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castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (3/11/2021 4:04:53 PM)
Just to give you an idea. Air losses on ASW/nav search today. Date is ahead of the AAR but it's just an average day. ALL these aircraft were lost on an ASW/nav search mission, all of them. [image]local://upfiles/13774/C460F86EB4B446C6886E71B093431F62.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (3/11/2021 4:06:32 PM)
The average Helen unit on ASW. [image]local://upfiles/13774/AE880C0547E84E7F91BCE322AA194580.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (3/11/2021 4:07:45 PM)
And here's today's really average ops report. I have days with way more sightings and way more attacks. OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Oct 02, 44 Repairs completed on xAK Sinsei Maru at Osaka/Kyoto, ship returned to service No additional repairs possible on xAK Hokusho Maru using currently assigned resources at Georgetown CS Convoy TF 148 begins loading Resources at Toyohara for delivery to Wakkanai P1Y2 Frances reports submarine wake at 54, 53 near Rangoon P1Y2 Frances reports conning tower at 53, 48 near Ramree Island P1Y2 Frances reports oil slick at 53, 48 near Ramree Island E13A1 Jake sighting report: 10 Allied ships at 67,91 near Tarakan, speed 20, Moving Southeast E13A1 Jake sighting report: 1 Allied ship at 107,110 near Satawal, speed 11, Moving Northwest B5N2 Kate reports periscope wake at 49, 98 near Batavia P1Y2 Frances reports suspected submarine at 53, 48 near Ramree Island P1Y2 Frances from Yokosuka Ku K-1 attacking SS Stonehenge at 53,48 P1Y2 Frances sighting report: 1 Allied ship at 54,53 near Rangoon, speed 12, Moving Southwest P1Y2 Frances reports oil slick at 53, 48 near Ramree Island P1Y2 Frances reports turbulence in water at 53, 48 near Ramree Island P1Y2 Frances reports shape below surface at 53, 48 near Ramree Island B7A2 Grace reports submarine at 110, 100 near Rota B7A2 Grace reports shape below surface at 110, 100 near Rota B7A2 Grace reports periscope wake at 110, 100 near Rota B7A2 Grace reports periscope at 110, 100 near Rota B7A2 Grace reports shape below surface at 110, 100 near Rota B7A2 Grace reports oil slick at 110, 100 near Rota B7A2 Grace reports shape below surface at 110, 100 near Rota B7A2 Grace reports periscope at 110, 100 near Rota B7A2 Grace reports periscope at 110, 100 near Rota B7A2 Grace from Yokosuka Ku K-2 attacking an Allied SS at 110,100 G3M3 Nell reports shadow in water at 110, 100 near Rota G3M3 Nell from K-703 Hikotai attacking a Grampus class SS at 109,84 a 'S' War Emergency class SS is reported HIT G3M3 Nell reports conning tower at 109, 84 near Agrihan G3M3 Nell reports shadow in water at 109, 84 near Agrihan G3M3 Nell reports turbulence in water at 110, 100 near Rota G3M3 Nell reports oil slick at 106, 84 near Iwo-jima G3M3 Nell reports possible submarine at 102, 94 near Guam G3M3 Nell reports suspected submarine at 102, 94 near Guam G3M3 Nell reports suspected submarine at 110, 100 near Rota G3M3 Nell from K-703 Hikotai attacking an Allied SS at 106,84 G3M3 Nell reports object under water at 107, 89 near Pagan G3M3 Nell from K-703 Hikotai attacking SS Sand Lance at 102,94 G3M3 Nell reports shadow in water at 110, 100 near Rota G3M3 Nell reports submarine wake at 106, 84 near Iwo-jima G3M3 Nell reports periscope at 109, 84 near Agrihan G3M3 Nell reports turbulence in water at 107, 89 near Pagan G3M3 Nell reports shape below surface at 102, 94 near Guam G3M3 Nell reports suspected submarine at 102, 94 near Guam G3M3 Nell reports submarine wake at 110, 100 near Rota G3M3 Nell reports turbulence in water at 110, 100 near Rota G3M3 Nell reports object under water at 106, 84 near Iwo-jima G3M3 Nell reports periscope wake at 107, 89 near Pagan Ki-46-III Dinah sighting report: 8 Allied ships at 45,91 near Benkoelen, speed 11, Moving Southwest E13A1 Jake reports possible submarine at 99, 129 near Buna E13A1 Jake reports object near surface at 106, 124 near Rabaul P1Y2 Frances reports shape below surface at 51, 39 near Diamond Harbour P1Y2 Frances reports possible submarine at 50, 42 near Diamond Harbour P1Y2 Frances reports periscope at 49, 41 near Diamond Harbour P1Y2 Frances reports submarine wake at 50, 42 near Diamond Harbour P1Y2 Frances reports periscope at 51, 39 near Diamond Harbour P1Y2 Frances reports conning tower at 49, 41 near Diamond Harbour P1Y2 Frances reports periscope wake at 51, 39 near Diamond Harbour P1Y2 Frances reports periscope wake at 51, 39 near Diamond Harbour G3M2 Nell from K-702 Hikotai attacking SS Sand Lance at 102,94 SS Sand Lance is reported HIT G3M2 Nell reports object near surface at 110, 100 near Rota G3M2 Nell reports object under water at 107, 89 near Pagan G3M2 Nell reports turbulence in water at 102, 94 near Guam G3M2 Nell reports suspected submarine at 102, 94 near Guam G3M2 Nell reports shape below surface at 102, 94 near Guam G3M2 Nell reports suspected submarine at 102, 94 near Guam G3M2 Nell reports object under water at 107, 89 near Pagan G3M2 Nell reports turbulence in water at 107, 89 near Pagan G3M2 Nell reports oil slick at 107, 89 near Pagan G3M2 Nell reports periscope at 107, 89 near Pagan G3M2 Nell reports periscope at 107, 89 near Pagan G3M2 Nell reports radio transmissions at 107, 89 near Pagan G3M2 Nell reports object near surface at 107, 89 near Pagan P1Y2 Frances reports submarine at 107, 89 near Pagan P1Y2 Frances reports turbulence in water at 107, 89 near Pagan P1Y2 Frances reports diving submarine at 102, 94 near Guam P1Y2 Frances reports possible submarine at 107, 89 near Pagan P1Y2 Frances reports periscope wake at 102, 94 near Guam P1Y2 Frances reports submarine wake at 107, 89 near Pagan P1Y2 Frances reports object under water at 102, 94 near Guam P1Y2 Frances from K-602 Hikotai attacking SS Sand Lance at 102,94 P1Y2 Frances reports object under water at 107, 89 near Pagan P1Y2 Frances reports shadow in water at 107, 89 near Pagan P1Y2 Frances reports possible submarine at 102, 94 near Guam P1Y2 Frances reports possible submarine at 102, 94 near Guam E13A1 Jake reports submarine at 99, 68 near Daito Shoto E13A1 Jake reports submarine at 99, 68 near Daito Shoto E13A1 Jake reports possible submarine at 99, 68 near Daito Shoto E13A1 Jake reports suspected submarine at 97, 63 near Amami Oshima E13A1 Jake reports shape below surface at 97, 63 near Amami Oshima E13A1 Jake reports suspected submarine at 99, 68 near Daito Shoto E13A1 Jake reports object under water at 103, 65 near Tanegashima E13A1 Jake reports shadow in water at 97, 63 near Amami Oshima E13A1 Jake reports shadow in water at 109, 84 near Agrihan E13A1 Jake reports diving submarine at 106, 84 near Iwo-jima E13A1 Jake reports object under water at 109, 84 near Agrihan E13A1 Jake reports periscope wake at 106, 84 near Iwo-jima E13A1 Jake reports periscope at 108, 67 near Torishima E13A1 Jake from I.29-1 attacking an Allied SS at 108,67 E13A1 Jake reports suspected submarine at 108, 67 near Torishima E13A1 Jake reports radio transmissions at 107, 89 near Pagan E13A1 Jake reports periscope at 107, 89 near Pagan E13A1 Jake reports periscope at 107, 89 near Pagan Ki-49-IIa Helen reports suspected submarine at 53, 48 near Ramree Island Ki-49-IIa Helen reports oil slick at 53, 48 near Ramree Island Ki-49-IIa Helen reports diving submarine at 53, 48 near Ramree Island Ki-49-IIa Helen from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Stonehenge at 53,48 Ki-49-IIa Helen reports diving submarine at 53, 48 near Ramree Island Ki-49-IIa Helen reports periscope wake at 79, 73 near San Fernando Ki-49-IIa Helen reports periscope at 51, 39 near Diamond Harbour Ki-49-IIa Helen reports turbulence in water at 50, 42 near Diamond Harbour Ki-49-IIa Helen from 14th Sentai attacking a KXI Class class SS at 51,39 Ki-49-IIa Helen reports submarine wake at 50, 42 near Diamond Harbour Ki-49-IIa Helen reports object under water at 50, 42 near Diamond Harbour Ki-49-IIa Helen from 14th Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 51,39 an Allied SS is reported HIT Ki-49-IIa Helen reports conning tower at 51, 39 near Diamond Harbour Ki-49-IIa Helen from 14th Sentai attacking a 'S' 1942 and 1943 class SS at 51,39 Ki-49-IIa Helen reports suspected submarine at 105, 62 near Kochi Ki-49-IIa Helen reports periscope wake at 97, 63 near Amami Oshima Ki-49-IIa Helen reports shadow in water at 100, 67 near Daito Shoto Ki-49-IIa Helen reports shape below surface at 97, 63 near Amami Oshima Ki-49-IIa Helen reports diving submarine at 103, 65 near Tanegashima Ki-49-IIa Helen from 58th Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 97,63 a Gar class SS is reported HIT Ki-49-IIa Helen reports conning tower at 105, 62 near Kochi