RE: Plight of the Antietam

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BBfanboy -> RE: Plight of the Antietam (3/4/2012 7:37:39 PM)
From what I have read in other AARs the current annotation for weather over the hex is what took place last turn and there is no way to get a precise forecast for a single hex to make your decisions on. Pressing the "3" key will show a very general weather forecast for the whole region but it can be very wrong about a single hex, so it is no help. [:(] The actual weather seems to be quite random - you cannot infer that "light rain" will progress to "moderate rain"or "heavy rain" or ease up to "overcast" or "partial cloud". I have never seen "clear" as a weather result in this crazy game, tourist photos of sunny isles notwithstanding [&:]. I think the whole thing could have been modeled better.

AcePylut -> RE: Plight of the Antietam (3/8/2012 9:00:25 PM)
Well another day went by and nothing flew against Osaka!! Damnit. Oh well, at least my B29's are well rested with high morale now. The Antietam made it to base (phew). Cruft has countered my Fast Raider fleets with MTB fleets, of which I countered with PT fleets operating out of Fukue-Jima. Punch, counterpunch, counter-counterpunch :) Love PBEM !!!! I'll get more out later.

AcePylut -> RE: Plight of the Antietam (3/9/2012 3:04:56 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 12, 45 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Tanegashima (102,62) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 48 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships BB Arkansas CA Wichita CA Tuscaloosa, Shell hits 1 CL Amsterdam CL Nashville CL Phoenix DD Cassin DD Flusser DD Smith DD Shaw DD Conyngham DD Drayton DD Cummings AP Gen. W.P.Richardson Allied ground losses: 31 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled BB Arkansas firing at 10th Garrison SNLF CA Wichita firing at 10th Garrison SNLF 10th Garrison SNLF firing at CA Wichita CA Tuscaloosa firing at 10th Garrison SNLF 10th Garrison SNLF firing at CA Tuscaloosa CL Amsterdam firing at 10th Garrison SNLF 10th Garrison SNLF firing at CL Amsterdam 10th Garrison SNLF firing at CL Nashville CL Nashville firing at 10th Garrison SNLF 10th Garrison SNLF firing at CL Phoenix 10th Garrison SNLF firing at DD Flusser 10th Garrison SNLF firing at DD Smith 10th Garrison SNLF firing at DD Conyngham DD Cummings firing at 10th Garrison SNLF 10th Garrison SNLF firing at DD Cummings DD Cassin fired at enemy troops DD Flusser fired at enemy troops DD Smith fired at enemy troops DD Shaw fired at enemy troops DD Cummings fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards Unloading the rest of the div at Tangeshima -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Fukue-jima at 101,58, Range 8,000 Yards Japanese Ships MTB G-543 MTB G-544 MTB G-545 MTB G-547 Allied Ships DD Metcalfe DD Thompson DD Dale Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 35% moonlight: 8,000 yards Range closes to 24,000 yards... Range closes to 18,000 yards... Range closes to 12,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 8,000 yards DD Dale engages MTB G-547 at 8,000 yards DD Thompson engages MTB G-545 at 8,000 yards DD Thompson engages MTB G-544 at 8,000 yards Range closes to 4,000 yards DD Thompson engages MTB G-545 at 4,000 yards DD Dale engages MTB G-544 at 4,000 yards Range increases to 5,000 yards DD Dale engages MTB G-547 at 5,000 yards DD Thompson engages MTB G-545 at 5,000 yards DD Metcalfe engages MTB G-545 at 5,000 yards DD Dale engages MTB G-547 at 5,000 yards DD Thompson engages MTB G-545 at 5,000 yards DD Metcalfe engages MTB G-543 at 5,000 yards Range increases to 7,000 yards DD Dale engages MTB G-547 at 7,000 yards DD Thompson engages MTB G-544 at 7,000 yards DD Metcalfe engages MTB G-547 at 7,000 yards DD Dale engages MTB G-543 at 7,000 yards Range increases to 12,000 yards DD Dale engages MTB G-547 at 12,000 yards DD Thompson engages MTB G-545 at 12,000 yards DD Metcalfe engages MTB G-547 at 12,000 yards Range increases to 14,000 yards DD Metcalfe engages MTB G-547 at 14,000 yards DD Metcalfe engages MTB G-544 at 14,000 yards DD Dale engages MTB G-543 at 14,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Nagasaki/Sasebo at 102,58, Range 1,000 Yards Japanese Ships MTB G-543 MTB G-544 MTB G-545 MTB G-547 Allied Ships PT-103 PT-104 PT-105 PT-106 PT-108 Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 35% moonlight: 2,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range closes to 5,000 yards... Range closes to 3,000 yards... Range closes to 1,000 yards... PT-108 engages MTB G-545 at 1,000 yards MTB G-545 engages PT-108 at 1,000 yards PT-105 engages MTB G-545 at 1,000 yards MTB G-543 engages PT-104 at 1,000 yards Range increases to 2,000 yards PT-108 engages MTB G-543 at 2,000 yards PT-108 engages MTB G-544 at 2,000 yards Range increases to 6,000 yards Range increases to 9,000 yards Task forces break off... I brought 2-4DD fleets to the shores of Japan. Cruft countered by sending out hordes of (rather ineffective) MTB’s. I’ve recountered by basing PT’s at FukueJima, and this is our first, inconsequential, action -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Izu Oshima at 113,62 Japanese Ships DD Kusunoki DD Hagi Allied Ships SS Thresher SS Thresher is sighted by escort Thresher bottoming out .... DD Kusunoki fails to find sub and abandons search DD Hagi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hagi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hagi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hagi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hagi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hagi fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 435 encounters mine field at Hakodate (119,53) Allied Ships SS Devilfish, Mine hits 1, on fire He reacted into Hakodate. I’ll need to reset my NorthPac subs patrol zone and reaction ranges to avoid this. I’ll have to use my subs to keep his ships bottled up as much as possible -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Miyake-jima at 112,63, Range 30,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Nire DD Tsuta DD Hagi DD Kusunoki Allied Ships ACM Buttress ACM Planter Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 35% moonlight: 11,000 yards Range closes to 28,000 yards... Range closes to 26,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards Range increases to 30,000 yards... Allied Mine Laying TF evades combat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Masan at 101,55 Japanese Ships APD T-2 APD T-9 APD T-4 APD T-25 APD T-22 APD T-15 APD T-13 Allied Ships SS Gato SS Gato launches 2 torpedoes at APD T-2 APD T-25 fails to find sub, continues to search... APD T-22 fails to find sub and abandons search APD T-15 fails to find sub, continues to search... APD T-13 fails to find sub and abandons search APD T-25 fails to find sub and abandons search APD T-15 fails to find sub, continues to search... APD T-15 fails to find sub, continues to search... APD T-15 fails to find sub, continues to search... APD T-15 fails to find sub, continues to search... APD T-15 fails to find sub, continues to search... APD T-15 fails to find sub, continues to search... APD T-15 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Moppo at 100,54, Range 14,000 Yards Japanese Ships APD T-1 APD T-2 APD T-3 APD T-4 APD T-5 APD T-6 APD T-7 APD T-8, Shell hits 1 APD T-9 APD T-10, Shell hits 1 APD T-12 APD T-13 APD T-15, Shell hits 2 APD T-22, Shell hits 1 APD T-25, Shell hits 4, on fire Allied Ships CL Detroit, Shell hits 1 DD Leutze DD Marshall DD McCord DD Sproston Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 35% moonlight: 11,000 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... 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... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards CL Detroit engages APD T-22 at 14,000 yards CL Detroit engages APD T-15 at 14,000 yards DD Leutze engages APD T-25 at 14,000 yards CL Detroit engages APD T-6 at 14,000 yards Range closes to 12,000 yards CL Detroit engages APD T-25 at 12,000 yards DD Sproston engages APD T-25 at 12,000 yards DD Leutze engages APD T-15 at 12,000 yards DD Marshall engages APD T-25 at 12,000 yards CL Detroit engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards CL Detroit engages APD T-5 at 12,000 yards CL Detroit engages APD T-1 at 12,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards CL Detroit engages APD T-25 at 10,000 yards CL Detroit engages APD T-22 at 10,000 yards DD McCord engages APD T-25 at 10,000 yards DD Marshall engages APD T-25 at 10,000 yards CL Detroit engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards CL Detroit engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards CL Detroit engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards CL Detroit engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards CL Detroit engages APD T-25 at 7,000 yards DD Sproston engages APD T-22 at 7,000 yards DD McCord engages APD T-25 at 7,000 yards CL Detroit engages APD T-13 at 7,000 yards CL Detroit engages APD T-12 at 7,000 yards CL Detroit engages APD T-8 at 7,000 yards CL Detroit engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards CL Detroit engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards Range closes to 5,000 yards CL Detroit engages APD T-25 at 5,000 yards Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape Task forces break off... I suspect Cruft is fast transporting from Shanghai to China. I’ll reset some Fast Raiders along the route to intercept. I had hoped for more destruction with a CL in my fleet. Oh well. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Nakadori-jima at 101,56 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-56, hits 1 Allied Ships DD Conway DD Cony SSX Ha-56 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Conway DD Cony fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Cony fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Cony fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Cony attacking submerged sub .... DD Cony fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 45 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M3 Nell x 22 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 11 F6F-5 Hellcat x 16 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 7 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 9000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 7 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 9000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: VF-40 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 12 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes VMF-351 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes Had my settings all correct… severe storms hindered me and the bombers. Cant wait to see what happens in better weather. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 78 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 21 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-74-I Patsy x 4 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Ki-74-I Patsy bombing from 7000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M3 Nell x 5 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 10 F6F-5 Hellcat x 16 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 5 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 9000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: VF-40 with F6F-5 Hellcat (16 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 16 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 11000 Raid is overhead VMF-351 with F4U-1A Corsair (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 10 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-74-I Patsy x 10 Allied aircraft no flights No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses F4U-1D Corsair: 6 damaged P-40N26 Warhawk: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-74-I Patsy bombing from 7000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIb Sally x 9 No Japanese losses Port hits 1 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIb Sally x 6 No Japanese losses Port hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Guess these attacks aren’t doing anything other than training his guys. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Fukue-jima at 101,58, Range 6,000 Yards Japanese Ships MTB G-538, Shell hits 1, and is sunk MTB G-539, Shell hits 1, and is sunk MTB G-540, Shell hits 3, and is sunk MTB G-542, Shell hits 1, and is sunk Allied Ships DD Metcalfe DD Thompson DD Dale Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 46% moonlight: 11,000 yards Range closes to 24,000 yards... Range closes to 18,000 yards... Range closes to 12,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards Range closes to 6,000 yards... CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards Malone, G.S. crosses the 'T' DD Dale engages MTB G-542 at 6,000 yards MTB G-540 sunk by DD Dale at 6,000 yards MTB G-539 sunk by DD Dale at 6,000 yards Range closes to 4,000 yards DD Dale engages MTB G-542 at 4,000 yards DD Dale engages MTB G-538 at 4,000 yards DD Metcalfe engages MTB G-542 at 4,000 yards MTB G-542 sunk by DD Dale at 4,000 yards DD Thompson engages MTB G-538 at 4,000 yards Malone, G.S. orders Allied TF to disengage Range increases to 5,000 yards DD Thompson engages MTB G-538 at 5,000 yards Range increases to 9,000 yards MTB G-538 sunk by DD Dale at 9,000 yards Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk... An example of Crufts punch to my opening strike -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Tanegashima at 102,62 Japanese Ships SS Ha-201, hits 26, and is sunk Allied Ships BB Arkansas CL Nashville DE Snyder AP Gen. H.W.Butner xAP Monticello DD Cassin DD Flusser DD Smith DD Shaw SS Ha-201 is sighted by escort DD Cassin fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Flusser fails to find sub and abandons search DD Smith fails to find sub and abandons search DD Shaw attacking submerged sub .... SS Ha-201 forced to surface! DD Shaw firing on surfaced sub .... DD Cassin firing on surfaced sub .... DD Flusser firing on surfaced sub .... DD Smith firing on surfaced sub .... DD Shaw firing on surfaced sub .... DD Cassin firing on surfaced sub .... DD Flusser firing on surfaced sub .... DD Smith firing on surfaced sub .... DD Cassin firing on surfaced sub .... DD Flusser firing on surfaced sub .... DD Smith firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Hirosaki/Aomori at 118,52 Japanese Ships PB Kantori Maru PB Kure Maru #5 Allied Ships SS Lapon SS Lapon is located by PB Kantori Maru PB Kure Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kure Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kure Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kure Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kure Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Shimonoseki at 104,56 Japanese Ships SC CHa-68 SC CHa-52 Allied Ships SS Spearfish SS Spearfish is located by SC CHa-68 SC CHa-68 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-52 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-68 fails to find sub and abandons search SC CHa-52 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Nakadori-jima at 101,56 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-60, hits 1 Allied Ships DD Bullard DD Cony SSX Ha-60 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Bullard Ha-60 diving deep .... DD Cony fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Cony fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Cony attacking submerged sub .... DD Cony fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Cony fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Tanegashima (102,62) 20 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships AP Gen. W.P.Richardson DD Conyngham DD Cassin Allied ground losses: Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled) Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Tanegashima (102,62) 15 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships AP Gen. W.P.Richardson DD Conyngham DD Cassin Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub vs Sub: SS Pampanito attacking SS RO-62 at 102,59 - near Kumamoto Japanese Ships SS RO-62, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Pampanito SS Pampanito launches 2 torpedoes at 3,000 yards Sub on sub action -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Shanghai at 95,54 Japanese Ships APD T-1 APD T-10 APD T-6 APD T-5 APD T-25 APD T-22 APD T-15 APD T-13 Allied Ships SS Bream, hits 2 SS Bream launches 2 torpedoes at APD T-1 APD T-25 fails to find sub and abandons search APD T-22 fails to find sub and abandons search APD T-15 fails to find sub, continues to search... APD T-13 fails to find sub, continues to search... APD T-15 fails to find sub, continues to search... APD T-13 attacking submerged sub .... APD T-15 attacking submerged sub .... APD T-13 fails to find sub and abandons search APD T-15 fails to find sub, continues to search... APD T-15 fails to find sub, continues to search... APD T-15 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Tanegashima at 102,62 Japanese Ships SS Ha-216, hits 7 Allied Ships DD Mertz SS Ha-216 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Mertz Ha-216 bottoming out .... DD Mertz attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tanegashima , at 102,62 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M8 Zero x 2 Allied aircraft F4U-4 Corsair x 11 F6F-5 Hellcat x 13 Japanese aircraft losses A6M8 Zero: 1 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 11 x F4U-4 Corsair sweeping at 18000 feet CAP engaged: 261 Ku S-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kanoya , at 102,61 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 16 A6M8 Zero x 18 Allied aircraft P-51H Mustang x 36 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 7 destroyed A6M8 Zero: 8 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 29 x P-51H Mustang sweeping at 20000 feet CAP engaged: S-308 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 10 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 23000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes S-313 Hikotai with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 11 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes This group was set to Osaka. Osaka must be socked in with weather today – as none of my units assigned to Osaka (all B29’s and 4 P51/47 units) flew against it. Only this unit changed targets. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5b Zero x 2 A6M7 Zero x 10 A6M8 Zero x 13 J2M5 Jack x 19 J7W1 Shinden x 2 Ki-43-IV Oscar x 4 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 30 Ki-61-Ib Tony x 5 Ki-84a Frank x 36 Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 50 Japanese aircraft losses A6M7 Zero: 3 destroyed A6M8 Zero: 1 destroyed J2M5 Jack: 2 destroyed Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-61-Ib Tony: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 6 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 37 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 22000 feet CAP engaged: 261 Ku S-2 with A6M7 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes 265 Ku S-1 with A6M8 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes S-161 Hikotai with A6M5b Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes S-407 Hikotai with A6M8 Zero (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 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes 23rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes 53rd Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (30 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 30 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes 63rd Sentai with Ki-43-IV Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes 105th Sentai with Ki-61-Ib Tony (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead 112th Sentai with Ki-43-IV Oscar (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 20000 Raid is overhead 261 Ku S-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes Sasebo Ku S-1 with J7W1 Shinden (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 24000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes 352 Ku S-1 with J2M5 Jack (1 airborne, 3 on standby, 7 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 26000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes 352 Ku S-2 with J2M5 Jack (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 5 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 26000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes 381 Ku S-1 with A6M7 Zero (1 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 22000 and 26000. Raid is overhead 22nd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 10 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes 102nd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 11 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 26000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes I can afford this exchange rate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Oita , at 104,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 8 A6M5b Zero x 5 Allied aircraft P-51H Mustang x 12 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 4 destroyed A6M5b Zero: 2 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x P-51H Mustang sweeping at 20000 feet * CAP engaged: S-603 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 23000. Raid is overhead S-161 Hikotai with A6M5b Zero (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 20000. Raid is overhead This one too :D -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5b Zero x 2 A6M7 Zero x 3 A6M8 Zero x 11 J2M5 Jack x 9 J7W1 Shinden x 2 Ki-43-IV Oscar x 2 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 22 Ki-61-Ib Tony x 4 Ki-84a Frank x 18 Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 9 Japanese aircraft losses A6M8 Zero: 1 destroyed J2M5 Jack: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: Sasebo Ku S-1 with J7W1 Shinden (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 20000 , scrambling fighters to 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes 261 Ku S-2 with A6M7 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 20000 , scrambling fighters between 22000 and 29000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes 265 Ku S-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 19000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes 352 Ku S-2 with J2M5 Jack (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes S-161 Hikotai with A6M5b 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 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes S-407 Hikotai with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes 22nd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 19000 and 26000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes 53rd Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 22 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes 63rd Sentai with Ki-43-IV 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 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes 105th Sentai with Ki-61-Ib Tony (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 15000 , scrambling fighters between 21000 and 26000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes 112th Sentai with Ki-43-IV 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 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes 381 Ku S-1 with A6M7 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes 102nd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 29000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes 352 Ku S-1 with J2M5 Jack (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 20000 , scrambling fighters between 19000 and 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Tanegashima at 102,62 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 111 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 38 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5b Zero x 12 A6M7 Zero x 7 G4M2 Betty x 13 G4M2a Betty x 17 Allied aircraft F6F-5 Hellcat x 8 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed A6M7 Zero: 1 destroyed G4M2a Betty: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged G4M2a Betty: 1 destroyed by flak Allied aircraft losses F6F-5 Hellcat: 1 destroyed Allied Ships CL Amsterdam DD Mertz DE Snyder BB Arkansas Aircraft Attacking: 16 x G4M2a Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 13 x G4M2 Betty bombing from 20000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: VF-66 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes Banzai! - Kamihira G. in a G4M2a Betty is willing to die for the Emperor T-storms + small cap = no hits. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 10th Garrison SNLF, at 102,62 (Tanegashima) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 1 A6M7 Zero x 12 A6M8 Zero x 15 Allied aircraft F6F-5 Hellcat x 12 TBM-1C Avenger x 21 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed A6M7 Zero: 2 destroyed A6M8 Zero: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F-5 Hellcat: 2 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 52 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 21 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 7000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-308 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (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 20000 Raid is overhead 261 Ku S-2 with A6M7 Zero (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 20000 Raid is overhead 265 Ku S-1 with A6M8 Zero (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 20000 Raid is overhead 261 Ku S-1 with A6M8 Zero (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 20000 Raid is overhead Need to pummel the IJA here until my troops are in condition to attack. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tanegashima , at 102,62 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M7 Zero x 1 A6M8 Zero x 1 Allied aircraft F4U-4 Corsair x 2 F6F-5 Hellcat x 3 Japanese aircraft losses A6M8 Zero: 1 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 1 x F4U-4 Corsair sweeping at 18000 feet CAP engaged: 261 Ku S-2 with A6M7 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes 265 Ku S-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 20 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5b Zero x 2 A6M7 Zero x 3 A6M8 Zero x 8 J2M5 Jack x 6 J7W1 Shinden x 2 Ki-43-IV Oscar x 2 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 22 Ki-61-Ib Tony x 4 Ki-84a Frank x 15 Allied aircraft P-51D Mustang x 18 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed A6M7 Zero: 1 destroyed A6M8 Zero: 1 destroyed J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 4 destroyed Ki-61-Ib Tony: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-51D Mustang: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 4 x P-51D Mustang sweeping at 28000 feet CAP engaged: Sasebo Ku S-1 with J7W1 Shinden (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 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes 261 Ku S-2 with A6M7 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 20000 , scrambling fighters between 24000 and 26190. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes 265 Ku S-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes 352 Ku S-2 with J2M5 Jack (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 20000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes S-161 Hikotai with A6M5b 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 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes S-407 Hikotai with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 22000 and 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes 22nd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 29000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes 53rd Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 22 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes 63rd Sentai with Ki-43-IV 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 20000 , scrambling fighters to 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes 105th Sentai with Ki-61-Ib Tony (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes 112th Sentai with Ki-43-IV 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 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes 381 Ku S-1 with A6M7 Zero (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 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes 102nd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 21000 and 29000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes 352 Ku S-1 with J2M5 Jack (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 20000 , scrambling fighters to 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes I’m working over Nagasaki for sure, but wait, there’s more fail- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5b Zero x 1 A6M7 Zero x 2 A6M8 Zero x 4 J2M5 Jack x 1 J7W1 Shinden x 2 Ki-43-IV Oscar x 2 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 13 Ki-61-Ib Tony x 3 Ki-84a Frank x 11 Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 50 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed A6M7 Zero: 1 destroyed A6M8 Zero: 2 destroyed J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed J7W1 Shinden: 1 destroyed Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 2 destroyed Ki-61-Ib Tony: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 4 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 35 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 26000 feet CAP engaged: Sasebo Ku S-1 with J7W1 Shinden (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 20000 , scrambling fighters to 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes 265 Ku S-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes S-161 Hikotai with A6M5b Zero (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 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes 22nd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 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 22000 and 26270. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes 53rd Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (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 20000 , scrambling fighters to 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes 63rd Sentai with Ki-43-IV 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 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes 105th Sentai with Ki-61-Ib Tony (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 15000 , scrambling fighters to 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes 112th Sentai with Ki-43-IV Oscar (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead 261 Ku S-2 with A6M7 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes 352 Ku S-2 with J2M5 Jack (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 20000 , scrambling fighters to 22890. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes 381 Ku S-1 with A6M7 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes S-407 Hikotai with A6M8 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 20000 , scrambling fighters to 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes 102nd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes Nice of the P38’s to come in after the P47’s and 51’s. I rolled well on this coordination attack -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 10th Garrison SNLF, at 102,62 (Tanegashima) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 33 B-25J11 Mitchell x 39 Allied aircraft losses B-25H Mitchell: 3 damaged B-25J11 Mitchell: 5 damaged B-25J11 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese ground losses: 498 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 36 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 33 x B-25H Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 38 x B-25J11 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb The B25J11’s have a 75mm cannon up front. I set them to ground attack, 4k feet. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 46 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 1 Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 26000 feet CAP engaged: 102nd 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 20000 , scrambling fighters to 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tanegashima at 102,62 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 119 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5b Zero x 7 G4M2 Betty x 13 G4M2a Betty x 8 Allied aircraft F6F-5 Hellcat x 6 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5b Zero: 3 destroyed G4M2a Betty: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged No Allied losses Allied Ships BB Arkansas DD Melvin Aircraft Attacking: 8 x G4M2a Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 6 x G4M2 Betty bombing from 20000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: VF-66 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes I had CAP set at around 17k feet. Looks like he split his attack and came in at 25k feet. I might have to raise the cap level and fly some LRCAP over this hex at a low alt to cover these approaches. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 6th Garrison SNLF, at 96,65 (Okinoerabushima) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-5 Hellcat x 58 SB2C-1C Helldiver x 7 SBD-3 Dauntless x 6 SBD-5 Dauntless x 12 TBF-1 Avenger x 10 TBM-1C Avenger x 13 Allied aircraft losses SB2C-1C Helldiver: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 29 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 2 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 5 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 13000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 2 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 7 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 13000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 6 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 13000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 5 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 13000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Tanegashima (102,62) 30 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships xAP Monticello CA Wichita CL Amsterdam CA Tuscaloosa BB Arkansas AP Gen. W.P.Richardson DD Conyngham DD Cassin Allied ground losses: Vehicles lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled) 10cm T98 DP Gun Battery engaging xAP Monticello at 18,000 yards CL Amsterdam firing to suppress enemy battery at 18,000 yards CA Wichita firing to suppress enemy battery at 18,000 yards CL Amsterdam firing to suppress enemy battery at 18,000 yards 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tanegashima (102,62) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 2713 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 78 Defending force 5166 troops, 170 guns, 101 vehicles, Assault Value = 69 Japanese adjusted assault: 16 Allied adjusted defense: 26 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), experience(-) Attacker: leaders(+), disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 55 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 53 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 10th Garrison SNLF Defending units: 41st Infantry Division This was his only chance to push me off the island. I’m hoping to turn the flag on this base in a week at most.

