MuguNiner
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Well, I just got hammered by a Kamikaze group. Lost the Hornet and several other ships were hit. There were 250+ CAP, but only about 30 CAP shot at the escort and judy's, and for a very short time! The Judy's flew through the CAP like nimble ninjas! The CAP just did not get many shots off at them... I had my cap laddered from 5000 to 20000 feet. Are the KK's flying lower/higher? The combat report did not reveal their altitude. How do you AFB's defend against these terrors? Thanks ----------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Tinian at 109,96 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 104 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 7 D4Y2 Judy x 35 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 284 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed D4Y2 Judy: 20 destroyed D4Y2 Judy: 2 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Allied Ships DD Bache CV Essex CV Yorktown CVL Belleau Wood, Kamikaze hits 1 CV Wasp, Kamikaze hits 2, on fire, heavy damage CVL Cowpens CL Boise CA Baltimore, Kamikaze hits 1 BB South Dakota, Kamikaze hits 1 CVL Monterey, Kamikaze hits 2 BB Alabama CV Saratoga Aircraft Attacking: 32 x D4Y2 Judy flying as kamikaze Kamikaze: 1 x 500 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 13 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes 14 planes vectored on to bombers VF-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers VF-42 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes 12 planes vectored on to bombers VF-6 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 13 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes 13 planes vectored on to bombers VF-8 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes 12 planes vectored on to bombers VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes 16 planes vectored on to bombers VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes 16 planes vectored on to bombers VF-71 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes 14 planes vectored on to bombers VF-22 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes 11 planes vectored on to bombers VF-23 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 15 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 18000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes 18 planes vectored on to bombers VF-25 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 15 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes 15 planes vectored on to bombers VF-30 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 20 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes 9 planes vectored on to bombers VF-31 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers VF-32 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes 11 planes vectored on to bombers Ammo storage explosion on CV Wasp Fuel storage explosion on CV Wasp Fuel storage explosion on CVL Belleau Wood
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