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June 15, 1945 Some interesting things on the 15th. Firstly, the Allies strike with the hammer at Ominato. Very unexpected. This is one of the most well defended spots on the map, with the mutually supporting Hakodate and Ominato fields supplying over 400 CAP of the best fighters and most experienced pilots. The Allies had a good plan, but it went awry somewhere along the line, as only one sweep arrived before the main body of 4E bombers. Predictably, the IJA CAP did very well. On the day nearly a month's production of B-24J and PBY-2 were destroyed, plus a good 12-15 PBY-1 and some very good fighters of all types. The Allied escorts performed well though, with the best airframes plentifully arriving with the biggest groups of bombers. The Allies did do some damage, sinking a huge number of small craft and several big xAK, one xAP and a lot of small mining boats. The VPs on the day should be about even, but I'll take this trade every day of the week, as only ~30 Japanese pilots were KIA and the Allies lost a confirmed 85 (and possibly almost 100) 4Es on the day. I had just changed out pilots in a lot of these groups to add high defensive skill, but lower experience level pilots to this area that was seeing less action. A lot of those have just become multiple kill 70+ experience vets now. In the South the Allies surge the RN forward and then this turn slightly back again to just North of Malacca. It feels like he's testing my responses (of which there are none) and trying to create misdirection. I'll just sit and wait. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR June 15, 1945 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ominato , at 119,54 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M8 Zero x 57 A7M2 Sam x 36 J2M5 Jack x 45 N1K5-J George x 106 Ki-84b Frank x 20 Ki-84r Frank x 117 Ki-100-II Tony x 18 Allied aircraft Thunderbolt II x 16 Japanese aircraft losses A6M8 Zero: 1 destroyed J2M5 Jack: 5 destroyed N1K5-J George: 2 destroyed Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Thunderbolt II: 2 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 60th Division, at 88,55 , near Chuhsien Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator B.VI x 13 Liberator GR.VI x 3 A-26B Invader x 49 B-24J Liberator x 15 P-51D Mustang x 32 PBJ-1D Mitchell x 15 PV-2 Harpoon x 15 Allied aircraft losses Liberator B.VI: 1 damaged A-26B Invader: 1 damaged B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged PBJ-1D Mitchell: 2 damaged PV-2 Harpoon: 4 damaged Japanese ground losses: 590 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 59 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Guns lost 22 (1 destroyed, 21 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 15 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ominato , at 119,54 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 62 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M8 Zero x 49 A7M2 Sam x 35 J2M5 Jack x 36 N1K5-J George x 92 Ki-84b Frank x 15 Ki-84r Frank x 103 Ki-100-II Tony x 16 Allied aircraft F-6D Mustang x 34 P-38L Lightning x 61 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 2 P-47N Thunderbolt x 3 P-51D Mustang x 66 PB4Y-2 Privateer x 72 Japanese aircraft losses A6M8 Zero: 3 destroyed A6M8 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground A7M2 Sam: 2 destroyed J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed on ground N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed Ki-100-II Tony: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAId Nick: 4 destroyed on ground Ki-102c Randy: 3 destroyed on ground Ki-46-III Dinah: 2 destroyed on ground B6N2a Jill: 2 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses F-6D Mustang: 5 destroyed P-38L Lightning: 1 destroyed P-51D Mustang: 2 destroyed PB4Y-2 Privateer: 6 destroyed, 37 damaged PB4Y-2 Privateer: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese ground losses: 3 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 22 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 61 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x PB4Y-2 Privateer bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ominato , at 119,54 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M8 Zero x 33 A7M2 Sam x 26 J2M5 Jack x 27 N1K5-J George x 48 Ki-84b Frank x 7 Ki-84r Frank x 58 Ki-100-II Tony x 5 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 71 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 46 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 15 Japanese aircraft losses A6M8 Zero: 2 destroyed A7M2 Sam: 1 destroyed J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed Ki-100-II Tony: 1 destroyed Ki-102c Randy: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-45 KAId Nick: 1 destroyed on ground B6N2a Jill: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 6 destroyed, 27 damaged B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged Japanese Ships CMc Ma 1, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk xAKL Tientsin Maru, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk CMc Ma 2, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk CMc Ma 4, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk CMc Ma 3, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk ACM Nichi Maru #1, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk ACM Hirotama Maru, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk ACM