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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 04, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jubbulpore , at 46,27 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 13 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 64 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIa Trop x 10 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 destroyed the enemy comes in with a series of sweeps facing two Sentais Tojos on CAP... the Tojos once more lack firepower and most enemy fighters were only damaged instead of downed which is really a problem for us... CAP engaged: 11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 21 on standby, 13 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes 64th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 20 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 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 12 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jubbulpore , at 46,27 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 56 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed the Tojos probably have hit the enemy fighters four or five times more often but in the end we only get a 1:1 in losses... CAP engaged: 11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 3 on standby, 8 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 10 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 29000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes 64th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (5 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 12 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 28000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jubbulpore , at 46,27 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 53 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 15 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: 64th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) (9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 13 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 28000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes 11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 21 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 30000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 30th Chinese Corps, at 89,51 , near Hwainan Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 30 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 26 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 71 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 8 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 22 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 4 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 30th Chinese Corps, at 89,51 , near Hwainan Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 21 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 32 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 21 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 30th Chinese Corps, at 89,51 , near Hwainan Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 16 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 30th Chinese Corps, at 89,51 , near Hwainan Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 14 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 9 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 6 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 21 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 6 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 9 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 30th Chinese Corps, at 89,51 , near Hwainan Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIa Helen x 38 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 32 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 15 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 116th Division, at 81,34 (Lanchow) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft I-15-III x 4 SB-III x 6 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 18 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x SB-III bombing from 7000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 116th Division, at 81,34 (Lanchow) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft I-16-III x 6 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x I-16-III bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 11th Army, at 81,34 (Lanchow) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft I-16-III x 6 I-15-III x 3 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x I-16-III bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 3 x I-15-III bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 116th Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jubbulpore , at 46,27 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 47 Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 21 Liberator II x 3 B-24D Liberator x 6 B-25C Mitchell x 14 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IV: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged Liberator II: 3 damaged B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 3 couple of sweeps are followed by unescorted bomber strikes... the Blenheims are totally outdated and are no match for the undergunned Tojos but same as with Allied fighters the Tojos have real problems to down any modern Allied bomber... Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Blenheim IV bombing from 8000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 3 x Liberator II bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 1 x Blenheim IV bombing from 8000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 64th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (15 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 15 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 28000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes 11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 10 plane(s) intercepting now. 19 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 30600. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jubbulpore , at 46,27 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 45 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIa Trop x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: 64th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 26630. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes 11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 11 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 30000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jubbulpore , at 46,27 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 39 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 3 No Japanese losses No Allied losses CAP engaged: 64th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 9 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 26630. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes 11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling) 12 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 28000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jubbulpore , at 46,27 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 36 Allied aircraft Wellington Ic x 14 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Wellington Ic: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged the enemy keeps coming and we still have fighters airborne... Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Wellington Ic bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 64th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 5 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 7000 and 26630. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes 11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (20 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 20 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 26600. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jubbulpore , at 46,27 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 33 Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 9 B-25C Mitchell x 21 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator: 4 damaged B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 8 there's not that much flak at the base yet but more is incoming on the railline... Aircraft Attacking: 2 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 64th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 9 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 15890. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes 11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (15 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) 15 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 26600. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jubbulpore , at 46,27 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 31 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 12 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 64th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes 11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 16490. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 80 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jubbulpore , at 46,27 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 16 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 25 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 12 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 97 minutes 64th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jubbulpore , at 46,27 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 9 Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator: 5 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes 64th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jubbulpore , at 46,27 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 5 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 10000 feet CAP engaged: 11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes 64th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jubbulpore , at 46,27 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 5 when the enemy's fighter squadron fragments show up we have no CAP airborne anymore... No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 5 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Jubbulpore , at 46,27 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 15 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 15 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 15000 feet Ed mentioned he was quite happy trading fighters 1:1 with my Tojos and while we lost 19 fighters we "only" lost 7 pilots... that's more than the daily replacement rate of pilots though... the enemy also lost a good number of bombers but the low gun value of the Tojo makes it too costly for us to fight this kind of battle... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 59th Chinese Corps, at 83,48 (Ichang) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIa Helen x 62 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIa Helen: 8 damaged Allied ground losses: 293 casualties reported Squads: 10 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 23 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 19 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 23 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 59th Chinese Corps, at 83,48 (Ichang) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIa Helen x 36 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIa Helen: 4 damaged Allied ground losses: 209 casualties reported Squads: 10 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 16 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 59th Chinese Corps, at 83,48 (Ichang) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIa Helen x 19 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 96 casualties reported Squads: 10 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Canton (77,59) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 32014 troops, 257 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 840 Defending force 84192 troops, 349 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1396 Allied ground losses: 50 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 19th Ind.Mixed Brigade 3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade 1st Ind.Mixed Brigade 9th Ind.Mixed Brigade 2nd RF Gun Battalion Canton Special Base Force 1st JAAF AF Coy 5th RF Gun Battalion 47th JAAF AF Bn 2nd JAAF AF Coy Defending units: 24th Chinese Corps 12th Chinese Corps 31st Chinese Corps 14th Chinese Corps 60th Chinese Corps 29th Chinese Corps 48th Chinese Corps 80th Chinese Corps 98th Chinese Corps 39th New Chinese Division 93rd Chinese Corps 3rd Chinese Cavalry Corps 34th Chinese Corps 38th New Chinese Division 7th Chinese Corps 3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment 16th Group Army 7th New Chinese Corps 2nd Prov Chinese Corps 4th Heavy Mortar Regiment 20th Artillery Regiment Jingcha War Area 57th AT Gun Regiment 15th Chinese Corps 28th New Chinese Division 51st Chinese Corps 1st War Area 56th AT Gun Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Canton (77,59) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2378 troops, 178 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1390 Defending force 33379 troops, 271 guns, 47 vehicles, Assault Value = 840 Japanese ground losses: 31 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 31st Chinese Corps 48th Chinese Corps 60th Chinese Corps 39th New Chinese Division 29th Chinese Corps 24th Chinese Corps 12th Chinese Corps 80th Chinese Corps 34th Chinese Corps 98th Chinese Corps 3rd Chinese Cavalry Corps 93rd Chinese Corps 14th Chinese Corps 38th New Chinese Division 7th New Chinese Corps 28th New Chinese Division 51st Chinese Corps 16th Group Army 3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment 57th AT Gun Regiment 15th Chinese Corps 2nd Prov Chinese Corps 7th Chinese Corps 1st War Area 4th Heavy Mortar Regiment Jingcha War Area 20th Artillery Regiment 56th AT Gun Regiment Defending units: 1st Ind.Mixed Brigade 3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade 19th Ind.Mixed Brigade 9th Ind.Mixed Brigade Canton Special Base Force 5th RF Gun Battalion 2nd RF Gun Battalion 1st JAAF AF Coy 47th JAAF AF Bn 2nd JAAF AF Coy
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