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mind_messing -> RE: 6 Jun 44 report (1/4/2022 3:06:12 PM)
quote: That’s not a bad trade so I am definitely a card carrying member of the low layered CAP fan club now. It's an excellent trade, and welcome to the club! Really changes how you approach the late game air war, and makes it much more nuanced than who can fly the most aircraft higher than the other side! On your Philippines dispositions, some further reflections from me on seeing what you have in mind. - The two divisions in Bataan can be changed out for the 60th & 68th IMB's. Those two units, plus CD guns (you need the Wake CD unit and friends here!!), should be sufficient, and it will help beef up beach defence in a pretty exposed sector. - Don't forget that Lingayen is a coastal hex also, so probably merits a token garrison. - I adopted a broadly similar plan to you, and the Allies did a two-stage operation, landing at Legaspi and then Appari. The Appari landing unhinged my plans to funnel additional troops and supply into Luzon and put Formosa under some threat before I was quite ready for it. I don't think you can defend Appari, but one possible solution is to develop Tuguegarao into a moderate airbase to make that a more risky proposition. Turning Luzon into as much of a stalemate as possible depends on your ability to infiltrate troops and supplies in once the landings have occurred, and I think you need to keep Appari to do so. I'd also give some thought to bulking up the Clark and Bataan forts as well, but not to the same level as Manila. In an ideal world, you stall for a considerable length of time at Manila, then get pushed back to Clark and then Bataan before Manila can be useable, but a clever Allied player will focus Clark first, split the defence, clear Bataan and open Manila to bombardment. That, however, requires a northern landing, so I think you need to consider that as the worst-case scenario for you. A southern landing is fine - it will run into the Manila line and give you options, but a northern landing turns Luzon into a giant holding camp for the IJA and put Manila on a timer.

jdsrae -> RE: 6 Jun 44 report (1/6/2022 2:14:34 AM)
These SSTs will come in handy in SEAF and 4th Fleet areas [image]local://upfiles/34194/4687EF47CED144D5AB53FF0ACF4DFA30.jpg[/image]

jdsrae -> RE: 6 Jun 44 report (1/6/2022 2:17:04 AM)
Unlike the IJNAF, the IJAAF has no shortage of quality Air HQ commanders. They are sorted here by Air skill. LGEN Yamamoto will keep command of 8th Air Division but it will move to Taihoku. Takao is primarily an IJN base and HQ 29th Air Flotilla will arrive there in Dec 1944. HQ 5th Air Army is at Nanking, with 13th Air Div to also report to it (on paper) once it arrives in March 1945 at Shanghai. [image]local://upfiles/34194/5E4F3B5D2D544A6EA0170D9AFB3D1E84.jpg[/image]

jdsrae -> 7 Jun 44 report (1/6/2022 5:33:46 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 07, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43 Weather in hex: Severe storms Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 5 Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 5 B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 2 Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 5 B-24J Liberator x 9 Airbase hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Puerto Princesa at 72,84 E Karii E Yanagi Allied Ships SS Piranha, hits 1 SS Piranha launches 2 torpedoes at E Karii Piranha diving deep .... E Yanagi attacking submerged sub .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Oosthaven at 46,97 xAKL Tokiwasan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage PB Musashi Maru xAKL Miyako Maru PB Rokko Maru SS Dragonet launches 2 torpedoes at xAKL Tokiwasan Maru Dragonet diving deep .... PB Rokko Maru attacking submerged sub .... SS Dragonet eludes PB Rokko Maru by diving deep PB Rokko Maru cannot reach attack position over SS Dragonet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Jesselton at 68,85 TK Okigawa Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire TK Marifu Maru E Yanagi Allied Ships SS Flasher, hits 1 SS Flasher launches 2 torpedoes at TK Okigawa Maru Flasher diving deep .... E Yanagi attacking submerged sub .... OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jun 07, 44 SS I-183 terminates patrol and enters Rabaul for repairs SC CHa-61 hits reef at 90 , 97 E13A1 Jake from 902 Ku T-2 attacking an Allied SS at 111,94 a 'S' 1942 and 1943 class SS is reported HIT E13A1 Jake from Aoba-1 attacking SS Surf at 49,67 SS Surf is reported HIT Mosquito PR.XVI sighted over Mandalay F-5A Lightning sighted over Kalemyo 5 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 46th JNAF AF Unit to Marcus Island 22 x H8K2-L Emily transporting 8th Exped. Force from Ponape 6 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 41st Naval Guard Unit from Kusaie Island 7 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 7th JNAF Coy from Iloilo 7 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 7th JAAF AF Coy from Warazup 7 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 37th Const Co from Babo 6 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 36th Const Co from Boela Uttaradit expands airfield to size 6 22nd Tank Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Port Moresby Previous report of sinking of SS Flying Fish incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service SS I-56 arrives at Shimizu – to SWAF Loss of xAKL Tokiwasan Maru on Jun 07, 1944 is admitted SS Stonehenge is reported to have been sunk near Akyab on Jan 21, 1944

jdsrae -> 8 Jun 44 report (1/6/2022 5:58:32 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 08, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43 Weather in hex: Severe storms Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 5 Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 5 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 4 Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 12 Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43 B-24J Liberator x 4 B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43 B-24J Liberator x 4 Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43 B-24J Liberator x 6 Runway hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Phuket at 48,69 PB Kasyu Maru xAK Amagi Maru xAK Natisan Maru PB Mikage Maru SS Surf launches 2 torpedoes at PB Kasyu Maru OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jun 08, 44 F-7A Liberator sighted over Prome D4Y4 Judy from K-102 Hikotai attacking a Triton class SS at 124,48 an Allied SS is reported HIT F-5A Lightning sighted over 15th Army Mosquito PR.XVI sighted over 21st Fld AA Gun Co 5 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 46th JNAF AF Unit to Marcus Island 5 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting Bandasan SNLF to Kendari 20 x H8K2-L Emily transporting 8th Exped. Force from Ponape 5 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 41st Naval Guard Unit from Kusaie Island 7 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 7th JNAF Coy from Iloilo 7 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 15th Const Co from Kalemyo 7 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 7th JAAF AF Coy from Warazup 7 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 36th Const Co from Boela Kamloops expands airfield to size 8 26th Tank Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Mutankiang 343 Ku S-1 attains carrier trained status on Shinyo ML G-307 arrives at Hakodate 28th Fld AA Gun Co arrives at Tokyo – bought back assigned to Kwantung Army. Transferred to Southern Army and will fill out with 6x 75mm AA guns before moving somewhere.

