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racndoc -> SWPAC: PHILIPPINES CAMPAIGN (10/23/2010 5:50:01 AM)
6/16-6/19/44 SUBS SS Flier is hit by 3 DCs from IJN ASW TF off Wakkanai. SS Flounder is hit by 7 DCs from IJN E boats near hiba. SS O24 is hit by 12 DCs from IJN E boats by Chiba. SS KXIV is hit by 3 DCs from IJN ASW TFs off ungchow. SWPAC: SOUTHERN LUZON The 6400 prepped AV of SWPAC launch an enormous frontal assault on the fortified Jap position at Naga: Ground combat at Naga (81,81) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 168059 troops, 2893 guns, 3157 vehicles, Assault Value = 6460 Defending force 34549 troops, 543 guns, 1147 vehicles, Assault Value = 1107 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 5 Allied adjusted assault: 10270 Japanese adjusted defense: 193 Allied assault odds: 53 to 1 (fort level 5) Allied forces CAPTURE Naga !!! Combat modifiers Defender: forts(+), disruption(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 18604 casualties reported Squads: 489 destroyed, 136 disabled Non Combat: 1142 destroyed, 16 disabled Engineers: 246 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 265 (265 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 696 (696 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 13 Allied ground losses: 2391 casualties reported Squads: 8 destroyed, 220 disabled Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 238 disabled Engineers: 6 destroyed, 60 disabled Vehicles lost 104 (4 destroyed, 100 disabled) Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 1st Australian Division Americal Infantry Division 2nd Australian Division 2/4 MG Battalion 30th Australian Brigade 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 6th Australian Division 81st (West African) Division 2/1 AIF Pioneer Battalion 2/4th Armoured Regiment 6th Infantry Division 364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion 34th Combat Engineer Regiment 632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion 8th Australian Division 7th Australian Division 2/2 AIF Pioneer Battalion 72nd British Brigade 2/3 AIF Pioneer Battalion 1st Army Tank Regiment 26th Indian Brigade 29th British Brigade 5th Australian Division 36th Div Engineer Battalion 2nd/102nd Infantry Battalion 18th British Division 2/11th Armoured Car Battalion 40th Infantry Division 9th Australian Division I US Corps 7th USMC Field Artillery Battalion 131st Field Artillery Battalion 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion Southwest Pacific 32nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment Sixth US Army 2/11th Field Regiment 2nd Medium Regiment 134th Field Artillery Battalion 97th Field Artillery Battalion 2/9th Field Regiment 108th Tank Attack Regiment 226th Field Artillery Battalion 147th Field Artillery Regiment 1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion 2/13th Field Regiment 33rd Medium Regiment 4th Field Artillery Battalion 2/16th Field Regiment 1st Medium Regiment 109th Tank Attack Regiment 98th Field Artillery Battalion 122nd British AT Gun Regiment Defending units: 48th Division 33rd Division 1st Tank Division 65th Brigade 2nd Tank Division 23rd Air Flotilla 11th Shipping Engineer Regiment 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 14th Army 12th JAAF Base Force 24th Field AF Construction Battalion 9th Field AF Construction Battalion 1st Naval Construction Battalion 37th JNAF AF Unit Im a bit surprisd here. The last time I attacked at Naga, a couple of months ago, the Allies suffered heavy losses in a 1:2 attack against an adjusted Japanese AV of over 5000. Two months of heavy aerial bombardment has really disrupted the defenders and depleted their supply.... this goes to show once again that a massive continuous aerial bombardment over a prolonged period of time is more important than prep or raw AV. I expected a long, bloody, drug out street fight for a couple of weeks but I will take this. ALLIED CONVOY ROUTES Now that we have reached the end game.....the Allied convoy routes have changed a bit. The primary Allied convoys are from SF/LA/Panama to Babeldaob/Guam/Tinian/Saipan. From there, the Allied convoys break down into much smaller groups that both resupply the aforementioned bases and also split up into smaller convoys that supply Mindanao/Samar/Luzon/Okinawa/Amami Oshima/Tanegashima. The British convoy routes out of Aden and Abadan go to Karachi/Rangoon/Moulmein. The Capetown convoys still go into Perth although Australia is something of a backwater now. [image]local://upfiles/14495/31AF2A870FC3432699DA1107A51097B0.jpg[/image]

racndoc -> RE: SWPAC: PHILIPPINES CAMPAIGN (10/23/2010 11:39:32 PM)
6/20-6/21/44 CENTPAC USN fast carrier TFs continue to repair, rearm and take on AC replacements at Naha, Okinawa. The hordes of USN CVEs sit offshore of Tanegashima and continue to cover unloading ops there. CVE torpedo bombers are ordered to strike IJN shipping in port at Sasebo. The airbase at Naha is now maxed out at level 8 and can base 28 squadrons without any penalties. The airfield at Nago is maxed at level 6 and currently has 19 squadrons based with no penalties. Unfortunately, the base building at Amami Oshima seems to be going a bit slow and it has only reached a level 4 airfield....same as Tanegashima. SWPAC: MACARTHUR COMPLETES CONQUEST OF LUZON SWPAC troops launch another deliberate attack at Legaspi that overruns the last remaining pocket of Japanese troops on Luzon: Ground combat at Legaspi (82,82) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 158485 troops, 2787 guns, 3066 vehicles, Assault Value = 6307 Defending force 12510 troops, 280 guns, 354 vehicles, Assault Value = 136 Allied adjusted assault: 3859 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 3859 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Legaspi !!! Combat modifiers Defender: disruption(-), preparation(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 10404 casualties reported Squads: 928 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 785 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 88 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 322 (322 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 245 (245 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 7 Allied ground losses: 61 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 2nd Australian Division 6th Infantry Division 72nd British Brigade 2/2 AIF Pioneer Battalion 2/4th Armoured Regiment 2/1 AIF Pioneer Battalion 5th Australian Division 7th Australian Division 18th British Division 2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion 34th Combat Engineer Regiment 364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 36th Div Engineer Battalion I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion 8th Australian Division 632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion 40th Infantry Division 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 2nd/102nd Infantry Battalion 1st Australian Division 2/3 AIF Pioneer Battalion 30th Australian Brigade 2/4 MG Battalion 1st Army Tank Regiment 2/11th Armoured Car Battalion 26th Indian Brigade Americal Infantry Division 6th Australian Division 81st (West African) Division 29th British Brigade 9th Australian Division 131st Field Artillery Battalion 147th Field Artillery Regiment 1st Medium Regiment 109th Tank Attack Regiment 7th USMC Field Artillery Battalion 32nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment Southwest Pacific 1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion 98th Field Artillery Battalion 4th Field Artillery Battalion 33rd Medium Regiment I US Corps 2nd Medium Regiment 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion 2/11th Field Regiment 2/9th Field Regiment 2/13th Field Regiment 108th Tank Attack Regiment 97th Field Artillery Battalion 2/16th Field Regiment 226th Field Artillery Battalion Sixth US Army 134th Field Artillery Battalion 122nd British AT Gun Regiment Defending units: 33rd Division 48th Division 1st Tank Division 65th Brigade 2nd Tank Division 1st Naval Construction Battalion 14th Army 11th Shipping Engineer Regiment 23rd Air Flotilla 12th JAAF Base Force General Douglas MacArthur has brought closure to his largest campaign of the Pacific war. [image]local://upfiles/14495/A3DBBB2951A6461FB1B8D4B13647447B.jpg[/image]

CapAndGown -> RE: SWPAC: PHILIPPINES CAMPAIGN (10/24/2010 12:36:26 AM)
One really has to compliment Stoneage for his fortitude in letting this go on like this. Although, I have to wonder: how interesting can this be for you? There really is no challenge here it seems to me. Just one foreordained bloody slaughter after the next. Isn't doing a turn more work than its worth?

racndoc -> RE: SWPAC: PHILIPPINES CAMPAIGN (10/25/2010 12:06:57 AM)
cap_and _gown.....based on your last couple of comments you seem to have a problem with this game. The outcome of this game was decided a long, long time ago and I offered surrender terms to StoneAge at the end of 1943. StoneAge declined to surrender and wanted to continue the game because he, like myself, is interested in how the "end game" plays out in AE. We are doing this more for the AE community than we are for ourselves. Not too many AARs have made it this far and Im sure most of the AE community wants to see how the game models late war kamikaze/sub/ASW/strategic bombing. So its a _LOT_ more than just who wins. I actually completed a game of stock WitP that ended on 1/1/45 (just as this one will) and I have to admit that you are half right.....by late 1944 the turns do take more time than they are worth.....there are just too much logistics involved when you are trying to refuel 20+ fast carriers, 50+ CVEs and 20+ BBs. And if you think about it.....the current situation in this game is not much different from the RL situation Japan faced in 6/45 and it still took 2 atomic bombs and a massive Russian assault in Manchuria to bring Japan to the table. Also, I may actually invade Japan before this is over just to see how much amphibious lift capability the Allies have. 6/22-6/25/44 SS Thresher sinks off the coast of Japan. SS O23 is hit by 21 DCs from E boats near Yokohama. SS Telemachus is hit by 25 DCs from the uber E boats and sinks near Yokohama. CBI SEAC troops continue to mass in Johore Bharu and prep for the assault into Singapore. SEAC has opened airfields at both Johore Bharu and Kota Bharu and the aerial reduction of Japanese defenses in Singapore begins tomorrow. [image]local://upfiles/14495/D1A1DC2DD6B048298EAAEB34AA08D206.jpg[/image]

janh -> RE: SWPAC: PHILIPPINES CAMPAIGN (10/25/2010 9:55:06 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: AdmSpruance cap_and _gown.....based on your last couple of comments you seem to have a problem with this game. Also, I may actually invade Japan before this is over just to see how much amphibious lift capability the Allies have. I think it was just an honest question, which I can fully understand -- against AI, I would surely only play any game as long as it is undecided. Once the victor is clear (either way), and it turns into numbers-cranking, it usually loses excitement and interest fast. Your logistics arguments sounds very tedious, indeed. But please carry this on to an HI invasion until you reach Tokyo. I am really interested in knowing whether this engine would turn Olympic into the high-casualty nightmare the allied did historically expect.

nicwb -> RE: SWPAC: PHILIPPINES CAMPAIGN (10/25/2010 11:37:47 AM)
Adm Spruance do you have any indication of what you face in Singapore ? Also once you take the place -any thoughts about what to do with the British Army ?

racndoc -> SEAC CONTINUES THE ADVANCE TOWARDS SINGAPORE (10/27/2010 3:12:08 AM)
janh, nicwb....thanks for the comments. I have 3 photo/recon squadrons flying over Singapore but the only intel I have is that there are 29 Japanese units there. There are no plans for the British SEAC troops as of now after Singapore has been liberated. I am seriously considering Operation Olympic....the invasion of Kyushu.....sometime in the 3rd qtr of 1944. 6/26-6/29/44 SUBS SS S-39 is hit by 4 DCs from IJN ASW TF off Iwaki. SS Triton sinks ML G-307 near Kobe. SS Redfin is hit by 32 DCs from IJN ASW TF and sinks off Sapporo. SS Herring is hit by 7 DCs from IJN ASW TF by Bihoro. SEAC: THE NOOSE TIGHTENS AROUND SINGAPORE Allied bombers staged into Johore Bharu and Kota Bharu hammer the Japanese airfield at Singapore and attrition the Oscars flying CAP there. SEAC troops continue to mass in Johore Bharu. CENTPAC: STRATEGIC BOMBING OF JAPAN 5th Fleet leaves port at Naha and will sortie offshore of Nagasaki. The USN fast carriers will hit the airfield hard at Nagasaki next turn aided by long range Army fighters. Hundreds of rested USAAF heavy bombers stage into the new forward airfields at Naha, Nago, Amami Oshima and Tanegashima. Im hoping to eliminate the CAP over Nagasaki next turn and then the heavy bombers and carrier bombers will conduct the 1st strategic aerial attack of the war on the following turn(if the weather holds) over Nagasaki. [image]local://upfiles/14495/D9B6C1B986984DB7B076CC28E4DC5BCB.jpg[/image]

