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castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/14/2011 12:30:28 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 11, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Vigan at 78,73 Japanese Ships xAK Yamadori Maru E Aotaka Allied Ships SS Whale SS Whale is sighted by escort Whale diving deep .... E Aotaka fails to find sub, continues to search... E Aotaka fails to find sub, continues to search... E Aotaka fails to find sub, continues to search... E Aotaka fails to find sub, continues to search... E Aotaka fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Taytay at 71,77 Japanese Ships SC Ch 41, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage SC Ch 24 E Asagao Allied Ships SS Grayling SS Grayling launches 4 torpedoes at SC Ch 41 E Asagao fails to find sub, continues to search... E Asagao fails to find sub, continues to search... E Asagao fails to find sub, continues to search... E Asagao fails to find sub, continues to search... E Asagao fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub subchasers or PB in an ASW TF usually aren´t a real threat for the subs... nothing is as feared as the new E classes... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Nago at 94,63 Japanese Ships TK Kikusui Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage SC Ch 51 SC Ch 15 SC Ch 13 TK Toshikawa Maru TK Kyokuyo Maru TK Rokkosan Maru TK Noshiro Maru TK Ogura Maru #2 E W-1 E Susuki PB Hirota Maru Allied Ships SS Runner SS Runner launches 6 torpedoes at TK Kikusui Maru E W-1 fails to find sub and abandons search E Susuki fails to find sub and abandons search PB Hirota Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Hirota Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Hirota Maru attacking submerged sub .... PB Hirota Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Hirota Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub I would either escort the tanker convoys with E ASW TFs or put more of them into the TFs while using all other escorts for something else... probably not enough E around... this is going to change in the next 6 months but hopefully by then we are in the process of cutting off the SRA completely... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Groot Natoena at 60,79 Japanese Ships PC Nire DD Tadeyame, Shell hits 1 DD Myojinami PC Take, Shell hits 1 Allied Ships SS Archerfish, hits 11, and is sunk SS Archerfish is located by PC Nire DD Tadeyame fails to find sub and abandons search DD Myojinami attacking submerged sub .... DD Myojinami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Myojinami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Myojinami attacking submerged sub .... SS Archerfish forced to surface! PC Take firing on surfaced sub .... DD Tadeyame firing on surfaced sub .... PC Take firing on surfaced sub .... DD Tadeyame firing on surfaced sub .... PC Take firing on surfaced sub .... DD Tadeyame firing on surfaced sub .... PC Take firing on surfaced sub .... DD Tadeyame firing on surfaced sub .... DD Myojinami firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves next sub bites the dust, this time the enemy DD score... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cotabato , at 78,90 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet CAP engaged: 260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes taking on leaking Cap again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 41 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 13 Airbase supply hits 10 Runway hits 106 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 22 No Allied losses Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 59 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 43 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 127 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 30 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 60 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb as the enemy has abandoned Samarinda and Balikpapan after suffering horrendous losses against the Corsairs two turns ago we´ve now sent the heavies to close the place... ordered some fighters on escort but they didn´t show up at all... halve of the bombers would have been sufficient to close down the airfield... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 16 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 41 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 11 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 27 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Runway hits 26 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cotabato , at 78,90 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet CAP engaged: 260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes the rest of the Tojos is knocked out... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Burma Area Army, at 65,61 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 22 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 22 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Burma Area Army, at 65,61 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 22 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 22 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet ordered some sweeps to draw leaking Cap but no enemy fighters showed up... [image]local://upfiles/13774/8453CF7754FB47C1B7DD43F39BBCA397.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/14/2011 12:42:23 PM)
CV Miami, the next Essex class carrier arrived in theatre today... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 12, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Groot Natoena at 60,80 Japanese Ships DD Myojinami PC Nire DD Tadeyame Allied Ships SS Perch, hits 1 SS Perch launches 4 torpedoes at DD Myojinami Perch diving deep .... DD Tadeyame fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tadeyame attacking submerged sub .... DD Tadeyame attacking submerged sub .... DD Tadeyame is out of ASW ammo DD Tadeyame is out of ASW ammo DD Tadeyame fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tadeyame fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub same TF that sunk Archerfish yesterday heavily damages Perch with a single hit today, retiring with 25 sys 28 flt... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Sangi at 76,97 Japanese Ships SS I-174 Allied Ships PT-242 LCT-364 LCT-170 SS I-174 cannot acquire firing solution on enemy PT Sub escapes detection -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Iba at 78,74 Japanese Ships DD Matsukaze E Ukishima AO Ashizuri AO Shioya TK Azuchisan Maru TK Namba Maru TK Kinmon Maru TK Fukko Maru E Takashima E Hoko Allied Ships SS Grenadier, hits 6 SS Grenadier launches 4 torpedoes at DD Matsukaze DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... E Takashima fails to find sub and abandons search E Hoko attacking submerged sub .... DD Matsukaze attacking submerged sub .... E Hoko attacking submerged sub .... DD Matsukaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Matsukaze cannot reach attack position over SS Grenadier DD Matsukaze loses contact with SS Grenadier SS Grenadier eludes ASW attack from DD Matsukaze SS Grenadier eludes ASW attack from DD Matsukaze E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Matsukaze fails to find sub and abandons search E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Grenadier is knocked out too, 24 sys 19 flt... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 30 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 4 N1K1-J George x 7 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 25 Ki-84a Frank x 1 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 49 [X(] F4U-1A Corsair x 54 [X(] Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed N1K1-J George: 2 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 5 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38J Lightning: 1 destroyed F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet 16 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet 16 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet CAP engaged: 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes 341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead 260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 19 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 23000 and 30000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes interesting turn as it shows the bug with escorts showing up over the target several times in one turn, in this case the Lightnings (they are also not shown as sweeping)... have set the Corsairs to sweep and the Lightnings to escort the bombers and set Cagayan as the target... what happens? The Lightnings are showing up in every engagement and are also actually FIGHTING... 90% of this engagement was fought by the Lightnings that shouldn´t show up at all... otherwise it was surprising that three Corsair squadrons flew together... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 30 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 1 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 45 F4U-1A Corsair x 18 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38J Lightning: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet 10 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet 11 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet 12 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet CAP engaged: 341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes 260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 26000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes same Lightnings now show up as sweeping... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 86 P-38J Lightning x 44 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 damaged Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground H6K5 Mavis: 4 destroyed on ground Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 22 Airbase supply hits 21 Runway hits 172 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 13 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet 15 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet 11 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet CAP engaged: 260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (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 30000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes now the same Lightnings are on escort... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 41 P-38J Lightning x 43 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground H6K5 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 81 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 13 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet 15 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet 14 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet CAP engaged: 260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes another time being on escort, another time fighting so we´re not talking about a display glitch as someone has mentioned on the main forum... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 43 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese Ships LB-206, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-5003, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk ACM Kaisho Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires LB-5009, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-203, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-201, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-5005, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-208, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-5015, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-5002, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-5014, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-1035, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-5007, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-207, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-5006, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-204, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-5012, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-5011, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-5008, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-202, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-5001, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-5013, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-205, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-5010, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-5004, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk Port hits 4 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Port Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Port Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Port Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Port Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Port Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Port Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb after taking out the airfield yesterday with the bombers from Manado we´ve ordered the heavies on Timor to attack the port today to sink the barges there and to destroy the port facilities... I don´t think the enemy would move tanker convoys there anymore anyway but just to make sure... this strike wasn´t devastating to the port though... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 28 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Japanese Ships ACM Kaisho Maru, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk Port hits 5 Port fuel hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Port Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Port Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Port Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 46 P-38J Lightning x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged Airbase hits 9 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 44 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb while the Mitchells at Manado were set to attack Tarakan´s airfield, the heavies there were set to attack Cagayan... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 16 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 22 P-38J Lightning x 43 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 26 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 13 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet 15 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet 15 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet and another time the same Lightnings, this time again showing up as SWEEPING... if someone thinks I´m wrong and these would always be different squadrons then I can tell him that I don´t have so many P-38J on the whole map as seen attacking Cagayan today... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 14 P-38J Lightning x 43 Japanese aircraft losses H6K5 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 30 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 13 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet 15 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet 15 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet and another time the same Lightnings... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 11 P-38J Lightning x 43 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 34 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 13 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet 15 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet 15 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet and again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 7 No Allied losses Port hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet * Port Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 43 PB4Y-1P Liberator x 1 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 13 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet 15 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet 15 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet and to top it off, they even show up sweeping with a recon Liberator... how many times have they shown up today? 8 times or even more often? Would be cool to have 300-400 Lightnings at Manado... no, these were always the same and everytime the enemy was able to oppose them, they were actually fighting... no display glitch, that´s a bug... [image]local://upfiles/13774/86AE5B8701EA4F96A3DD0FD62F560CE1.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/14/2011 12:43:46 PM)
