Shadow of the Condor
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3 Jun 42
Wx: Partly Cloudy
0300L…at sea aboard HMAS Orungal…
The torpedoes passed below the wounded ship. She never even knew she had been attacked as she continued to limp home to Australia.
0500L…Port Moresby…The PBYs roared off the ocean’s surface and climbed. The entire squadron was on search, and each plane turned north to begin scanning their individual sectors…
0600L…Port Moresby…
Everywhere along the base and its outlying airfields planes were warming up and taxiing to the runway. Fueled and armed, they were about to begin the defense of Port Moresby. The Japanese were coming.
0633L…base operations…Port Moresby…
The PBY reports started to come in. Slowly at first, then a deluge of IJN ship sightings approaching New Guinea. Each was plotted and assigned…
0800L…10,000 feet over Lae…
The recon pilot in his funny-looking, if impressive, airplane had been correct. SLDR Prescott in his P-40E Kittyhawk was dubious about the report, but there they were…7 Claude fighters. He tried to get them to engage, but the Japanese fighters weren’t looking for a fight. They were effective, however, at drawing fighters away from Port Moresby…
0802L…Buna harbor, New Guinea…
The pilots of the 35th Fighter Squadron dove to the deck after crossing the last of the mountain range. Spread out before them were Japanese ships, but not the destroyers of the expected fast transport task force. Instead, four slow, plodding transports in the process of landing troops. Transports that had little in the way of anti-aircraft protection. And no fighter cover…
0833L…120 miles NNE of Gili Gili…
17,000 feet up, the pilots of the two carrier air wings were also looking down on IJN ships. Their fighter escort had been light, but it turned out to be enough.
0840L…Port Moresby…
The air raid warning klaxon had gone off, and the cargo ships in the harbor in the process of unloading cringed, but there was little they could do. The fate of their ships was with the fighter pilots above them…
Dusk…Port Moresby…
The day had indeed been bloody. Ships from both sides were sunk. The IJN carriers were confirmed to be sailing through the straight between Finschhafen and Gasmata. Mitscher had retired his carriers south to allow his pilots a day to rest up. But he had one more surprise for the Japanese invaders…
The CR – (note: next turn I’ll post a list of the confirmed ship/plane kills)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/03/42
Weather: Partly Cloudy
Sub attack at 10,44
Japanese Ships
SS I-27
Allied Ships
AP Orungal
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Air attack on Lae , at 9,33
Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 9
Allied aircraft
P-40E Kittyhawk x 18
no losses
no losses
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Air attack on TF, near Buna at 12,38
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 21
no losses
Japanese Ships
AP Kembu Maru, Shell hits 4, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Tama Maru, Shell hits 20, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP Aiyo Maru, Shell hits 12
AP Ryuosan Maru
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 169
Guns lost 2
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Air attack on TF at 19,40
Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 16
SBD Dauntless x 45
Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless x 3 damaged
Japanese Ships
DD Yuzuki, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Meiten Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CL Yubari, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Ryotaku Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 68
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Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 10,40
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 47
D3A Val x 78
Allied aircraft
P-40E Kittyhawk x 15
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 2 destroyed
D3A Val x 1 destroyed
D3A Val x 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Kittyhawk x 1 destroyed
Allied Ships
AK Idomeneus, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
AK Murada, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Barwon, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Adelong, Bomb hits 1
AP Westralia, Bomb hits 1, on fire
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Air attack on TF, near Darubia at 18,41
Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 18
SBD Dauntless x 14
no losses
Japanese Ships
MSW Rokko Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
PC Ch 17, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
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Air attack on TF at 10,34
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 3
no losses
Japanese Ships
AP China Maru, Shell hits 4
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 11
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Air attack on TF at 19,40
Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 39
Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless x 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
MSW Fumi Maru #2
AP Koei Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tarushima Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 124
Guns lost 1
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Air attack on TF at 12,35
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 20
P-40E Kittyhawk x 26
Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra x 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
CL Yura, Shell hits 8, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Usugumo
DD Kagero, Shell hits 4
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Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 10,40
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 45
D3A Val x 18
Allied aircraft
P-40E Kittyhawk x 10
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed
D3A Val x 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Kittyhawk x 1 damaged
Allied Ships
AK Idomeneus, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Murada, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
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I-80 border war: Condor vs. TabPub - 
For those of you not familiar with I-80, it’s an interstate highway just south of Chicago, running east/west across the country. TabPub lives about 10 miles north of the highway, and I live about ten miles south of it. 
Ouch! I had a much quieter 1st turn, *whew*. 
'nuff said. First sinking of the action goes to tabpub. Of course, S-44 gets Azumasan Maru in his sights twice and misses. 
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