racndoc -> USN CARRIER OPERATIONS OFF JAPAN (10/28/2010 5:43:17 AM)
6/30-7/1/44 SUBS SS Croaker is hit by 2 DCs from IJN ASW TF off Aogashima. SS Razorback is hit by 2 DCs from IJN ASW TF off Keijo. CENTPAC: CARRIER OPERATIONS OFF JAPAN StoneAge sends a couple of smaller surface vessels to engage the TFs of 5th Fleet: Day Time Surface Combat, near Tokara Retto at 99,63, Range 3,000 Yards Japanese Ships SC CHa-80, Shell hits 2, and is sunk Allied Ships CVE Windham Bay DD Bush DD Claxton DD Kidd Reduced visibility due to Thunderstorms Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms: 3,000 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... Range closes to 16,000 yards... Range closes to 14,000 yards... Range closes to 12,000 yards... Range closes to 11,000 yards... Range closes to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... Range closes to 6,000 yards... Range closes to 5,000 yards... Range closes to 4,000 yards... Range closes to 3,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 3,000 yards Range increases to 6,000 yards DD Kidd engages SC CHa-80 at 6,000 yards Range increases to 11,000 yards SC CHa-80 sunk by DD Kidd at 11,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Tokara Retto at 100,62, Range 6,000 Yards Japanese Ships SC CHa-77, Shell hits 2, and is sunk Allied Ships BB North Carolina BB Washington CA Salt Lake City CA New Orleans CA Astoria CA Wichita DD Carmick DD Stack DD Smith DD Tucker Poor visibility due to Thunderstorms Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms: 6,000 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... Range closes to 16,000 yards... Range closes to 14,000 yards... Range closes to 12,000 yards... Range closes to 11,000 yards... Range closes to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 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 CA Wichita engages SC CHa-77 at 6,000 yards SC CHa-77 sunk by DD Tucker at 6,000 yards Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk... USN fast carriers pound the Japanese airfield at Nagasaki: Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 8 Ki-84a Frank x 16 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 3 FM-1 Wildcat x 35 FM-2 Wildcat x 44 F6F-3 Hellcat x 151 TBF-1 Avenger x 123 TBM-1C Avenger x 123 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 3 destroyed Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 2 destroyed on ground E8N2 Dave: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses FM-1 Wildcat: 1 destroyed FM-2 Wildcat: 1 destroyed TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed, 19 damaged TBM-1C Avenger: 9 damaged Japanese ground losses: 30 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 41 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 194 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 3000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 2000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 1 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 4000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 2 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 3000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 2000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 3000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 1 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 4000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 1 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 2000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 1 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 4000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 3000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 27000 feet 4 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 2000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 27000 feet 5 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 3000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 27000 feet 4 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 27000 feet 9 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 27000 feet 8 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 3000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 27000 feet 4 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x FM-1 Wildcat sweeping at 28000 feet 4 x FM-1 Wildcat sweeping at 28000 feet 3 x FM-1 Wildcat sweeping at 28000 feet 4 x FM-2 Wildcat sweeping at 28000 feet 2 x FM-2 Wildcat sweeping at 27800 feet 4 x FM-2 Wildcat sweeping at 28000 feet 3 x FM-1 Wildcat sweeping at 27800 feet 3 x FM-2 Wildcat sweeping at 28000 feet 2 x FM-2 Wildcat sweeping at 28000 feet 1 x FM-2 Wildcat sweeping at 27000 feet 3 x FM-1 Wildcat sweeping at 28000 feet 1 x FM-1 Wildcat sweeping at 28000 feet 3 x FM-1 Wildcat sweeping at 28000 feet 4 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 28000 feet 4 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 28000 feet 5 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 4000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 3000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 3000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 2000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 1 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 4000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 2000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 27000 feet 6 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 3000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 27000 feet 10 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 27000 feet 1 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 2000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 1 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 3000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 27000 feet 1 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 3000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 27000 feet 1 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 27000 feet 5 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 4000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 2000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 1 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 2000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 2000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 27000 feet 4 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 2000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 3000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 4000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 2000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 4000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 4000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 4000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 2000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 4000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 4000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 2000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 263 Ku S-2 with A6M5 Zero (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters to 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes 22nd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 9 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34440 , scrambling fighters between 33440 and 34440. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes The Nagasaki airfield is 40% suppressed ands the CAP there has been mostly eliminated. Next turn the Allies will launch their first strategic bombing attack of the war at Nagasaki....over 700 heavy bombers based on Okinawa, Amami Oshima and Tanegashima .....and 600 carrier bombers from 5th Fleet.....a thousand plane raid. USN carrier bombers hit an iJN troop transport off the coast of Japan: Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Fukuoka at 103,57 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 9 SBD-5 Dauntless x 3 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage Japanese ground losses: 407 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 14 disabled Guns lost 21 (6 destroyed, 15 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 3 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb Japanese kamikaze bombers score a hit on CVE Windham Bay: Morning Air attack on TF, near Tanegashima at 102,62 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 38,170 feet. Estimated time to target is 55 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 18 Ki-46-II Dinah x 2 Allied aircraft Corsair II x 12 F4F-4 Wildcat x 5 FM-1 Wildcat x 82 FM-2 Wildcat x 151 F6F-3 Hellcat x 52 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 6 destroyed Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed Allied Ships CVE Windham Bay Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Ki-46-II Dinah flying as kamikaze CAP engaged: VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 27000 Raid is overhead 4 planes vectored on to bombers VF-6 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 27000 Raid is overhead 3 planes vectored on to bombers VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes No.851 Sqn-FF FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 1 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27800 , scrambling fighters between 27000 and 32000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes 5 planes vectored on to bombers VC(F)-20 with FM-2 Wildcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27800 , scrambling fighters between 31000 and 34700. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers VC(F)-21 with FM-2 Wildcat (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27800 , scrambling fighters between 31000 and 34700. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes VF-35 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 28000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 35000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 55 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers VC(F)-39 with FM-1 Wildcat (1 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 28000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers VC(F)-41 with FM-2 Wildcat (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 28000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 34700. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers VF-60 with F4F-4 Wildcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 28000 , scrambling fighters to 28300. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes VC(F)-65 with FM-1 Wildcat (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 28000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 35500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes VC(F)-68 with FM-1 Wildcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 28000 , scrambling fighters to 35500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers VC(F)-75 with FM-2 Wildcat (1 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27800 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes 7 planes vectored on to bombers VC(F)-76 with FM-2 Wildcat (1 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 28000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 30000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes VC(F)-77 with FM-2 Wildcat (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27800 , scrambling fighters to 34700. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes 5 planes vectored on to bombers VC(F)-78 with FM-2 Wildcat (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27800 , scrambling fighters to 34700. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers VC(F)-83 with FM-2 Wildcat (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 28000 , scrambling fighters to 34700. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers VC(F)-85 with FM-2 Wildcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 34700. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers Training flight from VC(F)-20 has been caught up in attack Training flight from VC(F)-78 has been caught up in attack Training flight from VC(F)-96 has been caught up in attack Training flight from VOC(F)-1 has been caught up in attack Training flight from VC(F)-13 has been caught up in attack Bombers too high for some aircraft to intercept. Morning Air attack on TF, near Tanegashima at 102,62 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 16 NM, estimated altitude 38,170 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 3 Allied aircraft Corsair II x 12 F4F-4 Wildcat x 5 FM-1 Wildcat x 82 FM-2 Wildcat x 160 F6F-3 Hellcat x 48 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 destroyed Allied Ships CVE Windham Bay, Kamikaze hits 1, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 1 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 9000 feet Naval Attack: 4 x 100 kg SAP Bomb CAP engaged: VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 27000 Raid is overhead VF-6 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 27000 Raid is overhead VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 27000 Raid is overhead VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 27000 Raid is overhead No.851 Sqn-FF FAA with Corsair II (5 airborne, 1 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 27800 , scrambling fighters between 27000 and 34000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes VC(F)-20 with FM-2 Wildcat (7 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 27800 , scrambling fighters to 34700. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes VC(F)-21 with FM-2 Wildcat (1 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 27800 , scrambling fighters between 27000 and 34000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes VF-35 with F6F-3 Hellcat (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 28000 Raid is overhead VC(F)-39 with FM-1 Wildcat (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 28000 Raid is overhead VC(F)-41 with FM-2 Wildcat (4 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 28000 , scrambling fighters to 34700. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes VF-60 with F4F-4 Wildcat (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 28000 , scrambling fighters to 28000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes VC(F)-65 with FM-1 Wildcat (1 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 28000 , scrambling fighters between 34000 and 35500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes VC(F)-68 with FM-1 Wildcat (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 28000 , scrambling fighters to 35500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes VC(F)-75 with FM-2 Wildcat (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 27800 Raid is overhead VC(F)-76 with FM-2 Wildcat (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 28000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 35200. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes VC(F)-77 with FM-2 Wildcat (5 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 27800 , scrambling fighters to 34700. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes VC(F)-78 with FM-2 Wildcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27800 , scrambling fighters to 34700. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes VC(F)-83 with FM-2 Wildcat (4 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 28000 , scrambling fighters to 34700. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes VC(F)-84 with FM-2 Wildcat (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling) 9 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 33000 and 34700. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 55 minutes Training flight from VC(F)-84 has been caught up in attack Training flight from VC(F)-92 has been caught up in attack Banzai! - Kado A. in a Ki-48-Ib Lily willing to die for the Emperor Kado A. gives his life for the Emperor by ramming CVE Windham Bay SWPAC: Land based DBs amd TBs based in the central Philippines hit an IJN surface TF attempting to disrupt Allied convoy routes: Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Catanduanes at 85,79 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 18 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft SB2C-1C Helldiver x 24 SBD-5 Dauntless x 37 TBF-1 Avenger x 3 Allied aircraft losses SB2C-1C Helldiver: 3 damaged SBD-5 Dauntless: 2 damaged Japanese Ships DD Kisaragi, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk E Hato, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage E Karii, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires E Wakatake, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 9 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 3 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo 7 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 7 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 14 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 8 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring E Wakatake Heavy smoke from fires obscuring E Hato Heavy smoke from fires obscuring a Japanese DD Heavy smoke from fires obscuring E Karii [image]local://upfiles/14495/8E758D6E71BA4CDAAA2307DC2F37B294.jpg[/image]

racndoc -> STRATEGIC BOMBING OF JAPAN (10/29/2010 4:52:31 AM)
SUBS SS Triton is hit by 6 DCs from E boats off Aogashima. SS Ronquil sinks E No.5 but takes 14 DCs in return and sinks off Iwaki. SEAC SEAC and 14th Army complete massing in Johore Bharu. Everyone is put on "move" mode and ordered to follow an artillery unit across the causeway into Singapore. The entry into Singapore will take a few days but I want everyone to enter at once. STRATEGIC BOMBING OF JAPAN Carrier bombers from 5th Fleet begin the carpet bombing of Nagasaki and light pathfinder fires for the lumbering 4Es: Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 2 Ki-84a Frank x 3 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 26 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 13 SBD-5 Dauntless x 26 TBF-1 Avenger x 118 TBM-1C Avenger x 120 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 damaged TBF-1 Avenger: 18 damaged TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged Manpower hits 19 Fires 11430 Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 3 Ki-84a Frank x 1 Allied aircraft Avenger I x 5 Avenger II x 24 FM-1 Wildcat x 31 FM-2 Wildcat x 37 F6F-3 Hellcat x 11 TBF-1 Avenger x 102 TBM-1C Avenger x 90 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Avenger I: 1 damaged Avenger II: 8 damaged TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged TBM-1C Avenger: 6 damaged Manpower hits 21 Fires 22860 11,000 fires after one attack and 22,000 fires after 2 attacks. Now the big boys come in to area bomb: Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 3 Ki-84a Frank x 1 Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 9 B-24D1 Liberator x 66 B-24J Liberator x 219 P-38J Lightning x 18 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 41 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Manpower hits 159 Fires 103275 Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 4 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 28 FM-2 Wildcat x 5 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Manpower hits 20 Fires 115600 The fires in Nagasaki max out at 115,000 on the 1st day of aerial attacks. Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 2 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 33 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Manpower hits 11 Fires 105910 Looks like the local fire department is getting the upper hand on the fires now. The next day, the weather over Nagasaki clears a bit: Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 3 Ki-84a Frank x 4 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 38 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 15 SBD-5 Dauntless x 26 TBF-1 Avenger x 116 TBM-1C Avenger x 118 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 damaged TBF-1 Avenger: 15 damaged TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed, 12 damaged Manpower hits 77 Fires 80650 Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 1 Ki-27b Nate x 1 Ki-84a Frank x 1 Allied aircraft Avenger I x 5 Avenger II x 22 FM-1 Wildcat x 30 FM-2 Wildcat x 54 F6F-3 Hellcat x 11 TBF-1 Avenger x 100 TBM-1C Avenger x 89 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Avenger I: 1 damaged Avenger II: 7 damaged TBF-1 Avenger: 13 damaged TBM-1C Avenger: 7 damaged Manpower hits 57 Fires 104926 So far the local fire department is keeping up with the carrier bombers. Once again the B-24s and Liberators take over the battle from their smaller siblings: Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 1 Ki-27b Nate x 3 Ki-84a Frank x 1 Allied aircraft Liberator II x 15 Liberator B.III x 6 Liberator GR.III x 27 Liberator GR.VI x 24 B-17D Fortress x 8 B-24D Liberator x 25 B-24D1 Liberator x 68 B-24J Liberator x 243 P-38J Lightning x 18 P-38L Lightning x 12 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 63 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged P-38J Lightning: 1 destroyed Manpower hits 531 Fires 319402 Thats more than 2x the fires caused by the 4Es yesterday.....but a few more flew and the weather over the target improved somewhat. Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator B.III x 9 B-24J Liberator x 39 Allied aircraft losses Liberator B.III: 1 damaged B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Manpower hits 44 Fires 491173 Here just a handful of 4Es increased the fire level by 2/3rds. Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 31 No Allied losses Manpower hits 66 Fires 525945 Another relative handful of 4Es attack and now the fires are 5x the levels reached yesterday.....is there an exhaustion/disruption level that affects a city's firefighting capabilities? Now look at the variability in the fire levels of the next 4 relatively small attacks: Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Manpower hits 10 Fires 357678 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 10 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged Manpower hits 34 Fires 369318 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 No Allied losses Manpower hits 18 Fires 559065 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 8 No Allied losses Manpower hits 26 Fires 574185 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb Nagasaki/Sasebo was a virgin city 2 days ago.....every industry was 100% repaired. Now Nagasaki has suffered the following damage: 88 resources 14 HI 61 LI 19 naval ship 10 merchant ship 8 repair ship Before we started the strategic bombing , the Japan had a total of 234 points in strategic losses....mostly from things like naval bombardment of Okinawa. Now after one turn of strategic bombing of Japan, they have now suffered 788 strategic losses so tahts makes 550 points in one turn(2 days). At the end of the turn, the fire level is only 159,496. I wonder how big a fire it takes to create a firestorm.....I was never able to create one in stock WitP but some other posters have. I think it took a fire level of 50,000 to start a firestrom in stock WitP. Ive just thrown everything I have but the kitchen sink at Nagasaki in an attempt to start a firestorm......only the B-29s have been left out as they continue to organize under 20th Air Force at Tinian. Next turn the carrier bombers of 5th Fleet and the B-24s and Liberators will strike again at Nagasaki. Ive attached a current screenshot of Nagasaki. [image]local://upfiles/14495/C15CF70FEA924059ADFA0834DB13D9AD.jpg[/image]

