Gen.Hoepner -> RE: Ambush over Changsha (1/27/2008 1:35:07 AM)
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/12/42 Storm over Chungking! He decided to pay a visit to my biggest air base. 50 fighters on escorts and more 250 bombers came over my skies... I had very few fighters on CAP...but despite that they did a wonderfull job, shooting down droves of zeros and oscars...but the bombers were simply too much...we lost 57 planes on the ground:-( anyway it costed him quite a few good fighters... He's now moving back from Changsha...probably he wants to clear his flanks first...i expect a river crossing just North of Changsha...it will be risky...very risky...for me[:(]...gotta stabilize this damned theatre! Burma road is now closed and he's clearly massing everything he has in China...[:o] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Karachi , at 21,3 Japanese aircraft Ki-21-II Sally x 111 Ki-46-II Dinah x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-II Sally: 5 destroyed, 12 damaged Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 damaged Heavy Industry hits 25[:@] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Karachi , at 21,3 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 14 G3M Nell x 59 G4M1 Betty x 154 Ki-21-II Sally x 6 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged G4M1 Betty: 20 damaged Heavy Industry hits 32[:o][:o][:o] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32[X(][X(][X(] Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 78 G3M Nell x 27 G4M1 Betty x 41 Ki-21-II Sally x 30 Ki-49 Helen x 115 Ki-46-II Dinah x 7 Ki-15 Babs x 6 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 2 P-40B Tomahawk x 25 P-40E Warhawk x 14 I-153c x 8 I-16c x 10 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 25 destroyed, 11 damaged[:D] G3M Nell: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged Ki-21-II Sally: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 5 destroyed, 18 damaged Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed Ki-15 Babs: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-40B Tomahawk: 7 destroyed, 11 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 4 destroyed, 6 damaged I-153c: 4 destroyed I-16c: 8 destroyed B-25C Mitchell: 7 destroyed Martin 139: 1 destroyed Blenheim IV: 12 destroyed B-17E Fortress: 2 destroyed B-26B Marauder: 4 destroyed Allied ground losses: 85 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 14 Airbase supply hits 9 Runway hits 116 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft B5N2 Kate x 130 Ki-48-I Lily x 32 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 3 destroyed, 11 damaged Ki-48-I Lily: 8 damaged Allied aircraft losses PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 156 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 91 Jim,i checked..no, the units are sucking any supplies...now 13,000 and going down too fast...[:@] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Karachi , at 21,3 Japanese aircraft Ki-49 Helen x 97 Ki-46-II Dinah x 2 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed, 28 damaged Allied ground losses: 294 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 54 [image]local://upfiles/4162/44202C462A4F4AE6A2D1F3519868372D.jpg[/image]
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