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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 30, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub vs Sub: SS Sea Rover attacking SS I-177 at 55,42 - near Chittagong SS I-177, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Sea Rover SS Sea Rover launches 2 torpedoes at 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Bataan at 77,77 E Fukue E Hirado Allied Ships SS Sand Lance, hits 11 SS Sand Lance is located by E Fukue Sand Lance diving deep .... E Hirado attacking submerged sub .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Myitkyina , at 64,42 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 14 Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft Wellington B.X x 16 B-24D1 Liberator x 12 B-24J Liberator x 5 Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 18 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Myitkyina , at 64,42 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 12 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Amami Oshima at 98,63 E Tsuta E Yomogi Allied Ships SS Snook SS Snook launches 2 torpedoes at E Tsuta Snook diving deep .... E Yomogi attacking submerged sub .... E Tsuta attacking submerged sub .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 27th Infantry Division, at 56,42 , near Chittagong Weather in hex: Partial cloud Ki-84r Frank x 90 Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft P-40N Warhawk x 5 Spitfire Vc Trop x 5 Spitfire VIII x 12 Spitfire VIII x 2 Allied aircraft losses P-40N Warhawk: 2 destroyed Spitfire Vc Trop: 2 destroyed Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 34 x Ki-84r Frank sweeping at 20000 feet CAP engaged: 3rd FG/32nd FS CACW with P-40N Warhawk (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000. No.34 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000. No.134 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000. No.457 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000. No.615 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 32nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment, at 57,42 , near Chittagong Weather in hex: Severe storms Ki-84r Frank x 27 27 x Ki-84r Frank sweeping at 20000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 32nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment, at 57,42 , near Chittagong Ki-84r Frank x 24 6 x Ki-84r Frank sweeping at 20000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 369th Coast AA Regiment, at 56,42 , near Chittagong – doing a spot of recon by bombing, also just to let the Allies know that they should keep some fighters on local CAP rather than putting them all on escort or sweep duty. IJA bombers don’t achieve much… Weather in hex: Partial cloud Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 17 Ki-84r Frank x 39 Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 2 damaged Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 1 destroyed by flak Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 3 Spitfire VIII x 1 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 9000 feet Ground Attack: 3 x 250 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: No.457 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 19000. No.615 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 23000. No.134 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 29000. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 23rd Chindit Brigade, at 57,42 , near Chittagong Weather in hex: Severe storms Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 23 23 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 9000 feet Ground Attack: 3 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 11th (East African) Division, at 59,39 (Silchar) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 24 Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 6 destroyed, 4 damaged Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 1 destroyed by flak Allied aircraft Kittyhawk III x 4 Kittyhawk IV x 6 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 9000 feet Ground Attack: 3 x 250 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: The kiwis score themselves some easy kills today No.15 Sqn RNZAF with Kittyhawk IV (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000. No.14 Sqn RNZAF with Kittyhawk III (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 56,42 , near Chittagong Weather in hex: Partial cloud Ki-84r Frank x 33 Allied aircraft P-39N2 Airacobra x 11 P-39N2 Airacobra: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged 4 x P-39N2 Airacobra bombing from 100 feet Ground Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 11th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling) 47th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling) 64th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 77th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 77th Sentai Det A with Ki-84r Frank (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 77th Sentai Det B with Ki-84r Frank (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 87th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 20th Division, at 56,42 , near Chittagong Weather in hex: Partial cloud Ki-84r Frank x 30 Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 1 P-39N2 Airacobra x 12 P-39N2 Airacobra: 4 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 12th Division, at 59,39 (Silchar) Allied aircraft Kittyhawk III x 2 B-25H Mitchell x 12 B-25H Mitchell: 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 35 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 56,42 (near Chittagong) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 45849 troops, 867 guns, 1675 vehicles, Assault Value = 1810 Defending