Bradley7735 -> RE: STRATEGIC BOMBING OF JAPAN (10/29/2010 5:53:23 AM)
take your units off "move" that are headed to Singapore. Put them on "combat". If they shock attack afte crossing the water in move mode, you're hosed. They need to be in combat.

racndoc -> RE: STRATEGIC BOMBING OF JAPAN (10/29/2010 3:47:23 PM)
Bradley7735.....everyone at Johore Bharu was following a fatigued artillery unit so no one was close to entering Singapore on that turn. Next turn however, everyone should easily reach Singapore so I will switch everyone over to combat mode....artillery units move reallly slow in combat mode. 7/4-7/5/44 SUBS SS Croaker sinks ML G-217 off hamamatsu. SEAC SEAC and 14th Army troops are close to entering Singapore so everyone is switched over to combat mode for the inevitable shock attack next turn. STRATEGIC BOMBING OF JAPAN 5th Fleet carrier bombers and Alloied 4Es hit nagasaki for the 2nd turn in a row: Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 1 Ki-84a Frank x 5 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 36 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 121 SBD-5 Dauntless x 217 TBF-1 Avenger x 116 TBM-1C Avenger x 114 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses SB2C-3 Helldiver: 16 damaged SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 55 damaged TBF-1 Avenger: 11 damaged TBM-1C Avenger: 16 damaged Manpower hits 129 Fires 168018 Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 1 Ki-84a Frank x 1 Allied aircraft Liberator II x 6 Liberator B.III x 6 Liberator GR.III x 24 Liberator GR.VI x 24 B-17D Fortress x 5 B-24D Liberator x 18 B-24D1 Liberator x 50 B-24J Liberator x 162 P-38L Lightning x 17 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 30 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Liberator GR.VI: 1 damaged B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed B-24J Liberator: 6 damaged P-38L Lightning: 1 destroyed PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 damaged Manpower hits 180 Fires 398931 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 11 No Allied losses Manpower hits 31 Fires 336232 Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 2 Allied aircraft Liberator II x 9 B-24J Liberator x 9 P-38J Lightning x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Liberator II: 1 damaged B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Manpower hits 6 Fires 420490 Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator B.III x 8 Allied aircraft losses Liberator B.III: 1 damaged Manpower hits 5 Fires 317402 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Liberator B.III bombing from 10000 feet City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 No Allied losses Manpower hits 25 Fires 355867 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 13 No Allied losses Manpower hits 21 Fires 366577 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Manpower hits 3 Fires 340502 Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 1 Ki-84a Frank x 3 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 23 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 119 SBD-5 Dauntless x 209 TBF-1 Avenger x 110 TBM-1C Avenger x 113 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed SB2C-3 Helldiver: 21 damaged SBD-5 Dauntless: 52 damaged TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged Manpower hits 26 Fires 93881 Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 3 Allied aircraft Avenger I x 6 Avenger II x 17 FM-1 Wildcat x 30 FM-2 Wildcat x 53 F6F-3 Hellcat x 11 TBF-1 Avenger x 98 TBM-1C Avenger x 90 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Avenger I: 1 damaged Avenger II: 4 damaged TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed, 15 damaged TBM-1C Avenger: 6 damaged Manpower hits 14 Fires 103471 Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator II x 13 Liberator B.III x 12 Liberator GR.III x 12 Liberator GR.VI x 9 B-24D Liberator x 24 B-24D1 Liberator x 55 B-24J Liberator x 283 P-38J Lightning x 5 P-38L Lightning x 7 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 44 Allied aircraft losses Liberator GR.VI: 1 damaged B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged B-24J Liberator: 11 damaged Manpower hits 119 Fires 193085 Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 7 B-24D1 Liberator x 10 B-24J Liberator x 17 P-38J Lightning x 14 P-38L Lightning x 10 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 28 Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged Manpower hits 34 Fires 237444 Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 7 B-24D1 Liberator x 10 B-24J Liberator x 17 P-38J Lightning x 14 P-38L Lightning x 10 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 28 Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged Manpower hits 34 Fires 237444 Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator GR.VI x 6 No Allied losses Manpower hits 2 Fires 220801 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Liberator GR.VI bombing from 10000 feet City Attack: 8 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator GR.VI x 6 B-24J Liberator x 9 Allied aircraft losses Liberator GR.VI: 1 damaged B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed Manpower hits 5 Fires 133422 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Liberator GR.VI bombing from 10000 feet City Attack: 8 x 250 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator GR.III x 6 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Liberator GR.III bombing from 10000 feet City Attack: 8 x 250 lb GP Bomb Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 No Allied losses Manpower hits 1 Fires 224151 Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 7 damaged Manpower hits 6 Fires 249572 I couldnt get the fire level as high as the turn before but the damage inflicted at Nagasaki really seemed to ramp up this turn. The total of strategic bombing losses in creased from 788 last turn to 1640 this turn....so some 850 startegic losses were inflicted this turn. Damage by type include: MP: 1 HI: 38 LI: 142 Naval ship: 89 merchant ship: 52 reapir ship: 28 armamnents: 5 The bombers are ordered to hit Nagasaki once again tomorrow.....the weather forecast for Nagasaki appears to be much better. [image]local://upfiles/14495/6B1BB011F3DD447BA52A1A385DC72A6B.jpg[/image]

racndoc -> SEAC RECAPTURES SINGAPORE (10/30/2010 6:54:54 PM)
7/6-7/7/44 SUBS SS Seawolf is hit by 8 DCs from E boats off Wakkanai. SEAC In a couple of powerful shock attacks, the 4500 AV of SEAC storm Singapore and overrun the IJA defenders: Ground combat at Singapore (50,84) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 115402 troops, 2175 guns, 2344 vehicles, Assault Value = 4579 Defending force 20481 troops, 191 guns, 158 vehicles, Assault Value = 247 Allied adjusted assault: 5876 Japanese adjusted defense: 163 Allied assault odds: 36 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Singapore !!! Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 9275 casualties reported Squads: 117 destroyed, 76 disabled Non Combat: 227 destroyed, 555 disabled Engineers: 128 destroyed, 27 disabled Guns lost 57 (57 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 94 (66 destroyed, 28 disabled) Units destroyed 3 Allied ground losses: 1828 casualties reported Squads: 8 destroyed, 159 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 186 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 24 disabled Vehicles lost 35 (1 destroyed, 34 disabled) Assaulting units: 25th Indian Division 26th Indian Division 6th Indian Division SSVF Brigade 23rd Chindit Brigade 77th Chindit Brigade Provisionl Tank Brigade 28th (East African) Brigade Merrills Marauders Regiment 267th Armoured Brigade 268th Motorised Brigade 2nd British Division 46th Indian Brigade 44th Indian Brigade 11th (East African) Division 16th Chindit Brigade 28th Gurkha Brigade 11th PAVO Regiment IV Corps Engineer Battalion 8th Indian Brigade 48th Gurkha Brigade 209th Combat Engineer Battalion 254th Armoured Brigade 5th Indian Division XXXIII Indian Corps 24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 30th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 14th Army 20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment XV Indian Corps 6th Mixed A/T Mtr Regiment 224 Group RAF IV Indian Corps Southeast Asia 27th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 8th Medium Regiment 137/155th Field Regiment Defending units: 5th INA Regiment 15th Ind. Engineer Regiment Yokosuka 2nd SNLF 79th Garrison Battalion 80th Garrison Battalion 6th JNAF Coy 53rd Const Co 27th JAAF AF Bn 22nd Air Flotilla 33rd Road Const Co 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 11th JAAF Base Force 22nd JAAF AF Bn 22nd Special Base Force Combined Fleet 38th Road Const Co 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 7th Area Army 49th JNAF AF Unit 20th AA Regiment 41st JAAF AF Bn 2nd Shipping Engineer Regiment 5th Field AF Construction Battalion 25th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion 15th JAAF AF Bn 29th Army 39th JNAF AF Unit 82nd JAAF AF Bn Ground combat at Singapore (50,84) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 113648 troops, 2176 guns, 2345 vehicles, Assault Value = 4429 Defending force 11178 troops, 131 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 85 Allied adjusted assault: 5433 Japanese adjusted defense: 25 Allied assault odds: 217 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 11317 casualties reported Squads: 148 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1358 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 61 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 153 (153 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 10 Allied ground losses: 646 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 66 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled Assaulting units: 77th Chindit Brigade 26th Indian Division 11th PAVO Regiment 25th Indian Division 44th Indian Brigade 46th Indian Brigade Merrills Marauders Regiment 8th Indian Brigade SSVF Brigade 16th Chindit Brigade Provisionl Tank Brigade 48th Gurkha Brigade 2nd British Division 267th Armoured Brigade 28th (East African) Brigade 6th Indian Division 268th Motorised Brigade 23rd Chindit Brigade IV Corps Engineer Battalion 254th Armoured Brigade 28th Gurkha Brigade 209th Combat Engineer Battalion 11th (East African) Division 5th Indian Division Southeast Asia 20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment XXXIII Indian Corps IV Indian Corps 6th Mixed A/T Mtr Regiment 8th Medium Regiment 31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 224 Group RAF 30th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 14th Army 27th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment XV Indian Corps 24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 137/155th Field Regiment Defending units: 80th Garrison Battalion 49th JNAF AF Unit 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 41st JAAF AF Bn 5th Field AF Construction Battalion 15th JAAF AF Bn 11th JAAF Base Force 38th Road Const Co 22nd Air Flotilla 2nd Shipping Engineer Regiment 53rd Const Co 33rd Road Const Co 27th JAAF AF Bn 22nd JAAF AF Bn Combined Fleet 20th AA Regiment 29th Army 22nd Special Base Force 39th JNAF AF Unit 7th Area Army 82nd JAAF AF Bn -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22nd Special Base Force Wiped Out at Singapore by attrition!!! Its strange......StoneAge had held SEAC up at Prachuap Khiri Khan with some 80,000 troops entrenched in jungle terrain for over a year. Im not sure where all those troops went. Possibly they were aboard the troop transports I sank in the South China Sea during the Philippines campaign....at the time StoneAge was trying to ship reinforcements into Luzon. CENTPAC With all the carrier bombers of 5th Fleet on City attack, StoneAge sneaks some small combat vessels out of port to strike at Allied convoys: Night Time Surface Combat, near Daito Shoto at 99,75, Range 12,000 Yards Japanese Ships E W-38 E W-41 Allied Ships DE Crowley, Shell hits 1 TK Tide Penn, Shell hits 3, on fire TK Ruth Kellogg xAK Howell Lykes, Shell hits 1, on fire xAK Adabelle Lykes Improved night sighting under 100% moonlight Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 100% moonlight: 12,000 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... 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 E W-41 engages TK Ruth Kellogg at 12,000 yards E W-41 engages TK Tide Penn at 12,000 yards E W-41 engages xAK Howell Lykes at 12,000 yards Range closes to 11,000 yards DE Crowley engages E W-41 at 11,000 yards E W-41 engages TK Ruth Kellogg at 11,000 yards E W-41 engages TK Tide Penn at 11,000 yards E W-41 engages xAK Adabelle Lykes at 11,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards E W-41 engages DE Crowley at 10,000 yards DE Crowley engages E W-38 at 10,000 yards E W-41 engages TK Tide Penn at 10,000 yards E W-41 engages xAK Adabelle Lykes at 10,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards DE Crowley engages E W-41 at 9,000 yards E W-41 engages TK Ruth Kellogg at 9,000 yards E W-41 engages TK Tide Penn at 9,000 yards E W-41 engages xAK Howell Lykes at 9,000 yards Range increases to 12,000 yards DE Crowley engages E W-41 at 12,000 yards E W-41 engages TK Ruth Kellogg at 12,000 yards Allied Task Force Manages to Escape Task forces break off... Day Time Surface Combat, near Iwo-jima at 102,75, Range 18,000 Yards Japanese Ships E W-38, Shell hits 2, on fire E W-41, Shell hits 1 Allied Ships xAK Santa Monica, Shell hits 2, heavy fires xAK Abigail Adams, Shell hits 4 xAK Charles Crocker, Shell hits 1 xAK Henry L. Abott KV Shediac, Shell hits 1, on fire Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards Range closes to 28,000 yards... Range closes to 26,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 26,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 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... Range closes to 14,000 yards E W-41 engages xAK Abigail Adams at 14,000 yards E W-41 engages xAK Santa Monica at 14,000 yards Range closes to 12,000 yards E W-41 engages xAK Santa Monica at 12,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards E W-38 engages KV Shediac at 10,000 yards E W-38 engages KV Shediac at 10,000 yards E W-41 engages xAK Charles Crocker at 10,000 yards E W-41 engages xAK Abigail Adams at 10,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards E W-41 engages KV Shediac at 7,000 yards E W-38 engages KV Shediac at 7,000 yards E W-41 engages xAK Charles Crocker at 7,000 yards E W-41 engages xAK Santa Monica at 7,000 yards Range increases to 10,000 yards E W-38 engages xAK Henry L. Abott at 10,000 yards E W-41 engages xAK Charles Crocker at 10,000 yards E W-41 engages xAK Abigail Adams at 10,000 yards Range increases to 11,000 yards E W-41 engages KV Shediac at 11,000 yards E W-41 engages xAK Henry L. Abott at 11,000 yards E W-41 engages xAK Abigail Adams at 11,000 yards Range increases to 14,000 yards E W-41 engages KV Shediac at 14,000 yards E W-41 engages xAK Henry L. Abott at 14,000 yards E W-41 engages xAK Charles Crocker at 14,000 yards Range increases to 18,000 yards Yamashita, B. orders Japanese TF to disengage Range increases to 20,000 yards Range increases to 26,000 yards Range increases to 29,000 yards Task forces break off... I guess I need to be more careful with the supply convoys to the front line airfields. STRATEGIC BOMBING OF JAPAN 5th Fleet carrier bombers and USAAF heavy bombers work over Nagasaki for 2 more days: Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 2 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 17 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 113 SBD-5 Dauntless x 208 TBF-1 Avenger x 107 TBM-1C Avenger x 111 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses SB2C-3 Helldiver: 14 damaged SBD-5 Dauntless: 53 damaged TBF-1 Avenger: 20 damaged TBM-1C Avenger: 16 damaged Manpower hits 85 Fires 134222 Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Allied aircraft Avenger I x 6 Avenger II x 15 FM-1 Wildcat x 33 FM-2 Wildcat x 44 F6F-3 Hellcat x 11 TBF-1 Avenger x 98 TBM-1C Avenger x 96 Allied aircraft losses Avenger I: 1 damaged Avenger II: 4 damaged TBF-1 Avenger: 18 damaged TBM-1C Avenger: 14 damaged Manpower hits 76 Fires 112596 Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 100 P-38J Lightning x 16 P-38L Lightning x 15 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 19 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged Manpower hits 141 Fires 292941 Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Manpower hits 7 Fires 297841 Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 8 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 50 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 111 SBD-5 Dauntless x 204 TBF-1 Avenger x 104 TBM-1C Avenger x 109 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses SB2C-3 Helldiver: 22 damaged SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 41 damaged TBF-1 Avenger: 14 damaged TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged Manpower hits 120 Fires 117645 Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 1 Allied aircraft Avenger II x 18 FM-1 Wildcat x 34 FM-2 Wildcat x 63 F6F-3 Hellcat x 11 TBF-1 Avenger x 98 TBM-1C Avenger x 95 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Avenger II: 5 damaged TBF-1 Avenger: 17 damaged TBM-1C Avenger: 9 damaged Manpower hits 80 Fires 155804 Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator II x 9 Liberator B.III x 8 Liberator GR.III x 19 Liberator GR.VI x 15 B-24D Liberator x 10 B-24J Liberator x 104 P-38J Lightning x 9 FM-2 Wildcat x 5 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 24 Allied aircraft losses Liberator GR.VI: 1 damaged B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 damaged Manpower hits 197 Fires 248729 Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 8 B-24D Liberator x 6 B-24J Liberator x 40 P-38J Lightning x 6 P-38L Lightning x 23 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Manpower hits 66 Fires 282345 Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Manpower hits 12 Fires 287745 Afternoon Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 8 B-24J Liberator x 52 P-38J Lightning x 26 P-38L Lightning x 17 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Manpower hits 67 Fires 318667 Six days of relentless bombing of Nagasaki but I cant seem to get a firestrom started. Maybe Im not trying hard enough. Tomorrow the Allied strategic bombers will switch targets to Shimosenski. Here is a screenshot of the cumulative damage in Nagasaki: [image]local://upfiles/14495/CF6C440437464CFCA9299CCD60CC36A5.jpg[/image]

