denisonh
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Joined: 12/21/2001 From: Upstate SC Status: offline
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Raverdave [B]LOL, I am sure that we have all made foolish mistakes at one time or another. I well remember in one of my first PBEM games sailing all of my 4 CV's (USN) from Noumea to Townsville and had all the pilots set for "Training" thinking that it would be a good time to train them up. It was the second week of the war, and I was 100% sure that there would be no IJN CVs THAT far south so early in the game. Well as you can guess, what should pop-up out of nowhere but the entire IJN CV fleet.....they sank two CV there and then and the other two the next day, all for the loss of 10 or so aircraft.:rolleyes: [/B][/QUOTE] Too right. Did something similar and lost the Lex and Yorktown in one day without any IJN CVs sunk. A real bad hair day. I have to post this Combat report from a PBEM that was started last year and still going on. It did start ugly with myself, as I was resting my F4F-3s at 0% CAP (Notice no CAP), and a IJN CVs TF appeared out of nowhere. I post the good ones, might as well post an ugly one:D AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/14/42 Weather: Clear Air attack on TF at 25,45 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 24 Allied aircraft SBD Dauntless x 15 no losses Allied aircraft losses SBD Dauntless x 14 destroyed SBD Dauntless x 1 damaged ENS K. Sugino of EI-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 5 LCDR W. Hamilton of VB-2 is KILLED Japanese Ships CA Myoko -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 25,45 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 24 Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 17 SBD Dauntless x 30 TBD Devastator x 12 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 2 destroyed A6M2 Zero x 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-3 Wildcat x 2 destroyed F4F-3 Wildcat x 1 damaged SBD Dauntless x 5 destroyed SBD Dauntless x 19 damaged TBD Devastator x 2 damaged PO2 G.Kanda of EI-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 2 Japanese Ships CV Zuikaku CV Shokaku, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage CA Haguro -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 25,45 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 22 Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 20 SBD Dauntless x 15 TBD Devastator x 12 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4F-3 Wildcat x 3 destroyed SBD Dauntless x 1 destroyed SBD Dauntless x 10 damaged TBD Devastator x 2 destroyed TBD Devastator x 2 damaged ENS K. Okabe of EI-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 3 LCDR J. Thach of VF-3 is KILLED Japanese Ships CVL Shoho, Bomb hits 1 CA Kinugasa -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 23,50 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 23 D3A Val x 46 B5N Kate x 43 Japanese aircraft losses D3A Val x 4 destroyed D3A Val x 2 damaged B5N Kate x 5 destroyed B5N Kate x 22 damaged LT M. Yamaguchi of EI-2 Daitai bails out and is CAPTURED Allied Ships CV Lexington, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 6, on fire, heavy damage CV Yorktown, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage CA Astoria, Torpedo hits 1 DD Alwin CA Minneapolis, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 23,50 Japanese aircraft B5N Kate x 4 Japanese aircraft losses B5N Kate x 3 damaged Allied Ships CV Yorktown, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on Lae , at 9,33 Allied aircraft Hudson x 8 P-39D Airacobra x 18 P-40E Kittyhawk x 8 B-26B Marauder x 40 A-20B Havoc x 14 no losses Japanese ground losses: Men lost 141 Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 29 Attacking Level Bombers: 3 x Hudson at 5000 feet 3 x B-26B Marauder at 5000 feet 3 x B-26B Marauder at 5000 feet 5 x A-20B Havoc at 5000 feet 7 x B-26B Marauder at 5000 feet 9 x A-20B Havoc at 5000 feet 10 x B-26B Marauder at 5000 feet 4 x B-26B Marauder at 5000 feet 3 x B-26B Marauder at 5000 feet 3 x B-26B Marauder at 5000 feet 4 x B-26B Marauder at 5000 feet 3 x B-26B Marauder at 5000 feet 5 x Hudson at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 23,50 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 21 D3A Val x 18 B5N Kate x 17 Japanese aircraft losses D3A Val x 1 damaged Allied Ships CV Lexington, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage CV Yorktown, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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