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Miller -> RE: Miller (J) vs Mr Kane (A) (3/30/2019 4:43:22 PM)
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10th-12th June 45
Kane continued to sit his death star about 10 hexes south of the mainland, obviously looking to pick off a few more cripples before retiring. It sinks a few small patrol craft send by me to burn up his CVs remaining sorties, however most of my cripples are now in port. On the 12th he decides to retire south, but forgets to send the order to one of his CVE TFs, which is attacked from the mainland in large numbers:
Morning Air attack on TF, near Daito Shoto at 103,68
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 78
A6M5c Zero x 31
B7A2 Grace x 120
N1K2-J George x 39
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 46
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 49
Ki-84a Frank x 11
Ki-84r Frank x 8
Ki-100-I Tony x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
B7A2 Grace: 4 damaged
B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak
Allied Ships
CVE Gilbert Islands, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
CVE Cape Gloucester, Bomb hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
CVE Casablanca, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
CLAA San Juan, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
CLAA Oakland, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
DE Corbesier, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
DE Shelton, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
DE Jesse Rutherford, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
CLAA San Diego, Bomb hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Gleaves, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk
DD Frankford, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
DD Bailey, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Harding, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD McCook, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DE Richard M. Rowell, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DE Chester T. O'Brien, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DE Silverstein, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DE Conklin, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Daito Shoto at 103,68
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5c Zero x 31
B6N2a Jill x 71
B7A2 Grace x 48
N1K2-J George x 29
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 34
Ki-84a Frank x 23
Ki-84r Frank x 18
Ki-100-I Tony x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
B7A2 Grace: 2 damaged
Allied Ships
CLAA San Juan, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DE Richard M. Rowell, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DE Tabberer, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DE Chester T. O'Brien, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
DD Bailey
DD Harding, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Niblack, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DE Corbesier, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Shubrick, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Frankford, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
DE Jesse Rutherford, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD McCook
DE McCoy Reynolds
DD Endicott, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Daito Shoto at 103,68
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 30
B6N2a Jill x 68
N1K2-J George x 10
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 27
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 51
Ki-84a Frank x 8
Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2a Jill: 1 damaged
B6N2a Jill: 1 destroyed by flak
Allied Ships
DE Key, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
DE Silverstein, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
DD Endicott, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
CLAA San Juan, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
DE McCoy Reynolds, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
DD Benson, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Niblack, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DE Conklin, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Shubrick, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DE Corbesier, and is sunk
DE Jesse Rutherford, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
The fact that 200 a/c are lost on the ground and no CAP up at all means it was an a/c replenishment TF for his CVs. So a nice little haul of 3 CVEs, 3 CLAAs and about 15 DDs and DEs for free. Not as bad as losing 5 BBs, but still I can't complain[:D]
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