78


Allied aircraft losses
B-25H Mitchell: 3 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 15
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 141

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



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Morning Air attack on Cebu , at 80,86

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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


Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 12


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 8

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



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Morning Air attack on Cebu , at 80,86

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 20

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



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Afternoon Air attack on Legaspi , at 82,82

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 48 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 15
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 27



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 6000 feet
15 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet *

going to ambush these strikes in the next days...

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Afternoon Air attack on Legaspi , at 82,82

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 27



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 3 damaged


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


Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Legaspi , at 82,82

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 41,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 32



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
32 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet



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Sub attack near Quinhon at 69,71

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 35

Allied Ships
SS Sunfish



Captain of SS Sunfish elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
Sunfish diving deep ....
SC Ch 35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 70515 troops, 1509 guns, 1626 vehicles, Assault Value = 3058

Defending force 15112 troops, 219 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 265

Allied adjusted assault: 1437

Japanese adjusted defense: 103

Allied assault odds: 13 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
1221 casualties reported
Squads: 60 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 39 destroyed, 26 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
280 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)


Assaulting units:
II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
3rd Australian Division
40th Infantry Division
2/9th Armoured Regiment
38th Infantry Division
104th Combat Engineer Regiment
763rd Tank Battalion
24th Infantry Division
13th Canadian Brigade
32nd Infantry Division
5th USMC Tank Battalion
2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
2nd Australian Division
110th Combat Engineer Battalion
43rd Infantry Division
14th Canadian Brigade
162nd USA Base Force
93rd Coast AA Regiment
149th USA Base Force
98th Field Artillery Battalion
161st USA Base Force
18th USN Naval Construction Battalion
181st USAAF Base Force
81st RAAF Wing
233rd USN Base Force
95th Coast AA Regiment
71st RAAF Wing
1st RAAF Base Force
209th Field Artillery Battalion
159th USA Base Force
III US Amphib Corps
228th USN Base Force
163rd USA Base Force
V US Amphib Force
165th Field Artillery Battalion
12th RAAF Base Force
114th USAAF Base Force
XX US Bomber Cmnd

Defending units:
46th Division
Babeldoap Naval Fortress
12th Division
4th Guards Division
8th Base Force
60th Fld AA Bn /1
22nd Special Base Force
30th Special Base Force /1






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Sub attack near Iba at 73,71

Japanese Ships
TK Sanju Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
SC Ch 17
TK Hachijin Maru
SC Ch 35

Allied Ships
SS Searaven



SS Searaven launches 4 torpedoes at TK Sanju Maru
Searaven diving deep ....
SC Ch 35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

a tanker a day keeps the Japanese away...

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Morning Air attack on Legaspi , at 82,82

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 16 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 27



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 6000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Legaspi , at 82,82

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 32



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
32 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet

Rainer stubbornly keeps flying these strikes, our carriers have been ordered to go into position tomorrow to end them the hard way...

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Morning Air attack on 22nd Special Base Force, at 90,97 (Babeldaob)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 14


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Beaufighter Ic sweeping at 25000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Legaspi , at 82,82

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 14
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 14
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 15
Ki-48-IIc Lily x 27



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-48-IIc Lily: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged


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


Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 9
Port hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-48-IIc Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb
14 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

I really can´t see the reason for these attacks, they don´t do much damage and our eng units really don´t care about a couple of damage points on the airfield or port as both are increasing nicely...

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Morning Air attack on Legaspi , at 82,82

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 27



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged


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


Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 22nd Special Base Force, at 90,97 (Babeldaob)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 10
SBD-5 Dauntless x 72


Allied aircraft losses
SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 damaged

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



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
3 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
1 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
3 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
11 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
10 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
6 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
11 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 4th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 30th Special Base Force /1 ...
Also attacking 4th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 8th Base Force ...
Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ...
Also attacking 22nd Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 30th Special Base Force /1 ...
Also attacking 22nd Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 30th Special Base Force /1 ...
Also attacking 22nd Special Base Force ...
Also attacking 30th Special Base Force /1 ...


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Morning Air attack on TF, near Iba at 75,71

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 4


Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
TK Hachijin Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage


Aircraft Attacking:
4 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb


and a second tanker sent to hell today...

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Morning Air attack on Babo , at 83,111

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 24


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 37

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Hamamatsu , at 111,61

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 12
A6M2 Zero x 3
A6M5d-S Zero x 6
J1N1-S Irving x 11
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 11
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 4



Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 65


Japanese aircraft losses
A5M4 Claude: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged



Nakajima Ha-45 hits 15

the enemy uses KB to bomb our factories in Seattle, we use our B-29 based in China to bomb an important engine factory at Hamamatsu where our bombers are only engaged by second class fighters that mostly seem to leak in from other hexes... Rainer has to highly increase fighter numbers over his important industrial areas, otherwise they´re going to be bombed to dust... every base with more than 50+ first class fighters is a no go for our bombers as losses would be dramatically increasing at this long range and the way strikes are modelled... while the strike modelling seems to be a bigger problem than the range...

