Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (9/10/2014 11:44:25 AM)
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June 17th 1943 Air Losses: 71 Japanese, 38 Allied, 26 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: Base VP Shortfall: 247 (decided to track this to make it easier to tell what Allied ships sink) Subs Quiet Solomons Liberators hit Rabaul, this time he only has Corsairs and Lightnings protecting them, and a late arriving Thunderbolt sweep. Flak is ineffective; 7 planes lost on the ground (2 Ki-43-IIb, 2 N1K1-J, 3 B6N2) [my evacuation of damaged aircraft stalled after I discovered the APD couldn't load groups with more than a few planes left]. Air loss for the day: 24 Ki-43-IIb, 10 N1K1-J, 18 Ki-44-IIc, 7 Ki-84a, 1 A6M2-N, versus 10 F4U-1, 4 P-47D2, 3 P-38G, 19 B-24D1. These air battles are expensive but the VP loss is keeping on the good side of 2::1 and his 4E force is being shredded. With luck, I am taking some of his good bomber pilots with them. Rabaul is at 94/53. I have a transport task force trying to unload supply. Burma Night strike on Calcutta: waste of supply. Engineering Quiet Production Quiet Reinforcements Quiet Other Decided to work out how many 4E he has, taking into account reinforcements. I make it he has about: 137 B-24D1, 114 PB4Y-1, 103 B-17E and about 150 other 4E (including 41 British). So that is about 500 4E bombers, ouch! He receives 71 a month. The B-24D1 all seem to be in use against Rabaul. The B-17E I think may be on NE Australian bases and in India. However, the PB4Y-1 haven't shown much.
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