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witpqs -> RE: 1944 November 20 (8/1/2021 10:33:43 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RangerJoe quote: ORIGINAL: witpqs It seems the patron saint of butt kicking has failed us. Overcast for tomorrow. We have more than 240 B-29's ready and 75 P-38's ready to sweep. What do you think? Bomb something, no rest for the defense. Awaiting the next turn: quote: Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia • Forecast over Japan is for overcast. • B-29 target: Hamamatsu, daylight, 10,000 ft. About 168x B-29 will strike the Nakajima Ha-45 factory 230(11); about 30x B-29 will strike the J7W1 Shinden factory 25(6); about 25x B-29 will strike the Ki-83 factory 27(4); about 27x B-29 will strike the Ki-201 Kanyu factory 9(11). 75x P-38J will sweep the target.

witpqs -> RE: 1944 November 22 (8/2/2021 4:29:56 PM)
1944 November 22 INVADED INVESTED Quinhon Davao CHANGED OWNERSHIP Madioen is occupied by the Allies Allied forces CAPTURE Hue !!! Allied forces CAPTURE Samarinda !!! Overall • 2,430 strategic points. • 221x B-29's report ready. • No carriers or battleships spotted. West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii • When a battleship arrives which has 12 inch main battery, you know it's later in the game. Pacific New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain DEI, Dutch New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya • Got one! quote: 000001 Sub attack 1944-11-22 50,88 Singkep Sub attack near Singkep at 50,88 Japanese Ships TK Arima Maru #4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage TK Kanze Maru TK Akatuki Maru PB Fuji Maru #4 Allied Ships SS S-46 SS S-46 launches 4 torpedoes at TK Arima Maru #4 S-46 bottoming out .... PB Fuji Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Fuji Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Fuji Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Fuji Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Fuji Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000071 Ground combat 1944-11-22 Samarinda 65,96 Ground combat at Samarinda (65,96) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 792 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 28 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Allied adjusted assault: 22 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 22 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Samarinda !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: 2/7th Cav/Cdo Bn /1 • Madioen just surrendered, and we have only a Bde at Malang against more than 28,000 enemy in Soerabaja. they must have very little combat power. • Landing tomorrow at Balikpapan. • Going to arrange to insert more forces onto Java on the cheap and see how much we can get done that way. Actual amphibious ops likely won't be needed. Philippines • Missed. quote: 000002 ASW attack 1944-11-22 79,68 Laoag ASW attack near Laoag at 79,68 Japanese Ships E No.27 E No.30 Allied Ships SS Queenfish, hits 1 SS Queenfish launches 2 torpedoes at E No.27 Queenfish diving deep .... E No.30 attacking submerged sub .... E No.30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.30 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub • Bringing more onto Mindanao. China India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina • Hue was a blowout this time. quote: 000065 Afternoon Air attack 1944-11-22 71,70 Quinhon Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Quinhon at 71,70 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft Avenger II x 12 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK Mogamigawa Maru xAK Yokohama Maru Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Avenger II bombing from 5000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 000070 Ground combat 1944-11-22 Hue 66,64 Ground combat at Hue (66,64) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 17942 troops, 347 guns, 245 vehicles, Assault Value = 628 Defending force 3805 troops, 31 guns, 53 vehicles, Assault Value = 80 Allied adjusted assault: 356 Japanese adjusted defense: 37 Allied assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Hue !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1234 casualties reported Squads: 24 destroyed, 17 disabled Non Combat: 55 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 10 (10 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 25 (25 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 2 Allied ground losses: 56 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 20th Australian Brigade 17th Australian Brigade 150th RAC Regiment 21st Australian Brigade 50th Indian Para Brigade 475th USA Regiment 44th (Support) Battalion Defending units: 37th/C Division 19th Tank Regiment • Still pursuing out of Chumphon. • The river crossing out of Haiphong will be either tomorrow or the day after (12 miles to go). • Our forces will maneuver to surround Tourane before investing that place. • I think the Empire will cooperate with us surrounding Indochina bastions they've set up, and reducing them one by one. Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia • I know what happened. The sweepers were in a different time zone! Could happen to anybody. quote: 000024 Morning Air attack 1944-11-22 Hamamatsu 111,61 Morning Air attack on Hamamatsu , at 111,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 36 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 29 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged Nakajima Ha-45 hits 26 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-303 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (7 airborne, 16 on standby, 13 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes 000025 Morning Air attack 1944-11-22 Hamamatsu 111,61 Morning Air attack on Hamamatsu , at 111,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 29 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 54 B-29-25 Superfort x 30 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Nakajima Ha-45 hits 33 J7W1 Shinden factory hits 8 Ki-83 factory hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-303 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (6 airborne, 2 on standby, 13 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 55 minutes 000029 Morning Air attack 1944-11-22 Hamamatsu 111,61 Morning Air attack on Hamamatsu , at 111,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 23 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 8 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged Nakajima Ha-45 hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-303 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 16 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes 000030 Morning Air attack 1944-11-22 Hamamatsu 111,61 Morning Air attack on Hamamatsu , at 111,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 1 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 19 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 9 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak Nakajima Ha-45 hits 20 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-303 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 16 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes 000048 Morning Air attack 1944-11-22 Hamamatsu 111,61 Morning Air attack on Hamamatsu , at 111,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 10 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 26 B-29-25 Superfort x 7 Japanese aircraft losses A7M2 Sam: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 3 damaged Nakajima Ha-45 hits 2 J7W1 Shinden factory hits 2 Ki-201 Karyu factory hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-303 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes 000050 Morning Air attack 1944-11-22 Hamamatsu 111,61 Morning Air attack on Hamamatsu , at 111,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 3 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 9 B-29-25 Superfort x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged Nakajima Ha-45 hits 1 Ki-201 Karyu factory hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-303 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (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 9000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes 000055 Morning Air attack 1944-11-22 Hamamatsu 111,61 Morning Air attack on Hamamatsu , at 111,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 2 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 23 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged Nakajima Ha-45 hits 1 Ki-83 factory hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-303 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes 000056 Morning Air attack 1944-11-22 Hamamatsu 111,61 Morning Air attack on Hamamatsu , at 111,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 1 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 20 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 3 damaged Nakajima Ha-45 hits 37 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-303 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 10000. Raid is overhead 000057 Morning Air attack 1944-11-22 Hamamatsu 111,61 Morning Air attack on Hamamatsu , at 111,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 1 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 8 Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged Nakajima Ha-45 hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 000059 Morning Air attack 1944-11-22 Hamamatsu 111,61 Morning Air attack on Hamamatsu , at 111,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 7 No Allied losses Ki-201 Karyu factory hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 000060 Morning Air attack 1944-11-22 Hamamatsu 111,61 Morning Air attack on Hamamatsu , at 111,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 6 No Allied losses Nakajima Ha-45 hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 000062 Afternoon Air attack 1944-11-22 Hamamatsu 111,61 Afternoon Air attack on Hamamatsu , at 111,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 48 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 4 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 25 Japanese aircraft losses A7M2 Sam: 2 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 25 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 35000 feet * CAP engaged: S-303 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 1 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 32180. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes 000063 Afternoon Air attack 1944-11-22 Hamamatsu 111,61 Afternoon Air attack on Hamamatsu , at 111,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 29 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 25 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 25 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 35000 feet * 000069 Afternoon Air attack 1944-11-22 Hamamatsu 111,61 Afternoon Air attack on Hamamatsu , at 111,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 25 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 25 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 35000 feet * • Aside from the fighter sweeps, the strikes on Hamamatsu went quite well. I was worried about flak at 10,000 ft but there was very little. Could that have been the result of the cloud cover? • The B-29 crews will rest and the aircraft repair. • The P-38 sweepers will also rest a day and then sweep somewhere. They can't reach many bases, but P-51D squadrons are getting ready plus we are bringing more air support to Iwo-jima. • I am considering one day to rest the crews and then make a night Manpower attack on the same target. • The Chichi-jima invasion forces are loading and some are already loaded. With only ~8,000 troops there now we will leave one of the Rgts behind, giving us a division, two Rgts, lots of artillery, and some other units. Still overkill. Complete combat report attached.