jdsrae -> 9 Jun 44 report (1/6/2022 6:45:29 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 09, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Iwaki at 117,61 PB Marei Maru SS Tunny is located by PB Marei Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50 – awful scenes at Toungoo as the Allies send a huge raid against the airfield with no defensive night fighters overhead. The Franks were set to LRCAP Magwe as a guess that the Allies would attack there during the day. The Allies can flatten any airfield that they want to with this sort of force, so the IJAAF will just need to pick when and where to defend and not try to defend all bases. Total aircraft losses due to the massed Allied heavy bombers were 54x Frank-R and 32x Helen transports. Luckily, pilot casualties to all causes today were only 4xKIA and 1xWIA, so as bad as the aircraft losses are they can be replaced. The factories just can’t replace that many per day. The Frank units were ordered by train to a couple of different air bases that don’t have any recon over them, so fingers are crossed that the Allies give them time to take replacements and get them back into service. I will need to check that each airfield that has Franks present has at least some Nick-C on night CAP from now on. Toungoo also doesn’t have an AA Regt or similar, so there was no AA fire. There are quite a few large AA units in Burma but Toungoo was missing one… More AA units will take some time to move back along jungle tracks from around Akyab and Imphal, so as the IJA concentrate back in Burma the AA defences will improve. Seeing the B29s still in India maintains the impression that this is the primary theatre for the Allies, as they could also be used from Australian bases to target PNG. The Allied SWPAC, SOPAC and CENPAC remain very quiet, but 2x SIGINT pings show lots of merchant shipping at Albany in Western Australia. Weather in hex: Severe storms – severe storms didn’t seem to reduce the bombing accuracy, or maybe it was just the sheer number of bombs dropped that meant it was always going to trash the airfield. Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. 2x radars are present with 2nd JAAF Base Force, but the lack of AA guns and night fighters are errors that need to be fixed. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Liberator B.VI x 16 B-24D1 Liberator x 15 B-29-1 Superfort x 8 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84r Frank: 5 destroyed on ground Ki-49-II KAI Helen: 5 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 12 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50 Liberator B.VI x 5 B-24J Liberator x 5 B-29-1 Superfort x 32 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-II KAI Helen: 5 destroyed on ground Ki-84r Frank: 12 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 11 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 28 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50 Liberator GR.III x 9 B-24J Liberator x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-49-II KAI Helen: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50 Liberator B.VI x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed on ground Runway hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50 Liberator B.VI x 7 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-II KAI Helen: 1 destroyed on ground -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50 B-24J Liberator x 15 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50 Liberator GR.VI x 5 Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50 Liberator B.VI x 7 7 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50 Liberator B.VI x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed on ground -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50 B-29-1 Superfort x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-II KAI Helen: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50 B-29-1 Superfort x 7 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84r Frank: 2 destroyed on ground Ki-49-II KAI Helen: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50 B-29-1 Superfort x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-II KAI Helen: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50 B-29-1 Superfort x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-49-II KAI Helen: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50 B-29-1 Superfort x 3 Runway hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50 Liberator GR.VI x 7 Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50 Liberator GR.VI x 5 5 x Liberator GR.VI bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50 B-24J Liberator x 5 Runway hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Balabac at 71,84 AK Hitati Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage – loaded with resources, fires are about 20 but flood damage is about 80. Low chance of it making port… CL Yubari E No.1 AK Johore Maru AK Onoe Maru E No.6 E No.5 E No.4 SS Piranha launches 2 torpedoes at AK Hitati Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Sendai at 119,58 PB Kunitu Maru PB Marei Maru SS Tunny launches 2 torpedoes at PB Kunitu Maru Tunny diving deep .... PB Marei Maru attacking submerged sub .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Bengkalis at 48,80 E Saga E Uji SS Dorado launches 4 torpedoes at E Saga OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jun 09, 44 F-7A Liberator sighted over Magwe Mosquito PR.IX sighted over Taung Gyi 5 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 46th JNAF AF Unit to Marcus Island 6 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting Bandasan SNLF to Kendari 22 x H8K2-L Emily transporting 8th Exped. Force from Ponape 5 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 41st Naval Guard Unit from Kusaie Island 7 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 7th JNAF Coy from Iloilo 7 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 15th Const Co from Kalemyo 7 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 36th Const Co from Boela Repairs completed on SS I-52 at Singapore, ship returned to service Attu Island expands port to size 2 San Fernando expands airfield to size 4 Ace pilot Kimiyama B. of 11th Sentai is promoted to CPT Ace pilot Mitsumori M. of 16th Sentai is promoted to 1LT Previous report of sinking of SS Bream incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service Previous report of sinking of SS O21 incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service E Yasoshima arrives at Hiroshima/Kure – ex-Chinese “cruiser” or gunboat/sloop Ping Hai. I’ve assigned her to the China Area Fleet but will wait until her sister Ioshima (ex-Ning Hai) arrives before using them as a convoy escort pair probably based out of Sasebo. DD Momo arrives at Nagoya – with enough Escort ships for convoy duty at the moment, the Matsu class DDs are probably of most use as ASW screens for the Combined Fleet. They will form 3 ship ASW Divisions and hunt subs. [image]local://upfiles/34194/D575EBEB6D164D1084542013481EBBA9.jpg[/image]

jdsrae -> 10 Jun 44 report (1/6/2022 11:20:42 AM)
I’m starting to think that these single xAK are auxiliary patrol boats that are being sent out on suicide missions to probe air search arcs and submarine patrols. I have recently completed a reorganisation of the IJN Medium Bomber and Patrol force who are all conducting naval search missions, but this contact looks to be a chance encounter. The IJN submarine force could also do with a review / reorganisation, as they have taken heavy losses. The review will check that submarines are still available to provide early warning in each of SWAF, SAF, SEAF, 4th and NEAF areas. [image]local://upfiles/34194/C4F807FC1EF64E4F85DCEBE4AA33A0B7.jpg[/image] AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 10, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Sabang at 45,67 DD Hibiki DD Inazuma SS Sturdy launches 2 torpedoes at DD Hibiki Sturdy diving deep .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Balabac at 71,84 TK Ekisan Maru TK Tokuhei Maru TK Kinshu Maru PB Nako Maru #2 SS Grayling is sighted by escort Grayling diving deep .... PB Nako Maru #2 attacking submerged sub .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Ulak Island at 158,69 SS I-6 Allied Ships xAK Steel Mariner xAK Steel Mariner is sighted by SS I-6 SS I-6 launches 2 torpedoes – 2 misses, but there was a follow up attack -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Ulak Island at 158,69 SS I-6 Allied Ships xAK Steel Mariner, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAK Steel Mariner is sighted by SS I-6 SS I-6 attacking on the surface OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jun 10, 44 Temporary flotation repairs failing aboard AK Hitati Maru SC CHa-73 runs aground at 103 , 55 Spitfire PR.XI sighted over Imphal G4M1 Betty from K-707 Hikotai attacking SS Surf at 49,72 SS Surf is reported HIT F-7A Liberator sighted over Akyab F-5A Lightning sighted over Kalemyo 6 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 46th JNAF AF Unit to Marcus Island 5 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting Bandasan SNLF to Kendari 21 x H8K2-L Emily transporting 43rd JNAF AF Unit from Ponape 5 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 41st Naval Guard Unit from Kusaie Island Taung Gyi expands fortifications to size 1 Comilla expands airfield to size 9 8th Tank Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Guam, recently relocated from TImor 343 Ku S-2 attains carrier trained status on Nisshin DD Fanning is reported to have been sunk near Ponape on Mar 26, 1944 xAK Steel Mariner is reported to have been sunk near Ulak Island on Jun 10, 1944

mind_messing -> RE: 9 Jun 44 report (1/6/2022 2:58:35 PM)
quote: I will need to check that each airfield that has Franks present has at least some Nick-C on night CAP from now on. Don't be afraid to use regular fighter squadrons on night CAP. Nowhere near as effective as the dedicated NF squadrons, but better than nothing. Even the presence of night CAP (irrespective of if they engage or not) seems to have an impact. Lowpe has experimented with Petes (of all things) on a night CAP role, and I think had promising results.

