capmandrake2 -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/5/2022 3:47:45 PM)
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Meanwhile the heavies from Burma crush Medan on the East coast. quote:
Morning Air attack on 11th Special Base Force, at 46,76 (Medan) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-17F Fortress x 3 B-24D Liberator x 3 B-24D1 Liberator x 29 Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 239 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Guns lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled) and Morning Air attack on 11th Special Base Force, at 46,76 (Medan) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 6 B-24D1 Liberator x 8 Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 99 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 11th Special Base Force, at 46,76 (Medan) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 8 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 18 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 5th Division, at 46,76 (Medan) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 6 B-25D1 Mitchell x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 56 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 7000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 7000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 11th Special Base Force ... Also attacking 5th Division ... Now, some might say this is a Wah Crime but they started it.
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