Captain Cruft
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Joined: 3/17/2004 From: England Status: offline
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15 Sep 1943 A day of minor pleasures in the Marshalls. The two Rex groups now have 21 kills between them. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 15, 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 48 encounters mine field at Kwajalein Island (132,115) Allied Ships DMS Trevor 26 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Roi-Namur , at 132,114 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft P1Y1 Frances x 14 Allied aircraft no flights No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 3 damaged F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed on ground SBD-5 Dauntless: 4 damaged F4U-1 Corsair: 7 damaged PBY-5A Catalina: 1 damaged Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x P1Y1 Frances bombing from 7000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Roi-Namur , at 132,114 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft P1Y1 Frances x 13 Japanese aircraft losses P1Y1 Frances: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 13 x P1Y1 Frances bombing from 7000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 48 encounters mine field at Kwajalein Island (132,115) Allied Ships DMS Zane, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Jaluit at 133,120 Japanese Ships SS I-170 Allied Ships AKA Mercury, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage AKA Mercury is sighted by SS I-170 SS I-170 launches 2 torpedoes at AKA Mercury -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 7th JNAF Coy , at 131,114 (Ebadon) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1 Rex x 6 Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 5 SBD-5 Dauntless x 23 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses SBD-5 Dauntless: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 3 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 7 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 452 Ku S-1 with N1K1 Rex (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 20000 Raid is overhead 802 Ku S-1 with N1K1 Rex (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 20000 Raid is overhead Also attacking 9th JNAF Coy ... Also attacking 7th JNAF Coy ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Jaluit at 133,120 Japanese Ships SS I-170 Allied Ships AKA Mercury, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage SS I-170 launches 2 torpedoes
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