witpqs -> RE: 1944 November 22 (8/2/2021 4:30:30 PM)
1944 November 22 Today's air losses. [image]local://upfiles/14248/DCB7C767231C482A857300603BF10BA3.jpg[/image]

witpqs -> RE: 1944 November 22 (8/2/2021 4:30:49 PM)
1944 November 22 Hamamatsu. For reference, yesterday the status was: Nakajima Ha-45 factory 230(11); J7W1 Shinden factory 25(6); Ki-83 factory 27(4); Ki-201 Kanyu factory 9(11). [image]local://upfiles/14248/5A5FF9D9434B46C38C8B3E605AD8CA65.jpg[/image]

RangerJoe -> RE: 1944 November 22 (8/2/2021 5:26:47 PM)
Maybe next time, have a bomber unit attack the airbase - maybe even the night before - as well as the port. The port can also get your fuel hits. You also may not have to sweep so high, then the fighters might get there before the bombers.

BBfanboy -> RE: 1944 November 22 (8/2/2021 6:08:15 PM)
You got a lot of hits on his Ha-45 engine factories - worth the loss of B-29s IMO. I think the light flak at 10K had more to do with the Japanese not having a really good mid-altitude machine-cannon. IIRC, the 25mm tops out at 8K feet. Most of the heavy AA is likely in the big cities.

witpqs -> RE: 1944 November 22 (8/2/2021 6:14:26 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RangerJoe Maybe next time, have a bomber unit attack the airbase - maybe even the night before - as well as the port. The port can also get your fuel hits. You also may not have to sweep so high, then the fighters might get there before the bombers. We have stayed away from base (port-airfield) air strikes at night because they seem over-powered too often, so I won't go there.

witpqs -> RE: 1944 November 22 (8/2/2021 6:17:43 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy You got a lot of hits on his Ha-45 engine factories - worth the loss of B-29s IMO. I think the light flak at 10K had more to do with the Japanese not having a really good mid-altitude machine-cannon. IIRC, the 25mm tops out at 8K feet. Most of the heavy AA is likely in the big cities. I agree, I'm very happy with the results. In other areas I've settled on 8,000 ft as a good 4EB altitude. If the base turns out to have good flak, 12,000 ft. Truk was murdering 4EB even then, so I adjusted to 20,000 ft and even 22,000 ft. I'm not so well informed about the flak Japan has in the game, but I've learned that they do get at least some of the good stuff, it just depends on where they have it.

witpqs -> RE: 1944 November 22 (8/2/2021 9:13:29 PM)
The staff messed up. The B-29 groups flying from Saipan went in at 5,000 ft. In daylight! They suffered more from flak than the rest but not so bad, actually. Hmm.