Ki-49-IIa Helen reports shadow in water at 105, 62 near Kochi Ki-49-IIa Helen reports object near surface at 103, 65 near Tanegashima Ki-49-IIa Helen reports oil slick at 100, 67 near Daito Shoto Ki-49-IIa Helen reports submarine at 97, 63 near Amami Oshima Ki-49-IIa Helen reports periscope wake at 103, 65 near Tanegashima Ki-49-IIa Helen reports shadow in water at 100, 67 near Daito Shoto Ki-49-IIa Helen from 58th Sentai attacking an Allied DD at 105,62 Ki-49-IIa Helen from 58th Sentai attacking SS Golet at 100,67 SS Golet is reported HIT Ki-49-IIa Helen reports submarine at 105, 62 near Kochi Ki-49-IIa Helen reports periscope at 105, 62 near Kochi Ki-49-IIa Helen reports submarine wake at 71, 89 near Tawi Tawi Ki-49-IIa Helen from 60th Sentai attacking a 'S' 1942 and 1943 class SS at 71,89 Ki-49-IIa Helen reports submarine wake at 71, 89 near Tawi Tawi Ki-49-IIa Helen reports radio transmissions at 71, 84 near Balabac Ki-49-IIa Helen reports shadow in water at 71, 84 near Balabac Ki-49-IIa Helen reports periscope wake at 69, 83 near Balabac Ki-49-IIa Helen reports turbulence in water at 71, 89 near Tawi Tawi Ki-49-IIa Helen reports turbulence in water at 71, 84 near Balabac Ki-49-IIa Helen reports oil slick at 71, 89 near Tawi Tawi Ki-49-IIa Helen reports periscope at 69, 83 near Balabac Ki-49-IIa Helen reports suspected submarine at 88, 63 near Taihoku Ki-49-IIa Helen reports oil slick at 88, 63 near Taihoku Ki-49-IIa Helen reports submarine wake at 88, 63 near Taihoku Ki-49-IIa Helen reports suspected submarine at 84, 68 near Hengchun Ki-49-IIa Helen reports submarine wake at 88, 63 near Taihoku Ki-49-IIa Helen reports object under water at 88, 63 near Taihoku Ki-49-IIa Helen reports conning tower at 84, 68 near Hengchun Ki-49-IIa Helen reports conning tower at 84, 68 near Hengchun Ki-49-IIa Helen reports submarine wake at 84, 68 near Hengchun Ki-49-IIa Helen reports suspected submarine at 88, 63 near Taihoku Ki-49-IIa Helen reports periscope at 99, 68 near Daito Shoto Ki-49-IIa Helen reports submarine at 97, 63 near Amami Oshima Ki-49-IIa Helen reports conning tower at 100, 67 near Daito Shoto Ki-49-IIa Helen reports turbulence in water at 99, 68 near Daito Shoto Ki-49-IIa Helen reports submarine at 97, 63 near Amami Oshima Ki-49-IIa Helen reports shape below surface at 99, 68 near Daito Shoto Ki-49-IIa Helen reports turbulence in water at 99, 68 near Daito Shoto Ki-49-IIa Helen reports object under water at 97, 63 near Amami Oshima Ki-49-IIa Helen reports periscope at 97, 63 near Amami Oshima Ki-49-IIa Helen reports conning tower at 97, 63 near Amami Oshima Allied Heavy Bomber sighted over Ponape Allied Recon sighted over Tarawa Allied Fighter sighted over Eniwetok Allied Aircraft sighted over Hyderabad Allied Recon sighted over Jamshedpur Allied Torpedo Bomber sighted over 17th Division Allied Aircraft sighted over Vizagapatnam Allied Fighter sighted over 61st Division F-7A Liberator sighted over Ponape Allied Aircraft sighted over Eniwetok F-7A Liberator sighted over Jamshedpur Allied Aircraft sighted over 15th Division Allied Fighter Bomber sighted over Vizagapatnam Allied Aircraft sighted over 46th Division J1N1-C Irving from T-4 Hikotai at Ponape grounded due to maintenance Ki-49-IIa Helen from 12th Sentai crashes on landing Ki-46-III Dinah from 19th I.F.Chutai at Tarawa grounded due to maintenance G3M3 Nell from K-703 Hikotai crashes on landing Ki-49-IIa Helen from 60th Sentai at Puerto Princesa grounded due to maintenance P1Y2 Frances from K-704 Hikotai at Rangoon grounded due to maintenance P1Y2 Frances from K-704 Hikotai at Rangoon grounded due to maintenance Ki-46-III Dinah from 2nd Sentai at Port Blair grounded due to maintenance Ki-46-III Dinah from 2nd Sentai at Port Blair grounded due to maintenance B7A2 Grace from Yokosuka Ku K-2 is damaged on landing E13A1 Jake from Yokosuka Ku T-3/C is damaged on landing J1N1-C Irving from T-102 Hikotai is damaged on landing B7A2 Grace from Yokosuka Ku K-2 crashes on landing Ki-46-III Dinah from 28th Sentai at Paramushiro-jima grounded due to maintenance H8K2 Emily from 801 Ku T-1 at Marcus Island grounded due to maintenance P1Y2 Frances reports periscope at 53, 57 near Moulmein E13A1 Jake sighting report: 10 Allied ships at 71,93 near Tawi Tawi, speed 14, Moving Southwest Ki-46-III Dinah sighting report: 9 Allied ships at 45,71 near Sabang, speed 18, Moving East Ki-46-III Dinah reports submarine wake at 36, 84 near Siberoet P1Y2 Frances reports possible submarine at 54, 53 near Rangoon P1Y2 Frances from Yokosuka Ku K-1 attacking SS Stonehenge at 53,48 P1Y2 Frances reports possible submarine at 53, 48 near Ramree Island P1Y2 Frances reports periscope at 53, 48 near Ramree Island P1Y2 Frances reports submarine wake at 53, 48 near Ramree Island P1Y2 Frances reports object under water at 53, 48 near Ramree Island P1Y2 Frances reports shadow in water at 53, 48 near Ramree Island P1Y2 Frances reports possible submarine at 53, 48 near Ramree Island B7A2 Grace reports submarine wake at 110, 100 near Rota B7A2 Grace reports possible submarine at 110, 100 near Rota B7A2 Grace reports periscope at 110, 100 near Rota B7A2 Grace reports radio transmissions at 110, 100 near Rota B7A2 Grace reports radio transmissions at 110, 100 near Rota B7A2 Grace reports conning tower at 110, 100 near Rota B7A2 Grace reports submarine wake at 110, 100 near Rota G3M3 Nell reports oil slick at 110, 100 near Rota G3M3 Nell reports object under water at 109, 84 near Agrihan G3M3 Nell reports periscope at 107, 89 near Pagan G3M3 Nell reports submarine wake at 102, 94 near Guam G3M3 Nell reports shadow in water at 109, 84 near Agrihan G3M3 Nell reports oil slick at 107, 89 near Pagan G3M3 Nell reports submarine wake at 109, 84 near Agrihan G3M3 Nell reports suspected submarine at 106, 84 near Iwo-jima G3M3 Nell reports suspected submarine at 107, 89 near Pagan G3M3 Nell reports oil slick at 102, 94 near Guam G3M3 Nell reports suspected submarine at 110, 100 near Rota G3M3 Nell reports suspected submarine at 102, 94 near Guam G3M3 Nell reports oil slick at 110, 100 near Rota G3M3 Nell reports diving submarine at 106, 84 near Iwo-jima G3M3 Nell reports conning tower at 107, 89 near Pagan G3M3 Nell reports oil slick at 106, 84 near Iwo-jima G3M3 Nell reports suspected submarine at 107, 89 near Pagan G3M3 Nell reports suspected submarine at 110, 100 near Rota G3M3 Nell reports radio transmissions at 106, 84 near Iwo-jima G3M3 Nell reports radio transmissions at 107, 89 near Pagan G3M3 Nell reports shadow in water at 102, 94 near Guam G3M3 Nell reports periscope wake at 102, 94 near Guam G3M3 Nell reports submarine wake at 110, 100 near Rota Ki-46-III Dinah reports shape below surface at 42, 86 near Siberoet E13A1 Jake reports object near surface at 108, 67 near Torishima E13A1 Jake reports shadow in water at 71, 84 near Balabac E13A1 Jake reports turbulence in water at 69, 83 near Balabac E13A1 Jake reports shadow in water at 69, 96 near Donggala P1Y2 Frances reports submarine at 51, 39 near Diamond Harbour P1Y2 Frances reports suspected submarine at 51, 39 near Diamond Harbour P1Y2 Frances from K-401 Hikotai attacking an Allied SS at 51,39 P1Y2 Frances reports submarine wake at 51, 39 near Diamond Harbour P1Y2 Frances reports shadow in water at 51, 39 near Diamond Harbour P1Y2 Frances reports periscope at 51, 39 near Diamond Harbour P1Y2 Frances reports object under water at 52, 37 near Calcutta P1Y2 Frances reports object near surface at 50, 42 near Diamond Harbour P1Y2 Frances from K-401 Hikotai attacking an Allied SS at 50,42 an Allied SS is reported HIT P1Y2 Frances reports possible submarine at 51, 39 near Diamond Harbour P1Y2 Frances reports suspected submarine at 51, 39 near Diamond Harbour P1Y2 Frances reports possible submarine at 49, 41 near Diamond Harbour G3M2 Nell reports possible submarine at 110, 100 near Rota G3M2 Nell reports periscope wake at 102, 94 near Guam G3M2 Nell reports periscope at 102, 94 near Guam G3M2 Nell reports conning tower at 110, 100 near Rota G3M2 Nell reports shadow in water at 107, 89 near Pagan G3M2 Nell reports periscope wake at 110, 100 near Rota G3M2 Nell reports shadow in water at 110, 100 near Rota G3M2 Nell reports submarine wake at 110, 100 near Rota G3M2 Nell reports oil slick at 107, 89 near Pagan G3M2 Nell reports shape below surface at 107, 89 near Pagan G3M2 Nell reports submarine at 107, 89 near Pagan G3M2 Nell reports oil slick at 107, 89 near Pagan P1Y2 Frances reports diving submarine at 102, 94 near Guam P1Y2 Frances reports radio transmissions at 102, 94 near Guam P1Y2 Frances reports shape below surface at 102, 94 near Guam E13A1 Jake reports submarine wake at 42, 82 near Batoe-eilanden E13A1 Jake reports shape below surface at 44, 93 