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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 28, 43
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Sub attack near Muntok at 49,89
TK Oyashima Maru
PB Toshi Maru #2
Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon, hits 2
SS Sturgeon launches 4 torpedoes at TK Oyashima Maru
PB Toshi Maru #2 attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Milne Bay at 101,133
xAK Genoa Maru
PB Kensin Maru
SS S-45 is sighted by escort
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Night Air attack on Townsville , at 92,144
G4M1 Betty x 7
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged
7 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 20000 feet *
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
G4M1 Betty x 5
5 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 20000 feet *
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Sub attack near Muntok at 49,89
TK Kinmo Maru
SS Sturgeon launches 2 torpedoes at TK Kinmo Maru
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ASW attack near Milne Bay at 101,133
SC Ch 16
SC Ch 19
SS S-45 is located by SC Ch 16
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ASW attack near Milne Bay at 101,133
CA Kumano
DD Hagikaze
DD Arashi
SS S-45 is sighted by escort
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ASW attack near Milne Bay at 101,133
xAK Genoa Maru
PB Kensin Maru
Allied Ships
SS S-45, hits 3
SS S-45 is sighted by escort
PB Kensin Maru attacking submerged sub ....
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 12
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 27
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2
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Morning Air attack on VII KNIL Battalion, at 67,92 , near Tarakan
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 14
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Tarakan Base Force, at 67,92 , near Tarakan
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 11
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 56,40 , near Chittagong
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 33
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 14
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 16
Vengeance I x 21
Hurricane IIb Trop x 12
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 5 destroyed
Vengeance I: 12 destroyed, 5 damaged – this was a bad day to be a Vengeance pilot
Hurricane IIb Trop: 4 destroyed
Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
CAP engaged:
47th I.F.Chutai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
31st Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (14 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
66th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
77th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
77th Sentai Det A with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
77th Sentai Det B with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 5000.
Also attacking 25th Army ...
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Morning Air attack on 18th Division, at 56,40 , near Chittagong
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 15
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 10
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 16
Vengeance I x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 2 destroyed
Vengeance I: 8 destroyed, 3 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 56,40 , near Chittagong
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 4
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 2
Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 15
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 3 destroyed, 7 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 19th Tank Regiment, at 56,40 , near Chittagong
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 1
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1
Allied aircraft
Blenheim VD x 9
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim VD: 5 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 18th Tank Regiment, at 56,40 , near Chittagong – then the CAP was worn out, but the large bombing raids still weren’t very effective. There are a couple of IJA AA units present so they may have helped keep the losses relatively low on the ground.
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 24
B-25C Mitchell x 21
P-38G Lightning x 17
P-40K Warhawk x 30
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Also attacking Imperial Guards Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Mortar Battalion ...
Also attacking 18th Division ...
Also attacking 5th Mortar Battalion ...
Also attacking 15th Ind. Engineer Regiment ...
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Morning Air attack on 18th Tank Regiment, at 56,40 , near Chittagong
Weather in hex: Severe storms – the weather probably helped too
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 18th Division, at 56,40 , near Chittagong
Allied aircraft
A-20A1 Havoc x 5
A-20A1 Havoc: 4 damaged
A-20A1 Havoc: 1 destroyed by flak
4 x A-20A1 Havoc bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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Morning Air attack on 18th Division, at 56,40 , near Chittagong
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6
P-40K Warhawk x 11
Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 56,40 , near Chittagong
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 12
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on 18th Division, at 56,40 , near Chittagong – then the second half in the afternoon.
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 28
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 5
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 12
Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 11
Beaufort I x 7
Beaufort VIII x 12
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Martlet II: 2 destroyed
Beaufort I: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Beaufort VIII: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on 18th Division, at 56,40 , near Chittagong
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 26
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 12
Allied aircraft
Beaufort I x 8
Beaufort I: 6 destroyed
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Ground combat at Dimapur (62,38)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 130904 troops, 1389 guns, 2172 vehicles, Assault Value = 5328
Defending force 33915 troops, 428 guns, 515 vehicles, Assault Value = 1349
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3
Japanese adjusted assault: 8044 – good bonuses from the HQ units and preparation. The worry was that adjusted AV would be less than raw AV while the defenders got a bonus, but clearly that didn’t eventuate.
Allied adjusted defense: 2203
Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 3) – still about 2 attacks to go before Dimapur is captured, which might take a week each for enough supply to arrive.
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
7392 casualties reported
Squads: 14 destroyed, 576 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 70 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 186 disabled
Guns lost 48 (4 destroyed, 44 disabled)
Vehicles lost 59 (7 destroyed, 52 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
2047 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 269 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 54 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 33 disabled
Guns lost 90 (7 destroyed, 83 disabled)
Vehicles lost 64 (9 destroyed, 55 disabled)
OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 28, 43
Previous report of sinking of SS S-45 incorrect. Ship sighted and engaged at 101, 133
Repairs completed on DD Sanae at Singapore, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Karukaya at Singapore, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Asagao at Singapore, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on SS I-170 at Soerabaja, ship returned to service
WO Hashimoto E. of 59th Sentai is credited with kill number 5 – a couple of pages of kill credits, so just the aces shown here.
WO Hashimoto E. of 59th Sentai attains ace status!!
WO Ishizawa, K. of 77th Sentai Det A is credited with kill number 7
1LT Igarashi M. of 77th Sentai is credited with kill number 11
WO Degawa I. of 77th Sentai is credited with kill number 9
2LT Okamoto B. of 77th Sentai Det A is credited with kill number 7
WO Bunkichi S. of 77th Sentai Det A is credited with kill number 5
WO Bunkichi S. of 77th Sentai Det A attains ace status!!
1LT Ban K. of 77th Sentai Det B is credited with kill number 6
2LT Daigo T. of 77th Sentai Det A is credited with kill number 6
1LT Ohashi R. of 77th Sentai Det B is credited with kill number 7
WO Bunkichi S. of 77th Sentai Det A is credited with kill number 6
2LT Haraguchi, K. of 77th Sentai is credited with kill number 6
2LT Okamoto B. of 77th Sentai Det A is credited with kill number 8
1LT Ohashi R. of 77th Sentai Det B is credited with kill number 8
2LT Gushi E. of 77th Sentai Det B is credited with kill number 5
2LT Gushi E. of 77th Sentai Det B attains ace status!!
2LT Azusa G. of 77th Sentai Det B is credited with kill number 5
2LT Azusa G. of 77th Sentai Det B attains ace status!!
WO Takahashi, T. of 77th Sentai Det A is credited with kill number 6
Genzan expands fortifications to size 2
Peiping expands airfield to size 5
Wenchow expands airfield to size 4
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