witpqs -> RE: 1944 November 23 (8/2/2021 9:48:39 PM)
1944 November 23 INVADED INVESTED Quinhon Davao CHANGED OWNERSHIP Rachgia is occupied by the Allies Allied forces CAPTURE Pakanbaroe !!! Overall • 2,430 strategic points. • 176x B-29's report ready. • No carriers or battleships sighted. West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii Pacific New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain DEI, Dutch New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya • Uneventful landing. quote: 000001 Night Naval bombardment 1944-11-23 Balikpapan 64,97 Night Naval bombardment of Balikpapan at 64,97 Allied Ships CA Wichita CA Pensacola CA Houston Japanese ground losses: 325 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 22 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled) Oil hits 1 Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 16 Port hits 2 CA Wichita firing at Balikpapan CA Pensacola firing at Balikpapan CA Houston firing at Balikpapan 000002 Pre-Invasion action 1944-11-23 Balikpapan 64,97 Pre-Invasion action off Balikpapan (64,97) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 44 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships AM Dash AM Constant APA Knox DD Bache Japanese ground losses: 22 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled AM Dash fired at enemy troops AM Constant fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards 000003 Amphibious Assault 1944-11-23 Balikpapan 64,97 Amphibious Assault at Balikpapan (64,97) TF 446 troops unloading over beach at Balikpapan, 64,97 Allied ground losses: 45 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled) Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) 15 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 23rd Australian Bde /4 000004 Invasion Support action 1944-11-23 Balikpapan 64,97 Invasion Support action off Balikpapan (64,97) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 18 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships AM Dash AM Constant APA Knox AM Dash fired at enemy troops AM Constant fired at enemy troops 000048 Invasion Support action 1944-11-23 Balikpapan 64,97 Invasion Support action off Balikpapan (64,97) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 18 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships AM Dash AM Constant APA Knox Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled AM Dash fired at enemy troops AM Constant fired at enemy troops 000049 Ground combat 1944-11-23 Balikpapan 64,97 Ground combat at Balikpapan (64,97) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 968 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 65 Defending force 6801 troops, 110 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 213 Assaulting units: 454th Ind.Infantry Battalion 4th Fleet 36th Field AA Battalion 1st Ship Engineer Regiment 2nd Port Unit 4th Port Unit 35th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 23rd Australian Brigade 22nd Australian Brigade 000050 Ground combat 1944-11-23 Pakanbaroe 46,83 Ground combat at Pakanbaroe (46,83) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 3641 troops, 57 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 131 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Allied adjusted assault: 31 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 31 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Pakanbaroe !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: leaders(-) Assaulting units: 45th Indian Brigade • Assault on Balikpapan tomorrow. Philippines China India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina • One more mile to cross the river east of Haiphong. • The chase down the peninsula continues. • Lots of moving and maneuvering. Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia • Loading for Chichi-jima continues. • 169x B-29's will strike Hamamatsu Manpower at night, from 5,000 ft. The P-38's will also sweep, but during the day. Complete combat report attached.

witpqs -> RE: 1944 November 23 (8/2/2021 9:49:03 PM)
1944 November 23 Hamamatsu. [image]local://upfiles/14248/A7397FA82BB94B52A5A092A581ED630C.jpg[/image]

BBfanboy -> RE: 1944 November 23 (8/2/2021 11:05:33 PM)
Your Strategic Bombing VPs for November 22 and 23 are the same at the beginning of your reports for the two days. The bombing of Hamamatsu that was so effective was on the 22. Shouldn't the Strategic VPs be higher? Or do the results of the bombing take some time to show up in the VP totals?

witpqs -> RE: 1944 November 23 (8/3/2021 3:59:45 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy Your Strategic Bombing VPs for November 22 and 23 are the same at the beginning of your reports for the two days. The bombing of Hamamatsu that was so effective was on the 22. Shouldn't the Strategic VPs be higher? Or do the results of the bombing take some time to show up in the VP totals? It bumped on the day of the air strikes (from 2,000 to 2,430). They weren't Manpower strikes so no Fires to cause continuing damage. I was hoping the next day of recon would reveal additional damage, but it didn't. No complaints here, it was a good attack.

Lowpe -> RE: 1944 November 23 (8/3/2021 2:27:57 PM)
Very nice[&o]...notice the CAP settings for the fighters...you can take advantage of that elsewhere during the day.

