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castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (4/28/2011 2:02:50 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 09, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cebu , at 80,86 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft Corsair II x 12 Hellcat I x 6 F6F-3 Hellcat x 67 F6F-5 Hellcat x 4 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 30000 feet 10 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 30000 feet 4 x F6F-5 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet 12 x Corsair II sweeping at 20000 feet 6 x Hellcat I sweeping at 20000 feet 7 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 20000 feet 5 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 20000 feet 5 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 20000 feet 6 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 20000 feet 6 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 20000 feet 6 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 20000 feet 6 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 20000 feet 6 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 20000 feet [8\|][8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cebu , at 80,86 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 11 F6F-5 Hellcat x 5 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 20000 feet 5 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 20000 feet 5 x F6F-5 Hellcat sweeping at 20000 feet [8\|][8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cebu , at 80,86 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 20 minutes Allied aircraft Hellcat I x 7 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Hellcat I sweeping at 20000 feet [8\|][8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-IIa Lily x 15 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-IIa Lily: 2 damaged Airbase hits 7 Runway hits 21 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cebu , at 80,86 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 38 P-38L Lightning x 20 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 26 P-51B Mustang x 34 F4U-1A Corsair x 18 PBJ-1D Mitchell x 45 PV-1 Ventura x 75 Japanese aircraft losses E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses PBJ-1D Mitchell: 1 damaged PV-1 Ventura: 1 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 7 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 147 LBA strike... Aircraft Attacking: 14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell 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 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cebu , at 80,86 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 14 PBJ-1D Mitchell x 11 PV-1 Ventura x 9 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 20 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Batangas (79,78) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 7869 troops, 468 guns, 416 vehicles, Assault Value = 3077 Defending force 136953 troops, 1579 guns, 2714 vehicles, Assault Value = 4477 Japanese ground losses: 466 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 22 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 18 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled) Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Assaulting units: 4th Armoured Brigade 27th Infantry Division 34th Combat Engineer Regiment 4th Australian Division 1st Marine Division 1st Australian Division 37th Infantry Division 5th Marine Division 102nd Combat Engineer Regiment 3rd Marine Division 131st Combat Engineer Regiment Americal Infantry Division 3rd NZ Armoured Sqn 26th USN Naval Construction Regiment 147th Field Artillery Regiment 44th USN Naval Construction Battalion 2/16th Field Regiment 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion 134th Field Artillery Battalion 26th USN Naval Construction Battalion 23rd USN Naval Construction Battalion 839/841 Engineer Aviation Battalion 607th Coast AA Regiment 181st Field Artillery Regiment 1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion 226th Field Artillery Battalion 22nd USN Naval Construction Regiment 4th Field Artillery Battalion 48th USN Naval Construction Battalion 24th USN Naval Construction Regiment 85/88/98th Mortar Regiment 157th USA Base Force 154th FA Bn 168th Field Artillery Regiment 16th USN Naval Construction Battalion 223rd Field Artillery Battalion 23rd USN Naval Construction Regiment 15th USN Naval Construction Battalion 27th USN Naval Construction Regiment 97th Field Artillery Battalion 70th Coast AA Regiment 255th USN Base Force 176th USAAF Base Force 738th Coast AA Regiment 158th USA Base Force 1st Medium Regiment 249th Field Artillery Battalion USN Forwd AirCenPac Defending units: 5th Guards Division 21st Division 18th Division 56th Division 5th Division 24th Division 2nd Tank Division 16th Division 61st Division 48th Division 1st Tank Division 33rd Division Guards Tank Division 8th Area Army Southern Army 35th Army I really would have loved to force the enemy to retreat but that would be a bit too much to expect I guess, we were holding the line and the enemy suffered a lot of disabled troops so it was a victory for us anyway and building up his units at Manila will take supplies and the final battle for Luzon will only be about supplies as it´s going to be impossible to defeat all these units at Clark and/or Manila when they are sitting behind level 9 forts and fully supplied...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (4/28/2011 3:08:08 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 10, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Takao at 84,66 Japanese Ships E No.15, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage E No.14 Allied Ships SS Shad, hits 1 SS Shad launches 6 torpedoes at E No.15 Shad diving deep .... E No.14 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.14 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.14 attacking submerged sub .... E No.14 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.14 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub the super E appear around Formosa, wonder why it took so long as Rainer is aware of my subs in this area, got around a dozen operating here... in theory they´re within Allied LBA range set to naval strikes but usually the bombers don´t launch or "fail due to range or weather"... out of 10 times in range, I end up with two strikes when something like 20% of the bombers manage to appear over the targeted task force... amazingly the sub sank one of the super E and managed to escape... also something that only tends to happen one out of 15 times for me... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Zamboanga at 75,89 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-41, hits 6, heavy damage Allied Ships CA Shropshire CL Concord CL Leander DMS Hobson AGC Mount McKinley AGC Rocky Mount APA Highlands APA Winged Arrow APA Sumter APA President Monroe APA Joseph T. Dickman APA Harris AKA Castor AKA Procyon AKA Almaack LST-273 DMS Elliot DMS Hambleton SSX Ha-41 is sighted by escort DMS Elliot fails to find sub and abandons search DMS Hambleton attacking submerged sub .... Sounds of submarine breaking up detected! Escort abandons search for sub one of our amphib TFs moves through Zamboanga and sinks a midget sub... midgets failed to score a single hit during the whole war... they´re only purpose so far has been to act as "targets" for our patrol aircraft which are drawn into a base hex to be targetted by the Cap... if there isn´t a ship in a base, the patrols never get touched by Cap as if they wouldn´t fly into the hex... so a midget usually is enough to get the die roll of a patrol bomber sighting it to be followed by the Cap vs patrol bomber die roll it seems... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 25 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 25 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 3 x 250 kg GP Bomb senseless attack...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (4/28/2011 3:11:24 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 11, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Agrihan at 109,84 Japanese Ships xAKL Kuwayama Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage xAKL Kinkasan Maru xAKL Kokuyo Maru xAKL Indus Maru PB Kyo Maru #7 Allied Ships SS Grayling SS Grayling launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Kuwayama Maru Grayling diving deep .... PB Kyo Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kyo Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kyo Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kyo Maru #7 attacking submerged sub .... PB Kyo Maru #7 is out of ASW ammo PB Kyo Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub can´t remember where Agrihan is, never heard about it before... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Agrihan at 109,84 Japanese Ships xAKL Kuwayama Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Grayling Japanese ground losses: 19 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled SS Grayling launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Kuwayama Maru Grayling diving deep .... Escort abandons search for sub as if one torp wouldn´t have been enough for a small freighter, another two send the ship to the bottom... the freighter even carried some troops... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bayombong , at 80,75 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 8 A6M5c Zero x 5 Ki-61-II KAI Tony x 13 Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 24 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed A6M5c Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-61-II KAI Tony: 4 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 16 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet CAP engaged: 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5c Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes 18th Sentai with Ki-61-II KAI Tony (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (13 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 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 41 minutes S-324 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes single squadron sweeps coming in and with the dive hitting the enemy fighters hard... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bayombong , at 80,75 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 2 A6M5c Zero x 2 Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 24 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed A6M5c Zero: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 23 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet CAP engaged: S-324 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (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 38500 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5c Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bayombong , at 80,75 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 24 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 24 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet even the P-38, that are not that well working for me compared to P-47 or Corsair for example, are killers if they get the dive... pretty much every of my fighters is a killer with the dive... [image]local://upfiles/13774/A47A0A32A1BF4D589B57AFA45A11C86D.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (4/28/2011 3:16:08 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 12, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Calayan at 82,69 Japanese Ships E No.11 E No.14 Allied Ships SS Trusty, hits 28, on fire, heavy damage SS Trusty launches 6 torpedoes at E No.11 E No.14 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.14 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.14 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.14 attacking submerged sub .... Debris floats to surface in area of attack! Escort abandons search for sub ok, here we go again... my fault to be so stupid to stay in the area with my subs after being so lucky to sink a super E right after they appeared around Formosa... two turns later, the super E outright sink a Trusty which was silly enough to attack them... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Calayan at 83,70 Japanese Ships APD T-5 APD T-1 APD T-8 Allied Ships SS Cod SS Cod launches 6 torpedoes at APD T-5 Cod diving deep .... APD T-8 fails to find sub and abandons search APD T-5 fails to find sub, continues to search... APD T-5 fails to find sub, continues to search... APD T-5 fails to find sub, continues to search... APD T-5 fails to find sub, continues to search... APD T-5 fails to find sub, continues to search... APD T-5 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub missed... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Hengchun at 85,68 Japanese Ships APD T-4 APD T-1 APD T-8 APD T-5 Allied Ships SS Barbero, hits 2 SS Barbero launches 6 torpedoes at APD T-4 Barbero diving deep .... APD T-8 attacking submerged sub .... APD T-5 fails to find sub and abandons search APD T-8 fails to find sub, continues to search... APD T-8 fails to find sub, continues to search... APD T-8 fails to find sub, continues to search... APD T-8 fails to find sub, continues to search... APD T-8 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub and missed... 18 torps tonight and a sub sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 33 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 25 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 21 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 20 Aircraft Attacking: 25 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 3 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Orchid Island at 86,68 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft PB4Y-1 Liberator x 4 No Allied losses Japanese Ships APD T-4 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb holy crap, after a dozen failure messages the first four bombers show up over the APD TF in range... that´s all for the morning though, roughly 4% of the available bombers managed to attack the TF... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Orchid Island at 86,68 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 9 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 9 Allied aircraft PB4Y-1 Liberator x 8 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses PB4Y-1 Liberator: 5 damaged Japanese Ships APD T-1 APD T-8 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: 4th Sentai Det A with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead 64th Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 9 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead 4th Sentai Det B with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead we even get twice the number of bombers over the target in the afternoon which fail to score any hits... in total 6% of the bombers managed to get to a TF that has been spotted something like a dozen times by the uncountable numbers of patrols both in the am and pm phase... the longer Rainer can operate so freely in this area well within my LBA range, the more it will invite him to send more of his ships...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (4/28/2011 3:38:43 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 13, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Hengchun at 85,68 Japanese Ships E No.11, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage E No.14 Allied Ships SS Barbel SS Barbel launches 6 torpedoes at E No.11 E No.14 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.14 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.14 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.14 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.14 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub I must be one lucky bastard as this is the third engagement recently with two super E sunk but only one sub sunk... usually it has been something like a 5:1 for the super E in the war which lead to the total retreat of Allied subs... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tuguegarao , at 82,74 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5c Zero x 8 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 12 Allied aircraft P-51B Mustang x 69 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5c Zero: 2 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 5 destroyed really must be lucky as we even get nearly all three P-51 squadrons to fly together on a sweep... superior numbers + the dive = massacre... Aircraft Attacking: 23 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet 16 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet 13 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet CAP engaged: 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5c Zero (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 36 minutes 260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (11 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 11 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 3 minutes S-324 Hikotai with A6M5c Zero (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 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 to 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hengchun , at 84,67 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 31 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 10 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 12 Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 65 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 8 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 2 destroyed lol, is the game going crazy now??? First we sink a super E for no loss, then we see three P-51 flying a sweep together and then we even see three P-38 squadrons flying on a sweep together... I bet we won´t see that for the rest of the war as the chances to see that were 3 times 100:1... as above, superior numbers + the dive = total massacre... Aircraft Attacking: 16 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet 13 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet 16 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet CAP engaged: 4th Sentai Det A with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (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 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 4th Sentai Det B with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (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, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes 53rd Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes 64th Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 20 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 36000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes what you can see in the combat report could not have gone any better for us, we sink a super E and take down roughly three dozen enemy fighters during our sweeps for only three fighters lost... what you can´t see in the combat report but showed up in the replay was a CVE going down... [X(] I also didn´t see the reason for it, I just got the message that flooding is increasing followed by glugg glugg... [X(] looking at the ops report I had to find out that one of the escorting DD rammed the escort carrier and sent it to the bottom... it has been a lightly damaged CVE that was heading back to an ARD at Darwin for repairs but obviously the colission with the DD caused so much sys and additional flt damage that it has been enough to see the escort carrier sinking in the same phase... so much about how lucky I have been in this turn... lol what Japanese bombers fail to achieve is done by one of my destroyers... total carrier losses is now something like 1 CV and 6 CVE... not bad I would say for three years of war when the IJN has been superior for halve of the time... as long time readers may know, the IJN lost all but a couple of CV/CVL/CVE already with nothing left that could be considered more than an annoyance... [:D] [image]local://upfiles/13774/CF7EA8A59E6648B8A8164EFF1FA85774.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (4/28/2011 3:43:07 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 14, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 155 encounters mine field at Singapore (50,84) Allied Ships AM Horsham AM Glenelg 72 mines cleared clearing enemy mines at Singapore, that´s all that is left of the enemy... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Cebu at 80,86 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-53, hits 8, and is sunk Allied Ships CL Marblehead CL Detroit DMS Hamilton AGC Mount Olympus APA Knox APA Fayette APA Barnstable APA Monrovia LST-484 LST-481 LST-480 LST-473 LST-465 LST-451 LST-341 LST-248 LST-216 LST-204 LST-202 LST-176 DMS Macomb DMS Forrest DMS Wasmuth DMS Long SSX Ha-53 is sighted by escort DMS Macomb attacking submerged sub .... SSX Ha-53 forced to surface! DMS Macomb firing on surfaced sub .... DMS Forrest firing on surfaced sub .... DMS Wasmuth firing on surfaced sub .... DMS Long firing on surfaced sub .... DMS Macomb firing on surfaced sub .... DMS Forrest firing on surfaced sub .... DMS Wasmuth firing on surfaced sub .... DMS Long firing on surfaced sub .... DMS Macomb firing on surfaced sub .... DMS Forrest firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves amphib TFs clears another midget... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on San Fernando , at 80,74 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5c Zero x 11 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 9 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 68 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5c Zero: 4 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 5 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38J Lightning: 1 destroyed now tell me what is happening that my fighter squadrons start to fly "coordinated" sweeps all out of a sudden, there were no changes at all, no new HQs, no command changes, no leader changes, no nothing... third sweep in a row that saw all three squadrons fly together... this game really makes you puzzled... Aircraft Attacking: 23 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet 21 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet 15 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet CAP engaged: 260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes 254 Ku S-1 with A6M5c Zero (0 airborne, 2 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 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 37000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Nanchang , at 85,54 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 14 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Spitfire VIII sweeping at 31000 feet a tad different here... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Nanchang , at 85,54 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 42 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 8 No Allied losses but then also a big coordinated sweep... completely different front, yet also coordinated sweeps... no changes done here... Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Spitfire VIII sweeping at 31000 feet 14 x Spitfire VIII sweeping at 31000 feet 14 x Spitfire VIII sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Nanchang , at 85,54 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Liberator B.VI x 45 B-24D Liberator x 9 B-24D1 Liberator x 16 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 8 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 8 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 23 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 73 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Nanchang , at 85,54 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 55 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator B.III x 12 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 8 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 Runway hits 16 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Liberator B.III bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Nanchang , at 85,54 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 9 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Nanchang , at 85,54 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 21 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses No Allied losses Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 29 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb [image]local://upfiles/13774/97BFA53DB2D4453191FC8A8AC4E453F4.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (4/28/2011 3:50:51 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 15, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kagi , at 85,64 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 42 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 26 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 8 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38H Lightning: 1 destroyed ok, seems to be it again with coordinated sweeps but it doesn´t matter as long as the incoming squadron (+1 fighter) gets the never ending dive, the Nicks are shot down in droves... Aircraft Attacking: 6 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet CAP engaged: 53rd Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 28 scrambling) 10 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 35200. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kagi , at 85,64 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 11 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 26 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 4 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 22 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet CAP engaged: 53rd Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 29000 and 36000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 57 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Zamboanga at 75,89 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 7 Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 2 F4U-1A Corsair x 7 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 4 destroyed the enemy has moved Peggies into my supply lines again and launches a strike against a TF that ends up to be in range of leaking Cap from Cotabato which of course means mega bad news for the Peggies as all are shot down... mentioned it earlier, it has been a bad idea to bypass all these level 2-3 airfields with small garissons as these then can easily become annoying... lesson learnt, in future games I won´t bypass anything that can turn into an annoyance (I haven´t bypassed anything that could become a real threat though) and will have rgt sized units taking out these bases and at the moment I´ve got several rgt and bgd preparing for these small bases to finally take them out as they are still able to have bombers fly nav attacks after being cut off for something like 1.5 years while taking more bombs than an average city in Germany during the whole war... CAP engaged: VMF-218 with F4U-1A Corsair (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 31000 Raid is overhead VMF-441 with F4U-1A Corsair (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 31000 Raid is overhead 21st FG/72nd FS with P-47D25 Thunderbolt (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 30000 Raid is overhead 80th FG/89th FS with P-47D25 Thunderbolt (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 30000 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kagi , at 85,64 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft J2M2 Jack x 2 Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 1 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 26 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIb Nick: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 26 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet CAP engaged: S-402 Hikotai with J2M2 Jack (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 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes 4th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIb Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 12000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vigan , at 80,73 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 29 Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 67 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38L Lightning: 1 destroyed another BIG sweep in Luzon... [&:] Aircraft Attacking: 22 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet 21 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet 19 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet CAP engaged: 260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 19 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 35000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Beaufort at 66,87 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 6 Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 2 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 2 destroyed Allied Ships xAK Iron Chieftan, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage a second TF is attacked too and this time there are only two Thunderbolts over the ships that take down a couple of bombers but the remaining three each put a bomb into the freighter that is abandoned later in the day... sinking a freighter for the loss of a dozen Peggies and their pilots isn´t really a good deal to me and these guerilla attacks also won´t divert real efforts to counter them... Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 1000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb CAP engaged: 49th FG/9th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 30000 Raid is overhead [image]local://upfiles/13774/D41371053D4746D78C3EC091E7D6C629.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (5/3/2011 3:06:45 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 16, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tuguegarao , at 82,74 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 19 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5c Zero x 22 Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 7 P-51B Mustang x 18 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5c Zero: 2 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 10 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet CAP engaged: S-324 Hikotai with A6M5c Zero (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 14 scrambling) 6 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 26000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes just the usual attacks and that´s how it´s going on for the next couple of months... not only the AAR has become really boring but also the game istelve as there´s just nothing real happening as the IJN has been hiding for 99% of the war and the same has been true for the enemy airforce for nearly 2 years now... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 149th JAAF AF Bn , at 82,74 (Tuguegarao) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5c Zero x 5 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 185 P-38L Lightning x 7 F4U-1 Corsair x 10 F4U-1A Corsair x 16 F4U-1D Corsair x 6 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5c Zero: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 12 damaged Japanese ground losses: 254 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 57 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 2 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 20000 feet * 4 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet 4 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 31000 feet 8 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 20000 feet * 4 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet CAP engaged: S-324 Hikotai with A6M5c Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 32000 and 33000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 149th JAAF AF Bn , at 82,74 (Tuguegarao) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 28 P-38L Lightning x 7 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 52 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 149th JAAF AF Bn , at 82,74 (Tuguegarao) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 16 P-38L Lightning x 7 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 30 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 149th JAAF AF Bn , at 82,74 (Tuguegarao) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 16 P-38L Lightning x 7 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 20 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 149th JAAF AF Bn , at 82,74 (Tuguegarao) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 P-38L Lightning x 7 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 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: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 149th JAAF AF Bn , at 82,74 (Tuguegarao) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 P-38L Lightning x 7 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 149th JAAF AF Bn , at 82,74 (Tuguegarao) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 P-38L Lightning x 7 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 149th JAAF AF Bn , at 82,74 (Tuguegarao) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 P-38L Lightning x 7 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet the endless number of piece meal strikes every turn doesn´t make it any better as it slows down the replay dramatically and it also spams the AAR... as I want to have a complete AAR with all the combat reports I´m not going to delete all the spam, otherwise I´m just going to be told that I´ve got no evidence for what I´m talking about... as if that would have helped at any time yet... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 149th JAAF AF Bn , at 82,74 (Tuguegarao) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 P-38L Lightning x 7 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 149th JAAF AF Bn , at 82,74 (Tuguegarao) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 P-38L Lightning x 7 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 149th JAAF AF Bn , at 82,74 (Tuguegarao) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 P-38L Lightning x 7 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5c Zero x 34 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 45 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 68 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5c Zero: 2 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38J Lightning: 4 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 18 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet 17 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet 11 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet CAP engaged: S-301 Hikotai with A6M5c Zero (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 23 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes 50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 31 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters between 25000 and 36000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tuguegarao , at 82,74 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 14 P-51B Mustang x 46 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 23 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet 23 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet 7 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet big sweeps... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tuguegarao , at 82,74 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 13 P-51B Mustang x 5 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 5 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet 7 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tuguegarao , at 82,74 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 46,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft F-5E Lightning x 1 P-38L Lightning x 7 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 7 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet trading my fighters 1:1 with the enemy today, couldn´t be much worse... lost a couple of aces as nearly all my pilots in the Lightning squadrons are handpicked and most of them were aces already... [image]local://upfiles/13774/4AA26D48B6C84315990E8FCB1F09530B.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tavoy (54,60) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 4732 troops, 282 guns, 189 vehicles, Assault Value = 3057 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Allied adjusted assault: 10 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 5) Allied forces CAPTURE Tavoy !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: Assaulting units: 7th Indian Division 2/1 AIF Pioneer Battalion 23rd Indian Division 20th Indian Division 19th Indian Division 16th Light Cavalry Regiment 45th Indian Brigade 5th Chinese Corps 21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 104th RAF Base Force 2/9th Field Regiment 2/13th Field Regiment 23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 2nd RIAF Base Force 24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 6th Medium Regiment IV Indian Corps X' Force RAF 221 Group Base Force 20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 14th Army 8th Medium Regiment 2/11th Field Regiment 26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment mopping up the Thailand front, the enemy is on full retreat...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (5/3/2011 3:12:07 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 17, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vigan , at 80,73 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 16 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tuguegarao , at 82,74 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft P-51B Mustang x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tuguegarao , at 82,74 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft P-51B Mustang x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vigan , at 80,73 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 15 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 15 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vigan , at 80,73 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 48 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 149th JAAF AF Bn , at 82,74 (Tuguegarao) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 154 F4U-1 Corsair x 10 PV-1 Ventura x 36 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 6 damaged PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 225 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 21 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 13 (11 destroyed, 2 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 149th JAAF AF Bn , at 82,74 (Tuguegarao) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 44 PV-1 Ventura x 48 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 110 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 20 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 149th JAAF AF Bn , at 82,74 (Tuguegarao) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 149th JAAF AF Bn , at 82,74 (Tuguegarao) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 149th JAAF AF Bn , at 82,74 (Tuguegarao) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 19 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 149th JAAF AF Bn , at 82,74 (Tuguegarao) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 149th JAAF AF Bn , at 82,74 (Tuguegarao) 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 12 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 35 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 149th JAAF AF Bn , at 82,74 (Tuguegarao) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 26 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 149th JAAF AF Bn , at 82,74 (Tuguegarao) 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 9 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 149th JAAF AF Bn , at 82,74 (Tuguegarao) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb trying to kill this unit in a clear terrain base... the unit was later spotted to be moving out... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 149th JAAF AF Bn , at 82,74 (Tuguegarao) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 149th JAAF AF Bn , at 82,74 (Tuguegarao) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 149th JAAF AF Bn , at 82,74 (Tuguegarao) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 36 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tuguegarao , at 82,74 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft P-51B Mustang x 14 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 5 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet 5 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet 4 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vigan , at 80,73 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 9 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 5 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet 4 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vigan , at 80,73 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 5 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 5 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tuguegarao , at 82,74 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft P-51B Mustang x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet if you´re lucky and you order 100 fighters to sweep a target you usually get 50% showing up before the bombers but in the usual way of < squadron sweeps and then you can be asured that the 50% rest is going to show up after the bombers showed up... there´s is no way of any sane strike coordination (if you want to call it this way) in this game... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Taichu , at 86,64 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft J2M2 Jack x 11 Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 5 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 25 Japanese aircraft losses J2M2 Jack: 6 destroyed Ki-45 KAIb Nick: 3 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 10 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet CAP engaged: S-402 Hikotai with J2M2 Jack (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (11 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead 4th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIb Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 12000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes highlight of today, the elite P-38H squadrons from Changsha show up one by one, taking out halve of the Jacks and all the Nicks as the Lightnings had the never ending dive... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Taichu , at 86,64 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 25 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 25 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Taichu , at 86,64 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 25 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 25 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet I´m glad if the squadrons show up at least in squadron strenght and not in smaller strikes... [image]local://upfiles/13774/45BF9EB601F848329BB09172CD912AE1.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (5/3/2011 3:21:08 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 18, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on San Fernando , at 80,74 Weather in hex: Heavy rain 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 163 B-25H Mitchell x 48 P-38L Lightning x 7 F4U-1 Corsair x 10 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5c Zero: 6 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 15 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 45 Airbase supply hits 15 Runway hits 383 [X(] recon showed a couple of dozen enemy aircraft here and I´ve sent in the hammer and luckily enough we catch them on the ground, guess they were ordered to fly fighter bomber attacks on my shipping if it would get close... doesn´t happen very often that I catch a bigger number of Rainer´s aircraft on the ground... 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 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 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 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 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 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 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 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 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on San Fernando , at 80,74 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 B-25H Mitchell x 15 P-38L Lightning x 7 P-51B Mustang x 7 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5c Zero: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 44 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on San Fernando , at 80,74 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 44 P-38L Lightning x 7 F4U-1D Corsair x 6 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5c Zero: 2 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 85 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 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on San Fernando , at 80,74 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 16 B-25H Mitchell x 16 P-51B Mustang x 14 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged B-25H Mitchell: 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 5 Runway hits 42 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on San Fernando , at 80,74 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on San Fernando , at 80,74 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 27 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on San Fernando , at 80,74 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 12 No Allied losses Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on San Fernando , at 80,74 Weather in hex: Heavy rain 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 12 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 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 1 Runway hits 27 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on San Fernando , at 80,74 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 24 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on San Fernando , at 80,74 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 9 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 16 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on San Fernando , at 80,74 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 No Allied losses Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on San Fernando , at 80,74 Weather in hex: Heavy rain 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 9 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 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 San Fernando , at 80,74 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 No Allied losses Runway hits 22 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on San Fernando , at 80,74 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 20 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb how many waves? A dozen? Or more? [image]local://upfiles/13774/5ABC59F307FE4F6889CBF972968A8A0A.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Pisanuloke (58,57) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 9284 troops, 128 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 1259 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Allied adjusted assault: 366 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 366 to 1 (fort level 5) Allied forces CAPTURE Pisanuloke !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: Assaulting units: 75th Indian Brigade 25th Indian Division 14th Indian Division 26th Indian Division XV Indian Corps 175 Wing we keep taking empty bases in Thailand... this is the Army moving down from Chiang Mai... I expect Rainer to retreat towards Bangkok to hold there, surely Maginot line style defenses there and an urban light hex for two times defense bonus...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (5/3/2011 3:32:14 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 19, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Hengchun at 84,68 Japanese Ships E No.25 E No.27 Allied Ships SS Croaker SS Croaker launches 6 torpedoes at E No.25 Croaker diving deep .... E No.27 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.25 fails to find sub and abandons search E No.27 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.27 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.27 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.27 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub ohh, sounds like trouble again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Orchid Island at 86,68 Japanese Ships E No.46, Torpedo hits 3, heavy damage E No.28 Allied Ships SS Barbel, hits 6 SS Barbel launches 6 torpedoes at E No.46 Barbel diving deep .... E No.28 attacking submerged sub .... E No.28 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.28 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.28 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.28 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Croaker got away unharmed while Barbel even manages to score with three torps on the super E... we stay lucky in this area as we´re now in the lead again in super E sunk for sunk subs in return... Barbel survives with 22 sys 20 flt... the appearance of the super E in this area again proves that Rainer can freely operate within my LBA range as his ships hardly ever are attacked and if my bombers try to, they fail to locate due to range or weather... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vigan , at 80,73 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 46 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vigan , at 80,73 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Taichu , at 86,64 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Liberator B.VI x 28 B-24D1 Liberator x 43 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-59 Theresa: 2 destroyed on ground A6M2 Sen Baku: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 21 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 86 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb we´ve also started to bomb Formosa more often, there are around 40 enemy units on the island but most of it is clear terrain so that´s going to be interesting when we are invading as the island sure is on our list of upcoming major operations... the enemy could retreat into Hengchun on the Southern tip which is wooden terrain or to a small base on the Eastern coast which is mountaineous terrain... what the enemy can´t do is deny us all the clear terrain bases which would mean to have potential level 9 airfields another step closer to Japan but still out of fighter range and without fighters we can´t do anything against the Japanese industry as I´m not willing to throw away my B-29 force... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Taichu , at 86,64 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Liberator B.VI x 16 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Liberator B.VI: 3 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 10 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-322 Hikotai with A6M2 Sen Baku (18 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 18 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 9000 Raid is overhead Training flight from S-322 Hikotai has been caught up in attack -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Taichu , at 86,64 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Sen Baku x 6 Allied aircraft Liberator B.VI x 16 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Sen Baku: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Liberator B.VI: 2 damaged Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-322 Hikotai with A6M2 Sen Baku (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 344 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Taichu , at 86,64 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Sen Baku x 2 Allied aircraft Liberator B.III x 16 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-59 Theresa: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses Liberator B.III: 2 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Liberator B.III bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-322 Hikotai with A6M2 Sen Baku (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 9000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 159 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Taichu , at 86,64 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Sen Baku x 1 Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 12 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 15 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-322 Hikotai with A6M2 Sen Baku (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 9000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vigan , at 80,73 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 219 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 11 damaged Japanese ground losses: 29 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 53 Airbase supply hits 17 Runway hits 443 wow, the heavies can really do some damage... most of the time halve of the bombers would easily be sufficient but usually I´m just too lazy to give order to each and every squadron so I just click on "all B-24J"... 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vigan , at 80,73 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 16 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 19 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vigan , at 80,73 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 23 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vigan , at 80,73 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 22 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vigan , at 80,73 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 No Allied losses Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 18 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Taichu , at 86,64 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-59 Theresa: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 17 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vigan , at 80,73 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 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 Taichu , at 86,64 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-59 Theresa: 1 destroyed on ground Runway hits 21 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vigan , at 80,73 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 No Allied losses Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vigan , at 80,73 Weather in hex: Heavy 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 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 17 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vigan , at 80,73 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 No Allied losses Runway hits 9 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vigan , at 80,73 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Runway hits 18 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vigan , at 80,73 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 33 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 23 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet 5 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet 5 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Aparri at 82,73 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 20 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 25 P-51B Mustang x 21 F4U-1 Corsair x 7 F4U-1A Corsair x 14 F4U-1D Corsair x 24 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-51B Mustang: 2 destroyed F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships xAKL Momoyama Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Hokuan Maru, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk outnumbering the enemy 5:1 doesn´t really help if you are coming in with bombers and the enemy get´s the dive while the combat report shows all fighters being on sweep... we trade our top notch fighters 1:1 with the enemy again... the two xAKL are sunk though but there are a couple more of them... Aircraft Attacking: 6 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 2 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet 5 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet 6 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet 7 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet 3 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet 6 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet 7 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 20000 feet 9 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet 8 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet 6 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet 7 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet 8 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet 4 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet CAP engaged: 50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters between 36000 and 36740. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Aparri , at 82,73 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 5 Allied aircraft F-5A Lightning x 1 P-38J Lightning x 25 P-51B Mustang x 17 F4U-1A Corsair x 3 F4U-1D Corsair x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 5 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet 3 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet 9 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet 8 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet 6 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet 7 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet 8 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet 4 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet CAP engaged: 50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes must have all been failed escorts... failed escorts is the only way to get massed sweeps... funny... 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castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (5/3/2011 3:51:48 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 20, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Aparri , at 82,73 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 16 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 40 Allied aircraft P-51B Mustang x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-51B Mustang: 2 destroyed CAP engaged: 50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 24 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters between 22000 and 36740. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes the enemy moved lots of fighters to Aparri, guess he´s covering an incoming convoy and we´ve decided to attack with a hell a lot of aircraft, doesn´t matter what you decide when the engine decides to doesn´t care about your decisions... we start with the usual < squadron sized sweeps... oh lord, please help... [8\|] the fact to be a) outnumbered and b) stupid to not do ceiling sweeps all the time while the enemy is on top most of the time again means ending up with a defeat for the first incoming Mustang squadron... ehem, cough, the first PART of a Mustang squadron... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kagi , at 85,64 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vigan , at 80,73 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 11 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kagi , at 85,64 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet just always the same... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion, at 79,77 (Manila) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 42,500 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 10 J2M3 Jack x 15 N1K1-J George x 9 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 3 Ki-84a Frank x 24 Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 5 F4U-1A Corsair x 10 F4U-1D Corsair x 16 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed J2M3 Jack: 4 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed F4U-1D Corsair: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 34440 feet 1 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet 5 x J2M3 Jack sweeping at 6000 feet interesting one... the enemy gets to sweep his own base, easily done, just order a bomber squadron to attack the ground troops there and if the escorts fail you are sweeping your own base which isn´t possible to ORDER the same... anyone realizing what´s going on or are the blinders still in place? We´ve got leaking Cap in place coming in from Batangas which does ok for being outnumbered, leaking Cap and dived by most fighters being at their ceiling... CAP engaged: VMF-113 with F4U-1D Corsair (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 25000 Raid is overhead VMF-115 with F4U-1D Corsair (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 25000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes VMF-121 with F4U-1D Corsair (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 25000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes VMF-211 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes VMF-216 with F4U-1A Corsair (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 25000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes VMF-312 with F4U-1D Corsair (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 25000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes VMF-422 with F4U-1 Corsair (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kagi , at 85,64 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft Liberator B.VI x 60 B-24D Liberator x 12 B-24D1 Liberator x 30 Allied aircraft losses Liberator B.VI: 2 damaged B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 40 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 276 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kagi , at 85,64 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Liberator B.III x 16 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Liberator B.III: 1 damaged Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 8 Runway hits 42 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Liberator B.III bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Aparri , at 82,73 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 55 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 13 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 169 F4U-1 Corsair x 7 F4U-1A Corsair x 14 F4U-1D Corsair x 24 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 8 damaged Japanese ground losses: 13 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 29 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 137 a single < squadron sweep is all we get before the bombers show up... I love it... giving orders is senseless in this game... with what is coming in with the bombers you can roughly speak about 10% of the fighters that have been ordered to either sweep or escort to Aparri... senseless, senseless, senseless... and I´m the forum´s asshole and a) don´t know how the game works, b) got no experience and c) am dumb overall... and I´m telling you that no matter which orders you give, this game is not able to come up with any form of sane strikes... I may referre to BoB bombing the Reich again... Aircraft Attacking: 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 13 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 36740. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Aparri , at 82,73 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 4 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Laoag , at 81,72 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 75 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Airbase hits 21 Airbase supply hits 10 Runway hits 118 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Laoag , at 81,72 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 12 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 17 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Aparri , at 82,73 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 16 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 22 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc 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 36740 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Laoag , at 81,72 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 16 Allied aircraft losses B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 29 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Laoag , at 81,72 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 12 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 3 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 20 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Aparri , at 82,73 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 5 Runway hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc 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 36740 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes then the endless numbers of bomber waves... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Aparri , at 82,73 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 15 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Runway hits 28 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc 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 36740 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Aparri , at 82,73 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 3 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (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 36740 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Aparri , at 82,73 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Runway hits 9 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 36740 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Laoag , at 81,72 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 9 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 20 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Aparri , at 82,73 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc 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 36740 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Laoag , at 81,72 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 9 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Laoag , at 81,72 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 9 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 22 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Aparri , at 82,73 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc 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 36740 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Aparri , at 82,73 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kagi , at 85,64 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 16 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 50 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kagi , at 85,64 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 9 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 26 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kagi , at 85,64 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 9 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses No Allied losses Runway hits 9 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Aparri , at 82,73 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 No Allied losses Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Laoag , at 81,72 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 9 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Laoag , at 81,72 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 9 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 3 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Runway hits 23 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Aparri , at 82,73 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Aparri , at 82,73 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 No Allied losses Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Laoag , at 81,72 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 9 No Allied losses Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Aparri , at 82,73 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 38 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 64 P-51B Mustang x 51 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 23 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet 21 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet 23 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet 23 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet 20 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet 5 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet and after the usual click esc a hundred times party, the mega sweep shows up, halve a day after the bombers... out of the ordered squadrons to sweep, a whopping 18 Mustangs manage to show up over the target before the bombers with 115 fighters coming in as one formation far behind the bombers... funny as always... and yet another perfectly realistic example when you are not allowed to complain about it... after the latest blow up of a former dev on the tech forum (for no reason) I wonder why I shouldn´t be allowed to cry like a baby and do a five year old´s name calling as the unpaid dev does so to a customer that actually paid for the product... there have been over the board accepted issues in WITP, some of them still exist in AE (but now are denied - because noone has been paid??) and some new turned up (that are also denied)... the fact that AE is a bored up and greatly enhanced WITP makes it the best game about this theatre but I can´t see the perfectionism others seem to to experience... AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy... you get what you expect... [:'(] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kagi , at 85,64 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 17 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 7 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet 5 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet 5 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vigan , at 80,73 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 14 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 5 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet 4 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet 5 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kagi , at 85,64 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vigan , at 80,73 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Vigan , at 80,73 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 19 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 19 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Camiguin at 85,72 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 6 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAKL Atuta Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Hakuyo Maru xAKL Kidokawa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Hanakawa Maru, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb the Mitchells in action and six bombers score 10 hits... now I know that in WITP a bomber could only score one hit, I´m unsure about AE when there is one side saying that is still true (would be FOW then) and others saying it´s possible for bombers to score more than one hit... all three small freighters went down so I guess each would have been hit by two bombs then... [image]local://upfiles/13774/B5C1E95C2EBE4171A43F4F20948A11F2.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (5/3/2011 4:11:54 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 21, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 4th Australian Division, at 79,77 (Manila) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 40,380 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5b Zero x 2 J2M3 Jack x 17 N1K1-J George x 4 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 6 Ki-84a Frank x 24 Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 14 P-38J Lightning x 14 P-38L Lightning x 15 P-51B Mustang x 14 F4U-1 Corsair x 4 F4U-1A Corsair x 10 F4U-1D Corsair x 16 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed J2M3 Jack: 5 destroyed N1K1-J George: 2 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 5 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed P-38L Lightning: 2 destroyed P-51B Mustang: 1 destroyed F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 34440 feet 4 x J2M3 Jack sweeping at 38380 feet being encouraged by yesterday´s "failed escort sweeps" to Manila the enemy does the same today... a sidenote, neither yesterday nor today did any bombers actually show up over Manila so both the escorts must have "failed" as well as the bombers have failed to get to the target... [:D] we´ve moved more fighters to Batangas though which also resulted in far more fighters leaking to Manila which did better than yesterday against the ceiling sweeps with none of our fighters being set to their ceiling (yet)... as the enemy seems to intensifying his ceiling sweeps and ceiling Cap again (perhaps only my gut feeling) we´re also intending to go back into the spiral up into the stratosphere... most of our sweeps were flown at 31000ft or lower since the air team leader stated it would be an exploit to go with ceiling sweeps/Cap... we do NOT have a hr about it in this PBEM as we started about a year before the "discussion" about ceiling sweeps finally ended (for me) with TheElf´s statement about it being an exploit so I sure won´t blame Rainer for doing this kind of attacks as I can do the same... as nothing is going to be changed I probably will go with one of the suggested hrs on this matter even though none of them really convinces me... since the squashing of the land based radar bug this whole matter has become far better anyway... both things I´ve complained about for one and a halve years, one thing I called a bug (fixed with the latest patch), one thing I never called a bug but a design flaw ("fixed" for me with TheElf´s official statement - I don´t mean that sarcastic btw)... CAP engaged: VMF-113 with F4U-1D Corsair (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 25000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes VMF-115 with F4U-1D Corsair (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 25000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes VMF-121 with F4U-1D Corsair (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 25000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes VMF-211 with F4U-1A Corsair (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 Raid is overhead VMF-216 with F4U-1A Corsair (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes VMF-312 with F4U-1D Corsair (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 25000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes VMF-422 with F4U-1 Corsair (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 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes No.79 Sqn RAAF with Spitfire VIII (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes No.82 Sqn RAAF with Spitfire VIII (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes 49th FG/7th FS with P-38J Lightning (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 31000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes 15th FG/47th FS with P-38J Lightning (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 31000 Raid is overhead 347th FG/68th FS with P-51B Mustang (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 31000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes 8th FG/80th FS with P-38L Lightning (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 31000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes 80th FG/88th FS with P-51B Mustang (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 31000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes 58th FG/311th FS with P-51B Mustang (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes 348th FG/340th FS with P-38J Lightning (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 31000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes 348th FG/341st FS with P-38L Lightning (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 31000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes 475th FG/433rd FS with P-38L Lightning (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, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 4th Australian Division, at 79,77 (Manila) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 15 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 4 A6M5b Zero x 16 J2M3 Jack x 1 N1K1-J George x 4 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 4 Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 8 P-38J Lightning x 13 P-38L Lightning x 10 P-51B Mustang x 11 F4U-1 Corsair x 2 F4U-1A Corsair x 10 F4U-1D Corsair x 12 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed A6M5b Zero: 6 destroyed J2M3 Jack: 1 destroyed N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38J Lightning: 1 destroyed a second "sweep" is coming in and that one was completely shred as it was set to come in low which meant the dive exclusively for our fighters which had a field day against the second wave while also the first suffered already... the performance difference of the first sweep coming in HIGH to the second sweep coming in LOW was astonishing... CAP engaged: VMF-216 with F4U-1A Corsair (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes 475th FG/433rd FS with P-38L Lightning (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, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes VMF-113 with F4U-1D Corsair (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 29000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes VMF-115 with F4U-1D Corsair (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 25000 , scrambling fighters to 40500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes VMF-121 with F4U-1D Corsair (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes VMF-211 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 24000 and 33440. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes VMF-312 with F4U-1D Corsair (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 25000 Raid is overhead VMF-422 with F4U-1 Corsair (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 26000 and 30000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes No.79 Sqn RAAF with Spitfire VIII (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 26000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes No.82 Sqn RAAF with Spitfire VIII (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 25000 , scrambling fighters between 25000 and 36440. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes 49th FG/7th FS with P-38J Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 40380 and 43010. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes 15th FG/47th FS with P-38J Lightning (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 31000 , scrambling fighters between 29000 and 38500. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes 347th FG/68th FS with P-51B Mustang (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters to 34440. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes 8th FG/80th FS with P-38L Lightning (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 31000 , scrambling fighters between 36440 and 40000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes 80th FG/88th FS with P-51B Mustang (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 31000 , scrambling fighters between 33000 and 40380. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes 58th FG/311th FS with P-51B Mustang (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 26000 and 36440. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes 348th FG/340th FS with P-38J Lightning (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 31000 , scrambling fighters to 42440. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes 348th FG/341st FS with P-38L Lightning (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 31000 , scrambling fighters to 24000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Hengchun at 85,68 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 3 Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 8 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 4 damaged Japanese Ships APD T-8 Aircraft Attacking: 2 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet Naval Attack: 3 plane(s) with no ordnance Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 6 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb don´t know what this kind of attacked was supposed to be, this definately looked like a bug... why? a) the bombers are set to 1000 ft nav attack and not 100 ft nav attack so they should have attacked at 1000 ft, something they´ve done lots of times in the past and b) the Mitchells seemed to be treated like FIGHTERS when we saw "Oscar shooting from BEHIND at Mitchell" which is something you only see in fighter vs fighter and not fighter vs bomber and c) another thing you only see in fighter vs fighter is "Mitchell jettison ordnance"... this has never happened in this PBEM before and we´ve seen fighters attacking bombers probably more than a couple of thousand times already... being a strange engagement the bombers also didn´t score any hits... CAP engaged: 64th Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 37400 Raid is overhead the enemy fighters took a beating today, FOW involved a 5:1 A2A which is above of what I try to achieve with my fighters... my goal is to achieve a 3:1 or slightly better A2A at the moment with a 2.5:1 in total losses hopefully soon... by mid 45 I expect to achieve a 4-5:1 A2A and a 3:1 in total losses... guess we will be behind real life in both ratios for A2A and total losses... biggest problems has been and still is to get our fighters over the target in real numbers and not in laughable piece meal waves that are outnumbered x:1 nearly all the time when we don´t fight leaking Cap... [image]local://upfiles/13774/A5A869FF0FB64DB0B93F41CE8EEE9335.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (5/5/2011 4:41:10 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 22, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Hengchun at 84,68 Japanese Ships APD T-5 APD T-1 APD T-8 Allied Ships SS Capelin SS Capelin launches 6 torpedoes at APD T-5 APD T-8 fails to find sub, continues to search... APD T-5 attacking submerged sub .... APD T-8 fails to find sub, continues to search... APD T-5 fails to find sub and abandons search APD T-8 fails to find sub, continues to search... APD T-8 fails to find sub, continues to search... APD T-8 fails to find sub, continues to search... APD T-8 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub we miss the APD but know that Rainer is either bringing more troops/supply to Luzon or tries to evac fragments already... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Hengchun at 82,68 Japanese Ships E No.28 Allied Ships SS Cobia, hits 12 SS Cobia launches 6 torpedoes at E No.28 Cobia diving deep .... E No.28 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.28 attacking submerged sub .... E No.28 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.28 attacking submerged sub .... E No.28 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Cobia tries to engage a super E around Formosa and takes heavy damage in return... retiring with 38 sys 48 flt... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Laoag at 81,71 Japanese Ships APD T-5 APD T-1 APD T-8 Allied Ships SS Tullibee SS Tullibee launches 6 torpedoes at APD T-5 Tullibee diving deep .... APD T-8 fails to find sub and abandons search APD T-5 fails to find sub, continues to search... APD T-5 fails to find sub, continues to search... APD T-5 fails to find sub, continues to search... APD T-5 attacking submerged sub .... APD T-5 fails to find sub, continues to search... APD T-5 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub another round with my subs around Formosa, just another miss... three sub attacks in one turn has become really, really rare as the enemy has kept his Navy in port since the loss of the SRA... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sabang (44,70) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 516 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 37 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Allied adjusted assault: 34 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 34 to 1 (fort level 6) Allied forces CAPTURE Sabang !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: 2/6 Cavalry Cdo Battalion Aussie paras used to mop up empty bases... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Malacca (49,81) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 2856 troops, 18 guns, 282 vehicles, Assault Value = 627 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Allied adjusted assault: 220 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 220 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Malacca !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: Assaulting units: 255th Indian Tank Brigade 254th Armoured Brigade 50th Tank Brigade while the three tank bgds are storming further North with the enemy on full retreat... there´s nothing left of the enemy anyway...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (5/5/2011 4:45:20 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 23, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near San Fernando at 79,73 Japanese Ships ACM Banshu Maru #18 Allied Ships SS Tullibee Captain of SS Tullibee elects not to launch torpedoes at this target ACM Banshu Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search... ACM Banshu Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search... ACM Banshu Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search... ACM Banshu Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Takao , at 84,65 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 12 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 30 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38H Lightning: 1 destroyed the P-38 from Changsha show up in the usual way... Aircraft Attacking: 3 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * CAP engaged: 64th Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 37400 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes 4th Sentai Det A with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 10 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 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 29 minutes 4th Sentai Det B with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 10 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Takao , at 84,65 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 6 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 15 Allied aircraft Liberator B.VI x 61 B-24D Liberator x 12 B-24D1 Liberator x 52 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-48-IIa Lily: 3 destroyed on ground Ki-59 Theresa: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses Liberator B.VI: 2 damaged B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 18 out of 75 P-38 shows up before the bombers... it´s senseless, completely senseless... not that the Allied 4E would really care about fighter sweeps or escorts... Airbase hits 55 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 226 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 17 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 4th Sentai Det B with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes 64th Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 37400 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes 4th Sentai Det A with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes Training flight from 4th Sentai Det B has been caught up in attack often we meet enemy squadrons on training at the front... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Takao , at 84,65 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4 Allied aircraft Liberator B.III x 16 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 damaged Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses Liberator B.III: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 25 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Liberator B.III bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 4th Sentai Det B with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (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 6000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes 4th Sentai Det A with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (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 6000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Takao , at 84,65 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3 Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 13 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 35 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 4th Sentai Det B with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (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 6000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes 4th Sentai Det A with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (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 32 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Takao , at 84,65 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 2 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 53 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 7 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * 23 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * 23 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * and when all the bombers went in, the stupid sweep shows up... all working very well, not that someone said a sweep would be supposed to show up first, it just would make sense to programme it that way but strikes are what they are, nothing but "fails" and some die rolls... CAP engaged: 4th Sentai Det B with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (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 4th Sentai Det A with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (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 14 minutes

crsutton -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (5/7/2011 4:25:14 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb don´t know what this kind of attacked was supposed to be, this definately looked like a bug... why? a) the bombers are set to 1000 ft nav attack and not 100 ft nav attack so they should have attacked at 1000 ft, something they´ve done lots of times in the past and b) the Mitchells seemed to be treated like FIGHTERS when we saw "Oscar shooting from BEHIND at Mitchell" which is something you only see in fighter vs fighter and not fighter vs bomber and c) another thing you only see in fighter vs fighter is "Mitchell jettison ordnance"... this has never happened in this PBEM before and we´ve seen fighters attacking bombers probably more than a couple of thousand times already... being a strange engagement the bombers also didn´t score any hits... [image]local://upfiles/13774/A5A869FF0FB64DB0B93F41CE8EEE9335.jpg[/image] No in all my tests any strafer type bomber-(attack bomber) will attack at 100 feet when set to any altitude below 6,000 feet. Otherwise 6.000 and above, they will level bomb normally. The D1 mitchell is an attack bomber. Also, any fighter or fighter bomber set to 1,000 feet will drop to 100 and attack. Any other height and they will level bomb (and not very well)...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (5/7/2011 2:55:35 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: crsutton quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb don´t know what this kind of attacked was supposed to be, this definately looked like a bug... why? a) the bombers are set to 1000 ft nav attack and not 100 ft nav attack so they should have attacked at 1000 ft, something they´ve done lots of times in the past and b) the Mitchells seemed to be treated like FIGHTERS when we saw "Oscar shooting from BEHIND at Mitchell" which is something you only see in fighter vs fighter and not fighter vs bomber and c) another thing you only see in fighter vs fighter is "Mitchell jettison ordnance"... this has never happened in this PBEM before and we´ve seen fighters attacking bombers probably more than a couple of thousand times already... being a strange engagement the bombers also didn´t score any hits... [image]local://upfiles/13774/A5A869FF0FB64DB0B93F41CE8EEE9335.jpg[/image] No in all my tests any strafer type bomber-(attack bomber) will attack at 100 feet when set to any altitude below 6,000 feet. Otherwise 6.000 and above, they will level bomb normally. The D1 mitchell is an attack bomber. Also, any fighter or fighter bomber set to 1,000 feet will drop to 100 and attack. Any other height and they will level bomb (and not very well)... not in my game with the latest official patch, all my attack bombers bomb at the altitude they are set to. All of them and you can see that numerous of times in this AAR. As I´ve kept them on 1000ft for nav attack, they´ve also attacked at 1000ft.