Bradley7735 -> RE: SEAC RECAPTURES SINGAPORE (10/30/2010 7:25:39 PM)
I don't think he's running any more AK or TK convoys near the southern part of the HI. I think you're just trading SS's for E's. And, he's doing a better job than you. I think your strategic war has become air only. The SS's are just targets with teeth. I'm closely following your fire bombing attempts. It seems that with hundreds of carrier bombers and 700 4e's bombing one city for 6 straight days (and not from super long range either), you'd have leveled your target....... Congrats on Singers. I was holding my breath on your move into the hex. I was betting another repeat of Iwo. But, seems he didn't have massive troops and you did enough air bombing to do the job.

racndoc -> STRATEGIC BOMBING OF JAPAN (10/31/2010 12:50:50 AM)
Bradley7735....you are correct on all 3 points. I am just trading subs for E boats....and Im losing. Thats ok....the function of the subs is to strangle Japan's economy. If StoneAge has stopped running convoys......then the subs have succeeded beyond my wildest dreams. If I was playing as Japan I would run convoys until I lost my last AK/AKL/TK. If I withdraw my subs due to my losses then StoneAge would start running his convoys again. And I agree with you on the firebombing....if the carrier bombers and the 700 4Es cant start a firestorm or level a city after 6 days of continuous bombing then what exactly does it take? I am going to try to find out. The good news is, the fires are still burning and increasing the damage to Nagasaki 2 days after the bombing stops.....read on. In regards to Singers, I had everyone follow a fatigued arty unit to ensure that all units arrived at the same time....the fatigued arty unit in combat mode would have taken over a week to reach Singers. The way it worked out was great. I too was very surprised at how easy it was to overwhelm the defenders there but I had bombed the bejesus out of Singers for over a week so that helped with the disruption. In regards to Iwo Jima....I may have been the only player on the forums to lose an assault on a non atoll island and forced to withdraw with enormous losses...and like all my assaults its not like I didnt go all-out with extremely large 100% prepped assault forces after extemely heavy, prolonged aerial and naval bombardments.......at least I learned something from that. Here is a screenshot of Nagasaki 2 days after the bombing stopped. Note how the resources, LI and armament damage ramped up from the residual fire. [image]local://upfiles/14495/68CE94DF1788474C85608E13522F061E.jpg[/image]

racndoc -> RE: SWPAC: PHILIPPINES CAMPAIGN (10/31/2010 1:28:05 AM)
7/8-7/9/44 SS Gato is hit by 10 DCs from E boats off Wakkanai. SS Plunger is hit by 3 DCs from E boats off Aomori. SS Tout sinks E W-38 off Yokohama. CENTPAC StoneAge sends some surface raiders into Tanegashima with surprisingly good results: Night Time Surface Combat, near Tanegashima at 102,62, Range 8,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Okikaze DD Yakaze DD Namikaze, Shell hits 1 DD Numakaze, Shell hits 15, and is sunk Allied Ships BB Prince of Wales, Shell hits 1 BB Queen Elizabeth, Shell hits 2 CA Dorsetshire CA Suffolk CA Cumberland CL Gambia CL Achilles CL Sumatra DD Napier DD Redoubt, Shell hits 1 DD Relentless Improved night sighting under 89% moonlight Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 89% moonlight: 8,000 yards Range closes to 28,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards Range closes to 26,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 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... Range closes to 16,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards Range closes to 14,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards Range closes to 12,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards Range closes to 11,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 8,000 yards DD Numakaze engages BB Queen Elizabeth at 8,000 yards CA Cumberland engages DD Numakaze at 8,000 yards CA Suffolk engages DD Numakaze at 8,000 yards CA Dorsetshire engages DD Numakaze at 8,000 yards CL Gambia engages DD Numakaze at 8,000 yards DD Numakaze engages DD Relentless at 8,000 yards DD Redoubt engages DD Numakaze at 8,000 yards DD Napier engages DD Numakaze at 8,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards DD Napier engages DD Numakaze at 7,000 yards DD Napier engages DD Yakaze at 7,000 yards DD Okikaze engages DD Relentless at 7,000 yards CL Gambia engages DD Numakaze at 7,000 yards DD Relentless engages DD Numakaze at 7,000 yards DD Okikaze engages DD Napier at 7,000 yards Range increases to 9,000 yards BB Queen Elizabeth engages DD Numakaze at 9,000 yards BB Prince of Wales engages DD Numakaze at 9,000 yards CA Cumberland engages DD Numakaze at 9,000 yards DD Okikaze engages DD Relentless at 9,000 yards CA Dorsetshire engages DD Numakaze at 9,000 yards CL Sumatra engages DD Numakaze at 9,000 yards CL Gambia engages DD Numakaze at 9,000 yards Range increases to 11,000 yards BB Queen Elizabeth engages DD Numakaze at 11,000 yards BB Prince of Wales engages DD Namikaze at 11,000 yards DD Yakaze engages DD Napier at 11,000 yards CA Suffolk engages DD Numakaze at 11,000 yards CA Dorsetshire engages DD Numakaze at 11,000 yards CL Achilles engages DD Numakaze at 11,000 yards DD Napier engages DD Yakaze at 11,000 yards BB Queen Elizabeth engages DD Numakaze at 11,000 yards BB Prince of Wales engages DD Numakaze at 11,000 yards CA Cumberland engages DD Numakaze at 11,000 yards CA Suffolk engages DD Numakaze at 11,000 yards CA Dorsetshire engages DD Numakaze at 11,000 yards CL Achilles engages DD Numakaze at 11,000 yards CL Gambia engages DD Numakaze at 11,000 yards DD Redoubt engages DD Numakaze at 11,000 yards DD Napier engages DD Numakaze at 11,000 yards BB Queen Elizabeth engages DD Numakaze at 11,000 yards BB Prince of Wales engages DD Numakaze at 11,000 yards DD Yakaze engages DD Napier at 11,000 yards CA Suffolk engages DD Numakaze at 11,000 yards CL Achilles engages DD Numakaze at 11,000 yards DD Redoubt engages DD Numakaze at 11,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards DD Redoubt engages DD Numakaze at 8,000 yards DD Numakaze sunk by BB Prince of Wales at 8,000 yards DD Okikaze engages DD Relentless at 8,000 yards orders Japanese TF to disengage Range closes to 6,000 yards DD Napier engages DD Namikaze at 6,000 yards BB Prince of Wales engages DD Yakaze at 6,000 yards DD Okikaze engages DD Redoubt at 6,000 yards DD Namikaze engages CA Dorsetshire at 6,000 yards DD Namikaze engages CL Sumatra at 6,000 yards CL Achilles engages DD Namikaze at 6,000 yards CL Gambia engages DD Namikaze at 6,000 yards DD Napier engages DD Namikaze at 6,000 yards Range increases to 11,000 yards BB Queen Elizabeth engages DD Namikaze at 11,000 yards BB Prince of Wales engages DD Yakaze at 11,000 yards DD Okikaze engages DD Relentless at 11,000 yards CL Sumatra engages DD Namikaze at 11,000 yards CL Achilles engages DD Namikaze at 11,000 yards DD Namikaze engages DD Napier at 11,000 yards orders Japanese TF to disengage BB Queen Elizabeth engages DD Namikaze at 11,000 yards BB Prince of Wales engages DD Namikaze at 11,000 yards CA Cumberland engages DD Namikaze at 11,000 yards CA Dorsetshire engages DD Namikaze at 11,000 yards DD Napier engages DD Namikaze at 11,000 yards Range increases to 14,000 yards BB Queen Elizabeth engages DD Namikaze at 14,000 yards BB Prince of Wales engages DD Yakaze at 14,000 yards CA Cumberland engages DD Namikaze at 14,000 yards CL Achilles engages DD Okikaze at 14,000 yards CL Gambia engages DD Namikaze at 14,000 yards DD Napier engages DD Okikaze at 14,000 yards Task forces break off... With 2 BBs, 3 CAs and 3 CLs...all war experienced Brits I would have expected the IJN TF to have been annihilated....but such is life in WitP. Ive gotten my superior BB TFs ass kicked all game by inferior IJN TFs....maybe Tanaka was in command again. STRATEGIC BOMBING OF JAPAN 5th Fleet carrier bombers and USAAF heavies work over Shimonoseki: Morning Air attack on Shimonoseki , at 104,57 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 1 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 6 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 93 SBD-5 Dauntless x 183 TBF-1 Avenger x 107 TBM-1C Avenger x 82 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses SB2C-3 Helldiver: 10 damaged SBD-5 Dauntless: 39 damaged TBF-1 Avenger: 9 damaged TBM-1C Avenger: 10 damaged Manpower hits 120 Fires 75285 Morning Air attack on Shimonoseki , at 104,57 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 3 Allied aircraft Avenger II x 18 FM-1 Wildcat x 24 FM-2 Wildcat x 43 F6F-3 Hellcat x 11 TBF-1 Avenger x 94 TBM-1C Avenger x 95 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Avenger II: 3 damaged TBF-1 Avenger: 12 damaged TBM-1C Avenger: 6 damaged Manpower hits 83 Fires 137550 Morning Air attack on Shimonoseki , at 104,57 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 3 B-24D1 Liberator x 40 B-24J Liberator x 188 FM-2 Wildcat x 5 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 17 Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged B-24J Liberator: 5 damaged Manpower hits 712 Fires 286708 Morning Air attack on Shimonoseki , at 104,57 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 10 B-24J Liberator x 36 P-38J Lightning x 9 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 19 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Manpower hits 103 Fires 562952 Morning Air attack on Shimonoseki , at 104,57 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 6 B-24J Liberator x 9 No Allied losses Manpower hits 39 Fires 343818 Morning Air attack on Shimonoseki , at 104,57 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 14 No Allied losses Manpower hits 29 Fires 353758 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Shimonoseki , at 104,57 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 15 No Allied losses Manpower hits 31 Fires 364408 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb Morning Air attack on Shimonoseki , at 104,57 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 1 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 6 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 82 SBD-5 Dauntless x 172 TBF-1 Avenger x 107 TBM-1C Avenger x 80 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses SB2C-3 Helldiver: 13 damaged SBD-5 Dauntless: 38 damaged TBF-1 Avenger: 15 damaged TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged Manpower hits 18 Fires 109006 Morning Air attack on Shimonoseki , at 104,57 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 21 Ki-84a Frank x 5 Allied aircraft Avenger II x 18 FM-1 Wildcat x 26 FM-2 Wildcat x 25 F6F-3 Hellcat x 15 TBF-1 Avenger x 87 TBM-1C Avenger x 75 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27b Nate: 4 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Avenger II: 3 damaged FM-2 Wildcat: 1 destroyed TBF-1 Avenger: 12 damaged TBM-1C Avenger: 10 damaged Manpower hits 15 Fires 117556 Morning Air attack on Shimonoseki , at 104,57 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 8 Allied aircraft Liberator II x 3 Liberator B.III x 8 Liberator GR.III x 21 Liberator GR.VI x 13 B-24D Liberator x 22 B-24D1 Liberator x 50 B-24J Liberator x 223 P-38L Lightning x 24 FM-2 Wildcat x 5 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 46 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27b Nate: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 9 damaged Manpower hits 210 Fires 252924 Morning Air attack on Shimonoseki , at 104,57 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 6 B-24D1 Liberator x 7 B-24J Liberator x 32 P-38L Lightning x 1 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 7 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Manpower hits 44 Fires 252672 Morning Air attack on Shimonoseki , at 104,57 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator II x 6 B-24J Liberator x 15 P-38J Lightning x 9 No Allied losses Manpower hits 28 Fires 242289 Morning Air attack on Shimonoseki , at 104,57 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 8 No Allied losses Manpower hits 9 Fires 247509 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Shimonoseki , at 104,57 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 No Allied losses Manpower hits 10 Fires 253309 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Shimonoseki , at 104,57 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 7 No Allied losses Manpower hits 3 Fires 255049 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb The USN carriers of Task Group 58 have run out of carrier ops and will return to port at Naha to refuel, rearm and take on AC replacements. The USAAF heavies have suffered enough damage that my attacks are suffering from the law of diminishing returns so they will be grounded until all the carriers have been rearmed. Meanwhile, at Strategic Air Command on Tinian(SAC...ie 20th Air Force and 20th Bomber HQs), the brand new all aluminum B-29s sit on the tarmac awaiiting their 1st taste of combat. SAC commander General Curtis LeMay ponders overe the maps of Japan....trying to decide on the destination of the 1st strike......their time is coming. Im very disappointed with the strategic bombing of Shimonoseki....I achieved a fire level over 500,000 and the damage inflicted was minimal. I need to consider new tactics...including hideous overstacking at frontline airfields. Here is a screenshot of the miniscule damage inflicted at Shimonoseki: [image]local://upfiles/14495/69121D7914CC45FC98D79A09396B2778.jpg[/image]