near Enggano E13A1 Jake reports shadow in water at 88, 63 near Taihoku E13A1 Jake reports suspected submarine at 103, 65 near Tanegashima E13A1 Jake reports object near surface at 100, 67 near Daito Shoto E13A1 Jake reports oil slick at 99, 68 near Daito Shoto E13A1 Jake reports radio transmissions at 100, 67 near Daito Shoto E13A1 Jake reports object near surface at 108, 67 near Torishima E13A1 Jake reports turbulence in water at 106, 84 near Iwo-jima E13A1 Jake reports shape below surface at 44, 93 near Enggano E13A1 Jake reports conning tower at 53, 100 near Semarang E13A1 Jake reports oil slick at 53, 100 near Semarang Ki-46-III Dinah reports oil slick at 51, 39 near Diamond Harbour Ki-46-III Dinah reports suspected submarine at 50, 42 near Diamond Harbour Ki-46-III Dinah reports turbulence in water at 49, 41 near Diamond Harbour Ki-49-IIa Helen reports diving submarine at 53, 48 near Ramree Island Ki-49-IIa Helen reports periscope at 53, 48 near Ramree Island Ki-49-IIa Helen reports diving submarine at 53, 48 near Ramree Island Ki-49-IIa Helen reports radio transmissions at 53, 48 near Ramree Island Ki-49-IIa Helen reports possible submarine at 53, 48 near Ramree Island Ki-49-IIa Helen reports periscope at 53, 48 near Ramree Island Ki-49-IIa Helen reports periscope at 53, 48 near Ramree Island Ki-49-IIa Helen reports radio transmissions at 79, 73 near San Fernando Ki-49-IIa Helen reports diving submarine at 50, 42 near Diamond Harbour Ki-49-IIa Helen reports submarine wake at 50, 42 near Diamond Harbour Ki-49-IIa Helen reports shape below surface at 49, 41 near Diamond Harbour Ki-49-IIa Helen reports periscope wake at 50, 42 near Diamond Harbour Ki-49-IIa Helen reports object near surface at 49, 41 near Diamond Harbour Ki-49-IIa Helen reports diving submarine at 50, 42 near Diamond Harbour Ki-49-IIa Helen reports periscope wake at 50, 42 near Diamond Harbour Ki-49-IIa Helen reports diving submarine at 49, 41 near Diamond Harbour Ki-49-IIa Helen reports shape below surface at 50, 42 near Diamond Harbour Ki-49-IIa Helen reports shape below surface at 97, 63 near Amami Oshima Ki-49-IIa Helen reports possible submarine at 105, 62 near Kochi Ki-49-IIa Helen reports possible submarine at 103, 65 near Tanegashima Ki-49-IIa Helen reports radio transmissions at 105, 62 near Kochi Ki-49-IIa Helen reports turbulence in water at 100, 67 near Daito Shoto Ki-49-IIa Helen reports shadow in water at 105, 62 near Kochi Ki-49-IIa Helen reports periscope at 100, 67 near Daito Shoto Ki-49-IIa Helen reports turbulence in water at 105, 62 near Kochi Ki-49-IIa Helen reports suspected submarine at 103, 65 near Tanegashima Ki-49-IIa Helen reports periscope wake at 100, 67 near Daito Shoto Ki-49-IIa Helen reports turbulence in water at 105, 62 near Kochi Ki-49-IIa Helen reports oil slick at 105, 62 near Kochi Ki-49-IIa Helen from 58th Sentai attacking SS Golet at 100,67 Ki-49-IIa Helen reports periscope wake at 105, 62 near Kochi Ki-49-IIa Helen reports turbulence in water at 100, 67 near Daito Shoto Ki-49-IIa Helen reports oil slick at 105, 62 near Kochi Ki-49-IIa Helen reports possible submarine at 103, 65 near Tanegashima Ki-49-IIa Helen from 58th Sentai attacking SS Golet at 100,67 Ki-49-IIa Helen from 60th Sentai attacking a Thames class SS at 71,89 an Allied SS is reported HIT Ki-49-IIa Helen from 60th Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 71,84 a 'S' War Emergency class SS is reported HIT Ki-49-IIa Helen reports object under water at 69, 83 near Balabac Ki-49-IIa Helen reports shape below surface at 71, 89 near Tawi Tawi Ki-49-IIa Helen reports shape below surface at 71, 84 near Balabac Ki-49-IIa Helen from 60th Sentai attacking a 'U' 1941 Long Hull class SS at 71,89 Ki-49-IIa Helen reports radio transmissions at 69, 83 near Balabac Ki-49-IIa Helen reports periscope at 69, 83 near Balabac Ki-49-IIa Helen reports conning tower at 71, 89 near Tawi Tawi Ki-49-IIa Helen reports shadow in water at 71, 84 near Balabac Ki-49-IIa Helen reports submarine wake at 71, 89 near Tawi Tawi Ki-49-IIa Helen reports oil slick at 71, 89 near Tawi Tawi Ki-49-IIa Helen reports object under water at 71, 89 near Tawi Tawi Ki-49-IIa Helen reports periscope wake at 69, 83 near Balabac Ki-49-IIa Helen reports periscope at 71, 84 near Balabac Ki-49-IIa Helen reports periscope at 71, 84 near Balabac Ki-49-IIa Helen reports submarine wake at 88, 63 near Taihoku Ki-49-IIa Helen reports oil slick at 84, 68 near Hengchun Ki-49-IIa Helen reports suspected submarine at 84, 68 near Hengchun Ki-49-IIa Helen reports turbulence in water at 84, 68 near Hengchun Ki-49-IIa Helen reports submarine wake at 88, 63 near Taihoku Ki-49-IIa Helen reports radio transmissions at 84, 68 near Hengchun Ki-49-IIa Helen reports periscope wake at 84, 68 near Hengchun Ki-49-IIa Helen reports submarine at 80, 67 near Hengchun Ki-49-IIa Helen reports periscope wake at 84, 68 near Hengchun Ki-49-IIa Helen reports submarine wake at 80, 67 near Hengchun Ki-49-IIa Helen reports submarine at 84, 68 near Hengchun Ki-49-IIa Helen reports diving submarine at 99, 68 near Daito Shoto Ki-49-IIa Helen reports periscope at 97, 63 near Amami Oshima Ki-49-IIa Helen reports conning tower at 99, 68 near Daito Shoto Ki-49-IIa Helen reports possible submarine at 97, 63 near Amami Oshima Ki-49-IIa Helen reports possible submarine at 100, 67 near Daito Shoto Ki-49-IIa Helen reports submarine wake at 99, 68 near Daito Shoto Ki-49-IIa Helen reports suspected submarine at 100, 67 near Daito Shoto Ki-49-IIa Helen reports periscope wake at 97, 63 near Amami Oshima Ki-49-IIa Helen reports conning tower at 99, 68 near Daito Shoto Ki-49-IIa Helen from 92nd Sentai attacking a 'S' 1942 and 1943 class SS at 97,63 a Gar class SS is reported HIT Ki-49-IIa Helen reports shadow in water at 99, 68 near Daito Shoto Ki-49-IIa Helen reports shape below surface at 97, 63 near Amami Oshima Allied Torpedo Bomber sighted over Ponape Allied Aircraft sighted over Darwin Allied Fighter sighted over Tarawa F-7A Liberator sighted over Eniwetok Allied Aircraft sighted over Hyderabad Allied Heavy Bomber sighted over Jamshedpur Allied Recon sighted over Warangal Allied Torpedo Bomber sighted over Vizagapatnam Allied Torpedo Bomber sighted over Ponape F-5E Lightning sighted over Darwin Allied Aircraft sighted over Eniwetok Allied Heavy Bomber sighted over Jamshedpur Allied Aircraft sighted over Warangal Allied Fighter Bomber sighted over Vizagapatnam P1Y2 Frances from K-401 Hikotai at Calcutta grounded due to maintenance B7A2 Grace from Yokosuka Ku K-2 is damaged on landing Pilot killed in landing accident of Ki-49-IIa Helen from 3rd Sentai Ki-49-IIa Helen from 60th Sentai at Puerto Princesa grounded due to maintenance J1N1-C Irving from T-102 Hikotai at Koepang grounded due to maintenance Ki-46-III Dinah from 38th Sentai/B at Padang grounded due to maintenance J1N1-C Irving from T-102 Hikotai is damaged on landing Ki-46-III Dinah from 28th Sentai at Paramushiro-jima grounded due to maintenance J1N1-C Irving from T-4 Hikotai crashes on landing P1Y2 Frances from K-401 Hikotai at Calcutta grounded due to maintenance E13A1 Jake from Yokosuka Ku T-3/A crashes on landing Ki-46-III Dinah from 2nd Sentai is damaged on landing Ki-49-IIa Helen from 58th Sentai at Kanoya grounded due to maintenance H8K2 Emily from 901 Ku T-4 at Torokina grounded due to maintenance J1N1-C Irving from T-4 Hikotai at Ponape grounded due to maintenance Ki-49-IIa Helen from 3rd Sentai at Rangoon grounded due to maintenance Ki-49-IIa Helen from 92nd Sentai at Naha grounded due to maintenance E13A1 Jake from Yokosuka Ku T-3/B at Miri grounded due to maintenance Pilot killed in landing accident of D4Y4 Judy from Bako NGD Det T-1 E13A1 Jake from I.32-1 is damaged on landing H8K2 Emily from 801 Ku T-1 at Marcus Island grounded due to maintenance Ki-49-IIa Helen from 14th Sentai at Chittagong grounded due to maintenance Ki-49-IIa Helen from 58th Sentai at Kanoya grounded due to maintenance No additional repairs possible on xAK Hokusho Maru using currently assigned resources at Georgetown No additional repairs possible on xAK Iburi Maru using currently assigned resources at Singapore TF 4 does not have enough fuel to complete mission TF 97 does not have enough fuel to complete mission CS Convoy TF 46 begins loading Fuel at Medan for delivery to Singapore CS Convoy TF 202 begins loading Oil at Shikuka for delivery to Wakkanai Diego Garcia expands port to size 5 Delayed planes for the aircraft pool: 16 (22) x A6M5 Zero, 0 (2) x G4M1-L Betty xAK Hokusho Maru available for service in damaged state at Georgetown xAK Luzon Maru arrives at Nagoya LST T-145 arrives at Nagoya SC Ch 57 arrives at Hakodate SC CHa-250 arrives at Nagasaki/Sasebo 1023 Ku U-1 arrives at Iwaki