EUBanana -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (5/8/2011 1:01:25 AM)
Bummer about the comments re. bypassed bases still being able to be a pain. I was hoping to bypass quite a bit in my game. On the place side out of supply bases are fairly easy meat, and if you can land without opposition you don't need to commit warships. Is he supplying them via submarine or something?

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (5/8/2011 5:19:11 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: EUBanana Bummer about the comments re. bypassed bases still being able to be a pain. I was hoping to bypass quite a bit in my game. On the place side out of supply bases are fairly easy meat, and if you can land without opposition you don't need to commit warships. Is he supplying them via submarine or something? I would not bypass these bases anymore. Not that they would be a real threat but they´re annoying and a good way to deal with them are all those independent rgt and bgd. Rainer certainly uses his transport subs a lot but if you look at their capacity then I´m not really impressed, even though that might be enough to keep these bases supplied to also launch an airstrike now and then. But like I´ve said, I wouldn´t bypass them anymore but would commit a couple rgt to easily take them out over time.

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (5/10/2011 4:17:34 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 24, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lingayen , at 79,75 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 13 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5c Zero x 12 N1K1-J George x 9 Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 16 Ki-61-II KAI Tony x 16 Ki-84a Frank x 28 Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 25 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5c Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38L Lightning: 5 destroyed very bad experience for this Lightning squadron, we came in, had the dive that was over after two passes and then the helpless and outnumbered P-38 with 70/70 pilots were shred by the diving enemy... CAP engaged: S-312 Hikotai with A6M5c Zero (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 6 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 32 minutes S-401 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (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, 0 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes 11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 12 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34440 Raid is overhead 18th Sentai with Ki-61-II KAI Tony (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (16 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 13 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes 33rd Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (16 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 11 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 37400 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (16 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 255th Indian Tank Brigade, at 49,80 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 6 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 255th Indian Tank Brigade, at 49,80 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-IIa Lily x 25 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Vehicles lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 25 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 9000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lingayen , at 79,75 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 48 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5c Zero x 7 N1K1-J George x 6 Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 11 Ki-61-II KAI Tony x 14 Ki-84a Frank x 22 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 147 B-25H Mitchell x 60 P-38J Lightning x 7 P-51B Mustang x 9 PV-1 Ventura x 24 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed H6K5 Mavis: 4 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged P-38J Lightning: 1 destroyed PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 26 Airbase supply hits 19 Runway hits 207 had hundreds of fighters set to sweep but only the 25 P-38 managed to show up before the bombers and those P-38 got shot up badly anyway, so I can´t say I was pleased to see all the bombers coming in already with a meager escort that usually gets shot up to but to my complete surprise, there was nearly no fighting at all against the main bomber strike... of course I was then prepared to see the usual follow up piece meal strikes being shot up... 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 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 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 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 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 2 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 16 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 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 2 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 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-312 Hikotai with A6M5c Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers 18th Sentai with Ki-61-II KAI Tony (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 11 planes vectored on to bombers 33rd Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 37400 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 37400. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (5 airborne, 3 on standby, 2 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 43000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes 10 planes vectored on to bombers S-401 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers 11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 2 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34440 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 44000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes 7 planes vectored on to bombers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lingayen , at 79,75 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 48 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 2 Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 2 Ki-61-II KAI Tony x 6 Ki-84a Frank x 5 Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 9 F4U-1D Corsair x 9 PV-1 Ventura x 60 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-61-II KAI Tony: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 31 hmm... really wonder what´s up with the enemy´s Cap as it does more or less nothing, the engagements are over in no time and the Cap is decreasing quickly... [&:] lucky me... 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 10 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 CAP engaged: 18th Sentai with Ki-61-II KAI Tony (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 42000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 46000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers S-401 Hikotai 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 to 41000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers 33rd Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (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 37400 , scrambling fighters between 45000 and 47000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lingayen , at 79,75 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 36 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 1 Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 1 Ki-61-II KAI Tony x 2 Ki-84a Frank x 2 Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 28 P-51B Mustang x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-61-II KAI Tony: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-25H 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 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 22 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-401 Hikotai 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 25 minutes 18th Sentai with Ki-61-II KAI Tony (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 6000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (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 6000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers 33rd Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (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 37400 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lingayen , at 79,75 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 1 Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 1 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 40 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 61 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 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-401 Hikotai 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 41000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes 33rd Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (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 37400 , scrambling fighters to 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lingayen , at 79,75 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 1 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 32 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 45 Aircraft Attacking: 16 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 CAP engaged: S-401 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (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 41010 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lingayen , at 79,75 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 16 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 2 Runway hits 33 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lingayen , at 79,75 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lingayen , at 79,75 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 21 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb everything in the area is attacking Lingayen today, again total overkill in the end but as most of the times, only a small percentage of the fighters show up at a time they should... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lingayen , at 79,75 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses No Allied losses Runway hits 18 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lingayen , at 79,75 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lingayen , at 79,75 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lingayen , at 79,75 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 16 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 10 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lingayen , at 79,75 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lingayen , at 79,75 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lingayen , at 79,75 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lingayen , at 79,75 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 28 minutes Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 30 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 25 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet 5 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet [sm=happy0065.gif] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lingayen , at 79,75 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet [sm=happy0065.gif] the rest didn´t show up at all... we´ve lost two dozen aircraft today, the enemy slightly more... it´s been pure luck we didn´t suffer more as the operations aren´t at all carried out as planned or expected... [image]local://upfiles/13774/0440A8B8EE794F888D30BFCAEF1A6E72.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (5/10/2011 4:27:14 PM)
The screenshot shows the reason for our air attacks on Lingayen today, our fleet is closing in and we´re going to throw 4 divisions plus support onto the beaches at Lingayen to cut the defenders of Northern Luzon in two and isolate the enemy troops in the area Manila - Clark Field - Bataan. As both Lingayen and the hex SE of it are clear hexes I doubt the enemy will try to hold them, he can´t do much about Lingayen anyway as I intend to take the lightly defended hex tomorrow. When looking at the whole situation, it doesn´t seem to me that Rainer expected any other landings on Luzon but I had been prepping my troops for Lingayen for four months already as I´ve always thought the best way would be to create pockets and there´s no doubt that the enemy is relying on his surely high fortifications and the terrain of Clark and Manila so the chance to see him bug out to the clear Northern hexes is more than small. The fleet was closing in and wasn´t attacked up to now, not sure the IJ is going to attack the landing sites tomorrow, the carrier fleet will be ready to defend the amphib TFs. As always lots of battlewaggons involved too but no sign of the enemy fleet that still got all but one of it´s BB. [image]local://upfiles/13774/D2490B1F282C47AD909E87AB1115CF8B.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (5/10/2011 4:49:23 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 25, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near San Fernando at 79,74, Range 14,000 Yards Japanese Ships LB-136, Shell hits 1, and is sunk LB-138, Shell hits 1, and is sunk LB-139, Shell hits 1, and is sunk LB-140, Shell hits 1, and is sunk LB-141, Shell hits 1, and is sunk LB-143, Shell hits 1, and is sunk LB-145, Shell hits 1, and is sunk LB-150, Shell hits 1, and is sunk LB-151, Shell hits 1, and is sunk LB-152, Shell hits 1, and is sunk LB-153, Shell hits 1, and is sunk LB-155, Shell hits 1, and is sunk LB-157, Shell hits 1, and is sunk LB-158, Shell hits 1, and is sunk Allied Ships BB Arizona BB Pennsylvania DD Grayson DD Monssen DD Aaron Ward DD Thompson DD Harding DD Baldwin DD Carmick DD Endicott on the way to Lingayen´s beaches we have to pass through San Fernando´s hex and meet a dozen barges that are easily sunk at long range... very long range for a night engagement and really small targets, while I don´t know if size does matter in terms of being easily or harder to hit... Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 57% moonlight: 12,000 yards Range closes to 28,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards Range closes to 26,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards Range closes to 24,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards Range closes to 22,000 yards... Range closes to 20,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards Range closes to 18,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards Range closes to 16,000 yards... Range closes to 14,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards Allies open fire on surprised Japanese ships at 14,000 yards LB-158 sunk by BB Arizona at 14,000 yards LB-153 sunk by BB Arizona at 14,000 yards LB-155 sunk by DD Baldwin at 14,000 yards LB-145 sunk by BB Arizona at 14,000 yards LB-141 sunk by DD Baldwin at 14,000 yards Range closes to 13,000 yards BB Pennsylvania engages LB-157 at 13,000 yards LB-151 sunk by DD Baldwin at 13,000 yards LB-140 sunk by DD Endicott at 13,000 yards Range closes to 12,000 yards LB-150 sunk by BB Pennsylvania at 12,000 yards LB-136 sunk by DD Carmick at 12,000 yards BB Pennsylvania engages LB-138 at 12,000 yards DD Aaron Ward engages LB-152 at 12,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards LB-152 sunk by DD Baldwin at 9,000 yards LB-143 sunk by DD Baldwin at 9,000 yards DD Thompson engages LB-139 at 9,000 yards LB-157 sunk by DD Monssen at 9,000 yards Range increases to 11,000 yards BB Pennsylvania engages LB-139 at 11,000 yards BB Arizona engages LB-139 at 11,000 yards LB-138 sunk by DD Carmick at 11,000 yards LB-139 sunk by DD Monssen at 11,000 yards LB-139 sunk by DD Monssen at 11,000 yards Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Lingayen Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 115 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CA Cornwall CA Suffolk CL Kenya CL Ceylon CL Gambia DD Gillespie DD McCalla LST-18 LST-20 LST-22 LST-24 DD Ingraham LST-19 CA Cornwall firing at 30th JAAF Base Force CA Suffolk firing at 30th JAAF Base Force CL Kenya firing at 49th JNAF AF Unit CL Ceylon firing at 59th JNAF AF Unit CL Gambia firing at 22nd JAAF Base Force DD Gillespie firing at 22nd JAAF Base Force DD McCalla firing at 30th JAAF Base Force DD Gillespie fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards then the pre landing bombardments go in and there´s nothing there that could put up a strong defense which already makes me pretty optimistic about this operation (even more than I´ve already been)... [:D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Lingayen TF 56 troops unloading over beach at Lingayen, 79,75 Allied ground losses: Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Lingayen Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 114 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CA Shropshire CL Concord CL Trenton CL Raleigh CL Richmond CL Leander LST-72 LST-74 LST-75 LST-73 LST-86 DMS Hambleton DMS Elliot Japanese ground losses: 16 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 46 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled CA Shropshire firing at 22nd JAAF Base Force CL Concord firing at 59th JNAF AF Unit CL Trenton firing at 22nd JAAF Base Force CL Raleigh firing at 30th JAAF Base Force CL Richmond firing at 22nd JAAF Base Force CL Leander firing at 30th JAAF Base Force Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 4,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Lingayen TF 153 troops unloading over beach at Lingayen, 79,75 Allied ground losses: 46 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 6 (0 destroyed, 6 disabled) Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled) 10 Support troops lost in surf during unload of 98th Infantry Div /5 Motorized Support lost in surf during unload of 77th Infantry Div /5 10 troops of a Brit Inf Section 43 lost in surf during unload of 18th British Div /3 Motorized Support lost in surf during unload of 18th British Div /12 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Lingayen Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 125 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CA Canberra CA Australia CL Marblehead CL Detroit CL Perth CL Achilles LST-84 LST-81 LST-240 LST-227 LST-85 DMS Macomb Japanese ground losses: 20 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 42 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled CA Canberra firing at 59th JNAF AF Unit CA Australia firing at 49th JNAF AF Unit CL Marblehead firing at 22nd JAAF Base Force CL Detroit firing at 59th JNAF AF Unit CL Perth firing at 22nd JAAF Base Force CL Achilles firing at 30th JAAF Base Force Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 4,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Lingayen TF 297 troops unloading over beach at Lingayen, 79,75 Allied ground losses: 37 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 7 (0 destroyed, 7 disabled) Motorized Support lost overboard during unload of 11th Airborne Div 10 troops of a US Para Squad 42 accidentally lost during unload of 11th Airborne Div 10 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 165th USA Base Force 10 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of XXIV US Corps /3 being 100% prepared for the target is like landing in a friendly beach... being 70% prepared means horrible losses if you land at a more or less empty, enemy base... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Lingayen Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 61 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CA Cornwall CA Suffolk CL Kenya CL Ceylon CL Gambia DD Gillespie DD McCalla LST-26 LST-19 DD Ingraham LST-18 LST-22 LST-24 LST-20 CA Cornwall firing at 49th JNAF AF Unit CA Suffolk firing at 22nd JAAF Base Force CL Kenya firing at 49th JNAF AF Unit CL Ceylon firing at 30th JAAF Base Force LST-26 fired at enemy troops DD Gillespie fired at enemy troops DD McCalla fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Lingayen Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 61 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CA Shropshire CL Concord CL Trenton CL Raleigh CL Richmond CL Leander LST-72 DMS Hambleton DMS Elliot LST-73 LST-75 LST-74 Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 36 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled CA Shropshire firing at 22nd JAAF Base Force CL Concord firing at 30th JAAF Base Force CL Trenton firing at 49th JNAF AF Unit CL Raleigh firing at 49th JNAF AF Unit CL Richmond firing at 59th JNAF AF Unit Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Lingayen Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 83 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CA Canberra CA Australia CL Marblehead CL Detroit CL Perth CL Achilles LST-84 DMS Macomb LST-81 LST-240 Allied ground losses: 21 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled CA Canberra firing at 59th JNAF AF Unit CA Australia firing at 22nd JAAF Base Force CL Marblehead firing at 59th JNAF AF Unit CL Perth firing at 30th JAAF Base Force CL Achilles firing at 49th JNAF AF Unit Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lingayen , at 79,75 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 48 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5c Zero x 12 N1K1-J George x 8 Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 5 Ki-61-II KAI Tony x 5 Ki-84a Frank x 11 Allied aircraft Corsair II x 22 Corsair IV x 6 Hellcat I x 18 F4U-1A Corsair x 79 F4U-1D Corsair x 18 F6F-3 Hellcat x 310 F6F-5 Hellcat x 167 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5c Zero: 6 destroyed N1K1-J George: 4 destroyed Ki-61-II KAI Tony: 3 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 18 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 31000 feet here we go, we start with failed escorts mixed with our Cap as all the carriers are sitting in the invasion hex (yes, not only the CVE but also the CV/CVL TFs)... talk about numerical advantage and add in the never ending dive (never ending due to the numerical advantage) and look at the result... CAP engaged: S-312 Hikotai with A6M5c Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes S-401 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes 11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (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 34440 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes 18th Sentai with Ki-61-II KAI Tony (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 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes 33rd Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (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 37400 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (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, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34440 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lingayen , at 79,75 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 46 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 2 Ki-84a Frank x 1 Allied aircraft Corsair II x 37 Corsair IV x 2 Hellcat I x 22 F4U-1 Corsair x 18 F4U-1A Corsair x 64 F6F-3 Hellcat x 269 F6F-5 Hellcat x 144 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 18 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 31000 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 34440 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes 33rd Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (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 37400 , scrambling fighters to 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Lingayen at 79,75 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5c Zero x 15 J2M2 Jack x 24 Ki-84a Frank x 48 Allied aircraft Corsair II x 63 Corsair IV x 6 Hellcat I x 46 F4U-1A Corsair x 168 F6F-3 Hellcat x 638 F6F-5 Hellcat x 325 Japanese aircraft losses J2M2 Jack: 13 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 18 destroyed Allied Ships CVE Makin Island CVE Liscome Bay Aircraft Attacking: 1 x J2M2 Jack flying as kamikaze Kamikaze: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb 1 x Ki-84a Frank flying as kamikaze Kamikaze: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb then the first strike shows up (I didn´t really expect the enemy to attack us to be honest) and I´ve thought it would only be a sweep of failed escort but in fact we saw fighters in the kamikaze role being escorted... all but two were shot down and those missed the CVE... but again the CVE were targetted which unfortunately happens most of the time in this PBEM which is a little problem as the CVE TFs are by far not as potent as the CV TFs... CAP engaged: VF-10 with F6F-5 Hellcat (6 airborne, 12 on standby, 24 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 37300. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes VF-11 with F6F-5 Hellcat (9 airborne, 8 on standby, 24 scrambling) 9 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 5000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes VF-12 with F6F-5 Hellcat (8 airborne, 6 on standby, 24 scrambling) 8 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 1000 and 37300. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes VF-14 with F6F-5 Hellcat (10 airborne, 12 on standby, 20 scrambling) 10 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 37300. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (6 airborne, 12 on standby, 20 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes VF-25 with F6F-3 Hellcat (7 airborne, 6 on standby, 8 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes VF-26 with F6F-5 Hellcat (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes VF-30 with F6F-3 Hellcat (10 airborne, 3 on standby, 8 scrambling) 10 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes No.800 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (5 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes No.851 Sqn-FF FAA with Corsair II (4 airborne, 2 on standby, 7 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes No.882 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 3000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes No.898 Sqn FAA with Corsair IV (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes No.1836 Sqn FAA with Hellcat I (7 airborne, 3 on standby, 14 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes VC(F)-21 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 10 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes VF-26 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 12 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes VC(F)-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (6 airborne, 6 on standby, 6 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes VC(F)-33 with F6F-3 Hellcat (5 airborne, 6 on standby, 8 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes VC(F)-39 with F6F-3 Hellcat (5 airborne, 3 on standby, 10 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes VC(F)-41 with F6F-3 Hellcat (6 airborne, 5 on standby, 6 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes VF-60 with F6F-3 Hellcat (6 airborne, 3 on standby, 12 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Lingayen at 79,75 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5c Zero x 15 J2M2 Jack x 5 Ki-84a Frank x 24 Allied aircraft Corsair II x 63 Corsair IV x 6 Hellcat I x 45 F4U-1A Corsair x 168 F6F-3 Hellcat x 636 F6F-5 Hellcat x 322 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5c Zero: 7 destroyed J2M2 Jack: 3 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 15 destroyed Allied Ships CVE Bougainville CVE Ranee CVE Kwajalein CVE Makassar Strait CVE Bismarck Sea, Kamikaze hits 1 CVE Tulagi Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Ki-84a Frank flying as kamikaze Kamikaze: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb thought the strikes would be by far too small to have any chance of getting through but this time no less than 7 Frank kamikaze broke through our fighter umbrella and again aimed at the slow and helpless CVE instead at one of the high value TFs... 6 missed but one crashed into Bismarck Sea and knowing the Frank carries quite a bomb load I´ve expected heavy damage... more about that later... CAP engaged: VF-10 with F6F-5 Hellcat (6 airborne, 8 on standby, 24 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 37300. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 58 minutes VF-11 with F6F-5 Hellcat (9 airborne, 8 on standby, 24 scrambling) 9 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 30000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes VF-12 with F6F-5 Hellcat (9 airborne, 6 on standby, 24 scrambling) 9 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 37300. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes VF-14 with F6F-5 Hellcat (6 airborne, 12 on standby, 20 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 37300. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (6 airborne, 12 on standby, 24 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 30000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes VF-25 with F6F-3 Hellcat (7 airborne, 6 on standby, 8 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes VF-26 with F6F-5 Hellcat (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes VF-30 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 3 on standby, 8 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 4000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes No.800 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (5 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes No.851 Sqn-FF FAA with Corsair II (4 airborne, 2 on standby, 7 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 36000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes No.882 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 3000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes No.898 Sqn FAA with Corsair IV (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes No.1836 Sqn FAA with Hellcat I (4 airborne, 3 on standby, 14 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes VC(F)-21 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 3 on standby, 10 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes VF-26 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 12 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes VC(F)-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (6 airborne, 6 on standby, 6 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 37440. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes VC(F)-33 with F6F-3 Hellcat (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes VC(F)-39 with F6F-3 Hellcat (5 airborne, 3 on standby, 10 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes VC(F)-41 with F6F-3 Hellcat (6 airborne, 5 on standby, 6 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes VF-60 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 3 on standby, 12 scrambling) 3 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 5000 and 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Lingayen at 79,75 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 49 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5c Zero x 1 N1K1-J George x 17 Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 22 Ki-61-II KAI Tony x 18 Ki-84a Frank x 57 Allied aircraft Corsair II x 63 Corsair IV x 6 Hellcat I x 45 F4U-1A Corsair x 168 F6F-3 Hellcat x 636 F6F-5 Hellcat x 322 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5c Zero: 1 destroyed N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 4 destroyed Ki-61-II KAI Tony: 3 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 20 destroyed more strikes coming in being launched from several bases on Luzon... the number of fighters on Cap is quite impressing considering we´ve placed everything in a base hex... still, the numbers won´t tell you everything as usually you end up with only a fraction of these fighters attacking a strike (which is good IMO, so don´t take that as the usual rant)... this time nothing got through to the ships, a couple of enemy fighters survived... CAP engaged: VF-10 with F6F-5 Hellcat (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 24 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 37300. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes VF-11 with F6F-5 Hellcat (8 airborne, 6 on standby, 24 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 56 minutes VF-12 with F6F-5 Hellcat (7 airborne, 6 on standby, 24 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes VF-14 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 22 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 37300. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 67 minutes VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 12 on standby, 24 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes VF-25 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 3 on standby, 8 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 37440. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes VF-26 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 3000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes VF-30 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 3 on standby, 14 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 58 minutes No.800 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (4 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 36900. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes No.851 Sqn-FF FAA with Corsair II (2 airborne, 2 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 20000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes No.882 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 4000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes No.898 Sqn FAA with Corsair IV (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 3000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes No.1836 Sqn FAA with Hellcat I (4 airborne, 3 on standby, 14 scrambling) 4 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 1000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes VC(F)-21 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 10 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes VF-26 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 12 scrambling) 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes VC(F)-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 6 on standby, 6 scrambling) 4 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 to 2000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes VC(F)-33 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 8 scrambling) 3 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 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes VC(F)-39 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 3 on standby, 10 scrambling) 3 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 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes VC(F)-41 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 5 on standby, 6 scrambling) 4 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 2000 and 3000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes VF-60 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 3 on standby, 15 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 254th Armoured Brigade, at 48,79 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 6 Ki-48-IIa Lily x 23 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 9000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 50th Tank Brigade ... Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ... Also attacking 50th Tank Brigade ... Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 554th Ind.Infantry Battalion, at 79,75 (Lingayen) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 48 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 9 Ki-61-II KAI Tony x 9 Ki-84a Frank x 15 Allied aircraft Corsair II x 30 Corsair IV x 2 Hellcat I x 23 B-24J Liberator x 91 B-25H Mitchell x 92 P-38J Lightning x 14 F4U-1A Corsair x 110 F4U-1D Corsair x 27 F6F-3 Hellcat x 318 F6F-5 Hellcat x 154 PV-1 Ventura x 48 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 3 destroyed Ki-61-II KAI Tony: 5 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 4 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 1060 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 76 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 64 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled clear hex and probably not really high forts means it´s undefendable and the ground troops suffer from my air attacks... it´s not going to be a problem to take the base tomorrow... the airforce already proved earlier to be very potent in ground attacks if the enemy is sitting in clear hexes, also low fortification levels don´t seem to help then, level 8 or 9 might be different but I always take a wooden/jungle hex over a clear terrain hex with level 4-7 forts... Aircraft Attacking: 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 2 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 2 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet 3 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet CAP engaged: 11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34440 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes 18th Sentai with Ki-61-II KAI Tony (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 7 minutes 33rd Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 37400 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 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 34440 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes Also attacking 10th Exped.Force ... Also attacking 89th Naval Guard Unit ... Also attacking 59th JNAF AF Unit ... Also attacking 30th JAAF Base Force ... Also attacking 37th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking 554th Ind.Infantry Battalion ... Also attacking 89th Naval Guard Unit ... Also attacking 10th Exped.Force ... Also attacking 3rd Engineer Construction Battalion ... Also attacking 22nd JAAF Base Force ... Also attacking 89th Naval Guard Unit ... Also attacking 10th Exped.Force ... Also attacking 89th Naval Guard Unit ... Also attacking 10th Exped.Force ... Also attacking 89th Naval Guard Unit ... Also attacking 10th Exped.Force ... Also attacking 554th Ind.Infantry Battalion ... Also attacking 10th Exped.Force ... Also attacking 89th Naval Guard Unit ... Also attacking 59th JNAF AF Unit ... Also attacking 30th JAAF Base Force ... Also attacking 37th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking 554th Ind.Infantry Battalion ... Also attacking 10th Exped.Force ... Also attacking 30th JAAF Base Force ... Also attacking 37th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking 554th Ind.Infantry Battalion ... Also attacking 10th Exped.Force ... Also attacking 554th Ind.Infantry Battalion ... Also attacking 10th Exped.Force ... Also attacking 89th Naval Guard Unit ... Also attacking 59th JNAF AF Unit ... Also attacking 30th JAAF Base Force ... Also attacking 37th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking 554th Ind.Infantry Battalion ... Also attacking 10th Exped.Force ... Also attacking 554th Ind.Infantry Battalion ... Also attacking 10th Exped.Force ... Also attacking 89th Naval Guard Unit ... Also attacking 59th JNAF AF Unit ... Also attacking 30th JAAF Base Force ... Also attacking 37th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking 10th Exped.Force ... Also attacking 30th JAAF Base Force ... Also attacking 37th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking 554th Ind.Infantry Battalion ... Also attacking 10th Exped.Force ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment, at 79,75 (Lingayen) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 48 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-61-II KAI Tony x 1 Ki-84a Frank x 2 Allied aircraft Corsair II x 31 Corsair IV x 6 Hellcat I x 19 B-24J Liberator x 24 F4U-1A Corsair x 86 F6F-3 Hellcat x 310 F6F-5 Hellcat x 134 PV-1 Ventura x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-61-II KAI Tony: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 225 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 11th 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 34440 , scrambling fighters to 2000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes 18th Sentai with Ki-61-II KAI Tony (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 1 minutes 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 34440 , scrambling fighters to 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes Also attacking 554th Ind.Infantry Battalion ... Also attacking 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking 554th Ind.Infantry Battalion ... Also attacking 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking 554th Ind.Infantry Battalion ... Also attacking 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking 554th Ind.Infantry Battalion ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment, at 79,75 (Lingayen) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 48 minutes Allied aircraft Corsair II x 22 Corsair IV x 2 Hellcat I x 17 B-24J Liberator x 32 F4U-1A Corsair x 96 F6F-3 Hellcat x 316 F6F-5 Hellcat x 151 PV-1 Ventura x 24 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 80 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 22nd JAAF Base Force ... Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking 22nd JAAF Base Force ... Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking 22nd JAAF Base Force ... Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ... Also attacking 22nd JAAF Base Force ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 49th JNAF AF Unit , at 79,75 (Lingayen) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Allied aircraft Corsair II x 20 Corsair IV x 4 Hellcat I x 31 B-24J Liberator x 28 F4U-1A Corsair x 88 F6F-3 Hellcat x 334 F6F-5 Hellcat x 151 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 53 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 10th Exped.Force ... Also attacking 49th JNAF AF Unit ... Also attacking 10th Exped.Force ... Also attacking 49th JNAF AF Unit ... Also attacking 10th Exped.Force ... Also attacking 49th JNAF AF Unit ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 49th JNAF AF Unit , at 79,75 (Lingayen) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft Corsair II x 26 Corsair IV x 4 Hellcat I x 24 B-24J Liberator x 16 F4U-1A Corsair x 105 F6F-3 Hellcat x 316 F6F-5 Hellcat x 164 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 63 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 554th Ind.Infantry Battalion, at 79,75 (Lingayen) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Allied aircraft Corsair II x 35 Corsair IV x 4 Hellcat I x 18 B-25H Mitchell x 12 F4U-1A Corsair x 87 F6F-3 Hellcat x 304 F6F-5 Hellcat x 159 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 25 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 10th Exped.Force , at 79,75 (Lingayen) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft Corsair II x 33 Hellcat I x 29 B-24J Liberator x 12 F4U-1A Corsair x 97 F6F-3 Hellcat x 328 F6F-5 Hellcat x 122 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 33 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 89th Naval Guard Unit, at 79,75 (Lingayen) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft Corsair II x 29 Corsair IV x 4 Hellcat I x 29 B-24J Liberator x 12 F4U-1A Corsair x 96 F6F-3 Hellcat x 331 F6F-5 Hellcat x 173 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 28 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 10th Exped.Force , at 79,75 (Lingayen) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft Corsair II x 40 Hellcat I x 23 B-24J Liberator x 12 F4U-1A Corsair x 85 F6F-3 Hellcat x 283 F6F-5 Hellcat x 146 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 41 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb absolutely crazy when I look at what kind of hammer I´m able to use at this stage of the war when we´ve also only suffered "minimal" losses... CV Enterprise is the only fleet carrier we´ve lost up to now... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 3rd Engineer Construction Battalion, at 79,75 (Lingayen) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft Corsair II x 28 Corsair IV x 4 Hellcat I x 18 B-24J Liberator x 12 F4U-1A Corsair x 77 F6F-3 Hellcat x 322 F6F-5 Hellcat x 192 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 28 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 22nd JAAF Base Force, at 79,75 (Lingayen) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft Corsair II x 26 Corsair IV x 2 Hellcat I x 22 B-24J Liberator x 12 F4U-1A Corsair x 62 F6F-3 Hellcat x 303 F6F-5 Hellcat x 137 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 89th Naval Guard Unit, at 79,75 (Lingayen) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft Corsair II x 38 Corsair IV x 6 Hellcat I x 19 B-24J Liberator x 12 F4U-1A Corsair x 88 F6F-3 Hellcat x 325 F6F-5 Hellcat x 149 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 34 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 89th Naval Guard Unit, at 79,75 (Lingayen) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Allied aircraft Corsair II x 18 Corsair IV x 2 Hellcat I x 15 B-24J Liberator x 12 F4U-1A Corsair x 93 F6F-3 Hellcat x 302 F6F-5 Hellcat x 158 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 10th Exped.Force , at 79,75 (Lingayen) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft Corsair II x 34 Corsair IV x 4 Hellcat I x 26 B-24J Liberator x 9 F4U-1A Corsair x 77 F6F-3 Hellcat x 286 F6F-5 Hellcat x 137 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 89th Naval Guard Unit, at 79,75 (Lingayen) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft Corsair II x 36 Hellcat I x 17 B-24J Liberator x 9 F4U-1A Corsair x 91 F6F-3 Hellcat x 278 F6F-5 Hellcat x 138 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 34 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 10th Exped.Force , at 79,75 (Lingayen) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft Corsair II x 19 Hellcat I x 19 B-24J Liberator x 9 F4U-1A Corsair x 81 F6F-3 Hellcat x 338 F6F-5 Hellcat x 194 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 10th Exped.Force , at 79,75 (Lingayen) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft Corsair II x 29 Hellcat I x 17 B-24J Liberator x 12 F4U-1A Corsair x 71 F6F-3 Hellcat x 302 F6F-5 Hellcat x 173 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 21 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 89th Naval Guard Unit, at 79,75 (Lingayen) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Allied aircraft Corsair II x 42 Hellcat I x 29 B-24J Liberator x 9 F4U-1A Corsair x 72 F6F-3 Hellcat x 311 F6F-5 Hellcat x 200 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lingayen at 79,75 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 65 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5c Zero x 3 J2M2 Jack x 6 Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 10 Ki-84a Frank x 13 Allied aircraft Corsair II x 50 Corsair IV x 6 Hellcat I x 21 F4U-1A Corsair x 83 F6F-3 Hellcat x 347 F6F-5 Hellcat x 161 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5c Zero: 1 destroyed J2M2 Jack: 3 destroyed Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 2 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Corsair II: 1 destroyed Cap in the afternoon was smaller than the one in the morning but still sufficient to deal with the already bleeded IJ strikes... CAP engaged: VF-1 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 10 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 4000 and 36900. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes VF-2 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes VF-3 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 37300. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes VF-42 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 37300. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes VF-7 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes VF-8 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 36900. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes VF-9 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 25000 and 36900. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes VF-10 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 37300. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes VF-11 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 30000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes VF-12 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes VF-13 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes VF-14 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters to 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 30000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes VF-71 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 36900. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes VF-22 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 4000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes VF-23 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes VF-25 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 1000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes VF-26 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes VF-30 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lingayen at 79,75 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 49 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 12 Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 4 Ki-61-II KAI Tony x 10 Ki-84a Frank x 18 Allied aircraft Corsair II x 49 Corsair IV x 6 Hellcat I x 21 F4U-1A Corsair x 83 F6F-3 Hellcat x 345 F6F-5 Hellcat x 161 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-61-II KAI Tony: 3 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 5 destroyed CAP engaged: VF-1 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes VF-2 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 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 1000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes VF-3 with F6F-5 Hellcat (4 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 37300. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 58 minutes VF-42 with F6F-5 Hellcat (4 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 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 6000 and 37300. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes VF-7 with F6F-5 Hellcat (8 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 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 5000 and 37300. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes VF-8 with F4U-1A Corsair (4 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 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 1000 and 36000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes VF-9 with F4U-1A Corsair (4 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 36900. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes VF-10 with F6F-5 Hellcat (4 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes VF-11 with F6F-5 Hellcat (8 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 30000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes VF-12 with F6F-5 Hellcat (4 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 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 37300. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes VF-13 with F4U-1A Corsair (4 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes VF-14 with F6F-5 Hellcat (4 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 30000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes VF-71 with F4U-1A Corsair (4 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 36900. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes VF-22 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 4000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes VF-23 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes VF-25 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes VF-26 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 37300. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes VF-30 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 3000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes only two small strikes in the afternoon as that´s all the IJ was able to send at the fleet... I would either try to send everything I´ve got, well knowing I would lose hundreds (if not over a thousand ac) in one day, or not send anything as it´s just not worth the losses... result for the IJ today were lots of losses and a Frank kami that hit a CVE, damage unknown at this stage of the turn... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Lingayen Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 26 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-66 LST-45 LST-42 LST-41 LST-40 LST-39 LST-32 LST-31 LST-28 LST-26 LST-24 LST-22 LST-18 LST-20 LST-19 LST-66 fired at enemy troops LST-45 fired at enemy troops LST-42 fired at enemy troops LST-41 fired at enemy troops LST-40 fired at enemy troops LST-39 fired at enemy troops LST-32 fired at enemy troops LST-31 fired at enemy troops LST-28 fired at enemy troops LST-26 fired at enemy troops LST-24 fired at enemy troops LST-22 fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Lingayen Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 23 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-482 LST-480 LST-479 LST-469 LST-72 LST-73 LST-74 LST-482 fired at enemy troops LST-480 fired at enemy troops LST-479 fired at enemy troops LST-469 fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Lingayen Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 22 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-342 LST-246 LST-84 LST-81 LST-245 LST-240 LST-342 fired at enemy troops LST-246 fired at enemy troops seeing only LST at the end of the turn and no troops being unloaded means the invasion planning went well and all troops are on the beach at the end of the day, as planned, the fleet is going to head back into safe waters tomorrow... the invasion is already a full success, no doubt... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Lingayen (79,75) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 3985 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 155 Defending force 91495 troops, 1719 guns, 2317 vehicles, Assault Value = 2807 Japanese ground losses: 839 casualties reported Squads: 40 destroyed, 25 disabled [8\|] Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 34 disabled [8\|] Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 9 (5 destroyed, 4 disabled) really don´t know what to say about "counter bombardment" anymore... the only thing to say is "it´s better than the original nuclear artillery without using any notable amounts of supply"... it´s not great though... Assaulting units: 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment 554th Ind.Infantry Battalion 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment 10th Exped.Force 89th Naval Guard Unit 22nd JAAF Base Force 3rd Engineer Construction Battalion 30th JAAF Base Force 49th JNAF AF Unit 37th Ind. Engineer Regiment 59th JNAF AF Unit Defending units: 77th Infantry Div /16 31st Infantry Div /20 706th Tank Battalion 711th Tank Battalion 18th British Div /1 6th Infantry Div /21 98th Infantry Div /2 766th Tank Battalion I Corps Cmbt Engr Rgt /12 11th Airborne Div /12 148th Field Artillery Battalion XIV Corps Artillery 166th USA Base Force /1 225th Field Artillery Battalion 10th USMC Field Artillery Battalion XI Corps Artillery 251st Field Artillery Battalion 205th Field Artillery Battalion 131st Field Artillery Battalion 7th USMC Field Artillery Battalion V US Amphib Corps /1 4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion 8th USMC Field Artillery Battalion 11th USMC Field Artillery Battalion 165th USA Base Force /1 I Corps Artillery 198th Field Artillery Battalion XXIV US Corps /1 235th USN Base Force /8 167th USA Base Force /1 190th USAAF Base Force /6 187th USAAF Base Force /7 [image]local://upfiles/13774/A9E5E6878B8D445B9131143EBDA24384.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (5/10/2011 4:51:25 PM)
here´s the CVE that was hit by a Frank kami, I would call the damage rather light, no even flight ops are affected... the ship will be taken out of the combat line and will be brought back to Darwin to undergo repairs as the port, ARD and AR there can repair all of the damage... [image]local://upfiles/13774/6F814F3FC2AE4F37A26BD38123F2B368.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (5/13/2011 12:13:19 PM)