Bradley7735 -> RE: SWPAC: PHILIPPINES CAMPAIGN (10/31/2010 3:10:22 AM)
Target the industries individually. He won't have the time or supply to repair them anyway. Up side is you can focus on one type of industry (ie, HI or Planes or engines, etc) Down side is you only get 2 points per damaged industry, instead of 20 for destroyed by fire. I don't think the game is modeling fire storms correctly. You should have destroyed half the total industry at Nagasaki. Instead you damaged about half, and destroyed a few. After 6 days of direct targeting, you would have seen all industry damaged. Or, you could take one for the team and get some good data on the weak fire storm aspect, and possibly get it patched if it's not working as designed. To do that, target Tokyo. If you can't get a fire storm going at Tokyo with 1,000 bombers, then the aspect is not working. It's sad to see the Allies still sucking the hind teat on surface warfare at this point in your war. IRL, after about 3/43, IJN surface forces sank diddly and took horrendous, one sided beatings. (Yes, they sank Gambier Bay, but lost a few CA's doing it.)

racndoc -> STRATEGIC BOMBING OF JAPAN (11/1/2010 1:07:37 AM)
Bradley....Im a bit disappointed myself about the damage inflicted in the 1000 plane raids. Trust me....I will go after Tokyo with a vengeance....but I have a lot of work to do first with attritioning the Japanese air force....StoneAge has sveral hundred fighters at Tokyo....must be the most critical production site for his AC/engines and stuff. But if you think the B-24 raids were underwhelming.....wait until you see the vaunted B-29s.....read on. 7/10-7/13/44 SUBS SS Finback is hit by 7 DCs from E boats off Wakkanai. SS Trout is hit by 2 DCs from IJN ASW TF by Izu Oshima. SS Trusty sinks ML G-204 near Kobe. SS KXVI is hit by 20 DCs from E boats and sinks off Yokohama. SS Ray is hit by 4 DCs from IJN ASW TF near Moppo. SS S-39 is hit by 3 DCs from E boats by Yokohama. Allied ports and shipyards are filling up with damaged subs. Bradley 7735 was right....Im losing the sub war to IJN ASW now. Now I know how German U-boat crews felt after mid 1943. This is very expensive but is necessary to keep the IJN merchant marine in port. STRATEGIC BOMBING OF JAPAN SAC goes into action as General Curtis LeMay sends out the B-29s for the first time: Morning Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 131 No Allied losses Manpower hits 22 Fires 10600 Morning Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 10 A6M3 Zero x 3 A6M5 Zero x 4 A6M5b Zero x 15 J2M3 Jack x 3 N1K1-J George x 6 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 6 Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 11 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 1 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 5 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 2 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 9 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 4 damaged Manpower hits 1 Fires 15330 Morning Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 118 Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged Manpower hits 119 Fires 40639 The B-29s, designed for high altitude bombing of Japan, are completely ineffectual as they face high winds that throw off their bomb aim....no one knew about the "jet stream" at this time. With the service rating of 5, B-29s appear as if they wont be able to sustain a very robust level of operations. Two days of combat and 50% of the B-29s are grounded for repairs and maintenance. Not only that, but some squadrons report that average repair times could be as long as 13 days. Great.....guess I can fly these planes maybe one turn every 2 weeks. Meanwhile, USN carriers refuel, rearm and take on replacements at Naha.....and head out to support the next strategic bombing missions. Just found a _MAJOR_ bug on the game....all my USN fleet carriers had their fighter squadrons downsized from 42 AC to 36 AC....and the divebomber squadrons were downsized from 32 AC to 15 AC. Now instead of the 12 CVs able to project 384 DBs....they can only send 180 DBs....the US Navy had more DBs available on carrier decks in 7/42.....whats up with this. The US Navy has been completely neutered. I posted this glitch in the tech section so hopefully a fix will be coming or this game may be borked. Sigh..... Ive posted a screenshot of the damage inflicted by the mighty B-29s at Nagoya....looks like they scratched the paint on a couple of buildings. With results like this I wouldnt be surprised if the Pentagon scrapped the entire B-29 program. In defense of the B-29s, I admit that their ground bombing skill and experience is only in the 40s while the B-24s have ground bombing skills in the 70s and experience in the 60s......again I find it difficult to train the B-29 aircrews even at 100% training for several months......they train very slowly compared to the other 4Es.....dont seem to fly as much and perhaps this is also affected by the service rating. [image]local://upfiles/14495/A14B436FFA5247CB8CC6CC4F5ECB89AA.jpg[/image]

racndoc -> RE: STRATEGIC BOMBING OF JAPAN (11/1/2010 1:12:27 AM)
On a more positive note, the fire started at Nagasaki continues to burn 4 days after the bombing stops....although its almost out now. The damage to the various industries continues to accumulate and Ive attached a screenshot of the current situation: [image]local://upfiles/14495/7CA2777B7F244B0B8103527078F6C1A3.jpg[/image]

Sardaukar -> RE: STRATEGIC BOMBING OF JAPAN (11/1/2010 8:43:09 AM)
BTW, did you check damage inflicted from City Attack target menu or from mouseover only? Former is way more accurate, for some reason.

racndoc -> CARRIER OPERATIONS OFF JAPAN (11/1/2010 3:03:04 PM)
Sardaukar....Ive just been using the mouseover......thanx for the info. 7/14-7/15/44 SUBS SS Scamp is hit by 2 DCs from E boats off Toyohara. SS Spiteful sinks ML G-316 by Izu Oshima. CENTPAC: CARRIER OPS OFF JAPAN The USN fast carriers leave port in Okinawa and conduct a port strike at Osaka: Afternoon Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 4 J2M3 Jack x 5 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2 Ki-84a Frank x 9 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 82 F6F-5 Hellcat x 9 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 45 SBD-5 Dauntless x 45 TBF-1 Avenger x 104 TBM-1C Avenger x 77 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed J2M3 Jack: 3 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 16 damaged TBF-1 Avenger: 10 damaged TBM-1C Avenger: 7 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Rokkosan Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage ACM Kongosan Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Kagu Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Teisen Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage ML G-209, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk xAK Nitto Maru, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk ML G-302, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk xAK Tachi Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires xAK Kenan Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Goyo Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Genbu Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Kainan Maru, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk xAK Takasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk xAK Kuniyama Maru, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk xAK Tateishi Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Sainan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Reikai Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Anyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk ACM Eguchi Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk Japanese ground losses: 41 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Repair Shipyard hits 2 Port hits 21 Port fuel hits 3 Afternoon Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 2 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 24 SBD-5 Dauntless x 15 TBF-1 Avenger x 9 TBM-1C Avenger x 29 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged TBM-1C Avenger: 2 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Tateishi Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Reikai Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Kagu Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk xAK Teisen Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Port hits 5 Afternoon Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft SBD-5 Dauntless x 15 TBM-1C Avenger x 15 Allied aircraft losses SBD-5 Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 13 damaged TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Genbu Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Reikai Maru, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Afternoon Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Allied aircraft SB2C-3 Helldiver x 15 TBF-1 Avenger x 9 Allied aircraft losses SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed, 9 damaged TBF-1 Avenger: 1 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Sainan Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Goyo Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Tateishi Maru, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk xAK Genbu Maru, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk xAK Tachi Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Rokkosan Maru, and is sunk Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Afternoon Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft SBD-5 Dauntless x 15 Allied aircraft losses SBD-5 Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 12 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Sainan Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk Port hits 1 Japanese air strikes back at the USN carriers but cant get through the CAP: Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kochi at 105,62 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 55 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 11 A6M5b Zero x 5 Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 2 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 1 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 16 Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 10 Ki-84a Frank x 37 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 358 F6F-5 Hellcat x 16 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 11 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 12 on standby, 7 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers VF-2 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 12 on standby, 7 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes 20 planes vectored on to bombers VF-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 7 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes 24 planes vectored on to bombers VF-42 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 7 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes 11 planes vectored on to bombers VF-6 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 7 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes 13 planes vectored on to bombers VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 12 on standby, 7 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes 14 planes vectored on to bombers VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 7 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes 5 planes vectored on to bombers VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 12 on standby, 7 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes 11 planes vectored on to bombers VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 7 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes 17 planes vectored on to bombers VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 7 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes 7 planes vectored on to bombers VF-18 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 7 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes 14 planes vectored on to bombers VF-22 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 2 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 7 planes vectored on to bombers VF-23 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 2 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 4 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers VF-25 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 4 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers VF-26 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 4 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 10 planes vectored on to bombers VF-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 4 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes 10 planes vectored on to bombers VF-28 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes 7 planes vectored on to bombers VF-29 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 4 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers VF-30 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 4 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes 7 planes vectored on to bombers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kochi at 105,62 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 75 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 11 A6M5b Zero x 5 Ki-36 Ida x 7 Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 2 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 1 Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 12 Ki-84a Frank x 5 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 331 F6F-5 Hellcat x 15 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 6 destroyed A6M5b Zero: 3 destroyed Ki-36 Ida: 3 destroyed Ki-43-Ia Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 7 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 3 destroyed CAP engaged: VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 6 on standby, 3 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 59 minutes 17 planes vectored on to bombers VF-2 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 12 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 64 minutes 24 planes vectored on to bombers VF-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 15 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 68 minutes 18 planes vectored on to bombers VF-42 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 2 on standby, 4 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 9 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 67 minutes 12 planes vectored on to bombers VF-6 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 3 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 9 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 67 minutes 19 planes vectored on to bombers VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 56 minutes 15 planes vectored on to bombers VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 4 on standby, 7 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 64 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 67 minutes 11 planes vectored on to bombers VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 70 minutes 16 planes vectored on to bombers VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 8 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 66 minutes 17 planes vectored on to bombers VF-18 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 3 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 7 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 70 minutes 10 planes vectored on to bombers VF-22 with F6F-5 Hellcat (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters to 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 67 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers VF-23 with F6F-5 Hellcat (2 airborne, 2 on standby, 2 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes 5 planes vectored on to bombers VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers VF-25 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 4 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 56 minutes 10 planes vectored on to bombers VF-26 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters to 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes 14 planes vectored on to bombers VF-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 7 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters to 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 69 minutes 11 planes vectored on to bombers VF-28 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 70 minutes 7 planes vectored on to bombers VF-29 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers VF-30 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 10 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes 11 planes vectored on to bombers SBDs find an IJN TF off Osaka: Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Osaka/Kyoto at 109,59 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 12 SBD-5 Dauntless x 15 Allied aircraft losses SBD-5 Dauntless: 3 damaged Japanese Ships xAKL Tokoro Maru xAKL Shiroganesan Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Nitcho Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Shirahama Maru, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 3 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Nitcho Maru Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Shirahama Maru [image]local://upfiles/14495/3DB1FC1FA9CC4D9B8D8BB497F8E8B869.jpg[/image]

