Cap Mandrake
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Joined: 11/15/2002 From: Southern California Status: offline
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Attack on ground troops at Manira. In the end, there is no LYB attack at Manira today. The B-24's are 8x as effective as Wichita. Morning Air attack on 19th Division, at 79,77 (Manila) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-61-Ia Tony x 1 Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 20 B-24D1 Liberator x 9 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged B-24D1 Liberator: 4 damaged Japanese ground losses: 84 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Afternoon attack near Laoag. Is Kirishima detached? I seriously doubt it. Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Laoag at 79,70 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 50 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 1 P-40K Warhawk x 9 SBD-3 Dauntless x 11 Allied aircraft losses SBD-3 Dauntless: 10 damaged Japanese Ships BB Kirishima Aircraft Attacking: 1 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 10 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb Troopships or a suppry convoy at Aparri. The have a good CAP. We have Hellcats. We win. Note these boys flew right over Kirishima. Must be croudy. Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Aparri at 82,73 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 3 Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 20 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 5 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 10 F6F-3 Hellcat x 12 SBD-3 Dauntless x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ia Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses SBD-3 Dauntless: 4 damaged Japanese Ships xAP Kashima Maru xAP Ussuri Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Utide Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAK Syunko Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire It does appear Ushio is damaged badly enough to be detached. The Oceanic White Tips close in. A staff hack remembered to change the TBF's to bomb load-outs (no torps at Iba) but forgot to cahnge attack altitude....so they glide bomb at 5000 ft. Fortuantely there isn't much AAA. Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Laoag at 81,69 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft SBD-3 Dauntless x 2 No Allied losses Japanese Ships DD Ushio, Bomb hits 1, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 2 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Laoag at 81,69 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 13 TBF-1 Avenger x 5 Allied aircraft losses TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships DD Ushio, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage Oh wait! Ushio is "not dead yet" and she has friends. In fact, USS Porpoise ends her "porpoise-driven life".* Sub attack near Laoag at 81,69 Japanese Ships DD Suzukaze DD Hayashio DD Ushio, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Porpoise, hits 12, and is sunk * Used without permission from ALSP.
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