Q-Ball -> RE: 9 Jun 44 report (1/6/2022 4:40:30 PM)
IMO, the best early Night Fighter is the Pete. Not because it shoots down anything, but because it's climb rate is so terrible it is at little risk of taking damage from the bombers. The point is just to disrupt bombers aim; any NF will do that and the bombers will take a penalty The problem with using "real" fighters is that they actually try to shoot down the bomber, and more often than not it's the fighter that comes off worse

jdsrae -> RE: 9 Jun 44 report (1/8/2022 3:16:40 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Q-Ball IMO, the best early Night Fighter is the Pete. Not because it shoots down anything, but because it's climb rate is so terrible it is at little risk of taking damage from the bombers. The point is just to disrupt bombers aim; any NF will do that and the bombers will take a penalty The problem with using "real" fighters is that they actually try to shoot down the bomber, and more often than not it's the fighter that comes off worse I've not tried Pete's but I did read that Lowpe had done that in his AAR. All my floatplanes are busy training up IJN pilots in NavS and ASW. I've been using the Nick-C FB as a pseudo night fighter, on the assumption that the combo of reasonable durability could help them survive and the cannons could shoot down the odd bomber. In practice, about 1x Nick-C is lost per raid and they rarely shoot a bomber down, although they do damage some. I have noticed that they disrupt the bombers. I will probably just split some of the Nick-C Sentai into thirds and spread them out a bit. I only have 2x Sentai of Nick-D Nightfighters and they are both in Burma with 70+ experience pilots. They also take losses from 4E bomber defensive fire, but are a bit more effective at hitting bombers in return. They even shot down a B24J outright a few weeks back, which was encouraging. There are 8x IJN night fighter units on the map right now, but they are either training in Japan or flying night CAP over Fleet HQ Bases in the Pacific. Two of them withdraw on 10 Jul 44 when the big IJNAF re-organisation happens. I'm keeping the IJNAF mostly in the Pacific so it can react to the next time the USN CVs make an appearance.

jdsrae -> RE: 9 Jun 44 report (1/8/2022 3:38:48 AM)
For every unit currently training pilots that I switch back to night CAP duty I will need to change a fighter unit from day CAP back to training, to try and keep the pilot training pipeline flowing steadily. I could buy out the 12 plane Nick-C IF Chutai and send them towards Burma/Thailand/Malaya as that would cover 7 more bases within the next week. Two more IF Chutai are due to arrive shortly as well, which I will convert from Light Bombers to Fighter Bombers, so that would make 9. Some of the IJN night fighters could also move to IJNAF Bases like Rangoon, Bangkok, Port Blair, Victoria Point and Georgetown. When I get the next turn back I will put this plan into action. [image]local://upfiles/34194/959F4BF56013427F84746D427AF6BF49.jpg[/image]

Q-Ball -> RE: 9 Jun 44 report (1/8/2022 4:27:30 PM)
That's alot of Nick-c; why so many? That plane is inferior to the Nick-a version. The big cannon is an illusion; with an Accuracy of 2, it's rarely going to hit anything. As a result, the -a has more usable firepower. The -c version does have one advantage: It uses the Ha-31 engine, which you have plenty of surplus of, vs. the Ha-35 which has competing uses Why make the -c? Engines?

jdsrae -> RE: 9 Jun 44 report (1/8/2022 8:53:40 PM)
I've read some discussion about accuracy of the larger IJ aircraft cannons on the forum, but I don't rate them as completely useless. I don't know how that accuracy number is used by the game, but any number >0 has to have a chance of scoring a hit. Any assessment of how useful those weapons are also needs to compare the other stats against the enemy aircraft they are going to be used against. The main combat role for the Nick in this game is to be a stop-gap night fighter against Allied heavy bombers. Earlier in the war I also used them for day CAP in support of Oscars/Tojos, but that's not a good idea inside Allied fighter escort range now. The Randy FB will take over this role when it starts building next month (July 44). It has a 57mm cannon (Eff8,Pen8,Range600,Acc8). I've picked the B24J in this example, just to show the range of the defensive MGs = 400. I picture an effective defensive fire bubble around the 4E bomber formation out to range = 400. Any attacking weapon with range = or less than 400 is unlikely to be effective in return, evidenced by all the "driven off by defensive fire" messages I am seeing in the combat replay. I didn't see the Nick-A getting many chances to even fire it's 12.7mm MG in return against that .50cal MG defensive bubble. My thinking is that if those weapons don't even get a chance to fire, the accuracy rating of those weapons doesn't matter. Then if the aircraft cannons do score a hit, the higher effect and pen ratings should make them do more damage. Also, the pilots know that they need to get within effective defensive fire range to the target before firing their 12.7mm MG, so when they get closer they are at higher risk of being shot down. What I've seen with the Nick-C is that despite having effective ranges of the attacking weapons > 400, the pilots still get within 400 range and are often "driven off by defensive fire". They do sometimes get to fire their longer range weapons first, before passing through the defensive fire bubble and getting shot up. I'm ok with that, as the B24s aren't flying in isolation, so I assume that the bomber formation has aircraft supporting each other, based on messages like "bomber forced out of formation". So in summary, my main reason is to put anti-bomber aircraft into the air with weapons that have a range over-match compared to the defensive weapons of the bombers. I prioritise the range stat over accuracy, on the basis that the accuracy stat only matters if the weapon gets to fire in the first place. [image]local://upfiles/34194/6966F9C10E3F4B27BB64A9AB738CF287.jpg[/image]

mind_messing -> RE: 9 Jun 44 report (1/8/2022 9:35:38 PM)
quote: So in summary, my main reason is to put anti-bomber aircraft into the air with weapons that have a range over-match compared to the defensive weapons of the bombers. I prioritise the range stat over accuracy, on the basis that the accuracy stat only matters if the weapon gets to fire in the first place. I see your logic in this, but I think the overall approach is off somewhat. I've came to the view that trying to kill 4E's outright at night is an exercise in frustration. Instead, my approach is all about making them accumulate damage. It might cause them to crash on the way home, or be written off on landing, and will certainly keep them in the hanger for some time for repairs. That then opens the scope for hitting them on the ground, but generally just makes it harder for the Allies to keep 4E's in the air in an extended campaign. In reference to this discussion, I'd be inclined to agree with Q-Ball and take the Nick A as better accuracy equals more holes in Allies 4E's, which hopefully would equate to more Ops losses and greater repair times. Add in flak and hope you're doing enough to force the Allies to take squadrons off the offensive on a regular basis. I don't think it makes too much difference in the long run, just so long as the night CAP is there to interfere, any damage that the NF can do is a bonus On a slightly different note, those experience levels look amazing, but I'd say pump them higher for the Home Islands air defence. I keep all my 80+ EXP pilots around for NF duty in the late game, and they leave their cushy TRACOM billets once the Home Islands industry is threatened to fly NF missions only.

