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wobbly -> (10/11/2003 6:41:32 AM)
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My Carriers make it through the mined straits without incident and manage to find the transport TF Herbis-san was trying to sneak down to Northern New Guinea. The combat resulting from catching up with the convoy shows they were also carrying men.
The Battleships are here and are formed into a surface group - they are sent towards Munda - getting into position 11 hexes from Munda to try and put a dampener on the bombers situated there.
Unfortunately the Wasp is still having aircraft troubles - the wildcats refuse to return to a 30 plane sqd (is this the planned squadron size change?) and I still have the empty group of Havoc bombers on board.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/12/42
Weather: Partly Cloudy
Air attack on Munda , at 31,37
Allied aircraft
Hudson x 15
no losses
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 1
Attacking Level Bombers:
6 x Hudson at 6000 feet
9 x Hudson at 6000 feet
The Aussie and Kiwi Hudson sqds are tired and lacking in morale - they fall back to Townsville for some RnR.
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Air attack on Gasmata , at 17,32
Allied aircraft
Beaufort x 13
no losses
Runway hits 1
Attacking Level Bombers:
10 x Beaufort at 6000 feet
3 x Beaufort at 6000 feet
The Beauforts are in much the same condition as the hudson boys but stay on station resting.
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Air attack on Buna , at 12,38
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 12
A-20B Havoc x 27
Allied aircraft losses
A-20B Havoc x 3 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 42
Attacking Level Bombers:
0 x A-20B Havoc at 6000 feet
12 x A-20B Havoc at 6000 feet
3 x A-20B Havoc at 6000 feet
0 x A-20B Havoc at 6000 feet
9 x A-20B Havoc at 6000 feet
0 x A-20B Havoc at 6000 feet
3 x A-20B Havoc at 6000 feet
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Air attack on TF, near Los Negros at 9,23
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 11
SBD Dauntless x 47
TBF Avenger x 15
Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless x 2 damaged
TBF Avenger x 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
AP Teia Maru
AP Miike Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Reiyo Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Meiten Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Akitsuki
DD Ayanami, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Taiho Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 129
Guns lost 1
Some good strikes land on the transport TF - 2 ships eventually sinking. The large Teia Maru is hit 3 times with torps that don't fire - she is a jammy ship.
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Air attack on TF, near Los Negros at 9,23
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 18
SBD Dauntless x 15
TBF Avenger x 15
no losses
Japanese Ships
AO Naruto, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
There is also an oiler at Los Negros, it is sunk - it's back broken.
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Air attack on TF, near Los Negros at 9,23
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 29
SBD Dauntless x 55
TBF Avenger x 22
Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger x 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
AP Taiho Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Miike Maru, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Taimei Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Akitsuki
DD Ayanami, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tamashima Maru
AP Teia Maru
AP Reiyo Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Meiten Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 154
Guns lost 2
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Air attack on TF, near Basilaki Island at 18,42
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 4
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty x 1 damaged
Allied Ships
APD Gregory
Attacking Level Bombers:
4 x G4M1 Betty at 16000 feet
Very high Betty attacks accomplish nothing on my FT TF
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Air attack on TF, near Gili Gili at 17,42
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 26
G4M1 Betty x 11
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 7
P-40E Kittyhawk x 14
P-40E Warhawk x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero x 3 destroyed
G4M1 Betty x 3 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra x 1 destroyed
P-40E Kittyhawk x 2 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk x 3 destroyed
PO2 G.Obayashi of F1/252nd Daitai is credited with kill number 2
Allied Ships
DD Aaron Ward
Attacking Level Bombers:
8 x G4M1 Betty at 16000 feet
His zeros are a bit more capable against my GG protection force but their sacrifice has
saved my ships.
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Ground combat at Buna
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 15863 troops, 277 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 16526 troops, 127 guns, 52 vehicles
Allied ground losses:
Men lost 21
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Ground combat at Buna
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 13877 troops, 127 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 22997 troops, 321 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 24
More tentative probing - my troops wait for the reinforcements.
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Spruance - the bit between his teeth and the scouting of an oiler TF by Kavieng - decides to push his airmen harder still by moving into range of both TFs.
A sqd of Warhawks moves into GG and a sqd of P-39s moves to DBD.
Some troops that have arrivd in Brisbane take to the road to travel up to the stanging ground of townsville.
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