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castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/14/2011 12:54:01 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 13, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Torishima at 109,68 Japanese Ships PB Ikunta Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAK Nagisan Maru xAK Hohuku Maru xAK Eli Maru xAK Ryuko Maru xAK Omi Maru xAK Heito Maru PB Magan Maru Allied Ships SS Hake SS Hake launches 6 torpedoes at PB Ikunta Maru Hake diving deep .... PB Magan Maru attacking submerged sub .... PB Magan Maru attacking submerged sub .... PB Magan Maru cannot reach attack position over SS Hake SS Hake eludes ASW attack from PB Magan Maru PB Magan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Magan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Magan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub this escort was hit at least... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Tanegashima at 102,66 Japanese Ships E Hasu DD Numakaze DD Shiokaze Allied Ships SS Tunny SS Tunny is sighted by escort Tunny diving deep .... DD Numakaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Shiokaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Shiokaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Shiokaze cannot reach attack position over SS Tunny SS Tunny eludes DD Shiokaze by diving deep DD Shiokaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Shiokaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Shiokaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Shiokaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Maryborough at 105,158 Japanese Ships SS I-28 Allied Ships xAK Walter Reed, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAK Sampan xAK William Windom xAK William Kent xAK Stephen W. Kearny xAK Stanley Matthews YMS-388 SS I-28 launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Walter Reed I-28 diving deep .... YMS-388 fails to find sub, continues to search... YMS-388 fails to find sub, continues to search... YMS-388 fails to find sub, continues to search... YMS-388 fails to find sub, continues to search... YMS-388 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub we lose a freighter in return... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cotabato , at 78,90 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet tried to engage some more enemy fighters here but none showed up anymore... as Mindanao is very high up on the target list we have to neutralize all airfields and have to scare away the enemy airforce... as Rainer sure is aware of Mindanao being a priority target he won´t let me take the place without a fight this time... 80 enemy units on the island, several big airfields and the Imperial fleet within two day striking range I guess... I also expect him to use KB as soon as we attempt to land on the island, which means we can expect the next carrier clash, hopefully we will then see our carriers actually strike at the enemy and not sitting idle because they ended up 8 hexes away from the enemy and despite being ordered to react they did just nothing... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cotabato , at 78,90 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cotabato , at 78,90 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 1st Tank Division, at 61,59 (Udon Thani) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator II x 15 Liberator B.III x 27 Liberator B.VI x 3 Wellington B.X x 15 B-24D1 Liberator x 63 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 6 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 95 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 32 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 21 (1 destroyed, 20 disabled) Vehicles lost 63 (6 destroyed, 57 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Liberator B.III bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x Wellington B.X bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x Liberator B.III bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 21th JNAF AF Unit ... Also attacking 1st Tank Division ... Also attacking 21th JNAF AF Unit ... Also attacking 1st Tank Division ... Also attacking 21th JNAF AF Unit ... a unit was spotted moving out of the clear hex of Udon Thani so we´ve ordered our bombers at Hanoi to fly a strike to find out it´s 1st tank div that is moving out... only six P-47 escorted the first wave, glad there´s no enemy fighter in the air... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 1st Tank Division, at 61,59 (Udon Thani) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft Beaufighter VIc x 14 Liberator B.VI x 12 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 25 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb amazingly enough, the Beaufighters that then showed up were coming from RANGOON, which is the opposite direction the bombers were coming from... this is when I think the "coordination routine" is strange... no?[&:] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 1st Tank Division, at 61,59 (Udon Thani) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 1st Tank Division, at 61,59 (Udon Thani) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 1st Tank Division, at 61,59 (Udon Thani) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 5 (3 destroyed, 2 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 1st Tank Division, at 61,59 (Udon Thani) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 13 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 6 Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb all in all, only 5% of the fighters at Hanoi that were set to escort actually showed up, with one strike being "escorted" from Bangkok... doesn´t "escort" mean to fly WITH the bombers for the most part of the trip? Wonder how that works when they were coming from Rangoon... what the other fighters at Hanoi were doing is beyond me... all in all only minor losses today... it would take a week more and daily attacks to have the tank div really feel our attacks but it probably gets railed out of range in no time... [image]local://upfiles/13774/98A8F1C69DA24E4FA517D70B9F234271.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Iba at 77,75 Japanese Ships DD Minazuki DD Uzuki Allied Ships SS Whale, hits 2 SS Whale is sighted by escort DD Minazuki attacking submerged sub .... DD Uzuki attacking submerged sub .... DD Minazuki attacking submerged sub .... DD Uzuki attacking submerged sub .... DD Minazuki fails to find sub and abandons search DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/14/2011 1:28:14 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 14, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Culion at 75,80 Japanese Ships DD Suruyame AO Shiretoko TK Ceram Maru Allied Ships SS Devilfish SS Devilfish launches 6 torpedoes at DD Suruyame Devilfish diving deep .... DD Suruyame fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Suruyame fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Suruyame fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Suruyame fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Suruyame fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub shoot the TK... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Iba at 77,75 Japanese Ships DD Matsukaze E Ukishima AO Ashizuri AO Shioya TK Azuchisan Maru TK Namba Maru TK Kinmon Maru TK Fukko Maru E Takashima E Hoko Allied Ships SS Whale SS Whale launches 6 torpedoes at DD Matsukaze DD Matsukaze fails to find sub and abandons search E Takashima fails to find sub and abandons search E Hoko attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub missing the DD... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Iba at 77,75 Japanese Ships E Ukishima TK Azuchisan Maru TK Namba Maru TK Kinmon Maru TK Fukko Maru DD Matsukaze E Takashima E Hoko Allied Ships SS Whale, hits 1 SS Whale launches 4 torpedoes at E Ukishima Whale diving deep .... DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... E Takashima attacking submerged sub .... E Hoko fails to find sub and abandons search DD Matsukaze fails to find sub and abandons search E Takashima fails to find sub, continues to search... E Takashima fails to find sub, continues to search... E Takashima fails to find sub, continues to search... E Takashima fails to find sub, continues to search... E Takashima attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub and missing the E... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Groot Natoena at 60,79 Japanese Ships PB Saiko Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage E Shimakaze PB Kenkon Maru xAKL Uga Maru xAKL Kidokawa Maru xAKL Hanakawa Maru xAKL Hakuyo Maru xAKL Kurama Maru E Saga E Hishu E Nadakaze Allied Ships SS Gudgeon SS Gudgeon launches 4 torpedoes at PB Saiko Maru Gudgeon diving deep .... E Saga fails to find sub and abandons search E Hishu attacking submerged sub .... E Nadakaze attacking submerged sub .... E Hishu fails to find sub, continues to search... E Nadakaze fails to find sub and abandons search E Hishu fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hishu fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hishu fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hishu fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub sending another PB to hell... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 66,76 Japanese Ships PC Nire DD Tadeyame DD Myojinami Allied Ships SS Spearfish, hits 4 SS Spearfish launches 4 torpedoes at PC Nire DD Tadeyame fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Myojinami attacking submerged sub .... DD Tadeyame attacking submerged sub .... DD Myojinami fails to find sub and abandons search DD Tadeyame fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tadeyame fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tadeyame fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Spearfish takes 15 sys 7 flt and retires... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Pescadores at 85,62 Japanese Ships BB Musashi BB Yamato DD Shikinami DD Hibiki DD Hayashimo DD Kosukaze DD Uruyuke DD Tatsuyuke DD Oboro Allied Ships SS Steelhead, hits 1 SS Steelhead is sighted by escort Steelhead diving deep .... DD Kosukaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Uruyuke attacking submerged sub .... DD Tatsuyuke attacking submerged sub .... DD Oboro attacking submerged sub .... DD Uruyuke fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tatsuyuke attacking submerged sub .... DD Oboro fails to find sub and abandons search DD Uruyuke fails to find sub and abandons search DD Tatsuyuke fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub the big boys are passing Formosa and are heading West... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 11 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 40 N1K1-J George x 7 Ki-84a Frank x 3 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 18 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed N1K1-J George: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed CAP engaged: 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes 341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 Raid is overhead 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead S-305 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 24 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 21000 and 38500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes bad news for the Corsairs as they come in one by one as most times, this time really suffering from the never ending dive for the enemy... glad there were mostly Zekes as these don´t carry enough punch to knock down the Corsairs immediately and many of them make it home damaged to be write offs in the end... this squadron was really hit hard though... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 48 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 30 N1K1-J George x 1 Ki-84a Frank x 1 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 18 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 6 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet CAP engaged: S-305 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 12 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 26000 and 31000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 31000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes 341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters to 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes here comes the second squadron, again facing the never ending dive of the enemy fighters with the whole squadron being shot up... this turns out to be a bloody affair today... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 15 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 18 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 13 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet CAP engaged: 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 29000 and 30000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes S-305 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 28000 and 32000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 71 minutes here comes the third squadron, same with the never ending dive but this squadron at least managed to get away with acceptable losses... in the end the enemy managed to suffer far fewer losses than expected, we couldn´t bring our numerical superiority to the fight and lose 16 Corsairs together with 50% of the pilots for not much in return... as long as we can´t bring a couple of squadrons to fly together we will have to focus more and more to attack leaking Cap, otherwise the enemy will keep outnumbering us over the target... trading 16 Corsairs for a dozen enemies today... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Talaud-eilanden , at 79,97 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 14 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 14 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 25000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Talaud-eilanden , at 79,97 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet then a coule of sweeps that are failed escorts... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Talaud-eilanden , at 79,97 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 6 F4U-1A Corsair x 52 PV-1 Ventura x 47 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 7 damaged Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 22 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Talaud-eilanden , at 79,97 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 20 PV-1 Ventura x 23 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Talaud-eilanden , at 79,97 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 15 PV-1 Ventura x 11 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb at times I just wonder what makes the game sending escorts and how many... in this case we see a hundred fighters escorting (or sweeping when they fail to escort) some bombers to an airfield without any reported enemy resistance over a damaged airfield... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 6 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 103 P-38J Lightning x 13 Japanese aircraft losses F1M2 Pete: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged P-38J Lightning: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 3 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 26 Airbase supply hits 11 Runway hits 142 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 26000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes S-305 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers the Lightnings and other Corsairs on escort should have flown with the heavies to Mindanao as that´s the place where we could expect heavy resistance... well, I could set them a target, but then we have the bug again that the fighters show up with every wave as this seems to only happen when you set a target... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 62 P-38J Lightning x 7 Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 9 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 67 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 5 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 7 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Runway hits 9 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Raid is overhead S-305 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (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 38500 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 19 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 11 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb heavily dispersed strikes... too dispersed... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 26 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 No Allied losses Runway hits 16 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 8 No Allied losses Runway hits 18 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 7 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb until this point the turn wasn´t really exciting nor satisfying for us... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- and then this happened: [image]local://upfiles/13774/CC76D01FAD5B43249B1F3DD853507541.jpg[/image] Sub attack near Pescadores at 85,62 Japanese Ships CV Katsuragi, Torpedo hits 3, heavy damage BB Musashi BB Yamato DD Shikinami DD Hibiki DD Hayashimo DD Kosukaze DD Uruyuke DD Tatsuyuke DD Oboro Allied Ships SS Steelhead SS Steelhead launches 6 torpedoes at CV Katsuragi Steelhead diving deep .... DD Kosukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Uruyuke fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tatsuyuke attacking submerged sub .... DD Tatsuyuke is out of ASW ammo DD Tatsuyuke is out of ASW ammo DD Oboro fails to find sub and abandons search DD Kosukaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Uruyuke fails to find sub and abandons search DD Tatsuyuke fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tatsuyuke fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tatsuyuke fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tatsuyuke fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tatsuyuke fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tatsuyuke fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tatsuyuke fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub we only spotted Yamato and Musashi earlier today but then Steelhead sights a fleet carrier and fires a salvo of six torps at the ship... absolutely amazing, three of them hit the carrier and the ship sinks immediately... [&o] after sinking Amagi near Mindanao in two succesful attacks we now sink the next Unryu... well done... I have already put a lot of thoughts in what to do with my subs as they are now most often only targets for enemy ASW forces and their losses steadily increasing without much gain in return... an event like this is a morale boost of course and seems to make it worth it to keep my subs within enemy controlled space... guess Rainer thought we wouldn´t have subs in position North of Formosa but in fact, most of those that are around Formosa are patrolling North of it and this paid off today... being close to some bigger ports I´ve first thought the carrier could make it and we would only damage the ship but then torp two and torp three hit home which made me think the ship would be in severe trouble... hearing the sound for a ship sunk right after this attack I was sure the carrier was down...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/14/2011 1:37:29 PM)
what first looked like to be a not so great turn for us turned out to be an excellent day in war as we sink the next Japanese carrier... the enemy lost three fleet carriers (one bombed, the other two sunk by subs), the Allied lost one (bombed) with another halve dozen CVE (bombed) though... [image]local://upfiles/13774/6997CB6237934342A08B5EBEE238B3AA.jpg[/image]

PaxMondo -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/14/2011 1:57:28 PM)
Actually, I read your results and think you were lucky to have such low losses. If you need to know why, read up on the Eastern Front air battles. Once you understand why the P-39 and Me109 were dominate and the FW190 was a lousy fighter there and why the FW190 was a great fighter on the Western Front, you will understand your losses above. I have to say I am amazed at the depth in the air combat model. I did not expect it (obviously by your results above) so many things. Kudo's to the dev team. In spite of your rantings, good AAR. Learning a lot reading it. Thanks for sharing ....

