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JocMeister -> RE: Japanese land in OZ!! (9/5/2014 6:14:37 AM)
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4th August 42
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Despite the small mixup with turns yesterday we get a 4 turns done during the evening.
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SOPAC/OZ
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Tom must have moved some serious AA into Brisbane. Despite flying from 10k I all of the sudden lose 10 B17Es to flak. Ouch!
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Night Air attack on Brisbane , at 96,160
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 11
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 8 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 2 destroyed by flak
I end up having almost 100 B17Es damaged. Ah well at least it worked for a while and I got some precious VPs.
The Achilles/Perth TF visit Norfolk Island with some good results. [:)]
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Night Naval bombardment of Norfolk Island at 113,170
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
H8K1 Emily: 8 damaged
Allied Ships
CL Perth
CL Achilles
DD Litchfield
DD Tucker
DD Benham
DD McCall
DD Jarvis
DD Woodworth
Japanese ground losses:
332 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 29 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
And at the Fijis Marauders smash the small airfield at Kandavu Island during 2 days of bombing. A couple of Jakes are destroyed on the field.
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Morning Air attack on Kandavu Island , at 132,162
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Allied aircraft
Vincent I x 6
B-26 Marauder x 21
P-40E Warhawk x 15
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 19
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Burma
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We exchange some fire over Ledo. It starts with British Blenheims flying missions into China. This leads to Japanese Sallys trying to close the AF. They meet a solid CAP and all 10 are shot down.
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Morning Air attack on Ledo , at 65,38
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 70 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25
Allied aircraft
Hurricane I Trop x 7
Hurricane IIb Trop x 16
Hurricane IIc Trop x 22
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 10 destroyed
The day after that Tojos fly for the first time. They come in above the CAP but I still come out ahead. Surprising!
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Morning Air attack on Ledo , at 65,38
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 35,560 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 32
Allied aircraft
Hurricane I Trop x 7
Hurricane IIb Trop x 14
Hurricane IIc Trop x 22
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane I Trop: 2 destroyed
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed
Perhaps the rain saved me but 12 Tojos are estimated lost for only 4 Allied Hurricanes. No pilots lost. After this I have to pull back the fighters though as only around 30% of the planes are still flying and FAT is dangerously high.
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China
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What little supply I had left among the southern troops are now gone. Now every unit in China have 0 supply. Great. [8|]
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PPs
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IŽve pretty much bought out what I could among the US troops. There are still some engineers left but they will work on the WC AFs for now. IŽll shift focus to Indian now. I have 3 good Indian units that have been denied replacements and can be bought out for under 1000 PPs each. They will then of course need 2-3 months to fill out but it will be a considerable boost to unrestricted strength in Burma.
Plan is to start applying a lot of pressure here in late 42. I want to force Tom to invest heavily here.
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Airframes
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August is a very interesting allied months. Most importantly the P38F starts producing at 40/month. Only 1 unrestricted squadron can use it though. [:(]
But I also get the B17F and B25C. Very nice! [:)]
The British Vengence I also comes online which is great. I have 4 British squadrons that upgrades to this and it will give me some good Naval bombers in India.
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