jdsrae -> RE: 9 Jun 44 report (1/9/2022 2:02:43 AM)
I'm happy to take a different approach to others and persist with the Nick-C for the reasons stated. They will soon start to be replaced by the Randy FB which is a bit faster and has an even bigger main cannon, to add to the 20mm CL cannon. I am looking forward to seeing if the 57mm cannon can score some hits! [image]local://upfiles/34194/B7B8821FC1C34AE6883DEEA27910644F.jpg[/image]

jdsrae -> 11 Jun 44 report (1/9/2022 2:36:41 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 11, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Sabang at 45,71 – cat and mouse continues in this area with lots of RN, Dutch and USN subs spotted each day, including in the shallow waters of the Sabang hex. Defensive mines there haven’t hit anything so the Allies must know where the minefield is. DD Akatsuki DD Inazuma Allied Ships SS Dorado, hits 7 SS Dorado is located by DD Akatsuki DD Inazuma attacking submerged sub .... OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jun 11, 44 TF 154 sighted by Allied Float Plane at 118,113 near Ponape – as the combat report is so short, this is just to show where the Allied patrol and recon aircraft are flying. Only CENPAC and Burma/India. TF 245 shadowed by Allied Patrol at 112,108 near Truk TF 227 detected by Allied Float Plane at 54,53 near Rangoon F-5A Lightning sighted over 15th Army Allied Torpedo Bomber sighted over Cox's Bazar Allied Aircraft sighted over Toungoo Allied Aircraft sighted over Imphal Spitfire PR.XI sighted over 11th Army Allied Fighter Bomber sighted over Taung Gyi Allied Recon sighted over Meiktila Allied Fighter sighted over Shwebo Allied Fighter Bomber sighted over Akyab F-5A Lightning sighted over Magwe Allied Torpedo Bomber sighted over Kalemyo Allied Aircraft sighted over Katha Spitfire PR.XI sighted over 15th Army Mosquito PR.XVI sighted over Mandalay F-7A Liberator sighted over Magwe – the recon Liberators have a max normal range of 25, so they could be looking a lot further into IJ territory than this. F-7A Liberator sighted over Toungoo 6 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 46th JNAF AF Unit to Marcus Island 5 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting Bandasan SNLF to Kendari 21 x H8K2-L Emily transporting 43rd JNAF AF Unit from Ponape 6 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 41st Naval Guard Unit from Kusaie Island 7 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 37th Const Co from Babo Sapporo expands fortifications to size 6 Wuchang expands fortifications to size 6 – stopped. Dimapur expands airfield to size 4 – Allied engineers are wasting no time improving the infrastructure to support a potential advance towards Imphal. Silchar expands airfield to size 9 SS RO-49 arrives at Hiroshima/Kure Loss of xAK Zuiko Maru on May 27, 1943 is admitted PT-40 is reported to have been sunk near Wotje on Mar 29, 1944 58th Ind.Mixed Brigade arrives at Hirosaki/Aomori – to Surigao on Mindanao. 9th Ind.Mixed Regiment arrives at Tokyo – to Naga on Luzon.

jdsrae -> 12 Jun 44 report (1/9/2022 2:58:09 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 12, 44 No combat to report. I asked the Allied CIC if that just means the heavy bombers are repairing for the next attack and got an interesting reply. He said they aren’t repairing so probably won’t fly more than once a week. That’s encouraging information as I had forgotten that the B29s have a service rating of 5, and the B24s have a SR4. That might give the IJAAF airfield engineers just enough time to fill in the holes in the runway before the bombs start dropping again! OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jun 12, 44 Repairs completed on SS I-27 at Tokyo, ship returned to service D4Y4 Judy from K-103 Hikotai attacking an Allied SS at 65,99 an Allied SS is reported HIT F-5A Lightning sighted over 15th Army F-5A Lightning sighted over Cox's Bazar F-7A Liberator sighted over Toungoo F-7A Liberator sighted over Shwebo Spitfire PR.XI sighted over Imphal Mosquito PR.IX sighted over Taung Gyi F-5A Lightning sighted over Magwe F-5A Lightning sighted over Kalemyo Mosquito PR.XVI sighted over 21st Fld AA Gun Co 5 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 46th JNAF AF Unit to Marcus Island 3 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 85th JAAF AF Coy to Vientiane 5 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting Bandasan SNLF to Kendari 22 x H8K2-L Emily transporting 43rd JNAF AF Unit from Ponape 5 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 41st Naval Guard Unit from Kusaie Island 6 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 37th Const Co from Babo 3 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 30th Engineer Regiment from Vientiane Repairs completed on SS I-171 at Georgetown, ship returned to service Chichi-jima expands fortifications to size 6 – stopped Rahaeng expands fortifications to size 2 Kendari expands fortifications to size 6 – stopped Okinoshima-1 at Maizuru takes E13A1 Jake replacements Previous report of sinking of SS Puffer incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service SST I-362 arrives at Osaka/Kyoto Loss of xAK Akagisan Maru on Apr 17, 1944 is admitted ML G-308 arrives at Sapporo 81st JAAF AF Bn arrives at Changchun – will move to Harbin.

