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EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (3/5/2012 11:33:53 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 22, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Babeldaob at 90,97 Japanese Ships SS RO-101, hits 21, and is sunk Allied Ships DD Walker DD Cushing DD Conyngham DD Lamson DD Drayton SS RO-101 is sighted by escort DD Cushing fails to find sub and abandons search DD Conyngham attacking submerged sub .... DD Lamson fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Drayton attacking submerged sub .... SS RO-101 forced to surface! DD Drayton firing on surfaced sub .... DD Cushing firing on surfaced sub .... DD Conyngham firing on surfaced sub .... DD Lamson firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 97,63 Japanese Ships xAK Peking Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage xAK Daijo Maru xAK Akitsushima Maru xAK Kenan Maru xAKL Fuchu Maru xAKL Tokiwasan Maru DD Hatsuyuki Allied Ships SS Pipefish SS Pipefish launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Peking Maru DD Hatsuyuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hatsuyuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hatsuyuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hatsuyuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hatsuyuki fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Nakadori-jima at 101,56 Japanese Ships xAKL Ganges Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Guitarro xAKL Ganges Maru is sighted by SS Guitarro SS Guitarro launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Ganges Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Nakadori-jima at 101,56 Japanese Ships xAKL Kitahuku Maru, Shell hits 28, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Pintado SS Pintado attacking xAKL Kitahuku Maru on the surface SS Pintado low on gun ammo, Clarey, B.A. breaks off surface engagement and submerges Don't often see surface attacks these days... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kompong Chhnang , at 59,68 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 46,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 15 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 15 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pisanuloke , at 58,57 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M3 Nell x 7 Japanese aircraft losses G3M3 Nell: 7 damaged Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pisanuloke , at 58,57 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIa Helen x 6 Ki-49-IIb Helen x 4 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIa Helen: 4 damaged Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 damaged Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 6 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 2 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 81,41 , near Ankang Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIb Helen x 6 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 25 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 34th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 82,107 (Sorong) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 20 FM-2 Wildcat x 12 F6F-3 Hellcat x 6 SBD-5 Dauntless x 16 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 3 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 5 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 56th JNAF AF Unit , at 91,115 , near Sarmi Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 64 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Allied aircraft Mitchell II x 12 PBJ-1D Mitchell x 10 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 10 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet * Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x Mitchell II bombing from 6000 feet * Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 13th JAAF Base Force ... Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ... Also attacking 56th JNAF AF Unit ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kompong Chhnang , at 59,68 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Liberator B.III x 11 Liberator B.VI x 14 B-24J Liberator x 40 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 35 Airbase supply hits 27 Runway hits 102 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Liberator B.III bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb Helens came out of here yesterday in large numbers. By the time the heavy hand of the Allies shows up, they've done a runner. My foe is getting smart as far as thats concerned... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldoap Naval Fortress, at 90,97 (Babeldaob) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 15 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 7 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 30th Special Base Force ... Also attacking 2nd Amphibious Brigade ... Also attacking 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Might try higher altitude, massed AA here means not many bombers fly, all dinged up. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 8 B-25D1 Mitchell x 3 B-25H Mitchell x 14 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ternate , at 78,102 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 11 B-24J Liberator x 33 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-II KAI Helen: 1 destroyed on ground No Allied losses Airbase hits 17 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 76 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb Assault force en route from Townsville to Boela, so time to suppress the airfields that are in range of that. Saumlaki is far forward enough to do this. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 12 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 53rd Division, at 106,122 (Kavieng) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 54 NM, estimated altitude 1,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Allied aircraft P-39N1 Airacobra x 20 Allied aircraft losses P-39N1 Airacobra: 2 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 20 x P-39N1 Airacobra bombing from 100 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Butuan at 82,92 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 30 F6F-3 Hellcat x 62 SBD-5 Dauntless x 34 TBF-1 Avenger x 11 TBM-1C Avenger x 11 Allied aircraft losses SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 damaged TBM-1C Avenger: 1 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Chowa Maru, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAK Hakusika Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAK Ayato Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire xAK Kinryu Maru xAK Josho Maru, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk xAK Hiyama Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 11 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo 9 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 11 x TBM-1C Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo 4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 21 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Hakusika Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Hiyama Maru Found and waxed that convoy but not too impressed. A few ships survived. There was no afternoon phase due to bad weather. And look how many a/c took off. There are ~600 bombers in the CV force a mere 5 hexes away, and only 50 bombers found the target? I guess the thunderstorm didnt help though. CVs are drawing back to Babeldoab now as the reinforcement wave is drawing near. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Uttaradit , at 59,56 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft P-40N5 Warhawk x 10 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x P-40N5 Warhawk sweeping at 10000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Guards Mixed Brigade, at 95,120 , near Dagua Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 16 Kittyhawk IV x 8 Spitfire Vc Trop x 6 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 17 PV-1 Ventura x 15 Allied aircraft losses DB-7B: 4 damaged Japanese ground losses: 53 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 15 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x DB-7B bombing from 1000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Guards Mixed Brigade, at 95,120 , near Dagua Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft A-24B Banshee x 11 F4U-1A Corsair x 12 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 90 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 5 x A-24B Banshee releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 6 x A-24B Banshee releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Ponape , at 119,113 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 9 No Allied losses Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Guards Mixed Brigade, at 95,120 , near Dagua Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft Kittyhawk IV x 12 A-20G Havoc x 32 Allied aircraft losses A-20G Havoc: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 88 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 16 x A-20G Havoc bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x A-20G Havoc bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Kompong Chhnang , at 59,68 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 10 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 10000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Tanegashima at 102,63 Japanese Ships SC CHa-65 Allied Ships SS Angler SS Angler is located by SC CHa-65 Sub escapes detection -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Tanegashima at 102,63 Japanese Ships SC CHa-65 Allied Ships SS Angler SS Angler is located by SC CHa-65 Angler diving deep .... Sub escapes detection -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 10837 troops, 108 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 458 Defending force 14009 troops, 219 guns, 370 vehicles, Assault Value = 489 Japanese ground losses: 13 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 3rd South Seas Gsn 2nd Amphibious Brigade 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade 51st Naval Guard Unit Babeldoap Naval Fortress 22nd JAAF Base Force 39th Road Const Co 39th Field AA Battalion 23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 29th JAAF AF Coy 69th Field AA Battalion 3rd Base Force 40th Field AA Battalion 16th Army 44th Field AA Battalion 30th Special Base Force 4th Base Force /5 Defending units: 766th Tank Battalion 6th Infantry Division 34th Combat Engineer Regiment XIV US Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Port Blair (46,58) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1441 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19 Defending force 4719 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 128 Japanese ground losses: 28 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 74th Infantry Regiment 23rd JAAF AF Bn 26th Air Flotilla 53rd JNAF AF Unit 94th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 200th Chinese Division

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (3/5/2012 11:09:37 PM)
Inching forward in Malaysia still. Japanese shipping was spotted at Medang, some attacks were made but not much damage was done. I've reinforced Victoria Point heavily, the engineers made it there this turn in fact, I suspect he'll pull out by tomorrow but if not Medang is going to be hit with everything SEAC can muster. Won't be too long now before the transports (still unloading at Victoria Point, the aforementioned engineers) will be back at Cochin and able to pick up the Sabang invasion force. Meanwhile in the SWPAC area an amphib assault force destined for Boela is just passing by Merauke. I'm going to invade Sorong with a couple of brigades soon as well. The CV force moved NE again into the deep ocean and did spot a fleeing crippled BB, probably Haruna, unfortunately another day of terrible weather grounded the carrier air. Bit of a decision, but I shall persist despite the reinforcements for Babeldoab drawing near now and possibly in need of air cover. The fighting at Babeldoab itself isn't going so well... ooer. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 23, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Aogashima at 113,65 Japanese Ships E No.4 E No.3 Allied Ships SS Bluegill, hits 5 SS Bluegill launches 6 torpedoes at E No.4 Bluegill diving deep .... E No.4 fails to find sub and abandons search E No.3 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.3 attacking submerged sub .... E No.3 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.3 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.3 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Bluegill is far to the map east in the sub blockade, not much traffic there so she is on her own. She's damaged but will make port unless attacked again. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Tanegashima at 103,66 Japanese Ships xAK Genzan Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage E W-18 Allied Ships SS Dace, hits 4 SS Dace launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Genzan Maru E W-18 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-18 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-18 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-18 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-18 attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Aogashima at 113,66 Japanese Ships E No.4 Allied Ships SS Bashaw, hits 14, on fire, heavy damage SS Bashaw is located by E No.4 Bashaw diving deep .... E No.4 attacking submerged sub .... Large oil slick appears over area of attack! Escort abandons search for sub Near to Bluegill, Bashaw isn't so lucky and is sunk. She was also on her own. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Dadjangas at 79,94 Japanese Ships xAK Kinryu Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage PB Kyo Maru #8 Allied Ships SS Sawfish SS Sawfish launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Kinryu Maru Sawfish diving deep .... PB Kyo Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kyo Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kyo Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kyo Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kyo Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Looks to be the convoy that is now fleeing my CVs and rounding Mindanao, Sawfish is having a very busy combat patrol! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pisanuloke , at 58,57 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M3 Nell x 3 Japanese aircraft losses G3M3 Nell: 2 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 3 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pisanuloke , at 58,57 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIa Helen x 3 Ki-49-IIb Helen x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed by flak Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 3rd Amphibious Brigade, at 80,110 (Boela) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 10 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 12 FM-2 Wildcat x 8 F6F-3 Hellcat x 4 SBD-5 Dauntless x 12 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 92nd JAAF AF Bn , at 51,69 , near Nakhon Si Thammarat Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft Beaufighter TF.X x 16 Allied aircraft losses Beaufighter TF.X: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Beaufighter TF.X bombing from 100 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 48 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 5 Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 6 B-24J Liberator x 23 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged Runway hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 33rd Sentai/A with Ki-44-IIb Tojo (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 11740 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes Not impressed with that, the USAAF are gonna have to step up their game. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 53rd Division, at 106,122 (Kavieng) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 62 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 21 minutes Allied aircraft P-39N1 Airacobra x 20 Allied aircraft losses P-39N1 Airacobra: 4 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 20 x P-39N1 Airacobra bombing from 100 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Guards Mixed Brigade, at 95,120 , near Dagua Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 12 P-40N5 Warhawk x 12 F4U-1A Corsair x 12 SBD-5 Dauntless x 24 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged SBD-5 Dauntless: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 127 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 11 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Guards Mixed Brigade, at 95,120 , near Dagua Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 16 Kittyhawk IV x 20 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 17 PV-1 Ventura x 15 Allied aircraft losses DB-7B: 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 115 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 15 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x DB-7B bombing from 1000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Guards Mixed Brigade, at 95,120 , near Dagua Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft A-24B Banshee x 11 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 25 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 11 x A-24B Banshee releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Ponape , at 119,113 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 9 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 8 B-24D1 Liberator x 8 B-24J Liberator x 23 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 12 No Allied losses Airbase hits 13 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 33 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Medan at 46,76 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-61-Id Tony x 27 Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 10 P-51A Mustang x 11 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 3 damaged P-51A Mustang: 4 destroyed Japanese Ships xAK Izan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Jouban Maru, Shell hits 1 xAK Burma Maru xAKL Shuntai Maru Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: 30th Sentai/A with Ki-61-Id Tony (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes 30th Sentai/B with Ki-61-Id Tony (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers 30th Sentai/C with Ki-61-Id Tony (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 11810 , scrambling fighters to 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers 10 P51As for a handful of bomb hits. The bombers are not the best trained, SEAC's attack bombers are mostly used in an air to ground role as there are so few naval targets. They got lownav about 50. The P51s paid heavily but succeeded in getting the bombers to the target. Am curious what he's doing here, evacuation I guess? Resupply? He knows it's under the Allied air umbrella, but there are 3 TFs there, and the Tonies arrived today. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Guards Mixed Brigade, at 95,120 , near Dagua Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire Vc Trop x 6 A-20G Havoc x 32 Allied aircraft losses A-20G Havoc: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 107 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 16 x A-20G Havoc bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x A-20G Havoc bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 10846 troops, 108 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 459 Defending force 14109 troops, 219 guns, 370 vehicles, Assault Value = 500 Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 160 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 24 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled [X(] Assaulting units: 2nd Amphibious Brigade 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade 3rd South Seas Gsn 51st Naval Guard Unit Babeldoap Naval Fortress 23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 22nd JAAF Base Force 3rd Base Force 40th Field AA Battalion 39th Road Const Co 29th JAAF AF Coy 16th Army 39th Field AA Battalion 44th Field AA Battalion 30th Special Base Force 69th Field AA Battalion 4th Base Force /5 Defending units: 6th Infantry Division 766th Tank Battalion 34th Combat Engineer Regiment XIV US Corps Uh oh. ANother regiment draws near, but I'm assuming the USAAF will bomb the supply out of them. Looks like a false assumption so far, the USAAF are not covering themselves with glory for some reason. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Port Blair (46,58) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1431 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 18 Defending force 4750 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 131 Japanese ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 74th Infantry Regiment 53rd JNAF AF Unit 26th Air Flotilla 23rd JAAF AF Bn 94th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 200th Chinese Division

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (3/6/2012 4:34:59 PM)
Storms in the Pacific once again seriously stymied the Allies this turn, but some results were obtained. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 24, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Agrihan at 107,85 Japanese Ships AKE Soya, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Cero AKE Soya is sighted by SS Cero SS Cero launches 6 torpedoes at AKE Soya Shipping fleeing Guam/Tinian/Saipan in the light of my B29 port raid a few days ago. Escorts are apparently not available, the subs pounce. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Aogashima at 113,65 Japanese Ships E No.2 E No.4 Allied Ships SS Harder, hits 15, heavy damage SS Harder launches 6 torpedoes at E No.2 E No.4 attacking submerged sub .... Large oil slick appears over area of attack! Escort abandons search for sub Sunk. Harder was on her own. I think I might institute a 'always in a wolfpack' rule, see if it helps. At least around the Home Islands. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Agrihan at 107,85 Japanese Ships AKE Kashino, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Cero SS Cero launches 4 torpedoes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Agrihan at 107,85 Japanese Ships AKE Soya, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Cero SS Cero launches 4 torpedoes Good day for Cero. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 97,63 Japanese Ships AK Arima Maru, Torpedo hits 1 DD Sawakaze Allied Ships SS Pipefish SS Pipefish launches 4 torpedoes at AK Arima Maru Pipefish diving deep .... DD Sawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Yap at 95,91 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Japanese aircraft D4Y3 Judy x 30 Japanese aircraft losses D4Y3 Judy: 12 damaged D4Y3 Judy: 7 destroyed by flak Allied Ships BB Iowa, Bomb hits 2, on fire BB New Jersey CA Baltimore Aircraft Attacking: 22 x D4Y3 Judy bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb Urk. This is what happens while my CVs chase targets well north of Babeldoab. I got a bunch of BBs and amphibs in the area approaching Babeldoab, well, some Judies from Yap showed up. Fortunately without torpedoes or today would've sucked. Today is probably a rare example of surface ships beating aircraft actually, a lot of Judies were shot down by heavy battlewagon AAA, while Iowa's crew merely had to man their brooms. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 89,115 , near Sarmi Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft P-40N5 Warhawk x 12 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 12 SBD-5 Dauntless x 12 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 3 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 61 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 21 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 4 Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 8 B-24J Liberator x 22 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed on ground N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 33rd Sentai/A with Ki-44-IIb Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 11740 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes Storms in the Pacific, it's getting kinda dull... very bad for the Allies, this constantly ineffective bombing. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Medan at 46,76 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-61-Id Tony x 53 Allied aircraft Beaufighter VIc x 10 B-25H Mitchell x 8 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Beaufighter VIc: 6 destroyed B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged Japanese Ships xAKL Yosyu Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Atuta Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Haguro Maru, Shell hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-25H Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: 85th Sentai/A with Ki-61-Id Tony (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 11810 , scrambling fighters to 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers 30th Sentai/A with Ki-61-Id Tony (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers 30th Sentai/B with Ki-61-Id Tony (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes 9 planes vectored on to bombers 30th Sentai/C with Ki-61-Id Tony (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 11810 , scrambling fighters to 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers 85th Sentai/B with Ki-61-Id Tony (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16810 , scrambling fighters to 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers 85th Sentai/C with Ki-61-Id Tony (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 21000 , scrambling fighters to 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes 5 planes vectored on to bombers A whole mass of stuff was scheduled to hit here today. P38s and heavies from Victoria Point on sweep/airfield, 3 squadrons of attack bombers, some Beaufighter X torpedo bombers, P51A and P51B and Beau VIc escort... of all this, only 1 squadron of attack bombers launched with the Beaus as escort, probably about 10-15% of the total force I had raring to go. Terrible, terrible performance, again due to bad weather. There's still 3 TFs reported at Medan. I'll persist for a third day. No radar means the bombers get through, though the Tonies have executed 25 Allied aircraft in 2 days. If you fly escort, you are dead meat in this game. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 9 B-24D1 Liberator x 11 B-24J Liberator x 25 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 12 No Allied losses Airbase hits 12 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 26 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 53rd Division, at 106,122 (Kavieng) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Allied aircraft P-39N1 Airacobra x 19 Allied aircraft losses P-39N1 Airacobra: 5 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 19 x P-39N1 Airacobra bombing from 100 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Yap at 95,91 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Japanese aircraft D4Y3 Judy x 12 Japanese aircraft losses D4Y3 Judy: 5 damaged D4Y3 Judy: 4 destroyed by flak Allied Ships BB New Jersey BB Iowa, Bomb hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x D4Y3 Judy bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb American BBs punish the Judies again, wow. He lost ~20 Judies and achieved nothing. But if they had torpedoes I would be a sad panda. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Yap at 95,91 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIa Helen x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 damaged Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed by flak Allied Ships DD Waller Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 1000 feet * Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Guards Mixed Brigade, at 95,120 , near Dagua Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 9 PV-1 Ventura x 12 P-40N5 Warhawk x 12 SBD-5 Dauntless x 24 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged SBD-5 Dauntless: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 66 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 53rd Division, at 106,122 (Kavieng) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 71 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 15 F6F-3 Hellcat x 17 SBD-5 Dauntless x 24 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 12 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 6 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 6 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 65th JNAF AF Unit , at 91,115 , near Sarmi Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft PBJ-1D Mitchell x 9 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet * Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Guards Mixed Brigade, at 95,120 , near Dagua Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 16 Kittyhawk IV x 8 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 17 PV-1 Ventura x 15 Allied aircraft losses DB-7B: 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 78 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 15 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x DB-7B bombing from 1000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Guards Mixed Brigade, at 95,120 , near Dagua Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft A-24B Banshee x 11 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 7 x A-24B Banshee releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x A-24B Banshee releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Ponape , at 119,113 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 63 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 9 No Allied losses Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Guards Mixed Brigade, at 95,120 , near Dagua Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft Kittyhawk IV x 12 A-20G Havoc x 16 Allied aircraft losses A-20G Havoc: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 55 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 16 x A-20G Havoc bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Guards Mixed Brigade, at 95,120 , near Dagua Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire Vc Trop x 6 A-20G Havoc x 16 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 84 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 16 x A-20G Havoc bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Daito Shoto at 97,81 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 29 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 29 F6F-3 Hellcat x 31 SBD-5 Dauntless x 34 TBF-1 Avenger x 10 Allied aircraft losses SBD-5 Dauntless: 5 damaged Japanese Ships BB Haruna, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage CA Atago DD Amatsukaze, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 17 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 10 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo 8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 9 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring a Japanese CA Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Amatsukaze The CVs found Haruna limping directly towards Japan, another torp, she is surely toast. She was moving very slowly so must be badly damaged indeed. Japan is a long way home. And there is the sub gauntlet. I'm gonna order the CVs back south so Iowa doesn't get splotched. Again though the Allies just suck. Look at that meeny lil raid, and it wasn't weather this time. I got 1200 carrier air, all the SBDs are set to naval attack, 30 make it. If KB met these incompetent fools then chances are the USN would get its azz handed to it. This after going through them with hand picked commanders for all and with all pilots having the appropriate skills at 70+. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 97,63 Japanese Ships AK Arima Maru Allied Ships SS Pomfret SS Pomfret launches 4 torpedoes at AK Arima Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 10957 troops, 108 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 471 Defending force 14055 troops, 219 guns, 370 vehicles, Assault Value = 480 Allied ground losses: 57 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 51st Naval Guard Unit 3rd South Seas Gsn 2nd Amphibious Brigade 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade Babeldoap Naval Fortress 23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 22nd JAAF Base Force 69th Field AA Battalion 29th JAAF AF Coy 40th Field AA Battalion 44th Field AA Battalion 39th Road Const Co 3rd Base Force 39th Field AA Battalion 30th Special Base Force 16th Army 4th Base Force /5 Defending units: 766th Tank Battalion 6th Infantry Division 34th Combat Engineer Regiment XIV US Corps This really isn't good. The USAAF needs to get off its smegging ar$e and hit something. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Port Blair (46,58) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1425 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 20 Defending force 4765 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 131 Assaulting units: 74th Infantry Regiment 26th Air Flotilla 23rd JAAF AF Bn 53rd JNAF AF Unit 94th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 200th Chinese Division -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 11127 troops, 216 guns, 342 vehicles, Assault Value = 471 Defending force 22668 troops, 254 guns, 195 vehicles, Assault Value = 471 Assaulting units: 766th Tank Battalion 6th Infantry Division 34th Combat Engineer Regiment XIV US Corps Defending units: 51st Naval Guard Unit 3rd South Seas Gsn 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade 2nd Amphibious Brigade Babeldoap Naval Fortress 69th Field AA Battalion 29th JAAF AF Coy 30th Special Base Force 3rd Base Force 39th Field AA Battalion 16th Army 39th Road Const Co 23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 40th Field AA Battalion 22nd JAAF Base Force 44th Field AA Battalion 4th Base Force /5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 51,69 (near Nakhon Si Thammarat) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 9299 troops, 92 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 402 Defending force 324 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3 Allied adjusted assault: 225 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 225 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), disruption(-), fatigue(-) morale(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 312 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 8 (8 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 2 Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: Merrills Marauders Regiment 36th Indian Brigade 2/2 AIF Pioneer Battalion 99th Indian Brigade XXXIII Indian Corps Defending units: 51st JNAF AF Unit 92nd JAAF AF Bn The Yanks are grappling with bad weather and shy commanders, but Slim at least is having a good war.