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
Yokosuka Ku S-1 with A5M4 Claude (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes
302 Ku S-2 with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes
S-804 Hikotai with A6M5d-S Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes
S-902 Hikotai with J1N1-S Irving (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
244th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(11 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 11 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
Temp.Fight.Chutai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (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 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes
Hiyo-1 with A6M2 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 16000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes

either Hiyo is still afloat or these Zeroes were saved... I guess Hiyo is in Tokyo´s yard, otherwise the Zero unit would show up as a fragment of the original unit IMO...

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Afternoon Air attack on Hamamatsu , at 111,61

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 6
A6M2 Zero x 2
A6M5d-S Zero x 3
J1N1-S Irving x 3
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 4



Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 21


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 4 damaged



Nakajima Ha-45 hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
244th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (12 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
12 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
Temp.Fight.Chutai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
Yokosuka Ku S-1 with A5M4 Claude (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 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 to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 111 minutes
302 Ku S-2 with J1N1-S Irving (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
S-804 Hikotai with A6M5d-S Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 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 41 minutes
Hiyo-1 with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Raid is overhead

first wave was only 65 instead of 165 bombers today so I´ve hoped for well balanced waves today... seeing follow on waves with two dozen bombers each is definately a step forward than the silly 6-9 bombers per wave we´re used to... two dozen are enough to at least put up a fight with the fighters, anything smaller is usually badly shot up with the bombers dropping out of the sky on the way home...

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Afternoon Air attack on Hamamatsu , at 111,61

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 3
A6M2 Zero x 2
A6M5d-S Zero x 2
J1N1-S Irving x 1
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 2



Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 24


Japanese aircraft losses
A5M4 Claude: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 3 damaged



Nakajima Ha-45 hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
Hiyo-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
302 Ku S-2 with J1N1-S Irving (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 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
Temp.Fight.Chutai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
Yokosuka Ku S-1 with A5M4 Claude (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 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 36 minutes
S-804 Hikotai with A6M5d-S Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
244th 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 10000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 71 minutes



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Afternoon Air attack on Hamamatsu , at 111,61

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1
A6M5d-S Zero x 1
J1N1-S Irving x 1
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 1



Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 18


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed




Nakajima Ha-45 hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
Hiyo-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes
302 Ku S-2 with J1N1-S Irving (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 10000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
S-804 Hikotai with A6M5d-S Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes
Temp.Fight.Chutai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (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 10000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes



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Afternoon Air attack on Hamamatsu , at 111,61

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5d-S Zero x 1



Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 12


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5d-S Zero: 1 destroyed




Nakajima Ha-45 hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
S-804 Hikotai with A6M5d-S 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 6000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes

the waves got smaller and smaller but thank god the enemy had no real air defense in the hex... I´ve already been heavily thinking about strategic attacks at night but while I would want to focus on strategic attacks it may well lead to a tactical airwar in the night only as Rainer could well launch lots of airfield attacks at night, my response would be massed heavy and medium bomber strikes against his airfields at night... you now how this would go on... and I´m not really a fan of night bombings of ports and airfields... but as soon as I run into stiff fighter defense over Japan, my B-29 won´t have another possibility than to attack during the night... hit rate probably will go down by 90%+ but so will the loss rate which could lead to more than one B-29 attack a month... even when B-29 replacements are going up to 40 or more bombers a month I´m not willing to accept a 20% loss rate during my daylight attacks as the historical replacement rate can´t keep up with such a loss rate, let alone the problem that losing a 80+ grd bomb skilled crew is nearly irreplacably...

if there´s no opposition or one like today our B-29 attacks are absolutely devastating though, no loss within the bombers but the factory is down to roughly 50% output...





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Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 70751 troops, 1509 guns, 1638 vehicles, Assault Value = 3073

Defending force 14194 troops, 219 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 251

Allied adjusted assault: 1507

Japanese adjusted defense: 89

Allied assault odds: 16 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
591 casualties reported
Squads: 33 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 59 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
247 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Assaulting units:
40th Infantry Division
763rd Tank Battalion
13th Canadian Brigade
43rd Infantry Division
110th Combat Engineer Battalion
2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
24th Infantry Division
2/9th Armoured Regiment
38th Infantry Division
3rd Australian Division
32nd Infantry Division
5th USMC Tank Battalion
104th Combat Engineer Regiment
II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
2nd Australian Division
14th Canadian Brigade
161st USA Base Force
71st RAAF Wing
181st USAAF Base Force
V US Amphib Force
149th USA Base Force
209th Field Artillery Battalion
95th Coast AA Regiment
165th Field Artillery Battalion
114th USAAF Base Force
159th USA Base Force
233rd USN Base Force
III US Amphib Corps
163rd USA Base Force
98th Field Artillery Battalion
162nd USA Base Force
93rd Coast AA Regiment
12th RAAF Base Force
81st RAAF Wing
228th USN Base Force
1st RAAF Base Force
18th USN Naval Construction Battalion
XX US Bomber Cmnd

Defending units:
46th Division
Babeldoap Naval Fortress
12th Division
4th Guards Division
60th Fld AA Bn /1
22nd Special Base Force
8th Base Force
30th Special Base Force /1


still got problem to figure out why the enemy is still fighting here and isn´t whiped out... we´re not even causing the casualties you could expect from such a force attacking a broken enemy...



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