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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake *******October 28, 1942************ Oz: JJ had a group with heavy escort and possibly at least one troopship 240 N of PH, heading SW. We sent a 3 DD group in toward PH as scout/ASW and a heavy bombardment force (South Dakota and North Carolina) behind them. The DD force ran into Hyuga and escorts and did well. Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Hedland at 57,128, Range 8,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Hyuga, Shell hits 1 DD Suzukaze, Shell hits 1 DD Oite, Shell hits 1 DD Shiokaze, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Yukaze DD Sanae Allied Ships DD Shaw, Shell hits 2 DD Isaac Sweers DD Fortune The bombardment group either got cold feet or stopped for some fishing and did not reach PH. Instead they got hit by Vals and Kates (probably from Broome). North Carolina was hit by 4 bombs but appears only lightly damaged. The LRCAP of P-38's from Carnavon was only 3 aircraft. Mutsu and Furutaka appear to be guarding a transport group with some minelayers. This group was hit by B-25's from Meekathara and Hudsons from Carnavon. One minelayer was hit. Raids on LYB ground troops at PH caused hundreds of casualties but a planned raid of all the B-17's on Broome got scrubbed. Wyndham was hit fairly well by B-24's. Also, on the 27th, a Jap CV group was spotted by Admiral Lord Sprior 600 m West of Perth. You are aware of the restrictions in USAAF (or IJAAF) air units flying LRCAP over naval units, right? Count on them providing miserable coverage if you use them in this capacity. I'm pretty sure this reduced effectiveness is only when flying LRCAP over CV TF's. Pretend I've read the manual but have a memory leak.
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