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Skygge -> RE: Supplement to Zuluhours To young to die.. (11/28/2015 4:45:10 PM)
Ground combat at 57,51 (near Toungoo) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 38618 troops, 708 guns, 1283 vehicles, Assault Value = 1552 Defending force 32129 troops, 302 guns, 359 vehicles, Assault Value = 946 Allied adjusted assault: 541 Japanese adjusted defense: 3772 Allied assault odds: 1 to 6 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1077 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 56 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Vehicles lost 23 (2 destroyed, 21 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1550 casualties reported Squads: 36 destroyed, 186 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 69 disabled Engineers: 6 destroyed, 26 disabled Guns lost 56 (7 destroyed, 49 disabled) Vehicles lost 160 (14 destroyed, 146 disabled) Assaulting units: 255th Armoured Brigade 21st Australian Brigade 50th Tank Brigade 18th British Division 25th Australian Brigade 254th Armoured Brigade 3rd Carabiniers Regiment 16th Indian Brigade 48th Gurkha Brigade 2/1st Lt AA Regiment 27th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 2/9th Fld RAA Regiment 2/13th Fld RAA Regiment 2/11th Fld RAA Regiment 2/215th Bty 80th AT Gun Regiment 2/2nd Hy AA Regiment IV Indian Corps 137/155th Field Regiment Defending units: 56th Division 16th Division 14th Tank Regiment 6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 30th Fld AA Gun Co 15th Army 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 31st Fld AA Gun Co 39th Field AA Battalion The rough Jungle terrain does not allow the armor to deploy and the attack grind to a halt in the jungle vales and gorges. Losses on both sides are fairly light, which to me seems realistic enough. The armor is mostly damaged by the artillery, which would figure if the tanks are caught in columns along the few roads and tracks- most of these would be salvaged during the night where the Japanese artillery would be less efficient.

Skygge -> RE: Supplement to Zuluhours To young to die.. (11/28/2015 7:38:43 PM)
I see a bad moon rising. I see trouble on the way. I see earthquakes and lightnin'. I see bad times today. Japanese forces are alerted. [image]local://upfiles/14560/C44F8C50CC124BA6A30809CFE74CED46.gif[/image]

Skygge -> RE: Supplement to Zuluhours To young to die.. (11/28/2015 9:31:09 PM)
Sie Kommen [image]local://upfiles/14560/7F6982770B6A401BB23C1B15691B2286.gif[/image]

Skygge -> RE: Supplement to Zuluhours To young to die.. (11/28/2015 9:35:48 PM)
The KB creeps out of its spider hole. The Island of Lihir 80 miles west of Rabul [image]local://upfiles/14560/31DA1FFFFE844BE8A053888CE5340933.gif[/image]

Skygge -> RE: Supplement to Zuluhours To young to die.. (12/1/2015 2:07:01 PM)
Nasty start of a day. I have noticed that the only successful attacks by subs on my carriers so far, have occurred when the carriers have ended up in a hex with unspent movement points and the attacking subs I suspect have also had unspent movement points. In this case the KB only moved 7 hexes and the attacking sub 3 hexes I think. The sub was spotted last turn. I will need keep my carriers on the move and not loiter too much. [image]local://upfiles/14560/9E3FACCE030C4436A5B780EE233DD071.gif[/image]

Skygge -> RE: Supplement to Zuluhours To young to die.. (12/1/2015 2:09:28 PM)
While my Rufe fighters get mauled over NG, the Betties get through the allied CAP. Why I commited Rufes I can not reasonably explain. [image]local://upfiles/14560/668BED8B73994003B04C4A6B7D79932D.gif[/image]

Skygge -> RE: Supplement to Zuluhours To young to die.. (12/1/2015 2:10:31 PM)
Air losses of the day [image]local://upfiles/14560/5106A021885947DF98695A78A5F1993D.gif[/image]

Skygge -> RE: Supplement to Zuluhours To young to die.. (12/1/2015 2:12:34 PM)
Air battles AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 17, 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Salamaua , at 98,127 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 35,550 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2-N Rufe x 86 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 22 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2-N Rufe: 14 destroyed No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Merauke at 89,126 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 28 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 23 G4M1 Betty x 32 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 16 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 6 destroyed G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Allied Ships AKA Almaack, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1 DE Crosby APA Custer, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk DD MacDonough DD Stronghold DD Stuart DD Allen Allied ground losses: 1543 casualties reported Squads: 58 destroyed, 32 disabled Non Combat: 88 destroyed, 40 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 128 (128 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 19 (19 destroyed, 0 disabled) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Merauke at 89,126 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 66 G4M1 Betty x 9 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 10 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 4 destroyed G4M1 Betty: 6 damaged Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed Allied Ships DE Crosby DD Brooks APA John Penn, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk Allied ground losses: 1356 casualties reported Squads: 42 destroyed, 26 disabled Non Combat: 115 destroyed, 23 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 57 (55 destroyed, 2 disabled) Vehicles lost 36 (36 destroyed, 0 disabled) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 86th Naval Guard Unit, at 96,127 (Terapo) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K2-J George x 102 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 12 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 7 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Salamaua , at 98,127 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 38,550 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2-N Rufe x 23 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 3 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2-N Rufe: 2 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Merauke at 89,126 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 16 G4M1 Betty x 12 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 16 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 7 destroyed G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Allied Ships DD Allen LSI(L) Glenapp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Merauke at 89,126 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 64 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 48 G4M1 Betty x 9 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 8 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed G4M1 Betty: 4 damaged No Allied losses Allied Ships AKA Centarus, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage DD Stronghold APA Du Page, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Skygge -> RE: Supplement to Zuluhours To young to die.. (1/11/2016 3:09:34 PM)
January 1944. So finally I am in a game that has reached 1944. I am very grateful to Kurt for sticking out the hardship of the early war years. The Japanese are ahistorical strong at the beginning of the war, and have so many options open to them, that they never had back then. Especially with PDU on. Allied players that can keep up the morale into 1944 deserve to be in the position of giving the Japanese back some.

