Cap Mandrake
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Joined: 11/15/2002 From: Southern California Status: offline
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Uggh. It seems the airfield at Townsville is up and running. Morning Air attack on Rockhampton RAN Base Force, at 95,152 (Rockhampton) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 23 G3M2 Nell x 16 G4M1 Betty x 5 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 3 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Allied ground losses: 118 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled) Bah. That didn't work so good. LRCAP from Townsville? Morning Air attack on TF, near Rockhampton at 95,152 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 Allied aircraft A-24 Banshee x 9 SBD-3 Dauntless x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses A-24 Banshee: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed Japanese Ships AK Hirokawa Maru, on fire, heavy damage xAP Miike Maru, on fire B-26's from Brisbane. About as good as you could expect from 6 planes and middling pilots. Morning Air attack on 38th Division, at 95,152 (Rockhampton) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 5 Allied aircraft B-26 Marauder x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 50 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Nice of the empire to park a bunch of Ronsons right where the Norden bombsights were aimed. B-17's from Sydney. Morning Air attack on 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion, at 95,152 (Rockhampton) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 4 Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 11 B-17E Fortress x 16 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 30 (17 destroyed, 13 disabled)
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