denisonh -> (12/11/2002 11:07:43 AM)
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Conducted a test based on the scenario that Afenelon and myself experienced. Using version 2.11 USN TF under RADM McCain at Luganville CV Lexington CV Yorktown CV Enterprise CA Chester CA Louisville CL Honolulu CL St Louis DD Wilkes DD Gwin DD O'Brien DD Lamson DD Swanson Luganville - 1 Sqn 12 x PBY and 1 sqn 24 x P-39 2 Surface TFs with assorted CAs, CLs and DDs IJN under Yamaguchi near Irau CV Kaga CV Soryu CV Zuikaku CV Shokaku CVL Shoho CVL Zuiho CA Chikuma CA Myoko CA Haguro CA Nachi CA Mogami CS Chitose DD Shigure DD Yugure DD Ariake DD Asakaze DD Harukaze Ran 3 tests test 1 (1,1a,1b) - Move to a point 6 hexes from Luganville with IJN TF Both sides default settings for altitude,search and CAP test2 (2,2a,2b) - Move to a point 6 hexes from Luganville with CAP set to 70 and altitude and search adjusted per original case test 3 (3,3a,3b) - Move to a point 4 hexes away from Luganville. For each test, I list the air group specifics, ship damage, air losses and the battle report text file Test #1 USN Air Groups F4F-4s - Escort SQN AC Ex Mo Fat CAP Alt Ldr Insp VF-3 36 67 78 25 60 10000 62 75 VF-42 36 66 93 25 60 10000 70 80 VF-6 36 74 99 24 60 10000 59 71 SBDs - Naval Attack SQN AC Ex Mo Fat Srch Alt Ldr Insp VS-2 18 80 99 6 20 10000 68 76 VB-2 18 83 99 6 20 10000 58 80 VS-5 18 78 99 7 20 10000 56 72 VB-5 18 76 99 7 20 10000 60 77 VS-6 18 72 99 7 20 10000 58 74 VB-6 18 68 99 7 20 10000 61 74 TBDs - Naval Attack SQN AC Ex Mo Fat Srch Alt Ldr Insp VT-2 15 71 99 0 0 5000 69 77 VT-5 15 70 99 0 0 5000 56 74 VT-6 15 76 99 0 0 5000 56 79 IJN Air Groups A6M2 - Escort SQN AC Ex Mo Fat CAP Alt Ldr Insp AII-1 27 85 90 28 60 10000 60 72 BI-1 21 68 99 26 60 10000 55 75 EI-1 24 76 99 29 60 10000 57 83 EII-1 24 76 81 25 60 10000 58 71 EIII-1 18 65 58 25 60 10000 60 61 CII-1 18 68 98 26 60 10000 64 63 Vals - Naval Attack SQN AC Ex Mo Fat Srch Alt Ldr Insp AII-2 28 81 99 6 20 10000 62 73 BI-2 21 89 98 7 20 10000 73 71 EI-2 24 76 99 6 20 10000 61 70 EII-2 24 74 99 6 20 10000 63 79 Kates - Naval Attack SQN AC Ex Mo Fat Srch Alt Ldr Insp AII-3 27 87 99 0 0 5000 61 77 BI-3 21 92 99 0 0 5000 63 77 EI-3 24 73 99 0 0 5000 54 76 EII-3 24 77 99 0 0 5000 63 65 EIII-3 12 59 99 0 0 5000 61 72 CII-3 12 71 99 0 0 5000 59 66 Results for test #1 AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/29/42 Weather: Clear Air attack on TF at 50,48 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 62 A6M3 Zero x 7 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 21 SBD Dauntless x 54 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 3 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 damaged SBD Dauntless x 4 destroyed SBD Dauntless x 13 damaged CPO A.Morioka of AII-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 2 Japanese Ships CV Shokaku, Bomb hits 1, on fire CVL Shoho CV Zuikaku, Bomb hits 1, on fire CV Kaga CVL Zuiho, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage CA Chikuma -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 50,48 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 41 A6M3 Zero x 3 Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 12 SBD Dauntless x 15 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed A6M2 Zero x 1 damaged A6M3 Zero x 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4F-3 Wildcat x 4 destroyed SBD Dauntless x 6 destroyed SBD Dauntless x 11 damaged LTJG F.Leonard of VF-42 is credited with kill number 2 Japanese Ships CVL Shoho CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 1, on fire CV Soryu CV Shokaku, on fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 54,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 10 A6M3 Zero x 6 D3A Val x 36 B5N Kate x 45 Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 21 F4F-4 Wildcat x 44 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 8 destroyed A6M2 Zero x 1 damaged A6M3 Zero x 6 destroyed D3A Val x 27 destroyed D3A Val x 18 damaged B5N Kate x 23 destroyed B5N Kate x 31 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-3 Wildcat x 5 destroyed F4F-3 Wildcat x 7 damaged F4F-4 Wildcat x 2 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 10 damaged LTJG L. Mankin of VF-6 is credited with kill number 4 Allied Ships DD Lamson CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage CV Lexington, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire CV Yorktown, Bomb hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 54,52 Japanese aircraft D3A Val x 21 B5N Kate x 21 Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 12 F4F-4 Wildcat x 20 Japanese aircraft losses D3A Val x 26 destroyed B5N Kate x 13 destroyed B5N Kate x 10 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 damaged LTJG R. Mehle of VF-6 is credited with kill number 5 Allied Ships CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage CV Lexington, Torpedo hits 1, on fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 50,48 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 48 A6M3 Zero x 6 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 