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/14/2011 3:22:45 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PaxMondo Actually, I read your results and think you were lucky to have such low losses. If you need to know why, read up on the Eastern Front air battles. Once you understand why the P-39 and Me109 were dominate and the FW190 was a lousy fighter there and why the FW190 was a great fighter on the Western Front, you will understand your losses above. I have to say I am amazed at the depth in the air combat model. I did not expect it (obviously by your results above) so many things. Kudo's to the dev team. In spite of your rantings, good AAR. Learning a lot reading it. Thanks for sharing .... I get your point, which seems to be about the low altitude, well, how do you explain the March 10 turn which was also fought at 6000ft? I´m glad there were two examples that had both sides suffering the same fate (insane losses without inflicting any damage) and if 6000 ft was such an advantage for the Japanese against the 3.5:1 outnumbering Lightnings, it would have also been for the Japanese on their sweep, where the losses were even worse, while they even had better fighters.

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/15/2011 11:05:17 AM)
The Corsair losses today were severe but I´m sure CV Katsuragi is sunk. The carrier went down with a daitai of A6M5c which is quite a step forward for IJN carrier based fighters as it carries a punch compared to the A6M5, the c isn´t produced yet though. I can only hope that the 93 aircraft sunk with the carrier are partially FOW because this would be quite a lot of aircraft on such a carrier. Isn´t the normal loadout something around 67? [image]local://upfiles/13774/0DF15164C35448A68CD34CBC18D37292.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/15/2011 11:17:22 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 15, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Daito Shoto at 101,67 Japanese Ships PB Taian Maru Allied Ships SS Scorpion SS Scorpion is sighted by escort Scorpion diving deep .... PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Vigan at 78,73 [image]local://upfiles/13774/4FFA5934144F4B55ADEBA789697BC029.jpg[/image] Japanese Ships BB Musashi, Torpedo hits 1 BB Yamato DD Hibiki DD Akatsuki DD Hayashimo DD Kosukaze DD Uruyuke DD Oboro DD Amagiri Allied Ships SS Whale SS Whale launches 6 torpedoes at BB Musashi DD Kosukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Uruyuke fails to find sub and abandons search DD Oboro fails to find sub and abandons search DD Amagiri fails to find sub and abandons search DD Kosukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kosukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub the enemy fleet did a full speed run South, probably to get away from my subs around Formosa... well, Musashi ended up in front of the torp tubes of a sub patrolling off the Northern Philipines and is hit by a single MK-14... while not reported on fire or heavily damaged, I still think the hit wasn´t FOW and the BB should be damaged as Rainer´s comment about it wasn´t that bright... a carrier sunk yesterday and one of the beast sisters hit today is the morale boost the silent service needs... it makes me again think on the use though, perhaps I should concentrate all my subs closer to the land front as this would keep enemy ASW forces away from them and the subs would only operate against the enemy fleet if it intervenes... it would also mean though that we would stop any attacks on the enemy merchant fleet... with more and more modern E flooding the Seas we have to make a decision soon... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Balabac at 70,80 Japanese Ships DD Yayoi Allied Ships SS Gabilan SS Gabilan launches 4 torpedoes at DD Yayoi DD Yayoi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yayoi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yayoi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yayoi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yayoi fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 18 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 4 N1K1-J George x 6 Ki-84a Frank x 5 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 18 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38J Lightning: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 7 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet CAP engaged: 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes 341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes love the way the sweeps look like... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 46,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 1 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 18 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet CAP engaged: 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 47,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 100 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 6 destroyed on ground F1M2 Pete: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged Japanese ground losses: 13 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 14 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 197 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb at least the three partially sweeps went in in front of the bombers, even though the B-24 could have dealt with the meager Cap on their own too... we also torch damaged Zekes on the ground... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 42 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 81 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 15 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 26 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb Butuan is 100% damaged for sure... I really want to convince the Japanese not to station anymore aircraft on Mindanao in future... this has worked pretty well at all the other places in range earlier but it seems Rainer is not wanting to give up Mindanao so that´s where he drew the line obviously... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 15 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 11 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 27 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 7 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses No Allied losses Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 45,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 17 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 7 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet 5 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet 5 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 47,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 74 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 25 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet 24 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet 25 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet it´s so lovely... there you go with three squadrons being combined on a sweep, but they come in after the bombers, even though the P-47 are coming from the closest base... it is what it is... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hue , at 66,64 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 2 Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 6 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 9 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 75 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 2 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38H Lightning: 3 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 25 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet 7 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet 13 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet CAP engaged: 33rd Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes 50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 36740. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes 286 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes we also sweep Hue from Hanoi to engage leaking Cap from the base South of it and are amazed by three P-38 squadron actually joining up in this attack... the result wasn´t so amazing as the enemy was diving on the incoming squadrons for quite some time which is quite interesting with a pre warning time of 8 minutes and the majority of the Cap being set to 6000ft... despite the fact that the enemy can´t even reach the Lightnings but that´s the old question about it anyway... it was a pretty even fight in the end with a big number of Lightnings damaged as usual...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/15/2011 11:19:46 AM)
If we can get 1:1 kill rates with our Lightnings on sweeps then that´s many times the best we can get out of them. This with them being flying circusses. Guess we have to shift over the work to Corsairs and P-47. [image]local://upfiles/13774/8EE2B93755FD441EA7A44FA1D6EF6999.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/17/2011 11:58:59 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 16, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Vigan at 78,73 Japanese Ships DD Hatakaze DD Tatsukaze DD Asanagi Allied Ships SS Whale SS Whale is sighted by escort Whale diving deep .... DD Tatsukaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Asanagi attacking submerged sub .... DD Asanagi cannot establish contact with SS Whale SS Whale eludes DD Asanagi by diving deep DD Asanagi loses contact with SS Whale DD Asanagi cannot establish contact with SS Whale DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Asanagi attacking submerged sub .... DD Asanagi cannot reach attack position over SS Whale DD Asanagi cannot establish contact with SS Whale DD Asanagi cannot reach attack position over SS Whale SS Whale eludes DD Asanagi by diving deep DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Soc Trang at 61,78 Japanese Ships PB Saiko Maru, Torpedo hits 3, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Gudgeon SS Gudgeon launches 4 torpedoes lonely PB is blown out of the water... amazingly, this PB was hit by a torp two days ago and was still afloat... [X(] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Groot Natoena at 62,80 Japanese Ships DD Tagonami DD Suruyame Allied Ships SS Jack, hits 4 SS Jack launches 6 torpedoes at DD Tagonami DD Suruyame attacking submerged sub .... DD Suruyame attacking submerged sub .... DD Suruyame fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Suruyame fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Suruyame fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 66,74 Japanese Ships E No.10 E No.9 Allied Ships SS Plunger, hits 5 SS Plunger is sighted by escort Plunger diving deep .... E No.10 fails to find sub and abandons search E No.9 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.9 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.9 attacking submerged sub .... E No.9 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.9 attacking submerged sub .... E No.9 attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub only near misses this time... lucky Plunger... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 66,75 Japanese Ships E No.3 E No.10 E No.9 Allied Ships SS Pogy SS Pogy launches 6 torpedoes at E No.3 E No.10 fails to find sub and abandons search E No.9 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.9 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.9 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.9 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.9 attacking submerged sub .... E No.9 is out of ASW ammo E No.9 is out of ASW ammo E No.9 is out of ASW ammo Escort abandons search for sub Pogy benefits from the E being low on ammo... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 64,73 Japanese Ships DD Matsukaze E Ukishima AO Ashizuri AO Shioya TK Azuchisan Maru TK Namba Maru TK Kinmon Maru TK Fukko Maru E Takashima E Hoko Allied Ships SS Guardfish SS Guardfish launches 6 torpedoes at DD Matsukaze Guardfish diving deep .... DD Matsukaze fails to find sub and abandons search E Takashima fails to find sub and abandons search E Hoko attacking submerged sub .... E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub not so great day for the subs again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 35 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 45 Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 75 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 2 destroyed Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 3 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 25 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet * 7 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet * 10 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet * CAP engaged: S-601 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 27 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41000 , scrambling fighters between 37000 and 41010. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes 59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIb Tojo (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 37 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 36740. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes wow, we get three full squadrons in one sweep... so far so good... what wasn´t good for us was the fact that we didn´t have the dive for a single second... ok, nothing new since radar has been working, nevertheless hard to understand... no dive, means for every shot that scores on the Japanese, they score three times on our aircraft, resulting in two dozen P-47 being damaged, lots of them crashing on the way home... if the Allied ac don´t get the dive, the Japanese fighters are always superior to ours... thank god they only carry peashooters and even the George seems to have problem to down a Thud... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 4 N1K1-J George x 18 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 23 Ki-84a Frank x 4 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 13 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 3 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1A Corsair: 3 destroyed CAP engaged: 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes 341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes S-601 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 10 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 41000 , scrambling fighters between 25000 and 41000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes 59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIb Tojo (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 16 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 23000 and 32000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes then some Corsairs show up that do very well during the initial dive but where terribly shot up afterwards with none returning without damage... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Davao at 79,91 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 44,010 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 2 N1K1-J George x 18 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 9 Ki-84a Frank x 3 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 8 x N1K1-J George sweeping at 41010 feet the Japanese bombers obviously weren´t able to get to the target, even though it´s near their own base... the plan wasn´t to directly attack Davao with our airforce today but to have a naval bombardment during the night first... this time it was my fault as I´ve screwed up the settings, the TF was set to "patrol do not retire" which of course means the bombardment is going to happen AFTER all the airstrikes during the day... it also means the TF was in high danger of being sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 2 N1K1-J George x 17 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 11 Ki-84a Frank x 3 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 68 B-25D1 Mitchell x 27 F4U-1A Corsair x 26 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged N1K1-J George: 3 destroyed on ground Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 2 destroyed on ground Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged B-25D1 Mitchell: 5 damaged F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 32 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 87 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters between 23000 and 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 3000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers S-601 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 41000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers 59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIb Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 31000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (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 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes here´s the first bomber strike, the bombers did more damage to the enemy fighters than the escorting Corsairs... many of them were shot up by the Cap again, P-47 and Corsair losses were again horrible in the end... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 1 N1K1-J George x 6 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 1 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 31 F4U-1A Corsair x 23 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed Airbase hits 6 Runway hits 68 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes S-601 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers 59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIb Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 1 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 1 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 30 F4U-1A Corsair x 39 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 damaged Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 45 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 1 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet * 4 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet * CAP engaged: 341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes 59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIb Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 16 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 23 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 11 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 3 damaged Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Runway hits 16 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb at least the escorts were escorting the strikes at the beginning, not coming in at the end when the bombers were shot up and the enemy Cap out of ammo... Davao is closed but we paid the price for it... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Davao at 79,91 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-51, hits 7, heavy damage Allied Ships CA Sussex CL Nashville DD Aaron Ward DD Hobby DD Barton DD Farenholt DD Lardner SSX Ha-51 is sighted by escort Ha-51 bottoming out .... DD Hobby fails to find sub and abandons search DD Barton fails to find sub and abandons search DD Farenholt fails to find sub and abandons search DD Lardner fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Lardner attacking submerged sub .... Sounds of submarine breaking up detected! Escort abandons search for sub Rainer still uses his midget subs in PT manner as he seems to try to defend his bases with them... didn´t work at Rabaul, doesn´t work here... can midget subs even attack like a normal sub? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Davao at 79,91 Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground Allied Ships CA Sussex CA Canberra CA Australia CA Shropshire CL Nashville Japanese ground losses: 83 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Manpower hits 2 Resources hits 1 Fires 408 Airbase hits 9 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 92 Port hits 15 Port fuel hits 3 CA Sussex firing at Davao CA Canberra firing at Davao CA Australia firing at 52nd/B Division CA Shropshire firing at Davao CL Nashville firing at 54th/A Division not bad bombardment considering the fact that there were no spotter float planes as the FP were ordered to recon at night... screwing up the retire setting for the ships has cost us quite some aircraft today... [image]local://upfiles/13774/1B1FA812BC774963B39C57695A42D015.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Davao at 79,91 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-52 Allied Ships CA Sussex CA Australia CL Nashville DD Nicholson DD Hobby DD Barton DD Farenholt DD Lardner SSX Ha-52 is sighted by escort DD Hobby fails to find sub and abandons search DD Barton fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Farenholt fails to find sub and abandons search DD Lardner fails to find sub and abandons search Escort abandons search for sub another midget was spotted but it got away... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Culion at 73,77 Japanese Ships SC Ch 51 SC Ch 15 TK Toshikawa Maru TK Kyokuyo Maru TK Rokkosan Maru TK Jinzan Maru TK Noshiro Maru E W-1 E Susuki PB Hirota Maru Allied Ships SS Devilfish SS Devilfish is sighted by escort E W-1 fails to find sub and abandons search E Susuki fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Hirota Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... E Susuki fails to find sub and abandons search PB Hirota Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Hirota Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Hirota Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Hirota Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/17/2011 12:03:18 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 17, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Catanduanes at 83,81 Japanese Ships E No.14 E No.18 Allied Ships SS Flier, hits 17, heavy damage SS Flier is located by E No.14 E No.18 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.14 fails to find sub and abandons search E No.18 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.18 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.18 attacking submerged sub .... E No.18 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.18 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub we meet another super E TF, the sub is in sinking condition due to very high sys damage... 51 sys 56 flt... hardly a chance to make port... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Sangi at 76,97 Japanese Ships SS I-174, hits 21, heavy damage Allied Ships CA Sussex CL Nashville DD Aaron Ward DD Hobby DD Barton DD Farenholt DD Lardner SS I-174 is sighted by escort DD Hobby fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Barton fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Farenholt fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Lardner fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hobby fails to find sub and abandons search DD Barton fails to find sub and abandons search DD Farenholt fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Lardner attacking submerged sub .... DD Farenholt attacking submerged sub .... DD Lardner attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub we take revenge as the nav bombardment TF that lobbed some shells into Davao engages a sub on it´s way to Manado... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Balabac at 70,80 Japanese Ships E No.3 E No.10 Allied Ships SS Gabilan, hits 4 SS Gabilan launches 4 torpedoes at E No.3 Gabilan diving deep .... E No.10 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.10 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.10 attacking submerged sub .... E No.10 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.10 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 4 near misses... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 3 N1K1-J George x 6 Ki-84a Frank x 5 Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 22 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 15 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet * CAP engaged: 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes 341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 Raid is overhead 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes not sure these fighters are really stationed at Davao, guess that´s leaking Cap or LRCAP... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 80 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 1 N1K1-J George x 4 Ki-84a Frank x 1 Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 3 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 1 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet * CAP engaged: 341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (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 41010 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes this single squadron is all that flew today and it wasn´t able to fly as a whole, just as we are used to... the P-47 did very well though... [image]local://upfiles/13774/C5616A8A5A0443838630B769842F260C.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/17/2011 12:09:52 PM)
the current intel screen. Aircraft losses roughly being 1.5:1 in favour of the Allied, mostly due to as many op losses as the Japanese but these are coming from nearly twice as many sorties, while most sorties are training flights of numerous training squadrons on the map (guess nearly halve of my airforce is commited to training). The enemy long overtook us in shipping losses, both in the number of ships and in points. While I´m not happy with what these super E achieved in the last weeks (it get´s far worse as the game is three weeks ahead of the AAR) I have to admit that the subs have been highly succesful against the IJN up to 44 as most enemy ships lost were victims of our subs. Needless to say that our subs account for two IJN fleet carriers sunk (that were undamaged) while only one was sunk by my carriers. Ground losses still look very bad, even though we´ve destroyed a couple of hundred thousand enemy troops already. Guess the enemy has lost equally or more troops in total already but Allied troops are worth more in victory points. [image]local://upfiles/13774/A1F98743F3B34E7A869D48AAE369F7CE.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/17/2011 12:21:08 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 18, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Taytay at 71,77 Japanese Ships DD Tatsukaze DD Hatakaze DD Asanagi Allied Ships SS Grayling SS Grayling is located by DD Tatsukaze Grayling diving deep .... DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Taytay at 72,77 Japanese Ships DD Hatakaze DD Tatsukaze DD Asanagi Allied Ships SS Grayling, hits 1 SS Grayling is located by DD Hatakaze Grayling diving deep .... DD Tatsukaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Asanagi fails to find sub and abandons search DD Tatsukaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Tatsukaze cannot establish contact with SS Grayling DD Tatsukaze loses contact with SS Grayling DD Tatsukaze cannot establish contact with SS Grayling DD Tatsukaze cannot reach attack position over SS Grayling DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tatsukaze attacking submerged sub .... SS Grayling eludes DD Tatsukaze by diving deep SS Grayling eludes ASW attack from DD Tatsukaze SS Grayling eludes ASW attack from DD Tatsukaze DD Tatsukaze cannot establish contact with SS Grayling DD Tatsukaze loses contact with SS Grayling SS Grayling eludes DD Tatsukaze by diving deep DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub the new E classes are at least three times more a threat than enemy DD... wonder if this can be right... if the E would have equal experience they probably would be 10 times more effective... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Shikuka at 126,45 Japanese Ships PB Hakkaisan Maru PB Keinan Maru xAK Sumiyoshi Maru xAK Kirisima Maru Allied Ships SS Pilotfish SS Pilotfish launches 6 torpedoes at PB Hakkaisan Maru Pilotfish diving deep .... PB Hakkaisan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Hakkaisan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Hakkaisan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Hakkaisan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Hakkaisan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Culion at 73,77 Japanese Ships DD Oite DD Hatakaze DD Tatsukaze DD Asanagi Allied Ships SS Grayling, hits 5 SS Grayling launches 4 torpedoes at DD Oite DD Tatsukaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Tatsukaze is out of ASW ammo DD Tatsukaze is out of ASW ammo DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Asanagi attacking submerged sub .... DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub and abandons search DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Asanagi attacking submerged sub .... DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Grayling then is hit and retires with 23 sys 49 flt, no danger of sinking... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Kai-eilanden at 81,116 Japanese Ships SS I-16 Allied Ships APD Herbert xAP Wanaka xAP Sirsa xAKL Mexican xAKL Georgian APD Dickerson APD Noa APD Overton SS I-16 launches 6 torpedoes at APD Herbert APD Dickerson fails to find sub and abandons search APD Noa fails to find sub and abandons search APD Overton fails to find sub, continues to search... APD Overton fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Kai-eilanden at 81,116 Japanese Ships SS I-16, hits 4 Allied Ships APD Herbert xAP Wanaka xAP Sirsa xAKL Mexican xAKL Georgian APD Dickerson APD Noa APD Overton SS I-16 launches 6 torpedoes at APD Herbert I-16 diving deep .... APD Dickerson fails to find sub and abandons search APD Noa attacking submerged sub .... APD Overton fails to find sub and abandons search APD Noa fails to find sub, continues to search... APD Noa fails to find sub, continues to search... APD Noa fails to find sub, continues to search... APD Noa fails to find sub, continues to search... APD Noa fails to find sub, continues to search... APD Noa fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Herbert is attacked twice but both salvoes missed... lucky ship... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 4 N1K1-J George x 5 Ki-84a Frank x 9 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38J Lightning: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 8 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet * CAP engaged: 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes 341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes we´ve ordered attacks on Davao again as we want to take out damaged aircraft on the ground... we start of with Lightning sweeps that look as silly as most times as they neither fly together nor as whole squadrons... if someone thinks it´s ok that squadrons fly alone most of the time, well, then be it. But if he thinks squadrons should lose formation all the time and shouldn´t be able to arrive as a squadron most of the time too, then I really pity him... no dive means the P-38 have a very bad day again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 1 N1K1-J George x 1 Ki-84a Frank x 3 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 16 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet * CAP engaged: 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes 341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes same here, we end up with lots of damaged Lightnings... attacking a base with radar is too costly for us, no matter at which alt we´re coming in and no matter how many fighters we send, as these usually show up in bits and pieces anyway so your 3:1 numerical superiority soon ends up being a 1:2 numerical disadvantage... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 1 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 118 F4U-1A Corsair x 39 PV-1 Ventura x 61 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed N1K1-J George: 5 destroyed on ground Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 3 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 6 damaged PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged Japanese ground losses: 14 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 18 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 220 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 13 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet * 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 13 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet * CAP engaged: 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 33000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes then a mega strike shows up over the airfield and torches one and a halve dozen aircraft that were sitting damaged on the field... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 13 PV-1 Ventura x 12 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 4 damaged Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 5 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 25 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 25 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 33 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 4 damaged Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Runway hits 34 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 25 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 14 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 32 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 damaged Runway hits 9 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 11 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 12 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 9 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 12 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged Airbase hits 7 Runway hits 17 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 19 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses No Allied losses Runway hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged Runway hits 17 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb a hell a lot dispersed strikes followed the main strike... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 17 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 7 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet * 5 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet * 5 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet * three squadrons, all three lost 20% of their fighters on the way to target but these then joined up together, all arriving after the bombers... yeah, this has to work well, especially as it happens on and on and on and on... this has nothing to do with realism, no, sorry, it hasn´t... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet * and the main part of the third squadron... love it... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 2nd RGC Route Brigade, at 76,58 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 22 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 22 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet attempt to draw leaking Cap... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 2nd RGC Route Brigade, at 76,58 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 44 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 22 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet 22 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet [image]local://upfiles/13774/B07E53A2ECBC4973BE48B48C1CB36163.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/17/2011 12:29:24 PM)