BBfanboy -> RE: Plight of the Antietam (3/9/2012 3:58:36 AM)
Looks like everything is falling into place for you. Have to think you got somewhat lucky when those heavy Betty strikes achieved nothing. Re: your comment "I suspect Cruft is fast transporting from Shanghai to China. I’ll reset some Fast Raiders along the route to intercept. I had hoped for more destruction with a CL in my fleet. Oh well. " I think the 32 kt CL probably prevented your DDs from dealing with those MTBs. The DDs would be closer in speed and more manoeverable on their own and could have engaged longer. However, I guess you can't always choose which enemy TF you will fight so having a CL to help against his DDs or CLs is reasonable too.

AcePylut -> RE: Plight of the Antietam (3/14/2012 1:57:29 AM)
Good points BB. I was hoping to get that CL in amongst the slower APD's but alas, it didn't go that way. I'm going to start sending PT boats after the ships buzzing around Fukue-Jima. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 13, 45 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Saishu To at 100,56 Japanese Ships SS Ha-D-144 Allied Ships DD Marshall DD Marshall is sighted by SS Ha-D-144 SS Ha-D-144 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Marshall -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Hirosaki/Aomori at 118,52, Range 8,000 Yards Japanese Ships PB Chohakusan Maru, Shell hits 3 PB Kantori Maru, Shell hits 7, on fire PB Kure Maru #5, Shell hits 6 Allied Ships PF Coronado, Shell hits 3 PF Eugene Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 46% moonlight: 8,000 yards Range closes to 24,000 yards... Range closes to 18,000 yards... Range closes to 12,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 8,000 yards PB Kure Maru #5 engages PF Coronado at 8,000 yards Range closes to 4,000 yards PB Kure Maru #5 engages PF Coronado at 4,000 yards PF Coronado engages PB Kure Maru #5 at 4,000 yards PB Kure Maru #5 engages PF Eugene at 4,000 yards PB Chohakusan Maru engages PF Coronado at 4,000 yards Range closes to 3,000 yards PB Kantori Maru engages PF Coronado at 3,000 yards Range increases to 4,000 yards PF Coronado engages PB Kure Maru #5 at 4,000 yards PB Kantori Maru engages PF Coronado at 4,000 yards Range increases to 6,000 yards PB Kantori Maru engages PF Eugene at 6,000 yards PB Chohakusan Maru engages PF Coronado at 6,000 yards Range increases to 10,000 yards PF Eugene engages PB Kantori Maru at 10,000 yards PF Coronado engages PB Kantori Maru at 10,000 yards PF Coronado engages PB Chohakusan Maru at 10,000 yards Range increases to 11,000 yards PB Kure Maru #5 engages PF Coronado at 11,000 yards PB Chohakusan Maru engages PF Coronado at 11,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards PB Kure Maru #5 engages PF Eugene at 10,000 yards PF Coronado engages PB Chohakusan Maru at 10,000 yards Terayama, W. orders Japanese TF to disengage Range increases to 11,000 yards PB Kure Maru #5 engages PF Eugene at 11,000 yards PB Kantori Maru engages PF Eugene at 11,000 yards PB Chohakusan Maru engages PF Eugene at 11,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards PB Chohakusan Maru engages PF Coronado at 10,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards PB Kure Maru #5 engages PF Coronado at 7,000 yards PF Coronado engages PB Kantori Maru at 7,000 yards PB Chohakusan Maru engages PF Coronado at 7,000 yards Range increases to 12,000 yards PF Eugene engages PB Kure Maru #5 at 12,000 yards PF Coronado engages PB Kantori Maru at 12,000 yards PB Chohakusan Maru engages PF Coronado at 12,000 yards Task forces break off... So this PB/SC tf has been guarding the straights between Honshu and Hokkaido – on the west side of the straights. After the IJN CV sightings of a couple days ago, my Fast Raider TF’s were in place. Well I decided to send a “slow” Fast Raider fleet to see if they could deal with this menace to my subs, and also flush out whatever Cruft had in Hokkaido. Looks like the engagement turned out better for me, than him. Kinda happy about that, never played to the point where I had these PF ships, didn’t really know their capabilities. I figured they were better than PB/PC/SC’s, but not as good as DE’s or DD’s. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on TF, near Orchid Island at 87,68 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 7 No Japanese losses Allied Ships SC PC-810 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy bombing from 15000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb Cruft is training up at night torpedo attacks. No doubt to try and night attack my “big bad Japan invasion force”. I’ll have to remember this. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 58 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ib Peggy x 27 Allied aircraft no flights No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-40N26 Warhawk: 5 damaged P-40N26 Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground Allied ground losses: 16 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 27 x Ki-67-Ib Peggy bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 3 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 15 S1A1 Denko x 9 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 4 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 26 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 99 Japanese aircraft losses J1N1-S Irving: 1 destroyed Ki-46-III KAI Dinah: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 9 damaged B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak Manpower hits 83 Fires 24095 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 11000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 32 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 11000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 13 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 11000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 13 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 11000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 11000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 11000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 11000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 4 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 4 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes 27th Sentai with Ki-45 KAId Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 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 11 minutes 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 11 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes So my B29’s failed to fly the last two days in the daytime. So I’ll send them in at night on a firebombing attack. I plan on firebombing Osaka for the next 3-4 days in a row. The next attack will probably be split between day and night, and will have about ½-3/4’s of the planes, cuz I only had my b29s on 10% rest. I’m going to up that to 30-40% across the board to keep em flying daily over the next few days. Everything will be a city attack to see what kind of fires I can generate. Anyhow – this day’s events was very uncoordinated, as the next 10 combats will show. PS – this is the way the devs can deal with the “massive 2k plane strike”, increase the coordination penalties so strikes come in all split up. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 12 S1A1 Denko x 9 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 4 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 21 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 51 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-46-III KAI Dinah: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 2 damaged Manpower hits 25 Fires 56350 Aircraft Attacking: 33 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 14000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 13 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 14000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 14000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes 27th Sentai with Ki-45 KAId Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 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 3 minutes 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes What the heck is a S1A1 Denko!!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 71 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 12 S1A1 Denko x 8 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 4 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 16 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 5 Japanese aircraft losses J1N1-S Irving: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 11000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (3 airborne, 3 on standby, 4 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 56 minutes T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 4 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes 27th Sentai with Ki-45 KAId Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 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 5 minutes 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M3 Nell x 11 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 11 F6F-5 Hellcat x 15 F6F-5N Hellcat x 19 Japanese aircraft losses G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 9000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: VF-40 with F6F-5 Hellcat (3 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes VMF-124 with F6F-5N Hellcat (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes VMF-351 with F4U-1A Corsair (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes VMF(N)-542 with F6F-5N Hellcat (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters to 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes Some CAP have air radar More night attacks on Manila, Fukue-Jima. Cruft doesn’t attack any base during the daytime. Just a little night cap does wonders tho. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 11 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-74-I Patsy x 8 Allied aircraft no flights No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-40N26 Warhawk: 4 damaged P-40N26 Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Ki-74-I Patsy bombing from 7000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb Patsies out of Tokyo. After I’m done with Osaka… I have a feel Cruft is pretty complacent about me not attacking Tokyo – so I’m going to ignore Tokyo for the next week – let him move more planes there, and then plaster it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 10 No Japanese losses Allied Ships SS Sturgeon, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage SS Aspro, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb These subs had to park at Fukue-Jima due to massive damage. They probably won’t make it back. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIb Sally x 9 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on TF, near Orchid Island at 87,68 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 6 No Japanese losses Allied Ships SC-647 SC PC-808 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 48 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-74-I Patsy x 4 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Ki-74-I Patsy bombing from 7000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here come the heavies with incendaries Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 18 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 5 S1A1 Denko x 8 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 4 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 16 Allied aircraft B-29B Superfort x 16 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29B Superfort: 2 damaged Manpower hits 24 Fires 82960 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-29B Superfort bombing from 11000 feet * City Attack: 18 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 57 minutes 27th Sentai with Ki-45 KAId Nick (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 57 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 13 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 4 S1A1 Denko x 8 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 4 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 15 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 12 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Manpower hits 24 Fires 75920 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 11000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 55 minutes 27th Sentai with Ki-45 KAId Nick (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 4 S1A1 Denko x 8 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 4 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 15 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 15 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAId Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 2 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 15 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 11000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 55 minutes 27th Sentai with Ki-45 KAId Nick (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 61 minutes 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 4 S1A1 Denko x 8 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 3 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 15 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 16 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAId Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 2 damaged Manpower hits 6 Fires 86825 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 14000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes 27th Sentai with Ki-45 KAId Nick (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 61 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 14 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 4 S1A1 Denko x 8 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 1 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 15 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 14 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 1 damaged Manpower hits 2 Fires 104040 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 14000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 55 minutes 27th Sentai with Ki-45 KAId Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 59 minutes 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 4 S1A1 Denko x 8 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 1 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 15 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 9 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Manpower hits 9 Fires 84240 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 11000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes 27th Sentai with Ki-45 KAId Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 61 minutes 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 4 S1A1 Denko x 8 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 1 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 15 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 9 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 1 damaged Manpower hits 4 Fires 112880 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 11000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 55 minutes 27th Sentai with Ki-45 KAId Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 58 minutes 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 55 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 4 S1A1 Denko x 8 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 1 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 15 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 12 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 2 damaged Manpower hits 6 Fires 116960 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 11000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes 27th Sentai with Ki-45 KAId Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 4 S1A1 Denko x 8 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 1 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 14 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 14000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes 27th Sentai with Ki-45 KAId Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 65 minutes 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 61 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 15 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 4 S1A1 Denko x 7 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 1 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 14 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 10 Japanese aircraft losses S1A1 Denko: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 4 damaged Manpower hits 5 Fires 101200 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 14000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 27th Sentai with Ki-45 KAId Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 56 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 4 S1A1 Denko x 4 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 1 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 13 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 8 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 11000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 27th Sentai with Ki-45 KAId Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 56 minutes 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 4 S1A1 Denko x 4 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 1 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 12 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 11000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 27th Sentai with Ki-45 KAId Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 57 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-74-I Patsy x 7 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Ki-74-I Patsy bombing from 7000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 7 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 4 S1A1 Denko x 4 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 1 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 11 Allied aircraft B-29B Superfort x 8 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Manpower hits 5 Fires 94120 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-29B Superfort bombing from 11000 feet * City Attack: 18 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 27th Sentai with Ki-45 KAId Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 59 minutes 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 57 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 4 S1A1 Denko x 4 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 11 Allied aircraft B-29B Superfort x 4 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Manpower hits 3 Fires 95680 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-29B Superfort bombing from 11000 feet * City Attack: 18 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 61 minutes T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 55 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 4 S1A1 Denko x 4 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 11 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 4 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Manpower hits 2 Fires 96720 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 11000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 55 minutes 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 61 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 4 S1A1 Denko x 4 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 11 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 8 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Manpower hits 2 Fires 97760 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 11000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 4 S1A1 Denko x 4 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 11 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 8 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 1 damaged Manpower hits 3 Fires 129880 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 14000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 59 minutes 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 61 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 4 S1A1 Denko x 4 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 11 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 4 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Manpower hits 2 Fires 100360 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 11000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 55 minutes 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 59 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 4 S1A1 Denko x 4 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 11 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 4 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Manpower hits 1 Fires 100880 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 11000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 57 minutes T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 4 S1A1 Denko x 4 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 11 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 5 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 1 damaged Manpower hits 1 Fires 132600 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 14000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 4 S1A1 Denko x 4 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 11 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 4 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 1 damaged Manpower hits 5 Fires 136000 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 11000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 4 S1A1 Denko x 4 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 11 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 5 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 1 damaged Manpower hits 1 Fires 136680 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 11000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 57 minutes T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 61 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 4 S1A1 Denko x 4 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 11 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 5 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Manpower hits 4 Fires 106600 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 11000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M3 Nell x 4 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 11 F6F-5 Hellcat x 15 F6F-5N Hellcat x 17 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 4 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 9000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: VF-40 with F6F-5 Hellcat (15 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 15 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 11000 Raid is overhead VMF-124 with F6F-5N Hellcat (11 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 11 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead VMF-351 with F4U-1A Corsair (11 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 11 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Raid is overhead VMF(N)-542 with F6F-5N Hellcat (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 13000 Raid is overhead Some CAP have air radar -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIb Sally x 4 No Japanese losses Allied Ships SS Shad, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage SS Sturgeon, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage Port hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 4 S1A1 Denko x 4 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 11 Allied aircraft B-29B Superfort x 5 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Manpower hits 6 Fires 109720 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-29B Superfort bombing from 11000 feet * City Attack: 18 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 61 minutes T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 4 S1A1 Denko x 4 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 11 Allied aircraft B-29B Superfort x 5 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Manpower hits 8 Fires 113880 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-29B Superfort bombing from 11000 feet * City Attack: 18 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 56 minutes T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 57 minutes 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 61 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 4 S1A1 Denko x 4 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 11 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 4 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Manpower hits 7 Fires 117520 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 11000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 58 minutes T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 59 minutes 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 58 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 4 S1A1 Denko x 4 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 11 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 5 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 1 damaged Manpower hits 3 Fires 155720 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 14000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 56 minutes 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 55 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 4 S1A1 Denko x 4 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 11 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 5 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Manpower hits 12 Fires 125320 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 11000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 4 S1A1 Denko x 4 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 11 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 5 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 1 damaged Manpower hits 4 Fires 166600 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 11000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 4 S1A1 Denko x 4 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 11 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 5 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak Manpower hits 9 Fires 172720 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 11000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes 172k fires after all that. DL levels went up dramatically. I bet tomorrows daytime attack kicks some butt – if they actually fly…. Cuz you know, Osaka is a t-storm magnet. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,57 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-38, hits 8, heavy damage Allied Ships DD Waldron DD Zellars SSX Ha-38 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Waldron Ha-38 diving deep .... DD Zellars attacking submerged sub .... Sounds of submarine breaking up detected! Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 312 encounters mine field at Midway Island (158,91) Japanese Ships SS I-14, Mine hits 1, on fire Midway Island, slipped through my SC’s patrolling around. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Shimonoseki at 105,56 Japanese Ships SC Ch 22 SC Ch 43 Allied Ships SS Jack, hits 3 Captain of SS Jack elects not to launch torpedoes at this target Jack diving deep .... SC Ch 43 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 43 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 43 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 43 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 43 attacking submerged sub .... SC Ch 43 is out of ASW ammo SC Ch 43 is out of ASW ammo Escort abandons search for sub idiot cap’n should have fired his torps. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tanegashima , at 102,62 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M7 Zero x 3 A6M8 Zero x 22 Allied aircraft F4U-4 Corsair x 9 Japanese aircraft losses A6M7 Zero: 1 destroyed A6M8 Zero: 4 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-4 Corsair: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: 261 Ku S-1 with A6M8 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 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 261 Ku S-2 with A6M7 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes 265 Ku S-1 with A6M8 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes S-407 Hikotai with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes Nice to see my corsairs out of Fukue-Jima sweep before the bombers go in to keep the IJ troops disrupted. A couple more days of this and my troops should be recovered from the snap-invasion to try a deliberate attack just to see what he’s got left in the tank. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tanegashima , at 102,62 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M8 Zero x 9 Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 47 Japanese aircraft losses A6M8 Zero: 4 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 46 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 22000 feet CAP engaged: 261 Ku S-1 with A6M8 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 20000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes 265 Ku S-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 24000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 76 minutes S-407 Hikotai with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 29000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Iki-shima at 102,56 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 63 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M3-J Sam x 20 D4Y4 Judy x 20 Allied aircraft F4U-1D Corsair x 20 Japanese aircraft losses A7M3-J Sam: 1 destroyed D4Y4 Judy: 10 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1D Corsair: 2 destroyed Allied Ships DD Zellars DD Waldron DD John W. Weeks Aircraft Attacking: 10 x D4Y4 Judy flying as kamikaze Kamikaze: 1 x 800 kg GP Bomb 10 x D4Y4 Judy flying as kamikaze Kamikaze: 1 x 800 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: VMF-422 with F4U-1D Corsair (13 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (20 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 13 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 7 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes A little bit of cap over a TF at Tangeshima does wonders. 20 Judy’s gone. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Tanegashima at 102,62 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 5 A6M8 Zero x 15 G4M2 Betty x 18 G4M2a Betty x 16 Japanese aircraft losses G4M2 Betty: 1 damaged G4M2a Betty: 3 damaged G4M2a Betty: 1 destroyed by flak Allied Ships DD Fletcher DD Melvin DD Mertz DD Charrette DD Abbot Aircraft Attacking: 16 x G4M2a Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 18 x G4M2 Betty bombing from 20000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb But that first raid had the effect of removing my cap. No matter, his pilots must really suck. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 6th Garrison SNLF, at 96,65 (Okinoerabushima) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-5 Hellcat x 70 SB2C-1C Helldiver x 10 SBD-3 Dauntless x 10 SBD-5 Dauntless x 19 TBF-1 Avenger x 17 TBM-1C Avenger x 19 Allied aircraft losses SB2C-1C Helldiver: 1 damaged SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 44 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 7 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 8 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 13000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 10 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 13000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 9 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 13000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 9 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 13000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 3 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb CV’s chilling at Daito Shoto decided to launch their ac (against my orders). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 10th Garrison SNLF, at 102,62 (Tanegashima) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1D Corsair x 8 TBM-1C Avenger x 19 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 19 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 7000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 10th Garrison SNLF, at 102,62 (Tanegashima) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft SBD-6 Dauntless x 47 Allied aircraft losses SBD-6 Dauntless: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 5 x SBD-6 Dauntless releasing from 3000' * Ground Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb 13 x SBD-6 Dauntless releasing from 2000' * Ground Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x SBD-6 Dauntless releasing from 3000' * Ground Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x SBD-6 Dauntless releasing from 4000' * Ground Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x SBD-6 Dauntless releasing from 4000' * Ground Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x SBD-6 Dauntless releasing from 2000' * Ground Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tanegashima , at 102,62 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 8 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 8 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 22000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 10th Garrison SNLF, at 102,62 (Tanegashima) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft A-26C Invader x 29 B-25H Mitchell x 54 B-25J11 Mitchell x 54 Allied aircraft losses A-26C Invader: 1 destroyed by flak B-25H Mitchell: 2 damaged B-25J11 Mitchell: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 734 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 37 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 47 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 51 x B-25J11 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 29 x A-26C Invader bombing from 4000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 48 x B-25H Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-25H Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25J11 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 54 planes with 75mm cannons strafing + 83 other bombers = destruction! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Canton , at 77,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 17 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 84 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 6 damaged Heavy Industry hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 26 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 23000 feet City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 21 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 23000 feet City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 37 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 23000 feet City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 47th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 11 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes Gonna keep tagging all the HI around China I can. Next up: Canton -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 10th Garrison SNLF, at 102,62 (Tanegashima) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 27 B-25J11 Mitchell x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-25H Mitchell: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 215 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 27 x B-25H Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25J11 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb B25-J11’s are quickly becoming my most valuable 2E aircraft. I love them. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 10th Garrison SNLF, at 102,62 (Tanegashima) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft B-25J11 Mitchell x 27 Allied aircraft losses B-25J11 Mitchell: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 112 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 27 x B-25J11 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Canton , at 77,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 12 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 156 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Heavy Industry hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 48 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 16000 feet * City Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 58 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 16000 feet * City Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 42 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 16000 feet * City Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 16000 feet * City Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 47th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes Training flight from 47th Sentai has been caught up in attack I wonder why he’s on training and not CAP. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Canton , at 77,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 3 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 16000 feet * City Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 47th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (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 20000 , scrambling fighters to 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-61-Id Tony x 8 Allied aircraft B-17G Fortress x 123 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-17G Fortress: 2 damaged Heavy Industry hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: 52 x B-17G Fortress bombing from 17000 feet * City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-17G Fortress bombing from 17000 feet * City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb 56 x B-17G Fortress bombing from 17000 feet * City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 25th Sentai with Ki-61-Id Tony (1 airborne, 2 on standby, 5 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-61-Id Tony x 2 Allied aircraft B-17G Fortress x 45 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Heavy Industry hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 45 x B-17G Fortress bombing from 17000 feet * City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 25th Sentai with Ki-61-Id 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 15000 , scrambling fighters to 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes These last two attacks should end Hong Kong’s HI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Tokyo , at 114,60 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 26 N1K1-J George x 4 N1K2-J George x 2 N1K5-J George x 5 Ki-43-IV Oscar x 12 Ki-61-II KAI Tony x 2 Ki-84a Frank x 14 Ki-84b Frank x 15 Allied aircraft P-51H Mustang x 48 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 6 destroyed N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed N1K5-J George: 2 destroyed Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed Ki-84b Frank: 4 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 34 x P-51H Mustang sweeping at 28000 feet * CAP engaged: Yokosuka Ku S-1 with N1K5-J George (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes S-303 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes S-304 Hikotai with N1K2-J George (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 15000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes S-601 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (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 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes 48th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (14 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes 55th Sentai with Ki-61-II KAI Tony (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 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes 104th Sentai with Ki-84b Frank (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (15 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 12 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes 246th Sentai with Ki-43-IV Oscar (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 15000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes 5th Sentai with Ki-43-IV Oscar (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes S-302 Kokutai with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 15 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 33000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes Interesting, I expected more, better, fighters at Tokyo. Hmmm. Where could they be? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Tokyo , at 114,60 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 10 N1K1-J George x 1 N1K5-J George x 1 Ki-43-IV Oscar x 7 Ki-61-II KAI Tony x 2 Ki-84a Frank x 5 Ki-84b Frank x 3 Allied aircraft P-51H Mustang x 49 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 4 destroyed N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-43-IV Oscar: 4 destroyed Ki-61-II KAI Tony: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed Ki-84b Frank: 2 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 47 x P-51H Mustang sweeping at 28000 feet * CAP engaged: S-302 Kokutai with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 35000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes S-601 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 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes 48th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes 55th Sentai with Ki-61-II KAI Tony (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes 104th Sentai with Ki-84b Frank (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes 246th Sentai with Ki-43-IV Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes Yokosuka Ku S-1 with N1K5-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 20000 , scrambling fighters to 29000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes 5th Sentai with Ki-43-IV Oscar (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 15000 , scrambling fighters between 19000 and 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes I do like the IJ losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Yokohama/Yokosuka , at 113,61 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft J7W1 Shinden x 13 N1K1-J George x 6 N1K2-J George x 5 N1K5-J George x 9 Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 50 Japanese aircraft losses J7W1 Shinden: 2 destroyed N1K1-J George: 2 destroyed N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38L Lightning: 3 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 36 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 24000 feet * CAP engaged: Yokosuka Ku S-2 with J7W1 Shinden (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 8 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 23000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes S-304 Hikotai with N1K2-J George (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 24000 and 27000. Raid is overhead S-601 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 20000. Raid is overhead Yokosuka Ku S-1 with N1K5-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 9 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes S-303 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 27000. Raid is overhead Ahh Cruft – you moved your good fighters to Chiba and my P51’s flew right past them on their way to Tokyo, leaving my P38’s to deal with them. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kanoya at 103,61 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 5 A6M5b Zero x 8 A6M8 Zero x 4 G4M2a Betty x 13 Japanese aircraft losses G4M2a Betty: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Allied Ships DD Dewey Aircraft Attacking: 13 x G4M2a Betty bombing from 20000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kanoya at 103,62 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M8 Zero x 7 G4M2 Betty x 18 Japanese aircraft losses G4M2 Betty: 1 damaged Allied Ships AM Effective Aircraft Attacking: 18 x G4M2 Betty bombing from 20000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M8 Zero x 13 Ki-43-IV Oscar x 14 Ki-61-Id Tony x 14 Allied aircraft P-47N Thunderbolt x 50 Japanese aircraft losses A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed Ki-43-IV Oscar: 4 destroyed Ki-61-Id Tony: 8 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 40 x P-47N Thunderbolt sweeping at 26000 feet * CAP engaged: 345 Ku S-1 with A6M8 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes 345 Ku S-2 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes 19th Sentai with Ki-61-Id Tony (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (14 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes 71st Sentai with Ki-43-IV Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (14 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes As you can see, I’ve decided to forgo rotating sweeps against one target, and decided to sweep a multitude of different targets to see if I can increase my kill rates. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IV Oscar x 1 Allied aircraft P-47N Thunderbolt x 50 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 50 x P-47N Thunderbolt sweeping at 27000 feet * CAP engaged: 71st Sentai with Ki-43-IV 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 20000 , scrambling fighters to 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes One brave Oscar attacks, and pays for it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Iki-shima at 102,56 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-D-103, hits 7, heavy damage Allied Ships DD Waldron DD Zellars SSX Ha-D-103 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Waldron DD Zellars attacking submerged sub .... Underwater explosion, debris and oil appear on surface! Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Shimonoseki at 104,56 Japanese Ships SC CHa-45 Allied Ships SS Jack SS Jack is sighted by escort Jack bottoming out .... SC CHa-45 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-45 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-45 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-45 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-45 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Shimonoseki at 104,56 Japanese Ships SC CHa-52 SC CHa-68 SC CHa-49 Allied Ships SS Jack, hits 12, heavy damage SS Jack is located by SC CHa-52 Jack bottoming out .... SC CHa-68 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-52 fails to find sub and abandons search SC CHa-68 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-68 attacking submerged sub .... SC CHa-68 is out of ASW ammo SS Jack forced to surface! SC CHa-52 firing on surfaced sub .... SC CHa-49 firing on surfaced sub .... SC CHa-68 firing on surfaced sub .... SC CHa-52 firing on surfaced sub .... SC CHa-49 firing on surfaced sub .... SC CHa-52 firing on surfaced sub .... SC CHa-49 firing on surfaced sub .... SC CHa-49 firing on surfaced sub .... SC CHa-68 firing on surfaced sub .... SC CHa-52 firing on surfaced sub .... SC CHa-49 firing on surfaced sub .... SC CHa-68 firing on surfaced sub .... SC CHa-52 firing on surfaced sub .... SC CHa-49 firing on surfaced sub .... SC CHa-68 firing on surfaced sub .... SC CHa-52 firing on surfaced sub .... SC CHa-49 firing on surfaced sub .... SC CHa-68 firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves Idiot cap’n should have fired his torps. I guess I can’t relieve him of command now.

