Spidery
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September 15th 1942
Air Losses: 11 Japanese, 8 Allied, 3 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy:
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:
Pacific
An Allied cruiser force pursues to very close to Rabaul and engages an ASW task force. DD Hamakaze is lost.
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Feni Islands at 107,127, Range 26,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
DD Yukikaze, Shell hits 1
DD Hamakaze, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
Allied Ships
CA Astoria, Shell hits 1
CA Vincennes, Shell hits 1
DD Benham
DD Ellet, Shell hits 2
DD Stack, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Sterett, Shell hits 2
This enemy force then seems to have vanished but a different one is subject to repeated air attack:
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Woodlark Island at 106,130
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 12
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
CA New Orleans, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CA Minneapolis, Bomb hits 2, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
7 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Woodlark Island at 106,130
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 2 damaged
Allied Ships
CA New Orleans, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Minneapolis, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
8 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CA Minneapolis
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Woodlark Island at 106,130
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes
Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 7
D3A1 Val x 8
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
CA Minneapolis, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Lang, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA New Orleans, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CA New Orleans
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Woodlark Island at 106,130
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10
D3A1 Val x 30
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Wilson
CA New Orleans, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Lang, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Minneapolis, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
3 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
12 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Lang
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CA Minneapolis
4 Seagull show up as ground losses on the day so I assume one of the CA has been sunk. This matches the VP tally.
The SS Gar hits a mine at Buka. Various Allied and Japanese SS are subject to air attacks with claimed hits.
CVL Zuiho is one hex from Rabaul and now has 62/71/22/11 damage.
CV Zuikaku also has one hex to go and is at 52/48/40 damage
Burma
Allied cruiser forces bombard Akyab. Light damage to troops but some damage to base facilities and supplies lost.
China
Another good attack near Chungking
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Japanese ground losses:
1489 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 112 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 22 (5 destroyed, 17 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
11799 casualties reported
Squads: 497 destroyed, 52 disabled
Non Combat: 540 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 12 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 18 (13 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Units retreated 4
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
116th Division
13th Division
104th Division
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
28th Mountain Gun Regiment
7th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
11th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
10th Mortar Battalion
Defending units:
4th Chinese Corps
72nd Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
Air strikes continue to do damage.
Engineering
Quiet
R&D
Quiet
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