29000Kevin -> RE: AAR 1944 (3/11/2021 11:30:56 PM)
Maybe the [true] reason why Japan has lost so many planes out in sea is because they unknowingly declared war against a alien Race using Unidentified submerged object's after hundreds of Japanese planes bombed the oceans with depth charges. This lead to the aliens whom for whatever reason are camping in the Pacific to unleash their Foo Fighters against your bombers and search aircraft but they don't overtly destroy the planes, rather they sabotage them which "perfectly" explains everything when they catastrophically crash lands at your airports. Like I kid you not their is an equivalent to the Bermuda Triangle in the Pacific Ocean although its relevantly forgotten and I haven't watch or read anything about it in 6 years, its called the "Dragons Triangle" and covers the area south of Japan in the Devil's Sea.

PaxMondo -> RE: AAR 1944 (3/12/2021 2:53:53 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy Just to give you an idea. Air losses on ASW/nav search today. Date is ahead of the AAR but it's just an average day. ALL these aircraft were lost on an ASW/nav search mission, all of them. You have a lot of ops losses here CT ....

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (3/12/2021 11:31:06 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PaxMondo quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy Just to give you an idea. Air losses on ASW/nav search today. Date is ahead of the AAR but it's just an average day. ALL these aircraft were lost on an ASW/nav search mission, all of them. You have a lot of ops losses here CT .... Yeah, tell me. Lots of sub sightings, lots of losses, goes hand in hand. No sightings, same squadrons, same settings, same aircraft -> NO losses[8\|]

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (3/12/2021 11:45:02 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 02, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 10th Indian Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft P1Y2 Frances x 57 Japanese aircraft losses P1Y2 Frances: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 82 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 36 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 9 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 6 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 3 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 3 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Americal Infantry Division ... Also attacking 8th Indian Division ... Also attacking 4th Marine Division ... Also attacking 3rd Fleet Advn Base Force ... Also attacking 7th Infantry Division ... Also attacking 10th Indian Division ... Also attacking Americal Infantry Division ... Also attacking 4th Marine Division ... Also attacking 10th Indian Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 10th Indian Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft P1Y2 Frances x 54 Japanese aircraft losses P1Y2 Frances: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 152 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 22 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 27 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 27 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 25th Infantry Division ... Also attacking 10th Indian Division ... Also attacking 25th Infantry Division ... Also attacking 10th Indian Division ... Also attacking 25th Infantry Division ... Also attacking 10th Indian Division ... Also attacking 25th Infantry Division ... Also attacking 10th Indian Division ... Also attacking 25th Infantry Division ... Also attacking 10th Indian Division ... Also attacking 25th Infantry Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 25th Infantry Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft P1Y2 Frances x 39 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 171 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 33 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 6 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 6th Infantry Division ... Also attacking 25th Infantry Division ... Also attacking 6th Infantry Division ... Also attacking 25th Infantry Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 8th Indian Division, at 54,38 , near Jessore Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft P1Y2 Frances x 27 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 54 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 27 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 54,38 (near Jessore) Japanese Deliberate attack [image]local://upfiles/13774/C9F0032677AD42DBB4C8D806CF78650B.jpg[/image] Attacking force 305980 troops, 3013 guns, 2952 vehicles, Assault Value = 10106 Defending force 62217 troops, 0 guns, 110 vehicles, Assault Value = 342 Japanese adjusted assault: 6231 Allied adjusted defense: 34 Japanese assault odds: 183 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), morale(-) experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 4728 casualties reported Squads: 16 destroyed, 463 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 62 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 28 disabled Guns lost 41 (1 destroyed, 40 disabled) Vehicles lost 149 (21 destroyed, 128 disabled) Allied ground losses: 64080 casualties reported Squads: 1203 destroyed, 52 disabled Non Combat: 3896 destroyed, 37 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 100 (100 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 14 mass surrender of Allied troops in the Jessore pocket continues, can only be one or two more attacks and all enemy units will be killed... unlike the first attack the enemy's stick and stones defense wasn't as severe... Assaulting units: 10th Division 4th Division 23rd Tank Regiment 18th Division 3rd Division 26th Division 19th Division 21st Division 16th Division 22nd Tank Regiment 105th Division 56th Division 9th Tank Regiment 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade 14th Tank Regiment 34th Division 116th Division 30th Division 2nd Division 3rd Tank Division 27th Tank Regiment 53rd Division 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade 1st Tank Division 11th Tank Regiment 12th Tank Regiment 15th Tank Regiment 2nd Tank Regiment 55th Division 25th Tank Regiment 51st Division 28th Division 48th Division 2nd Guards Division 2nd Tank Division 26th Tank Regiment 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 2nd Mortar Battalion 3rd Mortar Battalion 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 28th Army 4th Mortar Battalion 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 5th Mortar Battalion 1st Mortar Battalion 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 1st RF Gun Battalion 3rd Medium Mortar Battalion Defending units: 6th Indian Division 7th Infantry Division 27th Infantry Division 43rd Infantry Division 10th Indian Division 6th Infantry Division 4th Marine Division 40th Infantry Division 3rd Marine Division Americal Infantry Division 41st Infantry Division 8th Indian Division Seventh US Fleet 25th Infantry Division Pacific Ocean Areas 298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 1st (Spec) Cavalry Division 3rd Fleet Advn Base Force