witpqs -> RE: 1944 November 24 (8/4/2021 4:37:47 AM)
1944 November 24 INVADED INVESTED Quinhon Davao CHANGED OWNERSHIP Tjepoe is occupied by the Allies Overall • 2,446 strategic points. • 154x B-29's report ready. • No carriers or battleships sighted. • The plan is, as soon as practical, conduct simultaneous land based P-51 and carrier based Corsair fighter sweeps over Tokyo while B-29's make a daylight Manpower raid on the city. I need more air support at Iwo-jima to maximize the number of P-51's that fly from there. I'm hoping to get 150. I get 75 P-38's now but they have two engines so the stacking is different. I'm not sure how many Corsairs I have on the carriers, but all of them will sweep while the Hellcats fly CAP. All of this will take place after the fleet covers the Chichi-jima landings. By then I will have the additional air support in place on Iwo-jima, six squadrons of P-51D will be ready, and of course the fleet will be in the area. West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii Pacific New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain DEI, Dutch New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya • Soft target, despite the fortifications. quote: 000001 Invasion Support action 1944-11-24 Balikpapan 64,97 Invasion Support action off Balikpapan (64,97) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 12 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships AM Dash AM Constant APA Knox AM Dash fired at enemy troops AM Constant fired at enemy troops 000064 Invasion Support action 1944-11-24 Balikpapan 64,97 Invasion Support action off Balikpapan (64,97) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 16 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships AM Dash AM Constant APA Knox AM Dash fired at enemy troops AM Constant fired at enemy troops 000065 Ground combat 1944-11-24 Balikpapan 64,97 Ground combat at Balikpapan (64,97) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 876 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 59 Defending force 6857 troops, 110 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 220 Japanese ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: 454th Ind.Infantry Battalion 4th Port Unit 2nd Port Unit 4th Fleet 1st Ship Engineer Regiment 36th Field AA Battalion 35th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 23rd Australian Brigade 22nd Australian Brigade 000067 Ground combat 1944-11-24 Balikpapan 64,97 Ground combat at Balikpapan (64,97) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 6857 troops, 110 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 220 Defending force 5956 troops, 46 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 58 Allied adjusted assault: 84 Japanese adjusted defense: 17 Allied assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 4) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3 Combat modifiers Defender: forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-) Attacker: fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 722 casualties reported Squads: 35 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 22 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 7 (4 destroyed, 3 disabled) Allied ground losses: 85 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 23rd Australian Brigade 22nd Australian Brigade Defending units: 454th Ind.Infantry Battalion 2nd Port Unit 36th Field AA Battalion 1st Ship Engineer Regiment 4th Port Unit 4th Fleet 35th JAAF AF Bn • Balikpapan should fall tomorrow. • Yet another base on Java has capitulated on mere rumors of Allied forces. Philippines China India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina • Good results. quote: 000066 Ground combat 1944-11-24 57,69 Kompong Trach Ground combat at 57,69 (near Kompong Trach) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 3744 troops, 66 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 124 Defending force 652 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7 Allied adjusted assault: 105 Japanese adjusted defense: 5 Allied assault odds: 21 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), leaders(+), leaders(-), fatigue(-) morale(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 255 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled) Units retreated 1 Allied ground losses: 33 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 25th Australian Brigade Defending units: 36th JAAF AF Bn 000068 Ground combat 1944-11-24 69,57 Haiphong Ground combat at 69,57 (near Haiphong) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 31549 troops, 267 guns, 437 vehicles, Assault Value = 1199 Defending force 11790 troops, 66 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 371 Allied adjusted assault: 1397 Japanese adjusted defense: 983 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), fatigue(-), experience(-) supply(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 2025 casualties reported Squads: 16 destroyed, 185 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled Allied ground losses: 569 casualties reported Squads: 7 destroyed, 91 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled) Vehicles lost 23 (2 destroyed, 21 disabled) Assaulting units: 255th Indian Tank Brigade 18th Cavalry Regiment 3rd New Chinese Corps 26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 8th Belfast Heavy Regiment 31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 163rd Light AA Regiment 33rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment Defending units: 8th Ind.Infantry Brigade 1st Ind.Mixed Brigade • The pursuit down the peninsula continues. In slow motion. • The crossing near Haiphong was great, but our units need at least a day and perhaps two before assaulting to move the roadblock. • The clean up of lower Indochina continues. Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia • Good strikes, poor results or so it seems. quote: AIR NIGHT STRIKES 5 x 9th BG/1st BS B-29-25 Superfort stray due to night 3 x 9th BG/5th BS B-29-25 Superfort stray due to night 3 x 40th BG/25th BS B-29-1 Superfort stray due to night 6 x 6th BG/39th BS B-29-25 Superfort stray due to night 3 x 40th BG/44th BS B-29-1 Superfort stray due to night 5 x 504th BG/421st BS B-29-25 Superfort stray due to night 4 x 505th BG/483rd BS B-29-25 Superfort stray due to night 3 x 444th BG/677th BS B-29-1 Superfort stray due to night 3 x 468th BG/792nd BS B-29-1 Superfort stray due to night 5 x 468th BG/794th BS B-29-1 Superfort stray due to night 3 x 497th BG/870th BS B-29-1 Superfort stray due to night 7 x 499th BG/878th BS B-29-1 Superfort stray due to night 000002 Night Air attack 1944-11-24 Hamamatsu 111,61 Night Air attack on Hamamatsu , at 111,61 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-Sa Irving x 23 N1K5-J George x 20 Ki-83 x 23 Ki-100-I Tony x 28 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 20 B-29-25 Superfort x 10 Japanese aircraft losses N1K5-J George: 2 destroyed Ki-83: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged B-29-25 Superfort: 6 damaged Manpower hits 19 Fires 6954 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 2 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-402 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (6 airborne, 13 on standby, 1 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes S-812 Hikotai with J1N1-Sa Irving (11 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 11 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead S-851 Hikotai with J1N1-Sa Irving (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 2 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 27600. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes 51st Sentai with Ki-83 (23 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 23 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 7000. Raid is overhead 55th Sentai with Ki-100-I Tony (28 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 28 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 7000. Raid is overhead Some CAP have air radar 000003 Night Air attack 1944-11-24 Hamamatsu 111,61 Night Air attack on Hamamatsu , at 111,61 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-Sa Irving x 22 N1K5-J George x 14 Ki-83 x 9 Ki-100-I Tony x 28 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 10 Japanese aircraft losses N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 3 damaged Manpower hits 13 Fires 16605 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-402 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (13 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 13 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes S-812 Hikotai with J1N1-Sa Irving (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 10 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead S-851 Hikotai with J1N1-Sa Irving (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 10 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes 51st Sentai with Ki-83 (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 9 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Raid is overhead 55th Sentai with Ki-100-I Tony (28 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 28 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 7000. Raid is overhead Some CAP have air radar 000004 Night Air attack 1944-11-24 Hamamatsu 111,61 Night Air attack on Hamamatsu , at 111,61 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-Sa Irving x 20 N1K5-J George x 13 Ki-83 x 4 Ki-100-I Tony x 28 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 14 Japanese aircraft losses J1N1-Sa Irving: 1 destroyed N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 