force 45024 troops, 631 guns, 826 vehicles, Assault Value = 1182 Allied adjusted assault: 750 Japanese adjusted defense: 1781 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1494 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 100 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 30 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled Guns lost 81 (14 destroyed, 67 disabled) Vehicles lost 53 (15 destroyed, 38 disabled) Allied ground losses: 912 casualties reported Squads: 8 destroyed, 130 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 22 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Guns lost 17 (1 destroyed, 16 disabled) Vehicles lost 31 (2 destroyed, 29 disabled) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Silchar (59,39) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 29735 troops, 599 guns, 857 vehicles, Assault Value = 974 Defending force 9536 troops, 132 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 130 Allied adjusted assault: 732 Japanese adjusted defense: 149 Allied assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), fatigue(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 776 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 87 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Allied ground losses: 144 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Assaulting units: 11th (East African) Division 255th Armoured Brigade 50th Tank Brigade 77th Chindit Brigade 26th Indian Division Defending units: 12th Division OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Mar 30, 44 Repairs completed on CL Yubari at Tokyo, ship returned to service E13A1 Jake from 902 Ku T-2 attacking a Balao class SS at 111,95 a KXIV Class class SS is reported HIT G4M1 Betty from K-402 Hikotai attacking a 'T' 1940 Programme class SS at 108,92 an Allied SS is reported HIT G4M2 Betty from 701 Ku K-1 attacking SS Picuda at 81,102 SS Picuda is reported HIT G4M2 Betty from 701 Ku K-1 attacking SS Picuda at 81,102 SS Picuda is reported HIT G4M2 Betty from 701 Ku K-1 attacking an Allied SS at 76,99 an Allied SS is reported HIT G3M3 Nell from K-602 Hikotai attacking a Gato class SS at 108,92 an Allied SS is reported HIT E13A1 Jake from Nachi-2 attacking SS Snook at 98,63 SS Snook is reported HIT WO Notomi I. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 2 2LT Miyazaki S. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 6 1LT Chiba W. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 15 2LT Mitsumori K. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 5 2LT Mitsumori K. of 1st Sentai attains ace status!! 2LT Kaguyama G. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 5 2LT Kaguyama G. of 1st Sentai attains ace status!! 2LT Mori J. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 2 2LT Mori J. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 3 WO Koga O. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 4 WO Kimiyama W. of 47th Sentai is credited with kill number 5 WO Kimiyama W. of 47th Sentai attains ace status!! PB4Y-1P Liberator sighted over Rabaul WO Emura C. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 6 WO Emura C. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 7 2LT Iizuka P. of 77th Sentai Det A is credited with kill number 4 2LT Iizuka P. of 77th Sentai Det A is credited with kill number 5 2LT Iizuka P. of 77th Sentai Det A attains ace status!! CPT Igarashi M. of 77th Sentai is credited with kill number 20 1LT Iwaya E. of 77th Sentai Det A is credited with kill number 11 1LT Kizuka B. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 8 2LT Takenaka A. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 5 2LT Takenaka A. of 64th Sentai attains ace status!! CPT Igarashi M. of 77th Sentai is credited with kill number 21 2LT Takenaka A. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 6 2LT Mitsumori E. of 77th Sentai Det B is credited with kill number 3 2LT Oba K. of 77th Sentai Det B is credited with kill number 6 2LT Mitsumori E. of 77th Sentai Det B is credited with kill number 4 2LT Oba K. of 77th Sentai Det B is credited with kill number 7 2LT Higashiyama U. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 6 WO Kimiyama W. of 47th Sentai is credited with kill number 6 G3M2 Nell from Yokosuka Ku K-1 attacking an Allied SS at 115,63 an Allied SS is reported HIT E13A1 Jake from 902 Ku T-1 attacking SS Corvina at 108,115 SS Corvina is reported HIT B6N2 Jill from 936 Ku T-1 attacking a KXIV Class class SS at 103,120 an Allied SS is reported HIT G3M2 Nell from K-403 Hikotai attacking SS Tunny at 108,63 SS Tunny is reported HIT G3M3 Nell from K-601 Hikotai attacking a 'U' 1941 Long Hull class SS at 108,92 an Allied SS is reported HIT E13A1 Jake from Chikuma-2 attacking SS Rock at 114,66 SS Rock is reported HIT E13A1 Jake from Kumano-1 attacking a Triton class SS at 105,94 an Allied SS is reported HIT 4 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 46th Naval Guard Unit from Wake Island 5 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting Yokosuka 4th SNLF from Mili 4 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting Jaluit Base Force from Mili 5 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting Yokosuka 2nd SNLF from Mili Repairs completed on SS I-19 at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service Greymouth expands airfield to size 2 Waipapakauri expands airfield to size 2 DD Shimozuki arrives at Maizuru E No.16 arrives at Tokyo SS I-54 arrives at Maizuru Loss of SS I-177 on Mar 30, 1944 is admitted MGB G-229 arrives at Yokohama/Yokosuka -------------- MGEN Ginowa joins the 11th Sentai veterans in search of his first victory. He’s currently none from 719 missions!
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