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******************************* 17 JAN 43 **********************************
The day begins with Allied aircraft sweeping Rangoon ...
Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 15 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 19
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 17
Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 22
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 3 destroyed
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 2 destroyed
No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 7
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 7
Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 21
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 5
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2
Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 22
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 55 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 1
Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 9
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
The usual 1 -2 planes crashing on landing and operational losses . but only 6 Oscars down and no Tojo's .
We bomb Prome ..
Morning Air attack on 74th Infantry Regiment, at 55,50 (Prome)
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 64
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
340 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 38 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Afternoon Air attack on 74th Infantry Regiment, at 55,50 (Prome)
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 4
Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 28
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Morning Air attack on 58th Infantry Regiment, at 55,50 (Prome)
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 32
Wellington Ic x 32
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
100 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Morning Air attack on 55th Division, at 55,50 (Prome)
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
Vengeance I x 48
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
246 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Morning Air attack on 55th Division, at 55,50 (Prome)
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
Allied aircraft
Beaufort I x 12
Kittyhawk IA x 10
Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort I: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Morning Air attack on 2nd RTA Division, at 55,50 (Prome)
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
Vengeance I x 12
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on 2nd RTA Division, at 55,50 (Prome)
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 36
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
102 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
For some reason we hit Kwajalein Island:
Afternoon Air attack on Maizuru 2nd SNLF, at 132,115 (Kwajalein Island)
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 16
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
And of course Jaluit ..
Morning Air attack on 61st Naval Guard Unit, at 134,120 (Jaluit)
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 46
B-17F Fortress x 22
LB-30 Liberator x 3
B-24D Liberator x 63
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 12
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
525 casualties reported
Squads: 37 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 72 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 17 (7 destroyed, 10 disabled)
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Morning Air attack on 61st Naval Guard Unit, at 134,120 (Jaluit)
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 12
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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Morning Air attack on 61st Naval Guard Unit, at 134,120 (Jaluit)
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 17
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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Morning Air attack on 61st Naval Guard Unit, at 134,120 (Jaluit)
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 10
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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Morning Air attack on 61st Naval Guard Unit, at 134,120 (Jaluit)
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 8
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 61st Naval Guard Unit, at 134,120 (Jaluit)
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 9
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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Morning Air attack on 61st Naval Guard Unit, at 134,120 (Jaluit)
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Note the squads destroyed vs. disabled ..
Submarines:
SS-46 decides to have it out with the Arizama Maru on the surface! 
Sub attack near Cape Gloucester at 102,123
Japanese Ships
xAKL Arizama Maru, Shell hits 18, heavy fires
Allied Ships
SS S-46, hits 9, on fire
The Skipjack bags one .. 
Sub attack near Ominato at 120,55
Japanese Ships
xAK Jinshu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
PB Menado Maru
Allied Ships
SS Skipjack
SS Skipjack launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Jinshu Maru
Sinking sounds soon threafter ..
Two more encouters that are cold ..
ASW attack near Treasury Islands at 108,133
Japanese Ships
DD Yugumo
CA Haguro
CA Tone
DD Sazanami
DD Inazuma
Allied Ships
SS S-34
SS S-34 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Yugumo
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ASW attack near Mili at 137,122
Japanese Ships
SS I-19
Allied Ships
SC PC-1077
SC PC-582
SS I-19 is sighted by escort
More later ..
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RE: The Allies Take the Offense - 
here are no Betty's to attack us ..but we will probably get our arses handed to us .. but maybe we can hurt a BB or two .. setting the IJN back here .. 
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