castor troy -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (3/7/2012 8:59:19 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: EUBanana -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Yap at 95,91 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Japanese aircraft D4Y3 Judy x 30 Japanese aircraft losses D4Y3 Judy: 12 damaged D4Y3 Judy: 7 destroyed by flak Allied Ships BB Iowa, Bomb hits 2, on fire BB New Jersey CA Baltimore Aircraft Attacking: 22 x D4Y3 Judy bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb Urk. This is what happens while my CVs chase targets well north of Babeldoab. I got a bunch of BBs and amphibs in the area approaching Babeldoab, well, some Judies from Yap showed up. Fortunately without torpedoes or today would've sucked. Today is probably a rare example of surface ships beating aircraft actually, a lot of Judies were shot down by heavy battlewagon AAA, while Iowa's crew merely had to man their brooms. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- a Judy would have a hard time carrying a torpedo [;)]

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (3/7/2012 9:00:41 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy a Judy would have a hard time carrying a torpedo [;)] [:D] Well they got something small and Judylike which drops torpedoes, I'm sure. [;)] Netties have shown up since then, thats more like it, just like old times.

castor troy -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (3/7/2012 9:01:55 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: EUBanana quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy a Judy would have a hard time carrying a torpedo [;)] [:D] Well they got something small and Judylike which drops torpedoes, I'm sure. [;)] Netties have shown up since then, thats more like it, just like old times. yeah, you would not want to see Jills show up [:D]

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (3/7/2012 10:28:57 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy quote: ORIGINAL: EUBanana quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy a Judy would have a hard time carrying a torpedo [;)] [:D] Well they got something small and Judylike which drops torpedoes, I'm sure. [;)] Netties have shown up since then, thats more like it, just like old times. yeah, you would not want to see Jills show up [:D] Thats the buggers! This fine morn sees me test the defences of Medang as theres a massive convoy still there that irks me. Babeldoab is quickly turning into Gallipoli though... sigh. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 25, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Hengchun at 85,68 Japanese Ships SC CHa-51 SC CHa-52 Allied Ships SS Lionfish SS Lionfish is located by SC CHa-51 Sub escapes detection -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Torishima at 110,66 Japanese Ships xAKL Hokuhi Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAKL Yagi Maru PB Muroran Maru Allied Ships SS Tunny SS Tunny launches 6 torpedoes at xAKL Hokuhi Maru PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Babeldaob at 91,98 Japanese Ships SS I-41, hits 11, heavy damage Allied Ships DD Laws DE Spangler DE Coolbaugh APD Barr APD Daniel T. Griffin LSD Lindenwald AK Chicot LST-350 LST-338 LST-74 LST-38 LST-34 LST-27 LST-23 LST-18 xAP Athlone Castle DD Frankford DD Cassin Young DD Young SS I-41 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Laws I-41 diving deep .... DD Frankford fails to find sub and abandons search DD Cassin Young attacking submerged sub .... DD Young fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Laws attacking submerged sub .... Large oil slick appears over area of attack! Escort abandons search for sub Suddenly Babeldoab is surrounded by a half a dozen subs. I guess they were there all along but now the CVE TF got into range they all pop up. One finds the amphib TF but the ASW deals with it. I decide not to have the CVs wade into the sub nest, which has consequences in the next turn... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Tanegashima at 102,63 Japanese Ships AK Arima Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Flounder AK Arima Maru is sighted by SS Flounder SS Flounder launches 6 torpedoes at AK Arima Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Torishima at 110,66 Japanese Ships xAKL Hokuhi Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Queenfish SS Queenfish launches 6 torpedoes at xAKL Hokuhi Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan , at 46,76 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 14 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-61-Id Tony x 89 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 20 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-61-Id Tony: 6 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38J Lightning: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: 85th Sentai/A with Ki-61-Id Tony (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 7 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 11810 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 32810. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes 30th Sentai/A with Ki-61-Id Tony (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 7 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 29000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes 30th Sentai/B with Ki-61-Id Tony (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 5 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 29000 and 32810. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes 30th Sentai/C with Ki-61-Id Tony (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 3 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 11810 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 32810. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes 85th Sentai/B with Ki-61-Id Tony (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 7 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16810 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 32810. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes 85th Sentai/C with Ki-61-Id Tony (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 7 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 32810 , scrambling fighters between 24000 and 32810. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes Massive Tony CAP at Medan, but for once, everything goes right. The P38s go in first, and its just dive dive dive. The kill ratio is about 15 for 3 more or less, plus the CAP is quite heavily dispersed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kompong Chhnang , at 59,68 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft P-40N5 Warhawk x 11 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 11 x P-40N5 Warhawk sweeping at 10000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pisanuloke , at 58,57 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M3 Nell x 6 Japanese aircraft losses G3M3 Nell: 6 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 6 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pisanuloke , at 58,57 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIa Helen x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIa Helen: 3 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 56th JNAF AF Unit , at 91,115 , near Sarmi Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft PBJ-1D Mitchell x 12 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 12 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet * Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 65th JNAF AF Unit ... Also attacking 56th JNAF AF Unit ... I'd like these mediums to be hitting Babeldoab but without furher airbase expansion theres no room... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan , at 46,76 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-61-Id Tony x 70 Allied aircraft Liberator B.III x 11 Liberator B.VI x 14 B-24D Liberator x 8 B-24J Liberator x 57 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-61-Id Tony: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged Ki-61-Id Tony: 2 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses Liberator B.III: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Liberator B.VI: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged B-24D Liberator: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged Japanese ground losses: 20 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 49 Airbase supply hits 10 Runway hits 101 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Liberator B.III bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 13 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 13 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 30th Sentai/A with Ki-61-Id Tony (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 15810. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes 30th Sentai/B with Ki-61-Id Tony (3 airborne, 3 on standby, 3 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 28660. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes 30th Sentai/C with Ki-61-Id Tony (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 11810 , scrambling fighters between 11810 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes 85th Sentai/B with Ki-61-Id Tony (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16810 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes 85th Sentai/C with Ki-61-Id Tony (8 airborne, 3 on standby, 4 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 32810 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 12810. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes 85th Sentai/A with Ki-61-Id Tony (4 airborne, 3 on standby, 4 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 11810 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 12810. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes The Tonies are dispersed by the P38s, but still shoot down half a dozen bombers. Its a big big raid however, and the airfield disappears under a hail of bombs. Worth doing even if a convoy wasn't there as I plan on invading Sabang in a couple of weeks. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 92nd JAAF AF Bn , at 51,70 (Nakhon Si Thammarat) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft Beaufighter TF.X x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Beaufighter TF.X bombing from 100 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 10 B-24D1 Liberator x 10 B-24J Liberator x 9 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 11 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 11 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 53rd Division, at 106,122 (Kavieng) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft P-39N1 Airacobra x 18 Allied aircraft losses P-39N1 Airacobra: 5 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 18 x P-39N1 Airacobra bombing from 100 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pisanuloke , at 58,57 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIb Helen x 2 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIb Helen: 2 damaged Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 19th Division, at 95,120 , near Dagua Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 10 PV-1 Ventura x 12 P-40N5 Warhawk x 12 SBD-5 Dauntless x 24 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged SBD-5 Dauntless: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 110 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 13 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 2 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 9 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 19th Division, at 95,120 , near Dagua Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 16 Kittyhawk IV x 20 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 17 PV-1 Ventura x 15 Allied aircraft losses DB-7B: 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 153 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 15 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x DB-7B bombing from 1000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Medan at 46,76 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft Beaufighter VIc x 10 Beaufighter TF.X x 16 B-25D1 Mitchell x 8 B-25H Mitchell x 8 P-51A Mustang x 15 Allied aircraft losses Beaufighter TF.X: 1 damaged B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Burma Maru DD Onami, Shell hits 7, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Shuntai Maru xAKL Haguro Maru, Shell hits 9, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Beaufighter TF.X bombing from 100 feet 8 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 8 x B-25H Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb A few more bombers manage to get into play, the Beaus dont do anything at all but the attack bombers do some damage. As it happened in the afternoon, by sheer luck, all the Tonies are stuck on their very cratered airfield! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 19th Division, at 95,120 , near Dagua Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft A-24B Banshee x 11 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 56 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 5 x A-24B Banshee releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 6 x A-24B Banshee releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Ponape , at 119,113 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 9 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 19th Division, at 95,120 , near Dagua Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire Vc Trop x 6 A-20G Havoc x 32 Allied aircraft losses A-20G Havoc: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 100 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 16 x A-20G Havoc bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x A-20G Havoc bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 11004 troops, 108 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 477 Defending force 14019 troops, 219 guns, 370 vehicles, Assault Value = 478 Japanese ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 46 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled) Assaulting units: 2nd Amphibious Brigade 3rd South Seas Gsn 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade 51st Naval Guard Unit Babeldoap Naval Fortress 69th Field AA Battalion 23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 16th Army 22nd JAAF Base Force 39th Road Const Co 3rd Base Force 40th Field AA Battalion 29th JAAF AF Coy 44th Field AA Battalion 39th Field AA Battalion 30th Special Base Force 4th Base Force /5 Defending units: 766th Tank Battalion 6th Infantry Division 34th Combat Engineer Regiment XIV US Corps Not liking these bombardments... the plan here requires the USAAF to bomb them out of supply but its been pretty ineffective so far. Not good. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Port Blair (46,58) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1423 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22 Defending force 4781 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 134 Assaulting units: 74th Infantry Regiment 23rd JAAF AF Bn 26th Air Flotilla 53rd JNAF AF Unit 94th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 200th Chinese Division -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 11078 troops, 216 guns, 341 vehicles, Assault Value = 468 Defending force 22724 troops, 254 guns, 195 vehicles, Assault Value = 475 Assaulting units: 6th Infantry Division 766th Tank Battalion 34th Combat Engineer Regiment XIV US Corps Defending units: 51st Naval Guard Unit 3rd South Seas Gsn 2nd Amphibious Brigade 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade Babeldoap Naval Fortress 16th Army 44th Field AA Battalion 23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 30th Special Base Force 3rd Base Force 39th Road Const Co 40th Field AA Battalion 69th Field AA Battalion 22nd JAAF Base Force 39th Field AA Battalion 29th JAAF AF Coy 4th Base Force /5

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (3/7/2012 10:42:00 AM)
The reinforcements arrive at Babeldoab, and the convoys at Medan are totally crushed. I've decided to build another airfield at the NW tip of Papua, so I can get more bombers over Babeldoab (the Allied response to difficulty - MORE BOMBERS!!! [:D] [sm=00000055.gif]). A convoy is loading up at Rabaul accordingly. I've also ordered more AKEs to Noemfoor as I got so many cruisers and BBs there that it takes days to rearm them due to not enough ops points. Also I've decided to create a British SAG and base it at Victoria Point - probably a bit late now but given his insistence on sending convoys to Sumatra they could do some good. They set off from Cochin today. And lastly, my Boela invasion force just passed Merauke today - the CVEs at Merauke are ordered to link up with them. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 26, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 186 encounters mine field at Babeldaob (90,97) Allied Ships DD Frankford DE Spangler DE Coolbaugh APD Belknap APD Goldsborough LST-34, Mine hits 1, on fire Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 8 mines cleared Some of the subs were evidently minelaying, and the mines get a result. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Tanegashima at 102,63 Japanese Ships AK Arima Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Flounder AK Arima Maru is sighted by SS Flounder SS Flounder launches 4 torpedoes at AK Arima Maru Arima Maru has taken a ridiculous number of torpedoes now, like a half a dozen I think. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Babeldaob (90,97) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 344 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CA Chicago DD Cassin Young LST-18 LST-31 LST-23 DD Frankford LST-32 LST-38 Allied ground losses: 39 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled CA Chicago firing at Babeldoap Naval Fortress DD Cassin Young firing at 2nd Amphibious Brigade Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Babeldaob (90,97) TF 186 troops unloading over beach at Babeldaob, 90,97 Allied ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) 81mm M1 Mortar dropped into water during unload of 132nd Infantry Rgt -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Babeldaob (90,97) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 360 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CA Chicago DD Cassin Young, Shell hits 11, on fire DD Laws APD Barr, Shell hits 3, on fire APD Daniel T. Griffin xAP Athlone Castle, Shell hits 9, on fire DD Young DE Spangler LST-23 LST-18 DD Frankford LST-27 LST-32 LST-31 LST-42 Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 25 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 24 (2 destroyed, 22 disabled) Babeldoap Naval Fortress firing at DD Cassin Young DD Laws firing at 2nd Amphibious Brigade Babeldoap Naval Fortress firing at APD Barr APD Barr firing at Babeldoap Naval Fortress APD Daniel T. Griffin firing at 2nd Amphibious Brigade 12.7cm 3YT DP Gun Battery engaging xAP Athlone Castle at 13,000 yards DE Spangler firing to suppress enemy battery at 13,000 yards APD Daniel T. Griffin fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards No BBs in this invasion force, it was quite obvious, as the coastal fort does a bit of damage this time. The disabled tanks and engineering vehicles hurt more than the ship damage as the calibre of the weapons involved seems too low to really hurt a ship. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Orchid Island at 86,68 Japanese Ships SC CHa-47 SC CHa-61 Allied Ships SS Lionfish SS Lionfish is located by SC CHa-47 Lionfish diving deep .... Sub escapes detection -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Torishima at 110,66 Japanese Ships E No.2 E No.4 E No.3 Allied Ships SS Queenfish, hits 5 SS Queenfish is located by E No.2 E No.4 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.3 fails to find sub and abandons search E No.4 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.4 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.4 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.4 attacking submerged sub .... E No.4 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Queenfish is paired with Tunny I think it is, gets away with it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Tanegashima at 102,63 Japanese Ships SC CHa-5 SC CHa-65 Allied Ships SS Flounder SS Flounder is located by SC CHa-5 Flounder diving deep .... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Peleliu at 90,99 Japanese Ships SS I-180, hits 10, heavy damage Allied Ships DE Eichenberger DE George SS I-180 is located by DE Eichenberger I-180 diving deep .... DE George fails to find sub, continues to search... DE George attacking submerged sub .... Large oil slick appears over area of attack! Escort abandons search for sub All those submarines at Babeldoab caused me to order a DE ASW TF, which was patrolling in the Noemfoor area, to patrol around babeldoab instead. They get results. But there are still plenty of IJN subs out there. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan , at 46,76 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 13 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 13 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet * All the Tonies are damaged on their wrecked airfield. [:)] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Uttaradit , at 59,56 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft P-40N5 Warhawk x 11 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 11 x P-40N5 Warhawk sweeping at 10000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pisanuloke , at 58,57 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M3 Nell x 7 Japanese aircraft losses G3M3 Nell: 4 damaged Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pisanuloke , at 58,57 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIa Helen x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Babeldaob at 90,97 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M3 Nell x 17 Japanese aircraft losses G3M3 Nell: 11 damaged G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak Allied Ships DD Frankford APD Barr, on fire CA Chicago APD Belknap Aircraft Attacking: 8 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 8 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo Erk. This is the price I paid for having my CVs and CVEs keep away due to the submarines. Nells find the reinforcement convoy, fortunately their accuracy was pretty bad. Lucky they aren't kamikazes. The Nells came from the Philippines and Guam. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan , at 46,76 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Liberator B.III x 5 Liberator B.VI x 11 B-24J Liberator x 46 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-61-Id Tony: 13 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses Liberator B.VI: 1 damaged B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Airbase hits 38 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 54 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Liberator B.III bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb Some of those damaged Tonies are destroyed as the heavies come in for a second day. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 92nd JAAF AF Bn , at 51,70 (Nakhon Si Thammarat) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft Beaufighter TF.X x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Beaufighter TF.X bombing from 100 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 69 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 4 Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 19 B-24J Liberator x 44 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 damaged Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed on ground A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground J1N1-S Irving: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 17 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 13 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 33rd Sentai/A with Ki-44-IIb Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 11740 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes Finally the USAAF puts up a big raid on Babeldoab but once again the results are lacklustre. He still has a lot of a/c trapped on the island, all the more reason to keep the airfield out of action, but its supply hits I really want. As there is no CAP worry anymore I'm going to swap some of the fighters at Biak for medium bombers. Range 12 is a long way for the typical medium though, so I dont expect much. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 63 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 21 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 3 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 8 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 33rd Sentai/A with Ki-44-IIb Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 11740 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 1 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 33rd Sentai/A with Ki-44-IIb Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 11740 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 10 B-24D1 Liberator x 10 B-24J Liberator x 13 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 11 No Allied losses Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 27 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 53rd Division, at 106,122 (Kavieng) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 67 NM, estimated altitude 1,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Allied aircraft P-39N1 Airacobra x 20 Allied aircraft losses P-39N1 Airacobra: 7 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 20 x P-39N1 Airacobra bombing from 100 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Babeldaob at 90,97 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 28 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M3 Nell x 10 Japanese aircraft losses G3M3 Nell: 8 damaged G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak Allied Ships CA Chicago LST-343 AK Chicot Aircraft Attacking: 5 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 4 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Babeldaob at 90,97 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 70 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M3 Nell x 6 Japanese aircraft losses G3M3 Nell: 2 damaged Allied Ships AGC Appalachian, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Frankford Allied ground losses: 19 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo Direct hit on the brass! [:'(] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 13th JAAF Base Force, at 90,115 , near Sarmi Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 29 minutes Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 12 P-40N5 Warhawk x 12 SBD-5 Dauntless x 24 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged SBD-5 Dauntless: 2 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 1 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 19 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 13th JAAF Base Force, at 90,115 , near Sarmi Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 15 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 15 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Medan at 46,76 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft Beaufighter VIc x 9 Beaufighter TF.X x 14 B-25D1 Mitchell x 15 Allied aircraft losses Beaufighter TF.X: 1 damaged B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged Japanese Ships xAP Kamakura Maru xAK Burma Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Kagero xAK Konan Maru, Shell hits 5, Bomb hits 2, on fire xAK Konan Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAP Buenos Aires Maru xAP Dairen Maru xAKL Shuntai Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Jouban Maru, Shell hits 3, Bomb hits 1, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Beaufighter TF.X bombing from 100 feet 15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb I asked him why he persisted with this convoy, the reply was basically that merchants are the one thing he's not short of. Well, today everything flew. I hope it was worth it... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 13th JAAF Base Force, at 90,115 , near Sarmi Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 55 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 20 minutes Allied aircraft A-24B Banshee x 11 P-40N5 Warhawk x 11 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 1 x A-24B Banshee releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 10 x A-24B Banshee releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 13th JAAF Base Force, at 90,115 , near Sarmi Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 62 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Allied aircraft A-20G Havoc x 32 P-38G Lightning x 6 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 17 Allied aircraft losses A-20G Havoc: 2 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 16 x A-20G Havoc bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x A-20G Havoc bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 8 B-29-1 Superfort x 18 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Medan at 46,76 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 8 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK Meisan Maru, Shell hits 28, Bomb hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Toten Maru, Shell hits 7, Bomb hits 1, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-25H Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 13th JAAF Base Force, at 90,115 , near Sarmi Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 16 Allied aircraft losses DB-7B: 3 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 16 x DB-7B bombing from 1000 feet * Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Medan at 46,76 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 1,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 8 P-51A Mustang x 6 Allied aircraft losses B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged Japanese Ships xAKL Shuntai Maru, Shell hits 11, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk xAK Burma Maru, Shell hits 11, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-25H Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb Massive explosion on xAKL Shuntai Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Medan at 46,76 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 8 Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged Japanese Ships xAKL Toten Maru, Shell hits 13, Bomb hits 8, and is sunk xAK Meisan Maru, Shell hits 2, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Torishima at 110,66 Japanese Ships E No.4 E No.3 Allied Ships SS Cobia, hits 2 SS Cobia launches 6 torpedoes at E No.4 Cobia diving deep .... E No.4 fails to find sub and abandons search E No.3 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.3 attacking submerged sub .... E No.3 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.3 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.3 attacking submerged sub .... E No.3 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Babeldaob (90,97) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 43 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships xAP Athlone Castle DD Young APD Barr LST-27, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage LST-339 LST-18 LST-31 LST-23 LST-38 12.7cm 3YT DP Gun Battery engaging xAP Athlone Castle at 16,000 yards APD Barr firing to suppress enemy battery at 16,000 yards 12.7cm 3YT DP Gun Battery engaging LST-27 at 16,000 yards APD Barr firing to suppress enemy battery at 16,000 yards 12.7cm 3YT DP Gun Battery engaging xAP Athlone Castle at 16,000 yards DD Young firing to suppress enemy battery at 16,000 yards LST-339 fired at enemy troops Reinforcements all ashore... and some supply too. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 11022 troops, 108 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 480 Defending force 19349 troops, 288 guns, 521 vehicles, Assault Value = 625 Allied ground losses: 132 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 22 disabled [X(] Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Assaulting units: 2nd Amphibious Brigade 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade 51st Naval Guard Unit 3rd South Seas Gsn Babeldoap Naval Fortress 16th Army 40th Field AA Battalion 3rd Base Force 44th Field AA Battalion 69th Field AA Battalion 23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 39th Road Const Co 22nd JAAF Base Force 29th JAAF AF Coy 39th Field AA Battalion 30th Special Base Force 4th Base Force /5 Defending units: 132nd Infantry Regiment 766th Tank Battalion 34th Combat Engineer Regiment 6th Infantry Division 2nd USMC Engineer Regiment XIV US Corps Most of the casualties seem to be in 132nd Infantry Regiment. I put everything but the division into reserve and sit back to give the USAAF more time. They better deliver though. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Port Blair (46,58) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1432 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22 Defending force 4781 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 134 Japanese ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 74th Infantry Regiment 23rd JAAF AF Bn 53rd JNAF AF Unit 26th Air Flotilla 94th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 200th Chinese Division -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 11158 troops, 216 guns, 341 vehicles, Assault Value = 603 Defending force 22764 troops, 254 guns, 195 vehicles, Assault Value = 480 Assaulting units: 6th Infantry Division 132nd Infantry Regiment 34th Combat Engineer Regiment 766th Tank Battalion 2nd USMC Engineer Regiment XIV US Corps Defending units: 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade 51st Naval Guard Unit 3rd South Seas Gsn 2nd Amphibious Brigade Babeldoap Naval Fortress 22nd JAAF Base Force 40th Field AA Battalion 69th Field AA Battalion 44th Field AA Battalion 39th Field AA Battalion 23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Base Force 39th Road Const Co 29th JAAF AF Coy 30th Special Base Force 16th Army 4th Base Force /5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Port Blair (46,58) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 4781 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 134 Defending force 3277 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21 Allied adjusted assault: 88 Japanese adjusted defense: 7 Allied assault odds: 12 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 155 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled) Allied ground losses: 69 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 200th Chinese Division Defending units: 74th Infantry Regiment 53rd JNAF AF Unit 26th Air Flotilla 23rd JAAF AF Bn 94th JAAF AF Bn -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23rd JAAF AF Bn Wiped Out at Port Blair by attrition!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 94th JAAF AF Bn Wiped Out at Port Blair by attrition!!!