the air losses of last turn have also been insane, it´s crazy to attack Cap that is aided by AWACS as this instantly means running into the enemy´s never ending dive, the results of these dive sessions, well, guess I´ve got nothing to say about these anymore... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 26, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Lingayen Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 19 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-41 LST-40 LST-32 LST-26 LST-24 LST-22 LST-20 LST-18 LST-19 LST-41 fired at enemy troops LST-40 fired at enemy troops LST-32 fired at enemy troops LST-26 fired at enemy troops LST-24 fired at enemy troops LST-22 fired at enemy troops LST-20 fired at enemy troops as I´ve felt absolutely safe I´ve ordered my convoys to keep unloading more supply today, we already had some 50000 tons of supply on the beach yesterday as it was performed as a "one day unload invasion" again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Lingayen Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 21 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-479 LST-473 LST-471 LST-468 LST-461 LST-460 LST-73 LST-78 LST-72 LST-74 LST-479 fired at enemy troops LST-473 fired at enemy troops LST-471 fired at enemy troops LST-468 fired at enemy troops LST-461 fired at enemy troops LST-460 fired at enemy troops LST-73 fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Lingayen Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 18 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-344 LST-341 LST-340 LST-81 LST-242 LST-227 LST-85 LST-84 LST-344 fired at enemy troops LST-341 fired at enemy troops LST-340 fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Lingayen Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 43 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-217 LST-205 LST-177 LST-172 LST-124 LST-123 LST-71 LST-66 LST-39 LST-32 LST-28 LST-22 LST-19 LST-18 LST-26 LST-20 LST-217 fired at enemy troops LST-205 fired at enemy troops LST-177 fired at enemy troops LST-172 fired at enemy troops LST-124 fired at enemy troops LST-123 fired at enemy troops LST-71 fired at enemy troops LST-66 fired at enemy troops LST-39 fired at enemy troops LST-32 fired at enemy troops LST-28 fired at enemy troops LST-22 fired at enemy troops LST-19 fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Lingayen Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 39 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-479 LST-471 LST-470 LST-469 LST-465 LST-461 LST-460 LST-78 LST-74 LST-72 LST-75 LST-73 LST-456 LST-86 LST-479 fired at enemy troops LST-471 fired at enemy troops LST-470 fired at enemy troops LST-469 fired at enemy troops LST-465 fired at enemy troops LST-461 fired at enemy troops LST-460 fired at enemy troops LST-78 fired at enemy troops LST-74 fired at enemy troops LST-72 fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Lingayen Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 34 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-451 LST-245 LST-227 LST-84 LST-85 LST-81 LST-240 LST-246 LST-451 fired at enemy troops LST-245 fired at enemy troops LST-227 fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Lingayen Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 20 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-226 LST-217 LST-179 LST-171 LST-169 LST-126 LST-123 LST-122 LST-121 LST-88 LST-70 LST-44 LST-43 LST-42 LST-41 LST-40 LST-39 LST-20 LST-18 LST-19 LST-226 fired at enemy troops LST-217 fired at enemy troops LST-179 fired at enemy troops LST-171 fired at enemy troops LST-169 fired at enemy troops LST-126 fired at enemy troops LST-123 fired at enemy troops LST-122 fired at enemy troops LST-121 fired at enemy troops LST-88 fired at enemy troops LST-70 fired at enemy troops LST-44 fired at enemy troops LST-43 fired at enemy troops LST-42 fired at enemy troops LST-41 fired at enemy troops LST-40 fired at enemy troops LST-39 fired at enemy troops LST-20 fired at enemy troops LST-18 fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Lingayen Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 18 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-482 LST-480 LST-465 LST-86 LST-78 LST-75 LST-73 LST-72 LST-482 fired at enemy troops LST-480 fired at enemy troops LST-465 fired at enemy troops LST-86 fired at enemy troops LST-78 fired at enemy troops LST-75 fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Lingayen Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 20 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-450 LST-344 LST-276 LST-249 LST-248 LST-246 LST-227 LST-84 LST-81 LST-85 LST-240 LST-450 fired at enemy troops LST-344 fired at enemy troops LST-276 fired at enemy troops LST-249 fired at enemy troops LST-248 fired at enemy troops LST-246 fired at enemy troops LST-227 fired at enemy troops LST-84 fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 254th Armoured Brigade, at 48,79 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-IIa Lily x 23 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 9000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 255th Indian Tank Brigade ... Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ... Also attacking 255th Indian Tank Brigade ... Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan , at 46,76 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Thunderbolt I x 12 PBJ-1D Mitchell x 56 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 3 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 21 Airbase supply hits 8 Runway hits 76 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 25 Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 27 Ki-84a Frank x 58 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 179 P-38J Lightning x 14 P-51B Mustang x 42 F4U-1 Corsair x 9 F4U-1A Corsair x 38 F4U-1D Corsair x 27 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed, 20 damaged N1K1-J George: 2 destroyed on ground Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 2 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 3 destroyed, 13 damaged Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged P-38J Lightning: 2 destroyed P-51B Mustang: 1 destroyed F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 39 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 230 after yesterday´s bleed of the IJ airforce and my landings still going on at Lingayen I´ve thought it would be time to smack the enemy at Clark Field... as always, hundreds of fighters to sweep/escort and hoped to see at least 30% of them showing up sweeping before the main bomber strike with the escorts coming in while the escorts would act as targets for the enemy only... ok, non of the sweeps showed up and while I was waiting for my escorts being massacred, the fight Cap vs escorts was more or less non existent and Cap turned over to the bombers but also here, the engagement lasted for nearly no time and the bombers were able to defend them anyways... this went better than expected, the airfield is trashed... what you can clearly see though is that the enemy got the same AWAC style pre warning as we have and that´s what I´m saying all the time when the discussion about fighters and their service rates arise. It really doesn´t matter much that the Frank got a service rating of three because the Japanese can keep the Cap % as low as I have to do it (due to fatigue, not due to damaged aircraft) and can still rely on something like 90%+ of the fighters scramble even with a low Cap setting and then more or less no fighters are destroyed on the ground... Aircraft Attacking: 16 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 16 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 CAP engaged: S-401 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 18 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes 11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 15 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34440 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 34000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers 33rd Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 17 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 37400 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 37000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 23 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34440 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 34440. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Hengchun at 85,68 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 12 Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 8 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged Japanese Ships APD T-4 APD T-8, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 1 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet Naval Attack: 3 plane(s) with no ordnance Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 6 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb enemy fast transport, Rainer said this one had a bugged movement again... the bombers attacked at 100ft again, some jettisoned their bombs again, as if they would be fighters, also the air combat looked like fighter vs fighter, just as last time I´ve mentioned this... hmm, earlier this didn´t happen...[&:] CAP engaged: 64th Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (12 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 12 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 37400 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 8 Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 5 Ki-84a Frank x 16 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 36 P-38J Lightning x 10 P-51B Mustang x 34 F4U-1D Corsair x 9 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 1 damaged Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged P-51B Mustang: 1 destroyed Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 35 Aircraft Attacking: 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 3 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: S-401 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 41010. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers 11th 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 34440 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers 33rd Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 37400 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 13 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34440 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes 5 planes vectored on to bombers Training flight from S-401 Hikotai has been caught up in attack -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 3 Ki-84a Frank x 5 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 16 P-38J Lightning x 10 P-51B Mustang x 28 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed P-38J Lightning: 1 destroyed P-51B Mustang: 1 destroyed Airbase hits 5 Runway hits 17 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34440 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes 33rd Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (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 37400 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes 11th 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 34440 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes Training flight from 73rd Sentai has been caught up in attack -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 1 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 P-38J Lightning x 8 P-51B Mustang x 26 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 42000 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 34440 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 P-38J Lightning x 8 P-51B Mustang x 25 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 21 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 42000 feet 2 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 42000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 P-38J Lightning x 8 P-51B Mustang x 25 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 42000 feet 4 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 42000 feet 2 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet 6 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 42000 feet CAP engaged: 33rd Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (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 37400 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes Training flight from 33rd Sentai has been caught up in attack -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 P-38J Lightning x 8 P-51B Mustang x 25 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 23 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 42000 feet 4 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 42000 feet 2 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet 6 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 42000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 P-38J Lightning x 8 P-51B Mustang x 25 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses 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 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 23 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 42000 feet 6 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 42000 feet 2 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet 6 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 42000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 P-38J Lightning x 8 P-51B Mustang x 25 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses No Allied losses Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 42000 feet 6 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 42000 feet 2 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet 6 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 42000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 P-38J Lightning x 8 P-51B Mustang x 25 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 15 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 42000 feet 6 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 42000 feet 2 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet 6 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 42000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 P-38J Lightning x 8 P-51B Mustang x 25 No Allied losses Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 42000 feet 8 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 42000 feet 2 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet 6 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 42000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 28 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 36 P-38L Lightning x 66 P-51B Mustang x 25 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 25 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet 16 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet 25 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet 5 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 42000 feet 8 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 42000 feet 2 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet 6 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 42000 feet you really have to laugh the ongoing ridicoulesness... [8\|] if there would be just a little common sense involved in the strike routines but there isn´t, just got to deal with it... escorts seem to suffer at least two or three times more than they did in real life, we´re talking about the never ending dive sessions usually, sweeps are not supposed to show up before the bombers so all you can do is use the sweeps and turns later use the bombers... nav attack / airfield attack for the bombers is not the solution even though I´m using it now and then... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft F-5A Lightning x 1 P-38J Lightning x 8 P-51B Mustang x 25 Allied aircraft losses F-5A Lightning: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 5 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 42000 feet 8 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 42000 feet 3 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet 6 x P-51B Mustang sweeping at 42000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Hengchun at 85,68 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 3 Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 8 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 damaged Japanese Ships APD T-8, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk APD T-4, Bomb hits 1, on fire APD T-1, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: 64th Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 37400 , scrambling fighters to 1000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Hengchun at 85,68 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 1 Allied aircraft PB4Y-2 Privateer x 8 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Japanese Ships APD T-4, Bomb hits 1, on fire APD T-5 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x PB4Y-2 Privateer bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: 64th Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (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 37400 , scrambling fighters to 1000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes [image]local://upfiles/13774/AF8E1D9F912149E79208A49FCF02A8DD.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Lingayen Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 16 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-483 LST-477 LST-224 LST-223 LST-218 LST-205 LST-202 LST-177 LST-176 LST-171 LST-169 LST-126 LST-123 LST-122 LST-120 LST-119 LST-71 LST-44 LST-40 LST-32 LST-22 LST-20 LST-18 LST-19 LST-483 fired at enemy troops LST-477 fired at enemy troops LST-224 fired at enemy troops LST-223 fired at enemy troops LST-218 fired at enemy troops LST-205 fired at enemy troops LST-202 fired at enemy troops LST-177 fired at enemy troops LST-176 fired at enemy troops LST-171 fired at enemy troops LST-169 fired at enemy troops LST-126 fired at enemy troops LST-123 fired at enemy troops LST-122 fired at enemy troops LST-120 fired at enemy troops LST-119 fired at enemy troops LST-71 fired at enemy troops LST-44 fired at enemy troops LST-40 fired at enemy troops LST-32 fired at enemy troops LST-22 fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Lingayen Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 19 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-480 LST-473 LST-471 LST-469 LST-456 LST-86 LST-73 LST-72 LST-74 LST-75 LST-480 fired at enemy troops LST-473 fired at enemy troops LST-471 fired at enemy troops LST-469 fired at enemy troops LST-456 fired at enemy troops LST-86 fired at enemy troops LST-73 fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Lingayen Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 21 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-343 LST-342 LST-341 LST-340 LST-339 LST-272 LST-247 LST-245 LST-242 LST-240 LST-84 LST-81 LST-85 LST-343 fired at enemy troops LST-342 fired at enemy troops LST-341 fired at enemy troops LST-340 fired at enemy troops LST-339 fired at enemy troops LST-272 fired at enemy troops LST-247 fired at enemy troops LST-245 fired at enemy troops LST-242 fired at enemy troops LST-240 fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Lingayen (79,75) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 3313 troops, 36 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 125 Defending force 91725 troops, 1721 guns, 2317 vehicles, Assault Value = 2815 Japanese ground losses: 360 casualties reported Squads: 9 destroyed, 31 disabled Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 41 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) doing two "forced" bombardments due to my invasion going on, the Japanese took out themselves as the counterbombardments literally killed them... would I have ordered two bombardments, the Japanese would have suffered nearly no losses, it´s funny if you don´t care about it... Assaulting units: 10th Exped.Force 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment 554th Ind.Infantry Battalion 89th Naval Guard Unit 49th JNAF AF Unit 37th Ind. Engineer Regiment 22nd JAAF Base Force 3rd Engineer Construction Battalion 30th JAAF Base Force 59th JNAF AF Unit Defending units: 77th Infantry Division 98th Infantry Division 6th Infantry Division 11th Airborne Division 711th Tank Battalion 31st Infantry Division I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment 766th Tank Battalion 706th Tank Battalion 18th British Division 165th USA Base Force 235th USN Base Force 7th USMC Field Artillery Battalion 8th USMC Field Artillery Battalion 190th USAAF Base Force 131st Field Artillery Battalion 166th USA Base Force 187th USAAF Base Force XXIV US Corps 4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion 11th USMC Field Artillery Battalion 205th Field Artillery Battalion 225th Field Artillery Battalion 167th USA Base Force V US Amphib Corps XIV Corps Artillery I Corps Artillery 10th USMC Field Artillery Battalion 251st Field Artillery Battalion 198th Field Artillery Battalion XI Corps Artillery 148th Field Artillery Battalion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Lingayen (79,75) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 74600 troops, 1659 guns, 2085 vehicles, Assault Value = 2815 Defending force 10395 troops, 124 guns, 98 vehicles, Assault Value = 87 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3 Allied adjusted assault: 5190 Japanese adjusted defense: 25 Allied assault odds: 207 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied forces CAPTURE Lingayen !!! Combat modifiers Defender: forts(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 3404 casualties reported Squads: 107 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 296 destroyed, 95 disabled Engineers: 205 destroyed, 6 disabled Guns lost 37 (37 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 72 (69 destroyed, 3 disabled) Units retreated 9 Units destroyed 2 Allied ground losses: 120 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 55 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Vehicles lost 48 (1 destroyed, 47 disabled) Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! the defending Japanese had no chance and are dislodged easily... pretty weak flank cover for the huge IJ Armies at Manila and Clark Field, even if the flanks in Northern Luzon are long, Rainer should have expected at least one landing in his rear after marching my Armies into the Manila area... I´ve long been undecided about prepping for two smaller landings in the North or one bigger one but in the end I went with this single bigger one as it´s a clear hex and I´ve thought that even if the enemy would be able to stop us from taking the base quickly, we could use the whole might of the airforce to bomb the enemy to rubble in clear terrain and forts probably not higher than level 3 or 4 as the enemy engineers seemed to concentrate on building a Maginot line around Manila... Assaulting units: 706th Tank Battalion 766th Tank Battalion 11th Airborne Division 711th Tank Battalion 31st Infantry Division 6th Infantry Division I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment 98th Infantry Division 77th Infantry Division 18th British Division 7th USMC Field Artillery Battalion 165th USA Base Force 167th USA Base Force 251st Field Artillery Battalion V US Amphib Corps 8th USMC Field Artillery Battalion XI Corps Artillery 205th Field Artillery Battalion 198th Field Artillery Battalion 225th Field Artillery Battalion 11th USMC Field Artillery Battalion 166th USA Base Force 190th USAAF Base Force 235th USN Base Force I Corps Artillery 131st Field Artillery Battalion 187th USAAF Base Force 4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion 10th USMC Field Artillery Battalion XXIV US Corps XIV Corps Artillery 148th Field Artillery Battalion Defending units: 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment 554th Ind.Infantry Battalion 10th Exped.Force 89th Naval Guard Unit 49th JNAF AF Unit 37th Ind. Engineer Regiment 22nd JAAF Base Force 30th JAAF Base Force 3rd Engineer Construction Battalion 59th JNAF AF Unit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kuantan (51,79) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 516 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 37 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Allied adjusted assault: 36 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 36 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Kuantan !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: 2/6 Cavalry Cdo Battalion this Aussie para unit is going to mop up most of Malaya...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (5/13/2011 12:18:42 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 27, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan , at 46,76 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft Thunderbolt I x 8 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Thunderbolt I sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 14th Chinese Corps, at 66,60 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-IIa Lily x 16 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 9000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 53rd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 53rd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ... other than changing the op mode of my units to move these attacks really do nothing but at some point I´m going to send some Thunderbolts to take care of these attacks... these are the strikes I wonder why Rainer is ordering them... this Chinese Army is moving around with around 4500 av so having a squad disabled now and then means nothing and changing the op mode isn´t really slowing them down either as we´re moving on roads in open terrain -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 255th Indian Tank Brigade, at 49,79 (Kuala Lumpur) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-IIa Lily x 23 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 9000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 50th Tank Brigade ... Also attacking 255th Indian Tank Brigade ... Also attacking 50th Tank Brigade ... Also attacking 255th Indian Tank Brigade ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan , at 46,76 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft Thunderbolt I x 8 PBJ-1D Mitchell x 45 No Allied losses Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 80 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan , at 46,76 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft Thunderbolt I x 8 PBJ-1D Mitchell x 15 Allied aircraft losses PBJ-1D Mitchell: 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 9 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb after flying strikes against my carriers and the invasion fleet near Luzon the enemy has given up on trying to attack our fleet and the main airfields on Luzon are trashed... Lingayen is taken, a couple of hundred aircraft were destroyed for low losses within our squadrons, this operation has been a full success, only got a couple of LST damaged during beaching... if the enemy likes, he´s invited to fly strikes - no matter if sweeps or escorted bomber strikes - against my carrier Cap every day as total radar coverage gives us the never ending dive in 90% of the time, thus giving us kill ratios against highly skilled enemy fighters up to 20:1... screw the dive completely...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (5/13/2011 12:19:09 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 28, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kuala Lumpur (49,79) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 2850 troops, 18 guns, 282 vehicles, Assault Value = 624 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Allied adjusted assault: 213 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 213 to 1 (fort level 4) Allied forces CAPTURE Kuala Lumpur !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: Assaulting units: 254th Armoured Brigade 255th Indian Tank Brigade 50th Tank Brigade pretty short turn... [:D]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (5/13/2011 12:36:53 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 29, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hengchun , at 84,67 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 31 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 4 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 2 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet * CAP engaged: 64th Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 20 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 37400 , scrambling fighters to 37000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes if we meet Oscars, then the dive is not as much an issue because we can also beat them if they´ve got the dive... Rainer really is using a historic mix of aircraft but I don´t see why he really is doing it. I wouldn´t complain if I see Tojos and Franks exclusively for the IJAAF as everything else is just pure crap... with the new patch we´re probably going to see the option for the Japanese player to freely use PDU on, so as a Japanese player I would go with 2/3 Frank - 1/3 Tojo for the IJAAF and 2/3 George (or Jack, just a matter of taste it seems) - 1/3 Zeke... if you then keep the numbers more or less realistic, your opponent shouldn´t complain even if I can´t see my airforce really getting the needed kill ratios against enemy Cap to win a battle of attrition... IJ sweeps vs. my Cap, hey, no problem, we can handle each and every aircraft, but the usual way our strikes look like against enemy Cap of Franks and Georges only (while we see max. 40% of the enemy fighters being these types so far), I would say good bye to winning the airwar... sure, massed 4E attacks can trash every airfield against every Cap but I wonder if that´s the way it has to be then... of course, if the Japanese can use PDU on in a 100% unrestricted way, I hope the Allied will be able to, beacuse at the moment I can´t upgrade every fighter/bomber to every fighter/bomber I would like to either (of course within the same service)... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Mauban , at 80,78 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-61-II KAI Tony x 12 Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 25 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-61-II KAI Tony: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 18 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet CAP engaged: 18th Sentai with Ki-61-II KAI Tony (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 36090 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Mauban , at 80,78 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 13 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-61-II KAI Tony x 2 Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 25 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-61-II KAI Tony: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 25 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet CAP engaged: 18th Sentai with Ki-61-II KAI Tony (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 36090 , scrambling fighters between 33090 and 38090. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hengchun , at 84,67 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 8 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 2 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 17 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet * CAP engaged: 64th Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 37400 , scrambling fighters between 30000 and 42000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 56 minutes main problem is and will stay the way my strikes show up and then it´s just a matter of who gets the dive as this determs the outcome of the whole engagements... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Tandjoengbalai at 48,78 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 34 Allied aircraft Thunderbolt I x 12 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-30 Ann: 9 destroyed Allied Ships xAP City of Durban xAP Appleleaf xAP Empire Plover Aircraft Attacking: 21 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 2000 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb interesting one as this is the first Allied convoy since 41 that was moving through the Malacca strait and it was a dangerous test as these convoy even carried troops as I´ve thought I could defend it... well, when I saw Anns showing up I started smiling because I´ve thought the P-47 would completely trash the enemy formation but no less than 21 were attacking... during the attack I still didn´t care much as I´ve thought the Anns would drop only a couple of small bombs, to find out at the end of this attack that they carry a 250kg bomb which could wreck these small troop ships easily... phew, lucky me, the weather was bad... you don´t need a lot of luck to see thunderstorms though, you can speak about luck if you attack in good weather... conclusion: the Malacca strait is NOT safe yet... [:D] CAP engaged: No.54 Sqn RAF with Thunderbolt I (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead No.155 Sqn RAF with Thunderbolt I (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead No.273 Sqn RAF with Thunderbolt I (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead No.549 Sqn RAF with Thunderbolt I (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead 347th FG/339th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead 348th FG/342nd FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hengchun , at 84,67 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 1 Allied aircraft Liberator B.VI x 28 B-24D1 Liberator x 46 Japanese aircraft losses L2D2 Tabby: 9 destroyed on ground Ki-51b Sonia : 1 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 21 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 122 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 64th Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 37400 , scrambling fighters to 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes Training flight from 64th Sentai has been caught up in attack Rainer partially seems to keep frontline squadrons in training mode... whenever these are engaged by our incoming aircraft, I can´t really see them being in a disadvantage, don´t know how much they get a penalty by the routine... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hengchun , at 84,67 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 1 Allied aircraft Liberator B.VI x 16 Japanese aircraft losses L2D2 Tabby: 2 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 16 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 64th Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 37400 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hengchun , at 84,67 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Liberator B.III x 16 Liberator B.VI x 16 Japanese aircraft losses L2D2 Tabby: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-51b Sonia : 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 32 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x Liberator B.III bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hengchun , at 84,67 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 12 Japanese aircraft losses L2D2 Tabby: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 21 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hengchun , at 84,67 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 9 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 15 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hengchun , at 84,67 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 9 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses No Allied losses Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hengchun , at 84,67 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 35 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 7 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet * 23 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet * 5 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet * here we are with the sweeps, coming in late as we´re used to... [:D] must have been nice to be a WWII fighter pilot, the bombers clear the way for you while you show up being on a sightseeing flight... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Mauban , at 80,78 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tandjoengbalai at 48,78 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 23 Allied aircraft Thunderbolt I x 11 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-30 Ann: 15 destroyed same as in the morning, the Anns also attack our convoy in the afternoon but this time the P-47 took them all out, it´s been a massacre... CAP engaged: No.54 Sqn RAF with Thunderbolt I (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead No.155 Sqn RAF with Thunderbolt I (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead No.273 Sqn RAF with Thunderbolt I (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead No.549 Sqn RAF with Thunderbolt I (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes 347th FG/339th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead 348th FG/342nd FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead all strikes clearly went in our favour today, clearly... [image]local://upfiles/13774/72518F77C9E846A18E0008D59E13776D.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Langsa (46,74) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 304 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Allied adjusted assault: 24 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 24 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Langsa !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: 2/6 Cavalry Cdo Bn /2

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (5/16/2011 11:54:34 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 30, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Mauban , at 80,78 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 15 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 25 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 25 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Mauban , at 80,78 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 25 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 25 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Mauban , at 80,78 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 25 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 25 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet nothing in the air to be engaged today...

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (5/16/2011 12:01:56 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 01, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 59th Chinese Corps, at 64,60 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-IIa Lily x 12 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 9000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 53rd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kota Bharu , at 51,75 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 9 PBJ-1D Mitchell x 57 Japanese aircraft losses H8K2 Emily: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 37 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 72 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb either as soon as we´ve scared the IJ airforce out of Malaya or as soon as we´ve taken all the not at all defended bases the passage of the Malacca strait will be safe... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kota Bharu , at 51,75 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft PBJ-1D Mitchell x 11 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses No Allied losses Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 28 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Pescadores , at 84,63 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 48 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38H Lightning: 1 destroyed hell a lot of Tojos over Pescadores, most of the Lightnings were damaged, this sweep lost a couple of fighters for not much gain with the usual silly 2/3 squadron sweep... no never ending dive for neither side, I liked that one... CAP engaged: 50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 36740 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes 260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (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 36740 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 36740. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Pescadores , at 84,63 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 31 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 4 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38H Lightning: 1 destroyed next 2/3 squadron sweep showing up, this time with the never ending dive for the P-38... bad news for the Tojos... Aircraft Attacking: 9 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet CAP engaged: 50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes 260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 12 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 36740. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Pescadores , at 84,63 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 13 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38H Lightning: 1 destroyed and the third 2/3 squadron sweep... seems you are already lucky if the single squadron sweeps actually show up as full single squadrons and not even more stupid like < 1 squadron... with the dive it doesn´t happen much but being outnumbered you usually run out of the dive pretty quickly... these were our elite P-38 squadrons today, highest skills, highest exp and most kills... doesn´t help for coming in in a way it would make sense but at least these pilots get their damaged aircraft back and are killers if they are diving on the enemy... Aircraft Attacking: 10 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet CAP engaged: 50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters to 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes 260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters between 24000 and 41740. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Pescadores , at 84,63 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 3 Allied aircraft Liberator B.VI x 62 B-24D Liberator x 12 B-24D1 Liberator x 25 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged we achieve a 4:1 vs the Tojos today which is a very good ratio for fighting the enemy over own terrain... Airbase hits 16 Airbase supply hits 9 Runway hits 76 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 18 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 13 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes 260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc 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 36740 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Pescadores , at 84,63 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 3 Allied aircraft Liberator B.III x 16 B-24D1 Liberator x 25 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 10 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 38 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Liberator B.III bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes 260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc 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 36740 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Pescadores , at 84,63 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1 Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 9 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 15 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 36740 Raid is overhead [image]local://upfiles/13774/70537AA344B94344B228F43C801B8CAE.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy (5/16/2011 12:38:45 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 02, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Manila at 79,77 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-55, hits 3, heavy damage Allied Ships CL Columbia DD Bennett SSX Ha-55 is sighted by escort DD Bennett attacking submerged sub .... Underwater explosion, debris and oil appear on surface! Escort abandons search for sub we´ve ordered a couple of TFs to bombard Manila today and to my total surprise, this time the TFs managed to get past Bataan without being shot by the CD there... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near San Fernando at 80,74, Range 2,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Matsukaze Allied Ships LCT-323 LCT-324 LCT-325, Shell hits 1, on fire LCT-326 LCT-327 LCT-328 LCT-357, Shell hits 20, and is sunk LCT-463, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage PT-523 PT-524 Allied ground losses: 386 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 9 destroyed, 19 disabled Vehicles lost 5 (3 destroyed, 2 disabled) not good, one of the barge convoys is shot up by a single enemy DD, losing a big part of an eng... Low visibility due to Rain with 96% moonlight Maximum visibility in Rain and 96% moonlight: 2,000 yards Range closes to 28,000 yards... Range closes to 26,000 yards... Range closes to 24,000 yards... Range closes to 22,000 yards... Range closes to 20,000 yards... Range closes to 18,000 yards... Range closes to 16,000 yards... Range closes to 14,000 yards... Range closes to 12,000 yards... Range closes to 11,000 yards... Range closes to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... Range closes to 6,000 yards... Range closes to 5,000 yards... Range closes to 4,000 yards... Range closes to 3,000 yards... Range closes to 2,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards DD Matsukaze engages PT-524 at 2,000 yards PT-524 engages DD Matsukaze at 2,000 yards DD Matsukaze engages LCT-357 at 2,000 yards DD Matsukaze engages PT-524 at 2,000 yards DD Matsukaze engages LCT-325 at 2,000 yards LCT-357 sunk by DD Matsukaze at 2,000 yards DD Matsukaze engages LCT-463 at 2,000 yards DD Matsukaze engages LCT-463 at 2,000 yards Allied Task Force Manages to Escape Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Bataan at 78,77 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 30 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships BB Mississippi, Shell hits 1 BB California, Shell hits 1 Japanese ground losses: 60 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled this TF was ordered to bombard Bataan as I´ve thought it could disrupt the CD there so that my TFs going to Manila wouldn´t have as much trouble moving out during the day but I seriously doubt that these bombardments got any effect to be honest... OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Mississippi Kure 7th SNLF firing at BB Mississippi BB Mississippi firing at Kure 7th SNLF OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB California 13th Base Force firing at BB California BB California firing at 13th Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Manila at 79,77 Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed on ground N1K1-J George: 2 destroyed on ground Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground Allied Ships CA Astoria CA New Orleans CA Salt Lake City Japanese ground losses: 31 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled) Airbase hits 7 Runway hits 16 CA Astoria firing at Manila SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA New Orleans CA New Orleans firing at 5th Guards Division SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Salt Lake City CA Salt Lake City firing at 2nd Tank Division one of the cruisers fired at Manila to achieve a good dozen hits... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Manila at 79,77 Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed on ground Allied Ships CA Pensacola CA Indianapolis CL Columbia CL Cleveland Airbase hits 5 Runway hits 18 SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Pensacola CA Pensacola firing at 48th Division OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Indianapolis CA Indianapolis firing at 5th Division CL Columbia firing at Manila CL Cleveland firing at Guards Tank Division next round, again not really a lot of hits on the airfield... have to take out / damage as many enemy fighters as possible as we´ve ordered the airforce to take care of Manila´s airfield today as we have to start our ongoing air offensive against the enemy at Clark and Manila... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Manila at 79,77 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 23 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships BB Oklahoma BB Nevada Japanese ground losses: 48 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Oklahoma 31st Special Base Force firing at BB Oklahoma BB Oklahoma firing at 31st Special Base Force BB Nevada firing at 5th Division this one completely left the airfield alone... definitely not enough damage done to see a big reduction of fighter numbers during the day... I´m not really excited... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Alor Star , at 49,73 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft Thunderbolt I x 6 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Thunderbolt I sweeping at 30000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 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 Alor Star , at 49,73 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Thunderbolt I x 18 B-25D1 Mitchell x 58 PBJ-1D Mitchell x 43 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 6 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses PBJ-1D Mitchell: 1 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 15 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 140 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 1 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 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 13 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 all the Oscars must have been left on escort... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Alor Star , at 49,73 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Thunderbolt I x 9 B-25D1 Mitchell x 20 PBJ-1D Mitchell x 11 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 33 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Alor Star , at 49,73 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft PBJ-1D Mitchell x 11 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 48 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 14 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 14 Airbase supply hits 8 Runway hits 70 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 12 No Allied losses Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 36 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft PV-1 Ventura x 36 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 14 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 60 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pescadores , at 84,63 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Liberator B.VI x 44 B-24D1 Liberator x 27 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses Liberator B.VI: 1 damaged Airbase hits 11 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 86 back to back attack, today none of the escorts/sweeps flew though... the enemy bogged out so we were lucky here... Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pescadores , at 84,63 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Liberator B.III x 16 Liberator B.VI x 16 B-24D1 Liberator x 25 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Liberator B.VI: 1 damaged Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 113 and the airfield is down... Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x Liberator B.III bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pescadores , at 84,63 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 12 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 34 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pescadores , at 84,63 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 12 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged Runway hits 41 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 60 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 23 A6M5b Zero x 30 J2M3 Jack x 31 [X(][X(] N1K1-J George x 69 [X(][X(][X(] Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 19 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 41 [X(] Ki-61-II KAI Tony x 33 [X(] Ki-84a Frank x 49 [X(][X(][X(] Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 20 P-38J Lightning x 42 F4U-1A Corsair x 30 F6F-3 Hellcat x 20 F6F-5 Hellcat x 50 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-38J Lightning: 1 destroyed F6F-5 Hellcat: 1 destroyed OMG! First OMG for what the enemy is sending up as this means serious trouble, second OMG for what I´ve thought would be a wonderful sweep of both the carriers I´ve ordered to sweep and parts of the land based squadrons to sweep. Third OMG for the complete bullsh*t that the sweep was over within 10 seconds after two of our fighters were shot down... I seriously doubt that this was working as designed, yet just another flaw in one of the routines... hurrey, this means I´m sure going to pay heavily for it... [:@] 162 fighters showing up for a 10 second engagement, yeah, try to find another excuse please! [8\|] besides that, you will see that the Corsairs, Spits and Lightnings are in one of those "multiple attack flaws" again... no, they are not on Cap over the enemy base, set to either sweep or escort... Aircraft Attacking: 19 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet 20 x F6F-5 Hellcat sweeping at 30000 feet 18 x F6F-5 Hellcat sweeping at 30000 feet 20 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 30000 feet 10 x F6F-5 Hellcat sweeping at 30000 feet CAP engaged: S-302 Kokutai with N1K1-J George (3 airborne, 10 on standby, 28 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters between 23000 and 41010. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes S-316 Hikotai with A6M5b Zero (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 20 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 33000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes S-309 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 15 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 22000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes S-401 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 20 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters between 25000 and 41000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes S-407 Hikotai with J2M3 Jack (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 20 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38380 , scrambling fighters between 23000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes 11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 14 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34440 , scrambling fighters between 26000 and 34000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes 18th Sentai with Ki-61-II KAI Tony (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 22 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 35090 , scrambling fighters between 25000 and 36090. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes 33rd Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 13 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 37400 , scrambling fighters between 29000 and 37000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes 59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (3 airborne, 10 on standby, 27 scrambling) 3 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 6000 and 33000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 17 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34440 , scrambling fighters between 27000 and 34440. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 30 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 23 A6M5b Zero x 30 J2M3 Jack x 31 N1K1-J George x 69 Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 19 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 41 Ki-61-II KAI Tony x 33 Ki-84a Frank x 49 Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 20 P-38J Lightning x 40 F4U-1A Corsair x 31 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed J2M3 Jack: 1 destroyed N1K1-J George: 3 destroyed Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-61-II KAI Tony: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38J Lightning: 1 destroyed here´s what I´m talking about, the same Corsairs, Spits and Lightnings show up again, having the dive and wrecking havoc within the enemy... doesn´t really help though when you think about the nearly 300 enemy fighters in the air... also again shows what I´m saying about the enemy ability to get his fighters airborne with low Cap settings, Japanes AWACS work just as well as US AWACS, the enemy throws up more than 80-90% of his available fighters... you´re going to see these Corsairs, Spits and Lightnings joining even more sweeps to come... Aircraft Attacking: 20 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet CAP engaged: S-302 Kokutai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 28 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters between 18000 and 41010. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes S-316 Hikotai with A6M5b Zero (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 20 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 18000 and 33000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes S-309 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 15 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 22000 and 33000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes S-401 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 20 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters between 25000 and 30000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes S-407 Hikotai with J2M3 Jack (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 20 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38380 , scrambling fighters between 18000 and 38000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes 11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 14 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34440 , scrambling fighters between 23000 and 34000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes 18th Sentai with Ki-61-II KAI Tony (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 22 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 35090 , scrambling fighters between 21000 and 35000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes 33rd Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 13 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 37400 , scrambling fighters between 21000 and 30000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes 59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (2 airborne, 3 on standby, 27 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 29000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 17 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34440 , scrambling fighters between 25000 and 34000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 19 A6M5b Zero x 27 J2M3 Jack x 28 N1K1-J George x 62 Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 17 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 37 Ki-61-II KAI Tony x 30 Ki-84a Frank x 48 Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 18 P-38J Lightning x 36 F4U-1A Corsair x 10 F6F-5 Hellcat x 20 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed A6M5b Zero: 2 destroyed N1K1-J George: 2 destroyed Ki-61-II KAI Tony: 2 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed P-38J Lightning: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 20 x F6F-5 Hellcat sweeping at 25000 feet CAP engaged: S-302 Kokutai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 25 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 41010. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes S-316 Hikotai with A6M5b Zero (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 14 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 23000 and 40010. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes S-309 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 12 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 21000 and 33000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes S-407 Hikotai with J2M3 Jack (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 17 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38380 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 36900. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes 11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 11 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34440 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 28000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes 18th Sentai with Ki-61-II KAI Tony (2 airborne, 1 on standby, 19 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 35090 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 41010. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes 33rd Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 10 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 37400 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 29000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes 59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 18 scrambling) 17 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 44010. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 14 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34440 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 28000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes S-401 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 17 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 31000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 17 A6M5b Zero x 21 J2M3 Jack x 27 N1K1-J George x 52 Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 16 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 35 Ki-61-II KAI Tony x 26 Ki-84a Frank x 43 Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 14 P-38J Lightning x 28 F4U-1A Corsair x 30 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed N1K1-J George: 2 destroyed Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed P-38J Lightning: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 20 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet CAP engaged: S-302 Kokutai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 18 scrambling) 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 32000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes S-309 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 3 on standby, 9 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes S-407 Hikotai with J2M3 Jack (1 airborne, 1 on standby, 14 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38380 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 36900. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes 11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (3 airborne, 3 on standby, 6 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34440 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 30000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes 18th Sentai with Ki-61-II KAI Tony (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 16 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 35090 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 41010. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes 33rd Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 37400 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes 59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 18 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 44010. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (5 airborne, 1 on standby, 11 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34440 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 30000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes S-316 Hikotai with A6M5b Zero (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 8 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 40010. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes S-401 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 11 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 35090. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 30 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 16 A6M5b Zero x 18 J2M3 Jack x 21 N1K1-J George x 43 Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 13 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 34 Ki-61-II KAI Tony x 24 Ki-84a Frank x 42 Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 11 P-38J Lightning x 20 F4U-1A Corsair x 27 Japanese aircraft losses J2M3 Jack: 1 destroyed N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-61-II KAI Tony: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Spitfire VIII: 2 destroyed P-38J Lightning: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 17 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet CAP engaged: S-309 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 3 on standby, 9 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 29000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes S-407 Hikotai with J2M3 Jack (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38380 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes 11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (3 airborne, 3 on standby, 6 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34440 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 30000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes 18th Sentai with Ki-61-II KAI Tony (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 18 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 35090 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 40010. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes 33rd Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 37400 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 37400. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes 59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 15 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 44010. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (6 airborne, 3 on standby, 9 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34440 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 40400. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes S-302 Kokutai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 17 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 30000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes S-316 Hikotai with A6M5b Zero (3 airborne, 3 on standby, 8 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 28000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes S-401 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 11 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 29000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 16 A6M5b Zero x 16 J2M3 Jack x 16 N1K1-J George x 39 Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 11 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 32 Ki-61-II KAI Tony x 21 Ki-84a Frank x 38 Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 4 P-38J Lightning x 15 F4U-1A Corsair x 7 F6F-5 Hellcat x 10 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-38J Lightning: 1 destroyed F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed usually your sweeps achieve better and better results the more often the Cap has been attacked already but the enemy gets the dive and is greatly outnumbering our sweeps... still by far too many enemy fighters in the air for my taste... Aircraft Attacking: 9 x F6F-5 Hellcat sweeping at 25000 feet CAP engaged: S-309 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 9 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 26000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes 11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34440 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 26000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes 18th Sentai with Ki-61-II KAI Tony (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 12 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 35090 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 40010. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes 33rd Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 37400 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 29000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes 59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 14 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 31000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 9 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34440 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 28000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes S-302 Kokutai with N1K1-J George (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 14 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 31000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes S-316 Hikotai with A6M5b Zero (1 airborne, 3 on standby, 8 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 32000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes S-401 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters between 19000 and 31000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes S-407 Hikotai with J2M3 Jack (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 9 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38380 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 55 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 16 A6M5b Zero x 16 J2M3 Jack x 16 N1K1-J George x 35 Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 11 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 28 Ki-61-II KAI Tony x 19 Ki-84a Frank x 34 Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 4 B-24J Liberator x 125 P-38J Lightning x 5 F4U-1A Corsair x 13 F4U-1D Corsair x 68 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 4 damaged A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed on ground A6M5b Zero: 2 damaged A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed on ground J2M3 Jack: 1 destroyed N1K1-J George: 2 destroyed N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 1 damaged Ki-61-II KAI Tony: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground H6K5 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 20 damaged P-38J Lightning: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled then the 4E show up with a big Corsair escort that did more or less nothing at all (for whatever reason again) and the 4E were hit hard with an uncountable number of them being damaged... also the following waves were hit hard as the enemy could still engage the waves with his remaining fighters and the escorts were useless once again... Airbase hits 30 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 155 Aircraft Attacking: 16 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 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 9 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 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 8 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 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-316 Hikotai with A6M5b Zero (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 8 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes 10 planes vectored on to bombers S-309 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 9 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers 11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 9 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34440 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers 18th Sentai with Ki-61-II KAI Tony (1 airborne, 3 on standby, 12 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 35090 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 40010. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers 33rd Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 37400 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers 59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 12 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 30000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 9 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34440 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 28000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers S-302 Kokutai with N1K1-J George (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 12 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 31000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers S-401 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 9 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 26000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes 5 planes vectored on to bombers S-407 Hikotai with J2M3 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 9 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38380 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers Training flight from S-316 Hikotai has been caught up in attack -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 55 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 14 A6M5b Zero x 15 J2M3 Jack x 14 N1K1-J George x 26 Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 10 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 18 Ki-61-II KAI Tony x 16 Ki-84a Frank x 28 Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 4 B-24J Liberator x 58 P-38J Lightning x 4 F4U-1A Corsair x 16 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged J2M3 Jack: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged J2M3 Jack: 1 destroyed on ground N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 1 damaged Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Spitfire VIII: 2 destroyed B-24J Liberator: 2 destroyed, 11 damaged P-38J Lightning: 1 destroyed F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed Airbase hits 6 Runway hits 55 still far over 100 enemy fighters in the air, if just our initial sweep would have done anything... the combat report is so FOWed that it doesn´t reflect the damage we reall take... 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 18 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 CAP engaged: S-316 Hikotai with A6M5b Zero (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 2 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes 9 planes vectored on to bombers S-309 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 6 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 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 31 minutes 11 planes vectored on to bombers 11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34440 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers 18th Sentai with Ki-61-II KAI Tony (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 35090 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 40010. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes 10 planes vectored on to bombers 33rd Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 37400 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 26000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 10 planes vectored on to bombers 59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes 12 planes vectored on to bombers 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34440 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes 12 planes vectored on to bombers S-302 Kokutai with N1K1-J George (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 9 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes 11 planes vectored on to bombers S-401 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers S-407 Hikotai with J2M3 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 9 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38380 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 23000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers Training flight from S-309 Hikotai has been caught up in attack Training flight from 33rd Sentai has been caught up in attack Banzai! - Maeda G. in a Ki-44-IIc Tojo rams a B-24J Liberator for the Emperor -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 9 A6M5b Zero x 10 J2M3 Jack x 8 N1K1-J George x 14 Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 2 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 10 Ki-61-II KAI Tony x 13 Ki-84a Frank x 15 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 24 [:@] P-38J Lightning x 1 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 4 destroyed, 18 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 9 and now it´s really getting serious as we´re now right within the piece meal waves I really really love... Aircraft Attacking: 9 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: S-316 Hikotai with A6M5b Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers 11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34440 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes 33rd Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (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 37400 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 26000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes 59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes S-302 Kokutai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers S-309 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 36900. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes S-407 Hikotai with J2M3 Jack (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38380 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34440 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes S-401 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 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 22 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers 18th Sentai with Ki-61-II KAI Tony (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 35090 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 4 A6M5b Zero x 6 J2M3 Jack x 6 N1K1-J George x 10 Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 1 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 5 Ki-61-II KAI Tony x 4 Ki-84a Frank x 6 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 24 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 destroyed, 16 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 4 not one of the bombers in these waves returns without damage, lucky crew if it returns at all... 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: S-316 Hikotai with A6M5b Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 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 26 minutes 59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 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 52 minutes S-302 Kokutai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes S-309 Hikotai 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 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes S-407 Hikotai with J2M3 Jack (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38380 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 70 minutes 33rd Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (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 37400 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes S-401 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (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 41010 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes 11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (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 34440 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes 18th Sentai with Ki-61-II KAI Tony (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 35090 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (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 34440 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 2 A6M5b Zero x 4 J2M3 Jack x 2 N1K1-J George x 6 Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 1 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 3 Ki-61-II KAI Tony x 2 Ki-84a Frank x 3 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes 73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (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 34440 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes S-302 Kokutai with N1K1-J George (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes S-309 Hikotai 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 to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes 33rd Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (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 37400 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes S-316 Hikotai with A6M5b Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes S-401 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (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 41010 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes S-407 Hikotai with J2M3 Jack (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 38380 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes 11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34440 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 18th Sentai with Ki-61-II KAI Tony (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 35090 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes Training flight from 73rd Sentai has been caught up in attack -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 2 A6M5b Zero x 3 J2M3 Jack x 2 N1K1-J George x 5 Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 1 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 2 Ki-61-II KAI Tony x 1 Ki-84a Frank x 2 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 9 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc 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 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes S-309 Hikotai 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 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes 33rd Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (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 37400 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes S-302 Kokutai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes S-316 Hikotai with A6M5b Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 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 30 minutes S-401 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (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 41010 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes S-407 Hikotai with J2M3 Jack (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 38380 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes 11th 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 34440 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes 18th Sentai with Ki-61-II KAI Tony (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 35090 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 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 34440 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 2 A6M5b Zero x 3 N1K1-J George x 3 Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 1 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 2 Ki-84a Frank x 2 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed on ground J2M3 Jack: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (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 6000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes S-309 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes 33rd Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (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 37400 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes S-302 Kokutai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters to 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes S-316 Hikotai with A6M5b Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes S-401 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (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 41010 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes 11th 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 34440 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 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 34440 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5b Zero x 3 N1K1-J George x 3 Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 1 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1 Ki-84a Frank x 2 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5b Zero: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 7 damaged Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 33rd Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (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 37400 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes S-302 Kokutai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters to 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes S-316 Hikotai with A6M5b Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes S-401 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (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 41010 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes 11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 34440 Raid is overhead 59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc 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 4 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 34440 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes even when the last wave came in there were still enemy fighters in the air... employing nearly 600 fighters and more than 300 heavy bombers but we failed to wear down the enemy Cap with our fighters outnumbering them 2:1... our fighters got away without too many losses in the end but the bombers suffered today... hope to have the airfield closed though... [image]local://upfiles/13774/9267E8F4229341C0A58F209783AF9F88.jpg[/image]

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