3 damaged Manpower hits 14 Fires 21684 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-402 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (12 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 12 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes S-812 Hikotai with J1N1-Sa Irving (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 9 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead S-851 Hikotai with J1N1-Sa Irving (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 9 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes 51st Sentai with Ki-83 (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Raid is overhead 55th Sentai with Ki-100-I Tony (28 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 28 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 7000. Raid is overhead Some CAP have air radar 000005 Night Air attack 1944-11-24 Hamamatsu 111,61 Night Air attack on Hamamatsu , at 111,61 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 46 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-Sa Irving x 17 N1K5-J George x 12 Ki-83 x 4 Ki-100-I Tony x 28 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 3 Japanese aircraft losses N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-100-I Tony: 5 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 2 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-402 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (11 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 11 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes S-812 Hikotai with J1N1-Sa Irving (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 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 22 minutes S-851 Hikotai with J1N1-Sa Irving (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes 51st Sentai with Ki-83 (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes 55th Sentai with Ki-100-I Tony (28 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 28 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 7000. Raid is overhead Some CAP have air radar 000006 Night Air attack 1944-11-24 Hamamatsu 111,61 Night Air attack on Hamamatsu , at 111,61 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-Sa Irving x 16 N1K5-J George x 10 Ki-83 x 4 Ki-100-I Tony x 8 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 3 Japanese aircraft losses N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-83: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-402 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 9 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes S-812 Hikotai with J1N1-Sa Irving (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 9 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead S-851 Hikotai with J1N1-Sa Irving (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes 51st Sentai with Ki-83 (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Raid is overhead 55th Sentai with Ki-100-I Tony (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Raid is overhead Some CAP have air radar 000007 Night Air attack 1944-11-24 Hamamatsu 111,61 Night Air attack on Hamamatsu , at 111,61 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-Sa Irving x 16 N1K5-J George x 8 Ki-100-I Tony x 4 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-100-I Tony: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-402 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes S-812 Hikotai with J1N1-Sa Irving (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 9 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead S-851 Hikotai with J1N1-Sa Irving (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes 55th Sentai with Ki-100-I Tony (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Raid is overhead Some CAP have air radar 000008 Night Air attack 1944-11-24 Hamamatsu 111,61 Night Air attack on Hamamatsu , at 111,61 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-Sa Irving x 12 N1K5-J George x 6 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 3 Japanese aircraft losses J1N1-Sa Irving: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged Manpower hits 1 Fires 21465 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-402 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes S-812 Hikotai with J1N1-Sa Irving (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Raid is overhead S-851 Hikotai with J1N1-Sa Irving (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes Some CAP have air radar 000009 Night Air attack 1944-11-24 Hamamatsu 111,61 Night Air attack on Hamamatsu , at 111,61 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-Sa Irving x 11 N1K5-J George x 6 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 5 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-402 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes S-812 Hikotai with J1N1-Sa Irving (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Raid is overhead S-851 Hikotai with J1N1-Sa Irving (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes Some CAP have air radar 000010 Night Air attack 1944-11-24 Hamamatsu 111,61 Night Air attack on Hamamatsu , at 111,61 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-Sa Irving x 10 N1K5-J George x 6 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 3 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Manpower hits 1 Fires 19440 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-402 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 5000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes S-812 Hikotai with J1N1-Sa Irving (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Raid is overhead S-851 Hikotai with J1N1-Sa Irving (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes Some CAP have air radar 000011 Night Air attack 1944-11-24 Hamamatsu 111,61 Night Air attack on Hamamatsu , at 111,61 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 16 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-Sa Irving x 10 N1K5-J George x 6 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged Manpower hits 7 Fires 9900 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-402 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 34880. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes S-812 Hikotai with J1N1-Sa Irving (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Raid is overhead S-851 Hikotai with J1N1-Sa Irving (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes Some CAP have air radar 000012 Night Air attack 1944-11-24 Hamamatsu 111,61 Night Air attack on Hamamatsu , at 111,61 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-Sa Irving x 10 N1K5-J George x 6 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 5 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-402 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 34000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes S-812 Hikotai with J1N1-Sa Irving (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Raid is overhead S-851 Hikotai with J1N1-Sa Irving (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes Some CAP have air radar 000013 Night Air attack 1944-11-24 Hamamatsu 111,61 Night Air attack on Hamamatsu , at 111,61 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-Sa Irving x 10 N1K5-J George x 6 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-402 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes S-812 Hikotai with J1N1-Sa Irving (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Raid is overhead S-851 Hikotai with J1N1-Sa Irving (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 58 minutes Some CAP have air radar 000014 Night Air attack 1944-11-24 Hamamatsu 111,61 Night Air attack on Hamamatsu , at 111,61 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft J1N1-Sa Irving x 9 N1K5-J George x 6 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 7 Japanese aircraft losses J1N1-Sa Irving: 1 destroyed N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged Manpower hits 1 Fires 25437 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-402 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes S-851 Hikotai with J1N1-Sa Irving (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes S-812 Hikotai with J1N1-Sa Irving (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Raid is overhead Some CAP have air radar 000015 Night Naval bombardment 1944-11-24 Haha-jima 110,75 Night Naval bombardment of Haha-jima at 110,75 Allied Ships CL Marblehead CL Richmond DD Balch DD Selfridge Runway hits 1 Port hits 1 SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CL Marblehead CL Marblehead firing at Haha-jima SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CL Richmond CL Richmond firing at 12th Garrison Unit DD Balch firing at 12th Garrison Unit DD Selfridge firing at 12th Garrison Unit 000016 Night Naval bombardment 1944-11-24 Haha-jima 110,75 Night Naval bombardment of Haha-jima at 110,75 Allied Ships CL Phoenix DD Case DD Cummings Japanese ground losses: 99 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled) Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 9 Port hits 11 Port supply hits 1 CL Phoenix firing at Haha-jima DD Case firing at Haha-jima DD Cummings firing at Haha-jima • Seemed like a good raid on Hamamatsu, but few reports of damage so far. The crews could use a rest, but they won't get it. • B-29 target: 154 ready B-29's will strike Manpower at Nagoya tonight, from 5,000 ft. I frequently go for the same Manpower target two nights in a row to maximize fire damage, so perhaps the change of targets will catch some CAP assigned to LRCAP the wrong assets. • 72x P-38L will sweep Chiba. Complete combat report attached.