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (3/7/2012 1:30:20 PM)
...Surprised USS Barr is in the Allied OOB at this time. She was still in the Atlantic in April 44. Oh well..!

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (3/12/2012 11:32:03 AM)
Ironically the brass get caned in the Reinforce Babeldaob op - both AGCs they are embarked upon get torpedoed! So happens they made it back, 90 support squads still even, but I'll need to send more AGCs over now. [:)] Throughout all this action what you dont see in the combat reports, this day and the few subsequent days, is constant XXX is reported HIT from the Avengers on the CVEs and CVs. I think the IJN subs are suffering alright but its a little hard to tell from the combat reports. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 27, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Babeldaob (90,97) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 32 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-350 LST-342 LST-18 LST-31 LST-23 LST-27, heavy fires, heavy damage LST-350 fired at enemy troops LST-342 fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Peleliu at 89,101 Japanese Ships SS I-9, hits 14, heavy damage Allied Ships DD Hickox BB Idaho CA Astoria CL Montpelier CL Cleveland DD Hoel DD Yarnall DD The Sullivans DD Taylor DD Spence SS I-9 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Hickox DD Yarnall fails to find sub and abandons search DD The Sullivans attacking submerged sub .... DD Taylor fails to find sub and abandons search DD Spence fails to find sub and abandons search DD The Sullivans fails to find sub, continues to search... DD The Sullivans fails to find sub, continues to search... DD The Sullivans attacking submerged sub .... DD The Sullivans attacking submerged sub .... SS I-9 eludes ASW attack from DD The Sullivans DD The Sullivans attacking submerged sub .... DD The Sullivans loses contact with SS I-9 Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Peleliu at 90,101 Japanese Ships SS I-124 Allied Ships AGC Rocky Mount, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled AGC Rocky Mount is sighted by SS I-124 SS I-124 launches 4 torpedoes Brass takes another direct hit! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Babeldaob at 91,98 Japanese Ships SS I-18 Allied Ships APD Belknap AM Townsville SS I-18 launches 2 torpedoes at APD Belknap I-18 diving deep .... AM Townsville fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Townsville fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Townsville fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Townsville fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Townsville fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Babeldaob (90,97) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 82 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships xAP Athlone Castle LST-18 LST-23 CA Chicago LST-27, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage LST-39 LST-31 12.7cm 3YT DP Gun Battery engaging xAP Athlone Castle at 16,000 yards 75mm T38 Field Gun battery firing at LST-23 12.7cm 3YT DP Gun battery firing at LST-27 8cm T88 DP Gun battery firing at LST-18 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Babeldaob (90,97) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 37 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-353 LST-339 LST-42 LST-18 LST-32 LST-27, heavy fires, heavy damage LST-23 LST-353 fired at enemy troops LST-339 fired at enemy troops LST-42 fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan , at 46,76 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 13 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 13 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kompong Chhnang , at 59,68 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 11 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 11 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 10000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Uttaradit , at 59,56 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft P-40N5 Warhawk x 11 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 11 x P-40N5 Warhawk sweeping at 10000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan , at 46,76 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator B.III x 4 Liberator B.VI x 11 B-24J Liberator x 45 Allied aircraft losses Liberator B.VI: 1 damaged B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 33 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 84 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Liberator B.III bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 51st JNAF AF Unit , at 51,70 (Nakhon Si Thammarat) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft Beaufighter TF.X x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Beaufighter TF.X bombing from 100 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 41st JAAF AF Bn , at 61,61 , near Udon Thani Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 14 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 88 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Babeldoap Naval Fortress, at 90,97 (Babeldaob) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 68 F6F-3 Hellcat x 164 SB2C-1C Helldiver x 82 SBD-5 Dauntless x 272 Allied aircraft losses SB2C-1C Helldiver: 15 damaged SBD-5 Dauntless: 22 damaged Japanese ground losses: 43 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 13 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 17 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 12 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 10 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 12 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 11 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 12 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 23 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 7 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 3 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 28 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 16 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 12 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 5 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 7 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 12 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 20 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 12 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 10 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 14 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 7 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 18 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 9 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 22 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 5 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 9 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 1 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 9 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 2 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 4 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 30th Special Base Force ... Also attacking 2nd Amphibious Brigade ... Also attacking 16th Army ... Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ... Also attacking 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ... Also attacking 30th Special Base Force ... Also attacking 2nd Amphibious Brigade ... Also attacking 16th Army ... Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ... Also attacking 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ... Also attacking 30th Special Base Force ... Also attacking 2nd Amphibious Brigade ... Also attacking 16th Army ... Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ... Also attacking 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ... Also attacking 30th Special Base Force ... Also attacking 2nd Amphibious Brigade ... Also attacking 16th Army ... Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ... Also attacking 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ... Also attacking 30th Special Base Force ... Also attacking 2nd Amphibious Brigade ... Also attacking 16th Army ... Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ... Also attacking 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ... Also attacking 30th Special Base Force ... Also attacking 2nd Amphibious Brigade ... Also attacking 16th Army ... Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ... Also attacking 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ... Also attacking 30th Special Base Force ... Also attacking 2nd Amphibious Brigade ... Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ... Also attacking 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ... Also attacking 30th Special Base Force ... Also attacking 2nd Amphibious Brigade ... Also attacking 16th Army ... Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ... Also attacking 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 19th Division, at 95,120 , near Dagua Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 12 P-40N5 Warhawk x 12 SBD-5 Dauntless x 24 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged SBD-5 Dauntless: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 102 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 1 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 7 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 53rd Division, at 106,122 (Kavieng) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 28 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 7 F6F-3 Hellcat x 17 SBD-5 Dauntless x 24 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 10 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 11 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Medan at 46,76 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft Beaufighter TF.X x 14 B-25D1 Mitchell x 8 Allied aircraft losses Beaufighter TF.X: 1 damaged Japanese Ships TK Kanze Maru, Shell hits 2 xAK Tsuyama Maru, Shell hits 2, Bomb hits 8, and is sunk SC CHa-48 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Beaufighter TF.X bombing from 100 feet 8 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Boela , at 80,110 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 10 B-24D1 Liberator x 10 B-24J Liberator x 8 B-25D1 Mitchell x 12 B-25H Mitchell x 11 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 11 Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 damaged Airbase hits 11 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 49 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Ponape , at 119,113 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 59 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 9 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Medan at 46,76 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 8 P-51A Mustang x 15 Allied aircraft losses B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged Japanese Ships SC CHa-48, Shell hits 13, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-25H Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Babeldaob (90,97) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships xAP Athlone Castle, Shell hits 4 DD Young CA Chicago LST-32, Shell hits 8, on fire LST-446 LST-343 LST-167 LST-74 LST-42 LST-18 LST-31 LST-23 12.7cm 3YT DP Gun Battery engaging xAP Athlone Castle at 15,000 yards CA Chicago firing to suppress enemy battery at 15,000 yards 12.7cm 3YT DP Gun Battery engaging xAP Athlone Castle at 15,000 yards CA Chicago firing to suppress enemy battery at 15,000 yards 12.7cm 3YT DP Gun Battery engaging LST-32 at 15,000 yards LST-446 fired at enemy troops LST-343 fired at enemy troops LST-167 fired at enemy troops LST-74 fired at enemy troops LST-42 fired at enemy troops LST-18 fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 11047 troops, 108 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 483 Defending force 19323 troops, 289 guns, 523 vehicles, Assault Value = 617 Allied ground losses: 36 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 3rd South Seas Gsn 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade 51st Naval Guard Unit 2nd Amphibious Brigade Babeldoap Naval Fortress 30th Special Base Force 23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 22nd JAAF Base Force 3rd Base Force 16th Army 40th Field AA Battalion 39th Road Const Co 29th JAAF AF Coy 44th Field AA Battalion 39th Field AA Battalion 69th Field AA Battalion 4th Base Force /5 Defending units: 6th Infantry Division 766th Tank Battalion 132nd Infantry Regiment 34th Combat Engineer Regiment 2nd USMC Engineer Regiment XIV US Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Port Blair (46,58) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1331 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10 Defending force 4732 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 127 Japanese ground losses: 22 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 74th Infantry Regiment 26th Air Flotilla 53rd JNAF AF Unit Defending units: 200th Chinese Division -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 17725 troops, 289 guns, 523 vehicles, Assault Value = 613 Defending force 22773 troops, 254 guns, 195 vehicles, Assault Value = 483 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 6 Allied adjusted assault: 823 Japanese adjusted defense: 879 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), disruption(-) preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-) [;)] Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 660 casualties reported Squads: 27 destroyed, 18 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Guns lost 26 (1 destroyed, 25 disabled) Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Allied ground losses: 402 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 58 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled Guns lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled) Vehicles lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled) Assaulting units: 6th Infantry Division 34th Combat Engineer Regiment 766th Tank Battalion 132nd Infantry Regiment 2nd USMC Engineer Regiment XIV US Corps Defending units: 3rd South Seas Gsn 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade 2nd Amphibious Brigade 51st Naval Guard Unit Babeldoap Naval Fortress 3rd Base Force 22nd JAAF Base Force 69th Field AA Battalion 30th Special Base Force 23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 40th Field AA Battalion 16th Army 44th Field AA Battalion 39th Road Const Co 39th Field AA Battalion 29th JAAF AF Coy 4th Base Force /5 A failed attack technically but some good signs here, the Japs are finally running low on supply. In addition the better firepower of the US Army is evident. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Port Blair (46,58) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 4732 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 127 Defending force 2355 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8 Allied adjusted assault: 35 Japanese adjusted defense: 3 Allied assault odds: 11 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), fatigue(-) experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 555 casualties reported Squads: 36 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 200th Chinese Division Defending units: 74th Infantry Regiment 26th Air Flotilla 53rd JNAF AF Unit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 53rd JNAF AF Unit Wiped Out at Port Blair by attrition!!! Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Port Blair

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (3/12/2012 11:37:52 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 28, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Nakadori-jima at 101,56 Japanese Ships xAK Nagisan Maru, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Pintado SS Pintado attacking xAK Nagisan Maru on the surface SS Pintado low on gun ammo, Clarey, B.A. breaks off surface engagement and submerges Allied subs still managing to wreak havoc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Babeldaob at 91,98 Japanese Ships SS I-182, hits 1 Allied Ships APD Belknap AM Townsville SS I-182 launches 6 torpedoes at APD Belknap I-182 diving deep .... AM Townsville fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Townsville fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Townsville fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Townsville attacking submerged sub .... AM Townsville fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Peleliu at 91,101 Japanese Ships SS RO-67, hits 23, and is sunk Allied Ships CVE Savo Island DD Wilkes DD Gansevoort DD Ingraham DD Woodworth SS RO-67 launches 6 torpedoes at CVE Savo Island RO-67 diving deep .... DD Gansevoort fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Ingraham fails to find sub and abandons search DD Woodworth attacking submerged sub .... SS RO-67 forced to surface! DD Woodworth firing on surfaced sub .... DD Gansevoort firing on surfaced sub .... DD Ingraham firing on surfaced sub .... DD Woodworth firing on surfaced sub .... DD Gansevoort firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves Heart was in my mouth for a moment. I really dont think much of CVEs in the ASW role, which is odd given IRL thats what they were there for in large part. Still, the sub loses, but it could so easily have been a blown up CVE. As there are so many subs in the area I'm throwing the kitchen sink at them, CVEs included, and it is getting results. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan , at 46,76 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kompong Chhnang , at 59,68 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 10 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 10000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 51st JNAF AF Unit , at 51,70 (Nakhon Si Thammarat) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft Beaufighter TF.X x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Beaufighter TF.X bombing from 100 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan , at 46,76 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator B.VI x 7 B-24J Liberator x 26 Allied aircraft losses Liberator B.VI: 1 damaged B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Port hits 39 Port fuel hits 14 Port supply hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb Some port hits to make sure Medan stays down. Also will dissuade further convoy activity here. The British are loading up at Cochin right now so the Sabang invasion should happen in 2-3 weeks. The LSTs are quite slow and Cochin-Sabang is a long way. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 5 Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 7 B-24J Liberator x 22 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed on ground N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 33rd Sentai/A with Ki-44-IIb Tojo (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 11740 Raid is overhead I think the Tojos come from Peleliu, which has an invasion force headed its way right now... 2 regiments worth, I estimate Pelelieu's defence to be a single Bde but we shall see. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 2 Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 13 B-24J Liberator x 68 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84a Frank: 3 destroyed on ground N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 26 Airbase supply hits 5 [sm=00000028.gif] Runway hits 92 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 13 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 13 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 33rd Sentai/A with Ki-44-IIb Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 11740 Raid is overhead Having a really hard time getting the bombers to fly at all, but today was a good day. As you can see I've reinforced, >100 heavies at Noemfoor/Biak now. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ternate , at 78,102 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 12 B-24J Liberator x 8 No Allied losses Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 33 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb Deeper bombing in the DEI, this to cover the Boela invasion which is upcoming. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 1 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 4 B-25D1 Mitchell x 15 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 33rd Sentai/A with Ki-44-IIb Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 11740 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan , at 46,76 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 21 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Port hits 4 Port fuel hits 8 Port supply hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 29th Division, at 61,61 , near Udon Thani Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 14 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 12 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 165 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Uttaradit , at 59,56 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft P-40N5 Warhawk x 11 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 11 x P-40N5 Warhawk sweeping at 10000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 56th JNAF AF Unit , at 90,115 , near Sarmi Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 12 P-40N5 Warhawk x 12 SBD-5 Dauntless x 24 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged SBD-5 Dauntless: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 5 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 3 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 49th Infantry Regiment, at 96,126 , near Terapo Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 16 A-20G Havoc x 16 Allied aircraft losses DB-7B: 3 damaged A-20G Havoc: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 128 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 16 x DB-7B bombing from 1000 feet * Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 16 x A-20G Havoc bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 65th JNAF AF Unit , at 90,115 , near Sarmi Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft A-24B Banshee x 11 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 7 x A-24B Banshee releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x A-24B Banshee releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 65th JNAF AF Unit , at 90,115 , near Sarmi Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 11 A-20G Havoc x 16 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 16 x A-20G Havoc bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 53rd Division, at 106,122 (Kavieng) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Allied aircraft P-39N1 Airacobra x 18 Allied aircraft losses P-39N1 Airacobra: 7 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 18 x P-39N1 Airacobra bombing from 100 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 10377 troops, 108 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 433 Defending force 18868 troops, 288 guns, 523 vehicles, Assault Value = 551 Japanese ground losses: 21 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade 51st Naval Guard Unit 2nd Amphibious Brigade Babeldoap Naval Fortress 29th JAAF AF Coy 39th Field AA Battalion 23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 16th Army 69th Field AA Battalion 3rd South Seas Gsn 22nd JAAF Base Force 39th Road Const Co 30th Special Base Force 40th Field AA Battalion 3rd Base Force 44th Field AA Battalion 4th Base Force /5 Defending units: 132nd Infantry Regiment 6th Infantry Division 34th Combat Engineer Regiment 766th Tank Battalion 2nd USMC Engineer Regiment XIV US Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Port Blair (46,58) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 4755 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 131 Defending force 569 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Allied adjusted assault: 19 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 19 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), morale(-) experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 34 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 200th Chinese Division Defending units: 26th Air Flotilla