jdsrae -> 13 Jun 44 report (1/9/2022 3:27:16 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 13, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Puerto Princesa at 72,84 PB Nanpo Maru TK Ekisan Maru TK Tokuhei Maru TK Jinju Maru PB Nako Maru #2 SS Skipjack launches 2 torpedoes at PB Nanpo Maru OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jun 13, 44 D4Y4 Judy from K-102 Hikotai attacking an Allied SS at 124,48 an Allied SS is reported HIT D4Y4 Judy destroyed by flak – it looks like the Judy hit the sub but was then shot down on the way out F-5A Lightning sighted over Cox's Bazar Mosquito PR.XVI sighted over Mandalay E13A1 Jake from Suzuya-1 attacking a Triton class SS at 42,69 a Triton class SS is reported HIT 5 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 46th JNAF AF Unit to Marcus Island 5 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 85th JAAF AF Coy to Vientiane 6 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting Bandasan SNLF to Kendari 22 x H8K2-L Emily transporting 4th South Seas Gsn from Ponape 5 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 1st Amphibious Brigade from Kusaie Island 3 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 30th Engineer Regiment from Vientiane Repairs completed on SS I-183 at Rabaul, ship returned to service Aircraft Ki-94-II advances R&D – to 11/45 currently +4/day. Factories are 30,30,26,24,12,11 LST T-132 arrives at Maizuru MGB G-875 arrives at Nagoya 2nd Air Fleet arrives at Kanoya – to Manila 111th AA Regiment arrives at Tokyo – 12cm guns and radars. It could be bought out to move to Burma for only 28 PP, but I need to keep some AA Regts at home in case the Allies invade the Kuriles/Sakhalin. I need to check where all the AA Regts are and see if I can slide a few towards Burma. 454th Ind.Infantry Battalion arrives at Balikpapan – will move to Bandjermasin 455th Ind.Infantry Battalion arrives at Tarakan – will move next door to Tandjoengselor 553rd Ind.Infantry Battalion arrives at Miri – will stay there 554th Ind.Infantry Battalion arrives at Sandakan – will move to Brunei 774th Ind.Infantry Battalion arrives at Jesselton – will stay there 25th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion arrives at Singapore – stays there 76th Infantry Brigade arrives at Nagoya – to Luzon, with lots of reinforcements for 14th Area Army arriving today. 78th Infantry Brigade arrives at Kumamoto – to Luzon 80th Infantry Brigade arrives at Kumamoto – to Luzon 82nd Infantry Brigade arrives at Hiroshima/Kure – to Luzon 54th Ind.Mixed Brigade arrives at Sendai – to Mindanao 55th Ind.Mixed Brigade arrives at Hirosaki/Aomori – to Mindanao 56th Ind.Mixed Brigade arrives at Osaka/Kyoto – to Mindanao 57th Ind.Mixed Brigade arrives at Kanazawa – to Mindanao Tesseki Infantry Brigade arrives at Changchun – to Chihfieng in NW Manchukuo, as it is currently vacant Tesseki Cavalry Brigade arrives at Changchun – to Linhsi in NW Manchukuo, as above. Shikoku Naval Base Force arrives at Takamatsu – static restricted, so will fill out and the engineers will keep building the airfield and forts. 15th Special Base Force arrives at Yokohama/Yokosuka – to Nago, Okinawa.

mind_messing -> RE: 13 Jun 44 report (1/9/2022 3:07:03 PM)
quote: 111th AA Regiment arrives at Tokyo – 12cm guns and radars. It could be bought out to move to Burma for only 28 PP, but I need to keep some AA Regts at home in case the Allies invade the Kuriles/Sakhalin. I need to check where all the AA Regts are and see if I can slide a few towards Burma. I normally keep the AA regiments with the 12cm guns earmarked for the Home Islands. The ubiquitous IJ 8cm gun does well enough for frontline work, but the big 12cm guns I feel are needed in Japan. There are several key bases which comprise most of your supply production that are very poorly served with high calibre flak - Tokyo, Osaka/Kyoto and Nagoya are the worst offenders in this respect - a sizeable chunk of daily supply production but nowhere near enough guns. Not sure what your AA dispositions are, but I'd certainly recommend concentrating around the major supply producing cities as at the end of the day that's really the keystone to IJ resistance. You can make do with aircraft and engine factories getting bombed, but no supply and the entire thing grinds to a halt...

jdsrae -> RE: 13 Jun 44 report (1/14/2022 6:02:02 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: mind_messing quote: 111th AA Regiment arrives at Tokyo – 12cm guns and radars. It could be bought out to move to Burma for only 28 PP, but I need to keep some AA Regts at home in case the Allies invade the Kuriles/Sakhalin. I need to check where all the AA Regts are and see if I can slide a few towards Burma. I normally keep the AA regiments with the 12cm guns earmarked for the Home Islands. The ubiquitous IJ 8cm gun does well enough for frontline work, but the big 12cm guns I feel are needed in Japan. There are several key bases which comprise most of your supply production that are very poorly served with high calibre flak - Tokyo, Osaka/Kyoto and Nagoya are the worst offenders in this respect - a sizeable chunk of daily supply production but nowhere near enough guns. Not sure what your AA dispositions are, but I'd certainly recommend concentrating around the major supply producing cities as at the end of the day that's really the keystone to IJ resistance. You can make do with aircraft and engine factories getting bombed, but no supply and the entire thing grinds to a halt... IGHQ are not overly concerned about AA defence of the Home Islands yet, as the Allies need to capture airfields within B29 range first. The pre-war assessment was for AA units to defend the most likely Allied heavy bomber targets, so they were deployed forward to be within range of Allied heavy bombers (eg: B17 and B24D = 17 hexes; now the B29 = 28 to 32 hexes) In priority order: 1. Oil and Fuel production centres 2. Major Airfields 3. Fleet Bases 4. Field Armies, to provide their radar support to tactical air defence over those Army hexes. The above assessment led to the current friendly AA deployments. The principle until arrival of the B29 was that any AA unit further than 17 hexes from an Allied air base is wasted. With the B29-1 now on the map, any AA unit further than 28 hexes from an Allied size 7 air base is wasted. The IJA AA Bns were left in Japan as "garrison" AA units in case the Allies tried something fancy, with all AA Regts bought out and moved to the front lines in Jan 1942. The Army General Staff have prepared an image to show current dispositions for Army AA units, which are mostly separate land combat units in the game. The Navy Staff have also prepared an image to show current dispositions of their AA units, which unlike the Army, are embedded within the TOE of the various types of IJN Base Forces. IGHQ staff then identified some areas that are covered by both Army and Navy AA guns, and have proposed a few redeployments. Generally, the responsibility for AA defence in the Pacific (except the Marianas) will be handed over to the Navy, allowing IJA AA units currently in the South Seas to redeploy to Burma and the Philippines. I should be able to post those images this evening, unless a turn arrives first as playing the game is more important! I've asked the staff to prepare an image to show the potential enemy targets to capture airfields that will support B29 operations against Japan, but they might need 7+ days to prepare it. From memory they need airfields in either China, the Philippines, the Marianas or the Kuriles.

jdsrae -> RE: 13 Jun 44 report (1/14/2022 9:22:35 PM)
The game has progressed a week to 19 Jun 44. The action each day has either seen a huge heavy bomber raid on an airfield in Burma or not much. B29s are being used to target airfields and not Oil or Fuel production, so far. Just checked my grandpa's diary and he flew his first op with 51 Sqn (Halifax III) 17 Jun 44. Just like the Allied heavy bombers in this game, he seemed to fly an op then have days off in between. Lots of "prepared for ops, scrubbed" which would have been due to weather, either for take off or I assume forecasts (or recon) over the target. The game seems to fly most missions regardless of weather. I suppose a perfectionist Allied commander could manually scrub bombing missions if weather was above a certain threshold based on in game reports. As SolInvictus is trying to manage his airframe fatigue and maintenance, that seems to be keeping heavy bomber ops at about their historical rate. Anyway, here is the IJN AA locstat summary. Seeing where the IJN AA guns are has prompted IGHQ to withdraw some IJA AA Regts to potential future Allied targets now, before the Pacific becomes too dangerous to withdraw them easily. [image]local://upfiles/34194/D601B179B26B47CA8169885464D51C48.jpg[/image]

mind_messing -> RE: 13 Jun 44 report (1/15/2022 12:27:37 PM)
quote: Seeing where the IJN AA guns are has prompted IGHQ to withdraw some IJA AA Regts to potential future Allied targets now, before the Pacific becomes too dangerous to withdraw them easily. Yeah, that's likely wise. One further item that did occur to me was that I've often seen the 10cm and 12cm AA guns firing in a coastal defence role when invasions have occurred. They didn't do anywhere near as well as the dedicated CD/DP guns, but every little helps!