Also interesting this turn, KB was spotted again. Amazingly not near Mindanao or the Philipines but heading to Soerabaja. This is surprising as there can´t be any doubt that the Allied are directly aiming at Mindanao or Eastern Borneo now so having KB at the wrong side of Borneo is placing it in quite a bad position IMO. Wattambone isn´t a level 9 airfield yet (currently 8) but that´s easily big enough to cover our left flank so I highly doubt that KB will sprint East through the strait between Southern Borneo and Celebes. Needless to say that if KB would do that and would end up North or North East of Wattambone it would also end up in range of Manado´s level 9 airfield with a couple of hundred bombers and fighters waiting to be sent out. A pity we´re still in preparation of our invasion of Mindanao, it would have been cool to have my invasion going in in the next two days. The carrier fleet is undergoing repairs at Darwin as lots of ships accumulated quite some sys and engine damage, this will still take around one and a halve weeks. To be honest, I´m not sure what Rainer is up to with KB in this area but it would suit me well if the enemy carriers would stay there. [image]local://upfiles/13774/B65BBDA383974DCEA3500111C2147DB1.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/17/2011 12:38:32 PM)
Great news today, we´ve received the first operational B-29 squadron. Within the next couple of weeks we are going to receive around a hundred B-29 in squadrons of 7 bombers each. These squadrons will be downgraded to Havocs and used as training squadrons, relieving some 12 and 16 aircraft squadrons for frontline duty. These small squadron don´t seem to be really suitable for the frontline due to the stacking limits. Place 56 of these bombers at a level 8!! airfield and without an air HQ you´ve reached the admin stacking already so every fighter squadron to protect the base would result in overstacking already. Guess the B-29 won´t be employed within the next two months and then we are probably stationing them in China as this is the only area from where we can reach vital areas of the enemy. The only level 9 airfield in China is Chungking though, Sian is being built up but is only a level 5 yet. From Chungking we can reach Western Korea for example but from Sian we could reach this area with full bomb load. I´m going to upgrade the best bomber squadrons to use the B-29 as they are going to be real precious, 18 per month are coming out of the factories starting in April. As soon as we´re going to fly the first attacks, I´m sure the enemy will have to take back a couple of hundred fighters to protect his industry in Korea and Western Japan or he has to accept it being whiped out completely. It sure will be interesting. [:D] [image]local://upfiles/13774/C9A1A1AC55A1405FACDA721A961DB3B1.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/19/2011 10:44:59 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 19, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 66,74 Japanese Ships E No.10 E No.9 Allied Ships SS Muskallunge Captain of SS Muskallunge elects not to launch torpedoes at this target Muskallunge diving deep .... E No.10 fails to find sub and abandons search E No.9 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.9 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.9 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.9 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.9 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.9 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub better not to attack the super E... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Biak , at 87,110 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 18 P1Y1 Frances x 34 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses P1Y1 Frances: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses Allied ground losses: 28 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 16 Aircraft Attacking: 34 x P1Y1 Frances bombing from 9000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb surprise attack out of Babeldoab at extended range... got no fighters at Biak as the base is totally unimportant but there is a Catalina squadron and some recons... bombs did no damage... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 4 N1K1-J George x 5 Ki-84a Frank x 9 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 67 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 3 destroyed, 6 damaged Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 29 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 2 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes 341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes the Liberators come in without any escorts... sounds good, there are only some 400 fighters available... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 1 N1K1-J George x 4 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 21 Japanese aircraft losses H6K5 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes 341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (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 41010 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 1 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 38 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 23 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 14 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 13 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 11 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses No Allied losses Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 7 No Allied losses Runway hits 9 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb all bombers flew (in the usual piece meal strikes after one bigger main strike) but not a single fighter took off, reason "unknown"... [8\|][>:] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 64,73 Japanese Ships xAK Pacific Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage xAK Siberia Maru xAK Kyoto Maru xAK Mitimei Maru xAK Eihuku Maru SC CHa-63 SC CHa-60 SC CHa-52 Allied Ships SS Ray SS Ray launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Pacific Maru Ray diving deep .... SC CHa-63 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-60 fails to find sub and abandons search SC CHa-52 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-63 fails to find sub and abandons search SC CHa-52 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-52 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-52 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-52 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-52 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-52 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub one of the rare sub kills lately... KB is now parking at Soerabaja... 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castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/19/2011 11:55:36 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 20, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 15 encounters mine field at 49,90 Japanese Ships PB Aoi Maru xAKL Hachirogata Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage 2 mines cleared minefield laid by Argonaut one hex NE of Palembang... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 135 encounters mine field at 49,90 Japanese Ships E Kamome, Mine hits 1, heavy damage TK Matsushima Maru, Mine hits 1, heavy fires TK Otoriyama Maru, Mine hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage first time it really paid off for me to use a sub minelayer... considering the low supply of mines for Argonaut, we can do one mission every six WEEKS... same with air dropped mines, use them a couple of times and you run out of the 150 Mk13 per month in no time, a real minelaying operation isn´t possible IMO but this can be changed in the editor easily if wished for a new PBEM... heavy fires probably means that both tankers were full of fuel when hitting the mines so they could be in serious trouble now... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cotabato , at 78,90 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 21 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 21 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet attempt to draw leaking Cap... enemy fighters stationed at Malaybatay now (mountain base North of Davao, level 2 airfield)... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 46,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 4 N1K1-J George x 5 Ki-84a Frank x 9 Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 17 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 4 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet * CAP engaged: 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes and these fighters leak to Davao here... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cotabato , at 78,90 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 47,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 25 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 25 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 1 N1K1-J George x 1 Ki-84a Frank x 4 Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 17 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 13 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet * CAP engaged: 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (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 6000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 37500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes 341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters to 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes while it looks like as if the P-47 have done quite well, they haven´t as they lacked the dive due to the enemy having radar which makes the strato sweep (or any other alt setting) pretty much senseless as the enemy still gets the dive due to having radar... we had so many P-47 damaged that we lose 7 of them in the end, achieving a 1.5:1 kill rate at best... while having a numerical superiority as usual, it just doesn´t matter if you don´t get your fighters over the target at the same time... thought numerical superiority would have been one of the big advantages you could have in real life... well, real life... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cotabato , at 78,90 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 48,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 25 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 25 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Zamboanga , at 75,89 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 72 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 7 damaged Japanese ground losses: 20 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 21 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 128 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb great result for the Venturas... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Zamboanga , at 75,89 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 13 Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 20 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cotabato , at 78,90 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 3 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 48,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 1 Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 4 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 1 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet * 2 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet * CAP engaged: 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 34440. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes [8\|][8\|] [image]local://upfiles/13774/DBAFC36F4E7D45A6B8BDE41CD1182042.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/19/2011 12:12:08 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 21, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Groot Natoena at 61,83 Japanese Ships TK Ryoei Maru, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage SC Ch 12 SC Ch 4 TK Mirii Maru PB Muroran Maru PB Myoken Maru Allied Ships SS Grayback SS Grayback launches 6 torpedoes at TK Ryoei Maru Grayback diving deep .... PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub and abandons search PB Myoken Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Myoken Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Myoken Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Myoken Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Myoken Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub nice one... I wouldn´t send tanker convoys around without E escorts... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 39 encounters mine field at 49,90 Japanese Ships AMc Fuji Maru #4 AMc Wa 19 AMc Wa 5 AMc Wa 4 25 mines cleared Rainer kept minesweepers at Palembang so Argonaut´s minefield was a one shot weapon that scored yesterday... when thinking a bit more about it I wonder if the total number of available mines aren´t by far too low because when thinking about the mine laying campaign later in the war, the mines dropped by aircraft were dropped in big numbers and the enemy didn´t get a nice combat report every time some bombers laid mines somewhere and the Japanese had severe problem actually clearing the mines, this if they actually found them... in the game you can use one mine layer sub every 6th week and if you use a hundred bombers three or four times you end up dropping halve a year´s Mk13 pool for no result probably because the enemy gets a nice combat report and if there aren´t convoys going in the same day, all the mines are cleared easily by some mine sweepers... works the same for both sides of course, no idea how many mines the Japanese got, probably even fewer if you have to compare it to the Allied and their mine use in real life... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 64,77 Japanese Ships xAK Teihoku Maru LSD Shinshu Maru AK Ayatosan Maru AK Awazisan Maru AK Arima Maru AK Kaga Maru AK Sado Maru xAK Igasa Maru xAK Santos Maru xAK Eiko Maru #2 xAK Bunzan Maru xAK Tsukuba Maru xAK Kokai Maru xAK Kimishima Maru xAK Fushimi Maru PB Shonon Maru #10 Allied Ships SS Raton SS Raton launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Teihoku Maru PB Shonon Maru #10 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Shonon Maru #10 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Shonon Maru #10 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Shonon Maru #10 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Shonon Maru #10 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub missed... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 65,75 Japanese Ships E No.10 E No.9 Allied Ships SS Ray, hits 10, heavy damage SS Ray is located by E No.10 Ray diving deep .... E No.10 attacking submerged sub .... E No.9 fails to find sub and abandons search E No.10 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.10 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.10 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.10 attacking submerged sub .... Large oil slick appears over area of attack! Escort abandons search for sub and the super E score again... sub confirmed sunk... [8\|] two of them are enough to whipe out a whole sub fleet in an area of 10x10 hexes... same as my tests without the ASW mortar showed, the sub was again hit and sunk by several Type 2 depth charges of those 12 DC patterns... these ships are absolutely overpowered, achieving the same performance as Allied DDs, while having crappy crew experience... there is something seriously wrong, these ships didn´t whipe out the US submarine fleet in 44, no problem for them in the game... the PBEM is ahead another two and a halve weeks, enemy super E have sunk serval subs in the weeks to come... within the next three months we will have to withdraw all subs from areas outside our LBA... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Groot Natoena at 61,84 Japanese Ships E Hatsukari E Tomozuru Allied Ships SS Scamp, hits 1 SS Scamp is located by E Hatsukari Scamp diving deep .... E Tomozuru fails to find sub and abandons search E Hatsukari fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hatsukari attacking submerged sub .... E Hatsukari fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hatsukari fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hatsukari attacking submerged sub .... E Hatsukari fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub these "old" E are by far not comparable with the 14 ASW super E... 13 Type 2 DC and an ASW mortar (with wrong stats in this PBEM but it´s not the mortar that kills the subs, nor does the mortar achieve more hits than the depth charges - it´s 100% the same if you test this with E having no mortar at all, as this is what I´ve done)... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 4 N1K1-J George x 7 Ki-84a Frank x 9 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 18 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 3 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 10 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet CAP engaged: 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes 341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes the enemy had the dive but only for a very short period when it changed over to the Corsairs... result is obvious... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 1 Ki-84a Frank x 1 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 18 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 17 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet CAP engaged: 341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters to 33000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 34440. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet usually it´s enough to send one or max two squadrons to clear the sky and if you hope to see more than one coming in in each strike you are hopeless anyway in 98% of the time... [image]local://upfiles/13774/4571213FFC4B496494E72CEC73416A42.