GreyJoy
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July 16, 17, 18 19 1944 After the tragedy of the first Tokyo Raid, our air force rested for the 16th and the 17th, but on the 18th it took off another time to slap Japan in its face. Target were the Frank and Tony factories at Hammamatsu... We arrived well coordinated (a part for some stragglers on the 18th) and we delivered a very stiff blow. Rader had more than 500 fighters on CAP but once again it really seems that, when big battles are concerned, CAP (on both sides) is less than effective....our bombers penetrated the enemy fighter shield like a warm knife into a butter block...very few losses and, after two days, 51 more Franks and 71 more Ki-100s are out of the equation... Think there's something wrong in the system.... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 18, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hamamatsu , at 111,61 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 59 A6M5 Zero x 141 A6M5c Zero x 16 A7M2 Sam x 45 N1K1-J George x 32 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 5 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 173 Ki-84a Frank x 17 Ki-102b Randy x 33 Allied aircraft Liberator B.III x 12 Liberator B.VI x 41 B-24D1 Liberator x 23 B-24J Liberator x 90 B-29-1 Superfort x 67 P-38J Lightning x 28 P-51B Mustang x 37 F4U-1 Corsair x 30 F4U-1A Corsair x 66 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 45 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Liberator B.III: 1 damaged Liberator B.VI: 2 damaged B-24D1 Liberator: 4 damaged B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged P-51B Mustang: 1 destroyed F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank factory hits 17 Ki-100-I Tony factory hits 22 Ki-83 factory hits 2 CAP engaged: S-302 Kokutai with N1K1-J George (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 31000 Raid is overhead S-309 Hikotai with A6M5c Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes Ominato Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (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 31000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes 254 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (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 31000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes 261 Ku S-2 with N1K1-J George (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 31000 Raid is overhead 265 Ku S-2 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 10 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes 10 planes vectored on to bombers 331 Ku S-1 with A6M5c Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes 343 Ku S-2 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes S-351 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (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 31000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers 1001 Ku U-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 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 7 minutes S-311 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes S-407 Hikotai with A6M3a Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 10 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes Sasebo Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 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 9 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers Kaga-1 with A6M5 Zero (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 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes 13 planes vectored on to bombers Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 10 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 26000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers Shokaku-1 with A7M2 Sam (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 31000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes Ryujo-1 with A6M5 Zero (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 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes Junyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 6 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers Zuiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (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 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes Ryuho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 13 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes 5 planes vectored on to bombers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hamamatsu , at 111,61 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 52 A6M5 Zero x 132 A6M5c Zero x 11 A7M2 Sam x 41 N1K1-J George x 24 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 5 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 166 Ki-84a Frank x 14 Ki-102b Randy x 33 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 B-29-1 Superfort x 6 F4U-1A Corsair x 10 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed B-29-1 Superfort: 4 destroyed F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hamamatsu , at 111,61 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 45 A6M5 Zero x 120 A6M5c Zero x 8 A7M2 Sam x 38 N1K1-J George x 20 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 5 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 141 Ki-84a Frank x 11 Ki-102b Randy x 30 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 9 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 220 P-51B Mustang x 2 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3a Zero: 2 destroyed A6M5 Zero: 4 destroyed A6M5c Zero: 1 destroyed A7M2 Sam: 2 destroyed N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 7 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed Ki-102b Randy: 5 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 19, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hamamatsu , at 111,61 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 49 A6M5 Zero x 131 A6M5c Zero x 35 A7M2 Sam x 49 J2M3 Jack x 2 N1K1-J George x 24 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 134 Ki-84a Frank x 16 Ki-102b Randy x 19 Allied aircraft Liberator B.III x 13 Liberator B.VI x 39 B-24D1 Liberator x 18 B-24J Liberator x 81 B-29-1 Superfort x 66 P-38J Lightning x 29 P-51B Mustang x 40 F4U-1 Corsair x 28 F4U-1A Corsair x 71 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 44 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5c Zero: 2 destroyed A7M2 Sam: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Liberator B.III: 1 damaged Liberator B.VI: 1 damaged B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged B-29-1 Superfort: 3 damaged P-51B Mustang: 1 destroyed F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed Ki-100-I Tony factory hits 13 Ki-83 factory hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hamamatsu , at 111,61 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 40 A6M5 Zero x 108 A6M5c Zero x 28 A7M2 Sam x 46 J2M3 Jack x 1 N1K1-J George x 12 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 116 Ki-84a Frank x 10 Ki-102b Randy x 18 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 9 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 189 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed A6M5 Zero: 8 destroyed A6M5c Zero: 2 destroyed A7M2 Sam: 1 destroyed J2M3 Jack: 1 destroyed N1K1-J George: 2 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 6 destroyed Ki-102b Randy: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed
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