Skygge -> RE: Supplement to Zuluhours To young to die.. (1/11/2016 3:12:43 PM)
Burma : Defense line runs from Ramree Island though southern Burma. The last 3 months have seen no land action here. In the Air there has been the regular Fighter sweep in force over Rangoon by P47�s and the occasional P-38�s. These have been with varying results, but overall the Japanese Army Air force has hold their own. I stopped production of the Tojo�s and Oscar�s in mid 1943 and rely now entirely on the Frank, and almost all Army air fighter units are now equipped with the Frank. 300 of which are based in Rangoon. Monthly production is now 360 Franks a month, but I am thinking of expanding this to some 420 a month. I understand from Kurt that he previously has been able to dominate the sky with P-47 sweeps, and the staying power of the Frank is higher than he expected. As I fight only defensively, the loss of pilots is manageable. One day of particular massive fighter sweeps saw the loss of 88 Franks, but only 25 pilots KIA. The allied has kept on sporadic but massive bomber raids of outlying Japanese bases, but with little result. Difficult terrain, level 6 forts and lots of AA seems to negate the massive tonnage dropped. Japanese AA fire does little damage to the bombers coming in a fairly low altitude. I think their major contribution is to throw of the bombers aim. I keep up a high air surveillance of the Allied troop concentrations so as to shift forces from one sector to another. Right now I see movement towards the west of the Irrawaddy valley and I will consequently reinforce the Prome sector.. My greatest concern is an amphibious landing in the rear areas cutting my line of communication into Burma. To warn against this I have first a line of subs stretching from of the coast of Bombay to Of the coast of southern Sumatra. Next in line is lot of air units doing on search missions. Here I find the Ki-46 Dinah III a great plane. Long legs, fast and durable. Airbases all along the Malayan peninsular, on Sumatra and Java have been build up to 7. Sumatra and DEI are covered by 6 I.D�s + 3 Tank D�s + various brigades. 2 of these ID�s are stationed together with AP�s and AK�s ready as a fast reaction force. Large Airbases have been build up all along The Timor, Banda and Arafura Seas. Only Recon and search planes are stationed here, but bases have been build up and supplied to receive air units stationed on Java. All BB�s but Yamato and Musashi are stationed in the DEI to contest any advance. As are 700+ Helen�s, Peggy�s and Nick�s all trained in naval attack, so any landing will be a hazardous venture unless covered by massive Carrier forces. Allied bases in Northern Australia are generally undeveloped; partly as Japanese SS�s, CA�s, CL�s and DD�s have kept up ongoing patrols along the coast intercepting occasional lone ships These patrols have been supported by air stationed on Timor as support, and partly because The allied have invested little in opening up a sea route to these bases. [image]local://upfiles/14560/55FD22F048584191BAE3FC8FD0111140.gif[/image]

Skygge -> RE: Supplement to Zuluhours To young to die.. (1/11/2016 3:14:42 PM)
PNG and the Solomon�s. PM and Milne Bay still in Japanese hands as are Guadalcanal and Ndeni. Though the last bases have been largely isolated now by allied bases popping up overnight like mushrooms. Both bases are pounded by bomber�s and allied cruisers and Battleships. I have not really contested this allied advance, as I will not be at an advantage and these bases are delaying operations only. I have made 2 attempts to disrupt allied operation. First was a surface group, but a CA took a torpedo from a US sub, so task force returned to Kavieng without getting near the allied task forces. Second attempt was with Jill�s out of Guadalcanal as I hoped to catch as cruiser task force, but instead an allied CV task force showed up and Hellcat�s downed 60+ Jill�s and 30+ George�s with minimal looses to themselves. Ndeni is held by a Brigade and a few support troops. Guadalcanal is much more heavily defended. 14 Army HQ with a full crack ID + tank and art. regiments have dug in here. Both places have enough supply to hold out for a while still. Ndeni has been hit the hardest by allied BB forces, and the battle reports often state 400-500 casualties, but when I check the brigade is intact and little supply has been lost; the small base Force though seem to take the brunt and slowly melt away. I have now airlifted out most of the construction and port units and just leaving the combat units. I have also started pulling out noncombat units that are not essential from the Rabul area. Strategy here is to delay and leave the combat units to hold or die. [image]local://upfiles/14560/44054379A1694247826E42B5420DF867.gif[/image]

Skygge -> RE: Supplement to Zuluhours To young to die.. (1/11/2016 3:16:23 PM)
The Gilbert�s and Marshall�s. I hold Tarawa, but base is all but isolated. The Marshall�s have been evacuated but for static base forces and some small units. To leave larger units there will be a folly. Too many islands to hold and as soon as one or two fall rest will be isolated. Nauru island is well defended and Ponape has been heavily fortified. Neither place will be a walk over. Truk is now with level 7 forts and a full ID will hold or die here. The Marianna�s and Bonin�s must be held. They are the line in the sand. Guam, Rota, Tinian, Saipan, Pagan, Iwo Jima and Chichi Jima are all heavily fortified and all bases are in the process of being stocked for a long siege. The Kuril�s and Northern Japan is now also garrisoned with enough forces to halt anything but an all-out allied effort. The massive reinforcement of infantry brigades that arrive end 1943 was very welcomed, but most of all the lack of a Chinese front has produced ample reserves of quality troops from which to buy out. Not one Division has been bought out from the Home Islands, and what has been possible of these to airlift to outlaying island has been airlifted, so the defense here is as strong as it can be. [image]local://upfiles/14560/E1DF84ABFDD647AFB8C96F37EF57A281.gif[/image]

Skygge -> RE: Supplement to Zuluhours To young to die.. (1/11/2016 3:16:58 PM)
Economy : I am in a bit of a loss as to how I am doing on the economy, but I am not overly confident of my management here. Supply is churning out satisfactory for now. I am now close to 4 M. supply and stock is growing daily. Is it enough for sustained heavy action? � that I am not sure of. Second half of 1943 has been fairly quiet, but then again I have expanded bases and fortifications heavily in 1943. HI is at 1.4 M but is almost stagnant with only a minute daily growth. On the positive side I am now turning out surplus Frank A�s , George 2�s , Judy D4�s, Peggy�s and France 2�s. All of these are planes that can function well into 1945. So any stock of these planes will be untouchable reserves that can be called upon .. if they survive that long. Fuel and Oil is only at 2 M combined but is steady at this level. This I think low, and I am much more selective when moving BB�s and CV�s. I have experienced the first HI that fail to produce. That was the HI in Manchuria and China. I have now diverted more fuel from Borneo to go to the Chinese mainland. - And I can assure you that the AI does pull oil and fuel from Urumchi. Stock of oil in the Northern Chinese base is down to 18K - All you have to do is create a critical demand though mismanagement. The KB now have more than 20 carriers with all pilots trained into their 70�s and 80�s in necessary skills. All told they can launch 1.000 planes. All fighters are the armored C version of the Zero. The Judy D4 carrying the 800 kg bomb is now entering service with 380 units produced pr. month. Not a match for the allied carrier forces I know, but enough to make the allied vary. I will not seek out carrier vs. carrier battles, but only accept battle if advantages are clearly in my favor - or in desperation. When Kurt blew away my 60 Jill�s and 30 George�s for the price of some 50 cal. ammunition he warned me that this was just a rehearsal. I smart still from the sting. I have pulled subs away from trying intercepting what comes their way, and put them on low threat tolerance and away from allied hubs. Many are now set up in a double scout line stretching from the Artic Sea to the Gilberts or in the single scout line in the Indian Ocean. Allied ASW is now very hurtful. War Goal for 1944 is to keep the oil flowing and allied bombers away from the Home Islands. That is all.