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Groot Natoena at 61,84 Japanese Ships E Yomogi, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage E Tomozuru Allied Ships SS Scamp SS Scamp launches 6 torpedoes at E Yomogi Scamp diving deep .... E Tomozuru fails to find sub, continues to search... E Tomozuru fails to find sub, continues to search... E Tomozuru fails to find sub, continues to search... E Tomozuru fails to find sub, continues to search... E Tomozuru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub we even kill an old E today... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 103,68 Japanese Ships xAK Kosei Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage SC Ch 48 xAK Kinmo Maru xAK Sansho Maru PB Kaiun Maru Allied Ships SS Redfin Japanese ground losses: 39 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled SS Redfin launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Kosei Maru Redfin diving deep .... PB Kaiun Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kaiun Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kaiun Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kaiun Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kaiun Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub and a troop carrier is sent to the fish... a tanker, a freighter and an old E for one sub sunk today...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/19/2011 12:36:16 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 22, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 64,73 Japanese Ships E No.1 E No.10 E No.9 Allied Ships SS Guitarro SS Guitarro launches 6 torpedoes at E No.1 Guitarro diving deep .... E No.10 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.9 fails to find sub and abandons search E No.10 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.10 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.10 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.10 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub lucky Guitarro, this is close to suicide... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Malaybalay , at 80,90 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 13 N1K1-J George x 24 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 45 [&o][&o][&o] F4U-1A Corsair x 36 [&o][&o][&o] Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed N1K1-J George: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38J Lightning: 2 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet CAP engaged: 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 2 on standby, 10 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 27000 and 32000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes 341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 18 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters between 25000 and 41000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes we see Lightning and Corsair squadrons joining in a sweep on Malaybatay, at least that´s what you think on the first sight... well, it´s the stupid bug again that the Lightnings set to escort show up in EVERY combat happening over the base... no display glitch, it´s just another bug... the Lightnings did most of the fighting here, while not doing bad, many of them were damaged... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Malaybalay , at 80,90 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 30 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 4 N1K1-J George x 5 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 35 F4U-1A Corsair x 54 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet 18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet 10 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet 4 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet * 10 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet * 9 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet * CAP engaged: 341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 4000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes and the same Lightnings... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Malaybalay , at 80,90 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 1 N1K1-J George x 1 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 124 P-38J Lightning x 34 F4U-1A Corsair x 36 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 28 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 25 Airbase supply hits 17 Runway hits 324 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet * 12 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet * 9 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet * 8 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet CAP engaged: 341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters to 2000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 2000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes same Lightnings again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Malaybalay , at 80,90 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 1 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 16 P-38J Lightning x 33 F4U-1A Corsair x 18 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 22 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet * 12 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet * 9 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet * CAP engaged: 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes and again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Malaybalay , at 80,90 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 P-38J Lightning x 33 F4U-1A Corsair x 17 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 37 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet * 12 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet * 9 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet * here they are again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Malaybalay , at 80,90 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 15 P-38J Lightning x 33 F4U-1A Corsair x 17 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 35 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet * 12 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet * 9 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet * and another time... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Malaybalay , at 80,90 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 16 P-38J Lightning x 33 F4U-1A Corsair x 17 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 37 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet * 12 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet * 9 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet * and again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Malaybalay , at 80,90 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 P-38J Lightning x 33 F4U-1A Corsair x 17 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 21 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet * 12 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet * 9 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet * again... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Malaybalay , at 80,90 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 P-38J Lightning x 33 F4U-1A Corsair x 17 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Runway hits 31 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet * 12 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet * 9 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet * again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Malaybalay , at 80,90 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 45,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 39 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 75 F4U-1A Corsair x 17 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 13 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet 11 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet * 25 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet 25 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet 25 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet 12 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet * 9 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet * these were other squadrons coming with the P-47 from another base... besides that all the bomber strikes looked totally silly and besides that the closest base got it´s sweep (the one above) coming in after the bombers yet again I really wonder if I´m the only one that strike such things as these Lightnings doing 10 escort missions a day... [8\|] there aren´t that many Lightnings at my base(s), they aren´t set on LRCAP (and if they would, they wouldn´t get halve of the aircraft you see over the target), they are all set on escort with the target assigned (to avoid them not flying at all or flying somewhere else because the routine is so smart)... with the result of them flying escort with every piece meal strike which they clearly shouldn´t... and like I´ve said before a couple of times already, this is not a display glitch because these fighters are actually fighting if the enemy is showing up... same goes for the 17 Corsairs in each of the last strikes, this is the same squadron all the time because I didn´t have that many Corsairs ordered to sweep/escort (or even in range of) Malaybatay... [8\|] as I´m not seen as more than an annoyance I won´t bring this up outside of the AAR, perhaps I´m posting a smiley with the date I´ve brought it up here when it finally is brought up on the mainforum as an accepted bug... this is nice to read then when I´m told I wouldn´t know what is going on in the game and I´m still in the process of learning... as it was the same with pre Cap flak, search archs, land based radar, etc... heck, I must be one stupid bastard... [image]local://upfiles/13774/7603E62620CC4212BB2199F927FD84B6.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Pescadores at 85,62 Japanese Ships AO Kyokuto Maru DD Asagiri E Omae AO Kyuko AO Shiriya AO Ondo TK Nisshin Maru #2 DD Mochizuki DD Mikazuki Allied Ships SS Steelhead SS Steelhead launches 6 torpedoes at AO Kyokuto Maru Steelhead diving deep .... DD Mochizuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Mikazuki attacking submerged sub .... DD Mochizuki attacking submerged sub .... DD Mikazuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Mochizuki fails to find sub and abandons search DD Mikazuki attacking submerged sub .... DD Mikazuki is out of ASW ammo DD Mikazuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Mikazuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Mikazuki attacking submerged sub .... DD Mikazuki is out of ASW ammo DD Mikazuki is out of ASW ammo DD Mikazuki is out of ASW ammo Escort abandons search for sub sub missed and enemy DD ran low on depth charges... we not fear DD, we fear E...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/19/2011 12:46:14 PM)
KB is now sitting at Brunei! [X(] Heck, three days ago the enemy was still at Soerabaja now the carriers are parking at Brunei, quite a fast move considering that the enemy is probably moving around with his CVE following his fleet carriers... wonder what he´s up to, I would have preferred to see them being stationed at Java, whatever reason Rainer had to send them there... [image]local://upfiles/13774/F747473DE5CF4A29971E20D296F25103.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/19/2011 2:39:02 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 23, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Okinoerabushima at 97,66 Japanese Ships xAK Kokuryu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage E W-27 xAK Sikisan Maru xAK Hokkai Maru xAK Kosin Maru xAK Seizan Maru xAK Toyokawa Maru xAK Aden Maru E W-33 E W-30 Allied Ships SS Dragonet SS Dragonet launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Kokuryu Maru Dragonet diving deep .... E W-33 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-33 fails to find sub and abandons search E W-30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-30 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub these E would be better off escorting tankers IMO even though they couldn´t save this freighter from being hit... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Brunei , at 65,87 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Allied aircraft PB4Y-1 Liberator x 48 Allied aircraft losses PB4Y-1 Liberator: 8 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 9 x PB4Y-1 Liberator laying Mk 13 Mine from 1000 feet 6 x PB4Y-1 Liberator laying Mk 13 Mine from 1000 feet 12 x PB4Y-1 Liberator laying Mk 13 Mine from 1000 feet 9 x PB4Y-1 Liberator laying Mk 13 Mine from 1000 feet 12 x PB4Y-1 Liberator laying Mk 13 Mine from 1000 feet Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Rainer´s reply when he sent me the turn: too late... [:D] which means the carriers left Brunei again before my bombers came to lay the mines... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Brunei , at 65,87 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Allied aircraft PB4Y-1 Liberator x 6 Allied aircraft losses PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 6 x PB4Y-1 Liberator laying Mk 13 Mine from 1000 feet Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Okinoerabushima at 97,66 Japanese Ships xAK Kokuryu Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Dragonet xAK Kokuryu Maru is sighted by SS Dragonet SS Dragonet launches 4 torpedoes Dragonet wastes another salvo on a doomed ship... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Pescadores at 85,62 Japanese Ships SC Ch 52 TK Hoshin Maru PB Spey Maru Allied Ships SS Steelhead, hits 2 Captain of SS Steelhead elects not to launch torpedoes at this target PB Spey Maru attacking submerged sub .... PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Spey Maru attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Malaybalay , at 80,90 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet enemy airfield was trashed yesterday and nothing was in the air there today... Mindanao´s airfields are all trashed at the moment and what was able to fly was flown out... quite a task to destroy Japan´s ability to base aircraft on Mindanao, some 120.000 troops (80 units) on the island with several airfields... Davao level 5, Cagayan 4, Malaybatay 2, Butuan 6, Cotabato 2 and Zamboanga 2... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Malaybalay , at 80,90 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 30 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Malaybalay , at 80,90 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 18 PV-1 Ventura x 60 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 10 damaged Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 32 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb the enemy had this airfield fully stacked and there was heavy fighting, yet there seems to be nothing left damaged there... this puzzles me...[:(] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Malaybalay , at 80,90 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 24 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 7 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 18 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Malaybalay , at 80,90 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 33 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 50 P-38J Lightning x 16 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 34 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb at least the Mitchells then torch a single George... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- and then we had this happening... Morning Air attack on TF, near Balabac at 71,86 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 409 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 14 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 destroyed, 11 damaged Japanese Ships BB Nagato CVL Shoho CVE Taiyo Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: 452 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 2 on standby, 6 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes 261 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 16 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes 265 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 18 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes S-603 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 16 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes Akagi-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 16 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 13 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 14 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes Shokaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 11 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes Zuikaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 11 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes Ryujo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 17 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes Junyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 10 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes Shoho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 11 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes Zuiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 10 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes Ryuho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 13 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes Hosho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 3 on standby, 5 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes Taiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 19 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes Unryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 16 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes Taiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 8 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes Unyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 8 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes Chuyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 8 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes before we actually saw the first raid going in we had around TWO DOZEN messages, all the same being "bombers failed to locate target due to range or weather"... KB being at Brunei I have adjusted our bombers ranges but I´ve forgotten about the majority which are my B-24 that were still set to 16 hexes nav attack... what followed wasn´t that nice to see as it meant the losses would all be for nothing... the B-24 once again proved to be the best weapon to clear the sky of enemy Cap (not saying taking them down but greatly reducing the Cap) but as there wouldn´t be any follow on strikes it would be absolutely senseless as the bombers won´t hit anything from 10000ft as they are neither nav bomb trained nor is it helpful when each of the bombers get´s damaged three times during the air combat pre bombing... no less than 20 enemy units are identified which probably means 20 enemy carriers... the first four units seem to be stationed on CVE (as these mostly don´t have own airgroups) while two of them seem to come from CVL Chitose and Chiyoda IIRC... what about that Hikotai? Aren´t Hikotais units that are bigger than Sentais? I thought it would be Chutai - Daitai - Sentai, etc? But how would a unit being bigger than a Sentai fit on a CVE? Guess I´m screwing something up here, would Chutai and Daitai only be IJNAF? Anyway, having 400+ Zekes on Cap clearly only aimed at exactly what happened today, drawing an LBA strike that can be butchered without having to fear any follow on strike that could actually pose a threat... nice move and silly me that forgot about the range setting of my B-24... lesson learnt hopefully... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Balabac at 71,86 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 332 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 24 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 5 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 destroyed, 18 damaged Japanese Ships CV Zuikaku CVL Zuiho CVL Ryuho CVL Mizuho BB Haruna CVL Nisshin CVE Kaiyo Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: Junyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 10 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes 261 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 16 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes 265 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 18 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes S-603 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 16 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes Akagi-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 16 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 13 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 12 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes Shokaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 9 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes Zuikaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 10 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes Ryujo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 17 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes Shoho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes Zuiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 10 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes Ryuho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 12 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes Taiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 16 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes Unryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 16 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes Taiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes Unyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes Chuyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes Kaiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes 452 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes first bomber sweep reduced the Cap by 70 fighters already... most of the bombers get only damaged but are either crashing on their way home or are write offs... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Malaybalay , at 80,90 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 12 P-38J Lightning x 16 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb another George torched... expected to destroy at least two dozen fighters on the ground but since radar started to work you usually encounter most if not all aircraft in the air and those that aren´t heavily damaged fly out of the airfield after the attack, no matter how bad the airfield looks like... same as is true for WITP also, it shouldn´t be possible to land or take off from a totally trashed airfield... if the airfield is closed, then it´s closed and aircraft should be diverted to other airfields, just like what is happening when a carrier´s flight deck is closed... probably out of scope... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Balabac at 71,86 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 19 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 271 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged Japanese Ships CV Zuikaku Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: 261 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 12 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes Taiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes 265 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling) 10 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 56 minutes S-603 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 16 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes Akagi-1 with A6M5 Zero (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes Shokaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes Zuikaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes Ryujo-1 with A6M5 Zero (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 12 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes Junyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes Shoho-1 with A6M5 Zero (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes Zuiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes Taiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 10 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes Unryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 10 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes Chuyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes Kaiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes 452 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes Ryuho-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes Hosho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes two strikes and the Cap is down to 270 already... it still strikes me to see two dozen "failed" messages... the whole game is "failing" all the time when it comes down to airstrikes, there isn´t a single day when operations actually work or take place how they would be ordered, it´s the usual "bombers fail, fighters screw up, bombers go alone, fighters go alone too or lose a couple of each squadron..." thing... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Balabac at 71,86 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 260 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 8 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 7 damaged Japanese Ships CVL Zuiho CV Akagi Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: Junyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes Taiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes Kaiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes 261 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 15 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes 265 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes S-603 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 16 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes Akagi-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 12 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes Shokaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 9 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes Zuikaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 10 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes Ryujo-1 with A6M5 Zero (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 15 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes Shoho-1 with A6M5 Zero (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes Zuiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes Taiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes Unryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 18 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes Chuyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes 452 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 9 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 10 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes Ryuho-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes Hosho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Balabac at 71,86 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 225 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 8 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 8 damaged Japanese Ships CV Junyo CVE Unyo Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: 261 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 13 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes 265 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes S-603 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 16 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 55 minutes Akagi-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 12 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes Shokaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 9 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes Zuikaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes Junyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes Shoho-1 with A6M5 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes Zuiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes Unryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 16 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes Taiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes Chuyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes 452 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 10 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes Ryujo-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 13 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes Ryuho-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 56 minutes Hosho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes Taiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 10 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes Unyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes these are all just parts of my squadrons, all are coming in on their own... there are probably 15 or 16 B-24 squadrons and all screw up? 100% of them screwing up? Again? Like they have done in every single time they were attacking a nav target? And like all the other bombers (land based that is) are also doing? Same for the Japanese when Rainer suffers from exactly the same (last time when my cruisers were sitting at Davao the whole day because I screwed up their settings)? Hmm... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Balabac at 71,86 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 48 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 202 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Japanese Ships CVL Chitose Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: Junyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 261 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes Akagi-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 12 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes Shokaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 9 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes Zuikaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes Shoho-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes Zuiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes Unryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 15 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes Taiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes Chuyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes 452 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes 265 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes S-603 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 16 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 10 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes Ryujo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 15 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes Ryuho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes Hosho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes Taiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 10 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes Unyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes more of the same, it looks a bit silly... not asking for a 250 bomber strike that is carpet bombing, but the way these strikes turn out is just off, just as getting a screw up message for every single bomber squadron... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Balabac at 71,86 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 189 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 4 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged Japanese Ships CVL Chiyoda Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: Akagi-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 12 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes Shokaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 9 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes Zuikaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes Junyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes Zuiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes Unryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 15 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes Taiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes Chuyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes 452 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes 261 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes 265 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes S-603 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 16 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 55 minutes Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 10 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes Ryujo-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 15 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes Shoho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes Ryuho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes Hosho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes Taiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 10 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes Unyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Balabac at 71,86 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 175 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Japanese Ships CV Unryu CVL Chiyoda Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: Unryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 14 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes Chuyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes Akagi-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 12 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes Zuikaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes 452 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes 261 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes 265 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes S-603 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 16 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 10 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes Shokaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 9 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes Ryujo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 15 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes Junyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes Shoho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes Zuiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes Ryuho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes Hosho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes Taiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 10 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes Kaiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes Taiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes how many more of these silly strikes? Even the Japanese launched bigger LBA strikes in real life... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Balabac at 71,86 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 261 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 28 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 3 destroyed, 17 damaged Japanese Ships CVL Shoho CVL Mizuho CVL Ryuho BB Kirishima CVE Unyo CV Zuikaku CV Akagi Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: 452 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes 261 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 10 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes 265 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 9 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes S-603 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 14 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes Akagi-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 8 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 8 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 11 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes Shokaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 8 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes Zuikaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 7 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes Ryujo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 11 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes Junyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 7 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes Shoho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 4 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes Zuiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 7 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes Ryuho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 13 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes Hosho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters to 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes Taiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 12 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes Unryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 10 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes Taiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 4 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes Unyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 5 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes Chuyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters to 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes wow, "all" bombers coming in in one strike in the afternoon, at least those that took off, the rest had "bombers failed to find target due to range or weather"... in the end it was quite a massacre within the bombers (as it should be IMO), a senseless one as I had no follow on strikes so sacrificing the bombers for a sweep without a follow on strike because the other bombers are out of range is pretty much pointless... one and a halve dozen crews paid with their lives, total losses were no less than 49 bombers... sounds a lot but losing this number of Lightnings would be far more severe as it´s only 3 weeks of bomber replacements and 2/3 of the crews survived, which wouldn´t be true when 49 Lightnings would be shot down... not that I would be happy with these losses of course... [image]local://upfiles/13774/4378D9EF29324A298553AFB941CB6F9E.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/19/2011 2:40:29 PM)
Heavy losses within the USAAF bomber force today... [image]local://upfiles/13774/0D01B2CBDCD4440A89BADCA84E4C203D.jpg[/image]

anarchyintheuk -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/19/2011 4:18:01 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 21, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rainer kept minesweepers at Palembang so Argonaut´s minefield was a one shot weapon that scored yesterday... when thinking a bit more about it I wonder if the total number of available mines aren´t by far too low because when thinking about the mine laying campaign later in the war, the mines dropped by aircraft were dropped in big numbers and the enemy didn´t get a nice combat report every time some bombers laid mines somewhere and the Japanese had severe problem actually clearing the mines, this if they actually found them... in the game you can use one mine layer sub every 6th week and if you use a hundred bombers three or four times you end up dropping halve a year´s Mk13 pool for no result probably because the enemy gets a nice combat report and if there aren´t convoys going in the same day, all the mines are cleared easily by some mine sweepers... works the same for both sides of course, no idea how many mines the Japanese got, probably even fewer if you have to compare it to the Allied and their mine use in real life... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The number of mines is far too low compared to rl. However, I still have bad memories concerning the pita that mines were in UV and early WitP. I hated that part of the game. quote: and the super E score again... sub confirmed sunk... [8\|] two of them are enough to whipe out a whole sub fleet in an area of 10x10 hexes... same as my tests without the ASW mortar showed, the sub was again hit and sunk by several Type 2 depth charges of those 12 DC patterns... these ships are absolutely overpowered, achieving the same performance as Allied DDs, while having crappy crew experience... there is something seriously wrong, these ships didn´t whipe out the US submarine fleet in 44, no problem for them in the game... the PBEM is ahead another two and a halve weeks, enemy super E have sunk serval subs in the weeks to come... within the next three months we will have to withdraw all subs from areas outside our LBA... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm playing an ai game. I got tired of seeing these kind of results so I beached my sub fleet in port . . . helps the ai as well. The cap reduction from splintered lba nav strikes probably has him terrified to fight a cv battle anywhere near your bases. He'll probably have to wait until you invade somewhere out of lba range. He might be waiting a long time. [;)]

crsutton -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/19/2011 6:02:07 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 21, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rainer kept minesweepers at Palembang so Argonaut´s minefield was a one shot weapon that scored yesterday... when thinking a bit more about it I wonder if the total number of available mines aren´t by far too low because when thinking about the mine laying campaign later in the war, the mines dropped by aircraft were dropped in big numbers and the enemy didn´t get a nice combat report every time some bombers laid mines somewhere and the Japanese had severe problem actually clearing the mines, this if they actually found them... in the game you can use one mine layer sub every 6th week and if you use a hundred bombers three or four times you end up dropping halve a year´s Mk13 pool for no result probably because the enemy gets a nice combat report and if there aren´t convoys going in the same day, all the mines are cleared easily by some mine sweepers... works the same for both sides of course, no idea how many mines the Japanese got, probably even fewer if you have to compare it to the Allied and their mine use in real life... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The number of mines is far too low compared to rl. However, I still have bad memories concerning the pita that mines were in UV and early WitP. I hated that part of the game. quote: and the super E score again... sub confirmed sunk... [8\|] two of them are enough to whipe out a whole sub fleet in an area of 10x10 hexes... same as my tests without the ASW mortar showed, the sub was again hit and sunk by several Type 2 depth charges of those 12 DC patterns... these ships are absolutely overpowered, achieving the same performance as Allied DDs, while having crappy crew experience... there is something seriously wrong, these ships didn´t whipe out the US submarine fleet in 44, no problem for them in the game... the PBEM is ahead another two and a halve weeks, enemy super E have sunk serval subs in the weeks to come... within the next three months we will have to withdraw all subs from areas outside our LBA... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm playing an ai game. I got tired of seeing these kind of results so I beached my sub fleet in port . . . helps the ai as well. The cap reduction from splintered lba nav strikes probably has him terrified to fight a cv battle anywhere near your bases. He'll probably have to wait until you invade somewhere out of lba range. He might be waiting a long time. [;)] There are not many mines in the game but I think that just was a design decision. There have to be some aspect of gameplay even in a good historical simulation and I suspect they thought that most players would have gotten fed up with thousands of mines everywhere. Accepting that, they are fun to play with. Not a war winner but I have gotten about 20 ships with mines and my opponent has done fairly well also. You can forget about massive air drops of mines to close Japanese ports as even the crappiest minesweeper will clear them out with no problem. However, I find air mining to be very useful when I want to close an enemy base that is nearer to the frontal line. It requires air superiorty so that he can't run mine sweepers around but they are useful to hinder the flow of supplies from fast TF. In addition my sub placed mines have done pretty well. I just try to be sneaky about placing them. Observe places where TF naturally cut over some land point or atol and drop some mines there when you suspect the fleet might be coming or some large cargo TF. It is a one hit wonder as they will clear the minefield once it is discovered but you can cause some delays while they bring up a sweeper and occasionally nail a big ship. Mines won't be a pull off any major coups but can be fun if you are creative. I think they are OK as-is. I would rather they fix sub warfare. They can leave the mines alone.

anarchyintheuk -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/19/2011 6:37:08 PM)
Definitely a design decision. I'm sure you remember the pre-AE days of not just 5k+ mines/base but also running dm/mls until their system damage was in the red. I hated that. Even though the production numbers of mines in AE isn't remotely historical, I agree that they're actually fun to play with now. EuBanana has an aar that increases the production of mines x10. Going to reread it to see if it makes a difference in AE.

EUBanana -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/19/2011 8:07:05 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk EuBanana has an aar that increases the production of mines x10. Going to reread it to see if it makes a difference in AE. I wish. Unfortunately the original game promptly stalled and the recreated one has the normal number of mines (we were kinda eager to start and not eager to faff about with editors.) So its not really mines in the pacific. [:(] If I start up another game though I would be interested in making that OOB change.

EUBanana -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/19/2011 8:09:29 PM)
...and yes, the sub routine (hah, pun), especially the ASW part of it, is totally borked. I also think subs effectiveness versus ships moving faster than the submarine need to be drastically cut down as well. I think a simple "if target speed > sub speed drop accuracy by a factor of 10" or some such would be adequate.

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (1/20/2011 8:01:44 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 21, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rainer kept minesweepers at Palembang so Argonaut´s minefield was a one shot weapon that scored yesterday... when thinking a bit more about it I wonder if the total number of available mines aren´t by far too low because when thinking about the mine laying campaign later in the war, the mines dropped by aircraft were dropped in big numbers and the enemy didn´t get a nice combat report every time some bombers laid mines somewhere and the Japanese had severe problem actually clearing the mines, this if they actually found them... in the game you can use one mine layer sub every 6th week and if you use a hundred bombers three or four times you end up dropping halve a year´s Mk13 pool for no result probably because the enemy gets a nice combat report and if there aren´t convoys going in the same day, all the mines are cleared easily by some mine sweepers... works the same for both sides of course, no idea how many mines the Japanese got, probably even fewer if you have to compare it to the Allied and their mine use in real life... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The number of mines is far too low compared to rl. However, I still have bad memories concerning the pita that mines were in UV and early WitP. I hated that part of the game. quote: and the super E score again... sub confirmed sunk... [8\|] two of them are enough to whipe out a whole sub fleet in an area of 10x10 hexes... same as my tests without the ASW mortar showed, the sub was again hit and sunk by several Type 2 depth charges of those 12 DC patterns... these ships are absolutely overpowered, achieving the same performance as Allied DDs, while having crappy crew experience... there is something seriously wrong, these ships didn´t whipe out the US submarine fleet in 44, no problem for them in the game... the PBEM is ahead another two and a halve weeks, enemy super E have sunk serval subs in the weeks to come... within the next three months we will have to withdraw all subs from areas outside our LBA... [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm playing an ai game. I got tired of seeing these kind of results so I beached my sub fleet in port . . . helps the ai as well. The cap reduction from splintered lba nav strikes probably has him terrified to fight a cv battle anywhere near your bases. He'll probably have to wait until you invade somewhere out of lba range. He might be waiting a long time. [;)] yeah, mines in WITP were too much as they were unlimited, I once even created a minefield that had some kind of overflow as the minefield actually stopped existing when it went above something like 32000 mines (enemy mine sweepers couldn´t detect it anymore), started working again when it got below that number again. [:D] Still, I think with these low numbers now, the pendulum has swung to far the other way. I would find the current numbers ok if mine laying missions could be done in secret (perhaps limit them to 1 bomber squadron per port/night) but as it stands now, you have the non secret mine laying missions from WITP but only a couple of mines to do so. But the numbers would be easily changed with the editor if needed, while I´m not really a mine fanboy either. The new super E are a pain, they come out of the shipyard, cruise around for two weeks and voilà, you´ve got equivalents of British destroyers that fought three years in the Atlantic. Way too effective. Got no clue how to cure this. Perhaps I´m doing another test, this time with the 12 DC mount split in 4x3 or something like that, or greatly reducing their ammo. It´s been said that 1x12 wouldn´t be as effective as the 12 DC being split, heck, the 12 DC mount is the most effective mount so far, no problem sinking my subs, so I really would like to prove this to myselve in another test. My testing definitely showed that the reason for the subs being whiped out isn´t the ASW mortar (with the wrong stats) because the modded E without an ASW mortar sink the subs just as easily as with the ASW mortar, so if the game says "Type 2 DC hits sub" the message seems to be definitely spot on. In this PBEM there is nothing I can do against them and even though there are only very few of them around at the moment, I´m already abandoning some areas with my subs, which will lead me to operate within my LBA range only but there won´t be any enemy merchant marine anyway so the Japanese have in fact won the sub war in 44. Rainer told me he will get hundreds of these ships... [8\|] Pretty much the opposite turn out of what has happened in real life, not because the player in the game got more of these ships or uses them differently but because they have an extremely different performance. As the Japanese were pretty pathetic in detecting and engaging subs this is pretty much off and just because you put more DC on a vessel doesn´t necessary mean you would be better in detecting the sub and using the DC IMO. In total, the sub war (both ASW and especially air ASW) made a step forward compared to WITP I would say. In WITP you could whipe out the enemy subs with air ASW in 42 already. But 44 coming, the subs are 100% neutered by all these super E coming out of the shipyard and there´s nothing you can do. 3 engagements and you could bet on a sub sunk or in sinking condition. Rainer sure won´t get within 10-12 hexes of one of my primary LBA bases (means a level 9 airfield) as he knows that there aren´t only the B-24 with their only purpose of wearing down his Cap (how does that sound?) but also my USN heavy and medium bombers with 70 low nav skill backed up by the USAAF attack bombers with 70 nav skill. And if he even gets closer, there will also be Aussie Beaufort VIII with 70 torp skill and many 1E dive and torp bombers. If he ends up within 12 hexes of such a base (Manado for example) he will also find out that the bombers get escorts (probabla a bad idea of mine anyway) like Corsairs and P-38J. Of course this all means nothing in 98% of the time when you look at how strikes from a level 9 airfield against a nav target look like, these are always worse than the worst strike against a land target it seems. It´s just usual to get two or three dozen messages of BGxy failing due to range or weather (no matter if 1 hex range and clear sky or 15 hex range and thunderstorms) so this could make our LBA nothing but a big bluff. Nevertheless I´m trying to move forward in a methodical way, not doing something weird things out of the box, so usually the invasions will be within 1E fighter range and if KB shows up it probably will stay 8 hexes off the invasion site (as has been done before too).

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