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (3/12/2021 11:54:11 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 03, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Iwo-jima at 106,75 Japanese Ships APD T-12 CL Yubari DD Matsu DD Kiri DD Maki DD Kuwa DD Take Allied Ships SS Tinosa transferring some APDs and upgraded Yubari back to Truk... SS Tinosa launches 2 torpedoes at APD T-12 Tinosa diving deep .... DD Kiri fails to find sub and abandons search DD Maki fails to find sub and abandons search DD Kuwa fails to find sub and abandons search DD Take fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 54,38 (near Jessore) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 269236 troops, 2742 guns, 2336 vehicles, Assault Value = 9588 Defending force 15050 troops, 0 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 16 Japanese adjusted assault: 5503 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 5503 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), morale(-) experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 24 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 12387 casualties reported Squads: 321 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1751 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 22 (22 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 4 V I C T O R Y !!! The last four defending units in the Jessore pocket surrendered... it was the 18th January when the enemy started his invasion at Diamond Harbour and Calcutta and over seven months later the last enemy unit that took part in that invasion surrenders to IJA troops near Jessore... 150+ enemy units with over 500,000 troops were lost in that operation... it's like Rommel's wet dream, the enemy literally never got inland from the beaches and was ultimately destroyed... don't know how many thousand victory points that were for all those units but we are closing in to 50,000 victory points for Allied ground troops lost... Assaulting units: 34th Division 56th Division 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade 10th Division 3rd Division 23rd Tank Regiment 21st Division 2nd Tank Division 48th Division 11th Tank Regiment 3rd Tank Division 4th Division 18th Division 2nd Guards Division 30th Division 51st Division 1st Tank Division 2nd Tank Regiment 26th Division 2nd Division 16th Division 105th Division 12th Tank Regiment 116th Division 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade 55th Division 28th Division 53rd Division 19th Division 26th Tank Regiment 3rd Mortar Battalion 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 4th Mortar Battalion 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st RF Gun Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Mortar Battalion 2nd Mortar Battalion 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 28th Army 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 5th Mortar Battalion 3rd Medium Mortar Battalion Defending units: 3rd Marine Division 10th Indian Division 40th Infantry Division 41st Infantry Division [image]local://upfiles/13774/F6BD4AFE335B4465A5D5A85E0B41061A.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (3/13/2021 2:33:02 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 24, 44 no combat at all this turn, the usual hundred sub sightings... we are planning a bombardment of Roi Namur tomorrow as the base is the main anchorage for Allied subs in the area with with lots of support ships there... we have heavy cruisers going in tomorrow and a BB squadron going into position for a bombardment the night after... there's also a convoy of tankers spotted at Roi Namur... [image]local://upfiles/13774/70AFD670AF9C460CBFDB5629EABD49D9.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (3/13/2021 2:38:03 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 25, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Soerabaja at 56,103 Japanese Ships E Miyake DD Hatakaze E Kurahashi Allied Ships SS Flier, hits 5 we've got an ASW TF operating in the area and it took like three weeks to finally engage one of the daily spotted subs... nothing but near misses... Captain of SS Flier elects not to launch torpedoes at this target DD Hatakaze fails to find sub and abandons search E Kurahashi fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kurahashi fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kurahashi fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kurahashi attacking submerged sub .... E Kurahashi fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Roi-Namur at 132,114, Range 10,000 Yards [image]local://upfiles/13774/8E8586FBE7684754A11D832098D57860.jpg[/image] Japanese Ships CA Myoko CA Haguro CA Nachi CA Ashigara CA Aoba CA Kako CL Yubari DD Shinonome DD Kisaragi DD Yayoi DD Uzuki DD Satsuki DD Minazuki DD Fumizuki DD Kikuzuki DD Nagatsuki, Shell hits 1 DD Mikazuki DD Mochizuki DD Yuzuki Allied Ships DD Braine, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Clarence Bronson, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk TK Bahrein, Shell hits 17, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk TK Huguenot, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk here's the cruiser squadron going in at Roi Namur, finding the tanker convoy being at anchor... before all Allied ships got underway the battle was decided already, lots of torpedo hits and all enemy ships were sunk... our DDs weren't able to penetrate enemy DDs' armor with gunfire which is once again showing how outdated they are in comparison to the Allied armored destroyers... Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 57% moonlight: 11,000 yards Range closes to 27,000 yards... Range closes to 24,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards Allied ships attempt to get underway CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards Range closes to 21,000 yards... Range closes to 18,000 yards... Range closes to 15,000 yards... Range closes to 12,000 yards... Range closes to 10,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 10,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 10,000 yards DD Nagatsuki engages DD Clarence Bronson at 10,000 yards DD Braine engages DD Nagatsuki at 10,000 yards DD Nagatsuki engages TK Huguenot at 10,000 yards CA Nachi engages DD Clarence Bronson at 10,000 yards DD Clarence Bronson sunk by DD Mikazuki at 10,000 yards DD Braine engages DD Kisaragi at 10,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards CA Kako engages DD Braine at 9,000 yards DD Kisaragi engages TK Huguenot at 9,000 yards CA Ashigara engages TK Bahrein at 9,000 yards DD Braine sunk by CA Haguro at 9,000 yards Range closes to 5,000 yards TK Huguenot sunk by CA Aoba at 5,000 yards Range closes to 3,000 yards DD Mikazuki engages TK Bahrein at 3,000 yards TK Bahrein sunk by CA Ashigara at 3,000 yards TK Bahrein sunk by CA Ashigara at 3,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Roi-Namur at 132,114 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses SBD-3 Dauntless: 19 damaged F4U-1A Corsair: 74 damaged F4U-1A Corsair: 4 destroyed on ground B-25H Mitchell: 48 damaged B-25H Mitchell: 2 destroyed on ground SB2C-1C Helldiver: 54 damaged SB2C-1C Helldiver: 1 destroyed on ground 8 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Kako CA Aoba CA Ashigara CA Nachi CA Haguro CA Myoko CL Yubari DD Yuzuki DD Mochizuki DD Mikazuki DD Nagatsuki DD Kikuzuki DD Fumizuki DD Minazuki DD Satsuki DD Uzuki DD Yayoi DD Kisaragi DD Shinonome Allied Ships PT-63, Shell hits 1, heavy damage AVP Teal, Shell hits 1, on fire Allied ground losses: 562 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 33 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Airbase hits 37 Airbase supply hits 16 Runway hits 82 Port hits 2 Port supply hits 1 after sinking the tanker convoy the cruisers and destroyers work over Roi Namur's airfield but pretty much completely ignore the three dozen enemy ships at anchor there... would have liked it being the other way around or at least 50/50... we don't even destroy a dozen enemy aircraft so without sinking that small tanker convoy it would have been pretty much a waste... ordered the BBs around to retire to Truk, pretty sure the anchorage will be guarded by PTs tomorrow... CA Kako firing at Roi-Namur CA Aoba firing at Roi-Namur E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Ashigara CA Ashigara firing at Roi-Namur CA Nachi firing at Roi-Namur CA Haguro firing at 5th Port Advn Base Force 5th Port Advn Base Force firing at CA Haguro CA Myoko firing at Roi-Namur CL Yubari firing at Roi-Namur DD Yuzuki firing at Roi-Namur DD Mochizuki firing at Roi-Namur DD Mikazuki firing at Roi-Namur DD Nagatsuki firing at Roi-Namur DD Kikuzuki firing at Roi-Namur DD Fumizuki firing at Roi-Namur DD Minazuki firing at 5th Port Advn Base Force 5th Port Advn Base Force firing at DD Minazuki DD Satsuki firing at Roi-Namur DD Uzuki firing at Roi-Namur DD Yayoi firing at 5th Port Advn Base Force 5th Port Advn Base Force firing at DD Yayoi DD Kisaragi firing at Roi-Namur DD Shinonome firing at Roi-Namur

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (3/13/2021 2:43:23 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 26, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Torishima at 110,66 Japanese Ships xAKL Momoyama Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage PB Uruboko Maru xAKL Tamaki Maru PB Saishu Maru PB Daitei Maru Allied Ships SS Ling, hits 1 SS Ling launches 2 torpedoes at xAKL Momoyama Maru PB Saishu Maru fails to find sub and abandons search PB Daitei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Daitei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Daitei Maru attacking submerged sub .... PB Daitei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Daitei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub in most of my convoys like this one I have more escorts than freighters but that doesn't help... not expecting the subs to be sunk but at least it would be cool to keep a couple of them from attacking... naval search picked up Allied carriers again today as an enemy fleet is closing in on Wake... no doubt we will see an invasion here within the next two days... Wake is defended by only combat units, three nav guards, a combat eng unit and Wake's CD unit with a couple of 20cm guns... can't have a stronger combat force on a 6000 stacking atoll... there are also 150 mines and the troops are awaiting the enemy behind level 6 forts so that's not an easy target and it has gone really bad for the Allied at comparable targets in the Marshalls previously... [image]local://upfiles/13774/59DDB783A4A343DEA0B1999F7539C6F2.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (3/18/2021 5:12:29 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 27, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 231 encounters mine field at Wake Island (136,98) Allied Ships DD Bullard, Mine hits 1 enemy DD hitting a mine, most likely a bombardment TF rushing in... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Wake Island at 134,96 [image]local://upfiles/13774/43E772041B77409A9344D15B0979386A.jpg[/image] Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-5 Hellcat x 42 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 26 No Allied losses Japanese Ships ACM Shonon Maru #15, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk the carriers are also in range of Wake now, sinking a hapless ACM... ordered the ship to move out but the damn refuel routine forced it to fully refuel when I created the TF which meant the ACM spent a lot op points for refuelling, not being able to move away... [8\|] Aircraft Attacking: 1 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb 25 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 10000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Wake Island at 136,98 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 12 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships BB Alabama, Shell hits 2 BB South Dakota CA Boston CL Mobile CL Birmingham CL Biloxi CL Raleigh DD Colahan DD Cogswell DD Claxton DD Capps DD Caperton DD Callaghan DD Bullard DD Bryant Japanese ground losses: 507 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 47 (18 destroyed, 29 disabled) Airbase hits 16 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 27 Port hits 14 Port fuel hits 3 Port supply hits 4 as expected a strong task force bombarding Wake to prepare for the landings that will be going in tomorrow... Wake's CD unit is no more... all 20cm guns are destroyed or disabled pretty much all the smaller calibres as well... so much about one of the better CD units outside of Japan, sitting in level 6 forts...[:(] BB Alabama firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at BB Alabama BB South Dakota firing at Wake Island CA Boston firing at Wake Island CL Mobile firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at CL Mobile CL Birmingham firing at Wake Island CL Biloxi firing at Wake Island CL Raleigh firing at Wake Island DD Colahan firing at Wake Island DD Cogswell firing at Maizuru 2nd SNLF DD Claxton firing at Wake Island DD Capps firing at Wake Island DD Caperton firing at Wake Island DD Callaghan firing at Maizuru 2nd SNLF DD Bullard firing at Wake Island DD Bryant firing at Wake Island