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (3/12/2012 11:43:34 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 29, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Saishu To at 99,56 Japanese Ships xAK Hakodate Maru xAK Hikosan Maru xAK Hokuroku Maru xAKL Kizugawa Maru PB Tamaura Maru Allied Ships SS Cod SS Cod is sighted by escort Cod diving deep .... PB Tamaura Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tamaura Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tamaura Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tamaura Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tamaura Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub No luck for the lone Cod. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Babeldaob at 91,98 Japanese Ships SS I-10 Allied Ships AGC Appalachian, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage AM Townsville Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled SS I-10 launches 6 torpedoes at AGC Appalachian I-10 diving deep .... AM Townsville fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Townsville fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Townsville fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Townsville fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Townsville fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub There's the other brass getting torpedoed. [:D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Saipan , at 108,93 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 8 No Allied losses Japanese Ships ACM Tama Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage ACM Daido Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage AMc Tamo Maru #6, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage E Hatsukari, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Port hits 7 Port fuel hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb Some speculative long range bombing scores results. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Saipan , at 108,93 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 3 Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged Port hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Boela (80,110) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 94 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships BB Arizona DD Kortenaer DD Radford LCI-65 LCI-64 LCI-61 LCI-327 LCI-223 LCI-328 DD Terry DD Van Ghent LCI-329 Japanese ground losses: 41 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled BB Arizona firing at 3rd Amphibious Brigade DD Kortenaer firing at 3rd Amphibious Brigade DD Radford firing at 3rd Amphibious Brigade LCI-65 fired at enemy troops LCI-64 fired at enemy troops LCI-61 fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards Here we go... [8D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Boela (80,110) TF 281 troops unloading over beach at Boela, 80,110 Allied ground losses: 33 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 10 (0 destroyed, 10 disabled) Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) 5 troops of a US MMG Section lost overboard during unload of 40th Infantry Div /2 Motorized Support lost overboard during unload of 8th NZ Bde /4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Boela (80,110) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 102 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships BB Arizona DD Radford LCI-65 LCI-64 LCI-61 LCI-223 LCI-328 LCI-335 DD Terry DD Van Ghent Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled BB Arizona firing at 3rd Amphibious Brigade DD Radford firing at 3rd Amphibious Brigade LCI-65 fired at enemy troops LCI-64 fired at enemy troops LCI-61 fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Lahaina at 197,86 Japanese Ships SS I-23 Allied Ships xAK William Ellery, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK William S. Ladd xAK Thomas J. Walsh xAK Seaman A. Knapp xAK Marcus Daly xAK Joseph Simon xAK John Owen xAK James M. Clements xAK Frank Norris PF Carson City SS I-23 launches 6 torpedoes at xAK William Ellery I-23 diving deep .... PF Carson City fails to find sub, continues to search... PF Carson City fails to find sub, continues to search... PF Carson City fails to find sub, continues to search... PF Carson City fails to find sub, continues to search... PF Carson City fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub This is in the deep ocean between SF and Hawaii! I dispatch a couple of CVEs and some DEs, gonna need the air units to comb that vast empty space. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Nakadori-jima at 101,56 Japanese Ships xAK Nichiyu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire xAK Hakodate Maru xAK Nitiran Maru xAKL Kizugawa Maru PB Tamaura Maru Allied Ships SS Guitarro SS Guitarro launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Nichiyu Maru Guitarro diving deep .... PB Tamaura Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tamaura Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tamaura Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tamaura Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tamaura Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kompong Chhnang , at 59,68 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 10 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 10000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Uttaradit , at 59,56 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft P-40N5 Warhawk x 11 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 11 x P-40N5 Warhawk sweeping at 10000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldoap Naval Fortress, at 90,97 (Babeldaob) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 3 Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 7 B-24J Liberator x 21 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 33rd Sentai/A with Ki-44-IIb Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 11740 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes Also attacking 2nd Amphibious Brigade ... Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ... Also attacking 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 41st JAAF AF Bn , at 61,61 , near Udon Thani Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 14 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 12 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 190 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 30th Special Base Force, at 90,97 (Babeldaob) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 2 Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 12 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 4 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet * Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 33rd Sentai/A with Ki-44-IIb Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 11740 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 11740. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes Also attacking 16th Army ... Also attacking 30th Special Base Force ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 21st Division, at 95,121 , near Dagua Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 12 F4U-1A Corsair x 17 SBD-5 Dauntless x 23 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged SBD-5 Dauntless: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 12 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 53rd Division, at 106,122 (Kavieng) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 28 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 17 SBD-5 Dauntless x 24 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 13 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 49th Infantry Regiment, at 96,126 , near Terapo Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 16 A-20G Havoc x 32 Allied aircraft losses DB-7B: 3 damaged A-20G Havoc: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 183 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 16 x DB-7B bombing from 1000 feet * Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 16 x A-20G Havoc bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x A-20G Havoc bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 21st Division, at 95,121 , near Dagua Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft A-24B Banshee x 11 F4U-1A Corsair x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 1 x A-24B Banshee releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 6 x A-24B Banshee releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x A-24B Banshee releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 3rd Amphibious Brigade, at 80,110 (Boela) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 10 B-24D1 Liberator x 3 B-24J Liberator x 14 B-25D1 Mitchell x 12 B-25H Mitchell x 11 P-38J Lightning x 7 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 11 Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 33 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 5th South Seas Det. ... Also attacking 12th Air Fleet ... Also attacking 3rd Amphibious Brigade ... Also attacking 12th Air Fleet ... Also attacking 3rd Amphibious Brigade ... Also attacking 12th Air Fleet ... Also attacking 3rd Amphibious Brigade ... Also attacking 12th Air Fleet ... Air support for the amphib assault. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Ponape , at 119,113 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 9 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 51st JNAF AF Unit , at 51,70 (Nakhon Si Thammarat) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 15 B-25D1 Mitchell x 21 B-25H Mitchell x 13 P-51A Mustang x 19 Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 76 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 13 x B-25H Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 5th South Seas Det. , at 80,110 (Boela) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 6 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 12 OS2U-3 Kingfisher x 1 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 53rd Division, at 106,122 (Kavieng) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 56 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Allied aircraft P-39N1 Airacobra x 18 Allied aircraft losses P-39N1 Airacobra: 6 damaged Japanese ground losses: 14 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 18 x P-39N1 Airacobra bombing from 100 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Nakadori-jima at 101,56 Japanese Ships xAK Nichiyu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Pintado xAK Nichiyu Maru is sighted by SS Pintado SS Pintado launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Nichiyu Maru Pintado/Guitarro are having a good patrol. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Boela (80,110) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-484 LST-83 LST-82 LST-78 LCI-535 LCI-524 LCI-521 LCI-444 LCI-329 LCI-65 LCI-64 LCI-61 LCI-328 LCI-223 BB Arizona LCI-327 Allied ground losses: Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) LST-484 fired at enemy troops LST-83 fired at enemy troops LST-82 fired at enemy troops LST-78 fired at enemy troops LCI-535 fired at enemy troops LCI-524 fired at enemy troops LCI-521 fired at enemy troops LCI-444 fired at enemy troops LCI-329 fired at enemy troops LCI-65 fired at enemy troops LCI-64 fired at enemy troops LCI-61 fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 10374 troops, 108 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 430 Defending force 19003 troops, 288 guns, 523 vehicles, Assault Value = 566 Japanese ground losses: 19 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Vehicles lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled) Assaulting units: 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade 2nd Amphibious Brigade 51st Naval Guard Unit 3rd South Seas Gsn Babeldoap Naval Fortress 44th Field AA Battalion 39th Road Const Co 30th Special Base Force 69th Field AA Battalion 29th JAAF AF Coy 40th Field AA Battalion 23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Base Force 22nd JAAF Base Force 16th Army 39th Field AA Battalion 4th Base Force /5 Defending units: 766th Tank Battalion 132nd Infantry Regiment 6th Infantry Division 34th Combat Engineer Regiment 2nd USMC Engineer Regiment XIV US Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Boela (80,110) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 6108 troops, 61 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 231 Defending force 13017 troops, 297 guns, 221 vehicles, Assault Value = 533 Japanese ground losses: 20 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 3rd Amphibious Brigade 5th South Seas Det. 57th Construction Battalion 12th Air Fleet 4th JAAF AF Coy Defending units: 8th NZ Brigade 40th Infantry Div /26 131st Field Artillery Battalion 2nd Medium Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hami (81,17) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1156 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 96 Defending force 8153 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 250 Assaulting units: 1st Cavalry Brigade 15th RGC Temp. Division Defending units: 303rd Brigade 2nd New Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 17388 troops, 288 guns, 521 vehicles, Assault Value = 562 Defending force 22016 troops, 253 guns, 194 vehicles, Assault Value = 429 Allied adjusted assault: 502 Japanese adjusted defense: 813 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), disruption(-) preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 623 casualties reported Squads: 7 destroyed, 16 disabled Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 22 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Allied ground losses: 426 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 42 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 36 disabled Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled) Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled) Assaulting units: 34th Combat Engineer Regiment 766th Tank Battalion 132nd Infantry Regiment 6th Infantry Division 2nd USMC Engineer Regiment XIV US Corps Defending units: 3rd South Seas Gsn 51st Naval Guard Unit 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade 2nd Amphibious Brigade Babeldoap Naval Fortress 39th Road Const Co 23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 69th Field AA Battalion 30th Special Base Force 22nd JAAF Base Force 16th Army 40th Field AA Battalion 3rd Base Force 39th Field AA Battalion 44th Field AA Battalion 29th JAAF AF Coy 4th Base Force /5 Hmm, not sure if that was good or bad. Either way this base is going to take a long time to reduce. [:(] Should brought more warm bodies, or at least more guns. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Nakhon Si Thammarat (51,70) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 6953 troops, 74 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 403 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Allied adjusted assault: 487 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 487 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Nakhon Si Thammarat !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+) Assaulting units: Merrills Marauders Regiment 2/2 AIF Pioneer Battalion 36th Indian Brigade 99th Indian Brigade XXXIII Indian Corps Drive into Malaysia continues. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Port Blair (46,58) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 4762 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 132 Defending force 538 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Allied adjusted assault: 70 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 70 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-) supply(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-), disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 43 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 200th Chinese Division Defending units: 26th Air Flotilla

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (3/12/2012 11:48:12 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 30, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Boela (80,110) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 8 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-484 LCI-535 LCI-527 LCI-524 LCI-521 LCI-402 LCI-400 LCI-336 LCI-330 LCI-223 LCI-327 LCI-329 LST-484 fired at enemy troops LCI-535 fired at enemy troops LCI-527 fired at enemy troops LCI-524 fired at enemy troops LCI-521 fired at enemy troops LCI-402 fired at enemy troops LCI-400 fired at enemy troops LCI-336 fired at enemy troops LCI-330 fired at enemy troops I linger to drop off more supply but all the troops made it ashore on D-Day. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Tanegashima at 102,63 Japanese Ships SC CHa-65 Allied Ships SS Flounder SS Flounder is located by SC CHa-65 SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Donggala at 68,97 Japanese Ships DMS W-23 Allied Ships SS Grenadier, hits 1 SS Grenadier is located by DMS W-23 DMS W-23 fails to find sub, continues to search... DMS W-23 fails to find sub, continues to search... DMS W-23 fails to find sub, continues to search... DMS W-23 attacking submerged sub .... DMS W-23 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Victoria Point , at 51,66 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-IIc Lily x 5 Ki-49-IIb Helen x 10 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-IIc Lily: 2 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 6000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-48-IIc Lily bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Saipan , at 108,93 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 52 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 1 No Allied losses Port hits 1 Port fuel hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 1 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Victoria Point , at 51,66 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-IIc Lily x 14 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Ki-48-IIc Lily bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb Night fighters are moved up, Victoria Point is filled with bombers, dont want anything getting through. Even if it is extended range Lilies. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Saipan , at 108,93 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 3 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AMc Banshu Maru #8, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Tanegashima at 102,63 Japanese Ships SC CHa-5 SC CHa-65 Allied Ships SS Angler SS Angler launches 6 torpedoes at SC CHa-5 Angler diving deep .... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Boela (80,110) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 10 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-86 LST-83 LCI-532 LCI-531 LCI-522 LCI-444 LCI-335 LCI-334 LCI-328 LCI-223 LCI-327 LST-86 fired at enemy troops LST-83 fired at enemy troops LCI-532 fired at enemy troops LCI-531 fired at enemy troops LCI-522 fired at enemy troops LCI-444 fired at enemy troops LCI-335 fired at enemy troops LCI-334 fired at enemy troops LCI-328 fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Boela (80,110) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 10 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-86 LST-85 LST-83 LST-82 LCI-535 LCI-532 LCI-529 LCI-525 LCI-522 LCI-521 LCI-335 LCI-328 LCI-327 LCI-223 LCI-329 LST-86 fired at enemy troops LST-85 fired at enemy troops LST-83 fired at enemy troops LST-82 fired at enemy troops LCI-535 fired at enemy troops LCI-532 fired at enemy troops LCI-529 fired at enemy troops LCI-525 fired at enemy troops LCI-522 fired at enemy troops LCI-521 fired at enemy troops LCI-335 fired at enemy troops LCI-328 fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Uttaradit , at 59,56 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 10 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 10000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kompong Chhnang , at 59,68 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft P-40N5 Warhawk x 11 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 11 x P-40N5 Warhawk sweeping at 10000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 38th Division, at 61,59 (Udon Thani) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft Beaufighter TF.X x 16 Allied aircraft losses Beaufighter TF.X: 8 damaged Japanese ground losses: 37 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Beaufighter TF.X bombing from 100 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 8 B-24J Liberator x 67 Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 17 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 27 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 48 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 7 B-24J Liberator x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 17 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 3rd Amphibious Brigade, at 80,110 (Boela) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 10 B-24D1 Liberator x 11 B-24J Liberator x 13 B-25D1 Mitchell x 15 B-25H Mitchell x 14 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 11 OS2U-3 Kingfisher x 1 Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 14 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 2 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 5th South Seas Det. ... Also attacking 12th Air Fleet ... Also attacking 3rd Amphibious Brigade ... Also attacking 12th Air Fleet ... Also attacking 3rd Amphibious Brigade ... Also attacking 5th South Seas Det. ... Also attacking 12th Air Fleet ... Also attacking 3rd Amphibious Brigade ... Also attacking 12th Air Fleet ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 7 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 53rd Division, at 106,122 (Kavieng) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 71 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Allied aircraft P-39N1 Airacobra x 19 Allied aircraft losses P-39N1 Airacobra: 10 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 19 x P-39N1 Airacobra bombing from 100 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 18th Army, at 94,119 , near Aitape Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 10 PV-1 Ventura x 12 P-40N5 Warhawk x 12 F4U-1A Corsair x 17 SBD-5 Dauntless x 23 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged SBD-5 Dauntless: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 16 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 2 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 53rd Division, at 106,122 (Kavieng) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 70 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 8 F6F-3 Hellcat x 17 SBD-5 Dauntless x 23 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 7 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 12 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 18th Army, at 94,119 , near Aitape Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 16 Kittyhawk IV x 8 A-20G Havoc x 32 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 17 Allied aircraft losses DB-7B: 3 damaged A-20G Havoc: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 16 x DB-7B bombing from 1000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 16 x A-20G Havoc bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x A-20G Havoc bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 18th Army, at 94,119 , near Aitape Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft A-24B Banshee x 11 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 5 x A-24B Banshee releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 6 x A-24B Banshee releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Ponape , at 119,113 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 21 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 7 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Boela (80,110) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 12 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-81 LCI-535 LCI-531 LCI-527 LCI-402 LCI-400 LCI-336 LCI-335 LCI-327 LCI-223 LST-81 fired at enemy troops LCI-535 fired at enemy troops LCI-531 fired at enemy troops LCI-527 fired at enemy troops LCI-402 fired at enemy troops LCI-400 fired at enemy troops LCI-336 fired at enemy troops LCI-335 fired at enemy troops LCI-327 fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 9904 troops, 108 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 398 Defending force 18649 troops, 288 guns, 523 vehicles, Assault Value = 506 Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 51st Naval Guard Unit 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade 2nd Amphibious Brigade Babeldoap Naval Fortress 23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd South Seas Gsn 44th Field AA Battalion 39th Field AA Battalion 69th Field AA Battalion 3rd Base Force 40th Field AA Battalion 22nd JAAF Base Force 30th Special Base Force 16th Army 39th Road Const Co 29th JAAF AF Coy 4th Base Force /5 Defending units: 6th Infantry Division 34th Combat Engineer Regiment 766th Tank Battalion 132nd Infantry Regiment 2nd USMC Engineer Regiment XIV US Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Boela (80,110) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 6079 troops, 61 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 228 Defending force 13073 troops, 299 guns, 223 vehicles, Assault Value = 534 Japanese ground losses: 36 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 3rd Amphibious Brigade 5th South Seas Det. 57th Construction Battalion 12th Air Fleet 4th JAAF AF Coy Defending units: 40th Infantry Division 8th NZ Brigade 131st Field Artillery Battalion 2nd Medium Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hami (81,17) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1151 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 96 Defending force 8153 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 251 Assaulting units: 1st Cavalry Brigade 15th RGC Temp. Division Defending units: 303rd Brigade 2nd New Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Boela (80,110) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 13073 troops, 299 guns, 223 vehicles, Assault Value = 534 Defending force 8216 troops, 61 guns, 60 vehicles, Assault Value = 225 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3 Allied adjusted assault: 823 Japanese adjusted defense: 109 Allied assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied forces CAPTURE Boela !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-) experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 1561 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 152 disabled Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 12 disabled Engineers: 41 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 42 (18 destroyed, 24 disabled) Vehicles lost 33 (31 destroyed, 2 disabled) Allied ground losses: 146 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 40th Infantry Division 8th NZ Brigade 131st Field Artillery Battalion 2nd Medium Regiment Defending units: 3rd Amphibious Brigade 5th South Seas Det. 57th Construction Battalion 12th Air Fleet 4th JAAF AF Coy The Boela invasion force is far more adequate than the Babeldaob one and the Japs are much less dug in. The base falls immediately. I dont bother moving up engineers because it would take so long, and I dont really need aircraft operating here yet. Lack of transport compels me to instead make moves to invade Ambon immediately, so the amphibs wend their way back towards Townsville, which is the jump off point. I think I'm getting too far from my rally points, the Allied advance has meant that Rabaul and Townsville are not quite ideal locations to launch invasions from anymore.

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (3/12/2012 11:52:27 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 01, 44 Almost half way through '44! how time flies. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Peleliu at 90,99 Japanese Ships SS I-20, hits 27, heavy damage Allied Ships PF Orange SS I-20 is sighted by escort PF Orange attacking submerged sub .... Debris floats to surface in area of attack! Escort abandons search for sub Two ASW TFs are on aggressive patrol, plus CVEs hanging a little ways back but still in Avenger range. The IJN subs are getting thinned out. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Guam , at 106,95 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 1 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-801 Hikotai with J1N1-S Irving (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10610 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Guam , at 106,95 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 3 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Port hits 3 Port fuel hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Batavia at 50,96 Japanese Ships AV Sagara Maru Allied Ships SS Tally Ho AV Sagara Maru is sighted by SS Tally Ho SS Tally Ho launches 6 torpedoes at AV Sagara Maru Duds. Buh. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Torishima at 109,66 Japanese Ships E No.1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage E No.4 Allied Ships SS Tunny SS Tunny launches 6 torpedoes at E No.1 Tunny diving deep .... E No.4 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.4 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.4 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.4 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.4 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Tanegashima at 102,63 Japanese Ships SC CHa-65 Allied Ships SS Flounder SS Flounder is sighted by escort SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan , at 46,76 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 23 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 23 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Aogashima at 115,65 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 63 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 20 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 7 B6N2 Jill x 12 Japanese aircraft losses B6N2 Jill: 1 damaged Allied Ships DD Hailey DD Johnston, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo I crazily decide to raid his ASW TFs with some DDs based at Attu Island now... nothing good can come of this plan, right? Johnston being hit is just fog of war. Apparently there are 300+ aircraft in range at least, a dozen launch. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 18 B-24J Liberator x 26 Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 11 Airbase supply hits 8 Runway hits 45 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 No Allied losses Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 17 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 14 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 14 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 20 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 3rd Amphibious Brigade, at 80,110 (Boela) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 10 B-24D1 Liberator x 12 B-24J Liberator x 16 B-25D1 Mitchell x 15 B-25H Mitchell x 14 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 11 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 8 Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 14 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 2 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 5th South Seas Det. ... Also attacking 4th JAAF AF Coy ... Also attacking 3rd Amphibious Brigade ... Also attacking 12th Air Fleet ... Also attacking 57th Construction Battalion ... Also attacking 3rd Amphibious Brigade ... Also attacking 4th JAAF AF Coy ... Also attacking 3rd Amphibious Brigade ... Also attacking 5th South Seas Det. ... Also attacking 4th JAAF AF Coy ... Also attacking 3rd Amphibious Brigade ... Also attacking 4th JAAF AF Coy ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 1 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 No Allied losses Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 1 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 7 No Allied losses Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 10 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 53rd Division, at 106,122 (Kavieng) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Allied aircraft P-39N1 Airacobra x 18 Allied aircraft losses P-39N1 Airacobra: 12 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 18 x P-39N1 Airacobra bombing from 100 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kompong Chhnang , at 59,68 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 29 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft P-40N5 Warhawk x 11 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 11 x P-40N5 Warhawk sweeping at 10000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 7th Air Division, at 94,119 , near Aitape Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 12 P-40N5 Warhawk x 12 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 17 SBD-5 Dauntless x 23 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged SBD-5 Dauntless: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 34 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 13 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 53rd Division, at 106,122 (Kavieng) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 63 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 17 SBD-5 Dauntless x 23 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 11 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 5 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 7 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 7th Air Division, at 94,119 , near Aitape Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 16 Kittyhawk IV x 9 A-20G Havoc x 32 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 17 Allied aircraft losses DB-7B: 4 damaged A-20G Havoc: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 16 x DB-7B bombing from 1000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 16 x A-20G Havoc bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x A-20G Havoc bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 4th RTA/C Division, at 58,69 (Phnom Penh) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 15 B-25D1 Mitchell x 22 B-25H Mitchell x 13 P-51A Mustang x 20 Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 13 damaged B-25H Mitchell: 11 damaged Japanese ground losses: 189 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 33 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 13 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 13 x B-25H Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Peleliu at 90,100 Japanese Ships SS I-124, hits 23, heavy damage Allied Ships SC PC-1086, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage PF Orange SS I-124 launches 4 torpedoes at SC PC-1086 I-124 diving deep .... PF Orange attacking submerged sub .... PF Orange attacking submerged sub .... PF Orange fails to find sub, continues to search... PF Orange fails to find sub, continues to search... PF Orange fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub The subs turn the tables briefly but I-124 gets punished badly and may well sink. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 9955 troops, 108 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 402 Defending force 18745 troops, 288 guns, 524 vehicles, Assault Value = 517 Japanese ground losses: 35 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Allied ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 2nd Amphibious Brigade 51st Naval Guard Unit 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade Babeldoap Naval Fortress 16th Army 40th Field AA Battalion 29th JAAF AF Coy 23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 44th Field AA Battalion 39th Field AA Battalion 22nd JAAF Base Force 3rd Base Force 30th Special Base Force 3rd South Seas Gsn 69th Field AA Battalion 39th Road Const Co 4th Base Force /5 Defending units: 766th Tank Battalion 6th Infantry Division 34th Combat Engineer Regiment 132nd Infantry Regiment 2nd USMC Engineer Regiment XIV US Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Boela (80,110) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 4805 troops, 44 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 95 Defending force 12937 troops, 299 guns, 223 vehicles, Assault Value = 516 Japanese ground losses: 37 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 3rd Amphibious Brigade 5th South Seas Det. 57th Construction Battalion 12th Air Fleet 4th JAAF AF Coy Defending units: 40th Infantry Division 8th NZ Brigade 131st Field Artillery Battalion 2nd Medium Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hami (81,17) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1156 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 96 Defending force 8151 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 250 Assaulting units: 1st Cavalry Brigade 15th RGC Temp. Division Defending units: 303rd Brigade 2nd New Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Boela (80,110) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 12937 troops, 299 guns, 223 vehicles, Assault Value = 516 Defending force 6492 troops, 44 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 92 Allied adjusted assault: 346 Japanese adjusted defense: 23 Allied assault odds: 15 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-) experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 818 casualties reported Squads: 32 destroyed, 31 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 13 (1 destroyed, 12 disabled) Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Allied ground losses: 92 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Assaulting units: 40th Infantry Division 8th NZ Brigade 131st Field Artillery Battalion 2nd Medium Regiment Defending units: 3rd Amphibious Brigade 5th South Seas Det. 57th Construction Battalion 12th Air Fleet 4th JAAF AF Coy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 57th Construction Battalion Wiped Out at Boela by attrition!!! Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Boela

