Aurorus
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A fighter sweep of Soerabaja yields mixed results. The U.S. pilots are certainly better now, and in the hands of competent pilots, the P-40 is beginning to exert itself over the Oscar. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 37 Allied aircraft B-339D x 7 CW-21B Demon x 3 75A-7 Hawk x 7 P-40B Warhawk x 3 P-40E Warhawk x 32 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-339D: 1 destroyed 75A-7 Hawk: 1 destroyed P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 15000 feet CAP engaged: 1-Vl.G.IV with 75A-7 Hawk (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes 2-Vl.G.IV with CW-21B Demon (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes 1-VI.G.V with B-339D (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes 3-VI.G.V with B-339D (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes 24th PG/3rd PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes 24th PG/17th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes 24th PG/20th PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes 24th PG/21st PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4 Allied aircraft B-339D x 2 CW-21B Demon x 2 75A-7 Hawk x 4 P-40E Warhawk x 17 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: 1-VI.G.V with B-339D (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes 24th PG/3rd PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes 24th PG/17th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 22000 and 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes 24th PG/21st PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 28000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes 2-Vl.G.IV with CW-21B Demon (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes 1-Vl.G.IV with 75A-7 Hawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Raid is overhead A new hero emerges for Japan in the battle. 4 fighters from the 24th Sentai became separated from the main sweep. They came in alone against 25 allied fighters. All 4 Japanese fighters were badly damaged, one was shot down, and two crashed on landing. The lone survivor of the detachment, however, was credited with 3 allied fighter kills. He dove on one P-40E and destroyed it, was engaged by another allied fighter, which he damaged (and was later reported to have crashed), and then engaged and damaged a 3rd allied fighter (which is also reported to have crashed). He now has 4 kills and is one short of being the first ace of the IJA. We will report his name in tomorrow's news (because I forgot to write it down).
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