witpqs -> RE: 1944 November 24 (8/4/2021 4:39:12 AM)
1944 November 24 Hamamatsu. It looks like damage was made on Resources. Hopefully continuing Fires will do more damage. [image]local://upfiles/14248/0385AE1877434C748AD5D04C6D4079ED.jpg[/image]

witpqs -> RE: 1944 November 24 (8/4/2021 4:39:59 AM)
1944 November 24 Today's air losses. Without expectation, a group of P-51B sweeping Samah ran into some of the Empires vaunted Ki-83 and shot down between 5 and 10 of them for no loss. I thought they should be somewhere going after B-29's? [image]local://upfiles/14248/CC76F95C2A8E47E5A8ED3E47568C5E9F.jpg[/image]

witpqs -> RE: 1944 November 24 (8/4/2021 4:40:16 AM)
1944 November 24 Nagoya. [image]local://upfiles/14248/679ECA6B6B644501BC4A122920F731C3.jpg[/image]

witpqs -> RE: 1944 November 24 (8/4/2021 4:40:32 AM)
1944 November 24 Ace in a day! Ace! Double Ace! Dies. [image]local://upfiles/14248/12F169C7A32D4510972CBEAC0627933F.jpg[/image]

witpqs -> RE: 1944 November 25 (8/4/2021 6:04:43 PM)
1944 November 25 INVADED INVESTED Quinhon Davao CHANGED OWNERSHIP Overall • 2,582 strategic points. • 147x B-29's report ready. • No carriers or battleships sighted. West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii Pacific New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain DEI, Dutch New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya • I guess another assault is needed. quote: 000018 Sub attack 1944-11-25 50,88 Singkep Sub attack near Singkep at 50,88 Japanese Ships E Hiyodori E W-27 Allied Ships SS S-46, hits 3 SS S-46 launches 2 torpedoes at E Hiyodori E W-27 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-27 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-27 attacking submerged sub .... E W-27 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-27 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000074 Ground combat 1944-11-25 Balikpapan 64,97 Ground combat at Balikpapan (64,97) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 6806 troops, 110 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 213 Defending force 5203 troops, 42 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 36 Allied adjusted assault: 92 Japanese adjusted defense: 23 Allied assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: forts(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 275 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 4 (3 destroyed, 1 disabled) Allied ground losses: 72 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 23rd Australian Brigade 22nd Australian Brigade Defending units: 454th Ind.Infantry Battalion 4th Fleet 2nd Port Unit 1st Ship Engineer Regiment 4th Port Unit 36th Field AA Battalion 35th JAAF AF Bn Philippines China • Imperial units moving toward the border between China and Indochina. India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina • Assault tomorrow on the enemy position east of Haiphong. • Maneuvers and carriage of supplies, oh my. Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia • Pretty good strikes. quote: AIR NIGHT STRIKES 4 x 9th BG/1st BS B-29-25 Superfort stray due to night 3 x 9th BG/5th BS B-29-25 Superfort stray due to night 3 x 40th BG/25th BS B-29-1 Superfort stray due to night 3 x 504th BG/398th BS B-29-25 Superfort stray due to night 3 x 504th BG/421st BS B-29-25 Superfort stray due to night 6 x 505th BG/483rd BS B-29-25 Superfort stray due to night 3 x 505th BG/484th BS B-29-25 Superfort stray due to night 3 x 444th BG/677th BS B-29-1 Superfort stray due to night 3 x 462nd BG/770th BS B-29-1 Superfort stray due to night 6 x 497th BG/871st BS B-29-1 Superfort stray due to night 6 x 498th BG/875th BS B-29-1 Superfort stray due to night 4 x 499th BG/877th BS B-29-1 Superfort stray due to night 3 x 499th BG/878th BS B-29-1 Superfort stray due to night 6 x 500th BG/881st BS B-29-1 Superfort stray due to night 4 x 500th BG/883rd BS B-29-1 Superfort stray due to night 000002 Night Air attack 1944-11-25 Nagoya 111,60 Night Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 18 J1N1-Sa Irving x 7 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 15 B-29-25 Superfort x 3 Japanese aircraft losses A7M2 Sam: 1 destroyed J1N1-Sa Irving: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 11 damaged B-29-25 Superfort: 2 damaged Manpower hits 23 Fires 4560 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-315 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 5 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes S-812 Hikotai with J1N1-Sa Irving (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 8000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes Some CAP have air radar 000003 Night Air attack 1944-11-25 Nagoya 111,60 Night Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 15 J1N1-Sa Irving x 4 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 6 Japanese aircraft losses A7M2 Sam: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak Manpower hits 1 Fires 7497 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 2 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-315 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 32180. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes S-812 Hikotai with J1N1-Sa Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes Some CAP have air radar 000004 Night Air attack 1944-11-25 Nagoya 111,60 Night Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 12 J1N1-Sa Irving x 4 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 6 Japanese aircraft losses J1N1-Sa Irving: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 4 damaged B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak Manpower hits 1 Fires 7854 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-812 Hikotai with J1N1-Sa Irving (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 8000. Raid is overhead S-315 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 32180. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes Some CAP have air radar 000005 Night Air attack 1944-11-25 Nagoya 111,60 Night Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 12 J1N1-Sa Irving x 2 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 2 damaged Manpower hits 2 Fires 9144 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-812 Hikotai with J1N1-Sa Irving (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Raid is overhead S-315 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 32000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes Some CAP have air radar 000006 Night Air attack 1944-11-25 Nagoya 111,60 Night Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 12 J1N1-Sa Irving x 2 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 3 Japanese aircraft losses A7M2 Sam: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-812 Hikotai with J1N1-Sa Irving (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Raid is overhead S-315 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 32000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 59 minutes Some CAP have air radar 000007 Night Air attack 1944-11-25 Nagoya 111,60 Night Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 10 J1N1-Sa Irving x 1 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 3 Japanese aircraft losses A7M2 Sam: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-812 Hikotai with J1N1-Sa Irving (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Raid is overhead S-315 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 5000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes Some CAP have air radar 000008 Night Air attack 1944-11-25 Nagoya 111,60 Night Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 16 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 7 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 2 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-315 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes 000009 Night Air attack 1944-11-25 Nagoya 111,60 Night Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 6 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 6 Japanese aircraft losses A7M2 Sam: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 2 damaged Manpower hits 3 Fires 8505 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-315 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 7000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes 000010 Night Air attack 1944-11-25 Nagoya 111,60 Night Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 5 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 3 damaged Manpower hits 3 Fires 11430 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-315 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 7000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes 000011 Night Air attack 1944-11-25 Nagoya 111,60 Night Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 5 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-315 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 5000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes 000012 Night Air attack 1944-11-25 Nagoya 111,60 Night Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 5 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged Manpower hits 10 Fires 16002 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-315 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes 000013 Night Air attack 1944-11-25 Nagoya 111,60 Night Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 5 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged Manpower hits 11 Fires 20955 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-315 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes 000014 Night Air attack 1944-11-25 Nagoya 111,60 Night Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 18 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 5 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 4 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged Manpower hits 8 Fires 24765 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-315 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes 000015 Night Air attack 1944-11-25 Nagoya 111,60 Night Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 5 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged Manpower hits 3 Fires 25908 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-315 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes 000016 Night Air attack 1944-11-25 Nagoya 111,60 Night Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 11 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 5 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged Manpower hits 8 Fires 29718 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-315 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes 000017 Night Air attack 1944-11-25 Nagoya 111,60 Night Air attack on Nagoya , at 111,60 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 13 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 5 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 4 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged Manpower hits 4 Fires 31242 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-315 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes • We lost 17 Superforts on the day. The crews will rest while the aircraft are repaired. • Further sweeps will be with P-51D for now, but that will wait a week or more until the additional air support is in place at Iwo-jima. Complete combat report attached.