crsutton -> RE: STRATEGIC BOMBING OF JAPAN (11/1/2010 9:09:38 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: AdmSpruance Ive posted a screenshot of the damage inflicted by the mighty B-29s at Nagoya....looks like they scratched the paint on a couple of buildings. With results like this I wouldnt be surprised if the Pentagon scrapped the entire B-29 program. In defense of the B-29s, I admit that their ground bombing skill and experience is only in the 40s while the B-24s have ground bombing skills in the 70s and experience in the 60s......again I find it difficult to train the B-29 aircrews even at 100% training for several months......they train very slowly compared to the other 4Es.....dont seem to fly as much and perhaps this is also affected by the service rating. [image]local://upfiles/14495/A14B436FFA5247CB8CC6CC4F5ECB89AA.jpg[/image] Why don't you just swap them out for veteran B24 crews?

racndoc -> RE: STRATEGIC BOMBING OF JAPAN (11/5/2010 1:27:39 AM)
crsutton.....good point about swapping out the crews of the B-29s with veterans. However, I wont swapout the precious B-24 crews to the B-29s....the B-24 crews are vital to the Allied strategic bombing effort. Instead, Ive been training replacements for the B-24 pilots. After the fall of Luzon, virtually every Allied 2E bomber not involved in the Singapore campaign was put on ground bombing training to serve as replacements for the B-24s. I dont like all the micromanagement but I will make an exception for the B-29s. I will swap out the 2E bomber pilots into the B-29s. They are not as yet as highly trained overall as the current B-24 pilots but they are much better than what is flying the B-29s now. 710-7/15/44....REPLAY StoneAge and I were unaware of the v.1106g upgrade that has been out for awhile.....we were still using v.1106d. On 7/14/44, all of my USN carrier DB squadrons autodownsized from 32 AC to 15 AC and my carrier fighter squadrons autodownsized from 42 AC to 36 AC. I posted on this in the support thread and michaelm was nice enough to analyze my save and inform me that we need to upgrade. Michaelm also went into the game and rebuilt my carrier squadrons to normal TOE, but then he informed me that they would again autodownsize when I attempted to reload the turn. Michaelm was right, even though I 1st upgraded to v.1066g all the USN carriers groups immediately autodownsized. It seemed to be a function of them returning to port. So StoneAge and I had to backtrack 3 turns to 7/10/44 and then upgrade to v.1066g with the USN carriers still at sea. Whew! Well it worked. We replayed the last 3 turns and are writing orders for the 7/16/44 turn and the USN carrier squadrons have NOT autodownsized. Not much happened on the replay over the next 3 turns from 7/10-7/15/44. I put everything back a couple turns so I could keep the USN CVs out at sea an extra turn just to make sure. StoneAge at first thought that IJN ASW was less lethal in v.1066g vs v.1066d for the first 2 turns but then last turn I had 1 sub take 42 Dcs and sink from E boats and another sub took 39 Dcs and sank from another E boat. StoneAge also feels that his fighters are doing better in v.1066g when he flew a couple sweeps over my bases but we will see next turn when I really resume hostilities. So next turn Im sending the USN CVs out of port in Okinawa to conduct another port strike at Osaka(only its gonna happen one turn later than last time). I like the thought of destroying the Japanese merchant marine at anchor but the main reason for this is to spend 2 days destroying Japanese CAP over the target before the 4Es come in for strategic bombing. Im still trying to start a firestorm for the 1st time. Ive attached a screenie of Simonseki which is still burning from the bombing that ended 4 days ago....and the damage continues to accrue. Thanx again michaelm for all your help! [image]local://upfiles/14495/D52F8D4911D940A2ADBC07C9063A0576.jpg[/image]

racndoc -> CARRIER OPERATIONS OFF JAPAN (11/6/2010 4:49:46 AM)
7/16-7/17/44 SUBS SS Angler sinks E Sado off Wakkanai but is hit by 3 DCs in return. SS Finback is hit by 16 DCs from E boats and is lost off Wakkanai. SS Mingo is hit by 8 DCs from E boats near Aomori. SS Flounder is hit by 26 Dcs from E boats by Yokohama and is sunk. I dont agree with my opponents analysis of IJN ASW in v.1106g...if anything it is even more lethal. USN CARRIER OPS OFF JAPAN The fast carriers of Task Group 58 sortie from Okinawa and hit IJN shipping hard in port at Osaka: Afternoon Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 6 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2 Ki-84a Frank x 5 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 99 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 90 SBD-5 Dauntless x 222 TBF-1 Avenger x 121 TBM-1C Avenger x 123 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 52 damaged TBF-1 Avenger: 16 damaged TBM-1C Avenger: 11 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Rokkosan Maru, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Takasan Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk xAK Kenan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Reikai Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires xAK Goyo Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Sainan Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage ACM Eguchi Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk xAK Nitto Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Kainan Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk ML G-209, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk xAK Genbu Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Shiroganesan Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Tokoro Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk xAK Kagu Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Teisen Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Higane Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Tateishi Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Shirahama Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Anyo Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Tachi Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Kuniyama Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Tatsuaoi Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk xAKL Nitcho Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires ML G-302, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk ACM Kongosan Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Miyakawa Maru #3, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk Japanese ground losses: 42 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Repair Shipyard hits 2 Port hits 13 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 1 Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Osaka/Kyoto at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 20 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 87 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 29 Allied aircraft losses SB2C-3 Helldiver: 5 damaged Japanese Ships SC Ch 53, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk SC Ch 52 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 10 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 27000 feet 5 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 27000 feet 6 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 27000 feet 6 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 27000 feet 2 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 27000 feet 7 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 3 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 27000 feet 4 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 27000 feet 3 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 27000 feet 4 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 76 PB4Y-1P Liberator x 1 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK Kuniyama Maru, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 10 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 27000 feet 5 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 27000 feet 6 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 27000 feet 6 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 27000 feet 2 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 27000 feet 3 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 27000 feet 4 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 27000 feet 3 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 27000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft F-5A Lightning x 1 F6F-3 Hellcat x 76 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK Nitto Maru, and is sunk xAK Genbu Maru, and is sunk xAKL Shirahama Maru, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 10 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 27000 feet 5 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 27000 feet 6 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 27000 feet 6 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 27000 feet 2 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 27000 feet 3 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 27000 feet 4 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 27000 feet 3 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 27000 feet IJN naval attack and kamikaze AC from southern Japan group up to deliver unsuccessful attacks on the USN carriers: Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kochi at 106,62 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 60 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 7 G3M3 Nell x 3 Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 2 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 1 Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 12 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 16 Ki-84a Frank x 43 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 263 F6F-5 Hellcat x 14 Japanese aircraft losses G3M3 Nell: 2 destroyed Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 4 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 16 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes 7 planes vectored on to bombers VF-2 with F6F-5 Hellcat (4 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes 5 planes vectored on to bombers VF-3 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 27000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes VF-42 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes 7 planes vectored on to bombers VF-6 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 7 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes 10 planes vectored on to bombers VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 57 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 7 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 58 minutes 7 planes vectored on to bombers VF-14 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 27000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 55 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers VF-22 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers VF-23 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes VF-25 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes VF-26 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes VF-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 59 minutes 7 planes vectored on to bombers VF-28 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes VF-29 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters to 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes VF-30 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kochi at 106,62 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 44 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-32 Mary x 6 Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 2 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 13 Ki-84a Frank x 8 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 226 F6F-5 Hellcat x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-32 Mary: 3 destroyed Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 9 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 4 destroyed CAP engaged: VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes 10 planes vectored on to bombers VF-2 with F6F-5 Hellcat (1 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers VF-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes 17 planes vectored on to bombers VF-42 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 10 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes 7 planes vectored on to bombers VF-6 with F6F-3 Hellcat (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 10 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes 14 planes vectored on to bombers VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (8 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes 11 planes vectored on to bombers VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 21 planes vectored on to bombers VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes 5 planes vectored on to bombers VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes 9 planes vectored on to bombers VF-22 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers VF-23 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes 7 planes vectored on to bombers VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers VF-25 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes 10 planes vectored on to bombers VF-26 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers VF-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters to 4000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes 7 planes vectored on to bombers VF-28 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes VF-29 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers VF-30 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kochi at 106,62 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 75 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-36 Ida x 7 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 189 F6F-5 Hellcat x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-36 Ida: 4 destroyed CAP engaged: VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 12 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 69 minutes VF-2 with F6F-5 Hellcat (3 airborne, 1 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 56 minutes VF-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (7 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 65 minutes VF-42 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 70 minutes VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 9 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 7 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 70 minutes VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 4 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 58 minutes VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 66 minutes VF-22 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 69 minutes VF-23 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 65 minutes VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 61 minutes VF-25 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 59 minutes VF-26 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 58 minutes VF-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 66 minutes VF-28 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes VF-29 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 64 minutes VF-30 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters to 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 67 minutes VF-6 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 9 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 63 minutes Ive attached a screenie of the IJN naval air attacks on Task Group 58 fast carriers. I was going to order an all-out strategic bombing attack on Osaka next turn but the target....as well most of Japan.....is enshrouded by inclement weather. Everything will be pushed back another turn. [image]local://upfiles/14495/2EE8FD16FF4C4B50B05A20B9F13EBA65.jpg[/image]