Skygge -> RE: Supplement to Zuluhours To young to die.. (1/24/2016 11:19:24 AM)
I have started pulling further back in Burma. For some months I have held a line going from Ramree Island overProme to Toungoo. This has been held by 4 stacks A: 2 x ID on the coast blocking access to Ramree Island B : 2 x ID on the road block access to Prome C: 2 x ID in Toungoo D. 2 x ID blocking road west of Toungoo All 4 stack have been augmented by various HQ, ART; AT, AAA and Eng. units. I addition an ID was in reserve at Moulmain and an additional ID has just disembarked in Rangoon. Allied forces along the coast has now grown to 100.000+ with some 1.400+ AFV�s.... according to my intelligence, also allied forces threatened Prome from the Clear hex north of the river. If one of my stacks had been overwhelmed I could easily have ended up in a rout in Burma. Plan is now to slowly fall back from Prome towards Rangoon. Then slowly let the inland forces fall back towards Pegu, and finally fall back to the river lines around Moulmain. Right now Thai divisions, Japanese 2nd line ID�s and brigades are moving into hexes along the Moulmain River line to make sure a defensive line has been set up here. Main forces can then fall back on these. This will give the Allied Ramree island to build into an additional entry for supplies and in the end also the Rangoon area airbases, but the Japanese Army will remain intact in good defense positions. If the allied get reckless with pursuits inland then I may have an opportunity to strike back when all my stack converge around Pegu. I will then have 10+ ID with lots of Artillery to face the allied. That translate into 200.000+ tropps Geography will help keeping allied columns separated. I do not think Kurt will be so reckless as to give me the chance for a short but bloody counter attack, but I will look out for such an opportunity. Elsewhere the allied is on the advance. Tarawa just fell with no impressive performance from the 6.500+ Japanese defenders. The 3rd Marine Division dislodged them with ease, The marines founds lots of rice, fish and beans on the Island. 9.000+ supplies still on hand when Island fell. In the Solomons the allied is creeping towards Rabaul Island by Island. Not much I can do or intend to do here. All I can do is try slow allied speed. [image]local://upfiles/14560/76F5E7C958824056AC07AAAE37CBD9E5.gif[/image]

Skygge -> RE: Supplement to Zuluhours To young to die.. (2/8/2016 3:47:03 PM)
Mid March 1944 Burma : Rangoon and Pegu are now in allied hands, but an intact Japanese Army is now behind the first river line The withdrawal was undramatic from a Japanese viewpoint though I am not sure if Kurt had hoped to cut off my Army at Pegu, as a sizeable allied force with armor advance into Pegu from the North, but the large Japanese force there in level five forts could easy have withstood any allied attack, but none never came. Instead an allied Regimental unit made a suicidal attack in Rangoon against the vastly superior Japanese force here. I wonder if this was an effort to try pin me or make me try stay and defend Rangoon in force. When the Japanese force from Rangoon joined the Pegu force, I could possible have made a counter attack here, but I decided against it, as the allied by then had entered Rangoon with some 120.000 troops. I had no wish to fight a large allied armor force in the open terrain around Pegu with the threat of it being reinforced by the allied Rangoon force. So I did chose the less heroic but undramatic action of an orderly retreat as this made sure I was still a day�s march or two ahead of the combined allied force. More units are moving to reinforce the Jungle hexes behind the second river line, and when they are in place, the main Army will fall back to Moulmein. Moulmein is the key defense position to protect against an allied advance towards Bangkok. Forts are at level six here and supply will be able to flow satisfactory from Thailand. This good defense position will allow me to pull back 2 ID�s back into the general area reserve. Airfields around Ranheng and Bangkok have been expanded with lots of Franks now at station in both areas to contest allied bombing. The 1944 March expansion of the Japanese Army air force was quite massive. Lots of Daitais expanded to 59 air planes. All front line fighter units are fully equipped with the Frank and reserve aircraft of the Frank is now past the 600 mark and growing monthly with 420 units produce pr. month. I think it will be difficult for the allied to swiftly force their way through here, and I hope to be able to hold on in Northern Thailand until end 1944. If the allied open up a new front with an Invasion of Java, Sumatra or Northern Malaya it will require extensive air coverage by carriers as allied losses otherwise will be staggering due to the massive Japanese air and Naval presence. Imperial Army and Navy bombers have been training for Naval attack missions for 18 months now with very few losses, as there has been very little air action for them. The 10 Japanese BB�s in the area will be able to shut down any single Allied airbase wrestled from Japanese defenders unless Allied carriers dominate locally � at least for a while. Still all told the allied will eventually be able to overwhelm the Imperial Air forces and the Imperial Navy. Question is just when. I just had a sighting of the new generation of the P-47 coming in on an unopposed sweep over Moulmein. � I think I am going to need all the Franks I can muster. Possibly I can introduce the Ki-100 II Tony very late in 1944. No research has been undertaken for the later Frank�s as I plan for the Ki-100 II to take over guard duty. I hope it will hold up as well as the Frank has pleasantly done. I can not praise this fighter enough. I am skipping actually building any Ki-100 I, as I have this preference of keeping my air force simple with as few different types as possible. This may be a misunderstood conception from my side. When commencing this game, I vastly underestimated the value of being able to switch factories at will from production factories to R&R factories. Not so any more. The flexibility here is a huge advantage [image]local://upfiles/14560/CC147AB084444D78B9BC04712417A377.gif[/image]