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (3/12/2012 11:56:40 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 02, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Donggala at 69,96 Japanese Ships PB Kiso Maru Allied Ships SS Spearfish PB Kiso Maru is sighted by SS Spearfish SS Spearfish launches 4 torpedoes at PB Kiso Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Donggala at 69,96 Japanese Ships PB Kiso Maru Allied Ships SS Thresher SS Thresher launches 4 torpedoes at PB Kiso Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Muntok at 49,89 Japanese Ships SC CHa-8 Allied Ships SS Tantalus, hits 5 SS Tantalus launches 6 torpedoes at SC CHa-8 SC CHa-8 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-8 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-8 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-8 attacking submerged sub .... SC CHa-8 is out of ASW ammo SC CHa-8 is out of ASW ammo SC CHa-8 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Duds again! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Muntok at 49,89 Allied Ships SS Taurus SS Taurus is sighted by escort Sub escapes detection -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Izu Oshima at 113,62 Japanese Ships BB Musashi CA Suzuya CL Yahagi DD Asashio DD Akatsuki DD Michishio Allied Ships SS Cod SS Cod is sighted by escort DD Akatsuki fails to find sub and abandons search DD Michishio attacking submerged sub .... DD Michishio fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Michishio fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Michishio fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Michishio fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Musashi leaving Japan and headed SW, she gets spotted by Cod. Cod was actually headed home as she's out of ammo. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan , at 46,76 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 23 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 23 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 53rd Division, at 106,122 (Kavieng) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Allied aircraft P-39N1 Airacobra x 18 Allied aircraft losses P-39N1 Airacobra: 4 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 18 x P-39N1 Airacobra bombing from 100 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Uttaradit , at 59,56 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 11 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 11 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 10000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Kompong Chhnang , at 59,68 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft P-40N5 Warhawk x 11 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 11 x P-40N5 Warhawk sweeping at 10000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Woleai at 98,103 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M3 Nell x 3 Japanese aircraft losses G3M3 Nell: 2 destroyed Allied Ships xAK Walter Colton xAK Leland Stanford, Kamikaze hits 1, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 3 x G3M3 Nell flying as kamikaze Kamikaze: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb Erk. A convoy departing Noemfoor is set to return to LA and I didnt notice. It heads into Japanese territory by mistake and makes history, the first kamikaze attacks! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Woleai at 98,103 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 2 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAK Moses Rogers, Torpedo hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Woleai at 98,103 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 21 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 8 destroyed Allied Ships xAK Leland Stanford, Kamikaze hits 1, and is sunk xAK William Vanderbilt, Kamikaze hits 6, and is sunk xAK Walter Colton, Kamikaze hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Moses Rogers, Kamikaze hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAK Samuel Gompers, Kamikaze hits 2, on fire, heavy damage PF Barcoo Aircraft Attacking: 21 x N1K1-J George flying as kamikaze Kamikaze: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Walter Colton Massive explosion on xAK William Vanderbilt Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK William Vanderbilt Ouch. Kamikazes seem to work alright. The pilots of these guys apparently had all skills 35. Admittedly they are transports but still, impressive accuracy for noobs. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 53rd Division, at 106,122 (Kavieng) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 29 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 17 SBD-5 Dauntless x 23 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 10 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 2 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 11 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 18th Army, at 94,119 , near Aitape Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 16 Kittyhawk IV x 12 A-20G Havoc x 16 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 17 Allied aircraft losses DB-7B: 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 16 x DB-7B bombing from 1000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 16 x A-20G Havoc bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 18th Army, at 94,119 , near Aitape Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Allied aircraft A-24B Banshee x 11 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 7 x A-24B Banshee releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x A-24B Banshee releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 18th Army, at 94,119 , near Aitape Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft P-40N5 Warhawk x 12 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 17 SBD-5 Dauntless x 22 Allied aircraft losses SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 16 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 10 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Ponape , at 119,113 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 9 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 18th Army, at 94,119 , near Aitape Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 1,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft A-20G Havoc x 16 Allied aircraft losses A-20G Havoc: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 16 x A-20G Havoc bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Tanegashima at 102,63 Japanese Ships SC CHa-65 Allied Ships SS Flounder SS Flounder is located by SC CHa-65 Flounder diving deep .... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Toyohara at 125,48 Japanese Ships xAKL Heizan Maru PB Magan Maru Allied Ships SS Bowfin SS Bowfin is sighted by escort Bowfin diving deep .... PB Magan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Magan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Magan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Magan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Magan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 9968 troops, 108 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 406 Defending force 18849 troops, 288 guns, 524 vehicles, Assault Value = 528 Japanese ground losses: 14 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Assaulting units: 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade 51st Naval Guard Unit 2nd Amphibious Brigade Babeldoap Naval Fortress 39th Road Const Co 29th JAAF AF Coy 3rd South Seas Gsn 69th Field AA Battalion 39th Field AA Battalion 22nd JAAF Base Force 23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 44th Field AA Battalion 30th Special Base Force 40th Field AA Battalion 3rd Base Force 16th Army 4th Base Force /5 Defending units: 34th Combat Engineer Regiment 132nd Infantry Regiment 766th Tank Battalion 6th Infantry Division 2nd USMC Engineer Regiment XIV US Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Boela (80,110) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 4151 troops, 36 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 65 Defending force 12853 troops, 300 guns, 223 vehicles, Assault Value = 506 Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 3 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 3rd Amphibious Brigade 5th South Seas Det. 57th Construction Battalion 12th Air Fleet 4th JAAF AF Coy Defending units: 40th Infantry Division 8th NZ Brigade 131st Field Artillery Battalion 2nd Medium Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hami (81,17) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1156 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 96 Defending force 8121 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 248 Assaulting units: 1st Cavalry Brigade 15th RGC Temp. Division Defending units: 303rd Brigade 2nd New Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 17162 troops, 288 guns, 524 vehicles, Assault Value = 524 Defending force 21503 troops, 252 guns, 194 vehicles, Assault Value = 404 Allied adjusted assault: 535 Japanese adjusted defense: 633 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), disruption(-) preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1163 casualties reported Squads: 14 destroyed, 49 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled Guns lost 28 (3 destroyed, 25 disabled) Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Allied ground losses: 367 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled Assaulting units: 34th Combat Engineer Regiment 132nd Infantry Regiment 766th Tank Battalion 6th Infantry Division 2nd USMC Engineer Regiment XIV US Corps Defending units: 2nd Amphibious Brigade 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade 51st Naval Guard Unit Babeldoap Naval Fortress 44th Field AA Battalion 3rd South Seas Gsn 30th Special Base Force 29th JAAF AF Coy 39th Road Const Co 3rd Base Force 39th Field AA Battalion 16th Army 40th Field AA Battalion 22nd JAAF Base Force 69th Field AA Battalion 23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 4th Base Force /5 No supplies, the Japanese are starting to suffer now... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Boela (80,110) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 12848 troops, 300 guns, 223 vehicles, Assault Value = 506 Defending force 5754 troops, 35 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 64 Allied adjusted assault: 412 Japanese adjusted defense: 17 Allied assault odds: 24 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-) experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 230 casualties reported Squads: 18 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Guns lost 9 (8 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 136 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Assaulting units: 40th Infantry Division 8th NZ Brigade 131st Field Artillery Battalion 2nd Medium Regiment Defending units: 3rd Amphibious Brigade 5th South Seas Det. 57th Construction Battalion 12th Air Fleet 4th JAAF AF Coy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Uttaradit (59,56) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 33765 troops, 746 guns, 811 vehicles, Assault Value = 1047 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Allied adjusted assault: 1001 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 1001 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Uttaradit !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+) Assaulting units: 96th Chinese Division 2nd British Division 5th Indian Division 2/9th Field Regiment 2/11th Field Brigade XV Indian Corps 2/13th Field Regiment 8th Medium Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 57th Construction Battalion Wiped Out at Boela by attrition!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th JAAF AF Coy Wiped Out at Boela by attrition!!! Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Boela

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (3/12/2012 12:02:17 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 03, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Daito Shoto at 102,67 Japanese Ships PB Shotoku Maru AO Shiriya TK Akane Maru PB Kosin Maru #3 Allied Ships SS Muskallunge Captain of SS Muskallunge elects not to launch torpedoes at this target Muskallunge diving deep .... PB Kosin Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kosin Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kosin Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kosin Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kosin Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Malacca at 49,82 Japanese Ships E Kasasagi Allied Ships SS KXII SS KXII launches 2 torpedoes at E Kasasagi KXII diving deep .... Sub escapes detection -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Donggala at 69,96 Japanese Ships xAK Shinyubari Maru, Torpedo hits 1 PB Shosei Maru Allied Ships SS Spearfish SS Spearfish launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Shinyubari Maru PB Shosei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Shosei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Shosei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Shosei Maru attacking submerged sub .... PB Shosei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Donggala at 69,96, Range 18,000 Yards Japanese Ships PB Shosei Maru, Shell hits 33, and is sunk Allied Ships DD Guest DD Hunt DD Ingersoll DD Schroeder Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 30,000 yards Range closes to 28,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 28,000 yards Range closes to 26,000 yards... Range closes to 24,000 yards... Range closes to 22,000 yards... Range closes to 20,000 yards... Range closes to 18,000 yards... Ronavicz, A.A. crosses the 'T' Range closes to 17,000 yards DD Schroeder engages PB Shosei Maru at 17,000 yards Range closes to 15,000 yards DD Schroeder engages PB Shosei Maru at 15,000 yards DD Ingersoll engages PB Shosei Maru at 15,000 yards Range closes to 12,000 yards DD Schroeder engages PB Shosei Maru at 12,000 yards DD Ingersoll engages PB Shosei Maru at 12,000 yards DD Hunt engages PB Shosei Maru at 12,000 yards DD Guest engages PB Shosei Maru at 12,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards DD Ingersoll engages PB Shosei Maru at 10,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards DD Hunt engages PB Shosei Maru at 7,000 yards Range increases to 8,000 yards DD Schroeder engages PB Shosei Maru at 8,000 yards DD Hunt engages PB Shosei Maru at 8,000 yards DD Guest engages PB Shosei Maru at 8,000 yards Range increases to 10,000 yards DD Schroeder engages PB Shosei Maru at 10,000 yards DD Guest engages PB Shosei Maru at 10,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards DD Schroeder engages PB Shosei Maru at 7,000 yards DD Ingersoll engages PB Shosei Maru at 7,000 yards Range closes to 5,000 yards DD Schroeder engages PB Shosei Maru at 5,000 yards DD Hunt engages PB Shosei Maru at 5,000 yards PB Shosei Maru sunk by DD Schroeder at 5,000 yards Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk... God I love my DD raids. [:D] Kendari is empty and Ternate heavily bombed so I figured what the hell, lets send some DDs to do a quick raid into the straits by Dongalla. They find ASW, no juicy convoy happens to be there though. Looks like most of Borneo/Celebes has been more or less abandoned. Incidentally recon suggests a lot of naval activity in Singapore and the troops at Medan marching away south, might well be some general falling back going on. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan , at 46,76 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 23 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 23 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 3 P-38J Lightning x 8 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 8 PBJ-1D Mitchell x 14 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 13 Airbase supply hits 8 Runway hits 42 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 64 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 9 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 16 No Allied losses Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 17 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 5 Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 5 B-24J Liberator x 18 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 38 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 33rd Sentai/A with Ki-44-IIb Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 11740 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Yap , at 96,97 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 10 B-24J Liberator x 48 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 9 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 43 Airbase supply hits 15 Runway hits 76 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb The kamikazes partly came from here. Bam. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kendari , at 70,106 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 11 B-24J Liberator x 19 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Airbase hits 40 Airbase supply hits 12 Runway hits 66 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb Bombing of Kendari in the light of my DD raid, but the place is empty of a/c, has been for months. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 20 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-61-Id Tony x 8 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 29 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-61-Id Tony: 1 destroyed Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged Japanese Ships AV Kamikawa Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire AKE Nagato Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire AD Choko Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire AG Noshima, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires xAP Dairen Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire AV Akitsushima, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAP Kobe Maru, Bomb hits 1 xAP Teia Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 15 Port hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 30th Sentai/C with Ki-61-Id Tony (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 3 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 11810 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes All that Singapore activity provoked me to move up B29s and have a go, theres plenty in the port still disbanded... And no air defence whatsoever. [8\|] It's like kicking a puppy at times... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 71 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-61-Id Tony x 1 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 19 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAP Huzi Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire AV Kamikawa Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires AV Akitsushima, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage AV Kunikawa Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire AKE Hoeisan Maru, Bomb hits 1 xAP Kamakura Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire CMc Ninoshima, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage CM Katsuriki, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk xAP Dairen Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Terukuni Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires xAP Shanghai Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAP Koan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire Port hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 30th Sentai/C with Ki-61-Id Tony (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 11810 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 6 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AV Kunikawa Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Shanghai Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Koan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire Port hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Woleai at 102,106 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIb Helen x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIb Helen: 5 damaged Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed by flak Allied Ships DD Philip DD Stevens DD Murray Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 2000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Woleai at 102,106 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 2 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged Allied Ships DD Philip Aircraft Attacking: 2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Woleai at 98,105 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-IIc Lily x 19 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAK Samuel Gompers, Bomb hits 14, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-48-IIc Lily releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 2 x 100 kg SAP Bomb 4 x Ki-48-IIc Lily releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 2 x 100 kg SAP Bomb 9 x Ki-48-IIc Lily releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 2 x 100 kg SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Samuel Gompers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Woleai at 102,106 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIa Helen x 4 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 damaged Allied Ships DD Murray Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 19th Division, at 95,120 , near Dagua Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft Kittyhawk IV x 12 PV-1 Ventura x 8 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 46 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 8 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 19th Division, at 95,120 , near Dagua Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 16 Spitfire Vc Trop x 6 A-20G Havoc x 16 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 17 Allied aircraft losses DB-7B: 3 damaged A-20G Havoc: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 102 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 16 x DB-7B bombing from 1000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 16 x A-20G Havoc bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 19th Division, at 95,120 , near Dagua Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft A-24B Banshee x 11 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 5 x A-24B Banshee releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 6 x A-24B Banshee releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Ponape , at 119,113 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 9 No Allied losses Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 19th Division, at 95,120 , near Dagua Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft A-20G Havoc x 16 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 47 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 16 x A-20G Havoc bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Woleai at 102,106 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 71 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 20 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-IIc Lily x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-IIc Lily: 2 damaged Allied Ships DD Murray Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-48-IIc Lily releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 2 x 100 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Donggala at 69,96 Japanese Ships xAK Shinyubari Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Thresher SS Thresher launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Shinyubari Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Kanoya at 106,66 Japanese Ships BB Musashi CA Suzuya CL Oi CL Yahagi DD Akatsuki DD Michishio Allied Ships SS KXVIII, hits 1 SS KXVIII is sighted by escort DD Akatsuki fails to find sub and abandons search DD Michishio attacking submerged sub .... DD Michishio fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Michishio fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 9142 troops, 107 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 327 Defending force 18597 troops, 289 guns, 525 vehicles, Assault Value = 491 Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 2nd Amphibious Brigade 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade 51st Naval Guard Unit 22nd JAAF Base Force 3rd South Seas Gsn 16th Army 30th Special Base Force 29th JAAF AF Coy 39th Field AA Battalion 44th Field AA Battalion 40th Field AA Battalion 23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 69th Field AA Battalion 39th Road Const Co 3rd Base Force Babeldoap Naval Fortress 4th Base Force /5 Defending units: 6th Infantry Division 34th Combat Engineer Regiment 766th Tank Battalion 132nd Infantry Regiment 2nd USMC Engineer Regiment XIV US Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hami (81,17) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1156 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 96 Defending force 8133 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 247 Assaulting units: 1st Cavalry Brigade 15th RGC Temp. Division Defending units: 303rd Brigade 2nd New Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Boela (80,110) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1485 troops, 6 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 49 Defending force 12763 troops, 302 guns, 224 vehicles, Assault Value = 491 Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 5th South Seas Det. 12th Air Fleet Defending units: 40th Infantry Division 8th NZ Brigade 131st Field Artillery Battalion 2nd Medium Regiment Lots of Japs in CENTPAC, but the DEI looks to be almost abandoned, or in the process of being abandoned.

