Cap Mandrake
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Joined: 11/15/2002 From: Southern California Status: offline
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Another task force? This one with troops. 60% hit rate. Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Amami Oshima at 100,66 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 8 SBD-3 Dauntless x 22 Allied aircraft losses SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Uji Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Fukko Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires PB Kyo Maru #10, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires xAK Tokusima Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Akitsushima Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAK Tofuku Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Bunzan Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage Japanese ground losses: 308 casualties reported Squads: 12 destroyed, 33 disabled Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 19 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 11 (3 destroyed, 8 disabled) Ouch, what carnage. Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Amami Oshima at 100,66 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 3 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Allied aircraft SBD-5 Dauntless x 20 Allied aircraft losses SBD-5 Dauntless: 2 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Kotobuki Maru #5, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Biyo Maru xAK Somedono Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Tokusima Maru, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk xAK Tofuku Maru, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk xAK Jinshu Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires Japanese ground losses: 339 casualties reported Squads: 26 destroyed, 41 disabled Non Combat: 20 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 11 (9 destroyed, 2 disabled) Hardly cricket at this point. Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Amami Oshima at 100,66 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 19 SBD-5 Dauntless x 14 Allied aircraft losses SBD-5 Dauntless: 2 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Uji Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk xAK Akitsushima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Kotobuki Maru #5, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk xAK Kashiwara Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire Japanese ground losses: 246 casualties reported Squads: 23 destroyed, 30 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 17 (7 destroyed, 10 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 2 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 12 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Uji Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Akitsushima Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Kotobuki Maru #5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Amami Oshima at 100,66 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft SB2C-1C Helldiver x 11 Allied aircraft losses SB2C-1C Helldiver: 1 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Santos Maru, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk xAK Shozan Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires xAK Taihei Maru, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk Japanese ground losses: 368 casualties reported Squads: 32 destroyed, 23 disabled Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 18 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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