MrKane
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21th Feb 1943 Well, do not call wolf, wolf my be nearby !!! Very next turn all allied carriers show up east of New Caledonia. It seems that as usually allied flattops are moving with fighters only. My small air deatachment was not strong enought to break out to ships ;(. I seems that we will see landing at Noumea in 2 days. I have moved all planes back to Rabaul and both fighter groups were converted to A6M3a. I have hopes this will turn to be beginning of new campaigning, not just CAP trap ( I have not spotted any transport ships ). AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 20, 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 106,160 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 105 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 36 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 72 G4M1 Betty x 30 Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 36 F4F-4 Wildcat x 216 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed G4M1 Betty: 14 destroyed, 8 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed Allied Ships APD Colhoun APD McKean APD Gregory APD Little, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 63 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo CAP engaged: VF-2 with F4F-4 Wildcat (8 airborne, 24 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 26000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers VF-3 with F4F-4 Wildcat (8 airborne, 24 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 18000 and 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers VF-42 with F4F-3 Wildcat (8 airborne, 24 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 24000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes 20 planes vectored on to bombers VF-6 with F4F-4 Wildcat (8 airborne, 24 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes 12 planes vectored on to bombers VF-8 with F4F-4 Wildcat (8 airborne, 24 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers VF-71 with F4F-4 Wildcat (8 airborne, 24 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 26000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes 16 planes vectored on to bombers VMF-111 with F4F-4 Wildcat (4 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes 10 planes vectored on to bombers VMF-122 with F4F-4 Wildcat (4 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 23000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes 10 planes vectored on to bombers Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 106,160 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 55 G4M1 Betty x 11 Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 33 F4F-4 Wildcat x 206 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: VF-2 with F4F-4 Wildcat (0 airborne, 24 on standby, 0 scrambling) 12 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes 28 planes vectored on to bombers VF-3 with F4F-4 Wildcat (0 airborne, 23 on standby, 0 scrambling) 11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 26000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes 18 planes vectored on to bombers VF-42 with F4F-3 Wildcat (0 airborne, 22 on standby, 0 scrambling) 11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 23000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes 22 planes vectored on to bombers VF-6 with F4F-4 Wildcat (0 airborne, 24 on standby, 0 scrambling) 11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 23000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes 23 planes vectored on to bombers VF-8 with F4F-4 Wildcat (0 airborne, 22 on standby, 0 scrambling) 11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 26000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes 10 planes vectored on to bombers VF-71 with F4F-4 Wildcat (0 airborne, 24 on standby, 0 scrambling) 11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes 16 planes vectored on to bombers VMF-111 with F4F-4 Wildcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 18000 and 24000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers VMF-122 with F4F-4 Wildcat (0 airborne, 10 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 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers
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