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November 1, 1945 November 45. Only 6 months possible in this war remaining. I have a feeling it will end sooner. Another night strike forms over Yokohama on Nov 1st. This is a big one, but the flak does well to disrupt and knock down some bombers. I still feel the massive flak batteries here are slightly underpowered. There are like 100 12.7cm DP guns here, one of the most powerful AA guns the Japanese field in game. The 12cm DP guns in IJA units are murderous, but these seem somehow not as strong. The stats look good, but the effect isn't wowing me. The Allies continued their sweeps over Fukuoka, but again no bombing runs after. The results are similar, but a bit less bloody as all of the Allied groups were reduced in numbers. About 113:97 in favour of the Allies on the day. Another important event occurred this day. I'll leave that until the next post since this one is already long. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 1, 1945 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Yokohama/Yokosuka , at 113,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 34 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-Sa Irving x 34 P1Y2-S Frances x 15 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 19 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 6 Ki-102c Randy x 40 Allied aircraft Lancaster B.1 FE x 8 B-17G Fortress x 7 PB4Y-2 Privateer x 9 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Lancaster B.1 FE: 3 damaged Lancaster B.1 FE: 1 destroyed by flak B-17G Fortress: 3 damaged PB4Y-2 Privateer: 3 damaged PB4Y-2 Privateer: 2 destroyed by flak Manpower hits 1 Fires 605 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x PB4Y-2 Privateer bombing from 12000 feet City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Yokohama/Yokosuka , at 113,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-Sa Irving x 32 P1Y2-S Frances x 15 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 19 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 6 Ki-102c Randy x 39 Allied aircraft Lancaster B.1 FE x 10 B-24J Liberator x 18 B-29-25 Superfort x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Lancaster B.1 FE: 3 damaged B-24J Liberator: 7 damaged B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak B-29-25 Superfort: 2 damaged Manpower hits 11 Fires 9805 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Lancaster B.1 FE bombing from 12000 feet City Attack: 1 x 4000 lb GP Bomb, 6 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Yokohama/Yokosuka , at 113,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-Sa Irving x 16 P1Y2-S Frances x 7 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 10 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 3 Ki-102c Randy x 19 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 3 B-29-25 Superfort x 34 B-29B Superfort x 15 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged B-29-25 Superfort: 11 damaged B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak B-29B Superfort: 3 damaged Manpower hits 17 Fires 20935 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-29B Superfort bombing from 16000 feet City Attack: 36 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Fukuoka , at 103,57 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 41,700 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 56 J7W1 Shinden x 32 N1K5-J George x 124 Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 6 Ki-43-IV Oscar x 40 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 8 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 5 Ki-83 x 36 Ki-84a Frank x 2 Ki-84b Frank x 19 Ki-84r Frank x 6 Ki-100-II Tony x 20 Ki-102b Randy x 20 Allied aircraft F8F-1 Bearcat x 23 Japanese aircraft losses A7M2 Sam: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F8F-1 Bearcat: 4 destroyed CAP engaged: S-302 Kokutai with A7M2 Sam (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (18 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 5000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes Yokosuka Ku S-1 with N1K5-J George (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (19 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes S-303 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (15 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 8 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes 901 Ku S-1 with N1K5-J George (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (11 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes 721 Ku S-1 with N1K5-J George (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (13 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes 1001 Ku U-1 with N1K5-J George (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (14 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes S-306 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (14 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes S-315 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (14 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes Kaga-1 with J7W1 Shinden (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (13 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 10 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes Soryu-1 with N1K5-J George (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (23 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 19 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes Shoho-1 with J7W1 Shinden (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (19 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 13 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes 20th Sentai with Ki-83 (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes 23rd Sentai with Ki-84b Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes 29th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes 47th Sentai with Ki-83 (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (14 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes 48th Sentai with Ki-100-II Tony (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (13 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes 51st Sentai with Ki-84b Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes 56th Sentai with Ki-100-II Tony (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes 87th Sentai with Ki-43-IV Oscar (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 5000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 204th Sentai with Ki-83 (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (17 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Fukuoka , at 103,57 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 18 NM, estimated altitude 41,700 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 48 J7W1 Shinden x 24 N1K5-J George x 115 Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 6 Ki-43-IV Oscar x 36 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 6 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4 Ki-83 x 32 Ki-84a Frank x 2 Ki-84b Frank x 18 Ki-84r Frank x 5 Ki-100-II Tony x 15 Ki-102b Randy x 15 Allied aircraft FR-1 Fireball x 16 Japanese aircraft losses J7W1 Shinden: 1 destroyed N1K5-J George: 3 destroyed Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-102b Randy: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses FR-1 Fireball: 2 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Fukuoka , at 103,57 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 38 J7W1 Shinden x 18 N1K5-J George x 86 Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 5 Ki-43-IV Oscar x 28 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 5 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3 Ki-83 x 23 Ki-84a Frank x 1 Ki-84b Frank x 15 Ki-84r Frank x 3 Ki-100-II Tony x 12 Ki-102b Randy x 8 Allied aircraft P-51D Mustang x 14 Japanese aircraft losses A7M2 Sam: 2 destroyed N1K5-J George: 2 destroyed Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-83: 1 destroyed Ki-84b Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-51D Mustang: 3 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Fukuoka , at 103,57 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 31 J7W1 Shinden x 15 N1K5-J George x 66 Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 2 Ki-43-IV Oscar x 19 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 4 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1 Ki-83 x 18 Ki-84a Frank x 1 Ki-84b Frank x 12 Ki-84r Frank x 3 Ki-100-II Tony x 10 Ki-102b Randy x 6 Allied aircraft P-47N Thunderbolt x 13 Japanese aircraft losses A7M2 Sam: 1 destroyed N1K5-J George: 2 destroyed Ki-43-IV Oscar: 2 destroyed Ki-83: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47N Thunderbolt: 2 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Fukuoka , at 103,57 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 47,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 28 J7W1 Shinden x 13 N1K5-J George x 49 Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 2 Ki-43-IV Oscar x 14 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 3 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1 Ki-83 x 17 Ki-84a Frank x 1 Ki-84b Frank x 10 Ki-84r Frank x 3 Ki-100-II Tony x 9 Ki-102b Randy x 6 Allied aircraft P-47N Thunderbolt x 22 Japanese aircraft losses A7M2 Sam: 1 destroyed N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-84b Frank: 1 destroyed Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed Ki-100-II Tony: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47N Thunderbolt: 6 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Fukuoka , at 103,57 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 25 J7W1 Shinden x 12 N1K5-J George x 44 Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 2 Ki-43-IV Oscar x 11 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 3 Ki-83 x 16 Ki-84a Frank x 1 Ki-84b Frank x 6 Ki-84r Frank x 2 Ki-100-II Tony x 7 Ki-102b Randy x 5 Allied aircraft P-51D Mustang x 22 Japanese aircraft losses J7W1 Shinden: 1 destroyed N1K5-J George: 2 destroyed Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-83: 1 destroyed Ki-100-II Tony: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-51D Mustang: 3 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 9 x P-51D Mustang sweeping at 21000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Fukuoka , at 103,57 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 46,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 19 J7W1 Shinden x 10 N1K5-J George x 34 Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 2 Ki-43-IV Oscar x 9 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 3 Ki-83 x 12 Ki-84a Frank x 1 Ki-84b Frank x 6 Ki-84r Frank x 2 Ki-100-II Tony x 3 Ki-102b Randy x 4 Allied aircraft P-47N Thunderbolt x 21 Japanese aircraft losses A7M2 Sam: 1 destroyed N1K5-J George: 2 destroyed Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-83: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47N Thunderbolt: 4 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Fukuoka , at 103,57 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 13 J7W1 Shinden x 8 N1K5-J George x 25 Ki-43-IV Oscar x 4 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 3 Ki-83 x 8 Ki-84a Frank x 1 Ki-84b Frank x 6 Ki-84r Frank x 2 Ki-100-II Tony x 2 Ki-102b Randy x 3 Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 22 Japanese aircraft losses N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-84b Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38L Lightning: 3 destroyed --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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