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Q-Ball -> Bomb-Ay (4/16/2009 5:14:50 PM)
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Combat Report
June 18, 1942
Bombay
Another good air round for us over Bombay. I wondered if the Allies would give up control of the air; they haven't yet, but I bet they will after today. We had three rounds again of fighting and bombing:
*SWEEP from Poona, with 88 Zero and 64 Oscar meeting a CAP of 28 planes. For the second day in a row, 100% of the CAP was shot down. I have to believe that's the last fighter we'll see, because that can't be good for morale! We lost 10 Oscar and 2 Zero, I'm only using Zeros from here on out, those Oscar losses are too high.
*BOMBING from Hyderbad hit the airbase; another 80 bomb hits, with 18 fighters and 24 Bombers destroyed on the ground.
*PORT RAID from Ahmadebad, that hit the ships in port; 1 DD and 7 AK took bombs. The DD was a leftover from an earlier fight, and is probably close to 99 sys. Most of the AKs caught fire. Not sure how many we will sink; ships in port are easy to hit, hard to sink.
We will repeat all of this tommorow, though I expect there to be less fighter opposition, and any undamaged transports will probably leave. I expect them to fly out any undamaged bombers. They must be running low on decent fighters, because they flew in a Sqd of Mohawks yesterday (13 of which were immediately lost).
Ceylon
Beauforts from Ceylon sortied and sank CL Nagara. THAT is irritating, shame on us for sailing anything within 4 hexes of Ceylon. At any rate, we have troops prepping for a landing at Trincomalee, will take it at some point, probably in about a month. We may be able to strand those planes, because they can only stage through Bombay, which is under some stress right now.
Burma
The Glorious Battle of 35,29 continues; this time we acheive 9-1 Shock. I'm going to try a Deliberate attack tommorow, maybe that will produce a different result? Would really like to kill those Chinese, especially since they are probably 99 experience by now. (our guys are)
Day Air attack on Bombay , at 18,11
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 88
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 64
Allied aircraft
Mohawk IV x 12
Kittyhawk IA x 10
Hurricane IIb x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 11 destroyed, 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Mohawk IV: 12 destroyed
Kittyhawk IA: 10 destroyed
Hurricane IIb: 6 destroyed
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Day Air attack on Bombay , at 18,11
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 20
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 44
Ki-21 Sally x 52
Ki-49 Helen x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 8 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 13 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 3 damaged
Allied Ships
AK Loch Ranza, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Decoy, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Johanne Justesen, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kiangsu, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Empire Elk, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Mabella, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Herleik, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Empire Resistance, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 3
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet
10 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 9000 feet
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet
13 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet
2 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet
3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 9000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 9000 feet
3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 9000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 9000 feet
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Day Air attack on Bombay , at 18,11
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 2
Ki-21 Sally x 57
Ki-49 Helen x 26
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 6 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 3 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 5 destroyed
Wellington III: 6 destroyed
Hurricane IIb: 4 destroyed
Curtis H81-3A PR: 1 destroyed
LB-30 Liberator: 3 destroyed
IL-4c: 3 destroyed
Mohawk IV: 1 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 80
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