Cap Mandrake
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**************May 2, 1943(c)************** Manira: Wichita and one DD start Manira on fire. I'm sure we are going to hear about this. Night Naval bombardment of Manila at 79,77 Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 13 damaged Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 damaged Ki-61-Ia Tony: 14 damaged Ki-61-Ia Tony: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-36 Ida: 6 damaged Allied Ships CA Wichita DD Cony Japanese ground losses: 49 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Manpower hits 1 Fires 185 Airbase hits 12 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 28 Vigan/Laoag: The shortening of the LRCAP flights from Aparri to Laoag, along with some return of fatigued fighters squadrons and a fresh squadron from Boela is very successful in terms of air cover. These are the big amphibious group and SCTF at Laoag under attack. Morning Air attack on TF, near Laoag at 81,72 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 7 G4M1 Betty x 3 Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 7 Allied aircraft P-40K Warhawk x 9 F4U-1 Corsair x 11 F6F-3 Hellcat x 2 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed Ki-43-Ia Oscar: 1 destroyed No Allied losses A bigger raid with 15 Bettys. Morning Air attack on TF, near Laoag at 81,72 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 A6M3a Zero x 1 G4M1 Betty x 15 Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 2 Allied aircraft P-40K Warhawk x 7 F4U-1 Corsair x 10 F6F-3 Hellcat x 2 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed G4M1 Betty: 4 destroyed, 4 damaged G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Allied Ships DD Strong CL Montpelier A big raid of 29 Vals and 39 fighters targets a French-sounding TF at Vigan. Bigger CAP, though with mostly Louis XiV aircraft. McCalla takes one 250 kg bomb. Morning Air attack on TF, near Vigan at 80,73 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 108 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 40 minutes Japanese aircraft D3A1 Val x 21 D3A2 Val x 8 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 39 Allied aircraft Hurricane XIIb x 6 P-38G Lightning x 6 P-39D Airacobra x 20 P-40K Warhawk x 12 F6F-3 Hellcat x 5 Japanese aircraft losses D3A1 Val: 6 destroyed, 7 damaged D3A1 Val: 2 destroyed by flak D3A2 Val: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged D3A2 Val: 1 destroyed by flak Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 9 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed Allied Ships CL St. Louis DD LaVallette DD McCalla, Bomb hits 1 And the afternoon. Now THEY are running out of fighters. Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Laoag at 81,72 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 5 Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 4 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 6 P-39D Airacobra x 10 P-40K Warhawk x 7 F4U-1 Corsair x 8 F6F-3 Hellcat x 5 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed Ki-43-Ia Oscar: 3 destroyed No Allied losses Happy days are here again....the skies are free of Zeroes again... Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Laoag at 81,72 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 63 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 12 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 4 P-39D Airacobra x 8 P-40K Warhawk x 5 F4U-1 Corsair x 6 F6F-3 Hellcat x 4 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 6 destroyed No Allied losses More Bettys coming in on the deck. I will be happy to see the plane loss summaries. Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Laoag at 81,72 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 28 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 9 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 3 P-39D Airacobra x 8 P-40K Warhawk x 5 F4U-1 Corsair x 4 F6F-3 Hellcat x 2 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 5 destroyed G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Allied Ships DD O'Bannon More at Vigan. Where did they get all these? Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Vigan at 80,73 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 34 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 12 Allied aircraft Hurricane XIIb x 4 P-39D Airacobra x 5 P-40K Warhawk x 8 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Allied Ships AMC Kanimbla DMS Boggs Now two Val raids over Vigan Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Vigan at 80,73 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 55 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 20 minutes Japanese aircraft D3A2 Val x 3 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 15 Allied aircraft Hurricane XIIb x 3 P-39D Airacobra x 5 P-40K Warhawk x 7 Japanese aircraft losses D3A2 Val: 2 damaged Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 5 destroyed No Allied losses Allied Ships CL St. Louis Good thing they are getting tired because our CAP is too. Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Vigan at 80,73 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Japanese aircraft D3A2 Val x 12 Allied aircraft Hurricane XIIb x 1 P-40K Warhawk x 3 Japanese aircraft losses D3A2 Val: 3 destroyed No Allied losses Allied Ships CL St. Louis
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