Cap Mandrake
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Joined: 11/15/2002 From: Southern California Status: offline
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Cagayan/Butuan (Mindanao): ****! Damn yellow-skinned vermin! I can't even remember what these ships were doing at Cagayan. I think they were just unloading some supplies for the heavy bombers. Where did they get all these damned fighters from all of a sudden? Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 108 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 31 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 2 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 13 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 12 Allied aircraft Martlet II x 16 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Martlet II: 1 destroyed Allied Ships xAP Elihu Thomson, Bomb hits 1, on fire AKE Dorothy Luckenbach, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AVP Fazant, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage AE Lassen, Bomb hits 1, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 8000 feet * Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb I was worried that JJ might spot our two damaged CVE's at Butuan. There was a Corsair squadron at Butuan to cover them. The Corsairs got moved up to cover the ships at Aparri. Of course, they pick THIS turn to do a port attack at Butuan. Only 16 Martlets trying to cover both Cagayan and Butuan. It's like Phirripine whack-a-mole and we are the mole. Morning Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-IIa Lily x 13 Allied aircraft Martlet II x 2 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Allied Ships CVE Nassau, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires Port hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 5000 feet * Port Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb These Herens were hunting the CVE's as well...but missed. Morning Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIa Helen x 21 Allied aircraft Martlet II x 2 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged No Allied losses Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Port hits 6 Port supply hits 1
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