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (3/18/2021 5:26:43 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 28, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 231 encounters mine field at Wake Island (136,98) Allied Ships DD Bryant DD Capps, Mine hits 1, heavy damage Magazine explodes on DD Capps 2 mines cleared the assault shipping is coming in and a lucky mine actually sinks a destroyer this time as the magazines are ignited... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 118 encounters mine field at Wake Island (136,98) Allied Ships DE Manning DE Harmon DE Greenwood, Mine hits 1, heavy damage 4 mines cleared another mine hit and even listed as heavily damaged... in the end I only expect DD Capps to be sunk though... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 217 encounters mine field at Wake Island (136,98) Allied Ships DE Jack Miller, Mine hits 1 lots of different task forces... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 231 encounters mine field at Wake Island (136,98) Allied Ships DD Colahan DD Cogswell, Mine hits 1, heavy damage DD Claxton DD Bryant 7 mines cleared must be the most succesful mine defense of the war so far... 150 mines at Wake... the CD unit is gone, we won't intervene with the IJN, no aircraft defending the atoll so it will be all up to the three Navguard units that are entrenched on the atoll... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Wake Island (136,98) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 14 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships AK Iran Victory LCI(G)-468 LCI(G)-467 LCI(G)-466 LCI(G)-465 LCI(G)-464 LCI(G)-463 LCI(G)-462 LCI(G)-455 LCI(G)-454 LCI(G)-453 LCI(G)-452 LCI(G)-451 LCI(G)-450 LCI(G)-449 LCI(G)-442 LCI(G)-441 LCI(G)-439 LCI(G)-437 LCI(G)-408 LCI(G)-405 LCI(G)-404 LCI(G)-403 LCI(G)-401 LCI(G)-398 LCI(G)-397 LCI(G)-396 LCI(G)-373 LCI(G)-372 LCI(G)-366 LCI(G)-365 LCI(G)-220 LCI(G)-82 LCI(G)-81 LCI(G)-79 LCI(G)-78 LCI(G)-77 LCI-70 LCI-69 LCI-68 LCI-67 LCI-66 LCI-65 LCI-64 LCI(M)-582 LCI(R)-72 APA Oconto DE Engstrom Japanese ground losses: 1427 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 142 disabled [X(][:@] Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 209 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 46 (5 destroyed, 41 disabled) what kind of stupidity is this now??? I've been playing this game for over a decade now but have neither seen something like this in my PBEMs nor seen it in any AAR... looks like these LCI (G) that carry 120x4.5 inch rockets are atoll cleaners... we have nearly 200 av on the atoll, level 6 forts and we lose pretty much all of our av to the LCI (G) fire during the landings? Seriously??? 15cm 41YT CD Gun Battery engaging AK Iran Victory at 18,000 yards 20cm 41YT CD Gun Battery engaging AK Iran Victory at 18,000 yards LCI(G)-468 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-467 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-466 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-465 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-464 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-463 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-462 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-455 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-454 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-453 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-452 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-451 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-450 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-449 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-442 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-441 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-439 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-437 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-408 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-405 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-404 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-403 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-401 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-398 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-397 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-396 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-373 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-372 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-366 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-365 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-220 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-82 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-81 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-79 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-78 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-77 fired at enemy troops LCI-70 fired at enemy troops LCI-69 fired at enemy troops LCI-68 fired at enemy troops LCI-67 fired at enemy troops LCI-66 fired at enemy troops LCI-65 fired at enemy troops LCI-64 fired at enemy troops LCI(M)-582 fired at enemy troops LCI(R)-72 fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 4,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Wake Island (136,98) TF 180 troops unloading over beach at Wake Island, 136,98 Allied ground losses: 67 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 5 (0 destroyed, 5 disabled) Vehicles lost 24 (2 destroyed, 22 disabled) Motorized Support dropped into water during unload of 2nd Marine Div /3 15 Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 2nd Marine Div /6 Motorized Support accidentally lost during unload of 124th Cavalry Rgt /3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Wake Island (136,98) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 9 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LCI(G)-468 LCI(G)-467 LCI(G)-466 LCI(G)-465 LCI(G)-464 LCI(G)-463 LCI(G)-462 LCI(G)-455 LCI(G)-454 LCI(G)-453 LCI(G)-452 LCI(G)-451 LCI(G)-450 LCI(G)-449 LCI(G)-442 LCI(G)-441 LCI(G)-439 LCI(G)-437 LCI(G)-408 LCI(G)-405 LCI(G)-404 LCI(G)-403 LCI(G)-401 LCI(G)-398 LCI(G)-397 LCI(G)-396 LCI(G)-373 LCI(G)-372 LCI(G)-366 LCI(G)-365 LCI(G)-220 LCI(G)-82 LCI(G)-81 LCI(G)-79 LCI(G)-78 LCI(G)-77 LCI-70 LCI-69 LCI-68 LCI-67 LCI-66 LCI-65 LCI-64 LCI(M)-582 LCI(R)-72 APA Oconto DE Engstrom Japanese ground losses: 115 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 8 (3 destroyed, 5 disabled) LCI(G)-468 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-467 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-466 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-465 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-464 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-463 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-462 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-455 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-454 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-453 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-452 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-451 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-450 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-449 fired at enemy guns LCI(G)-442 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-441 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-439 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-437 fired at enemy guns LCI(G)-408 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-405 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-404 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-403 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-401 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-398 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-397 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-396 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-373 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-372 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-366 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-365 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-220 fired at enemy guns LCI(G)-82 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-81 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-79 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-78 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-77 fired at enemy troops LCI-70 fired at enemy troops LCI-69 fired at enemy troops LCI-68 fired at enemy troops LCI-67 fired at enemy troops LCI-66 fired at enemy troops LCI-65 fired at enemy troops LCI-64 fired at enemy guns LCI(M)-582 fired at enemy troops LCI(R)-72 fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 228 encounters mine field at Wake Island (136,98) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 22 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships DMS Hamilton, Shell hits 2, on fire DMS Southard, Shell hits 3 DMS Elliot DMS Wasmuth amazing to see there is still a gun left to fire at those DMS, without much if any effect... Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at DMS Hamilton DMS Hamilton firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at DMS Southard DMS Southard firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion DMS Elliot firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at DMS Elliot DMS Wasmuth firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion 60 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Wake Island (136,98) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 20 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LCI(G)-468 LCI(G)-467 LCI(G)-466 LCI(G)-465 LCI(G)-464 LCI(G)-463 LCI(G)-462 LCI(G)-455 LCI(G)-454 LCI(G)-453 LCI(G)-452 LCI(G)-451 LCI(G)-450 LCI(G)-449 LCI(G)-442 LCI(G)-441 LCI(G)-439 LCI(G)-437 LCI(G)-408 LCI(G)-405 LCI(G)-404 LCI(G)-403 LCI(G)-401 LCI(G)-398 LCI(G)-397 LCI(G)-396 LCI(G)-373 LCI(G)-372 LCI(G)-366 LCI(G)-365 LCI(G)-220 LCI(G)-82 LCI(G)-81 LCI(G)-79 LCI(G)-78 LCI(G)-77 LCI-70 LCI-69 LCI-68 LCI-67 LCI-66 LCI-65 LCI-64 LCI(M)-582 LCI(R)-72 APA Oconto, Shell hits 1 DE Engstrom AK Australian Victory Japanese ground losses: 62 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled) LCI(G)-468 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-467 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-466 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-465 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-464 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-463 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-462 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-455 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-454 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-453 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-452 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-451 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-450 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-449 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-442 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-441 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-439 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-437 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-408 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-405 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-404 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-403 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-401 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-398 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-397 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-396 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-373 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-372 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-366 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-365 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-220 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-82 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-81 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-79 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-78 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-77 fired at enemy troops LCI-70 fired at enemy troops LCI-69 fired at enemy troops LCI-68 fired at enemy troops LCI-67 fired at enemy troops LCI-66 fired at enemy troops LCI-65 fired at enemy troops LCI-64 fired at enemy troops LCI(M)-582 fired at enemy troops LCI(R)-72 fired at enemy troops 20cm 41YT CD Gun battery firing at APA Oconto -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wake Island (136,98) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 98 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 37 Defending force 19792 troops, 263 guns, 343 vehicles, Assault Value = 726 Japanese ground losses: 35 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled) what a surprise our own bombardment doesn't instantly kill all our remaining troops, which are a f*ing 98 troops???? Assaulting units: 20th Ind Engineer Regiment 66th Naval Guard Unit Maizuru 2nd SNLF Sasebo 3rd SNLF Wake Coastal Gun Battalion Defending units: 147th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 713th Flame Tank Bn /5 2nd Marine Division 124th Cavalry Regiment 706th Tank Bn /5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wake Island (136,98) [image]local://upfiles/13774/6EE5C6E6856343EC885D24A1FEF61FBD.jpg[/image] Allied Shock attack Attacking force 19792 troops, 263 guns, 343 vehicles, Assault Value = 726 Defending force 3719 troops, 53 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 37 Allied adjusted assault: 50 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 50 to 1 (fort level 6) Allied forces CAPTURE Wake Island !!! Combat modifiers Defender: forts(+), disruption(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-), disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 5017 casualties reported Squads: 205 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 318 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 19 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 43 (43 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 11 (11 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 5 Allied ground losses: 1706 casualties reported Squads: 102 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 21 (16 destroyed, 5 disabled) Vehicles lost 17 (16 destroyed, 1 disabled) WOW! We built up an atoll to level 6 forts which is the highest to reach on that small atoll, have Wake's CD unit with 20cm guns, 150 mines and nearly 200 fully prepped av on the island and after the super LCI (G) whipe out all my combat troops we get an adjusted av of 1! In words: O N E!!! I've seen a lot of out of whack stuff over the years but this is new to me... Mundy obviously knew about the super power of the LCI as he included a load of them in the invasion TF and literally no warships... need air attacks? No? Need a division to take the atoll? Actually no because some construction units probably could get enough adjusted av to overcome the 1 av we had after the LCI had killed the whole garrison... OH MY F*ING GOD!!! [:@] if I try to find something positive I'm left with a DD sunk and 102 US combat squads destroyed but that's not making up for the losses we suffered to the LCI alone... the whole USN doing bombardments on a daily basis couldn't do what those LCI did in one day... clearly something like an oversight due to very late war that usually nobody reaches anyways, can't believe that is WAD... Assaulting units: 124th Cavalry Regiment 2nd Marine Division 713th Flame Tank Bn /5 147th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 706th Tank Bn /5 Defending units: Maizuru 2nd SNLF 20th Ind Engineer Regiment 66th Naval Guard Unit Sasebo 3rd SNLF Wake Coastal Gun Battalion