Capt. Harlock -> RE: Plight of the Antietam (3/14/2012 8:51:51 PM)
quote: What the heck is a S1A1 Denko According to Wikipedia, it was supposed to be the Japanese answer to the P-61 Black Widow. The name means "bolt of light", which I guess is good for a night fighter. IRL two prototypes were begun , but neither was ever completed.

Grotius -> RE: Plight of the Antietam (3/14/2012 9:41:45 PM)
Wow, it's cool to see a 1945 scenario. I've never tried this one. What are the victory conditions and end date(s)? Any idea who's "winning"?

AcePylut -> RE: Plight of the Antietam (3/14/2012 10:15:47 PM)
IIRC japan started with all the points (something like 70k to my 5k)... and all the victory points are located in Japan proper, for the most part - going through China and Korea won't give me the points to overcome his lead. I need to take bases in Japan to "win" - although I've never played this scenario before and have no idea what pace I need to set. I figure I need to be pretty "even" with history - which planned an invasion of Kyushu 2 months after this scenario starts, and invade Honshu on March 1st. I'm pretty sure I"m not going to follow the same invasion plan as "history", except I want to be landing somewhere on Japan in 2 months. I'll post the Victory Point screen as soon as I get a turn back, to see where I'm at and where I need to be. This IS a fun game for the allies. After all, how many grand campaign games really go to the point where the Allies have "everything"? None of the PBEM's I've tried made it past mid '43. It really sucks to play for a year or two of real life and get the poo beat out of you as allies, then have the Japanese quit when the tide turns and they are looking forward to another 2-3 years of getting pushed all over the map. I made a comment to Cruft that his airplane hit rates remind me of the Dutch in '41. So this is what it's like to roll through the DEI :)

AcePylut -> Osaka here I come (3/14/2012 10:19:55 PM)
Also, nearly 1/3 to 1/2 of all of Japan's heavy industry is located in Osaka and Tokyo. If I knew how effective my planes would be, and how ineffective his fighters would be, I"d have started firebombing Tokyo on day 1. As it is, I've delayed attacking those targets until now... and my B29 plan for the next few days is to firebomb Osaka and see what kind of damage I can do to everything in the hex. I read that industry destroyed by fires can't be repaired, it's "gone". I figure on 4 days of hard flying against Osaka and then we'll see what sort of fires and damage have been done. As it is right now, I think there's about 200k fires in Osaka. I'll probably have to rest my bombers after that for a few days which is OK because I"ll be needing my fighters for cap for another mini-invasion in preperation for the big assault which will be coming in about 6 weeks game-time.

AcePylut -> RE: Osaka here I come (3/14/2012 11:45:39 PM)
Here's the VP screenie... [image]local://upfiles/11397/017A4F5015D949E294852A079642C48F.jpg[/image]