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (3/12/2012 12:15:00 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 04, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Guam at 106,95, Range 12,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Arashio DD Yamagumo, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk Allied Ships DD Murray DD Philip, Shell hits 2 DD Pringle DD Stevens, Shell hits 1 Improved night sighting under 89% moonlight Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 89% moonlight: 12,000 yards Range closes to 24,000 yards... Range closes to 18,000 yards... Range closes to 12,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards Allies open fire on surprised Japanese ships at 12,000 yards DD Stevens fires at DD Yamagumo at 12,000 yards DD Stevens fires at DD Arashio at 12,000 yards DD Murray fires at DD Yamagumo at 12,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards DD Yamagumo engages DD Stevens at 7,000 yards DD Yamagumo engages DD Pringle at 7,000 yards DD Philip engages DD Yamagumo at 7,000 yards DD Yamagumo engages DD Murray at 7,000 yards Chono I. orders Japanese TF to disengage Range closes to 5,000 yards DD Yamagumo engages DD Murray at 5,000 yards DD Arashio engages DD Stevens at 5,000 yards DD Yamagumo engages DD Philip at 5,000 yards DD Arashio engages DD Murray at 5,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards DD Yamagumo sunk by DD Stevens at 2,000 yards DD Arashio engages DD Philip at 2,000 yards DD Stevens engages DD Arashio at 2,000 yards Range increases to 6,000 yards DD Stevens engages DD Arashio at 6,000 yards DD Arashio engages DD Pringle at 6,000 yards Range increases to 11,000 yards DD Arashio engages DD Pringle at 11,000 yards DD Arashio engages DD Murray at 11,000 yards Range increases to 13,000 yards DD Arashio engages DD Stevens at 13,000 yards Task forces break off... DD raid on Guam, these 38 knot destroyers are to my liking, they are REAL good at raids, and heavily armed for a DD as well. The big boys have been pulled out of Guam due to the B29 raids I think, but he has light forces here. The Allies dont do that well, most of the shell hits are AA guns fired at 2000 yards, but a lucky torpedo hit means the raid had purpose. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Koshiki-jima Retto at 98,60 Japanese Ships E No.4 Allied Ships SS Bonefish SS Bonefish launches 6 torpedoes at E No.4 E No.4 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.4 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.4 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.4 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.4 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kompong Chhnang , at 59,68 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 11 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 11 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 10000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kompong Chhnang , at 59,68 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft P-40N5 Warhawk x 10 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x P-40N5 Warhawk sweeping at 10000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 48 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 12 P-38J Lightning x 8 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 15 PBJ-1D Mitchell x 14 No Allied losses Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 18 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 3 Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 5 B-24J Liberator x 16 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 33rd Sentai/A with Ki-44-IIb Tojo (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 11740 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Yap , at 96,97 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 11 B-24J Liberator x 26 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 37 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Yap , at 96,97 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 14 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 10 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb Yap is out of action now. Might invade it, I have forces prepped, its not a priority though, and amphib transport availability remains a constraint. I want to press on NW, not head NE, though it would make my flank that much more secure and enable recon over Guam/Saipan/Tinian. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Yap , at 96,97 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 58 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-61-Id Tony x 4 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 26 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Sumatra Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires xAP Ukishima Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire PB Kozan Maru, Bomb hits 1 xAP Teibi Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAP Kobe Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires CMc Toshima, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage ACM Oi Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk AKE Nagato Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire AS Nagoya Maru, Bomb hits 1 AV Kamikawa Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AG Noshima, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAK Nankai Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire AV Kunikawa Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAP Kamakura Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 2 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 1 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 30th Sentai/C with Ki-61-Id Tony (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 11810 , scrambling fighters to 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes Massive explosion on ACM Oi Maru More puppy kicking going on, I suspect my foe, who holds Japanese virtual lives in rather scant regard, has already written these guys off. The Superforts have shot their bolt now though, and need maintenance, so he's got a while to do something about his Singapore defences. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-61-Id Tony x 3 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 3 damaged Japanese Ships AV Akitsushima, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAP Teia Maru, Bomb hits 1 PB Choun Maru #18, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk DD Kagero, Bomb hits 1, on fire Port hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 30th Sentai/C with Ki-61-Id Tony (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 11810 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 53rd Division, at 106,122 (Kavieng) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 55 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Allied aircraft P-39N1 Airacobra x 18 Allied aircraft losses P-39N1 Airacobra: 5 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 18 x P-39N1 Airacobra bombing from 100 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Medan , at 46,76 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 24 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 24 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Satawal at 107,107 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-IIc Lily x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-IIc Lily: 7 damaged Ki-48-IIc Lily: 2 destroyed by flak Allied Ships DD Philip DD Pringle, Bomb hits 3, on fire DD Murray Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Ki-48-IIc Lily releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 2 x 100 kg SAP Bomb 4 x Ki-48-IIc Lily releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 2 x 100 kg SAP Bomb 4 x Ki-48-IIc Lily releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 2 x 100 kg SAP Bomb Pringle is only slightly damaged - a fair bit of Sys but nothign else - so the Guam raiders even got away with it! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 18th Army, at 94,119 , near Aitape Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 7 P-40N5 Warhawk x 11 SBD-5 Dauntless x 21 Allied aircraft losses SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 16 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 7 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 2 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 53rd Division, at 106,122 (Kavieng) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 29 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 17 SBD-5 Dauntless x 23 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 7 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 1 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 15 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 23rd Division, at 58,69 (Phnom Penh) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 7 Wellington GR.XIII x 10 P-51A Mustang x 21 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 13 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Wellington GR.XIII bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 11th Air Fleet, at 66,60 , near Vinh Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator B.III x 12 Liberator B.VI x 12 B-24J Liberator x 64 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 69 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Liberator B.III bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb I set some bombers to support a paradrop today, but turns out theres no ground forces there so the bombers reverted to 'commander decides'. The commander decided to bomb an incredibly distant target in northern Vietnam! He psychically knew these guys were on a rail line somewhere I guess. In any case. Looks liek this air HQ was being railed into south Vietnam -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 23rd Division, at 58,69 (Phnom Penh) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft Beaufighter VIc x 20 Beaufighter TF.X x 16 Spitfire VIII x 8 B-25D1 Mitchell x 32 P-51B Mustang x 21 Allied aircraft losses Beaufighter VIc: 3 damaged Beaufighter TF.X: 3 damaged B-25D1 Mitchell: 5 damaged Japanese ground losses: 245 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Beaufighter VIc bombing from 100 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 16 x Beaufighter TF.X bombing from 100 feet 13 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb Same again, commander decision. Not a good one this time, Phnom Penh has a lot of flak, not an appropriate target for attack bombers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 18th Army, at 94,119 , near Aitape Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Allied aircraft A-24B Banshee x 11 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 17 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 1 x A-24B Banshee releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 6 x A-24B Banshee releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x A-24B Banshee releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 18th Army, at 94,119 , near Aitape Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 16 Kittyhawk IV x 9 Allied aircraft losses DB-7B: 3 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 16 x DB-7B bombing from 1000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Ponape , at 119,113 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 9 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 23rd Division, at 58,69 (Phnom Penh) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 13 Allied aircraft losses B-25H Mitchell: 8 damaged B-25H Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese ground losses: 88 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 11th Air Fleet, at 66,60 , near Vinh Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 3 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Koshiki-jima Retto at 98,60 Japanese Ships E No.3, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage E No.4 Allied Ships SS Bonefish SS Bonefish launches 6 torpedoes at E No.3 Bonefish diving deep .... E No.4 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.4 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.4 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.4 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.4 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 97,61 Japanese Ships SC CHa-65 Allied Ships SS Steelhead SS Steelhead launches 6 torpedoes at SC CHa-65 SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 9232 troops, 107 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 328 Defending force 18706 troops, 289 guns, 525 vehicles, Assault Value = 505 Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled) Assaulting units: 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade 2nd Amphibious Brigade 51st Naval Guard Unit 69th Field AA Battalion 22nd JAAF Base Force 3rd South Seas Gsn 16th Army 44th Field AA Battalion 29th JAAF AF Coy Babeldoap Naval Fortress 23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 40th Field AA Battalion 3rd Base Force 39th Field AA Battalion 30th Special Base Force 39th Road Const Co 4th Base Force /5 Defending units: 6th Infantry Division 34th Combat Engineer Regiment 132nd Infantry Regiment 766th Tank Battalion 2nd USMC Engineer Regiment XIV US Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hami (81,17) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1156 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 96 Defending force 8162 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 252 Assaulting units: 1st Cavalry Brigade 15th RGC Temp. Division Defending units: 303rd Brigade 2nd New Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Boela (80,110) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1476 troops, 6 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 48 Defending force 12798 troops, 302 guns, 224 vehicles, Assault Value = 493 Assaulting units: 5th South Seas Det. 12th Air Fleet Defending units: 40th Infantry Division 8th NZ Brigade 131st Field Artillery Battalion 2nd Medium Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Boela (80,110) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 12798 troops, 302 guns, 224 vehicles, Assault Value = 493 Defending force 2716 troops, 6 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 48 Japanese ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 40th Infantry Division 8th NZ Brigade 131st Field Artillery Battalion 2nd Medium Regiment Defending units: 5th South Seas Det. 12th Air Fleet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Alor Star (49,73) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 197 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Allied adjusted assault: 5 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Alor Star !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: op mode(-), shock(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: 111th Chindit Bde /1 Recon of Malaya shows a lot of bases are now abandoned, certainly in the north anyway. So its time to expedite the advance with some paradrops. I got several divisions now sitting on the rail line in Bangkok, so I'd like to capture as far as the Malay road network. Then I think Malaysia will be liberated surprisingly quickly as I can rail the big hitters in to the north of the country in a day.

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (3/12/2012 12:19:37 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 05, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Koshiki-jima Retto at 98,60, Range 2,000 Yards Japanese Ships E No.2, Shell hits 9, and is sunk E No.4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk Allied Ships DD Haggard DD Hailey DD Johnston Reduced visibility due to Thunderstorms with 96% moonlight Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 96% moonlight: 2,000 yards Range closes to 24,000 yards... Range closes to 18,000 yards... Range closes to 12,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 6,000 yards... Range closes to 4,000 yards... Range closes to 2,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards Conolly, Richard L. crosses the 'T' DD Johnston engages E No.2 at 2,000 yards DD Johnston engages E No.2 at 2,000 yards Massive explosion on E No.2 E No.2 sunk by DD Haggard at 2,000 yards DD Johnston engages E No.4 at 2,000 yards DD Hailey engages E No.4 at 2,000 yards Nojima U. orders Japanese TF to disengage Range increases to 3,000 yards DD Johnston engages E No.4 at 3,000 yards E No.4 sunk by DD Hailey at 3,000 yards Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk... These DDs had been hanging around a goodly distance map south of the tip of Japan and somehow getting away with it. My foe isnt normally bothered by poor performance but these gnats did enrage him a bit. He apparently has a LOT of aircraft in Japan on naval strike orders and I believe him, but these guys manage to waltz in and sink some super Es regardless. And get away with it. They need to go home to rearm now though but still, thats an impressive raid guaranteed to annoy. Bloody super Es, die die die! ...also suggests his carrier force is not actually in Japan at present. I wonder where they are. They arent at Guam/Tinian/Saipan, they dont seem to be at Japan. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 97,61 Japanese Ships SC CHa-65 Allied Ships SS Steelhead SS Steelhead launches 6 torpedoes at SC CHa-65 SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Tanegashima at 101,63 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M3 Nell x 9 Japanese aircraft losses G3M3 Nell: 5 damaged Allied Ships DD Hailey DD Haggard DD Johnston Aircraft Attacking: 9 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo Japans response to the DDs is a joke, almost nothing flies despite orders. I guess 3 DDs are a low value target and hard to spot, which stymies the algorithm determining if things should launch or not. In fairness I had a lot of bombers in range of the convoys at Medan a couple of weeks prior and it took them 3 days to really launch in earnest and a convoy is a far juicer target than 3 DDs. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 69 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 20 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 3 B-24J Liberator x 28 PBJ-1D Mitchell x 14 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 20 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 10 B-24D1 Liberator x 6 B-24J Liberator x 25 B-25D1 Mitchell x 3 B-25H Mitchell x 15 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 11 No Allied losses Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 29 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 6 B-24J Liberator x 4 Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 damaged Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Medan , at 46,76 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 24 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 24 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tanegashima at 101,63 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M3 Nell x 8 Japanese aircraft losses G3M3 Nell: 7 damaged G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak Allied Ships DD Hailey DD Haggard Aircraft Attacking: 6 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 18th Army, at 94,119 , near Aitape Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 10 PV-1 Ventura x 6 P-40N5 Warhawk x 11 SBD-5 Dauntless x 21 Allied aircraft losses SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 10 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 2 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Tandjoengbalai , at 47,78 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator B.III x 8 Liberator B.VI x 9 B-24J Liberator x 45 B-29-1 Superfort x 4 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 37 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 25 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 45 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Liberator B.III bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 50th Field AA Battalion, at 59,68 (Kompong Chhnang) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft Beaufighter VIc x 20 Beaufighter TF.X x 15 Allied aircraft losses Beaufighter VIc: 16 damaged Beaufighter TF.X: 8 damaged Beaufighter TF.X: 2 destroyed by flak Japanese ground losses: 19 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Beaufighter VIc bombing from 100 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 13 x Beaufighter TF.X bombing from 100 feet Oops forgot to turn these guys off, damnable 'commander decision' sending them into flak traps. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Ponape , at 119,113 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 9 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Kompong Chhnang , at 59,68 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft P-40N5 Warhawk x 10 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x P-40N5 Warhawk sweeping at 10000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 9299 troops, 107 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 334 Defending force 18837 troops, 289 guns, 523 vehicles, Assault Value = 510 Japanese ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 2nd Amphibious Brigade 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade 51st Naval Guard Unit Babeldoap Naval Fortress 40th Field AA Battalion 30th Special Base Force 69th Field AA Battalion 23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Base Force 39th Field AA Battalion 3rd South Seas Gsn 16th Army 44th Field AA Battalion 39th Road Const Co 22nd JAAF Base Force 29th JAAF AF Coy 4th Base Force /5 Defending units: 132nd Infantry Regiment 6th Infantry Division 766th Tank Battalion 34th Combat Engineer Regiment 2nd USMC Engineer Regiment XIV US Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hami (81,17) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1156 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 96 Defending force 8186 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 256 Allied ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 1st Cavalry Brigade 15th RGC Temp. Division Defending units: 303rd Brigade 2nd New Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Boela (80,110) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1454 troops, 6 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 47 Defending force 12810 troops, 302 guns, 224 vehicles, Assault Value = 495 Japanese ground losses: 33 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 5th South Seas Det. 12th Air Fleet Defending units: 40th Infantry Division 8th NZ Brigade 131st Field Artillery Battalion 2nd Medium Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Boela (80,110) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 12810 troops, 302 guns, 224 vehicles, Assault Value = 495 Defending force 2684 troops, 6 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 45 Japanese ground losses: 21 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 40th Infantry Division 8th NZ Brigade 131st Field Artillery Battalion 2nd Medium Regiment Defending units: 5th South Seas Det. 12th Air Fleet

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (3/12/2012 2:59:33 PM)
Aand one more. I've sent my cruiser SAG that I based at victoria point down to Singapore. Will be a few days to arrive. But every airfield is wrecked bar Singapore itself, and Malaya is mostly empty. I think they may well get away with it. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 06, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Alor Star , at 49,73 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-IIc Lily x 28 No Japanese losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 28 x Ki-48-IIc Lily bombing from 6000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb My new base, being bombed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Babeldaob at 91,98 Japanese Ships SS I-18, hits 3 Allied Ships SC PC-1086 PF Orange SS I-18 is sighted by escort I-18 diving deep .... PF Orange fails to find sub, continues to search... PF Orange fails to find sub, continues to search... PF Orange attacking submerged sub .... PF Orange fails to find sub, continues to search... PF Orange fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Kanoya at 106,66, Range 6,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Fujinami DD Hamakaze, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Inazuma, Shell hits 1 DD Fubuki DD Asanagi Allied Ships DD Haggard, Shell hits 1 DD Hailey, Shell hits 3, on fire DD Johnston, Shell hits 2, on fire Reduced visibility due to Thunderstorms Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms: 7,000 yards Range closes to 24,000 yards... Range closes to 18,000 yards... Range closes to 12,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 6,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards Conolly, Richard L. crosses the 'T' DD Asanagi engages DD Hailey at 6,000 yards DD Asanagi engages DD Hailey at 6,000 yards DD Hailey engages DD Inazuma at 6,000 yards DD Hamakaze engages DD Hailey at 6,000 yards Range closes to 3,000 yards DD Asanagi engages DD Johnston at 3,000 yards DD Johnston engages DD Fubuki at 3,000 yards DD Fujinami engages DD Haggard at 3,000 yards DD Hamakaze engages DD Johnston at 3,000 yards DD Johnston engages DD Fujinami at 3,000 yards Range increases to 5,000 yards DD Asanagi engages DD Johnston at 5,000 yards DD Hamakaze engages DD Hailey at 5,000 yards DD Haggard engages DD Fujinami at 5,000 yards DD Hamakaze engages DD Haggard at 5,000 yards Range increases to 11,000 yards DD Asanagi engages DD Johnston at 11,000 yards DD Fubuki engages DD Haggard at 11,000 yards DD Haggard engages DD Fujinami at 11,000 yards DD Hailey engages DD Hamakaze at 11,000 yards Range increases to 16,000 yards DD Hamakaze engages DD Johnston at 16,000 yards DD Inazuma engages DD Hailey at 16,000 yards DD Hamakaze engages DD Haggard at 16,000 yards Range increases to 21,000 yards DD Inazuma engages DD Johnston at 21,000 yards DD Fubuki engages DD Hailey at 21,000 yards Task forces break off... IJN destroyers sortie to try and deal with my raiders. Bad weather though. Actually the Allies did pretty good here, bear in mind they are on about 40% gun ammo at the start of the battle, so an indecisive result by being outnumbered is good going. Daylight battle so good Allied experience no doubt helped a lot. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Torishima at 107,68, Range 18,000 Yards Japanese Ships SC Ch 1, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Teiritsu Maru, Shell hits 2, heavy fires Allied Ships DD Haggard DD Hailey, on fire DD Johnston, heavy fires Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 30,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 30,000 yards Range closes to 28,000 yards... Range closes to 26,000 yards... Range closes to 24,000 yards... Range closes to 22,000 yards... Range closes to 20,000 yards... Range closes to 18,000 yards... DD Hailey engages SC Ch 1 at 18,000 yards DD Haggard engages xAP Teiritsu Maru at 18,000 yards DD Johnston engages xAP Teiritsu Maru at 18,000 yards DD Hailey engages xAP Teiritsu Maru at 18,000 yards DD Haggard engages xAP Teiritsu Maru at 18,000 yards Conolly, Richard L. orders Allied TF to disengage Range closes to 14,000 yards DD Johnston engages SC Ch 1 at 14,000 yards DD Hailey engages SC Ch 1 at 14,000 yards DD Haggard engages SC Ch 1 at 14,000 yards Range increases to 21,000 yards Range increases to 26,000 yards Range increases to 30,000 yards Task forces break off... [&o] Sheer fluke but its still funny as hell. [:D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Peleliu at 92,105 Japanese Ships SS I-30, hits 6 Allied Ships BB South Dakota CLAA Atlanta DD Bush DD Colahan DD Cogswell DD Charrette DD Capps SS I-30 is sighted by escort DD Colahan attacking submerged sub .... DD Cogswell attacking submerged sub .... DD Charrette attacking submerged sub .... DD Capps attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub Amphib assault nears Peleliu... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan , at 46,76 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 22 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 22 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kompong Chhnang , at 59,68 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 11 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft P-40N5 Warhawk x 10 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x P-40N5 Warhawk sweeping at 10000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Sabang , at 44,70 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator B.III x 11 Liberator B.VI x 12 B-24D Liberator x 3 B-24J Liberator x 60 B-29-1 Superfort x 3 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 33 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 93 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Liberator B.III bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 13 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 13 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb Rubble bouncing at Sabang. The amphib assault force just cleared Colombo, 4-5 days I guess. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 4 Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 5 B-24J Liberator x 20 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged B-24J Liberator: 5 damaged Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 19 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 33rd Sentai/A with Ki-44-IIb Tojo (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 11740 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 10 B-24D1 Liberator x 5 B-24J Liberator x 26 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 11 No Allied losses Airbase hits 9 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 43 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 14 No Allied losses Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 53rd Division, at 106,122 (Kavieng) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Allied aircraft P-39N1 Airacobra x 17 Allied aircraft losses P-39N1 Airacobra: 3 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 17 x P-39N1 Airacobra bombing from 100 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 18th Army, at 94,119 , near Aitape Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 6 F4U-1A Corsair x 34 SBD-5 Dauntless x 18 Allied aircraft losses SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 10 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 18th Army, at 94,119 , near Aitape Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 16 Kittyhawk IV x 9 Spitfire VIII x 10 A-20G Havoc x 32 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 17 Allied aircraft losses DB-7B: 3 damaged A-20G Havoc: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 34 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 16 x DB-7B bombing from 1000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 16 x A-20G Havoc bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x A-20G Havoc bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 18th Army, at 94,119 , near Aitape Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Allied aircraft A-24B Banshee x 11 P-40N5 Warhawk x 10 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 1 x A-24B Banshee releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 10 x A-24B Banshee releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Ponape , at 119,113 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 8 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 3 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Amami Oshima at 97,61 Japanese Ships SC CHa-5 SC CHa-65 Allied Ships SS Steelhead SS Steelhead is located by SC CHa-5 Steelhead diving deep .... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 9334 troops, 107 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 336 Defending force 18976 troops, 289 guns, 523 vehicles, Assault Value = 515 Japanese ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade 2nd Amphibious Brigade 51st Naval Guard Unit 44th Field AA Battalion 16th Army 39th Road Const Co Babeldoap Naval Fortress 23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 69th Field AA Battalion 39th Field AA Battalion 3rd South Seas Gsn 22nd JAAF Base Force 3rd Base Force 40th Field AA Battalion 30th Special Base Force 29th JAAF AF Coy 4th Base Force /5 Defending units: 34th Combat Engineer Regiment 132nd Infantry Regiment 6th Infantry Division 766th Tank Battalion 2nd USMC Engineer Regiment XIV US Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hami (81,17) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1156 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 96 Defending force 8193 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 257 Assaulting units: 1st Cavalry Brigade 15th RGC Temp. Division Defending units: 303rd Brigade 2nd New Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Boela (80,110) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1424 troops, 6 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 44 Defending force 12822 troops, 302 guns, 224 vehicles, Assault Value = 499 Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 5th South Seas Det. 12th Air Fleet Defending units: 40th Infantry Division 8th NZ Brigade 131st Field Artillery Battalion 2nd Medium Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Boela (80,110) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 12822 troops, 302 guns, 224 vehicles, Assault Value = 499 Defending force 2667 troops, 6 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 43 Assaulting units: 40th Infantry Division 8th NZ Brigade 131st Field Artillery Battalion 2nd Medium Regiment Defending units: 5th South Seas Det. 12th Air Fleet