jdsrae -> RE: 13 Jun 44 report (1/19/2022 10:19:24 AM)
It is now 24 Jun 44 in the war, with a similar pattern of a few quiet days, then a B29 night airfield raid. Aussie tank units have just crossed the border on the Cox's Bazar - Akyab Road, so the re-conquest of Burma has started. 15th Army has mostly withdrawn intact, but the Aussie tanks might still catch a few defenders at Akyab if they move quickly. IJA reinforcement units are aboard most available xAP, AK and AK-t moving to defensive positions in the Philippines, with other task forces starting to withdraw select high value troops from forward areas. There are two LST task forces in SEAF now that are withdrawing excess engineers, and an expendable small xAK task force will try to sneak into Port Moresby to withdraw 40th Division. This is the IJA AA locstat with some units ordered to prepare to be withdrawn and hand AA defence duties over to the IJN. The units ordered to Manila might upgrade their TOE there before some of them move back to Japan. [image]local://upfiles/34194/6FC849E31C4543E0915823FA20D34F32.jpg[/image]

jdsrae -> RE: 13 Jun 44 report (1/22/2022 12:51:22 PM)
It’s uncanny, just when I think I might get a moment to update the AAR a turn arrives! Low layered CAP has had the effect of ceasing p47 strato sweeps for now. Allied bombers have gone back to night raids.

jdsrae -> 14 Jun 44 report (1/24/2022 12:28:52 AM)
Finally got a chance to update the AAR. This turn was best left forgotten. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 14, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 59,48 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Liberator B.VI x 21 Liberator GR.VI x 6 B-29-1 Superfort x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground Japanese ground losses: 15 casualties reported Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 59,48 Allied aircraft Liberator B.VI x 8 Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 59,48 Allied aircraft Liberator GR.VI x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 59,48 Allied aircraft Liberator GR.III x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-II KAI Helen: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 59,48 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 7 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-II KAI Helen: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 59,48 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-II KAI Helen: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 59,48 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-49-II KAI Helen: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 59,48 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 7 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 59,48 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 7 Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 59,48 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 7 Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 59,48 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 3 Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 59,48 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 5 Runway hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 59,48 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-II KAI Helen: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 59,48 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 59,48 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 5 Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 59,48 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 59,48 Allied aircraft Liberator GR.VI x 7 Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Siargao at 84,93 Japanese Ships CV Hiyo, Torpedo hits 1 DD Samidare DD Shigure DD Suzukaze DD Umikaze DD Kawakaze DD Yamakaze Allied Ships SS Sailfish, hits 2 SS Sailfish launches 6 torpedoes at CV Hiyo – 1 hit from 6, it could have been worse! Sailfish diving deep .... DD Yamakaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Yamakaze attacking submerged sub .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Cox's Bazar (54,43) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 8198 troops, 50 guns, 912 vehicles, Assault Value = 560 Defending force 58 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 5 Allied adjusted assault: 283 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 283 to 1 (fort level 5) Allied forces CAPTURE Cox's Bazar !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 80 casualties reported Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 255th Indian Tank Brigade 4th Armoured Brigade 50th Tank Brigade Defending units: 15th Const Co /2 OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jun 14, 44 Repairs completed on SS I-181 at Manus, ship returned to service E13A1 Jake from Aoba-1 attacking an Allied SS at 50,64 a O21 Class class SS is reported HIT F-7A Liberator sighted over Pegu Spitfire PR.XI sighted over 15th Army F-5A Lightning sighted over Kalemyo 6 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 46th JNAF AF Unit to Marcus Island 14 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 85th JAAF AF Coy to Vientiane 6 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting Bandasan SNLF to Kendari 22 x H8K2-L Emily transporting 4th South Seas Gsn from Ponape 4 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 1st Amphibious Brigade from Kusaie Island 2 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 30th Engineer Regiment from Vientiane Allied forces CAPTURE Cox's Bazar !!! Bacolod expands fortifications to size 1 Puerto Princesa expands fortifications to size 1 Aircraft Ki-83 advances R&D – to 8/45 +2/day from one research factory Ace pilot Chono I. of Shoho-1 is promoted to CPO 111th AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Tokyo 27th Tank Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Tokyo Shikoku Naval Base Force takes replacements from Tokyo Unit '30th Ind.Mixed' changes name to '75th Infantry' – these are the parts of the 100s Divs that will be withdrawn from the Marianas to Luzon. Unit '31st Ind.Mixed' changes name to '77th Infantry' Unit '32nd Ind.Mixed' changes name to '79th' Unit '33rd Ind.Mixed' changes name to '81st Infantry' E W-38 arrives at Tokyo SC CHa-84 arrives at Tokuyama

jdsrae -> RE: 14 Jun 44 report (1/24/2022 12:31:13 AM)
VADM Kusaka keeps CV Hiyo with the rest of the task force. 6 days until they make it back to Kure at cruise speed. The Allied subs will probably expect her to head towards Davao or Manila. I will transfer all pilots off CV Hiyo just in case another Allied sub gets lucky, but flight operations are cancelled due to the damage from that single torp hit, so the aircraft remain at risk. I can afford to lose the aircraft, but I do not want to lose top quality fighter pilots to subs… [image]local://upfiles/34194/9338D9FDB51344AB9EA7C34526C94457.jpg[/image]