Skygge -> RE: Supplement to Zuluhours To young to die.. (2/8/2016 3:51:17 PM)
Pacific : Port Moresby is still held by the Japanese but this base is slowly loosing its importance as the allied advance in the Solomon�s. The Solomon Island Chain is now almost in allied hands. The allied advance is deliberate and structured with the apparent preference of unloading lots of metal on any Japanese defenders and hold backland attacks until any stronghold has been pounded into near impotence. Lunga Points is still held by the crack Japanese 18 ID. All the small units previously there have melted away under a month long hailstorm of bomb�s & shells. Some night�s they are visited by up to 10 BB�s or CA�s and the day light bring wave after wave of bombers. Most of the supporting (small) units of artillery, AAA and base units have melted away under this hailstorm. I think 6 units have now dissolved. The 18 ID and two tank regiments have endured this month long siege and is still full of spirit with morale being 94 to 95 . I wonder when will the allied land forces attack. Every day they hold is a gain for the Empire. The KB has been stationed at Truk for the last months but I need consider moving it to stay out of sight of any preying eyes in the skies. The mere existence of the KB can put a damper on allied movements. If the where about of it is know to the allied, it looses some of its effectiveness. [image]local://upfiles/14560/D30DE180289B49DB990493003EB66D20.gif[/image]

Skygge -> RE: Supplement to Zuluhours To young to die.. (2/26/2016 9:59:17 AM)
Guadalcanal has fallen and the allied is close to isolating Raboul. The IJA 18 Division died with glory holding out at Lunga Point for weeks and weeks against an overwhelming allied force. The KB has (tried to) interfered twice. First was an attempt to put a brake on the US BB forces which were pounded Lunga Point on a nightly basis. I had for some weeks tested allied air search coverage NE of the Solomon�s for weak spots. I noticed that in bad weather I could have cruiser forces go undetected NNE of Lunga. Hoping to get cover by bad weather the KB sallied forth from Truk and rain squalls hid the 20+ carriers in 4 task forces from air search. A quick dash brought the full KB inside striking range of several allied taskforces. Result was rather disappointing as in the end very few planes actually took of from the KB. They only sank a CVE for the loss of some 80 planes. I think the same bad weather that hid the KB also hampered sorties ..maybe combined with some commander bad rolls. I don�t know, anyhow result I could best describe as a Draw. As the allied had some 6-10 BB�s in the area and the carriers were only covered CA�s I could not linger for a second day, and the KB retired slightly to the NNE. Next day found an allied Hunter Cruiser group inside strike range and 2 US CA�s were sunk. That helped a bit on the over all result. Next I did a dumb thing. Allied forces were now invading bases close to Rabaul and with my air searches finding only what looked like some 6-8 carriers covering + some CVE�s with the invading forces, I sallied the KB forth again. An inner voice screamed at me �DON�T DO IT�, but I managed to ignore this. Here years of practices of ignoring facts, overlooking warnings and setting aside common sense came me in good stead, and forth we sailed. Result was a one side action. Allied Hellcats tore the Japanese formations apart. And this time the Japanese chose to get airborne in mass. More than 400 Japanese aircraft were downed for what amounts to no gain. It was well played by Kurt and I sat with a felling of having been set-up somehow, having been baited into doing this. If that is the case I can only say I went for hook and line � perhaps not sinker, as I still kept the KB outside effective range of allied counterstrikes. Still a resounding defeat and well played by my opponent, Now this is not the end of the world for the Empire. No Japanese carriers were touched, I have spare aircraft in abundance and enough trained pilots to immediately replace losses with +70 trained pilots. I can only hope I can take lesson learned to heart and stop doing things like this.- still the defeat smarts. The Bismarck barrier has not yet been broken. Raboul, Kavieng, Manus and Port Moresby still have large well supplied Japanese garrisons and May 1944 is closing in fast. Elsewhere things are pretty quiet apart from the sound of the pickaxes and shoves of the Japanese digging in everywhere. Burma front is stabilized for now. The oil flows. The Marianna�s are now heavily fortified as are Truk, Ponape and The Bonin�s. Reserve aircraft of the Frank is now 980 planes, the George N1K5 will go into production next month with more than 200 planed pr. Month. The A6M7 Sam will go into production during the summer of 1944 and the Tony 100-II I hope to introduce in the fall of 1944. A lot of heavy fighting is still ahead for the Allied. The allied Juggernaut cannot be stopped dead in its track, but it can be hurt and most of all it can be delayed.

obvert -> RE: Supplement to Zuluhours To young to die.. (2/26/2016 10:39:49 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Skygge Pacific : The KB has been stationed at Truk for the last months but I need consider moving it to stay out of sight of any preying eyes in the skies. The mere existence of the KB can put a damper on allied movements. If the where about of it is know to the allied, it looses some of its effectiveness. Looks like you're doing well here. If he's is actively aiming to take already isolated bases like Lunga then you're already winning a victory there. Looks like he's in range of Truk with the new 4E recon planes he'll have, so yes, I'd stash the KB slightly farther away. quote: Allied forces were now invading bases close to Rabaul and with my air searches finding only what looked like some 6-8 carriers covering + some CVE�s with the invading forces, I sallied the KB forth again. An inner voice screamed at me �DON�T DO IT�, but I managed to ignore this. Here years of practices of ignoring facts, overlooking warnings and setting aside common sense came me in good stead, and forth we sailed. Result was a one side action. Allied Hellcats tore the Japanese formations apart. And this time the Japanese chose to get airborne in mass. More than 400 Japanese aircraft were downed for what amounts to no gain. It was well played by Kurt and I sat with a felling of having been set-up somehow, having been baited into doing this. If that is the case I can only say I went for hook and line � perhaps not sinker, as I still kept the KB outside effective range of allied counterstrikes. Still a resounding defeat and well played by my opponent, Now this is not the end of the world for the Empire. No Japanese carriers were touched, I have spare aircraft in abundance and enough trained pilots to immediately replace losses with +70 trained pilots. I can only hope I can take lesson learned to heart and stop doing things like this.- still the defeat smarts. Don't kick yourself about this too much. If you kept the CVs alive you probably "won" the engagement psychologically if not tactically. The Allied player will have to be cautious knowing you will take aggressive action with the KB. Now go back to the shadows and wait for him to put something out on a limb. Also, flank runs by fast groups only into logisitcs lines can have a good effect if you find he's not protecting the rear areas in Cent Pac. Also, you have the Sam coming up quite early. This may be a shock to the Allied side. In game this plane (especially combined with the Grace and later Judy models) the KB stays very viable as an attacking force into 45. The Sam is slightly better than the Hellcat, so if number of planes are somewhat equal, you can really put a damper on the Allied efforts at some point. PS - on some of these big days I;d love to see a snipit of the big strikes to have a look at numbers and damage done.

