Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: Speedy

Hi all,

A good day for the Allied cause!

The raid on Kendari can be considrfed a success. Enemy opposition was heavy but damage was sustained to the port and 2 x enemy Light Cruisers have been confirmed sunk. 25 heavy bombers were lost. Good news also. The first shipments of P38's have arrived at Darwin to replace the P40's there. It means raids can now be escorted to Amboina and all of Timor:

Day Air attack on Kendari , at 33,71

Japanese aircraft
J2M Jack x 23
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 3

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 98
PB4Y Liberator x 16
B-24D Liberator x 60

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M Jack: 1 destroyed, 16 damaged
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 8 destroyed, 12 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 6 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Kashima, Bomb hits 15, on fire, heavy damage
CL Tenryu, Bomb hits 29, on fire, heavy damage
AS Tsukushi Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Tientsin Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Kumagawa Maru, Bomb hits 1
AP Ryoyo Maru, Bomb hits 1
SS I-31, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Matsukawa Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AP Midori Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AP Mizuho Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Unyo Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Nekka Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Manila Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
92 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Port hits 6
Port fuel hits 5
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft bombing at 10000 feet

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SS Sculpin had a great day also. Patrolling 180 miles east of Tarakan she found a convoy in the early hours. She hit AK Kinugawa Maru with a torpedo. The escorts tried in vain to find her. She relocated and then hit the freighter Kanto Maru with a fish.

Staying in the area she later found the Kinugawa Maru damaged and alone. She surfaced and finished the ship of with guns and torpedo's. She is to triumphantly return to Darwin for R & R. SS Drum is leaving port to replace her.

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90% of Mandalays oil production was halted today by Liberators from Imphal. The resources are to be attacked again now.

Artwork graciously provided by Dixie

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ORIGINAL: Speedy

Luckily on the 24th she found the damaged AK Nitiryu Maru (damaged by Sawfish on 20th May 1943). She finished the freighter off with a torpedo.

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ORIGINAL: Mike Solli

You know what those engineers are doing at Wake don't you?

I'd say they're sipping sake in lounge chairs on the beach.