JocMeister
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Operation Payback Pt.2
About a week ago I noticed Erik had been a bit careless with his CAP above Manilla. Only 80-100 Fighters and 51 ships in port. The list included CLs, DDs, AE and many other nice stuff.
So I decided to try and take revenge for the debacle in the Celebes Sea last week. While the haul wasn´t as good as expected and there were no CLs or other warships this still felt very good! 
400 B24s and 150 B29s took off. They were supposed to be proceeded by 200 P38s and 150 P51s. Of course only one P38 squadron went in ahead of the 4Es. Luckily the CAP was meagre and losses were very light. This is only the first strike of many, many strikes. 
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Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 41
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 3
B-24D Liberator x 10
B-24D1 Liberator x 14
B-24J Liberator x 55
B-29-1 Superfort x 89
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged
B-29-1 Superfort: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAKL Anbo Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AKE Kazan Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
AKE Mamiya, Bomb hits 2, on fire
PB Rokko Maru #2, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Choun Maru #18, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
TK Mutsuyo Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
SC CHa-42, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
AKE Syoryu Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
AG Boko Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Taikei Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
TK Tsukuba Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
PB Kaiyo Maru #1, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
SS RO-114, Bomb hits 2, heavy damage
SS RO-103, Bomb hits 3, heavy damage
SS RO-115, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
TK Tatsuhiro Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
PB Teiko Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Kakyu Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
AD Otori Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AS Rio de Janiero Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires
SS I-172, Bomb hits 2, heavy damage
SS RO-113, Bomb hits 2, heavy damage
AKE Asama Maru #2, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
xAKL Nittatsu Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
AR Kikukawa Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Kanto Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Taijin Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAKL Taibu Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Miyako Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
AD Gyoko Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
PB Fukkai Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Arisan Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
AS Fushimi Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
PB Teibo Maru #2, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
While mostly small shipping there are some nuggets there like the 24 point AS and 24 point AKEs. All in all 51 ships are listed as sunk and is consistent with the recon. All in all its 335 VPs listed as sunk. While not making up for the 475 VPs lost in the Celebes Sea it at least makes it a less painful.
This raid together with the strike at Singapore two weeks ago is an ongoing effort to force Erik to either withdraw shipping way out of reach or heavily CAP everything. I will continue these deep attacks every now and then.
< Message edited by JocMeister -- 8/1/2013 6:22:31 PM >
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RE: KB in the Celebes Sea! - 
But I was rather referring to the unit and not the plane . This particular unit will fly very few mission. Perhaps only 1-4 missions throughout the war...
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