racndoc -> RE: SWPAC: PHILIPPINES CAMPAIGN (11/7/2010 5:36:11 AM)
7/18-7/21/44 SUBS SS Scorpion is hit by 2 DCs from E boats off Wakkanai. SS Crevalle is hit by 23 DCs from E boats near Shikuka. SS Gurnard is hit by 16 DCs from E boats by Toyohara, SS Bluefin is hit by 4 DCs from IJN ASW TF off Izu Oshima. SS Spiteful is hit by 4 DCs from IJN ASW near Yokohama. STRATEGIC BOMBING OF JAPAN After 2 days of inclement weather, the skiies start to clear on 7/20/44 and the Allied heavy bombers go back into action in a massive strike on Osaka. For the first time in the war, the B-29s go into combat as General Curtic C. LeMay orders 20th Air Force and 20th Bomber Command into action: Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 1 Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 10 B-24J Liberator x 102 B-29-1 Superfort x 74 P-38J Lightning x 11 P-38L Lightning x 11 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 28 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged Manpower hits 225 Fires 135625 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 B-29-1 Superfort x 31 No Allied losses Manpower hits 80 Fires 141440 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 9 No Allied losses Manpower hits 27 Fires 151320 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Manpower hits 5 Fires 185000 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 3 No Allied losses Manpower hits 7 Fires 156520 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 9 No Allied losses Manpower hits 23 Fires 164840 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed Manpower hits 10 Fires 204375 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 9 No Allied losses Manpower hits 7 Fires 172640 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Manpower hits 12 Fires 215000 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 3 No Allied losses Manpower hits 13 Fires 183560 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 2 No Allied losses Manpower hits 4 Fires 185120 Afternoon Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 1 Ki-84a Frank x 1 Allied aircraft Liberator II x 9 Liberator GR.III x 15 Liberator GR.VI x 12 B-24D Liberator x 13 B-24D1 Liberator x 49 B-24J Liberator x 138 P-38J Lightning x 8 P-38L Lightning x 9 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 38 PB4Y-2 Privateer x 3 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Manpower hits 383 Fires 454480 Afternoon Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 8 Allied aircraft losses PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed Manpower hits 13 Fires 554375 Afternoon Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 3 B-24J Liberator x 15 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Manpower hits 16 Fires 564375 Afternoon Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator GR.VI x 6 B-24J Liberator x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Manpower hits 10 Fires 569687 Afternoon Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator B.III x 9 No Allied losses Manpower hits 8 Fires 477100 Afternoon Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged Manpower hits 12 Fires 580937 Afternoon Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 No Allied losses Manpower hits 22 Fires 491140 Afternoon Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Manpower hits 11 Fires 597187 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 1 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 10 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 108 SBD-5 Dauntless x 189 TBF-1 Avenger x 118 TBM-1C Avenger x 120 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed, 30 damaged SBD-5 Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 49 damaged TBF-1 Avenger: 15 damaged TBM-1C Avenger: 14 damaged Manpower hits 83 Fires 238910 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator II x 6 Liberator B.III x 15 Liberator GR.III x 15 Liberator GR.VI x 24 B-24D Liberator x 39 B-24D1 Liberator x 90 B-24J Liberator x 300 B-29-1 Superfort x 56 P-38J Lightning x 10 P-38L Lightning x 6 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 46 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Manpower hits 382 Fires 546889 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 12 B-29-1 Superfort x 9 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 30 No Allied losses Manpower hits 74 Fires 356648 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator II x 8 Liberator GR.III x 8 B-24J Liberator x 12 B-29-1 Superfort x 20 P-38L Lightning x 8 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 15 PB4Y-2 Privateer x 7 Allied aircraft losses PB4Y-2 Privateer: 1 damaged Manpower hits 47 Fires 623036 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 B-29-1 Superfort x 3 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Manpower hits 6 Fires 627326 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 8 B-24J Liberator x 8 No Allied losses Manpower hits 21 Fires 388621 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator GR.VI x 6 B-24J Liberator x 12 No Allied losses Manpower hits 16 Fires 392101 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator GR.VI x 6 B-29-1 Superfort x 3 No Allied losses Manpower hits 8 Fires 394276 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 8 No Allied losses Manpower hits 13 Fires 398626 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 No Allied losses Manpower hits 16 Fires 403846 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 No Allied losses Manpower hits 6 Fires 406021 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Manpower hits 15 Fires 679521 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged Manpower hits 7 Fires 685241 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 13 No Allied losses Manpower hits 10 Fires 420376 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 No Allied losses Manpower hits 10 Fires 423856 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 11 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Manpower hits 12 Fires 705976 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 7 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK Goyo Maru, and is sunk Manpower hits 10 Fires 432991 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 3 No Allied losses Manpower hits 6 Fires 435166 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 3 Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged Manpower hits 7 Fires 720276 Repeated Japanese naval and kamikaze attacks are beaten off by the carrier CAP: Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kochi at 107,62 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 16 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 10 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 371 F6F-5 Hellcat x 23 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 3 destroyed CAP engaged: VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 11 on standby, 11 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes VF-2 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 9 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes VF-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 12 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes VF-42 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 11 on standby, 10 scrambling) 12 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes VF-6 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 11 on standby, 10 scrambling) 12 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 12 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 10 on standby, 10 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 26000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 10 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 21000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 10 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 10 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes VF-18 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 11 on standby, 11 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 19000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes VF-22 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 5 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes VF-23 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 4 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 4 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes VF-25 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 4 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes VF-26 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 5 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes VF-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 5 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes VF-28 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 4 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes VF-29 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 5 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 24000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes VF-30 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 5 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 19000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kochi at 107,62 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 50 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 2 A6M5b Zero x 13 Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 1 Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 5 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 27 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 361 F6F-5 Hellcat x 22 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed A6M5b Zero: 6 destroyed Ki-43-Ia Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-49-IIa Helen: 18 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 11 on standby, 11 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes 15 planes vectored on to bombers VF-2 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 9 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 23000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes 14 planes vectored on to bombers VF-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 12 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes 22 planes vectored on to bombers VF-42 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 10 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 13 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers VF-6 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 10 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 12 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes 15 planes vectored on to bombers VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 12 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes 9 planes vectored on to bombers VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 10 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 23000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes 14 planes vectored on to bombers VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 10 on standby, 10 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes 17 planes vectored on to bombers VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 11 on standby, 10 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (6 airborne, 6 on standby, 10 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes 7 planes vectored on to bombers VF-18 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 11 on standby, 11 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes 11 planes vectored on to bombers VF-22 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 5 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers VF-23 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 4 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes 5 planes vectored on to bombers VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 2 on standby, 4 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes 7 planes vectored on to bombers VF-25 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters to 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes 7 planes vectored on to bombers VF-26 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 5 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers VF-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 3 on standby, 5 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes 12 planes vectored on to bombers VF-28 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters to 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers VF-29 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 5 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 24000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers VF-30 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 5 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 24000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kochi at 107,62 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 36,810 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 4 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 446 F6F-5 Hellcat x 33 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 22 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 27000 and 36000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes VF-2 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 19 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 25000 and 32000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes VF-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 12 on standby, 23 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 27000 and 33000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes VF-42 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 20 scrambling) 10 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 25000 and 33000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes VF-6 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 21 scrambling) 11 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 27000 and 36000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 12 on standby, 22 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 27000 and 36000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 10 on standby, 20 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 23000 and 36000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 11 on standby, 20 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 27000 and 36000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 11 on standby, 20 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 27000 and 37000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 11 on standby, 20 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 27000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes VF-18 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 11 on standby, 21 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 27000 and 35000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes VF-22 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 5 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 27000 , scrambling fighters between 27000 and 33000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes VF-23 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 35000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 27000 and 34000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes VF-25 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 27000 and 30000. Raid is overhead VF-26 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 29000 and 32000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes VF-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 12 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 27000 and 34000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes VF-28 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 27000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes VF-29 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 26000 and 31000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes VF-30 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 27000 and 36000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Kukong , at 79,57 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 42,500 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kochi at 107,62 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 38 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 2 A6M5b Zero x 3 Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 3 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 4 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 436 F6F-5 Hellcat x 33 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 2 destroyed CAP engaged: VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 22 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 36000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes 25 planes vectored on to bombers VF-2 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 19 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 9 planes vectored on to bombers VF-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 23 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 34810. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes 22 planes vectored on to bombers VF-42 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 20 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 33000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes 21 planes vectored on to bombers VF-6 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 21 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 7 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 35000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes 18 planes vectored on to bombers VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 22 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 36000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes 12 planes vectored on to bombers VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 20 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 35000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 14 planes vectored on to bombers VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 20 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 34000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes 18 planes vectored on to bombers VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 11 on standby, 20 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 37000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes 7 planes vectored on to bombers VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 20 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes 15 planes vectored on to bombers VF-18 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 21 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 35000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers VF-22 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 1 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers VF-23 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 34000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes 7 planes vectored on to bombers VF-25 with F6F-3 Hellcat (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 27000 and 32810. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes 7 planes vectored on to bombers VF-26 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 32000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers VF-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 3 on standby, 12 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 34000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes 9 planes vectored on to bombers VF-28 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 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 27000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes VF-29 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 31000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers VF-30 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kochi at 107,62 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 53 minutes Japanese aircraft B6N2 Jill x 33 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 11 Ki-84a Frank x 4 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 416 F6F-5 Hellcat x 30 Japanese aircraft losses B6N2 Jill: 11 destroyed Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 4 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (12 airborne, 5 on standby, 6 scrambling) 12 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 36000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes 21 planes vectored on to bombers VF-2 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 15 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 37300. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes 17 planes vectored on to bombers VF-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (14 airborne, 8 on standby, 8 scrambling) 14 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes 10 planes vectored on to bombers VF-42 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 11 being recalled, 7 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes 5 planes vectored on to bombers VF-6 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 12 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 9 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 35000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 15 planes vectored on to bombers VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 10 on standby, 12 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 8 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 58 minutes 21 planes vectored on to bombers VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (14 airborne, 1 on standby, 12 scrambling) 14 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 35000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes 10 planes vectored on to bombers VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (5 airborne, 1 on standby, 12 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 10 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 34000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes 12 planes vectored on to bombers VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 16 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes 14 planes vectored on to bombers VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 4 on standby, 12 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes 16 planes vectored on to bombers VF-18 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 20 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 8 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes 19 planes vectored on to bombers VF-22 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 1 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 5 planes vectored on to bombers VF-23 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers VF-25 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers VF-26 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes 5 planes vectored on to bombers VF-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers VF-28 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers VF-29 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 31000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes VF-30 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 27000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers The Allied heavy bombers evidently created a level 720,000 fire but still no confirmation of a fire storm. Last turn the Allied strategic bombers had inflicted a total of 3416 strategic damage points from the attacks on Nagasaki and Shimonoseki and now there are 4278 strategic damage points...so over 850 strategic damage points were inflicted this turn. [image]local://upfiles/14495/1EBC3661743740D682D7748527A02024.jpg[/image]

racndoc -> STRATEGIC BOMBING OF JAPAN (11/9/2010 2:35:51 AM)
7/22-7/23/44 SUBS SS Ioefish sinks PB Heiei Maru#7 off Shimonoseki. SS Spiteful sinks E Ukuru near Yokohama but is hit by 23 DCs in return and is sunk with all hands. SS Paddle sinks AK Atutasan Maru by Sadogashima. STRATEGIC BOMBING OF JAPAN Osaka is hit hard by strategic bombing for another 2 days. Allied carriers begin the festivities: Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft J2M3 Jack x 4 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 5 FM-1 Wildcat x 47 FM-2 Wildcat x 81 F6F-3 Hellcat x 47 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 100 SBD-5 Dauntless x 180 TBF-1 Avenger x 115 TBM-1C Avenger x 118 Japanese aircraft losses J2M3 Jack: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed, 10 damaged SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 53 damaged TBF-1 Avenger: 14 damaged TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged Manpower hits 418 Fires 327173 Then multiple groups of 4Es hit the target: Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 6 Allied aircraft Liberator II x 15 Liberator B.III x 13 Liberator GR.III x 18 Liberator GR.VI x 19 B-24D Liberator x 35 B-24D1 Liberator x 88 B-24J Liberator x 237 B-29-1 Superfort x 52 P-38J Lightning x 6 P-38L Lightning x 13 FM-2 Wildcat x 7 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 31 PB4Y-2 Privateer x 7 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged Manpower hits 520 Fires 932141 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 11 B-29-1 Superfort x 39 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 17 Allied aircraft losses PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 damaged Manpower hits 184 Fires 491716 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 7 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 10 Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 damaged Manpower hits 17 Fires 1040501 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator GR.VI x 6 Allied aircraft losses Liberator GR.VI: 1 damaged Manpower hits 7 Fires 501016 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Liberator GR.VI bombing from 10000 feet City Attack: 8 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator GR.VI x 6 No Allied losses Manpower hits 14 Fires 1062200 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Liberator GR.VI bombing from 10000 feet City Attack: 8 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 8 B-24J Liberator x 6 Allied aircraft losses B-17D Fortress: 1 damaged B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Manpower hits 12 Fires 1057593 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 6 Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged Manpower hits 14 Fires 511711 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Manpower hits 17 Fires 515741 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 7 No Allied losses Manpower hits 22 Fires 1100845 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 2 No Allied losses Manpower hits 5 Fires 1103465 Aircraft Attacking: 2 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 3 Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged Manpower hits 10 Fires 524731 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 3 Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged Manpower hits 9 Fires 526901 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb Afternoon Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft J2M3 Jack x 2 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 5 FM-1 Wildcat x 20 FM-2 Wildcat x 42 F6F-3 Hellcat x 17 Japanese aircraft losses J2M3 Jack: 1 destroyed Afternoon Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 20 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 3 Ki-84a Frank x 1 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 4 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed Afternoon Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 1 Ki-84a Frank x 1 Allied aircraft FM-1 Wildcat x 13 FM-2 Wildcat x 4 F6F-3 Hellcat x 5 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Afternoon Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 48 P-38L Lightning x 8 FM-2 Wildcat x 7 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 20 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Manpower hits 99 Fires 550461 Afternoon Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 9 B-24J Liberator x 32 P-38J Lightning x 2 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Manpower hits 49 Fires 562241 Afternoon Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 7 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Manpower hits 17 Fires 566271 On the 2nd day the process is repaeted with the carrier bombers coming in 1st: Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft J2M3 Jack x 2 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 5 FM-1 Wildcat x 47 FM-2 Wildcat x 82 F6F-3 Hellcat x 30 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 94 SBD-5 Dauntless x 179 TBF-1 Avenger x 114 TBM-1C Avenger x 119 Japanese aircraft losses J2M3 Jack: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed, 25 damaged SBD-5 Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 35 damaged TBF-1 Avenger: 14 damaged TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed, 19 damaged Manpower hits 141 Fires 271994 Then the bomber stream of 4Es....extending for over a hundred miles.....begins to come over target: Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 4 Ki-84a Frank x 1 Allied aircraft Liberator II x 6 Liberator B.III x 6 Liberator GR.III x 10 Liberator GR.VI x 17 B-24D Liberator x 23 B-24D1 Liberator x 67 B-24J Liberator x 281 B-29-1 Superfort x 23 P-38L Lightning x 5 FM-2 Wildcat x 7 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 66 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged FM-2 Wildcat: 1 destroyed PB4Y-1 Liberator: 2 damaged Manpower hits 400 Fires 429133 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 1 Allied aircraft Liberator II x 7 Liberator GR.III x 6 B-24D1 Liberator x 12 B-24J Liberator x 19 B-29-1 Superfort x 48 P-38J Lightning x 2 P-38L Lightning x 3 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 12 PB4Y-2 Privateer x 12 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged B-29-1 Superfort: 3 damaged Manpower hits 113 Fires 512888 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 1 Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 8 B-24D1 Liberator x 10 B-24J Liberator x 33 B-29-1 Superfort x 3 P-38L Lightning x 2 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Manpower hits 61 Fires 716517 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator GR.VI x 6 B-24D1 Liberator x 3 B-24J Liberator x 8 B-29-1 Superfort x 6 No Allied losses Manpower hits 21 Fires 556757 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator B.III x 6 Allied aircraft losses Liberator B.III: 1 destroyed Manpower hits 2 Fires 729182 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Liberator B.III bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 3 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 6 Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed Manpower hits 5 Fires 732907 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 3 Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed Manpower hits 3 Fires 735142 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 2 No Allied losses Manpower hits 7 Fires 565877 Aircraft Attacking: 2 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 3 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 3 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 3 Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged Manpower hits 3 Fires 741847 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb We succeeding in creating a fire level over 1.1 million......but still no confirmation of a firestorm. Japanese strategic losses increased last turn from 4278 to 4940 so less than 700 strategic loss points were inflicted.....very disappointing for a 1.1 million level fire. [image]local://upfiles/14495/C80350F244BF44258EAB866FE885D178.jpg[/image]