27 SBD Dauntless x 23 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 10 destroyed A6M2 Zero x 11 damaged A6M3 Zero x 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 13 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 2 damaged SBD Dauntless x 11 destroyed SBD Dauntless x 13 damaged LTJG R. Mehle of VF-6 is credited with kill number 6 Japanese Ships CA Haguro CV Soryu CV Kaga -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary IJN ship damage CVL Zuiho 71 24 31 CV Shokaku 16 2 12 CV Zuikaku 17 0 27 IJN aircraft losses A6M2 - 17 A6M3 - 9 Val - 44 Kate - 36 USN ship damage CV Enterprise sunk Lexington 17 0 27 USN aircraft losses F4F-3 - 8 F4F-4 - 16 SBD - 24 TBD - 15 P-39 - 0 Results for test #1a AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/29/42 Weather: Clear Air attack on TF at 49,49 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 58 A6M3 Zero x 10 Allied aircraft SBD Dauntless x 28 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 2 destroyed A6M2 Zero x 10 damaged A6M3 Zero x 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses SBD Dauntless x 33 destroyed ENS S. Komachi of EI-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 3 LCDR R. Dixon of VS-2 bails out and is RESCUED -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 49,49 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 56 A6M3 Zero x 10 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 9 SBD Dauntless x 30 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 7 destroyed A6M2 Zero x 13 damaged A6M3 Zero x 2 destroyed A6M3 Zero x 6 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 8 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 2 damaged SBD Dauntless x 36 destroyed SBD Dauntless x 1 damaged PO2 G.Murakami of AII-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 5 LCDR R. Best of VB-6 bails out and is RESCUED Japanese Ships CVL Zuiho -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 49,49 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 50 A6M3 Zero x 8 Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 10 SBD Dauntless x 26 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 10 destroyed A6M2 Zero x 5 damaged A6M3 Zero x 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4F-3 Wildcat x 7 destroyed F4F-3 Wildcat x 5 damaged SBD Dauntless x 14 destroyed SBD Dauntless x 17 damaged LTJG W.Banno of EIII-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 4 LT M. Suganami of BI-1 Daitai is KILLED Japanese Ships CV Zuikaku CV Kaga CV Shokaku CV Soryu -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 54,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 31 A6M3 Zero x 8 D3A Val x 42 B5N Kate x 48 Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 21 F4F-4 Wildcat x 46 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 20 destroyed A6M2 Zero x 2 damaged A6M3 Zero x 3 destroyed D3A Val x 22 destroyed D3A Val x 18 damaged B5N Kate x 30 destroyed B5N Kate x 23 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-3 Wildcat x 5 destroyed F4F-3 Wildcat x 3 damaged F4F-4 Wildcat x 12 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 8 damaged ENS E. O'Hare of VF-3 is credited with kill number 4 Allied Ships CV Yorktown, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 1 CV Lexington CL Honolulu CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 2 CA Louisville, Bomb hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 54,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 3 D3A Val x 17 Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 12 F4F-4 Wildcat x 25 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 3 destroyed D3A Val x 13 destroyed D3A Val x 6 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 3 damaged LTJG M. Bright of VF-3 is credited with kill number 3 Allied Ships CV Yorktown, Bomb hits 1, on fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 53,53 Japanese aircraft B5N Kate x 15 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 20 Japanese aircraft losses B5N Kate x 7 destroyed B5N Kate x 10 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-39D Airacobra x 1 damaged Allied Ships DD Perkins CL Phoenix CA Vincennes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 53,53 Japanese aircraft D3A Val x 21 B5N Kate x 24 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 20 Japanese aircraft losses D3A Val x 5 destroyed D3A Val x 9 damaged B5N Kate x 12 destroyed B5N Kate x 13 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-39D Airacobra x 4 damaged 1LT A. Patterson of 67th FS is credited with kill number 3 Allied Ships CA Astoria CA Minneapolis DD Case DD Cummings DD Perkins CA Portland, Torpedo hits 2, on fire CA Vincennes, Bomb hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 53,53 Japanese aircraft B5N Kate x 3 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 20 Japanese aircraft losses B5N Kate x 3 destroyed CPT W. Sharpstein of 67th FS is credited with kill number 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 53,53 Japanese aircraft B5N Kate x 12 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 