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (3/13/2012 11:28:28 AM)
This is like kicking a puppy... the cruisers who were the star of today get away with it! AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 08, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 100,66 Japanese Ships TK Hoyo Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage E Hiyodori Allied Ships SS Tinosa OIL CARGO BURNING SS Tinosa launches 6 torpedoes at TK Hoyo Maru E Hiyodori fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hiyodori fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hiyodori fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hiyodori fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hiyodori fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Malacca at 49,82, Range 12,000 Yards Japanese Ships E Kasasagi, Shell hits 8, and is sunk Allied Ships CL Newcastle CL Denver DD Quilliam DD Rapid DD Redoubt DD Rocket DD Roebuck DD Saumarez Improved night sighting under 100% moonlight Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 100% moonlight: 12,000 yards Range closes to 24,000 yards... Range closes to 18,000 yards... Range closes to 12,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards Allies open fire on surprised Japanese ships at 12,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards Range closes to 4,000 yards E Kasasagi engages DD Rocket at 4,000 yards E Kasasagi engages DD Redoubt at 4,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards CL Denver engages E Kasasagi at 2,000 yards Range increases to 4,000 yards CL Denver engages E Kasasagi at 4,000 yards CL Newcastle engages E Kasasagi at 4,000 yards DD Rocket engages E Kasasagi at 4,000 yards Kaburagi, B. orders Japanese TF to disengage Range increases to 6,000 yards CL Denver engages E Kasasagi at 6,000 yards CL Newcastle engages E Kasasagi at 6,000 yards DD Saumarez engages E Kasasagi at 6,000 yards DD Redoubt engages E Kasasagi at 6,000 yards DD Rapid engages E Kasasagi at 6,000 yards Range increases to 7,000 yards CL Denver engages E Kasasagi at 7,000 yards Range increases to 9,000 yards E Kasasagi sunk by CL Newcastle at 9,000 yards Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Singapore at 50,84, Range 12,000 Yards Japanese Ships PB Bisan Maru #3, Shell hits 1, and is sunk PB Hakata Maru #7, Shell hits 1, and is sunk PB Musashi Maru, Shell hits 2, and is sunk Allied Ships CL Newcastle CL Denver DD Quilliam DD Rapid DD Redoubt DD Rocket DD Roebuck DD Saumarez Improved night sighting under 100% moonlight Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 100% moonlight: 12,000 yards Range closes to 24,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards Range closes to 18,000 yards... Range closes to 12,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 12,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 12,000 yards PB Hakata Maru #7 sunk by CL Denver at 12,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards PB Musashi Maru sunk by CL Denver at 7,000 yards Range closes to 4,000 yards CL Denver engages PB Bisan Maru #3 at 4,000 yards PB Bisan Maru #3 sunk by CL Newcastle at 4,000 yards Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Singapore at 50,84, Range 12,000 Yards Japanese Ships PB Heiei Maru #7, Shell hits 31, and is sunk Allied Ships CL Newcastle CL Denver DD Quilliam DD Rapid DD Redoubt DD Rocket DD Roebuck DD Saumarez Improved night sighting under 100% moonlight Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 100% moonlight: 12,000 yards Range closes to 24,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards Range closes to 18,000 yards... Range closes to 12,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 12,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 12,000 yards English, Robert H. crosses the 'T' DD Saumarez engages PB Heiei Maru #7 at 12,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards CL Denver engages PB Heiei Maru #7 at 8,000 yards DD Rocket engages PB Heiei Maru #7 at 8,000 yards Teraoka, J. orders Japanese TF to disengage Range closes to 6,000 yards CL Denver engages PB Heiei Maru #7 at 6,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards PB Heiei Maru #7 sunk by CL Denver at 2,000 yards Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Alor Star , at 49,73 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIb Helen x 6 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Peleliu at 90,99 Japanese Ships SS I-181, hits 3 Allied Ships CVE Hoggatt Bay, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage DD Gansevoort DD Ingraham DD Woodworth Had to happen eventually, CVE sinks. Oh well. Got plenty more, hence the 'E' part of CVE. ;) Fuel storage explosion on CVE Hoggatt Bay SS I-181 launches 6 torpedoes at CVE Hoggatt Bay I-181 diving deep .... DD Gansevoort fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Ingraham fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Woodworth fails to find sub and abandons search DD Gansevoort fails to find sub and abandons search DD Ingraham attacking submerged sub .... DD Ingraham fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Ingraham attacking submerged sub .... DD Ingraham attacking submerged sub .... DD Ingraham cannot reach attack position over SS I-181 DD Ingraham cannot reach attack position over SS I-181 DD Ingraham fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Singapore at 50,84, Range 12,000 Yards Japanese Ships PB Kinsyo Maru #2, Shell hits 20, and is sunk Allied Ships CL Newcastle CL Denver DD Quilliam DD Rapid DD Redoubt DD Rocket DD Roebuck DD Saumarez Improved night sighting under 96% moonlight Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 96% moonlight: 12,000 yards Range closes to 28,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards Range closes to 26,000 yards... Range closes to 24,000 yards... Range closes to 22,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards Range closes to 20,000 yards... Range closes to 18,000 yards... Range closes to 16,000 yards... Range closes to 14,000 yards... Range closes to 12,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 12,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 12,000 yards DD Rocket engages PB Kinsyo Maru #2 at 12,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards CL Newcastle engages PB Kinsyo Maru #2 at 10,000 yards DD Rocket engages PB Kinsyo Maru #2 at 10,000 yards Range closes to 6,000 yards CL Denver engages PB Kinsyo Maru #2 at 6,000 yards DD Quilliam engages PB Kinsyo Maru #2 at 6,000 yards Range closes to 3,000 yards CL Denver engages PB Kinsyo Maru #2 at 3,000 yards DD Saumarez engages PB Kinsyo Maru #2 at 3,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards PB Kinsyo Maru #2 sunk by CL Denver at 2,000 yards PB Kinsyo Maru #2 sunk by CL Denver at 2,000 yards Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Singapore at 50,84, Range 12,000 Yards Japanese Ships AV Sagara Maru, Shell hits 24, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk AV Sanyo Maru, Shell hits 17, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk SC Ch 28, Shell hits 23, and is sunk Allied Ships CL Newcastle CL Denver DD Quilliam DD Rapid DD Redoubt DD Rocket DD Roebuck DD Saumarez Improved night sighting under 96% moonlight Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 96% moonlight: 12,000 yards Range closes to 28,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards Range closes to 26,000 yards... Range closes to 24,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards Range closes to 22,000 yards... Range closes to 20,000 yards... Range closes to 18,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards Range closes to 16,000 yards... Range closes to 14,000 yards... Range closes to 12,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 12,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 12,000 yards English, Robert H. crosses the 'T' CL Denver engages AV Sagara Maru at 12,000 yards CL Newcastle engages AV Sagara Maru at 12,000 yards DD Saumarez engages AV Sagara Maru at 12,000 yards DD Rocket engages AV Sagara Maru at 12,000 yards DD Redoubt engages AV Sagara Maru at 12,000 yards DD Rapid engages AV Sagara Maru at 12,000 yards Range closes to 11,000 yards CL Denver engages AV Sagara Maru at 11,000 yards DD Saumarez engages AV Sanyo Maru at 11,000 yards DD Rocket engages AV Sanyo Maru at 11,000 yards DD Rapid engages AV Sagara Maru at 11,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards CL Denver engages AV Sagara Maru at 7,000 yards DD Redoubt engages AV Sanyo Maru at 7,000 yards DD Rocket engages AV Sagara Maru at 7,000 yards DD Rocket engages AV Sanyo Maru at 7,000 yards DD Redoubt engages AV Sanyo Maru at 7,000 yards DD Rapid engages AV Sagara Maru at 7,000 yards DD Quilliam engages AV Sanyo Maru at 7,000 yards Range closes to 3,000 yards CL Denver engages SC Ch 28 at 3,000 yards DD Rocket engages AV Sagara Maru at 3,000 yards AV Sagara Maru sunk by DD Redoubt at 3,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards CL Denver engages AV Sanyo Maru at 2,000 yards SC Ch 28 sunk by CL Newcastle at 2,000 yards AV Sanyo Maru sunk by DD Saumarez at 2,000 yards AV Sanyo Maru sunk by DD Saumarez at 2,000 yards Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk... A reasonable haul given they get away with it, amazingly. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Singapore at 50,84, Range 12,000 Yards Japanese Ships PB Rokko Maru, Shell hits 8, and is sunk TK San Diego Maru, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk Allied Ships CL Newcastle CL Denver DD Quilliam DD Rapid DD Redoubt DD Rocket DD Roebuck DD Saumarez Improved night sighting under 96% moonlight Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 96% moonlight: 12,000 yards Range closes to 27,000 yards... Range closes to 24,000 yards... Range closes to 21,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 21,000 yards Range closes to 18,000 yards... Range closes to 15,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 15,000 yards Range closes to 12,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 12,000 yards Japanese ships attempt to get underway CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 12,000 yards CL Newcastle engages TK San Diego Maru at 12,000 yards DD Saumarez engages TK San Diego Maru at 12,000 yards DD Rocket engages TK San Diego Maru at 12,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards PB Rokko Maru sunk by CL Denver at 10,000 yards CL Newcastle engages TK San Diego Maru at 10,000 yards DD Redoubt engages TK San Diego Maru at 10,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards TK San Diego Maru sunk by DD Quilliam at 8,000 yards TK San Diego Maru sunk by DD Quilliam at 8,000 yards Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Peleliu at 90,98 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Allied Ships BB Idaho BB Colorado CA Astoria CA Northampton CL Montpelier CL Cleveland DD Yarnall DD The Sullivans DD Taylor DD Spence DD Sigourney DD Abner Read DD Hoel DD Hickox DD Bennett Japanese ground losses: 242 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 18 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Guns lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled) Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 6 Port hits 4 Port supply hits 2 OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Idaho BB Idaho firing at Peleliu OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Colorado BB Colorado firing at Peleliu Naval Fortress Peleliu Naval Fortress firing at BB Colorado CA Astoria firing at Peleliu CA Northampton firing at Peleliu CL Montpelier firing at Peleliu CL Cleveland firing at Peleliu Naval Fortress Peleliu Naval Fortress firing at CL Cleveland DD Yarnall firing at Peleliu DD The Sullivans firing at Peleliu Naval Fortress DD Taylor firing at Peleliu DD Spence firing at Peleliu DD Sigourney firing at Peleliu Naval Fortress DD Abner Read firing at Peleliu Naval Fortress DD Hoel firing at Peleliu DD Hickox firing at Peleliu DD Bennett firing at 48th JNAF AF Unit Invasion of Peleliu commences... thats why the CVEs are in sub land. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 100,66 Japanese Ships TK Hoyo Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage E Hiyodori Allied Ships SS Tinosa SS Tinosa launches 4 torpedoes at TK Hoyo Maru Tinosa diving deep .... E Hiyodori fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hiyodori fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hiyodori fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hiyodori fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hiyodori fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Peleliu (90,98) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 48 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships BB Pennsylvania, Shell hits 1 BB Oklahoma CL Gambia DD Carmick LCI(G)-80 LCI(G)-79 LCI(G)-78 LCI(G)-77 LCI-70 LCI-69 LCI-68 LCI-67 LCI-66 LCI-436 LCI-446 DD Doyle Japanese ground losses: 317 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 32 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Guns lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled) BB Pennsylvania firing at Peleliu Naval Fortress Peleliu Naval Fortress firing at BB Pennsylvania BB Oklahoma firing at 48th JNAF AF Unit CL Gambia firing at 48th JNAF AF Unit DD Carmick firing at 48th JNAF AF Unit LCI(G)-80 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-79 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-78 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-77 fired at enemy troops LCI-70 fired at enemy troops LCI-69 fired at enemy troops LCI-68 fired at enemy troops LCI-67 fired at enemy troops LCI-66 fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Peleliu (90,98) TF 31 troops unloading over beach at Peleliu, 90,98 Allied ground losses: 22 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled) Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled) 105mm M2 Howitzer damaged beyond repair during unload of 1st Marine Rgt 105mm M2 Howitzer lost from landing craft during unload of 1st Marine Rgt 90mm M2 DP Gun dropped into water during unload of 1st Marine Rgt 13 troops of a USMC Rifle Squad 44 lost overboard during unload of 1st Marine Rgt Motorized Support lost from landing craft during unload of 5th USMC Tank Bn /7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Peleliu (90,98) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 45 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships BB Pennsylvania BB Oklahoma CL Gambia, Shell hits 3 DD Carmick DD Satterlee LCI(G)-80 LCI(G)-79 LCI(G)-78 LCI(G)-77 LCI-70 LCI-69 LCI-68 LCI-67 LCI-66 LCI-436 DD Doyle APA Bolivar LCI-446 Japanese ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 25 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled BB Oklahoma firing at 66th Field AA Battalion Peleliu Naval Fortress firing at CL Gambia CL Gambia firing at Peleliu Naval Fortress DD Carmick firing at 66th Field AA Battalion DD Satterlee firing at 66th Field AA Battalion LCI(G)-80 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-79 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-78 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-77 fired at enemy troops LCI-70 fired at enemy guns LCI-69 fired at enemy troops LCI-68 fired at enemy troops LCI-67 fired at enemy troops LCI-66 fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kompong Chhnang , at 59,68 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 29 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft P-40N5 Warhawk x 10 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x P-40N5 Warhawk sweeping at 10000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Peleliu , at 90,98 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 12 F4U-1A Corsair x 51 F6F-3 Hellcat x 117 PBJ-1D Mitchell x 14 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 15 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Sabang , at 44,70 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator B.III x 11 Liberator B.VI x 14 B-24D Liberator x 4 B-24J Liberator x 53 B-29-1 Superfort x 5 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 14 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 77 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Liberator B.III bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 90,97 (Babeldaob) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 48 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 8 B-24J Liberator x 63 B-29-1 Superfort x 5 Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 21 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet * Ground Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet * Ground Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ... Also attacking 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 16th Army ... Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ... Also attacking 30th Special Base Force ... Also attacking 22nd JAAF Base Force ... Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ... Also attacking 30th Special Base Force ... Also attacking 3rd Base Force ... Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ... Also attacking 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 30th Special Base Force ... Also attacking 22nd JAAF Base Force ... Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ... Also attacking 30th Special Base Force ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldoap Naval Fortress, at 90,97 (Babeldaob) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 26 B-29-1 Superfort x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet * Ground Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 2nd Amphibious Brigade ... Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ... Also attacking 2nd Amphibious Brigade ... Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ... Also attacking 2nd Amphibious Brigade ... Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ... Also attacking 2nd Amphibious Brigade ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Peleliu , at 90,98 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 15 F4U-1A Corsair x 35 F6F-3 Hellcat x 108 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 10 B-24D1 Liberator x 9 B-24J Liberator x 24 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 11 No Allied losses Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 21 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Peleliu at 90,98 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 30 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M3 Nell x 3 Allied aircraft FM-2 Wildcat x 3 F4U-1A Corsair x 96 F6F-3 Hellcat x 251 Japanese aircraft losses G3M3 Nell: 2 destroyed No Allied losses CAP engaged: VC(F)-20 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Raid is overhead VC(F)-27 with FM-2 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes VF-1 with F4U-1A Corsair (4 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes VF-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes VF-6 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 15 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes VF-8 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes VF-13 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes VF-16 with F4U-1A Corsair (4 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes VF-18 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes VF-22 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes VF-23 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes VF-26 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes VF-27 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes VF-28 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes VF-29 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes Netties from a long way away... Guam I think quite possibly! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Peleliu at 90,98 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 28 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 2 Allied aircraft FM-2 Wildcat x 2 F4U-1A Corsair x 88 F6F-3 Hellcat x 233 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Allied Ships BB Oklahoma Aircraft Attacking: 1 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb CAP engaged: VF-1 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 36900. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes VF-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes VF-6 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 15 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes VF-8 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes VF-13 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes VF-16 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes VF-18 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes VF-22 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 36900. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes VF-23 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes VF-26 with F4U-1A Corsair (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes VF-27 with F4U-1A Corsair (2 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes VF-28 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes VF-29 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes VF-30 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes VC(F)-20 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 58th Construction Battalion, at 94,119 , near Aitape Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 5 P-40N5 Warhawk x 10 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 17 SBD-5 Dauntless x 17 Allied aircraft losses SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 5 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 53rd Division, at 106,122 (Kavieng) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 16 SBD-5 Dauntless x 24 Allied aircraft losses SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 58th Construction Battalion, at 94,119 , near Aitape Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 16 Kittyhawk IV x 9 A-20G Havoc x 32 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 17 Allied aircraft losses DB-7B: 3 damaged A-20G Havoc: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 49 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 16 x DB-7B bombing from 1000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 16 x A-20G Havoc bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x A-20G Havoc bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 58th Construction Battalion, at 94,119 , near Aitape Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft A-24B Banshee x 11 F4U-1A Corsair x 17 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 7 x A-24B Banshee releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x A-24B Banshee releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Ponape , at 119,113 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 7 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 53rd Division, at 106,122 (Kavieng) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 52 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Allied aircraft P-39N1 Airacobra x 17 Allied aircraft losses P-39N1 Airacobra: 3 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 17 x P-39N1 Airacobra bombing from 100 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Peleliu (90,98) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 5 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LCI(G)-80 LCI(G)-79 LCI(G)-78 LCI(G)-77 LCI-70 LCI-69 LCI-68 LCI-67 LCI-66 LCI-436 LCI-446 APA Bolivar LCI(G)-80 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-79 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-78 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-77 fired at enemy troops LCI-70 fired at enemy troops LCI-69 fired at enemy guns LCI-68 fired at enemy troops LCI-67 fired at enemy troops LCI-66 fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 69,46 (near Tsuyung) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 13976 troops, 158 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 517 Defending force 460 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 249 Allied adjusted defense: 7 Japanese assault odds: 35 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), supply(-) Allied ground losses: 201 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units retreated 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 51st Division Defending units: 82nd Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hami (81,17) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2578 troops, 32 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 96 Defending force 8211 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 258 Assaulting units: 1st Cavalry Brigade 15th RGC Temp. Division Defending units: 303rd Brigade 2nd New Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 9315 troops, 107 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 338 Defending force 19051 troops, 291 guns, 524 vehicles, Assault Value = 524 Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: 2nd Amphibious Brigade 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade 51st Naval Guard Unit 44th Field AA Battalion 30th Special Base Force 39th Road Const Co 40th Field AA Battalion 69th Field AA Battalion 22nd JAAF Base Force 3rd Base Force 39th Field AA Battalion 23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment Babeldoap Naval Fortress 16th Army 3rd South Seas Gsn 29th JAAF AF Coy 4th Base Force /5 Defending units: 766th Tank Battalion 34th Combat Engineer Regiment 132nd Infantry Regiment 6th Infantry Division 2nd USMC Engineer Regiment XIV US Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Boela (80,110) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1424 troops, 6 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 44 Defending force 18170 troops, 322 guns, 312 vehicles, Assault Value = 530 Assaulting units: 5th South Seas Det. 12th Air Fleet Defending units: 40th Infantry Division 8th NZ Brigade 73rd RAAF Wing 871th Engineer Aviation Battalion 131st Field Artillery Battalion 2nd Medium Regiment 152nd USA Base Force 178th USAAF Base Force /1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 17301 troops, 291 guns, 524 vehicles, Assault Value = 524 Defending force 20725 troops, 246 guns, 192 vehicles, Assault Value = 337 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 5 [:)] Allied adjusted assault: 458 Japanese adjusted defense: 451 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 5) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 5 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), preparation(-) experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1423 casualties reported Squads: 9 destroyed, 107 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 12 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Guns lost 29 (9 destroyed, 20 disabled) Allied ground losses: 346 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 27 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Assaulting units: 34th Combat Engineer Regiment 132nd Infantry Regiment 766th Tank Battalion 6th Infantry Division 2nd USMC Engineer Regiment XIV US Corps Defending units: 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade 2nd Amphibious Brigade 51st Naval Guard Unit 22nd JAAF Base Force 40th Field AA Battalion 44th Field AA Battalion Babeldoap Naval Fortress 39th Road Const Co 16th Army 3rd South Seas Gsn 29th JAAF AF Coy 23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 39th Field AA Battalion 30th Special Base Force 69th Field AA Battalion 3rd Base Force 4th Base Force /5 Base will fall soon. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Boela (80,110) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 12829 troops, 302 guns, 224 vehicles, Assault Value = 530 Defending force 2688 troops, 6 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 44 Japanese ground losses: 29 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 40th Infantry Division 8th NZ Brigade 152nd USA Base Force 871th Engineer Aviation Battalion 131st Field Artillery Battalion 2nd Medium Regiment 73rd RAAF Wing 178th USAAF Base Force /1 Defending units: 5th South Seas Det. 12th Air Fleet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Peleliu (90,98) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 4946 troops, 94 guns, 169 vehicles, Assault Value = 205 Defending force 1759 troops, 41 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 38 Allied adjusted assault: 114 Japanese adjusted defense: 2 Allied assault odds: 57 to 1 (fort level 4) Allied forces CAPTURE Peleliu !!! Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed Combat modifiers Defender: disruption(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 1269 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 55 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 49 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 20 (19 destroyed, 1 disabled) Units destroyed 2 Allied ground losses: 438 casualties reported Squads: 7 destroyed, 64 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 20 (2 destroyed, 18 disabled) Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: 1st Marine Regiment 5th USMC Tank Battalion Defending units: 56th Engineer Regiment 66th Field AA Battalion Peleliu Naval Fortress 48th JNAF AF Unit SPLOTCH -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peleliu Naval Fortress Wiped Out at Peleliu by attrition!!! [image]local://upfiles/10259/BDA59FC966124AAB9E10C52841E9EC00.jpg[/image]