AcePylut9 -> RE: Osaka here I come (4/30/2012 12:10:18 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 14, 45 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Fukue-jima at 101,58, Range 10,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Tawa, Shell hits 4, heavy fires Allied Ships DD Metcalfe DD Thompson, Shell hits 1 DD Dale Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 57% moonlight: 11,000 yards Range closes to 26,000 yards... Range closes to 22,000 yards... Range closes to 18,000 yards... Range closes to 14,000 yards... Range closes to 10,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 10,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 10,000 yards DD Tawa engages DD Dale at 10,000 yards DD Tawa engages DD Thompson at 10,000 yards DD Tawa engages DD Metcalfe at 10,000 yards Range closes to 6,000 yards DD Tawa engages DD Dale at 6,000 yards DD Metcalfe engages DD Tawa at 6,000 yards DD Tawa engages DD Dale at 6,000 yards Range closes to 5,000 yards DD Dale engages DD Tawa at 5,000 yards DD Tawa engages DD Metcalfe at 5,000 yards Range increases to 6,000 yards DD Tawa engages DD Dale at 6,000 yards Yoshitomi, Zenji orders Japanese TF to disengage Range increases to 10,000 yards DD Dale engages DD Tawa at 10,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-74-I Patsy x 20 Allied aircraft F6F-3N Hellcat x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-74-I Patsy: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-74-I Patsy bombing from 7000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: VF(N)-78 with F6F-3N Hellcat (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 1 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes Some CAP have air radar well the night cap didn’t shoot down much, but made their attacks ineffective, as the following will show -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 21 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 7 Ki-21-IIb Sally x 7 Ki-67-Ib Peggy x 13 Allied aircraft F6F-3N Hellcat x 7 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 destroyed No Allied losses Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-67-Ib Peggy bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 3 x 250 kg GP Bomb 7 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 6 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: VF(N)-78 with F6F-3N Hellcat (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes Some CAP have air radar -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 20 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 12 S1A1 Denko x 8 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 3 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 22 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 15 B-29B Superfort x 16 Japanese aircraft losses J1N1-S Irving: 1 destroyed Ki-46-III KAI Dinah: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 3 damaged B-29B Superfort: 3 damaged Manpower hits 6 Fires 29514 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-29B Superfort bombing from 16000 feet * City Attack: 18 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 16000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29B Superfort bombing from 16000 feet * City Attack: 18 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 3 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 58 minutes T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 3 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes 27th Sentai with Ki-45 KAId Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 10 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 57 minutes Figured I’d start with some night attacks on firebombing -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 59 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 5 S1A1 Denko x 6 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 2 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 17 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 52 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 1 damaged Manpower hits 54 Fires 34240 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 11000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 11000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 13 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 11000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 11000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 10 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes 27th Sentai with Ki-45 KAId Nick (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 58 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 4 S1A1 Denko x 6 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 2 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 17 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 8 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 6 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 17000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 10 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes 27th Sentai with Ki-45 KAId Nick (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIb Sally x 12 Allied aircraft F6F-3N Hellcat x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: VF(N)-78 with F6F-3N Hellcat (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Raid is overhead Some CAP have air radar -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 3 S1A1 Denko x 4 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 1 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 12 Allied aircraft B-29B Superfort x 10 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29B Superfort: 2 damaged Manpower hits 2 Fires 34920 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B-29B Superfort bombing from 16000 feet * City Attack: 18 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 10 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 68 minutes 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 55 minutes T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes 27th Sentai with Ki-45 KAId Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 3 S1A1 Denko x 3 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 1 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 12 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 16 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 2 damaged Manpower hits 14 Fires 39340 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 11000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 10 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 62 minutes 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 27th Sentai with Ki-45 KAId Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 3 S1A1 Denko x 3 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 1 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 10 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 10 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 2 damaged Manpower hits 1 Fires 39680 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 17000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead 27th Sentai with Ki-45 KAId Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 10 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 56 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 3 S1A1 Denko x 1 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 10 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 12 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Manpower hits 10 Fires 72221 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 11000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 10 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIb Sally x 6 Allied aircraft F6F-3N Hellcat x 4 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 damaged No Allied losses Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: VF(N)-78 with F6F-3N Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Raid is overhead Some CAP have air radar -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-74-I Patsy x 4 Allied aircraft F6F-3N Hellcat x 4 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Ki-74-I Patsy bombing from 7000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: VF(N)-78 with F6F-3N Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Raid is overhead Some CAP have air radar -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 3 S1A1 Denko x 1 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 10 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 5 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 17000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes T-12 Hikotai with S1A1 Denko (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 63 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 3 Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 8 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 4 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-46-III KAI Dinah: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 3 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 11000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-S Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 55 minutes 106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead Well, night cap over Fukue-jima did it’s job, and the bombers over Osaka didn’t do all that great -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Iki-shima at 102,57 Japanese Ships DD Tawa Allied Ships SS Parche DD Tawa is sighted by SS Parche SS Parche launches 2 torpedoes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Iki-shima at 102,57 Japanese Ships DD Tawa, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Parche DD Tawa is sighted by SS Parche SS Parche launches 2 torpedoes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Moppo at 100,54 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-61, hits 12, heavy damage Allied Ships DD Clarence Bronson SSX Ha-61 is sighted by escort DD Clarence Bronson attacking submerged sub .... Underwater explosion, debris and oil appear on surface! Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Tanegashima at 102,62 Japanese Ships SS Ha-209 Allied Ships LCI(R)-225 LCI(R)-225 is sighted by SS Ha-209 Captain of SS Ha-209 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Kunashiri at 126,50 Japanese Ships SS I-162, hits 21, heavy damage Allied Ships PF Coronado PF Eugene SS I-162 launches 2 torpedoes at PF Coronado I-162 diving deep .... PF Eugene attacking submerged sub .... Sounds of submarine breaking up detected! Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Tanegashima at 102,62 Japanese Ships SS Ha-209, hits 36, heavy damage Allied Ships DD Abbot DD Charrette SS Ha-209 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Abbot Ha-209 bottoming out .... DD Charrette attacking submerged sub .... DD Abbot attacking submerged sub .... DD Charrette fails to find sub and abandons search DD Abbot attacking submerged sub .... DD Abbot fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Abbot fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Abbot fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Abbot fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Takao , at 84,65 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft Hellcat F.II x 12 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Hellcat F.II sweeping at 28000 feet Now begins a number of sweeps over Formosa to clear out the island -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tanegashima , at 102,62 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M8 Zero x 1 Allied aircraft F4U-4 Corsair x 9 Japanese aircraft losses A6M8 Zero: 1 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x F4U-4 Corsair sweeping at 28000 feet CAP engaged: 261 Ku S-1 with A6M8 Zero (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 20000 Raid is overhead wonder what this was… 1 zero -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Takao , at 84,65 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 48 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 23000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pescadores , at 84,63 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M8 Zero x 17 N1K5-J George x 5 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 21 Allied aircraft P-51D Mustang x 18 Japanese aircraft losses A6M8 Zero: 4 destroyed N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 4 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-51D Mustang: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 12 x P-51D Mustang sweeping at 25000 feet CAP engaged: S-901 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes S-301 Hikotai with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 12 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 29000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes 24th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 15 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 28000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 11 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 4 Ki-61-II KAI Tony x 6 Ki-84a Frank x 32 Allied aircraft P-51D Mustang x 50 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-61-II KAI Tony: 3 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 4 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-51D Mustang: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 33 x P-51D Mustang sweeping at 28000 feet * CAP engaged: S-601 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead 51st Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (1 airborne, 8 on standby, 20 scrambling) 9 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 32000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes 55th Sentai with Ki-61-II KAI Tony (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 30000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes And some sweeps over Southern Kyushu to clean out the island -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 46 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 1 Ki-84a Frank x 12 Allied aircraft P-51D Mustang x 16 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84a Frank: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-51D Mustang: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 13 x P-51D Mustang sweeping at 28000 feet * CAP engaged: S-601 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 20000 , scrambling fighters to 33000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes 51st Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 31000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 9 Allied aircraft P-47N Thunderbolt x 16 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47N Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 14 x P-47N Thunderbolt sweeping at 21000 feet * CAP engaged: 52nd 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 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 29 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 3 Allied aircraft P-47N Thunderbolt x 16 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x P-47N Thunderbolt sweeping at 20000 feet * CAP engaged: 52nd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (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 20000 , scrambling fighters to 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 6th Garrison SNLF, at 96,65 (Okinoerabushima) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-5 Hellcat x 71 SB2C-1C Helldiver x 10 SBD-3 Dauntless x 9 SBD-5 Dauntless x 19 TBF-1 Avenger x 19 TBM-1C Avenger x 19 Allied aircraft losses SB2C-1C Helldiver: 1 damaged SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 35 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 2 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 10 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 13000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 10 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 13000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb 9 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 13000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 9 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 13000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 7 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 4 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb I’ll give this base and Tanegashima a few days workover by my bombers before invading -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 10th Garrison SNLF, at 102,62 (Tanegashima) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M7 Zero x 3 A6M8 Zero x 10 Allied aircraft SBD-6 Dauntless x 44 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses SBD-6 Dauntless: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 4 x SBD-6 Dauntless releasing from 3000' * Ground Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x SBD-6 Dauntless releasing from 2000' * Ground Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb 1 x SBD-6 Dauntless releasing from 3000' * Ground Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x SBD-6 Dauntless releasing from 4000' * Ground Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x SBD-6 Dauntless releasing from 2000' * Ground Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x SBD-6 Dauntless releasing from 4000' * Ground Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 261 Ku S-2 with A6M7 Zero (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 20000 Raid is overhead 265 Ku S-1 with A6M8 Zero (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 20000 Raid is overhead S-407 Hikotai with A6M8 Zero (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 20000 Raid is overhead 261 Ku S-1 with A6M8 Zero (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 20000 Raid is overhead And this is why I don’t send bombers over defended airbases. I’m trying to keep my pools up for the bloodbath coming when I invade Japan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 10th Garrison SNLF, at 102,62 (Tanegashima) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M7 Zero x 3 A6M8 Zero x 6 Allied aircraft A-26C Invader x 22 B-25H Mitchell x 61 B-25J11 Mitchell x 90 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 30 PBJ-1J Mitchell x 6 Japanese aircraft losses A6M7 Zero: 2 destroyed A6M8 Zero: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-25H Mitchell: 2 damaged B-25J11 Mitchell: 4 damaged Japanese ground losses: 631 casualties reported Squads: 48 destroyed, 13 disabled Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 26 (19 destroyed, 7 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 6 x PBJ-1J Mitchell bombing from 4000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 50 x B-25J11 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 50 x B-25H Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 40 x B-25J11 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-25H Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 22 x A-26C Invader bombing from 4000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 261 Ku S-2 with A6M7 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead 265 Ku S-1 with A6M8 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead S-407 Hikotai with A6M8 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes 261 Ku S-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kanoya , at 102,61 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 28 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 7 A6M8 Zero x 2 Allied aircraft F4U-1D Corsair x 8 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed A6M8 Zero: 1 destroyed No Allied losses CAP engaged: S-308 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 30000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes S-313 Hikotai with A6M8 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 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Takao , at 84,65 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 4 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 4 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 23000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pescadores , at 84,63 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 62 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M8 Zero x 5 N1K5-J George x 2 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1 Allied aircraft P-51D Mustang x 4 P-38L Lightning x 22 Japanese aircraft losses A6M8 Zero: 2 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 21 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 25000 feet 4 x P-51D Mustang sweeping at 25000 feet CAP engaged: S-901 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes S-301 Hikotai with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 27000 and 29000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes 24th 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 15000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 63 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 1 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 205 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 10 damaged Manpower hits 158 Fires 66215 Aircraft Attacking: 24 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 16000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 29 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 16000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 21 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 16000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 29 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 16000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 24 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 16000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 28 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 16000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 24 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 16000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 20 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 16000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 16000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 16000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 52nd 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 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 55 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 10 damaged Manpower hits 31 Fires 75735 Aircraft Attacking: 27 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 16000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 28 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 16000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-351 Hikotai with A6M2-K Zero (36 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 36 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 9000 Raid is overhead Training flight from S-351 Hikotai has been caught up in attack Banzai! - Hamano U. in a A6M2-K Zero rams a B-29-25 Superfort for the Emperor Banzai! - Obuchi I. in a A6M2-K Zero rams a B-29-25 Superfort for the Emperor Banzai! - Minowa D. in a A6M2-K Zero rams a B-29-25 Superfort for the Emperor -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2-K Zero x 10 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 17 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 4 damaged Manpower hits 10 Fires 78795 Aircraft Attacking: 17 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 16000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-351 Hikotai with A6M2-K Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 676 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 69 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 20 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2-K Zero x 5 Allied aircraft P-47N Thunderbolt x 50 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2-K Zero: 2 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 50 x P-47N Thunderbolt sweeping at 21000 feet * CAP engaged: S-351 Hikotai with A6M2-K 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 9000 , scrambling fighters to 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 10th Garrison SNLF, at 102,62 (Tanegashima) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M8 Zero x 1 Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 26 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 44 Japanese aircraft losses A6M8 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 42 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 26 x B-25H Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-313 Hikotai with A6M8 Zero (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 20000 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 13 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft P-47N Thunderbolt x 50 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 50 x P-47N Thunderbolt sweeping at 20000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Iki-shima at 102,56 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-D-104 Allied Ships DD John W. Weeks DD Zellars SSX Ha-D-104 launches 2 torpedoes at DD John W. Weeks Ha-D-104 diving deep .... DD Zellars attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Miyake-jima at 112,63 Japanese Ships DD Nire DD Noyate DD Katsura Allied Ships SS Kingfish, hits 2 SS Kingfish is sighted by escort Kingfish bottoming out .... DD Noyate fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Katsura fails to find sub and abandons search DD Noyate fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Noyate attacking submerged sub .... DD Noyate fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Noyate fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Tanegashima (102,62) TF 254 troops unloading over beach at Tanegashima, 102,62 Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled

AcePylut9 -> Osaka here I come (4/30/2012 12:11:07 AM)
PS - the Antietam is safely at Amani Oshima - now to clear out some sys damage and IJN subs lurking in the area, and I'll try and move it to a safer location.

AcePylut9 -> RE: Osaka here I come (4/30/2012 12:12:10 AM)
Oh look at that, I logged in with the wrong account. Oh well, it happens. Not that I'm being all sneaky and stuff, after all, who's going to think AcePylut is different from AcePylut9 on these here forums.

AcePylut9 -> RE: Osaka here I come (4/30/2012 5:10:36 AM)
And... I will triple down the fire attacks on Osaka. An invasion of another 2 islands is 4 days out.

AcePylut9 -> RE: Osaka here I come (5/3/2012 2:45:01 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 15, 45 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Tanegashima (102,62) Allied Ships LCI(R)-646 LSM-11 LCI(R)-646 fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Izu Oshima at 113,62 Japanese Ships DD Noyate DD Katsura Allied Ships SS Thresher, hits 3 IJ ASW is pretty good -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Iki-shima at 102,56, Range 8,000 Yards Japanese Ships E Miyake, Shell hits 1 E Kurahashi, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage E Yashiro, Shell hits 12, and is sunk Allied Ships DD Waldron DD John W. Weeks, Shell hits 2 DD Zellars Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 67% moonlight: 11,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 8,000 yards orders Japanese TF to disengage My Fast Raider Fleets are just plain deadly. Only fast in and out transports and air-transport will be able to move troops from China to Korea to Japan. Goal completed! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on TF, near Orchid Island at 87,68 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 4 No Japanese losses Allied Ships SC PC-811 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy bombing from 7000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb He’s been working the night attacks, I’ll have to beware when the big invasion comes, and be sure to dedicate some groups to night cap -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 61 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 21 B-29B Superfort x 5 Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 1 damaged Manpower hits 5 Fires 31556 Aircraft Attacking: 21 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 16000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29B Superfort bombing from 16000 feet * City Attack: 18 x 500 lb GP Bomb And commences another day of round-the-clock bombing on Osaka. It’s Japans #1 HI Resource Center, and by going for this, I can eliminate Japans HI production by the end of the month. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 28 Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 2 damaged Manpower hits 8 Fires 33916 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 20 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 15 No Allied losses Manpower hits 3 Fires 52496 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 13 No Allied losses Manpower hits 2 Fires 53386 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 71 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 18 No Allied losses Manpower hits 3 Fires 54721 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 14 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 11 No Allied losses Manpower hits 3 Fires 56056 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 14 Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 1 damaged Manpower hits 7 Fires 39226 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 29 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 11 No Allied losses Manpower hits 4 Fires 60951 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on TF, near Orchid Island at 87,68 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 7 No Japanese losses Allied Ships SC PC-803 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy bombing from 7000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 8 Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 1 damaged Manpower hits 2 Fires 40996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Shikotan at 126,54 Japanese Ships SS I-201 Allied Ships PF Loch Glendhu SS I-201 launches 2 torpedoes at PF Loch Glendhu -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 99,59 Japanese Ships SS Ha-D-140, hits 8 Allied Ships xAK Alcoa Pegasus DD Trathen DD Tingey SS Ha-D-140 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Alcoa Pegasus DD Trathen attacking submerged sub .... DD Tingey fails to find sub and abandons search Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Tanegashima (102,62) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LCI-799 LSM-13 LCI-799 fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Tsingtao at 97,48 Japanese Ships SC CHa-82 SC CHa-74 xAKL Sunten Maru xAKL Nitian Maru SC CHa-83 SC CHa-81 Allied Ships SS Pogy SS Pogy launches 2 torpedoes at SC CHa-82 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Takao , at 84,65 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft Hellcat F.II x 12 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Hellcat F.II sweeping at 28000 feet This was the only AM attack – no fighters swept from Iwo Jima to Osaka as I had planned -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84r Frank x 12 Allied aircraft P-51D Mustang x 49 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84r Frank: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-51D Mustang: 2 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 40 x P-51D Mustang sweeping at 28000 feet * CAP engaged: 1st Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (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 25000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes 23rd I.F.Chutai with Ki-84r Frank (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 5 minutes But they swept in the afternoon. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 8 Allied aircraft P-47N Thunderbolt x 47 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 47 x P-47N Thunderbolt sweeping at 21000 feet * CAP engaged: 52nd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (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 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 1 Allied aircraft P-47N Thunderbolt x 50 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 50 x P-47N Thunderbolt sweeping at 20000 feet * CAP engaged: 52nd 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 20000 , scrambling fighters to 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Kanoya , at 102,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1D Corsair x 6 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Takao , at 84,65 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 23000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 101,58 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-29 SSX Ha-29 is sighted by escort Sub escapes detection All in all a quiet day, severe storms kept most B29s in the Marianas from flying OPERATIONAL REPORT: Daito Shoto expands airfield to size 2 86th Infantry Division arrives at San Francisco Sigint: 214th Division is located at Utsonomiya(115,60). 4th Tank Division is located at Chiba(114,61). 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade is located at Hanoi(68,56). 10th Air Division is located at Nagaoka(114,58). 6th Air Division is located at Iwaki(116,59). 22nd AA Regiment is located at Hankow(85,50). 47th Division is located at Yamagata(116,57). 81st Division is located at Utsonomiya(115,60).

AcePylut -> RE: Osaka here I come (5/4/2012 10:53:56 PM)
The intersting thing to note, on this day, was weather over Osaka. The night phase saw nothing but Severe Storms. By the time morning rolled around, those storms were so severs that Osaka was socked in and nothing flew against it. In the afternoon phase, the weather let up a little to just Thunderstorms and some planes flew. Either way, it's one way to get rest. Around the horn - my combat ships have reloaded and rearmed and are getting ready to head back into harms way. My Fast Raider fleets continue to wreak utter havoc on the IJN - but it's time to replace the ships on station as they are low on ammo and gas. I've been cycling them in and out as they use up ammo/gas, but now they all need replacement. Cruft has countered the Fast Raider fleets by using even smaller boats (MTB's, etc.) to soak up ops points and ammo. It's not working well as far as hitting my ships, but it does cause my fleets to return to base a lot quicker. Up in the North Pac, my 2 Air Combat TF's of 2CV/2CVL have been dancing near Hokkaido trying to draw out the IJN carriers, but Cruft isn't sending them out past a couple hexes from his own base. Too bad, because I have a 6 CVE fleet in the bank waiting for such a strike. Oh well, covering this area has allowed me to bring a lot of stuff to the Aleuts, in preparation for walking down the Kurile chain, as part of my long long long term strategy.