Skygge -> RE: Supplement to Zuluhours To young to die.. (2/29/2016 2:11:24 PM)
quote: Looks like he's in range of Truk with the new 4E recon planes he'll have, so yes, I'd stash the KB slightly farther away. Thank you for the in-put. I have now withdrawn the KB to Guam, and I will try avoid direct confrontation with main Allied carrier TF�s and rather go for the flanks and rear. It looks like Kurt is going for cleaning up all resistance in path of his main thrust, which I am now convinced is coming up from The Solomon area. Possible with the aim of going for the Marianna�s or Bonins. He has just invaded Nauru, but initial shock attack has been rebuffed - (I will post screen shoot when I get home from work). I hope he is going for this clearing all points of resistance, as my best option is to trade units and outlaying Islands for time, as long as it keep the HI safe. Rabaul is defended by a good JID and has fort level 7 � and too much supply with more than 70.000 Kavieng has another JID but only fort level 4 and some 30.000 supply. I consider airlifting out what I can � after Kurt has build up overwhelming force, that is. Right now only 2 units have been spotted moving up from the southern end of the Island. Manus has yet another IJD. This is one I have airlifted out of Port Moresby. Only a skeleton force has been left at PM with lots of AA to make a great show when his bombers come in - I hope this will convince Kurt that the base is still heavily defended � which it is not. Anyhow PM no longer has much value to me, as the allied now has all of the Solomon�s and is closing in on Kavieng. Ponape is defended by another IJD and I believe has fort level 6. Truk is defended by 110 JID � the heroes of Wake Island, fort level is soon at 8. It will be a hard nut to crack. Iwo Jima is almost maxed out with close to 30.000 defenders build around a crack JID and fort level 6 which seems to be the max level you can have here. All the major Islands in the Marianna�s are heavily defended. I have moved most of what I could find of CD guns to here. All have fort level 6 with Saipan and Guam closing in on level 7. Again I have an abundance of supply. Guam is at 100.000+,Saipan 70.000+ and the rest of the Island are not starving. All in all I would say that allied amphibious operations in the Pacific will require lots of planning and tenacity. Allied bases in Northern Australia seem to be undeveloped. I have recently conducted BB bombardments of Darwin and Broome, and allied fighters in both places seem to have retreated out of gun range. I have kept up Cruiser sweeps along the coast to bag lone AKs trying to sneak in supply. So I do not expect any sudden allied advance in this area. My weak spot I think is up along the coast of PNG. The Allied may be able to advance along the Northern coast and into the southern Philippines. I am now trying to build up speed bumps along the way, and just maybe the threat of a hidden KB will make Kurt wary of protection the flanks of such an advance. This was one of the reasons why I chose not to fight for Rangoon. I need those 2 JID now freed up as Strategic reserves to throw into the path of an allied advance in PNG or the DEIs. I have greatly benefitted from the (early?) conquest of China and the fact that few major actions have been fought all up through 1942 and 1943. It has made it possible to build up reserves and strengthen defenses all around my perimeter. The heavy influx of infantry units in 1944 � though of general poor quality � help to beef up garrisons. The Imperial Navy is intact � largest loss is one CA. � but then again the allied navies are also pretty much unhurt. They will be able to overwhelm any point of their choosing. Another weak spot is oil. I now occasionally have HI that fail to produce, and reserve of HI has now dropped to 1.25 M.- on the positive side I have 1.000+ Franks in reserve and 400+ Judy D4Y. The Grace will go in production in 9 days and supply level is at 3.7 M. Japan will go down fighting to the very end.

Skygge -> RE: Supplement to Zuluhours To young to die.. (2/29/2016 3:55:42 PM)
Allied 31st. Div hit wrong beach on Nauru? Ground combat at Nauru Island (127,128) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 9205 troops, 202 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 188 Defending force 4902 troops, 75 guns, 103 vehicles, Assault Value = 148 Allied adjusted assault: 0 Japanese adjusted defense: 263 Allied assault odds: 1 to 99 (fort level 4) Combat modifiers Defender: forts(+), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 103 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Allied ground losses: 2660 casualties reported Squads: 53 destroyed, 134 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled Engineers: 6 destroyed, 6 disabled Guns lost 42 (2 destroyed, 40 disabled) Vehicles lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled) Assaulting units: 31st Infantry Division 41st Base Group Defending units: 2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment 5th Armored Car Co 11th Tank Regiment 1st Mortar Battalion 15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment Jaluit Base Force [image]local://upfiles/14560/B46C43F0A0B247099EF7DF79C47A7DA0.gif[/image]

Skygge -> RE: Supplement to Zuluhours To young to die.. (2/29/2016 4:06:41 PM)
The KB raid near Guadalcanal : AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 25, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Tulagi at 114,137 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 152 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 50 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5c Zero x 67 B6N2 Jill x 39 D4Y4 Judy x 15 Allied aircraft Kittyhawk IV x 7 Kittyhawk IV x 4 P-38H Lightning x 8 F4U-1A Corsair x 5 F6F-3 Hellcat x 27 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5c Zero: 8 destroyed B6N2 Jill: 5 damaged B6N2 Jill: 3 destroyed by flak D4Y4 Judy: 4 damaged D4Y4 Judy: 4 destroyed by flak Allied aircraft losses Kittyhawk IV: 1 destroyed P-38H Lightning: 1 destroyed F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed Allied Ships CVE Kasaan Bay, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk BB California, Torpedo hits 3, heavy damage BB Colorado, Bomb hits 2 DD Flusser BB Pennsylvania, Torpedo hits 1 AK Draco, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage DD Haraden AK Eridanus Aircraft Attacking: 13 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 13 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 7 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 13 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 3 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb CAP engaged: VRF-9F with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 16 scrambling) (11 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 8 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes VMF-216 with F4U-1A Corsair (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes No.15 Sqn RNZAF with Kittyhawk IV (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 6000. Raid is overhead No.86 Sqn RAAF with Kittyhawk IV (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 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 0 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes 15th FG/47th FS with P-38H Lightning (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Tassafaronga at 113,137 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 156 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 46 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5c Zero x 32 D4Y4 Judy x 13 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 8 P-40N5 Warhawk x 8 F4U-1 Corsair x 5 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5c Zero: 8 destroyed D4Y4 Judy: 4 damaged D4Y4 Judy: 2 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Allied Ships CL Columbia DD Black Aircraft Attacking: 5 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb CAP engaged: VMF-422 with F4U-1 Corsair (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 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes 18th FG/70th FS with P-40N5 Warhawk (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes 348th FG/342nd FS with P-38H Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tulagi at 114,137 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 158 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 52 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5c Zero x 140 B6N2 Jill x 63 D4Y4 Judy x 50 Allied aircraft Kittyhawk IV x 6 Kittyhawk IV x 4 P-38H Lightning x 7 F4U-1A Corsair x 4 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5c Zero: 2 destroyed B6N2 Jill: 19 damaged B6N2 Jill: 5 destroyed by flak D4Y4 Judy: 10 damaged D4Y4 Judy: 4 destroyed by flak Allied aircraft losses Kittyhawk IV: 1 destroyed P-38H Lightning: 1 destroyed Allied Ships BB Idaho CL Honolulu BB Pennsylvania, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires BB Colorado AK Draco, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage DD Hall CA Northampton CL Helena BB California, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage DD Chevalier DD Callaghan, Bomb hits 1 DD Hutchins CA Pensacola BB Maryland DD Haraden, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 12 x A6M5c Zero sweeping at 13000 feet 26 x B6N2 Jill bombing from 13000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 18 x A6M5c Zero sweeping at 13000 feet 15 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 7 x A6M5c Zero sweeping at 13000 feet 14 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 10 x A6M5c Zero sweeping at 13000 feet 3 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 6 x B6N2 Jill bombing from 13000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 9 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 11 x A6M5c Zero sweeping at 13000 feet 1 x A6M5c Zero sweeping at 13000 feet 9 x A6M5c Zero sweeping at 13000 feet 1 x A6M5c Zero sweeping at 13000 feet 3 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 1 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 10000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 10 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 6 x A6M5c Zero sweeping at 13000 feet 8 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb CAP engaged: VRF-9F with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead VMF-216 with F4U-1A Corsair (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, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes No.15 Sqn RNZAF with Kittyhawk IV (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes No.86 Sqn RAAF with Kittyhawk IV (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes 15th FG/47th FS with P-38H Lightning (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes Heavy smoke from fires obscuring BB Pennsylvania -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tassafaronga at 113,137 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5c Zero x 15 D4Y4 Judy x 25 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 12 P-40N5 Warhawk x 6 F4U-1 Corsair x 5 F4U-1A Corsair x 1 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5c Zero: 4 destroyed D4Y4 Judy: 9 destroyed, 5 damaged D4Y4 Judy: 2 destroyed by flak Allied aircraft losses P-38H Lightning: 1 destroyed P-40N5 Warhawk: 1 destroyed Allied Ships CL Columbia DD Black Aircraft Attacking: 3 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb 6 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb CAP engaged: VRF-9F with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead VMF-422 with F4U-1 Corsair (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, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes 15th FG/47th FS with P-38H Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers 18th FG/70th FS with P-40N5 Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes 348th FG/342nd FS with P-38H Lightning (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers VMF-216 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes

Skygge -> RE: Supplement to Zuluhours To young to die.. (2/29/2016 4:11:50 PM)
KB airgroups decimated AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 10, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Feni Islands at 108,125 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 40 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5c Zero x 110 B6N2 Jill x 135 D4Y4 Judy x 107 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 4 F4U-1A Corsair x 94 F6F-3 Hellcat x 472 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5c Zero: 5 destroyed B6N2 Jill: 69 destroyed, 22 damaged B6N2 Jill: 4 destroyed by flak D4Y4 Judy: 40 destroyed, 12 damaged D4Y4 Judy: 9 destroyed by flak Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 destroyed Allied Ships CV Intrepid CV Bunker Hill CV Wasp CV Hornet, Torpedo hits 1, on fire CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 1 BB Alabama CV Yorktown, Bomb hits 2 CV Saratoga CV Essex CVL Independence CLAA Oakland Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 3 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' * Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb 4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' * Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb 5 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 1 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' * Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb 6 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 8 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' * Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb 4 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 2 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' * Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb 2 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' * Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb 5 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' * Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb 12 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 3 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000' * Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb 4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000' * Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb CAP engaged: VRF-5F with F4F-4 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers VF-38/A with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 8 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers VMF-224/A with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers VMF-224/B with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers VMF-224/C with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 28 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes 12 planes vectored on to bombers VF-3 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 28 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes 20 planes vectored on to bombers VF-42 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 28 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 12 planes vectored on to bombers VF-6 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 28 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes 12 planes vectored on to bombers VF-8 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 28 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes 36 planes vectored on to bombers VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 28 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes 24 planes vectored on to bombers VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 28 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes 24 planes vectored on to bombers VF-18 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 28 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes 16 planes vectored on to bombers VF-22 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 20 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes 7 planes vectored on to bombers VF-23 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 20 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes 7 planes vectored on to bombers VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 17 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes 18 planes vectored on to bombers VF-31 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 16 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers VF-32 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 20 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes 26 planes vectored on to bombers VRF-1F with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 20 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 14 planes vectored on to bombers VMF-211 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 13 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers Ammo storage explosion on CV Hornet Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CV Hornet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Feni Islands at 108,125 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 40 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5c Zero x 83 B6N2 Jill x 60 D4Y4 Judy x 55 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 4 F4U-1A Corsair x 84 F6F-3 Hellcat x 437 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5c Zero: 24 destroyed B6N2 Jill: 42 destroyed, 2 damaged B6N2 Jill: 1 destroyed by flak D4Y4 Judy: 31 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed F6F-3 Hellcat: 3 destroyed Allied Ships CVL Independence CV Saratoga CV Enterprise Aircraft Attacking: 1 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000' * Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb 2 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp CAP engaged: VRF-5F with F4F-4 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers VF-38/A with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 8 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes 13 planes vectored on to bombers VMF-224/A with F6F-3 Hellcat (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 14000 , scrambling fighters to 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers VMF-224/B with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers VMF-224/C with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 4 on standby, 12 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes 32 planes vectored on to bombers VF-3 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling) 15 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 8 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes 21 planes vectored on to bombers VF-42 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 16 scrambling) 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes 31 planes vectored on to bombers VF-6 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 16 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes 22 planes vectored on to bombers VF-8 with F6F-3 Hellcat (12 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 12 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 23 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes 42 planes vectored on to bombers VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 19 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes 42 planes vectored on to bombers VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 16 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes 7 planes vectored on to bombers VF-18 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 16 scrambling) 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes 28 planes vectored on to bombers VF-22 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 12 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 21 planes vectored on to bombers VF-23 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 16 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes 26 planes vectored on to bombers VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes 14 planes vectored on to bombers VF-31 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 8 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes 13 planes vectored on to bombers VF-32 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 14 being recalled, 7 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 18 planes vectored on to bombers VRF-1F with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 12 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 31 planes vectored on to bombers VMF-211 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 5 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes 12 planes vectored on to bombers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Feni Islands at 108,125 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 119 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 39 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5c Zero x 25 B6N2 Jill x 13 D4Y4 Judy x 15 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 4 F4U-1A Corsair x 61 F6F-3 Hellcat x 351 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5c Zero: 12 destroyed B6N2 Jill: 10 destroyed D4Y4 Judy: 11 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: VF-38/A with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers VF-6 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 17 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 23000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes 18 planes vectored on to bombers VRF-1F with F6F-3 Hellcat (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes 20 planes vectored on to bombers VRF-5F with F4F-4 Wildcat (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 14000 , scrambling fighters to 14810. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes VMF-224/A with F6F-3 Hellcat (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 14000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers VMF-224/B with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers VMF-224/C with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers VF-3 with F4U-1A Corsair (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes 16 planes vectored on to bombers VF-42 with F6F-3 Hellcat (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. 15 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes 28 planes vectored on to bombers VF-8 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 12 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 7 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes 28 planes vectored on to bombers VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 13 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 8 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 23000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes 27 planes vectored on to bombers VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 15 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes 24 planes vectored on to bombers VF-18 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 16 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 23000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes 22 planes vectored on to bombers VF-22 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes 15 planes vectored on to bombers VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes 10 planes vectored on to bombers VF-32 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 10 being recalled, 7 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 73 minutes 12 planes vectored on to bombers VMF-211 with F4U-1A Corsair (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes 11 planes vectored on to bombers VMF-225 with F4U-1A Corsair (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 19000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 25 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes 25 planes vectored on to bombers VF-23 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 18 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes 19 planes vectored on to bombers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Feni Islands at 108,125 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft B6N2 Jill x 3 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 3 F4U-1A Corsair x 53 F6F-3 Hellcat x 292 Japanese aircraft losses B6N2 Jill: 2 destroyed No Allied losses CAP engaged: VRF-5F with F4F-4 Wildcat (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 14000 , scrambling fighters to 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes VF-38/A with F6F-3 Hellcat (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes VMF-224/A with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 18000. Raid is overhead VMF-224/B with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes VMF-224/C with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes VF-3 with F4U-1A Corsair (12 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 12 plane(s) intercepting now. 