witpqs -> RE: 1944 November 25 (8/4/2021 6:05:14 PM)
1944 November 25 Hamamatsu. [image]local://upfiles/14248/675A162CC42A4317896F909AB2A11912.jpg[/image]

witpqs -> RE: 1944 November 25 (8/4/2021 6:05:35 PM)
1944 November 25 Nagoya. [image]local://upfiles/14248/966C0C5EEE1243C5B1CF129AD7A03E14.jpg[/image]

witpqs -> RE: 1944 November 25 (8/4/2021 6:05:54 PM)
1944 November 25 Air losses. The P-38 is simply too slow to sweep the Ki-83. [image]local://upfiles/14248/E3BCCFE29AED41B9B1C96188C55274E2.jpg[/image]

witpqs -> RE: 1944 November 26 (8/5/2021 8:21:56 PM)
1944 November 26 INVADED INVESTED Quinhon Davao CHANGED OWNERSHIP Padang is occupied by the Allies Allied forces CAPTURE Balikpapan !!! Overall • 2,634 strategic points. • 128 B-29's report ready. • No carriers or battleships sighted. • I think the recent appearance of Ki-83 at Samah was intended to ambush potential P-38 sweepers and we were lucky to sweep with P-51B's that day. West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii Pacific New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain DEI, Dutch New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya • Got it. Into the marshes with the Imperials. No pursuit. quote: 000055 Ground combat 1944-11-26 Balikpapan 64,97 Ground combat at Balikpapan (64,97) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 6747 troops, 110 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 206 Defending force 4739 troops, 39 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 33 Allied adjusted assault: 78 Japanese adjusted defense: 16 Allied assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 2) Allied forces CAPTURE Balikpapan !!! Combat modifiers Defender: disruption(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1584 casualties reported Squads: 8 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 86 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 19 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 16 (16 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 11 (11 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 6 Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 23rd Australian Brigade 22nd Australian Brigade Defending units: 454th Ind.Infantry Battalion 1st Ship Engineer Regiment 2nd Port Unit 4th Fleet 4th Port Unit 36th Field AA Battalion 35th JAAF AF Bn Philippines • Missed. quote: 000003 Sub attack 1944-11-26 74,70 Iba Sub attack near Iba at 74,70 Japanese Ships E No.29 E No.67 Allied Ships SS Icefish SS Icefish launches 2 torpedoes at E No.29 Icefish diving deep .... E No.67 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.67 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.67 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.67 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.67 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub China • Sighted. quote: 000002 ASW attack 1944-11-26 77,62 Hong Kong ASW attack near Hong Kong at 77,62 Japanese Ships SC Ch 5 SC Ch 6 Allied Ships SS Roncador, hits 3 SS Roncador is sighted by escort Roncador bottoming out .... SC Ch 6 attacking submerged sub .... SC Ch 6 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 6 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 6 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 6 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina • Got one. Good results on the ground too. quote: 000001 Sub attack 1944-11-26 62,76 Cam Ranh Bay Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 62,76 Japanese Ships PB Nako Maru #2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Puffer SS Puffer launches 2 torpedoes Puffer diving deep .... Sub escapes detection 000056 Ground combat 1944-11-26 69,57 Haiphong Ground combat at 69,57 (near Haiphong) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 31079 troops, 267 guns, 437 vehicles, Assault Value = 1131 Defending force 10247 troops, 66 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 219 Allied adjusted assault: 945 Japanese adjusted defense: 437 Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1300 casualties reported Squads: 124 destroyed, 52 disabled Non Combat: 33 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 7 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 14 (10 destroyed, 4 disabled) Units retreated 1 Allied ground losses: 209 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 19 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 18th Cavalry Regiment 255th Indian Tank Brigade 3rd New Chinese Corps 31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 163rd Light AA Regiment 8th Belfast Heavy Regiment 33rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment Defending units: 8th Ind.Infantry Brigade 1st Ind.Mixed Brigade 000057 Ground combat 1944-11-26 58,70 Kompong Trach Ground combat at 58,70 (near Kompong Trach) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 787 troops, 0 guns, 92 vehicles, Assault Value = 66 Defending force 481 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4 Allied adjusted assault: 124 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 124 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(+), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+) Japanese ground losses: 658 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 20 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: Gardner's Horse Regiment Defending units: 36th JAAF AF Bn • One unit east of Haiphong did not retreat; it has over 8,000 troops we get a shot at tomorrow. At Balikpapan the refinery is intact at 400 and the oil production almost so at 299(1). Production at the refinery had been halted, so fuel on hand is2,496 even though oil on hand is 191,270. Excess oil can be sent to Australia while new production from Samarinda and Balikpapan is refined at Balikpapan. Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia Complete combat report attached.

witpqs -> RE: 1944 November 26 (8/5/2021 8:22:27 PM)
1944 November 26 Hamamatsu. [image]local://upfiles/14248/0DB174E075CC4A5CB22FE2F4CC377733.jpg[/image]

witpqs -> RE: 1944 November 26 (8/5/2021 8:26:30 PM)
1944 November 26 Nagoya. [image]local://upfiles/14248/D09C8EC5B7B949D19FEFC3B4937C8277.jpg[/image]

