Captain Cruft
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30 July 1944 Target Rabaul. I managed to sneak the full 10 CV, 25 ship KB to within 6 hexes of Rabaul, where they pulled off a perfectly co-ordinated port/airfield attack. However the results were quite disappointing. I lost 170 planes, and possibly because of the Severe Storms weather did not annihilate the shipping at the port in quite the way I had wanted. Still, no harm done. The carriers will head for home un-touched and I have plenty of planes and pilots to re-build the airgroups. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 142 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 47 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 194 B6N1 Jill x 88 B6N2 Jill x 93 D3A2 Val x 77 D4Y1 Judy x 134 D4Y2 Judy x 84 Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 24 P-39D Airacobra x 19 P-400 Airacobra x 24 P-40K Warhawk x 21 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 8 destroyed B6N2 Jill: 6 destroyed D3A2 Val: 3 destroyed, 6 damaged D3A2 Val: 1 destroyed by flak D4Y1 Judy: 9 destroyed, 10 damaged D4Y1 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak D4Y2 Judy: 4 destroyed, 5 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-39D Airacobra: 4 destroyed P-400 Airacobra: 7 damaged P-400 Airacobra: 2 destroyed on ground P-40K Warhawk: 3 destroyed PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed on ground Allied Ships xAK Salamaua, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Mormacstar, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires xAK Anson Burlingame, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage AK Adhara, Bomb hits 1, on fire ACM Bastion, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires AVP Avocet, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage AG Regulus, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk AS Fulton, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Manulani, Bomb hits 1 xAK Mana, Bomb hits 1 xAK San Gabriel, Bomb hits 1, on fire AK Cassiopeia, Bomb hits 1, on fire AK Mintaka, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAK San Lucas, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Lyman Beecher, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires xAK Bintang, Bomb hits 1, on fire AG Arctic, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage AK Lyra, Bomb hits 2, on fire AD Dobbin, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires xAP William S. Colley, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK San Bernadino, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires AK Naos, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAP President Coolidge, Bomb hits 1 Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 11 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 24 Port hits 6 Port fuel hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B6N2 Jill bombing from 12000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 11 x B6N2 Jill bombing from 12000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 2 x D4Y2 Judy releasing from 2000' Port Attack: 1 x 500 kg GP Bomb 15 x B6N1 Jill bombing from 12000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 15 x B6N1 Jill bombing from 12000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 16 x D4Y2 Judy releasing from 2000' Port Attack: 1 x 500 kg GP Bomb 12 x B6N1 Jill bombing from 12000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 12 x B6N1 Jill bombing from 12000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 11 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 3000' Port Attack: 1 x 500 kg GP Bomb 12 x B6N2 Jill bombing from 12000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 4 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 2000' Port Attack: 1 x 500 kg GP Bomb 11 x B6N2 Jill bombing from 12000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 6 x D3A2 Val releasing from 1000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 14 x B6N2 Jill bombing from 12000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 6 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 1000' Port Attack: 1 x 500 kg GP Bomb 15 x B6N2 Jill bombing from 12000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 10 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 3000' Port Attack: 1 x 500 kg GP Bomb 9 x B6N2 Jill bombing from 12000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 8 x D3A2 Val releasing from 1000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 10 x B6N1 Jill bombing from 12000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 6 x D4Y2 Judy releasing from 3000' Port Attack: 1 x 500 kg GP Bomb 2 x D3A2 Val releasing from 3000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 12 x B6N1 Jill bombing from 12000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 4 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 3000' Port Attack: 1 x 500 kg GP Bomb 18 x D3A2 Val releasing from 3000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 12 x B6N1 Jill bombing from 12000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 9 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 3000' Port Attack: 1 x 500 kg GP Bomb 5 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 2000' Port Attack: 1 x 500 kg GP Bomb 15 x D4Y2 Judy releasing from 3000' Port Attack: 1 x 500 kg GP Bomb 10 x D4Y2 Judy releasing from 1000' Port Attack: 1 x 500 kg GP Bomb 6 x D4Y2 Judy releasing from 3000' Port Attack: 1 x 500 kg GP Bomb 11 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 3000' Port Attack: 1 x 500 kg GP Bomb 6 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 1000' Port Attack: 1 x 500 kg GP Bomb 5 x D3A2 Val releasing from 2000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 6 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 3000' Port Attack: 1 x 500 kg GP Bomb 11 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 2000' Port Attack: 1 x 500 kg GP Bomb 7 x D3A2 Val releasing from 2000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 6 x D4Y2 Judy releasing from 2000' Port Attack: 1 x 500 kg GP Bomb 5 x D3A2 Val releasing from 2000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 9 x D3A2 Val releasing from 1000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 1 x D3A2 Val releasing from 1000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 1 x D3A2 Val releasing from 2000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 5 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 2000' Port Attack: 1 x 500 kg GP Bomb 1 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 1000' Port Attack: 1 x 500 kg GP Bomb 1 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 2000' Port Attack: 1 x 500 kg GP Bomb 2 x D3A2 Val releasing from 3000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 12 x D4Y2 Judy releasing from 1000' Port Attack: 1 x 500 kg GP Bomb 12 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 2000' Port Attack: 1 x 500 kg GP Bomb 4 x D4Y2 Judy releasing from 1000' Port Attack: 1 x 500 kg GP Bomb 8 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 1000' Port Attack: 1 x 500 kg GP Bomb 8 x D3A2 Val releasing from 3000' Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: No.75 Sqn RAAF with Spitfire VIII (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 10 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 22000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 56 minutes 49th FG/8th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 16 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 26000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes 8th FG/35th FS with P-39D Airacobra (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 10 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 23000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes 8th FG/36th FS with P-400 Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 10 scrambling) 14 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
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