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes VF-42 with F6F-3 Hellcat (22 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 22 plane(s) intercepting now. 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes VF-6 with F6F-3 Hellcat (17 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 17 plane(s) intercepting now. 9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes VF-8 with F6F-3 Hellcat (21 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 21 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (21 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 21 plane(s) intercepting now. 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 59 minutes VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (21 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 21 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 20000. Raid is overhead VF-18 with F6F-3 Hellcat (14 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 14 plane(s) intercepting now. 11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 10 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes VF-32 with F6F-3 Hellcat (13 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 13 plane(s) intercepting now. 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes VRF-1F with F6F-3 Hellcat (13 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 13 plane(s) intercepting now. 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes VMF-211 with F4U-1A Corsair (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes VMF-225 with F4U-1A Corsair (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 20000. Raid is overhead VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (25 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 25 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 19000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes VF-22 with F6F-3 Hellcat (16 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 16 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 21000. Raid is overhead VF-23 with F6F-3 Hellcat (15 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 15 plane(s) intercepting now. 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Feni Islands at 108,125 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft D4Y4 Judy x 15 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 3 F4U-1A Corsair x 48 F6F-3 Hellcat x 270 Japanese aircraft losses D4Y4 Judy: 5 destroyed No Allied losses CAP engaged: VRF-5F with F4F-4 Wildcat (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 19000. Raid is overhead VF-38/A with F6F-3 Hellcat (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 20000. Raid is overhead VMF-224/A with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 18000. Raid is overhead VMF-224/B with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes VMF-224/C with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes VF-3 with F4U-1A Corsair (13 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling) 13 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes VF-42 with F6F-3 Hellcat (21 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 21 plane(s) intercepting now. 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes VF-6 with F6F-3 Hellcat (17 airborne, 0 on standby, 9 scrambling) 17 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes VF-8 with F6F-3 Hellcat (18 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 18 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (18 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) 18 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (20 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 20 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 20000. Raid is overhead VF-18 with F6F-3 Hellcat (16 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling) 16 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 10 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes VF-32 with F6F-3 Hellcat (16 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 16 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 22000. Raid is overhead VRF-1F with F6F-3 Hellcat (12 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 12 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes VMF-211 with F4U-1A Corsair (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 9 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes VMF-225 with F4U-1A Corsair (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 20000. Raid is overhead VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (25 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 25 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 18000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes VF-22 with F6F-3 Hellcat (14 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 14 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 21000. Raid is overhead VF-23 with F6F-3 Hellcat (12 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) 12 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Feni Islands at 108,125 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft B6N2 Jill x 18 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 3 F4U-1A Corsair x 46 F6F-3 Hellcat x 259 Japanese aircraft losses B6N2 Jill: 11 destroyed No Allied losses CAP engaged: VRF-5F with F4F-4 Wildcat (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 19000. Raid is overhead VF-38/A with F6F-3 Hellcat (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 20000. Raid is overhead VMF-224/A with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 18000. Raid is overhead VMF-224/B with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes VMF-224/C with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 13000. Raid is overhead VF-3 with F4U-1A Corsair (12 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling) 12 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes VF-42 with F6F-3 Hellcat (24 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 24 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes VF-6 with F6F-3 Hellcat (17 airborne, 0 on standby, 9 scrambling) 17 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes VF-8 with F6F-3 Hellcat (18 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 18 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (17 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) 17 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (20 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 20 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 20000. Raid is overhead VF-18 with F6F-3 Hellcat (13 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling) 13 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 10 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes VF-32 with F6F-3 Hellcat (15 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 15 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 22000. Raid is overhead VRF-1F with F6F-3 Hellcat (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 10 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 22000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes VMF-211 with F4U-1A Corsair (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 10 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes VMF-225 with F4U-1A Corsair (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (25 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 25 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes VF-22 with F6F-3 Hellcat (12 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 12 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 21000. Raid is overhead VF-23 with F6F-3 Hellcat (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) 10 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Namatanai at 107,125 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 142 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 47 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5c Zero x 81 B6N2 Jill x 49 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 F4U-1A Corsair x 26 F6F-3 Hellcat x 124 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5c Zero: 8 destroyed B6N2 Jill: 29 destroyed, 7 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed Allied Ships CL Honolulu CL Helena DD Harrison Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 2 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp CAP engaged: VRF-5F with F4F-4 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes VF-38/A with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes VMF-224/A with F6F-3 Hellcat (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 14000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes VMF-224/B with F6F-3 Hellcat (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 14000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes VMF-224/C with F6F-3 Hellcat (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 14000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes VF-3 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (11 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes VF-42 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (11 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes VF-6 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (11 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes VF-8 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (11 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (11 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes VF-18 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (11 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 11 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes VF-22 with F6F-3 Hellcat (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes VF-23 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes VF-31 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes VF-32 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes VRF-1F with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes VMF-211 with F4U-1A Corsair (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Namatanai at 107,125 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 118 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 39 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5c Zero x 19 B6N2 Jill x 12 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 F4U-1A Corsair x 22 F6F-3 Hellcat x 88 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5c Zero: 2 destroyed B6N2 Jill: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged B6N2 Jill: 1 destroyed by flak Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed Allied Ships DD Harrison Aircraft Attacking: 2 x B6N2 Jill bombing from 14000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb CAP engaged: VRF-5F with F4F-4 Wildcat (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 14000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers VF-38/A with F6F-3 Hellcat (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 14000 , scrambling fighters to 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers VMF-224/A with F6F-3 Hellcat (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 14000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes VMF-224/C with F6F-3 Hellcat (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 14000 , scrambling fighters to 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers VF-3 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes 10 planes vectored on to bombers VF-42 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers VF-6 with F6F-3 Hellcat (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 14000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers VF-8 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes 9 planes vectored on to bombers VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers VF-18 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers VF-23 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes 7 planes vectored on to bombers VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers VF-31 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 21000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes 5 planes vectored on to bombers VF-32 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers VRF-1F with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes 3 planes vectored on to bombers VMF-212 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes 5 planes vectored on to bombers VMF-225 with F4U-1A Corsair (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 14000 , scrambling fighters to 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers VF-22 with F6F-3 Hellcat (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 14000 , scrambling fighters to 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes 5 planes vectored on to bombers