witpqs -> RE: 1944 November 27 (8/6/2021 4:29:52 PM)
1944 November 27 INVADED INVESTED Quinhon Davao CHANGED OWNERSHIP Overall • 2,634 strategic points. • 145x B-29's report ready. • Enemy battleship sighted 3 hexes SE of Samah. West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii Pacific New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain DEI, Dutch New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya Philippines China India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina • We will get another shot at the 1st Ind.Mixed Brigade. Two days in a row with retreating odds and they stay put both days. quote: 000001 Sub attack 1944-11-27 69,74 Cam Ranh Bay Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 69,74 Japanese Ships E No.13 Allied Ships SS Bang, hits 3 SS Bang launches 2 torpedoes Bang diving deep .... E No.13 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.13 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.13 attacking submerged sub .... E No.13 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.13 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000058 Ground combat 1944-11-27 69,57 Haiphong Ground combat at 69,57 (near Haiphong) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 30890 troops, 267 guns, 437 vehicles, Assault Value = 1115 Defending force 6569 troops, 50 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 177 Allied adjusted assault: 932 Japanese adjusted defense: 441 Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 389 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 79 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled) Allied ground losses: 137 casualties reported Squads: 15 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Vehicles lost 16 (1 destroyed, 15 disabled) Assaulting units: 255th Indian Tank Brigade 18th Cavalry Regiment 3rd New Chinese Corps 31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 163rd Light AA Regiment 26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 8th Belfast Heavy Regiment 33rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment Defending units: 1st Ind.Mixed Brigade • The attack east of Haiphong will continue tomorrow. • A Bde has caught the units escaping Chumphon and will attack at once. Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia • Prep. quote: 000002 Night Naval bombardment 1944-11-27 Haha-jima 110,75 Night Naval bombardment of Haha-jima at 110,75 Allied Ships CL Marblehead CL Richmond DD Balch DD Selfridge Runway hits 5 Port hits 10 Port supply hits 2 SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CL Marblehead CL Marblehead firing at Haha-jima CL Richmond firing at Haha-jima DD Balch firing at Haha-jima DD Selfridge firing at 12th Garrison Unit 000003 Night Naval bombardment 1944-11-27 Haha-jima 110,75 Night Naval bombardment of Haha-jima at 110,75 Allied Ships CL Phoenix DD Case DD Cummings CL Phoenix firing at 12th Garrison Unit DD Case firing at 12th Garrison Unit DD Cummings firing at 12th Garrison Unit Complete combat report attached.

witpqs -> RE: 1944 November 27 (8/6/2021 4:30:36 PM)
1944 November 27 Nagoya. [image]local://upfiles/14248/43139EFBEEA7474E9F8D7015A14D9A5C.jpg[/image]

witpqs -> RE: 1944 November 27 (8/6/2021 4:30:58 PM)
1944 November 27 Hamamtsu. [image]local://upfiles/14248/83F150C8E8E54F01A8D7DFCEF5A05D4B.jpg[/image]

witpqs -> RE: 1944 November 28 (8/7/2021 3:16:18 AM)
1944 November 28 INVADED INVESTED Quinhon Davao CHANGED OWNERSHIP Banggi is occupied by the Allies Overall • 2,658 strategic points. • 159x B29's report ready. • No carriers or battleships sighted. West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii Pacific New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain DEI, Dutch New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya • Unloading of support troops to repairs facilities goes very slowly at Samarinda. • There is tanker/convoy activity in and out of Palembang. Our CVE TF is 3 hexes NE of Kuching and has been undetected for about 3 days prior. They will move to a position 3 hexes west of Singkawang to strike shipping. Philippines China • Ouch. quote: 000002 ASW attack 1944-11-28 74,67 Hong Kong ASW attack near Hong Kong at 74,67 Japanese Ships E Ukuru E Yaku Allied Ships SS Pipefish, hits 6, heavy damage Captain of SS Pipefish elects not to launch torpedoes at this target E Yaku fails to find sub, continues to search... E Yaku fails to find sub, continues to search... E Yaku fails to find sub, continues to search... E Yaku attacking submerged sub .... E Yaku attacking submerged sub .... E Yaku is out of ASW ammo E Yaku is out of ASW ammo Escort abandons search for sub India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina • Success on the ground. quote: 000001 ASW attack 1944-11-28 70,70 Quinhon ASW attack near Quinhon at 70,70 Japanese Ships E No.30 Allied Ships SS Pilotfish SS Pilotfish is located by E No.30 Pilotfish diving deep .... E No.30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.30 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000038 Ground combat 1944-11-28 69,57 Haiphong Ground combat at 69,57 (near Haiphong) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 30820 troops, 267 guns, 437 vehicles, Assault Value = 1237 Defending force 5826 troops, 50 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 98 Allied adjusted assault: 525 Japanese adjusted defense: 81 Allied assault odds: 6 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 2136 casualties reported Squads: 67 destroyed, 24 disabled Non Combat: 28 destroyed, 21 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 12 (5 destroyed, 7 disabled) Vehicles lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled) Units retreated 1 Allied ground losses: 52 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 255th Indian Tank Brigade 18th Cavalry Regiment 63rd Indian Brigade 3rd New Chinese Corps 26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 8th Belfast Heavy Regiment 163rd Light AA Regiment 33rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment Defending units: 1st Ind.Mixed Brigade 000039 Ground combat 1944-11-28 51,67 Victoria Point Ground combat at 51,67 (near Victoria Point) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 5183 troops, 87 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 677 Defending force 1391 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Allied adjusted assault: 56 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 56 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-) supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1975 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 116 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion 2nd British Division 28th (East African) Brigade 48th Gurkha Brigade 3rd (Special Force) Division Defending units: 11th Division • The IJA 11th Division has finally been destroyed. Forces assigned will now get on with a general advance down the peninsula. • The 1st Ind.Mixed Brigade is still in play, but can hardly be called intact. • Assault tomorrow at Hanoi. • The force which just expelled the IJA 1st Ind.Mixed Brigade (did not include the newly arrived 63rd Indian Brigade) will move on the point 1 hex east of LangSon, just inside China. Two Bde's (includeing the 63rd Indian Brigade) will move on LangSon from the road to prevent the spearhead being cut off. Other forces will move directly on Langson over the good road directly from Hanoi when that city is captured. Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia • Final loading of the Chichi-jima assault forces is underway in the Marianas. • The fleet carriers and most of the CVE will support the Chichi-jima operation and then the Haha-jima operation. Either afterward or between those two operations, the fleet carriers will use the various embarked Carsairs to sweep a large target on Honshu along with 150x P-51D Complete combat report attached.

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