Oi Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk ACM Takashima Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk xAK Yae Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage ACM Misago Maru #11, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk ACM Senyu Maru #2, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk xAP Teiko Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage AG Madras Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage SC CHa-45, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk ML G-425, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk xAK Nitian Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Ryoka Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Tamahoko Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage ML G-432, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk ACM Choun Maru #18, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk PB Shinko Maru #2, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk ACM Wa 6, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk ML G-306, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk ACM Kanko Maru, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk ACM Yoshino Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk ACM Tamozono Maru #2, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk ACM Shawa Maru #10, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk SC CHa-74, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 9 Runway hits 8 Port hits 19 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ominato , at 119,54 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M8 Zero x 26 A7M2 Sam x 18 J2M5 Jack x 21 N1K5-J George x 37 Ki-84b Frank x 3 Ki-84r Frank x 47 Ki-100-II Tony x 2 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 25 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 9 Japanese aircraft losses A7M2 Sam: 1 destroyed J2M5 Jack: 2 destroyed N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-84b Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 6 destroyed, 12 damaged B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak PB4Y-1 Liberator: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak Aircraft Attacking: 1 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ominato , at 119,54 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 31 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M8 Zero x 19 A7M2 Sam x 8 J2M5 Jack x 12 N1K5-J George x 29 Ki-84b Frank x 1 Ki-84r Frank x 33 Allied aircraft PB4Y-2 Privateer x 9 Japanese aircraft losses A7M2 Sam: 1 destroyed J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses PB4Y-2 Privateer: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 2 x PB4Y-2 Privateer bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ominato , at 119,54 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 28 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M8 Zero x 16 A7M2 Sam x 6 J2M5 Jack x 9 N1K5-J George x 22 Ki-84b Frank x 1 Ki-84r Frank x 27 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 PV-2 Harpoon x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak Aircraft Attacking: 2 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 9000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ominato , at 119,54 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 59 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M8 Zero x 12 A7M2 Sam x 4 J2M5 Jack x 8 N1K5-J George x 18 Ki-84b Frank x 1 Ki-84r Frank x 18 Allied aircraft F4U-1D Corsair x 28 Japanese aircraft losses A6M8 Zero: 4 destroyed A7M2 Sam: 1 destroyed J2M5 Jack: 2 destroyed N1K5-J George: 4 destroyed Ki-84b Frank: 1 destroyed Ki-84r Frank: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1D Corsair: 2 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 3 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 20000 feet * 3 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 20000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ominato , at 119,54 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 67 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M8 Zero x 3 A7M2 Sam x 3 J2M5 Jack x 2 N1K5-J George x 7 Ki-84r Frank x 8 Allied aircraft F4U-1D Corsair x 14 Japanese aircraft losses A7M2 Sam: 2 destroyed J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1D Corsair: 2 destroyed Japanese Ships xAK Nitian Maru, and is sunk xAK Yae Maru, and is sunk xAP Teiko Maru, and is sunk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ominato , at 119,54 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M8 Zero x 1 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 P-47N Thunderbolt x 12 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak Port hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 9000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Malacca at 48,81 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft E13A1b Jake x 5 Japanese aircraft losses E13A1b Jake: 1 damaged Allied Ships DD Whirlwind, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires Aircraft Attacking: 5 x E13A1b Jake bombing from 1000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Daito Shoto at 101,75 Japanese Ships DD Kiri, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage AK Tacoma Maru AK Seattle Maru AK Awazisan Maru AK Sakito Maru DD Tsubaki Allied Ships SS Pipefish SS Pipefish launches 6 torpedoes at DD Kiri --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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