20 Japanese aircraft losses B5N Kate x 6 destroyed B5N Kate x 8 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-39D Airacobra x 1 damaged CPT R. Kerstetter of 67th FS is credited with kill number 4 Allied Ships AK Almaack DD Hull -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IJN ship damage None IJN aircraft losses A6M2 - 35 A6M3 - 7 Val - 37 Kate - 34 USN ship damage CV Enterprise 26 3 9 CV Yorktown 3 0 9 USN aircraft losses F4F-3 - 12 F4F-4 - 19 SBD - 75 TBD - 0 P-39 - 0 Results for test #1b FTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/29/42 Weather: Clear Air attack on TF at 50,48 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 63 A6M3 Zero x 10 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 21 SBD Dauntless x 58 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 11 destroyed A6M2 Zero x 26 damaged A6M3 Zero x 2 destroyed A6M3 Zero x 3 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 19 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 5 damaged SBD Dauntless x 36 destroyed SBD Dauntless x 37 damaged PO1 V.Kawakubo of BI-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 4 Japanese Ships CVL Zuiho CV Shokaku, Bomb hits 1, on fire CV Soryu CVL Shoho CV Kaga CV Zuikaku -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 50,48 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 32 A6M3 Zero x 6 Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 8 SBD Dauntless x 26 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 3 destroyed A6M2 Zero x 5 damaged A6M3 Zero x 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-3 Wildcat x 8 destroyed F4F-3 Wildcat x 1 damaged SBD Dauntless x 14 destroyed SBD Dauntless x 17 damaged LTJG K. Okabe of EI-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 3 Japanese Ships CVL Zuiho, Bomb hits 1 CV Shokaku, Bomb hits 1, on fire CVL Shoho CV Soryu -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 54,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 14 A6M3 Zero x 3 D3A Val x 59 B5N Kate x 45 Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 21 F4F-4 Wildcat x 36 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 12 destroyed A6M2 Zero x 1 damaged A6M3 Zero x 2 destroyed D3A Val x 24 destroyed D3A Val x 22 damaged B5N Kate x 24 destroyed B5N Kate x 26 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-3 Wildcat x 11 damaged F4F-4 Wildcat x 7 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 7 damaged LCDR J. Thach of VF-3 is credited with kill number 3 Allied Ships CV Yorktown, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, on fire CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire CA Louisville CV Lexington, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, on fire CL St. Louis, Torpedo hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 54,52 Japanese aircraft B5N Kate x 24 Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 10 F4F-4 Wildcat x 14 Japanese aircraft losses B5N Kate x 19 destroyed B5N Kate x 10 damaged ENS V.Erickson of VF-6 is credited with kill number 3 Allied Ships CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage CV Yorktown, on fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 50,48 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 A6M3 Zero x 6 Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 12 F4F-4 Wildcat x 26 SBD Dauntless x 34 P-39D Airacobra x 8 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 12 destroyed A6M2 Zero x 1 damaged A6M3 Zero x 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-3 Wildcat x 2 destroyed F4F-3 Wildcat x 5 damaged F4F-4 Wildcat x 10 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 2 damaged SBD Dauntless x 3 destroyed SBD Dauntless x 11 damaged P-39D Airacobra x 2 destroyed P-39D Airacobra x 2 damaged LCDR J. Thach of VF-3 is credited with kill number 4 Japanese Ships CV Soryu, Bomb hits 1, on fire CV Shokaku, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage CV Kaga, Bomb hits 1 CVL Shoho, Bomb hits 1, on fire CV Zuikaku, Bomb hits 1, on fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 53,53 Japanese aircraft B5N Kate x 7 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 14 Japanese aircraft losses B5N Kate x 3 destroyed B5N Kate x 3 damaged Allied Ships DD Hull DD Lang, Torpedo hits 1, on fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 54,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 26 D3A Val x 34 B5N Kate x 24 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 17 no losses Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 5 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 damaged WO O.Kotani of BI-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IJN ship damage CVL Zuiho 35 0 1 CV Shokaku 70 11 26 CV Zuikaku 32 0 26 CV Soryu 27 2 12 CVL Shoho 21 25 24 IJN aircraft losses A6M2 - 32 A6M3 - 4 Val - 22 Kate - 46 USN ship damage CV Enterprise 72 41 31 CV Lexington 17 0 27 CV Yorktown 54 39 42 CL St Louis 36 1 8 DD Lang 51 45 20 USN aircraft losses F4F-3 - 9 F4F-4 - 35 SBD - 47 TBD - 0 P-39 - 3
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