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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/25/42 Surface Combat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Iloilo, at 42,56 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Japanese Ships DD Hasu DD Numakaze DD Okikaze CL Oi CL Kitakami CL Tama BB Yamashiro BB Fuso BB Nagato Allied ground losses: 161 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Runway hits 5 Port hits 3 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 2 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasions Coastal Guns at Iloilo, 42,56, firing at TF 14 TF 14 troops unloading over beach at Iloilo, 42,56 Japanese ground losses: 119 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Iloilo, 42,56, firing at TF 14 TF 14 troops unloading over beach at Iloilo, 42,56 Japanese ground losses: 62 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Iloilo, 42,56, firing at TF 123 TF 123 troops unloading over beach at Iloilo, 42,56 Japanese ground losses: 66 casualties reported ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Iloilo, 42,56, firing at TF 123 TF 123 troops unloading over beach at Iloilo, 42,56 Japanese ground losses: 69 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Macassar, 30,69, firing at TF 89 TF 89 troops unloading over beach at Macassar, 30,69 Japanese ground losses: 129 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Macassar, 30,69, firing at TF 20 TF 20 troops unloading over beach at Macassar, 30,69 Japanese ground losses: 76 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Macassar, 30,69, firing at TF 89 TF 89 troops unloading over beach at Macassar, 30,69 Japanese ground losses: 55 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Combat Night Air attack on Batavia , at 19,59 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 34 G4M1 Betty x 4 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 2 destroyed, 11 damaged Allied Ships AK Sibolga, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AK Senang, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AK Modjekerto, Torpedo hits 1 AP Van Diemen, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AK Poelau Tello, Torpedo hits 1, on fire AK Sipora, Bomb hits 1 SS KXVII, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 12 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Runway hits 1 Port hits 1 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell bombing at 10000 feet 14 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Tjilitjap , at 19,62 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 15 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 11 damaged Allied Ships AP Camphuys, Bomb hits 1, on fire AK Elout, Bomb hits 1, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 15 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Soerabaja , at 22,65 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 40 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 5 destroyed, 9 damaged Allied Ships AP Van Overstraten, Torpedo hits 1, on fire AK Bengalen, Torpedo hits 1, on fire Port hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 19 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Soerabaja , at 22,65 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 20 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses Brewster 339D: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 44 G4M1 Betty x 14 Ki-21 Sally x 72 Ki-46-II Dinah x 5 Ki-15 Babs x 1 Allied aircraft Hurricane II x 5 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Hurricane II: 11 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged Blenheim IF: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Catalina I: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied Ships SS KX, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AK Empire Lake, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 56 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 4 Port hits 7 Port supply hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 8 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 13 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 7 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 14 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 10000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 2 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 22,65 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 25 H6K4 Mavis x 1 Allied aircraft CW-21B Demon x 8 Brewster 339D x 3 Buffalo I x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses CW-21B Demon: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged Brewster 339D: 7 destroyed Buffalo I: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Zuid Garrison Battalion, at 20,55 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 23 Ki-21 Sally x 30 Ki-48 Lily x 28 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 11 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged Ki-48 Lily: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 5 destroyed, 3 damaged Allied ground losses: 66 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet 15 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet 18 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 12 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Tjilitjap , at 19,62 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 16 Allied aircraft Hawk 75A x 9 CW-21B Demon x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Hawk 75A: 16 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Muntok at 21,55 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 6 Allied aircraft Brewster 339D x 3 Martin 139 x 4 P-40E Warhawk x 9 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Martin 139: 2 destroyed Japanese Ships AP Tainichi Maru AP Sangetsu Maru Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Brewster 339D attacking at 100 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground Combat Ground combat at Macassar Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1575 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 1602 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese ground losses: 56 casualties reported ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Palembang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 6430 troops, 34 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 6043 troops, 75 guns, 7 vehicles Japanese ground losses: 2 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Allied ground losses: 22 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Situation Report The day/night attacks on Rangoon and bases in DEI were successfull. 11 ships were hit, including 2 subs. 2 transports and one sub reported sunk. Allied Air Losses: Air to Air 19 Ground 10 Flak 1 Japanese Air losses Air to Air 1 Flak 7 Op losses 4 The Zero sweeps were particularily efficient and destroyed many Dutch fighters on CAP. Wobbly denied that he had cruisers south of Java, but I spotted a bb/ca group heading NW of Darwin today. With a little luck my naval bombers will attack them tomorrow. I reduced the number of bb's heading towards Palembang, don't want to show all my assets and at the same time destroy the oil facilities. 3 ca's and 3 dd's are now heading towarsds Truk. They will make a lot of noice and escort troop ships all over the place. I told Wob that I hoped to land a K.O. blow, but now where - but hinted somewhat ironically that occupying New Zealand should be sufficient to force an end to hostilities Not sure whether he thinks I'm really going to land in India or expand soutwhards. KB is passing by Kavieng today, the tankers are still unobserved in the Coral Sea Map over todays operations in DEI:
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"The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without" - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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