AcePylut9 -> RE: Osaka here I come (5/17/2012 5:56:12 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 16, 45 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Tanegashima (102,62) Allied Ships CA Salt Lake City DD Wilson LCI(M)-1089 LCI(M)-1056 LCI(M)-1055 LCI(M)-1023 LCI(M)-1012 LCI(M)-975 LCI(M)-952 LCI(M)-951 LCI(M)-810 LCI(M)-809 LCI(M)-808 LCI(M)-807 LCI(M)-806 LCI(M)-630 LST-881 LST-708 DD Downes Japanese ground losses: 230 casualties reported Squads: 12 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled) Looking good so far, for invasion Tanegashima -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Tanegashima (102,62) TF 362 troops unloading over beach at Tanegashima, 102,62 Allied ground losses: 577 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 86 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 13 troops of a USA Rifle Squad 44 lost from landing craft during unload of 96th Infantry Div /44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 101,58 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-28 Allied Ships DMS Southard, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage SSX Ha-28 launches 2 torpedoes at DMS Southard Escort abandons search for sub She’ll sink. These SSX’s were bound to hit sooner or later. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 119 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 44 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M3 Nell x 32 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 11 F6F-5 Hellcat x 15 F6F-5N Hellcat x 19 Japanese aircraft losses G3M3 Nell: 3 destroyed, 7 damaged G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Just a minimal amount of night cap does wonders to disrupt night bombing -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 20 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-74-I Patsy x 20 Allied aircraft F6F-3N Hellcat x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-74-I Patsy: 1 damaged No Allied losses The data proves it -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 21 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15 Ki-21-IIb Sally x 18 Allied aircraft F6F-3N Hellcat x 8 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses F6F-3N Hellcat: 1 damaged F6F-3N Hellcat: 1 destroyed on ground P-40N26 Warhawk: 2 destroyed on ground Allied ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 5 CAP wears out, damage increases -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 57 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIb Helen x 9 Allied aircraft F6F-3N Hellcat x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged No Allied losses It works. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on TF, near Calayan at 82,69 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 7 No Japanese losses Allied Ships DE Dufilmo Night Naval attack – memo to self: detail a few squads to night cap when the CV’s are in range -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 74 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 20 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ib Peggy x 7 Allied aircraft F6F-3N Hellcat x 4 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ib Peggy: 1 destroyed No Allied losses Night cap is wearing off -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on TF, near Calayan at 82,69 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied Ships DE Dufilmo DE Formoe Night attacks aren’t effective. Cruft is going for raising skills with these, to hopefully get lucky when the big one comes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on TF, near Batan Island at 85,69 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 3 No Japanese losses Allied Ships SC PC-812 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ib Peggy x 8 Allied aircraft no flights No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-40N26 Warhawk: 1 damaged P-40N26 Warhawk: 2 destroyed on ground Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 4 Cap has been burnt through, and I get damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 16 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-74-I Patsy x 6 No Japanese losses Runway hits 1 no cap = damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Fukue-jima at 101,58 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-29 Allied Ships DMS Southard, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage 2nd torp of the night, she sank. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Nagasaki/Sasebo at 101,59 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-33, hits 3, heavy damage Allied Ships DD Braine DD Colahan Debris floats to surface in area of attack! Confirmed kill -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Fukue-jima at 101,58, Range 8,000 Yards Japanese Ships E W-30 Allied Ships PT-61 PT-76, Shell hits 1 PT-78 PT-80 PT-81 PT-112 Improved night sighting under 85% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 85% moonlight: 11,000 yards 1 20mm hit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Miyako-jima (91,66) TF 167 troops unloading over beach at Miyako-jima, 91,66 Allied ground losses: 102 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled) A snatch and grab. Nothing destroyed, just disabled. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Izu Oshima at 113,63 Japanese Ships DD Odake DD Kusunoki DD Noyate DD Hatsuume DD Kaba DD Hatsuzakura Allied Ships SS Sabalo, hits 1 Jap super-asw to the rescue -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Shikotan at 126,54 Japanese Ships SS I-201, hits 4 Allied Ships PF Loch Glendhu, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage PF Loch Katrine A good day for the IJN subs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Iki-shima at 102,56 Japanese Ships SC Ch 7 SC Ch 12 SC Ch 11 Allied Ships SS Billfish I escape, barely -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Oki Shoto at 108,55 Japanese Ships SC CHa-8 Allied Ships SS Gabilan I guess SCs aren’t E boats -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Oki Shoto at 108,55 Japanese Ships xAK Zyuyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage SC CHa-8 Allied Ships SS Archerfish Sweet revenge -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Nagasaki/Sasebo at 101,59 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-34 Allied Ships DD Braine DD Colahan he got 2 torps off, missed, dove deep -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Takao , at 84,65 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft Hellcat F.II x 9 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Hellcat F.II sweeping at 28000 feet Nothing left in Formosa. I’m sure I could grab this island fairly easily, but do I want to divert from the HI to do so? Benefits: Bases closer to Japan that can stage B29’s. Disadvantages, time and not very many VP’s -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tanegashima , at 102,62 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Allied aircraft P-51D Mustang x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x P-51D Mustang sweeping at 13000 feet Sweet – I swept Tanegashima first, before the bombers come -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84r Frank x 8 Allied aircraft P-51D Mustang x 12 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-51D Mustang: 1 destroyed Hmmm… -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft J7W1 Shinden x 3 Ki-84a Frank x 14 Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 46 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84a Frank: 7 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 39 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 28000 feet The 38’s seem to do well at altitude. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 6 Ki-84r Frank x 3 Allied aircraft P-47N Thunderbolt x 48 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47N Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed He’s getting better fighters. Not to many Zeros anymore -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84r Frank x 2 Allied aircraft P-47N Thunderbolt x 50 No Japanese losses No Allied losses They ran -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 48 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Allied aircraft P-47N Thunderbolt x 9 No Allied losses No more CAP. Time for the bombers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 10th Garrison SNLF, at 102,62 (Tanegashima) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft A-26C Invader x 32 B-25H Mitchell x 91 B-25J11 Mitchell x 98 F4U-1D Corsair x 15 F4U-4 Corsair x 21 F6F-5 Hellcat x 31 PBJ-1J Mitchell x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-25H Mitchell: 3 damaged B-25J11 Mitchell: 4 damaged F6F-5 Hellcat: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 616 casualties reported Squads: 51 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 58 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 8 (7 destroyed, 1 disabled) So, I basically just eliminated the Jap garrison via a couple days of 2E attacks. Oh yeah, the B25s have a 75mm cannon in them, or something like 14 .50cals. Utter devastation. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Takao , at 84,65 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Allied aircraft Hellcat F.II x 3 No Allied losses Formosa is empty. Based on how well my B25’s perform, I’ll need to consider reconning the isle to see if I can snatch a few bases on the cheap. I wouldn’t want to detail more than a division or two – perhaps the Aussies or brits would work. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tanegashima , at 102,62 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1D Corsair x 11 No Allied losses Some Corsairs take an orientation flight over theisle. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pescadores , at 84,63 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 12 B-24J Liberator x 70 B-29-25 Superfort x 67 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 11 No Allied losses Airbase hits 17 Airbase supply hits 8 Runway hits 57 Been seeing some activity here. Decided to close the base and send a couple DD’s to blockade it -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tanegashima , at 102,62 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Allied aircraft P-51D Mustang x 4 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 4 x P-51D Mustang sweeping at 13000 feet Look ma, no hands -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 409 B-29B Superfort x 81 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 30 damaged B-29B Superfort: 9 damaged Heavy Industry hits 290 Fires 6391 Banzai! - Aihara G. in a A6M2-K Zero rams a B-29-25 Superfort for the Emperor Banzai! - Muto L. in a A6M2-K Zero rams a B-29-25 Superfort for the Emperor That’s the badonkadonk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2-K Zero x 1 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 147 B-29B Superfort x 28 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2-K Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 5 damaged B-29B Superfort: 1 damaged Heavy Industry hits 88 Fires 7752 Banzai! - Handa S. in a A6M2-K Zero rams a B-29-25 Superfort for the Emperor So far, ~650 B29’s have done ~370 HI hits. Me likey. Also, Kami training units that get caught up in the attack seem to try and kami the B29’s -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 64 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Allied aircraft P-51H Mustang x 6 No Allied losses Why I had my guys set to sweep at 17k, dunno -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84r Frank x 6 Allied aircraft P-51D Mustang x 2 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Run away they say -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft J7W1 Shinden x 1 Ki-84a Frank x 2 Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 8 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38L Lightning: 1 destroyed Nagasaki seems to have a decent amount of high level AC these days -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft P-47N Thunderbolt x 8 Now they’re just wasting fuel -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Tsushima at 103,56 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 13 A7M3-J Sam x 8 Ki-201 Karyu x 11 Allied aircraft P-40N26 Warhawk x 40 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-40N26 Warhawk: 7 destroyed Mistake on my part, sending 40 P40’s at wave level on a naval attack – trying to pick off all the little boats Cruft is running around -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pescadores , at 84,63 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 67 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 68 No Allied losses Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 9 Exp for my fly boys -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pescadores , at 84,63 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 54 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 42 No Allied losses Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 8 Milk run -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Yokohama/Yokosuka , at 113,61 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft J7W1 Shinden x 8 N1K5-J George x 21 Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 8 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-38L Lightning: 3 destroyed Shindens and Georges over Yo0kohama. I think I forgot to rest my guys, nothing’s going on here this turn anyways -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pescadores , at 84,63 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 62 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 28 minutes Allied aircraft B-17G Fortress x 50 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 5 Bombers galore -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pescadores , at 84,63 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft Hellcat I x 4 B-24J Liberator x 75 No Allied losses Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 17 The allies have so many toys -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 14 Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 1 damaged Heavy Industry hits 13 Fires 6983 These guys got a late start out of Guam forwhatever reason. Hung over from the night before maybe. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Iki-shima at 102,56 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 62 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 21 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M3-J Sam x 5 Allied aircraft P-40N26 Warhawk x 13 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-40N26 Warhawk: 3 destroyed Dumb me -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft P-51H Mustang x 37 No Allied losses These P51’s swept just to show the Japanese populace that the Allies have plenty of supplies to waste. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Yokohama/Yokosuka , at 113,61 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft J7W1 Shinden x 8 N1K5-J George x 18 Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 46 Japanese aircraft losses N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38L Lightning: 7 destroyed Idiotically sent these guys in at 16k, forgot to check their alt when switching from escort to sweep -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Shimonoseki at 104,56 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 13 A7M3-J Sam x 8 Ki-84a Frank x 10 Ki-201 Karyu x 5 Allied aircraft P-40N26 Warhawk x 35 Japanese aircraft losses A7M3-J Sam: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-40N26 Warhawk: 5 destroyed Japanese Ships xAKL Tokai Maru #11, Shell hits 2, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk xAK Utide Maru Well, I did get a ship, cost half the squadron though. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Nanking , at 91,52 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 24 No Allied losses Heavy Industry hits 2 Just a little good-bye present from Allied Shipping and Delivery -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tanegashima (102,62) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 5818 troops, 169 guns, 101 vehicles, Assault Value = 302 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Allied adjusted assault: 22 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 22 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied forces CAPTURE Tanegashima !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: fatigue(-) Assaulting units: 41st Infantry Division Tenth Army Combat Engr Rgt /60 96th Infantry Div /21 The B25’s killed everything. Sept 17 map update... [image]local://upfiles/38595/2A16B1E2F41940868A7485B63DC6973E.jpg[/image]

AcePylut9 -> RE: Plight of the Antietam (5/17/2012 6:12:49 AM)
Results of Heavy Industry bombing to date. Tokyo remains untouched. [image]local://upfiles/38595/6B0CB52793AC4541850DAC2DF8287381.jpg[/image]

AcePylut9 -> RE: Plight of the Antietam (5/19/2012 7:52:46 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 17, 45 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Iki-shima at 102,57 Japanese Ships E W-30 Allied Ships SS Parche -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Izu Oshima at 113,62 Japanese Ships DD Kusunoki DD Odake DD Yanagi DD Suruyate DD Noyate DD Katsura DD Hatsuume Allied Ships SS Thresher, hits 5 Shot 5 torps at the Kusunoki, missed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Iki-shima at 102,56 Japanese Ships SC Ch 12 SC Ch 11 Allied Ships SS Picuda, hits 3 shot 2 torps at the SC12, missed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 111 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M3 Nell x 22 Japanese aircraft losses G3M3 Nell: 1 damaged Allied Ships CVE Sitkoh Bay, Bomb hits 1 CL Oklahoma City, Bomb hits 1 CVE Steamer Bay, Bomb hits 1, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 15 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 9000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 7 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 9000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb My cap failed to fly for some reason. Either way, 1 of those hits did about 5 points of sys damage, the other did about 20. They’ll be fixed up in about 3 weeks total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 82 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 28 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M3 Nell x 13 G4M2 Betty x 7 Allied aircraft F6F-3N Hellcat x 8 Japanese aircraft losses G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged No Allied losses Night Bombing attack against CAP - ineffective -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Tanegashima , at 102,62 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 69 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M3a Betty x 36 No Japanese losses Port hits 9 Port supply hits 1 Their bombload is 2 250kg bombs and 4 60kg bombs. Must be coming from far away -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 64 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 20 Ki-74-I Patsy x 11 Allied aircraft F6F-3N Hellcat x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-74-I Patsy: 1 destroyed No Allied losses Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Runway hits 1 Engineers have already repaired the damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 50 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 4 Ki-67-Ib Peggy x 14 Allied aircraft F6F-3N Hellcat x 2 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Attack fail -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-74-I Patsy x 7 Allied aircraft F6F-3N Hellcat x 2 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-74-I Patsy: 1 damaged No Allied losses Man just 2 planes will do the trick -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 15 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6 Allied aircraft F6F-3N Hellcat x 2 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged No Allied losses 2 planes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 46 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-74-I Patsy x 5 Allied aircraft F6F-3N Hellcat x 2 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-74-I Patsy: 1 damaged No Allied losses Same 2 fighters flying around in the air chasing will-o-the-wisps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M2 Betty x 6 Allied aircraft F6F-3N Hellcat x 2 No Japanese losses No Allied losses These 2 hellcats have phenomenal endurance -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIb Helen x 7 Allied aircraft F6F-3N Hellcat x 2 No Japanese losses No Allied losses It’s as if they’re doing lazy circles around the field -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6 Allied aircraft F6F-3N Hellcat x 2 No Japanese losses No Allied losses  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 4 Allied aircraft F6F-3N Hellcat x 2 No Japanese losses No Allied losses  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Shanghai at 93,55 Japanese Ships SS Ha-D-141 Allied Ships DD Hatfield DD Kane He shot 2 torps at the Hatfield but missed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Miyake-jima at 112,63 Japanese Ships DD Tsuta DD Hagi DD Suruyate DD Noyate DD Katsura DD Hatsuume Allied Ships SS Kingfish, hits 12 Missed on 2 shots at the Tsuta -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Fukue-jima at 101,58, Range 8,000 Yards Japanese Ships E W-30 Allied Ships PT-61, Shell hits 1, and is sunk PT-76, Shell hits 2, and is sunk PT-78, Shell hits 4, and is sunk PT-80, Shell hits 1, and is sunk PT-81, Shell hits 3, and is sunk PT-112, Shell hits 1, and is sunk Improved night sighting under 92% moonlight DD’s>E-Boats>PT’s -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Hakodate at 120,54 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2-K Zero x 12 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2-K Zero: 6 destroyed A6M2-K Zero: 1 destroyed by flak Allied Ships DD Porterfield DD Miller, Kamikaze hits 1, heavy damage Roll the die enough and you’re bound to roll Double 6’s. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Hakodate at 120,54 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 70 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Japanese aircraft B7A2 Grace x 6 N1K5-J George x 9 Japanese aircraft losses B7A2 Grace: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied Ships DD Porterfield DD Miller, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Miller Doesn’t look good for MillerTime -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Hakodate at 120,54 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Japanese aircraft B6N2 Jill x 24 D4Y2 Judy x 18 N1K5-J George x 18 Japanese aircraft losses D4Y2 Judy: 1 damaged Allied Ships DD Miller, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk DD Porterfield The cripple got sunk ------ All in all, a light combat day. Most of my planes needed rest after the last couple days of heavy flying. Decided to stand down most of them and rest/repair/reload/rearm

AcePylut9 -> RE: Plight of the Antietam (5/19/2012 7:54:14 PM)
Miyako-jima is occupied by the Allies Naha expands port to size 5 Saipan expands port to size 4

BBfanboy -> RE: Plight of the Antietam (5/20/2012 1:04:01 AM)
The Japanese used 24 Jills, 18 Judys, 6 Graces and 12 kamikazes to attack one DD! [8\|] Seems like they should have sought bigger game. [:-] [I know the AI allocates the attacks so the player doesn't have control of which squadrons go for which TFs, so this is not a criticism of your opponent!]

