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PzB74 -> B-29s hit Manila! (7/30/2006 4:06:30 AM)
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Andy thought I had anchored my fleet in Manila...probably because there are so many transports
in the port. The damaged Ise and 3 destroyers may also have been convincing.
163 Superforts hit Manila - most bombed the docks while some laid mines. The odd 60 CAP fighters were
unable to bring down many forts. 5 were lost in A2A and 1 to flak... Some 69 were damaged though.
Damage was mediocre: the Ise was hit by 50+ 500lb bombs, but excpect from 16 sys damage and a lot of
broken secondary turrets, the ship is ok. A dozen other ships suffered moderate to heavy damage while more
were lightly hit. Non will sink.
The Ise and 3 destroyers will move to Hong Kong soon but the rest of the ships will stay were they are. Most of
my CAP fighters were over Clark Field, but I've brought Franks and Zekes to Manila. Don't think Andy will be
back anytime soon though.
This shows that I was right in pulling the Combined Fleet back and out of enemy LBA range. Formosa, Hong Kong and Okinawa
will be used as forward bases when the fleet leaves the Home Islands.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/16/44
Air Combat
Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 30
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 32
Allied aircraft
Mosquito PR.IX x 8
B-29 Superfortress x 163
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 12 destroyed, 6 damaged
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 9 destroyed, 14 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-29 Superfortress: 1 destroyed, 69 damaged
Japanese Ships
BB Ise, Bomb hits 49, on fire
AP Kogyo Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AP Eihuku Maru, Bomb hits 1
AP Rakuto Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Delagoa Maru, Bomb hits 1
AP Tatuwa Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Midori Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AV Kamikawa Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kyokusei Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AP Hikade Maru, Bomb hits 1
AP Fusemi Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Kinugawa Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Nanrei Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
MLE Venice Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tatuho Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Shoan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
ML Kyosai, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Koyo Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Marsue Maru, Bomb hits 1
AP Kiyoshima Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Tasmania Maru, Bomb hits 1
AP Tatsuho Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Nichiran Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Yosyu Maru, Bomb hits 1
AP Heito Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Kasuga Maru, Bomb hits 1
AP La Plata Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AE Kashino, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Nichiren Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Japanese ground losses:
80 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 18
Port hits 26
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
27 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 10000 feet
3 x B-29 Superfortress laying mines at 10000 feet
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Damage from B-29 raid:
[image]local://upfiles/1466/0B81E9AFB4674678825B43087A67C801.gif[/image]
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