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (3/18/2021 5:31:10 PM)
this is the super ship type that can clear any enemy island of all defenders all on it's own... the enemy gets like 75 of them throughout the war and they have clearly super powers... LCI (G) > BB... [sm=crazy.gif] [image]local://upfiles/13774/D3ED6DDB05BA487682BD16678A6AA9BF.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (3/18/2021 5:33:30 PM)
as if the LCI (G) wouldn't be totally out of whack already, it can get even worse as there are also LCT (R) that are the equivalent of 8 LCI (G)... use five of them and you can clear any island without using ground units if today's result is consistent... if it is, it's totally, absolutely idiotic...[sm=nono.gif] what had a suppressing effect in real life is an atoll cleaner in the game... [image]local://upfiles/13774/FFC282FF8CA247B087C3FF775100F959.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (3/27/2021 1:39:29 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 01, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Kwajalein Island at 132,115 [image]local://upfiles/13774/AE6F3F94381D42C0B66D734997CB3AA3.jpg[/image] Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 131 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 36 minutes Japanese aircraft B7A2 Grace x 41 Ki-84r Frank x 49 Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 12 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 12 P-51B Mustang x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84r Frank: 6 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 2 destroyed Allied Ships xAK Clan Mactaggart, Bomb hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage DE McCoy Reynolds, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires xAK Luxemburg Victory, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires xAK United Victory xAK Clan Macwhirter xAK City of Manchester, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires xAK Hobbs Victory, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires xAK Meridian Victory, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Stephen Hopkins II, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires xAK Terry E. Stephenson, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires xAK Panama Victory, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage after the disappointing loss of Wake Island we planned a retaliation operation in the Marshalls and promptly spot a bigger convoy coming in which was the go for the airforce... thought the convoy would move to Roi Namur but it was actually heading to Kwajalein when it was spotted at anchor in the morning... we had two Frank Sentais set to escort but all over the day only one took off which is one of those moments [8\|] Kwajalein only has a level 1 airfield and the incoming strike is opposed by the best fighters the Allied can field and to my surprise the P-47s only achieved just so over a 1:1 vs the escorting Franks but the Mustangs really shot up the Franks... it didn't matter in the end as the Franks did their job and all Graces got through CAP and it's their high speed once again saving them, was quite surprising with a pre warning time of 36min... weather wasn't great but the highly skilled bomber crews had a field day against the anchored convoy sinking over halve a dozen ships in this strike... the convoy was bringing fuel so every freighter that was hit turned into a flare and should be a kill... not a single bomber was lost to flak... Aircraft Attacking: 14 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 11 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 16 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb CAP engaged: 23rd FG/74th FS with P-51B Mustang (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 32000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 32000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes 23rd FG/75th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 17000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes 23rd FG/76th FS with P-47D25 Thunderbolt (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DE McCoy Reynolds Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Hobbs Victory Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Stephen Hopkins II Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Luxemburg Victory Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Panama Victory Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Meridian Victory -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kwajalein Island at 132,115 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 150 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft B7A2 Grace x 41 Ki-84r Frank x 24 Allied aircraft P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 11 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 9 P-51B Mustang x 11 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84r Frank: 5 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed P-51B Mustang: 1 destroyed Allied Ships xAK Clan Macwhirter, Bomb hits 3, on fire DE Richard M. Rowell, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk DE McCoy Reynolds, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Troilus, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Toussaint Ouverture, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires xAK Thomas Crawford, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires xAK Peisander, Bomb hits 3, on fire xAK United Victory, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK City of Manchester, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage afternoon strike and it was only the same Frank unit as in the morning on escort, having only halve of the fighters left... this way of having airstrikes and whole units refusing to fly has been pissing me off since release and it has never gotten better, it still feels totally stupid when you have fully operational units just not flying because of... I don't know, a fridging borked routine... not talking about weather, low morale, overstacked airfield or wahtever, it's just the usual behaviour, you order fighters to fly, they don't... that's how the game works, that's not how reality was nor is... there is one big thing in real life wars and it's called orders and if you don't obey these if there isn't a real reason hindering you then you've got a problem... the game gets applause for "a new way airstrike work"... so for what reason ever instead of 98 Franks we only had 49 in the morning and two dozen in the afternoon and it was more than surprising that the two dozen in the afternoon were enough to fend off the CAP and again getting all bombers through CAP... pure luck, could have also been 35+ bombers shot down in the afternoon, the escorts suffered horribly though... must have been a really big convoy and in the end we sink well over a dozen ships today including two destroyer escorts... after the loss of a small tanker convoy to my cruisers earlier our airforce also sinks this freighter convoy so still not a lot of fuel for Kwajalein I guess... Roi Namur has a level 4 airfield but only a small port and according to air recon that's where all his subs seem to be stationed but Kwajalein has the bigger port and would be better suited so as long as the base hasn't got enough fuel/supplies the enemy will have to keep using Roi Namur as major fleet anchorage in the Marshalls... Aircraft Attacking: 19 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 20 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 2 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb CAP engaged: 23rd FG/74th FS with P-51B Mustang (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (11 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 32000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 32000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes 23rd FG/75th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (11 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 17000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes 23rd FG/76th FS with P-47D25 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Clan Macwhirter Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Peisander Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Troilus Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK City of Manchester

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (3/27/2021 1:49:06 PM)
our primary goals are always to hit ships and destroy ground units, both is what really hinders Allied operations and to achieve this we are well accepting losses if we can achieve good damage which was the case today... over a dozen Allied ships sunk and it will take another two weeks to bring the needed fuel/supplies that were lost with this convoy... the cost to our Frank Sentai was heavy though, losing halve of the available fighters and 13 higly skilled and experienced pilots... that's like losing KB pilots in early 42, these pilots are irreplacable... usually I don't use an elite Sentai like this one for escort as a 70/70 unit can do that just as well but we were in a hurry when we spotted the enemy convoy so we had to make do with what we had... the Frank unit was tasked with CAP over it's own base when the convoy showed up the day before... in the end it was a mistake to use this unit when it suffered 1:4 vs the CAP... Mundy has his foothold in the Marshalls after taking both Roi Namur and Kwajalein finally but by not taking out the majority of the nearby bases he always runs the risk of taking heavy losses if he doesn't escort all his convoys with strong surface assets or at least some CVE which is hard to do in the long run... fun fact we didn't lose a single bomber in both attacks but when I transferred the unit back to Truk two of the Graces crashed and were op losses, both crews killed... [image]local://upfiles/13774/ABD8341970D64507872CBDC68CD1F259.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (3/27/2021 1:58:48 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 03, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Kwajalein Island at 132,115, Range 3,000 Yards [image]local://upfiles/13774/E8B9BCA826D74506B312AF8A1C422EE6.jpg[/image] Japanese Ships MTB G-549 MTB G-550 MTB G-551 MTB G-552 MTB G-555 MTB G-839 Allied Ships xAK Peisander, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk tasked two PT boat squadrons to engage the remaining ships at Roi Namur but we only found a single heavily burning freighter left which was quickly sunk... Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching! Allied TF begins to get underway Improved night sighting under 96% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 96% moonlight: 11,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 11,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... Range closes to 6,000 yards... Range closes to 5,000 yards... Range closes to 4,000 yards... Range closes to 3,000 yards... Range closes to 2,000 yards MTB G-839 engages xAK Peisander at 2,000 yards MTB G-551 engages xAK Peisander at 2,000 yards MTB G-839 engages xAK Peisander at 2,000 yards Range increases to 3,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards Massive explosion on xAK Peisander MTB G-552 engages xAK Peisander at 2,000 yards xAK Peisander sunk by MTB G-555 at 2,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Donggala at 69,96 Japanese Ships PB Jokuja Maru xAK Tozan Maru xAK Yamura Maru xAK Satsuma Maru xAK Jusan Maru PB Lushan Maru PB Tokihime Maru PB Menado Maru PB Kaimyo Maru Allied Ships SS Runner SS Runner is sighted by escort Runner diving deep .... PB Lushan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub and abandons search PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kaimyo Maru fails to find sub and abandons search PB Lushan Maru fails to find sub and abandons search PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Donggala at 69,96 Japanese Ships PB Ayaha Maru PB Jokuja Maru xAK Tozan Maru xAK Yamura Maru xAK Satsuma Maru xAK Jusan Maru PB Lushan Maru PB Tokihime Maru PB Menado Maru PB Kaimyo Maru Allied Ships SS Runner SS Runner launches 2 torpedoes at PB Ayaha Maru Runner diving deep .... PB Lushan Maru fails to find sub and abandons search PB Tokihime Maru attacking submerged sub .... PB Menado Maru fails to find sub and abandons search PB Kaimyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tokihime Maru attacking submerged sub .... PB Tokihime Maru is out of ASW ammo PB Tokihime Maru is out of ASW ammo PB Kaimyo Maru fails to find sub and abandons search PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kwajalein Island at 132,115 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 3 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 7 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 8 P-51B Mustang x 8 No Allied losses Japanese Ships MTB G-552 MTB G-555, Shell hits 8, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk no idea what the naval movement routine is doing again, both PT boat squadrons only had to move 8 hexes in total but only moved 4, the other 6 hexes, out of 12 possible so none of the PTs made it back to Wotje during the day... [8\|] the movement of this one is a prime example of stupidity, the PTs only moved to Kwajalein and stayed there waiting to be attacked... it's like the fast transport routine that doesn't work every third try with the ships just staying at their destination instead of moving out again... and no, of course the PTs were not set to patrol and had full ops point... the shell hits do literally nothing to the PTs but the 500lb bomb obliberated the wooden boat... Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wotje at 134,115 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft B-25H Mitchell x 3 No Allied losses Japanese Ships MTB G-548 MTB G-544, Shell hits 6 MTB G-547, Shell hits 10 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb the PTs that made it halveway back to Wotje were also strafed and suffered even some 75mm hits... and both ships only had sys damage in the low 20s... guess such a boat being riddled by cal .50 bullets and hit by a couple of 75mm shells would suffer more damage than the need of some new paint...

