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March 28, 1942
It's a hard day for bombing at Palembang, with thunderstorms in the hex, but the bombers do get in and do some work anyway. The Banshees again show that the 1E can contribute, with 3 hits, and I bet those 1,000 lb bombs do a bit more damage too!
I decided to use the cruisers for a daytime bombardment. It's definitely worth it as the troops and base take massive damage from the 3 USN CAs. A total of 22 oil hits on the day plus 7 on the manpower keeping some fires going. I'll be curious what recon tells us about the damage tomorrow.
I now have to get back to Singers with the cruisers and hope th eIJN doesn't interdict. Something bigger seems to be arriving judging by the number of TFs shown to the North of Borneo. Search is decent now so we should know more during after seeing the turn.
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR March 28, 1942
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Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 8
CW-21B Demon x 1
DB-7B x 8
B-25C Mitchell x 8
A-20A Havoc x 3
B-26 Marauder x 18
P-39D Airacobra x 8
Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged
Oil hits 5
Fires 31
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x DB-7B bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 8
139WH-3 x 16
P-39D Airacobra x 8
No Allied losses
Oil hits 2
Fires 31
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x 139WH-3 bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 2 x 300 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 8
Hurricane IIb Trop x 2
B-25C Mitchell x 10
B-26 Marauder x 23
P-39D Airacobra x 4
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 4 damaged
Oil hits 7
Fires 31
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 8
Hurricane IIb Trop x 2
A-24 Banshee x 13
P-39D Airacobra x 8
P-40E Warhawk x 10
No Allied losses
Oil hits 1
Fires 31
Aircraft Attacking:
13 x A-24 Banshee bombing from 8000 feet
City Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 8
A-24 Banshee x 12
No Allied losses
Oil hits 4
Fires 31
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x A-24 Banshee bombing from 8000 feet
City Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
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Naval bombardment of Palembang at 48,91
Japanese Ships
SSX Ha-6, hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
CA Astoria
CA Louisville
CA Chester
Japanese ground losses:
1063 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 63 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 19 disabled
Guns lost 19 (5 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Manpower hits 7
Oil hits 2
Fires 515
Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 42
Port hits 12
Port fuel hits 8
Port supply hits 2
CA Astoria firing at Palembang
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Still good, but confusing. 
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