Cap Mandrake
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Joined: 11/15/2002 From: Southern California Status: offline
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Big raid on Darwin. I had moved the fighters up to New Guinea. Evidentarry JJ spotted this and surmised an opportunity. The problem is Darwin now has level 7 forts, four full AAA regiments and hundreds and hundreds of smaller AA guns. Also, once you put a hole in a Nell, the balsa wood tends to fall apart on the long way home to Kendari. 30-40 Nells lost. quote:
Morning Air attack on 197th Coast AA Regiment, at 76,124 (Darwin) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M3 Nell x 72 Japanese aircraft losses G3M3 Nell: 33 damaged G3M3 Nell: 3 destroyed by flak Allied ground losses: 55 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 35 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 35 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 197th Coast AA Regiment, at 76,124 (Darwin) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M3 Nell x 36 Japanese aircraft losses G3M3 Nell: 16 damaged G3M3 Nell: 3 destroyed by flak Allied ground losses: 55 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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