AcePylut9 -> RE: Plight of the Antietam (5/20/2012 3:44:53 PM)
The used those planes to attack 2 DD's [;)] and sank one of them was sunk. We don't know if the japs knew there were 2 or 3 or more DD's in the fleet. :) I'm not surprised really, given the location of these two ships... ALSO, more importantly, my invasion fleets were heavily LRCAP'ed from Amami Oshima & surrounding airfields (6-8 groups per isle on 80% LRCAP 20% Rest and that I'm sure contributed to the Japanese low exp, low morale, crappy pilots, crappy escorts, failing their morale check and decided to go after the next best target - a confirmed 2, possible 4 DD fleet 40 nautical miles off of Japan. I've decided to bump up the numbers of all my Fast Raider fleets to a minimum 3 ships. These seem to be as effective as 2DD fleets in ASW & small craft battles, seem to have the same ability to avoid IJ airpower, and the extra ship adds a little more ummmphh for AA and surface combat. It seems as if the 2DD ones just dont have enough juice when encountering something bigger. Of course, I do have legacy legacy Fast Raider fleets out there and the occasional 1 DD fleet (cuz one got sunk)

AcePylut9 -> RE: Plight of the Antietam (5/23/2012 5:32:19 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 18, 45 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Moppo at 100,54, Range 8,000 Yards Japanese Ships MTB G-354, Shell hits 2, and is sunk Allied Ships DD Bradford DD Clarence Bronson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Koshiki-jima Retto at 101,60 Japanese Ships LB-503, Shell hits 2, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Pilotfish -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Iki-shima at 102,56 Japanese Ships SC Ch 11, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage SC Ch 7 SC Ch 12 Allied Ships SS Blueback -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Muroran at 120,52, Range 8,000 Yards Japanese Ships ML G-204 ML G-307 ML G-402, Shell hits 1, and is sunk ML G-484, Shell hits 1, and is sunk Allied Ships DD Porterfield Yesterday the TF with the Porterfield and Miller was attacked by the planes BBFanboy referenced above. The Miller was sunk, but that didn’t deter the Porterfield. She gets small revenge -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Fukue-jima at 101,58, Range 8,000 Yards Japanese Ships E W-30 Allied Ships PT-103, Shell hits 1 PT-104 PT-105 PT-106, Shell hits 1 PT-108, Shell hits 1 E>PT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Iki-shima at 102,56, Range 10,000 Yards Japanese Ships SC Ch 7, Shell hits 18, and is sunk SC Ch 8, Shell hits 4, and is sunk SC Ch 12, Shell hits 10, and is sunk Allied Ships DD Bradford DD Clarence Bronson DD>SC -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Koshiki-jima Retto at 101,60 Japanese Ships LB-506, Shell hits 1, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Pilotfish SS>LB -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 69 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M2 Betty x 13 Allied aircraft P-61C Black Widow x 12 F6F-3N Hellcat x 12 Japanese aircraft losses G4M2 Betty: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged No Allied losses The first of the night attacks. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Tanegashima , at 102,62 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M3a Betty x 35 No Japanese losses Port hits 6 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 35 x G4M3a Betty bombing from 6000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb Trying to keep the base building down (impossible with my engineers) and gain experience. So he’s doing this to gain night exp and sucker me into flying all night cap -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 59 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 4 Allied aircraft P-61C Black Widow x 9 F6F-3N Hellcat x 11 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 78 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 7 Ki-67-Ib Peggy x 10 Allied aircraft P-61C Black Widow x 6 F6F-3N Hellcat x 8 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged Ki-67-Ib Peggy: 2 damaged No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M2 Betty x 7 Allied aircraft P-61C Black Widow x 5 F6F-3N Hellcat x 7 Japanese aircraft losses G4M2 Betty: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIb Helen x 6 Allied aircraft P-61C Black Widow x 3 F6F-3N Hellcat x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 10 Allied aircraft P-61C Black Widow x 1 F6F-3N Hellcat x 3 No Japanese losses No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 46 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ib Peggy x 9 Allied aircraft P-61C Black Widow x 1 F6F-3N Hellcat x 3 No Japanese losses No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M2 Betty x 7 Allied aircraft P-61C Black Widow x 1 F6F-3N Hellcat x 3 No Japanese losses No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M3 Nell x 7 Allied aircraft P-61C Black Widow x 1 F6F-3N Hellcat x 2 No Japanese losses No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 6 Allied aircraft P-61C Black Widow x 1 F6F-3N Hellcat x 2 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Not ONE of those night attacks did any damage. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Iki-shima at 102,56 Japanese Ships SS Ha-D-146 Allied Ships DD Bradford, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Clarence Bronson SS Ha-D-146 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Bradford Ha-D-146 diving deep .... DD Clarence Bronson fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Dangit. Play with fire you’re going to get burnt, but I have many DD’s and can afford it now, when my fleet has to pay the price to get close to Japan. Soon it will be air, then it will be ground -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Iki-shima at 102,56 Japanese Ships SS Ha-D-148 Allied Ships DD Bradford, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Bradford is sighted by SS Ha-D-148 SS Ha-D-148 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Bradford -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Shimonoseki at 105,55 Japanese Ships xAK Kiso Maru Allied Ships SS Balao SS Balao launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Kiso Maru And I miss, lol -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Shimonoseki at 105,55 Japanese Ships xAK Sinkoku Maru Allied Ships SS Balao xAK Sinkoku Maru is sighted by SS Balao SS Balao launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Sinkoku Maru Balao should be ordered to return to port and the captain relieved of command. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Muroran at 120,52, Range 18,000 Yards Japanese Ships MTB G-839 MTB G-871 MTB G-1028 Allied Ships DD Porterfield Doikawa E. orders Japanese TF to disengage Range closes to 14,000 yards Range increases to 20,000 yards Range increases to 24,000 yards Range increases to 26,000 yards Doikawa E. orders Japanese TF to disengage Whereas, the Porterfield’s cap’n shall be promoted. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Itbayat Island at 84,69 Japanese Ships SST Yu-7, hits 17, heavy damage Allied Ships DE Grady A new reef for the wildlife -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Oki Shoto at 107,55 Japanese Ships xAK Nitii Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Bowfin xAK Nitii Maru is sighted by SS Bowfin SS Bowfin launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Nitii Maru The Bowfin shows the Balao how it’s done -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Kaishu at 99,48 Japanese Ships xAK Gozan Maru SC CHa-83 SC CHa-82 Allied Ships SS Whale, hits 6 The Whale didn’t pay attention to Bowfin’s lesson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Koshiki-jima Retto at 99,60 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-D-127, hits 8, heavy damage Allied Ships DD Clarence Bronson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kanoya , at 102,61 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft P-51D Mustang x 12 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 12 x P-51D Mustang sweeping at 18000 feet Day phase – started off by sweeping a bunch of souther Kyushu. Nothing home – just wasted gas today for the most part. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kagoshima , at 102,60 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 34 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 34 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 23000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kumamoto , at 102,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 35 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 35 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 18000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kagoshima , at 102,60 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 12 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 12 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 23000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kumamoto , at 102,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 12 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 12 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 18000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Shikotan at 126,55 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft D4Y2 Judy x 14 Allied aircraft FM-1 Wildcat x 10 FM-2 Wildcat x 39 Japanese aircraft losses D4Y2 Judy: 9 destroyed No Allied losses After those planes BBFanboy spoke of, I thought it might be CV’s so I sent in my CVE fleet to investigate. It wasn’t. Wakkanini (sp) is built to level 7(6) af, and that’s where they came from. Memo to self – change to Hellcats upon returning to base. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Fukue-jima at 101,58 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 81 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2-K Zero x 17 J2M5 Jack x 27 Ki-84a Frank x 12 Allied aircraft F4U-4 Corsair x 9 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2-K Zero: 10 destroyed A6M2-K Zero: 1 destroyed by flak J2M5 Jack: 7 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed No Allied losses Allied Ships xAK Alcoa Polaris DD Tingey xAK Alcoa Pointer, Kamikaze hits 2, and is sunk AM Vireo, Kamikaze hits 1, heavy damage xAK Alcoa Pegasus DD Trathen xAP Cape Canso, Kamikaze hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x A6M2-K Zero flying as kamikaze Kamikaze: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 5 x J2M5 Jack sweeping at 12000 feet 8 x J2M5 Jack sweeping at 12000 feet 9 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 12000 feet My cap did a number, but there were too many. Luckily, these were all unloaded of troops/equipment and were just dumping supplies. It’s a small price to pay for having Fukueshima well supplied and not have to worry about it -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Samah , at 69,63 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 71 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 12 B-24J Liberator x 111 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 11 Japanese aircraft losses MC-21 Sally: 2 destroyed on ground H8K2-L Emily: 2 destroyed on ground Ki-56 Thalia: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-57-I Topsy: 2 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged Airbase hits 15 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 38 Recon showed quite a flew planes at Samah – so I sent in the B24’s and B27’s from the PI to see what’s up. Looks like there’s a number of transport ac, no doubt sending stuff to China, then Korea, then Japan. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Samah , at 69,63 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 5 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 80 Japanese aircraft losses H8K2-L Emily: 1 destroyed on ground MC-21 Sally: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-57-I Topsy: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-56 Thalia: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 25 Aircraft Attacking: 22 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 13000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 21 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 13000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 37 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 13000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kanoya , at 102,61 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft P-51D Mustang x 3 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x P-51D Mustang sweeping at 18000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Samah , at 69,63 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 1 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 43 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-56 Thalia: 2 destroyed on ground MC-21 Sally: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kanoya , at 102,61 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 62 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft A-26C Invader x 47 Japanese aircraft losses G4M2 Betty: 2 destroyed on ground No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 15 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 9 I forgot about this group. Oh well it was worth it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Samah , at 69,63 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17G Fortress x 50 Japanese aircraft losses H8K2-L Emily: 1 destroyed on ground MC-21 Sally: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-57-I Topsy: 1 destroyed on ground No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Samah , at 69,63 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 67 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 19 Japanese aircraft losses H8K2-L Emily: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-57-I Topsy: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-56 Thalia: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Hakodate at 120,53 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M8 Zero x 18 B6N2 Jill x 24 N1K5-J George x 18 Japanese aircraft losses B6N2 Jill: 2 damaged Allied Ships DD Porterfield Aircraft Attacking: 24 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo Today, the Porterfield was a man among men. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Fukue-jima at 101,58 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 86 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 31 minutes Japanese aircraft J2M5 Jack x 8 Ki-84a Frank x 27 Ki-115a Tsurugi x 17 Allied aircraft F4U-4 Corsair x 8 Japanese aircraft losses J2M5 Jack: 2 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 6 destroyed Ki-115a Tsurugi: 12 destroyed No Allied losses Allied Ships xAP Cape Canso, Kamikaze hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Trathen xAK Alcoa Polaris DD Tingey xAK Alcoa Pegasus, Kamikaze hits 1, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Ki-115a Tsurugi flying as kamikaze Kamikaze: 1 x 800 kg GP Bomb 5 x J2M5 Jack sweeping at 12000 feet 4 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 12000 feet 9 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 12000 feet My day cap did what it could, but wasn’t enough. FYI Fukuejima is only level 2. I can’t fly too many groups out of there and I had 2 on night cap, only the Corsairs on day cap. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Shimonoseki at 104,56 Japanese Ships xAK Utide Maru Allied Ships SS Balao xAK Utide Maru is sighted by SS Balao SS Balao launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Utide Maru The Balao fails again. What an idiot cap’n. Where’s the Bowfin when you need him? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Bangkok (56,62) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 1392 troops, 3 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 55 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Allied adjusted assault: 26 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 26 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Bangkok !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: leaders(-) Assaulting units: 236th Combat Engineer Regiment Might as well take it on the cheap, since I can. I’ll open up the rail line to Bangkok from Singapore just about when I have a couple of small armor units that can begin taking all the bases in China on the cheap. Might as well deny him the vp. Also, lets take a look at what I'm doing in the North.... [image]local://upfiles/38595/3060F98D913145A29F9D300123FC8E8B.jpg[/image]

BBfanboy -> RE: Plight of the Antietam (5/23/2012 2:29:39 PM)
Are those straits at Wakkanai and Hakodate still mined? How did your subs transit without loss? Mine detecting sonar like in the movies?? Isn't Shasukotan Jima the one closest to Hokkaido? Is it Onnekotan Jima that you are going for? Better check Porterfield's AA ammo levels!

AcePylut9 -> RE: Plight of the Antietam (5/23/2012 9:00:56 PM)
There's two islands "past" Shasukotan, Onnekotan Jima and Paramishuro (sp). A few days ago, one of my sctf's covering my CV's had to go back for fuel, along the way, I set all the floatplanes to recon the bases. Most of the bases have 1k troops or so except for Shakutosan and the dot base immediately East - SE of Hokkadaido. 5 APD's can't carry an invasion force, just an occupation force...and none of my troops are really prepped for an atoll invasion.... so I decided to grab Shakutosan, based AV, AD, AS, AG's there to get search and small-boat rearm capability, for a bigger move to the south. I felt that if I grabbed a base or two closer to Japan at this moment, I'd lose it to a small counterattack (i've only got about 5 AV holding that island I just took - as I said, I'm doing the North as cheaply as possible while trying to give the impression of danger) The straights just north of Wakkanai are not mined - it's the only opening into the Sea of Japan. The straights between Hokkaido and Honshu are not mined very much, I moved most of those subs through those straights with little to no loss. And yeah, the Porterfield's gonna need to return to base - although the game is actually 1 week ahead of where we're at now.

BBfanboy -> RE: Plight of the Antietam (5/23/2012 10:48:28 PM)
Ahh - I missed that dot base next to Onnekotan Jima - was probably thinking of the other one you mentioned next to Hokkaido. Nice grab by the way. Taking initiative to attack weak points in the enemy line is a great way to move ahead at minimal cost, and throw him off balance. BTW - straights are heterosexual people. The water filled channels are straits ...(and no, I was never an English teacher) [;)]

AcePylut -> RE: Plight of the Antietam (5/24/2012 11:16:29 PM)
Interestingly enough, having never gotten a PBEM past '43, I'm totally unused to the power and tempo the allies can do here. Had I known better, I'd have been bombing Osaka on Day 1 instead of fearing the IJA/IJN aircraft. I'd have pushed towards Japan faster. This is really a discovery game for me... as in, discovering what it's like to not get your Allied butt kicked all over the place for a year of game time, and discovering what it's like to go "wherever you want", discovering what its like to be the King of the Hill with P51H's. I havent' even started to fathom how I'm going to use some of the fancy planes like the P80 and such. Of course, it also means planning a 15 division & assorted support troops invasion and that's going to be a monster task. I have 104 APA's, some 20-50 AKA/AK's, tons of ships... but making it all happen smoothly, so I can get in and out of Japan's doorstep in 2-4 days, is going to be interesting.