Skygge -> RE: Supplement to Zuluhours To young to die.. (2/29/2016 4:51:23 PM)
I just ran turn again and this is the invasion Uhmmm.. perhaps beer rations should have been issued after the invasion [image]local://upfiles/14560/E4551A4FFB0541A4B5ECCF83ABE45CDA.gif[/image]

Bif1961 -> RE: Supplement to Zuluhours To young to die.. (3/1/2016 2:17:22 PM)
Good news, bad news. Good news you caused damage that needs be repaired by many of his valuable ships and will delay any major invasion. Bad news is that you shot your bolt with regards to well trained KB aircrews. The best news is that you were not attacked and therefore the KB remains a viable threat into mid 44 and beyond. Yes you made a lot of Hellcat aces for him but that was bound to happen sooner or later.

Skygge -> RE: Supplement to Zuluhours To young to die.. (3/1/2016 2:53:19 PM)
quote: Good news you caused damage that needs be repaired by many of his valuable ships and will delay any major invasion I hope you are right here. All my actions are based on - or should be based on gaining time. I can not any longer defeat the US Navy. As to the KB pilots: I have been able to staff all air units again with aircrews with 70+ in needed major skills, well there may be a few in the 68 or 69 category. As there has been very few major carrier actions so far, well actually very little air action involving naval pilots all together, I had a trained reserve pool. I will not be able to repeat this any time soon though - nor do I want to. I just hope that I can curtail such urges for action next time a similar �opportunity� appears. The smarting defeat that it was, ought to be a lesson learned.

Lowpe -> RE: Supplement to Zuluhours To young to die.. (3/1/2016 3:20:37 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Skygge Another weak spot is oil. I now occasionally have HI that fail to produce, and reserve of HI has now dropped to 1.25 M.- on the positive side I have 1.000+ Franks in reserve and 400+ Judy D4Y. The Grace will go in production in 9 days and supply level is at 3.7 M. Japan will go down fighting to the very end. You mean fuel, since HI runs on fuel. This will happen even with copious amounts of fuel depending upon where you base your ships. Is it the Chinese HI that is failing?

Skygge -> RE: Supplement to Zuluhours To young to die.. (3/1/2016 4:19:51 PM)
yes, I do mean fuel for the HI, but again fuel is dependent on the output of oil. So a general shortage of Petrochemicals all together. Yes, it is mainly Chinese HI that fail - on the positive side it helps suck oil and fuel out of Urumchi, and I can testify that it DOES flow from there, you just need create a fuel starving economy on the mainland :) A few times Tokyo has failed, but only when I have re-directed some of the regular fuel convoys to go to top of Naval bases for future operations. I am not too worried about an occasional fail in HI output, as I have a stong base of HI producing centers - 8315 total, but I need look out for a sudden stop to the convoys so I do not run out all together. I have a surplus of tankers and AOs with only 4 sunk all together, so I always have a reserve of fuel in some of the spare one to ensure I can conduct naval operations... for a bit longer. For good and bad here is an overview : [image]local://upfiles/14560/99661332762F4F1A9582C3AEB441F09C.gif[/image]

obvert -> RE: Supplement to Zuluhours To young to die.. (3/1/2016 4:32:33 PM)
You shouldn't be running short of fuel unless he's bombed or taken parts of the DEI. Has he? The HI you have currently stored is a bit low. Not much you can do now, but that will be used when your industry is bombed out. Luckily the Allies seem a good ways from the HI. Also, about your raid. You effectively knocked two BB out of the war, and probably made sure 2-3 CV can't take part in the next op. It's tough to lose all of those planes to damage ships, but at least you damaged the right ships. [:)]

Skygge -> RE: Supplement to Zuluhours To young to die.. (3/1/2016 4:56:52 PM)
quote: but at least you damaged the right ships. That helps a bit on my morale .. thank you. No all oil is secure and repaired and I am tapping EVERYTHING. I just think I have a ferocious thirsty industry. Overview. The odd green dot in DEI and Northern PNG are a few hex dots not taken by me. ..for no good reason. [image]local://upfiles/14560/C94C074EAC414E83B1E4143E93BEA88D.gif[/image]

Lowpe -> RE: Supplement to Zuluhours To young to die.. (3/1/2016 5:03:59 PM)
Oil daily production looks good, but oil stockpile very low at 224,926. I take most of this oil is in SRA/tankers? 220K oil is about what, 30 days backlog at Honshu? Supply looks low...check on buildings: fort, runways, ports. Do what you can to grow the supply. Supply might not be low if you have already spent a lot on your 3rd generation fighter builds. Are you saving supply each day? You can do a lot to save supply if you think about it. Fuel: 1.27 million. Conserve fuel at every opportunity. Prioritize your industry HI first. Disband in port all your fuel guzzlers... Make Hankow home port for some ships to get fuel into China's interior for HI production. Do you have tracker up and running? A picture of the industry chart would be helpful, or the industry screen from the game. You have done so very well.[&o]

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