jdsrae -> 15 Jun 44 report (1/24/2022 1:24:28 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 15, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Puerto Princesa at 72,84 TK Akane Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires E Yanagi SS Skipjack launches 4 torpedoes at TK Akane Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Ramree Island , at 54,48 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Allied aircraft Liberator B.VI x 12 Liberator GR.VI x 12 Japanese aircraft losses E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Ramree Island , at 54,48 Allied aircraft Liberator GR.III x 9 Japanese aircraft losses E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 6 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 8 Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 6th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 6000. Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 6 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 7 Runway hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 3 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 7 Runway hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Ramree Island , at 54,48 Allied aircraft Liberator B.VI x 7 Japanese aircraft losses E13A1 Jake: 2 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Ramree Island , at 54,48 Allied aircraft Liberator GR.VI x 5 Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Ramree Island , at 54,48 Allied aircraft Liberator GR.VI x 4 Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Ramree Island , at 54,48 Allied aircraft Liberator B.VI x 5 Runway hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Ramree Island , at 54,48 Allied aircraft Liberator B.VI x 5 Runway hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53 Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 3 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 7 Airbase hits 6 Runway hits 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53 Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 1 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 7 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53 Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 1 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53 Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 1 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 5 Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53 Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 1 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 5 Runway hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53 Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 1 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 7 Airbase hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53 Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 1 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 5 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Ramree Island , at 54,48 Allied aircraft Liberator B.VI x 7 Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 12 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Ramree Island , at 54,48 Allied aircraft Liberator B.VI x 6 Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Siquijor at 77,87 TK Yamaoka Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire PB Kyo Maru #11 SS Flier launches 2 torpedoes at TK Yamaoka Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion, at 55,44 , near Akyab P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 25 25 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion, at 55,44 , near Akyab P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 25 25 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion, at 55,44 , near Akyab P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 25 25 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion, at 55,44 , near Akyab P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 25 25 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion, at 55,44 , near Akyab P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 25 25 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion, at 55,44 , near Akyab P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 25 25 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Siquijor at 77,87 PB Kyo Maru #11 SS Flier launches 2 torpedoes PB Kyo Maru #11 attacking submerged sub .... OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jun 15, 44 TK Akane Maru sinks at sea Repairs completed on CA Ashigara at Kobe, ship returned to service Repairs completed on CA Nachi at Kobe, ship returned to service 5 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 46th JNAF AF Unit to Marcus Island 5 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 1st Amphibious Brigade from Kusaie Island 2 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 30th Engineer Regiment from Vientiane Repairs completed on CA Haguro at Kobe, ship returned to service Repairs completed on CA Myoko at Kobe, ship returned to service Hanoi expands airfield to size 5 Aden expands airfield to size 4 Aircraft A7M2 Sam advances R&D – should start production in mid-August. 5x size factories are advancing it at +10/day, with the other 5x size 30 factories are repairing very quickly now. Ace pilot Matsubara C. of Chitose-1 is promoted to PO1 1st JAAF Base Force's TOE was upgraded to IJA Air Sector 44 Base Force at Mandalay – HQ Southern Army will move to Singapore to allow the JAAF units within 18 hexes to upgrade. It will then move to Manado, the Manila. 2nd JAAF Base Force's TOE was upgraded to IJA Air Sector 44 Base Force at Toungoo 6th JAAF Base Force's TOE was upgraded to IJA Air Sector 44 Base Force at Katha 8th JAAF Base Force's TOE was upgraded to IJA Air Sector 44 Base Force at Magwe 9th JAAF Base Force's TOE was upgraded to IJA Air Sector 44 Base Force at Kalemyo 10th JAAF Base Force's TOE was upgraded to IJA Air Sector 44 Base Force at Seishin 12th JAAF Base Force's TOE was upgraded to IJA Air Sector 44 Base Force at Uttaradit 13th JAAF Base Force's TOE was upgraded to IJA Air Sector 44 Base Force at Kanko 15th JAAF Base Force's TOE was upgraded to IJA Air Sector 44 Base Force at Chiang Mai 16th JAAF Base Force's TOE was upgraded to IJA Air Sector 44 Base Force at Kukong 17th JAAF Base Force's TOE was upgraded to IJA Air Sector 44 Base Force at Kweilin 19th JAAF Base Force's TOE was upgraded to IJA Air Sector 44 Base Force at Nadzab 20th JAAF Base Force's TOE was upgraded to IJA Air Sector 44 Base Force at Sapporo 21st JAAF Base Force's TOE was upgraded to IJA Air Sector 44 Base Force at Hirosaki/Aomori 26th JAAF Base Force's TOE was upgraded to IJA Air Sector 44 Base Force at Nanking 27th JAAF Base Force's TOE was upgraded to IJA Air Sector 44 Base Force at Toyohara 30th JAAF Base Force's TOE was upgraded to IJA Air Sector 44 Base Force at Madang 1st JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Sapporo 2nd JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Nagoya 3rd JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Gifu 5th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Tokyo 6th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Tokyo 7th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Tokyo 13th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Kobe 15th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Shwebo 19th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Chiang Mai 20th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Harbin 21st JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Lashio 25th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Nadzab 26th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Mutankiang 30th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Mutankiang 31st JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Chiang Mai 37th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Yenki 41st JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Medan 43rd JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Kofu 47th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Kukong 49th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Asahikawa 51st JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Seishin 52nd JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Taichu 53rd JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Tunghua 54th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Kweilin 55th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Wakkanai 56th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Chungking 63rd JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Hirosaki/Aomori 66th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Kofu 67th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Mutankiang 68th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Buna 69th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Harbin 70th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Madang 71st JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Kanko 72nd JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Finschhafen 73rd JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Hirosaki/Aomori 74th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Kofu 75th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Naha 76th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Kirin 77th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Hirosaki/Aomori 78th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Taihoku 79th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Lae 80th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Maebashi 82nd JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Bangkok 83rd JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Shikuka 84th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Myitkyina 85th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Pegu 87th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Saigon 88th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Myitkyina 89th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Hanoi 90th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Uttaradit 91st JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Prachuap Khiri Khan 92nd JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Chumphon 95th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Hangchow 96th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Surat Thani 99th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Fushun 101st JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Iwaki 105th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Hamamatsu 106th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Fukuoka 107th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Sp.AF 43 Bn at Kumamoto 109th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Saidor 112th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Takamatsu 113th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Buna 138th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Taichu 139th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Taichu 140th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Chiba 141st JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Chiba 144th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Chiba 164th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Akita 165th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Akita 166th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Akita 169th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Tokyo 170th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Tokyo 175th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Iwaki 176th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Iwaki 177th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Toyohara 178th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Toyohara 187th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Yamagata 188th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Yamagata 201st JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Rashin 205th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Kanko 207th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Masan 209th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Sp.AF 43 Bn at Genzan 244th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Nagoya DD Take arrives at Yokohama/Yokosuka