BBfanboy -> RE: Plight of the Antietam (5/25/2012 12:59:01 AM)
Yeah, it looks awesome when you send TFs with half a dozen CVs all over the place - power to spare! I've been watching the fighter combat reports and it seems to me that the P47 T-bolt has done better against the Franks than the Mustang. The Mustang may be king of the manoevering dogfight but the T-bolt is the rugged ship that can stick it out after damage in a nose to nose pass. Just my impression, too lazy to do an empirical review of the stats.

AcePylut9 -> RE: Plight of the Antietam (5/25/2012 5:51:08 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 19, 45 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Fukue-jima at 101,58, Range 11,000 Yards Japanese Ships MTB G-7 MTB G-1 MTB G-2 MTB G-3 MTB G-548 MTB G-549 MTB G-550 MTB G-552 MTB G-555 MTB G-840 MTB G-841 MTB G-842, Shell hits 1, and is sunk Allied Ships DD Dale AM Kingfisher xAK Alcoa Polaris The forced my unloading transport to sea, mission accomplished for them. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Koshiki-jima Retto at 100,60 Japanese Ships SS Ha-D-137, hits 3 Allied Ships DD Tingey DD Trathen -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Iki-shima at 102,56 Japanese Ships SS Ha-D-147, hits 20, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships DD Colahan He sinks. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Tokara Retto at 99,62 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-D-110, hits 1 Allied Ships DD Trathen DD Trathen is out of ASW ammo I only got one hit cuz I was out of ammo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 56 encounters mine field at Guam (106,95) Japanese Ships SS I-47, Mine hits 1, heavy damage hehehe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Aogashima at 112,65, Range 8,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Yanagi, Shell hits 3, heavy fires DD Nire, Shell hits 4, on fire DD Tsuta DD Hagi, Shell hits 3 Allied Ships DD Robert Huntington, Shell hits 4 DD Eaton, Shell hits 1 DD Hudson, Shell hits 2 Kanna, I. crosses the 'T' He crossed the T, but I still beat him up pretty badly. The combat showed much more effective hits by me, then his guys. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 194 encounters mine field at Aogashima (112,65) Japanese Ships DD Nire, Mine hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage hehehe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Shimonoseki at 104,56 Japanese Ships SC Ch 43 SC Ch 41 Allied Ships SS Balao SS Balao is located by SC Ch 43 Balao bottoming out .... The Balao again. Coward -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Guam at 106,95 Japanese Ships SS I-47, hits 15, and is sunk Allied Ships DE Marchand AO Kaskaskia DE Poole DE Pettit DE Peterson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Sadogashima at 113,55 Japanese Ships E Shimushu E Etoforu E Kunashiri E Hachijo Allied Ships SS Carp, hits 24, and is sunk SS Carp launches 2 torpedoes at E Shimushu My subs had a rough day today -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 119 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 44 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M3 Nell x 25 Allied aircraft F6F-5 Hellcat x 18 F6F-5N Hellcat x 17 Japanese aircraft losses G3M3 Nell: 3 destroyed, 5 damaged No Allied losses Here comes some night air attacks against Manila -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on TF, near Orchid Island at 87,68 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 4 No Japanese losses Allied Ships SC PC-803 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M3 Nell x 6 Allied aircraft F6F-5 Hellcat x 15 F6F-5N Hellcat x 13 Japanese aircraft losses G3M3 Nell: 2 destroyed No Allied losses ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on TF, near Orchid Island at 87,68 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 7 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 1 damaged Allied Ships SC PC-806 SC PC-805 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Shimonoseki at 104,56 Japanese Ships SC Ch 22, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage SC Ch 41 Allied Ships SS Balao, hits 12 SS Balao launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 22 Heyhey, the Balao hits. Capn must have been chewed out or something. Anyhow, now they popped their cherry, the Balao goes wild…. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Aogashima at 112,65 Japanese Ships DD Tsuta Allied Ships SS Apogon SS Apogon launches 2 torpedoes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Iki-shima at 102,56 Japanese Ships SS Ha-D-149 Allied Ships DD Colahan Colohan is out of ASW ammo. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Shimonoseki at 104,56 Japanese Ships xAK Teishun Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Balao SS Balao is sighted by xAK Teishun Maru SS Balao launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Teishun Maru Second successful attack for the Balao -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Maizuru at 110,57 Japanese Ships SC CHa-58 SC CHa-67 SC CHa-66 Allied Ships SS Sennet SS Sennet launches 2 torpedoes at SC CHa-58 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Aogashima at 112,65, Range 18,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Kusunoki, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Odake DD Hatsuzakura DD Kaba Allied Ships DD Robert Huntington, Shell hits 1 DD Eaton DD Hudson The shell didn’t penetrate me -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Hakodate at 120,53 Japanese Ships DD Shiokaze DD Sawakaze DD Yukaze DD Yakaze Allied Ships SS Finback SS Finback launches 4 torpedoes at DD Shiokaze Ah crud, missed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Hakodate at 120,53 Japanese Ships DD Shiokaze DD Sawakaze DD Yukaze DD Yakaze Allied Ships SS Seahorse SS Seahorse launches 2 torpedoes at DD Shiokaze Seahorse reacted into the hex and missed on its shot. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Aogashima at 112,65 Japanese Ships DD Hatsuzakura Allied Ships SS Apogon, hits 10 She’s hurt, but not too badly -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M8 Zero x 18 Allied aircraft F4U-4 Corsair x 24 Japanese aircraft losses A6M8 Zero: 13 destroyed No Allied losses Here it comes. . . the day attack on Fukue-jima. He catches some of my bombers on the ground inna bit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M8 Zero x 11 Allied aircraft F4U-4 Corsair x 21 Japanese aircraft losses A6M8 Zero: 5 destroyed No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IV Oscar x 25 Allied aircraft F4U-4 Corsair x 19 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IV Oscar: 4 destroyed No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Chiba , at 114,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K5-J George x 5 Allied aircraft P-51H Mustang x 50 Japanese aircraft losses N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-51H Mustang: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 47 x P-51H Mustang sweeping at 13000 feet I forgot to reset my sweep alt, and paid for it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 14 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft J7W1 Shinden x 4 Ki-84r Frank x 10 Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 34 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 2 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft J7W1 Shinden x 3 Ki-84r Frank x 3 Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 35 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38L Lightning: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kobe , at 108,59 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 29 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 24 Allied aircraft P-51H Mustang x 15 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84a Frank: 8 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-51H Mustang: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 6 x P-51H Mustang sweeping at 25000 feet * That’s more like it -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Chiba , at 114,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K5-J George x 2 Allied aircraft P-51H Mustang x 16 No Japanese losses No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft J7W1 Shinden x 2 Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 12 Japanese aircraft losses J7W1 Shinden: 1 destroyed No Allied losses Shindens are tough! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Yakushima , at 101,62 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft P-40N26 Warhawk x 9 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x P-40N26 Warhawk sweeping at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Matsuyama , at 105,59 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 18 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 16 Ki-201 Karyu x 10 Allied aircraft P-47N Thunderbolt x 16 Japanese aircraft losses A7M2 Sam: 7 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47N Thunderbolt: 3 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 3 x P-47N Thunderbolt sweeping at 25000 feet * Those Me262’s are awful to fight against -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Tsushima at 103,56 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M3-J Sam x 8 Allied aircraft P-40N26 Warhawk x 2 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-40N26 Warhawk: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 114 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 40 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M3 Nell x 18 G4M2 Betty x 30 G4M3a Betty x 36 J2M5 Jack x 15 Allied aircraft F4U-4 Corsair x 15 Japanese aircraft losses G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged G4M3a Betty: 1 destroyed J2M5 Jack: 9 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-4 Corsair: 1 destroyed Allied Ships SS Aspro, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage SS Pargo, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk SS Shad, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage xAP Cape Canso, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage DD Thompson, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Port hits 7 All my damaged ships that couldn’t make it out of the safe zone -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 119 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 37 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15 Ki-21-IIb Sally x 22 Ki-49-IIb Helen x 12 Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 23 Allied aircraft F4U-4 Corsair x 7 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed Ki-21-IIb Sally: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-61C Black Widow: 3 destroyed on ground SB2C-5 Helldiver: 4 destroyed on ground Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 10 My Helldivers and P61s get a beating. No biggie for the Helldivers, but losing the P61s hurts. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 117 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IV Oscar x 65 Ki-67-Ib Peggy x 24 Ki-84a Frank x 19 Allied aircraft F4U-4 Corsair x 1 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-61C Black Widow: 1 destroyed on ground SB2C-5 Helldiver: 1 destroyed on ground Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 156 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 38 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84r Frank x 22 No Japanese losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 58 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 27 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 15 damaged Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed by flak Allied aircraft losses SB2C-5 Helldiver: 7 damaged SB2C-5 Helldiver: 3 destroyed on ground P-61C Black Widow: 12 damaged P-61C Black Widow: 4 destroyed on ground F6F-3N Hellcat: 4 damaged F6F-3N Hellcat: 1 destroyed on ground Allied Ships xAK Alcoa Pegasus, heavy fires, heavy damage SS Shad, heavy damage xAP Cape Canso, and is sunk Allied ground losses: 44 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 16 Aircraft Attacking: 27 x Ki-45 KAIc Nick bombing from 100 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb These guys came in at 100ft… -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 9th Garrison SNLF, at 101,62 (Yakushima) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1D Corsair x 20 F6F-5 Hellcat x 20 SB2C-1C Helldiver x 15 SBD-3 Dauntless x 14 SBD-5 Dauntless x 30 TBF-1 Avenger x 28 TBM-1C Avenger x 30 Allied aircraft losses SB2C-1C Helldiver: 1 damaged SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 damaged TBF-1 Avenger: 1 damaged TBM-1C Avenger: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 40 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled The remaining forces in Yakushima get a little Stars and Stripes love. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 9th Garrison SNLF, at 101,62 (Yakushima) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1D Corsair x 10 F6F-5 Hellcat x 22 SB2C-1C Helldiver x 14 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 15 TBM-1C Avenger x 30 TBM-3 Avenger x 18 Allied aircraft losses SB2C-1C Helldiver: 4 damaged SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 damaged TBM-1C Avenger: 4 damaged Japanese ground losses: 27 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Matsuyama , at 105,59 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 5 Ki-201 Karyu x 6 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 108 B-29B Superfort x 66 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground G4M3a Betty: 1 destroyed on ground D4Y4 Judy: 3 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 1 damaged B-29B Superfort: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 19 Airbase supply hits 12 Runway hits 65 Recon showed much more a/c than I obliterated, so this is kinda disappointing -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Matsuyama , at 105,59 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 59 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 3 Ki-201 Karyu x 1 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 25 B-29B Superfort x 31 Japanese aircraft losses D4Y4 Judy: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 2 damaged B-29B Superfort: 2 damaged Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kobe , at 108,59 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 4 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 482 Nearly 500 Superforts do-- No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 8 damaged Heavy Industry hits 204 200 HI hits -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kobe , at 108,59 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 63 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 2 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 100 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 5 damaged Heavy Industry hits 19 This wing didn’t fare as well -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Matsuyama , at 105,59 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 2 Ki-201 Karyu x 1 Allied aircraft P-47N Thunderbolt x 50 Japanese aircraft losses A7M2 Sam: 1 destroyed No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 15th Garrison SNLF, at 101,60 (Koshiki-jima Retto) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 47 B-25J11 Mitchell x 44 Allied aircraft losses B-25H Mitchell: 4 damaged B-25J11 Mitchell: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 247 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 37 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 15th Garrison SNLF, at 101,60 (Koshiki-jima Retto) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft Barracuda II x 42 SB2C-5 Helldiver x 24 SBD-6 Dauntless x 24 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 58 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 15th Garrison SNLF, at 101,60 (Koshiki-jima Retto) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft A-26C Invader x 51 B-25J11 Mitchell x 12 Allied aircraft losses A-26C Invader: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 188 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Matsuyama , at 105,59 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 13 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kobe , at 108,59 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 1 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 18 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 5 damaged Heavy Industry hits 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kobe , at 108,59 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft P-51H Mustang x 47 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 47 x P-51H Mustang sweeping at 25000 feet * Oh now I sweep. Nice die roll buddy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Yakushima , at 101,62 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft P-40N26 Warhawk x 28 No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M8 Zero x 15 No Japanese losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft J7W1 Shinden x 1 Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 12 No Japanese losses No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 9th Garrison SNLF, at 101,62 (Yakushima) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft A-26C Invader x 36 B-25H Mitchell x 35 B-25J11 Mitchell x 36 PBJ-1J Mitchell x 6 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 41 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Fusan , at 103,55 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 6 A7M3-J Sam x 5 Ki-84r Frank x 2 Ki-201 Karyu x 3 Allied aircraft P-51H Mustang x 13 Japanese aircraft losses A7M2 Sam: 1 destroyed A7M3-J Sam: 2 destroyed No Allied losses Recon shows a lot of decent ships in Fusan.. so I’m thinking.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Shikotan at 126,54 Japanese Ships SS RO-50 Allied Ships PF Loch Katrine SS RO-50 launches 2 torpedoes Sub escapes detection -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Maizuru at 110,57 Japanese Ships SC CHa-66 SC CHa-67 Allied Ships SS Cobbler SS Cobbler launches 2 torpedoes at SC CHa-66 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Hakodate at 120,53 Japanese Ships DD Yukaze DD Sawakaze DD Yakaze DD Shiokaze Allied Ships SS Seahorse, hits 19, and is sunk Bad note to end the day

AcePylut -> RE: Plight of the Antietam (5/25/2012 2:27:43 PM)
This was probably the best day for the Empire so far, thanks to a combination of my stupidity and a nice setup by Cruft. I left a couple of groups at low altitude when I switched them from an escort role to a sweep role, and paid for it by ending up on the wrong side of the AA battle. Then, I do have to salute Cruft for his switch to a day attack at Fukue-Jima. he pretty much wiped out my Helldiver squadron there (easily replaceable) and did great damage to my P61's (I don't have a lot, and these things are invaluable in a night-cap role). It was a nice setup by Cruft. I had a feeling it was coming, but didn't act on it. Now that I have 2 bases, soon to be 3, on the doorstep of Japan, it's not going to be this easy for Cruft to be able to pull a move like this. The bases are building quickly and nicely, and soon they'll be big enough where I can put enough CAP in the air to cover both phases of air combat. The next turn was much better for me, but I still left a couple air groups at low altitude because well there's so much to do, it's just too easy to forget 1 or 2 things.

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