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (3/13/2012 12:20:57 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 09, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Peleliu at 90,102 Japanese Ships SS I-5, hits 17, heavy damage Allied Ships DD Gansevoort DD Ingraham DD Woodworth SS I-5 is sighted by escort DD Gansevoort attacking submerged sub .... DD Ingraham attacking submerged sub .... DD Ingraham cannot establish contact with SS I-5 SS I-5 eludes ASW attack from DD Ingraham SS I-5 eludes DD Ingraham by hugging bottom DD Woodworth attacking submerged sub .... DD Woodworth cannot reach attack position over SS I-5 DD Woodworth loses contact with SS I-5 DD Gansevoort fails to find sub and abandons search DD Ingraham fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Woodworth fails to find sub and abandons search DD Ingraham fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Ingraham attacking submerged sub .... DD Ingraham loses contact with SS I-5 DD Ingraham cannot establish contact with SS I-5 DD Ingraham cannot reach attack position over SS I-5 DD Ingraham fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Ingraham fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Peleliu at 90,102 Japanese Ships SS I-3, hits 5 Allied Ships CVE Petrof Bay, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage DD Gansevoort DD Ingraham DD Woodworth SS I-3 launches 4 torpedoes at CVE Petrof Bay DD Gansevoort attacking submerged sub .... DD Ingraham fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Woodworth fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Gansevoort fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Ingraham attacking submerged sub .... DD Ingraham is out of ASW ammo DD Ingraham is out of ASW ammo DD Ingraham is out of ASW ammo DD Woodworth fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Gansevoort attacking submerged sub .... DD Ingraham fails to find sub and abandons search DD Woodworth fails to find sub and abandons search DD Gansevoort attacking submerged sub .... DD Gansevoort is out of ASW ammo DD Gansevoort is out of ASW ammo DD Gansevoort is out of ASW ammo DD Gansevoort is out of ASW ammo DD Gansevoort fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Argh! I ordered the CVEs out but another one got nailed on the way. I did opine before that the historic use of CVEs, ASW, just leads to sunk CVEs. And so it has come to pass. There are two ASW TFs on patrol and the CVEs, so a pretty significant ASW force. On the plus side they did get results, I see bomb hit after bomb hit messages, plus the efforts of the ASW TFs have been pretty solid. I think they might have even accounted for a dozen or so submarines potentially in their support of the Babeldaob operations. And of course nothing even more valuable, like one of the many BBs that support the invasions, has been hit. But I dunno. CVEs are still CVs, losing them hurts. Even if I got 3 more just arrived at Rabaul... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Alor Star , at 49,73 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIb Helen x 7 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Amami Oshima at 97,61 Japanese Ships SC CHa-5 SC CHa-65 Allied Ships SS Steelhead SS Steelhead is located by SC CHa-5 Steelhead diving deep .... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Muntok at 49,89 Japanese Ships TK Nikkoku Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage PB Shonan Maru #2 Allied Ships SS Taurus SS Taurus launches 6 torpedoes at TK Nikkoku Maru PB Shonan Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Shonan Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Shonan Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub The Allies are closing in, Malaysia is being invaded, cruisers roam as far as Singapore, and TKs are still operating! He's diligent at getting the last drop of fuel he can out at least. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Muntok at 49,89 Allied Ships SS Taurus SS Taurus is sighted by escort Sub escapes detection -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 57 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 14 PBJ-1D Mitchell x 11 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 27 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldoap Naval Fortress, at 90,97 (Babeldaob) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 8 B-24J Liberator x 50 B-29-1 Superfort x 10 Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet * Ground Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet * Ground Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 2nd Amphibious Brigade ... Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ... Also attacking 30th Special Base Force ... Also attacking 3rd Base Force ... Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ... Also attacking 23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment ... Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ... Also attacking 22nd JAAF Base Force ... Also attacking 30th Special Base Force ... Also attacking 3rd Base Force ... Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ... Also attacking 2nd Amphibious Brigade ... Also attacking 3rd Base Force ... Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ... Also attacking 30th Special Base Force ... Also attacking 3rd Base Force ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldoap Naval Fortress, at 90,97 (Babeldaob) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 24 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 51st Naval Guard Unit ... Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ... Also attacking 51st Naval Guard Unit ... Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 16th Army, at 90,97 (Babeldaob) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 20 B-29-1 Superfort x 3 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 20 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet * Ground Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 16th Army ... Also attacking 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Yap , at 96,97 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 5 Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 33rd Sentai/A with Ki-44-IIb Tojo (1 airborne, 2 on standby, 2 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 11740 , scrambling fighters to 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Kittyhawk IV x 17 Spitfire VIII x 10 B-24D1 Liberator x 6 B-24J Liberator x 24 No Allied losses Airbase hits 6 Runway hits 27 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ternate , at 78,102 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 15 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 53rd Division, at 106,122 (Kavieng) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft P-39N1 Airacobra x 17 Allied aircraft losses P-39N1 Airacobra: 3 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 17 x P-39N1 Airacobra bombing from 100 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan , at 46,76 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 20 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 20 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kompong Chhnang , at 59,68 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft P-40N5 Warhawk x 10 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x P-40N5 Warhawk sweeping at 10000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 58th Construction Battalion, at 94,119 , near Aitape Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 11 PV-1 Ventura x 4 P-40N5 Warhawk x 11 SBD-5 Dauntless x 16 Allied aircraft losses SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 11 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 1 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Muntok at 49,89 Japanese Ships PB Yokae Maru Allied Ships SS Taurus, hits 2 SS Taurus is located by PB Yokae Maru Taurus bottoming out .... PB Yokae Maru attacking submerged sub .... PB Yokae Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Yokae Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Yokae Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Yokae Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hami (81,17) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2560 troops, 32 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 96 Defending force 8223 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 259 Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 1st Cavalry Brigade 15th RGC Temp. Division Defending units: 303rd Brigade 2nd New Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8195 troops, 107 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 231 Defending force 18796 troops, 291 guns, 524 vehicles, Assault Value = 487 Allied ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 2nd Amphibious Brigade 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade 51st Naval Guard Unit 16th Army 39th Field AA Battalion 40th Field AA Battalion 22nd JAAF Base Force 30th Special Base Force 3rd Base Force 69th Field AA Battalion 29th JAAF AF Coy 39th Road Const Co 23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment Babeldoap Naval Fortress 44th Field AA Battalion 3rd South Seas Gsn 4th Base Force /5 Defending units: 34th Combat Engineer Regiment 6th Infantry Division 766th Tank Battalion 132nd Infantry Regiment 2nd USMC Engineer Regiment XIV US Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Boela (80,110) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1434 troops, 6 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 46 Defending force 19061 troops, 322 guns, 372 vehicles, Assault Value = 530 Japanese ground losses: 47 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 5th South Seas Det. 12th Air Fleet Defending units: 40th Infantry Division 8th NZ Brigade 871th Engineer Aviation Battalion 73rd RAAF Wing 178th USAAF Base Force 131st Field Artillery Battalion 152nd USA Base Force 2nd Medium Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Boela (80,110) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 4881 troops, 91 guns, 98 vehicles, Assault Value = 530 Defending force 2646 troops, 6 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 42 Japanese ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 40th Infantry Division 8th NZ Brigade 73rd RAAF Wing 152nd USA Base Force 178th USAAF Base Force 871th Engineer Aviation Battalion 131st Field Artillery Battalion 2nd Medium Regiment Defending units: 5th South Seas Det. 12th Air Fleet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Peleliu (90,98) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 4637 troops, 93 guns, 170 vehicles, Assault Value = 159 Defending force 658 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7 Allied adjusted assault: 192 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 192 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(+), disruption(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 848 casualties reported Squads: 11 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 100 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 13 (13 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 49 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 1st Marine Regiment 5th USMC Tank Battalion Defending units: 48th JNAF AF Unit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 48th JNAF AF Unit Wiped Out at Peleliu by attrition!!!

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (3/13/2012 9:08:17 PM)
Looks like a withdrawal is going on in Sumatra/Malaysia... though Singapore still has a large number of troops. [image]local://upfiles/10259/EC724E57642F4A9DB2DD2FD59570C44B.jpg[/image]

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (3/13/2012 9:15:11 PM)
Not many Japanese on this map... I think most of these targets are semi-defended. Sorong is defended by I would guess a couple of brigades. Ambon is quite heavily defended but I have a lot allocated for it, and Ambon has been completely cut off now for months. Talaud is a bit of a mystery but it hasn't been developed so I assume a light garrison - I /hope/, as there isnt much Allied force prepared for it. Ternate would be nice to have as well but I've only just started preparation for it, so it's not going to happen very soon. That'll be a sort of mopping up. I got plenty of forces prepping for the Philippines right now so I want to get settled in there ASAP. I think Ternate can wait, the PI has the priority. With that in Allied hands Japans back is to the wall... [image]local://upfiles/10259/E00C4EF93ED7401F9BC4BE0C6FC35FDA.jpg[/image]

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (3/13/2012 9:29:25 PM)
And not too much further off we will be invading the Philippines... This is the current state of Allied preparation. I'm assuming that we only really need prep points for the landings, and that once a base is taken we can reinforce. So the troops destined ultimately for Legaspi may well be fighting on Mindanao first, while still prepping for Legaspi. There are also a number of other units, ie the ones prepping for Ambon, Ternate and Talaud Island, and just invaded Boela, which probably adds four or five divisions or so to the OOB. So it is something of a minimum. As the PI is out of recon range I got no idea what is lying in wait up there. It won't be too long (3 weeks tops) before that changes though. I think the Philippines is going to be the main story of the latter half of '44. [image]local://upfiles/10259/8CE78478002A4C20A1682BCBD1D53AC9.jpg[/image]

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (3/13/2012 9:53:25 PM)
It's been a while since the last sub update too, I think I actually missed my plans of a monthly update a bit. Anyway, the past month's sub report. The Allies lost four submarines in the last month (Bashaw, Harder, Trigger, Gato). Japan has lost to submarine attack... 2 TK 2 PB 4 E 8 xAK 5 xAKL 1 AK 1 AKE Home: 23 Away: 4 [:D] ...the vast majority of them in the waters off the Home Islands, and the vast majority now in 2 x SS wolfpacks. I see plenty of ASW activity, on sea and in the air (as the combat reports attest) so I don't think my opponent is being a wuss or anything when it comes to the sub war, indeed, you can see quite a few Japanese ASW ships being sunk by subs so they are clearly in contact! Japanese subs have been much more active than usual, still, their tally for the month is 1 CVE and 1 AGC in the Babeldaob fighting and 1 xAK in the deep ocean between Hawaii and the USA. Only one confirmed Japanese submarine has been sunk in that time but I think the actual tally is far higher, more of the order of half a dozen or so, maybe even more.

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (3/14/2012 9:34:30 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 10, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Saishu To at 99,56 Japanese Ships xAK Shinetsu Maru xAK Belgium Maru PC Nire Allied Ships SS Plaice SS Plaice is sighted by escort Plaice diving deep .... PC Nire fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Nire fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Nire fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Nire fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Nire fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 100,66 Japanese Ships xAK Daiya Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAK Yuzan Maru xAK Sanura Maru xAK Meisho Maru xAK Nanrei Maru PB Tama Maru Allied Ships SS Tinosa SS Tinosa launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Daiya Maru Tinosa diving deep .... PB Tama Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tama Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tama Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tama Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tama Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Saishu To at 99,56 Japanese Ships xAK Aden Maru xAK Belgium Maru PC Nire Allied Ships SS Hoe, hits 2 SS Hoe launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Aden Maru Hoe diving deep .... PC Nire fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Nire fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Nire fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Nire fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Nire attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub Hoe and Plaice in a wolfpack, note the multiple attacks... almost the norm when wolfpacks are involved. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Muntok at 49,89 Japanese Ships SC CHa-8 Allied Ships SS Taurus SS Taurus is sighted by escort SC CHa-8 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-8 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-8 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-8 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-8 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Muntok at 49,89 Japanese Ships TK Azuma Maru #2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage SC CHa-8 Allied Ships SS Taurus SS Taurus launches 3 torpedoes at TK Azuma Maru #2 Taurus bottoming out .... SC CHa-8 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-8 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-8 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-8 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-8 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Taurus/Tantalus bag another TK near the oil supplying bases. 2 sinkings a day is the norm for submarines in '44 in this game. And this using stock. I confess to not seeing the super E at all, though Allied sub losses are higher than historical to be sure. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan , at 46,76 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Babeldoap Naval Fortress, at 90,97 (Babeldaob) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 21 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 13 B-24J Liberator x 75 B-29-1 Superfort x 10 PBJ-1D Mitchell x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 38 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet * Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet * Ground Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet * Ground Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 2nd Amphibious Brigade ... Also attacking 16th Army ... Also attacking 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 3rd Base Force ... Also attacking 30th Special Base Force ... Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ... Also attacking 51st Naval Guard Unit ... Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ... Also attacking 22nd JAAF Base Force ... Also attacking 23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment ... Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ... Also attacking 2nd Amphibious Brigade ... Also attacking 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 3rd Base Force ... Also attacking 30th Special Base Force ... Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ... Also attacking 51st Naval Guard Unit ... Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 59 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 6 Mitchell II x 15 B-25D1 Mitchell x 12 P-38J Lightning x 15 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 8 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 20 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 13 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 24 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x Mitchell II bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 90,97 (Babeldaob) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 11 B-29-1 Superfort x 3 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet * Ground Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking Babeldoap Naval Fortress ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Kittyhawk IV x 23 Spitfire VIII x 10 B-24D1 Liberator x 6 B-24J Liberator x 15 No Allied losses Airbase hits 16 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 36 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 58th Construction Battalion, at 94,119 , near Aitape Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft DB-7B x 16 Kittyhawk IV x 9 A-20G Havoc x 32 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 34 Allied aircraft losses DB-7B: 4 damaged A-20G Havoc: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 26 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 16 x DB-7B bombing from 1000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 16 x A-20G Havoc bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x A-20G Havoc bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Kompong Chhnang , at 59,68 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft P-40N5 Warhawk x 11 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 11 x P-40N5 Warhawk sweeping at 10000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Tanegashima at 103,66 Japanese Ships xAK Soyo Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Yuzan Maru xAK Sanura Maru xAK Meisho Maru xAK Nanrei Maru PB Tama Maru Allied Ships SS Hackleback 3 sub hits today! SS Hackleback launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Soyo Maru PB Tama Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tama Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tama Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tama Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tama Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Ulithi at 99,96 Japanese Ships DD Arashio Allied Ships SS Batfish SS Batfish launches 4 torpedoes Batfish diving deep .... DD Arashio fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Arashio fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Arashio fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Arashio fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Arashio fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Looks like an ASW patrol, though its quite near Babeldaob... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hami (81,17) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2570 troops, 32 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 96 Defending force 8228 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 259 Assaulting units: 1st Cavalry Brigade 15th RGC Temp. Division Defending units: 303rd Brigade 2nd New Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8311 troops, 107 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 247 Defending force 18839 troops, 291 guns, 524 vehicles, Assault Value = 495 Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 18 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade 2nd Amphibious Brigade 51st Naval Guard Unit 16th Army 23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 30th Special Base Force 40th Field AA Battalion 44th Field AA Battalion 3rd South Seas Gsn 39th Road Const Co Babeldoap Naval Fortress 69th Field AA Battalion 3rd Base Force 29th JAAF AF Coy 39th Field AA Battalion 22nd JAAF Base Force 4th Base Force /5 Defending units: 766th Tank Battalion 6th Infantry Division 34th Combat Engineer Regiment 132nd Infantry Regiment 2nd USMC Engineer Regiment XIV US Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Boela (80,110) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1381 troops, 6 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 41 Defending force 19282 troops, 322 guns, 385 vehicles, Assault Value = 533 Japanese ground losses: 38 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 5th South Seas Det. 12th Air Fleet Defending units: 40th Infantry Division 8th NZ Brigade 73rd RAAF Wing 178th USAAF Base Force 152nd USA Base Force 871th Engineer Aviation Battalion 131st Field Artillery Battalion 2nd Medium Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 9653 troops, 210 guns, 200 vehicles, Assault Value = 494 Defending force 19558 troops, 238 guns, 192 vehicles, Assault Value = 247 Allied adjusted assault: 198 Japanese adjusted defense: 621 Allied assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 5) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 323 casualties reported Squads: 8 destroyed, 18 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled) Allied ground losses: 110 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 24 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Assaulting units: 6th Infantry Division 766th Tank Battalion 34th Combat Engineer Regiment 132nd Infantry Regiment 2nd USMC Engineer Regiment XIV US Corps Defending units: 30th Ind.Mixed Brigade 2nd Amphibious Brigade 51st Naval Guard Unit 40th Field AA Battalion 39th Road Const Co 3rd South Seas Gsn 3rd Base Force 44th Field AA Battalion 29th JAAF AF Coy 69th Field AA Battalion 39th Field AA Battalion 30th Special Base Force Babeldoap Naval Fortress 16th Army 23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 22nd JAAF Base Force 4th Base Force /5 Allies need a rest again. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Boela (80,110) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 17370 troops, 322 guns, 303 vehicles, Assault Value = 533 Defending force 2619 troops, 6 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 39 Allied adjusted assault: 288 Japanese adjusted defense: 23 Allied assault odds: 12 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 987 casualties reported Squads: 47 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 26 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 8 (8 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 25 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 40th Infantry Division 8th NZ Brigade 73rd RAAF Wing 131st Field Artillery Battalion 152nd USA Base Force 871th Engineer Aviation Battalion 178th USAAF Base Force 2nd Medium Regiment Defending units: 5th South Seas Det. 12th Air Fleet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th South Seas Det. Wiped Out at Boela by attrition!!!

HansBolter -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (3/14/2012 11:51:30 AM)
Something you have linked in the way of an image is causing serious page loading difficulties. I can fly from page to page on this site with lightning rapidity both on my connection at home and here at work, but as soon as I try to view your AAR from either connection the page hangs for 3 full minutes trying to download. Don't know if others are experienceing the same but I thought I would give you a heads up.

EUBanana -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (3/14/2012 12:08:56 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: HansBolter Something you have linked in the way of an image is causing serious page loading difficulties. I can fly from page to page on this site with lightning rapidity both on my connection at home and here at work, but as soon as I try to view your AAR from either connection the page hangs for 3 full minutes trying to download. Don't know if others are experienceing the same but I thought I would give you a heads up. Hmm, OK. There's some JPGs on here but thats it. Surprised they are causing trouble...

castor troy -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (3/14/2012 2:05:14 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: HansBolter Something you have linked in the way of an image is causing serious page loading difficulties. I can fly from page to page on this site with lightning rapidity both on my connection at home and here at work, but as soon as I try to view your AAR from either connection the page hangs for 3 full minutes trying to download. Don't know if others are experienceing the same but I thought I would give you a heads up. same here, which kept me from looking into the AAR lately. Horrible waiting time.

Walloc -> RE: Mines in the Pacific (3/14/2012 2:19:23 PM)
No problems here, got a 50mbit line tho. Kind regards, Rasmus

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