racndoc -> STRATEGIC BOMBING OF JAPAN (11/10/2010 2:10:26 AM)
SUBS SS I-52 attacks a USN carrier TF and is hit by 18 DCs from the escorts and sunk off Tanegashima. STRATEGIC BOMBING OF JAPAN Allied strategic bombers raid Osaka for 2 more days. Inclement weather grounds the carrier bombers so the carrier fighters go in alone: Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Japanese aircraft J2M3 Jack x 1 Allied aircraft FM-1 Wildcat x 28 FM-2 Wildcat x 35 F6F-3 Hellcat x 20 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 4 Ki-84a Frank x 1 Allied aircraft FM-1 Wildcat x 13 FM-2 Wildcat x 13 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed Then the heavy bombers take over: Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 1 Allied aircraft Liberator II x 12 Liberator B.III x 3 Liberator GR.III x 15 Liberator GR.VI x 20 B-24D Liberator x 25 B-24D1 Liberator x 72 B-24J Liberator x 190 B-29-1 Superfort x 48 P-38J Lightning x 5 P-38L Lightning x 10 FM-2 Wildcat x 6 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 35 PB4Y-2 Privateer x 13 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged B-29-1 Superfort: 4 damaged PB4Y-1 Liberator: 2 damaged Manpower hits 786 Fires 601902 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 7 B-29-1 Superfort x 3 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 12 Allied aircraft losses PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 damaged Manpower hits 42 Fires 593204 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator B.III x 6 B-29-1 Superfort x 16 Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged Manpower hits 39 Fires 616154 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 7 B-24J Liberator x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-17D Fortress: 1 damaged Manpower hits 38 Fires 638429 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 8 Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged Manpower hits 16 Fires 647879 Aircraft Attacking: 2 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 2 No Allied losses Manpower hits 6 Fires 560176 Aircraft Attacking: 2 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 3 No Allied losses Manpower hits 5 Fires 563076 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 3 No Allied losses Manpower hits 9 Fires 567716 The next day of bombing again begins with carrier fighter sweeps: Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft J2M3 Jack x 3 Allied aircraft FM-1 Wildcat x 21 FM-2 Wildcat x 21 F6F-3 Hellcat x 9 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses FM-2 Wildcat: 1 destroyed Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft J2M3 Jack x 1 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 3 Ki-84a Frank x 1 Allied aircraft FM-1 Wildcat x 18 FM-2 Wildcat x 4 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed Then the heavies come in: Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator II x 6 Liberator B.III x 3 Liberator GR.III x 12 Liberator GR.VI x 20 B-24D Liberator x 25 B-24D1 Liberator x 33 B-24J Liberator x 173 B-29-1 Superfort x 39 P-38J Lightning x 2 FM-2 Wildcat x 6 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 50 Allied aircraft losses Liberator GR.VI: 1 damaged B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 damaged Manpower hits 493 Fires 244922 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator B.III x 6 B-24J Liberator x 8 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 6 No Allied losses Manpower hits 32 Fires 208756 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator II x 6 B-24D1 Liberator x 7 B-24J Liberator x 7 B-29-1 Superfort x 20 Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged Manpower hits 35 Fires 612471 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 7 B-24D1 Liberator x 6 B-29-1 Superfort x 11 Allied aircraft losses B-17D Fortress: 1 damaged B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged Manpower hits 50 Fires 539349 Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 6 No Allied losses Manpower hits 11 Fires 238181 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 No Allied losses Manpower hits 9 Fires 240381 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 10 No Allied losses Manpower hits 25 Fires 246431 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 2 No Allied losses Manpower hits 4 Fires 247531 Aircraft Attacking: 2 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 2 Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged Manpower hits 3 Fires 673561 Aircraft Attacking: 2 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 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 Manpower hits 3 Fires 676541 Japan has accumulated 5882 ponits of strategic losses so far so over 800 strategic damage points were inflicted this turn. Its difficult to maintain any kind of tempo with strategic bombing operations as the heavy bombers.....and especially the B-29s....are not very robust. After 6 days of continuous ops less than half of the heavy bombers are available for air ops.....for the B-29s its less than a third. So I can do about 6 days of ops before the law of diminishing returns takes over.....and then all the heavy bombers stand down for 6-8 days for maintenance and the Allied carriers return to port for rearming and replacement AC. With an average raid causing around 350 strategic point losses...I can inflict maybe 1000 points/week of startegic damage. With the Allies at 71,000 points and Japan at 30,000 points, it will take me about 5 months to gain a 3:1 advantage which might cause a Japanesze autosurrender in 1944. 5th Fleet retruns to Okinawa to refuel and rearm. While Curtis LeMay's B-29s are stood down for maintenance and repairs, 21st Bomber Group begins to arrive on the US east coast. An additional 50 B-29s are available for combat and they should be able to stage to Tinian before the next round of strategic air attacks. Here is a screenshot of the current fire level and damage at Osaka: [image]local://upfiles/14495/DD27C0617DC04B12B7A631156438880C.jpg[/image]

Bradley7735 -> RE: STRATEGIC BOMBING OF JAPAN (11/10/2010 3:44:37 AM)
Your strat points will go down over time. You're attacking the juicy targets right now. At some point, they will have fewer undamaged stuff and you'll need to attack the small cities. So, it may take more like 6-8 months to gain those strat points. Just theorizing......

racndoc -> RE: STRATEGIC BOMBING OF JAPAN (11/11/2010 4:56:46 AM)
Bradley7735....good point about the drop off in strategic bombing points.....looks like bombing Japan is subject to the same law of diminishing returns as the operational tempo my heavy bombers. If your thesis is correct.....then this game will be ended by the clock(1-1-45) rather than by a 3:1 autovictory. 7/26-7/27/44 SUBS SS Trident sinks E No.7 off Aogashima. STRATEGIC BOMBING OF JAPAN The B-29s stand down at Tinian while the B-24s/Liberators rest at Naha, Nago, Amami Oshima and Tanegashima. The USN fast carriers sail back to port at Naha to rearm and take on AC replacements.....and the CVEs sail back to Tanegashima to do the same. The fires continue to burn at Osaka. It appears that the manpower and HI damage has really ramped up since we stopped the bombing 2 days ago. The HI had suffered (428) damage after 6 days of bombing and now stands at (718) damage 2 days after the bombing stops. The manpower had suffered 119(20) damage after 6 days of bombing but now stands at 81(58) 2 days after the bombing stops.....that means some 42% of the manpower is now damaged at Osaka. Im not sure that an atomic bomb causes that much damage to manpower......maybe I did start a firestorm here and it wasnt noted by the game. Total strategic damage increased over 700 points last turn from the fire and now stands at 6586. [image]local://upfiles/14495/01EF908DB7DF4CF59F7493B51542C62E.jpg[/image]

racndoc -> STRATEGIC BOMBING OF JAPAN (11/12/2010 4:05:56 AM)
7/28-7/29/44 SUBS SS Whale sinks E Oki off Wakkanai. SS Guavina is hit by 3 DCs from E boats by Shikuka. OSAKA: BOMB DAMAGE ASSESMENT Four days after the bombing of Osaka stops the fires there continue to burn. HI damage from last turn increased from 718 to 870 this turn. So the 438 HI damage inflicted after 6 days of continuous bombing has doubled from the fires in the 4 days following. Manpower damage increased from 81(58) last turn to 74(65) this turn. So the manpower damage of 119(20) inflicted after 6 days of bombing has nearly tripled in the 4 days following. To put this in perspective, Hiroshima has a manpower of 13 and Nagasaki has a manpower of 11. After 6 days of bombing at Nagasaki, I had only damaged 1 manpower...ie 10(1). With the fires 4 days after the bombing stopped, MP was still at 10(1). At Shimonoseki, the manpower was still at 8(0) after 6 days of bombings and 4 days of fires afterwards. Something different seems to have happened at Osaka....and I think I may have created a firestorm that is not reported in game. Look at what happened when fission type nuclear bombs were dropped at Nagasaki and Hiroshima in RL....if you assume that the atomic bombs caused 50% casualties in both cities(which it didnt) then you would see something like 7(6) in Hiroshoma and 6(5) in Nagasaki following detonation of atomic bombs. The scale here at Osaka after firebombing sees manpower damage increased 10 fold from Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear attacks....and if this is linear I would anticipate something like 600,000-700,000 casualties following my latest attack.....and the doubling of HI damage from fires following the cessation of the bombing seems to back this up. The damage from this firebombing of Osaka seems to more likely resemble the aftermath of a thermonuclear blast. Japan's strategic damage points increased another 700 from last turn and now stands at 7256. Another way to test this will be the strategic bombing of Tokyo. A strategic bombing attack at Tokyo, however, will be more problematic. StoneAge seems to have massed most of his remaining air force there...over 600 planes including 250 fighters. So he may also be planning a massive kamikaze attack on 5th Fleet when Tokyo is hit. I botched the rearming/replacements of the fleet carriers at Okinawa. I put several carriers in port at Naha to repair minor damage and a new upgrade cycle kicked in on the Essex carriers so my ships will be stuck in port for another 10-12 days. I will use that time to close the airfields at Tokyo. This turn, 6 squadrons of my newest USAAF long range fighters........P-38Ls and P-47D25s based at Tanegashima....will sweep the skiies over Tokyo. Then I will use the B-24s and Liberators to shut down the airfields at Tokyo. [image]local://upfiles/14495/AED5F87EA8F343259CF5DDC462C7C90F.jpg[/image]

racndoc -> STRATEGIC BOMBING OF JAPAN (11/12/2010 10:11:59 PM)
7/30-7/31/44 SUBS SS Bang is hit by 12 DCs from IJN ASW TF off Moppo. SS S-39 sinks E Chiburi by Utsonomiya but takes 8 DCs in return and is sunk. SS Blackfin is hit by 8 DCs from E boats near Izu Oshima. CENTPAC: AIR OPERATIONS OVER JAPAN Three squadrons of P-38Ls sweep Tokyo at 32,000' and 3 squadrons of P-47D25s sweep Tokyo at 37,000'. StoneAge, in return, sweeps the skiies over the CVEs at Tanegashima. When the turn is over Japan has lost another 99 planes in A2A combat vs 23 Allied. StoneAge still has over 1000 AC stacked at Tokyo and Yokohama. Out of 150 P-38Ls and P-47D25s at Tanegashima last turn, maybe 75 are operational this turn. We have to knock out Japanese CAP at Tokyo/Yokohama before the expensive B-29s go in so more drastic measures are called for. Two more squadrons of fresh P-38Ls and P-47D25s are staged into Tanegashima to join the 6 battered squadrons. . Next turn they will again sweep Tokyo and escort some 350 B-24s from Tanegashima and Amami Oshima to knock out the Tokyo airfields. Half of the Essex carriers are stranded in port completing upgrades so no fast carriers are available for offensive ops this turn. Instead, over 40 CVEs will debark Tanegashima and conduct a series of strikes on Yokohama. 20 of the CVEs will hit the airfield at Yokohama and 20 CVEs will hit the shipping in port there. After the CVEs are done, some 350 B-24s and Liberators based on Okinawa will hit the airfield at Yokohama. CV Franklin completes repairs of the minor damage suffered from 2 sub launched torpedoes a month ago. She still has 37 FLT damage but if I send her back to Pearl she will basically miss the rest of the war. I will instead send CV Franklin to Ulithi where we have 2 ARDs and 12 ARs....its our major forward repair base. I will put her on "critical" "repair ship" and see what happens. [image]local://upfiles/14495/DD27824611BD4FF2BF7FDF13CFE59CB1.jpg[/image]

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