jdsrae -> 16 Jun 44 report (1/24/2022 1:36:00 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 16, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion, at 54,45 (Akyab) – when the USAAF sweeps somewhere, they do it with 150 P47D25s! P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 25 25 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion, at 54,45 (Akyab) Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 25 25 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion, at 54,45 (Akyab) P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 25 25 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion, at 54,45 (Akyab) P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 25 25 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion, at 54,45 (Akyab) P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 25 25 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion, at 54,45 (Akyab) P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 25 25 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jun 16, 44 Repairs completed on CVE Hosho at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service Repairs completed on SS I-21 at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service 5 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 46th JNAF AF Unit to Marcus Island 5 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 1st Amphibious Brigade from Kusaie Island 2 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 30th Engineer Regiment from Vientiane 5 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting supplies to Cox's Bazar – oops, not the first time I’ve forgotten to change supply transports and they’ve flown low and slow over a recently captured base. Ki-49-II KAI Helen damaged by flak Ki-49-II KAI Helen damaged by flak Ki-49-II KAI Helen damaged by flak Ki-49-II KAI Helen damaged by flak 6 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting supplies to Cox's Bazar Ki-49-II KAI Helen destroyed by flak Ki-49-II KAI Helen damaged by flak Ki-49-II KAI Helen damaged by flak Ki-49-II KAI Helen damaged by flak Ki-49-II KAI Helen destroyed by flak Ki-49-II KAI Helen damaged by flak Repairs completed on DD Uzuki at Truk, ship returned to service – fast transport DDs conducting routine maintenance before the damage gets so high that they need to move to a repair shipyard Repairs completed on DD Kikuzuki at Truk, ship returned to service Nagasaki/Sasebo expands fortifications to size 4 Koggala expands airfield to size 3 Hansa Bay expands fortifications to size 4 Singkawang expands airfield to size 5 Mergui expands fortifications to size 3 S-901 Hikotai/C converting to J1N1-Sa Irving Shikoku Naval Base Force - some devices have been upgraded at Takamatsu 1st Tank/B Division takes replacements from Rangoon – more units are in range of Rangoon now so are taking replacements. 1st Tank Div still needs to upgrade to Type 3 Medium Tanks, so will keep moving back to Prome to see if the Type 3s are in a warehouse there. 1st Tank/C Division takes replacements from Rangoon 11th/C Division takes replacements from Rangoon ML G-316 arrives at Yokohama/Yokosuka

jdsrae -> 17 Jun 44 report (1/24/2022 1:48:35 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 17, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Tawau at 69,91 PB Ronsan Maru xAK Toyokawa Maru xAK Toho Maru xAK Utide Maru SS Sterlet launches 2 torpedoes at PB Ronsan Maru OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jun 17, 44 SS I-121 lays minefield at Portsea ( 81 , 171) and sets course for Manus – this is at the entrance to the Port of Melbourne. I have no idea if the Allies are using Melbourne as a convoy destination, so this is a low percentage play. Repairs completed on DD Yuzuki at Truk, ship returned to service 5 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 46th JNAF AF Unit to Marcus Island 7 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 454th Ind.Infantry Battalion to Bandjermasin 5 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 1st Amphibious Brigade from Kusaie Island Wotje expands port to size 4 Ace pilot Shingo, H. of Ryujo-1 is promoted to LCDR Ace pilot Azusa G. of 77th Sentai Det B is promoted to CPT Ace pilot Fuchida I. of 77th Sentai Det B is promoted to 1LT Ace pilot Chojiro M. of 204th Sentai is promoted to CPT Device(s) upgraded in 115th JAAF AF Bn supplied from Buna 36th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Bengkalis 115th JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Airfield 43 Bn at Buna xAK William P. McArthur is reported to have been sunk near Lord Howe Island on Feb 19, 1944

jdsrae -> 18 Jun 44 report (1/24/2022 2:05:43 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 18, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Townsville , at 92,144 – tried a few night raids on targets that looked big enough for the IJAAF to hit, but no joy. Weather in hex: Light cloud G4M2 Betty x 4 4 x G4M2 Betty bombing from 12000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 6 Runway hits 1 6 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 12000 feet Airfield Attack: 3 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 – have been expecting this, a big heavy bomber raid on Rangoon airfield. The Nick-C/D combo goes ok. Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 21 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 29 Allied aircraft: bombing from 10000 feet Liberator B.VI x 17 Liberator GR.VI x 11 B-29-1 Superfort x 8 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAId Nick: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses Liberator B.VI: 5 damaged Liberator GR.VI: 5 damaged B-29-1 Superfort: 5 damaged Runway hits 2 CAP engaged: 44th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (0 airborne, 13 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 15000. 53rd Sentai with Ki-45 KAId Nick (0 airborne, 17 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 17000. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 18 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 14 Allied aircraft Liberator GR.III x 11 B-29-1 Superfort x 3 Liberator GR.III: 2 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 18 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 11 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak – hooray! 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 18 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 9 Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 12 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 5 Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft Liberator B.VI x 5 Liberator B.VI: 1 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 11 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 5 Allied aircraft Liberator GR.VI x 4 Liberator GR.VI: 2 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 10 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 5 Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft Liberator B.VI x 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 9 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 5 Allied aircraft Liberator B.VI x 4 4 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 9 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 5 Ki-45 KAId Nick: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAId Nick: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 5 Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 1 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 9 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 4 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 5 B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 9 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 3 Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 8 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 3 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 7 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 3 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 7 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 3 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 7 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 3 Ki-45 KAId Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 5 Airbase hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 7 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 1 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 6 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 1 Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Townsville , at 92,144 G4M1 Betty x 7 G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak – not worth the losses for no hits on the ships in port Port hits 1 7 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 12000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Townsville , at 92,144 G4M2 Betty x 2 G4M2 Betty: 1 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 5 Ki-45 KAId Nick x 1 Allied aircraft Liberator B.VI x 6 Liberator B.VI: 1 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Puerto Princesa at 74,83 LB-111 LB-119 LB-114 E Amakusa Allied Ships SS Grayling, hits 1 SS Grayling cannot acquire firing solution on enemy LB E Amakusa attacking submerged sub .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near San Francisco at 209,87 SS I-8, hits 12, heavy damage – crippled, but might make it back to Marcus Island, if it can get past Midway without being bombed by a patrol aircraft. Allied Ships – this large amphibious task force is actually moving NE towards SanFran. PF San Pedro SC PC-1086 SC PC-1080 APA Arthur Middleton APA President Adams APA Henry T. Allen AKA Jupiter AKA Mercury AKA Electra AKA Bellatrix DE Thomason DE J. Douglas Blackwood SS I-8 launches 2 torpedoes at PF San Pedro I-8 diving deep .... DE Thomason attacking submerged sub .... OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jun 18, 44 2LT Agawa E. of 53rd Sentai is credited with kill number 2 – Nick-D shot down a B24 Repairs completed on DD Nagatsuki at Truk, ship returned to service E13A1 Jake from Atago-2 attacking a 'T' War Emergency class SS at 69,96 a 'S' 1942 and 1943 class SS is reported HIT Ki-49-IIb Helen from 74th Sentai attacking SS Flier at 77,81 SS Flier is reported HIT F-5A Lightning sighted over Magwe 4 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 46th JNAF AF Unit to Marcus Island 7 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 454th Ind.Infantry Battalion to Bandjermasin 5 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 1st Amphibious Brigade from Kusaie Island Repairs completed on DD Kisaragi at Truk, ship returned to service Amchitka Island expands airfield to size 5 Greymouth expands airfield to size 3 Ohara T. of Akagi-3 is promoted to CPO – rare to see a promotion for someone other than a fighter pilot Repairs completed on BB Ise at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service Repairs completed on BB Hyuga at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service 22nd JAAF AF Bn 's TOE was upgraded to JAAF Sp.AF 43 Bn at Johore Bahru TK Asakaza Maru arrives at Yokohama/Yokosuka TK Daigyo Maru arrives at Yokohama/Yokosuka [image]local://upfiles/34194/DD284588168A486D87B4C8A668FADD5D.jpg[/image]

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