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (3/31/2021 2:57:23 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 11, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 223 encounters mine field at Singapore (50,84) Allied Ships SS Amberjack, Mine hits 1, heavy damage at least halve a dozen subs are spotted by Helens on ASW as they come down the Malacca Straits... two of the buggers hit mines, the two ASW groups we have sent out on a hunt are pretty much useless as always... no idea why but the ASW TFs have stopped to react on spotted subs months ago, no reactions at all... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 238 encounters mine field at Singapore (50,84) Allied Ships SS Perch II, Mine hits 1, on fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Singapore at 50,84 Japanese Ships E No.63 DD Hatakaze Allied Ships SS Bang here's one of the ASW groups... SS Bang is located by E No.63 Bang bottoming out .... DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Saipan at 109,92 Japanese Ships CL Kiso CL Tama CL Kuma DD Urakaze DD Shiranui DD Isokaze DD Maikaze DD Yukikaze DD Kagero APD T-16 DD Tanikaze DD Arashi DD Nowaki DD Hamakaze Allied Ships SS Gurnard upgraded DDs and CLs going from the shipyards in Japan back to Truk... SS Gurnard is sighted by escort DD Tanikaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Arashi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Nowaki fails to find sub and abandons search DD Hamakaze fails to find sub and abandons search Escort abandons search for sub

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (3/31/2021 2:59:13 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 12, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Balabac at 71,84 Japanese Ships DD Matsukaze E Ukuru E Aguni Allied Ships SS Redfish, hits 5 one of the ASW groups gets 5 near misses that won't impress the sub... SS Redfish is located by DD Matsukaze DD Matsukaze fails to find sub and abandons search E Aguni fails to find sub, continues to search... E Aguni fails to find sub, continues to search... E Aguni attacking submerged sub .... E Aguni fails to find sub, continues to search... E Aguni fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Madras , at 35,40 [image]local://upfiles/13774/0A78D052D8E34872ACFD8EDE39DCB713.jpg[/image] Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 29 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 13 139WH-3 x 21 B-25C Mitchell x 9 F4U-1D Corsair x 5 B-25J11 Mitchell x 13 B-29-1 Superfort x 55 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 7 F4U-1A Corsair x 18 Allied aircraft losses 139WH-3: 1 damaged B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged Light Industry hits 46 while LI is hard to hit in this case the Allied strike deletes most of the light industry at Madras in one go... amazing to see those Dutch vintage bombers still flying at the end of 43... Aircraft Attacking: 9 x 139WH-3 bombing from 9000 feet City Attack: 3 x 300 kg GP Bomb 3 x 139WH-3 bombing from 9000 feet City Attack: 3 x 300 kg GP Bomb 9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet City Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x 139WH-3 bombing from 9000 feet City Attack: 3 x 300 kg GP Bomb 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 13 x B-25J11 Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet City Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 2 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Madras , at 35,40 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 69 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Allied aircraft 139WH-3 x 9 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 9 Allied aircraft losses 139WH-3: 2 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 9 x 139WH-3 bombing from 9000 feet City Attack: 3 x 300 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Madras , at 35,40 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 9 B-25C Mitchell x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 7 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet City Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Madras , at 35,40 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 60 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 6 B-25C Mitchell x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet City Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Madras , at 35,40 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 71 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Allied aircraft Beaufort VIII x 11 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 9 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Beaufort VIII bombing from 9000 feet City Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Madras , at 35,40 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 21 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 4 B-25J1 Mitchell x 16 Allied aircraft losses B-25J1 Mitchell: 3 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 16 x B-25J1 Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet City Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Madras , at 35,40 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 4 B-29-1 Superfort x 7 Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 3 damaged Light Industry hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (4/2/2021 11:45:07 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 22, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Tsu at 108,63 [image]local://upfiles/13774/0D8BC95C2D084653A7694DF32221A0D9.jpg[/image] Japanese Ships E No.41 xAK Somedono Maru E No.207 E No.205 E No.67 E No.61 Allied Ships SS Manta, hits 6, heavy damage a troop transport runs over SS Manta and the escorts score three direct hits... guess that bugger will have a hard time getting back to Hawaii... SS Manta is sighted by escort E No.207 fails to find sub and abandons search E No.205 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.67 attacking submerged sub .... E No.61 attacking submerged sub .... E No.205 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.67 fails to find sub and abandons search E No.61 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.205 fails to find sub and abandons search E No.61 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.61 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.61 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Torishima at 109,69 Japanese Ships PB Tyuwa Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage PB Toyotu Maru Allied Ships SS Guitarro not that an enemy sub wouldn't take revenge immediately... SS Guitarro launches 2 torpedoes at PB Tyuwa Maru PB Toyotu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Toyotu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Toyotu Maru attacking submerged sub .... PB Toyotu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Toyotu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (4/2/2021 11:48:04 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 26, 44 no action at all today but during the naval search phase one of our picket ships 900 miles East of Marcus Island has been picked up by at least a dozen carrier based dive bombers today... there was no airstrike on the PB at all the whole day but clearly we have enemy carriers in the area... guess the invasion of Marcus Island is going in or it's a carrier raid... [image]local://upfiles/13774/BED5F83D4B264EFD8DD85D8035377589.jpg[/image]

PaxMondo -> RE: AAR 1944 (4/2/2021 1:49:53 PM)
Ambush time!

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (4/4/2021 1:47:34 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 27, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 227 encounters mine field at Roi-Namur (132,114) Allied Ships SC-1065 SC-982 4 mines cleared Pax, the question is who will do the ambush... [:D] No idea what Mundy is bringing, if he thinks he can do a quick grab on Marcus Island with only some CVEs as cover then he will be in big trouble but if he brings his whole fleet then I'm not really keen on a carrier engagement in that area, at this stage of the war we need LBA support to wear him down first before committing our carriers even though they field some 1,500 aircraft... it's becoming crystal clear though that the enemy is moving onto Marcus Island, we have spotted only one CV TF so far... [image]local://upfiles/13774/E3FEE4758064473D8AE1D74084F545BC.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (4/4/2021 1:54:07 PM)
I hoped to have some more time to reequip the carrier fighter units with Sams but super KB has just arrived in the Marianas so we have ordered the fleet to move into a position exactly eight hexes NW of Marcus Island which we should reach in three days and that should be D-Day at Marcus... I'm not planning a full carrier engagement but to hopefully strike a CVE group that I'm expecting to cover the invasion beaches... super KB fields roughly 1,500 aircraft, some 950 fighters (830 Sams, 120 Zeroes) and the rest bombers (Judy, Grace)... the fleet carriers also have all our CVEs with them which is the reason for this high number of fighters as we have loaded up all CVE that have no own air unit with fighter units... we're trying a new tactic against the one click delete an atoll LCI(G) tactic and while we have already 200 av on Marcus (same we had at Wake which were deleted in one go by teh LCI(G) we are now even flying in another Inf rgt from Iwo Jima bringing the strenght up to 300 so hopefully after the idiotic LCI(G) have unleashed their flawed load we may have some 100 av left to fight the attacker... [image]local://upfiles/13774/1499FAE899E841D9B1D96F47E89ADE79.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (4/4/2021 1:57:37 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 28, 44 what a damn silly start of the operation, while all my task forces had full op points the whole fleet only moved THREE!!!! [:@] hexes from Guam which totally screws our plan already as we won't be able to reach the position eight hexes NW of Marcus Island in time now as the enemy is already seven hexes East of Marcus so we expect the enemy to land the day after tomorrow... really don't know why the movement routines are hitting me that bad so often, I checked all settings over and over after ordering the carriers to move and the routine still screws it for no apparant reason... [image]local://upfiles/13774/500E037F40314F05AD7A89DC08E159D3.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (4/4/2021 1:59:15 PM)
noticed this turn that we overtook the Allied in air losses... already nearly 1,000 Jakes lost on nav search, the three leading airframes in losses are pretty much all coming from ASW/nav search... [image]local://upfiles/13774/080F4F932801470D8E6B2D6D57E1D4AB.jpg[/image]

DesertWolf101 -> RE: AAR 1944 (4/4/2021 2:11:01 PM)
Do you fly your Jakes at normal or extended ranges? Could be something to look at if you want to reduce ops losses.

castor troy -> RE: AAR 1944 (4/4/2021 2:36:49 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DesertWolf101 Do you fly your Jakes at normal or extended ranges? Could be something to look at if you want to reduce ops losses. Normal range and extended range, doesn't matter. Have tried everything already, doesn't matter. Those that never spot something never lose something, those units that spot subs also suffer losses. A hundred sub sightings per day means 4-10 losses each day. I have squadrons where each pilot has flown hundreds of missions and not a single op loss due to areas where no sub has ever gone so far. There's obviously a difference in the routine when it comes down to losses and it has clearly something to do with actually getting a sighting or not. Lots of sightings, lots of losses. No sightings, no losses. Settings the same both times.

RangerJoe -> RE: AAR 1944 (4/4/2021 3:01:22 PM)
In my current game, I have had Whirlaways on ASW hit by flak. My subs have hit enemy aircraft with flak. That is probably where the OPs losses come from, damaged aircraft.

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