RUPD3658
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Joined: 8/28/2002 From: East Brunswick, NJ Status: offline
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Trog: Kenny has read my mind several times and made me pay for it. From what I have seen in other AARs he may earn the title of "Master of Mines" since I always seem to run into a mine field. So far he has sunk around 30 ships with mines due to his uncanny ability to predict where I am going to move. Even with as well as I have done, I may not be able to hold a 4:1 VP ration until 01-01-43 and ins't that the true sign of a good Allied player? A Bombardment TF full of BBs converted to Surface Combat for the 2nd day in a row. the Commander is greyed out so I think I may have been bitten by a small bug. Disbanded the TF and sent it out for tommorrow. The DDs and LCUs are keeping the AV at Karachi treading water. The BBs are what pushes it under. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/21/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1071 encounters mine field at Newcastle (39,125) Allied Ships MSW Stawell MSW Rockhampton MSW Katoomba MSW Kapunda MSW Strahan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32 Japanese aircraft Ki-21 Sally x 121 Ki-49 Helen x 60 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 317 casualties reported Airbase hits 10 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 115 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Wellington III x 52 P-38G Lightning x 29 F-5A Lightning x 10 B-17E Fortress x 126 LB-30 Liberator x 105 B-24D Liberator x 256 Japanese aircraft losses H8K Emily: 5 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 3 damaged B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 24 damaged LB-30 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged B-24D Liberator: 3 destroyed, 24 damaged Flak units get the range and shoot down 11 bombers over 2 days Japanese ground losses: 822 casualties reported Guns lost 22 Airbase hits 46 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 518 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Karachi, at 21,3 Japanese Ships DD Sawakaze DD Minekaze DD Hatsuyuki DD Isonami DD Minegumo DD Yamagumo DD Hagikaze DD Shiranuhi DD Maikaze DD Hayashio DD Natsushio DD Naganami DD Kazegumo Allied ground losses: 412 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 26 Port hits 2 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 107151 troops, 1290 guns, 227 vehicles, Assault Value = 2855 Defending force 68459 troops, 546 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1624 Allied ground losses: 107 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 13256 troops, 440 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7482 Defending force 332106 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11271 Allied ground losses: 687 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/22/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1071 encounters mine field at Newcastle (39,125) Allied Ships MSW Stawell MSW Rockhampton MSW Katoomba MSW Kapunda MSW Strahan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Karachi, at 21,3 Japanese Ships DD Sawakaze DD Minekaze DD Hatsuyuki DD Isonami DD Minegumo DD Yamagumo DD Hagikaze DD Shiranuhi DD Maikaze DD Hayashio DD Natsushio DD Naganami DD Kazegumo Allied ground losses: 360 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 33 Port hits 2 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1071 encounters mine field at Newcastle (39,125) Allied Ships MSW Stawell MSW Rockhampton MSW Katoomba MSW Kapunda MSW Strahan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 38 P-38G Lightning x 16 F-5A Lightning x 9 B-17E Fortress x 52 LB-30 Liberator x 71 B-24D Liberator x 126 Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged B-17E Fortress: 7 damaged LB-30 Liberator: 5 damaged B-24D Liberator: 2 destroyed, 18 damaged Japanese ground losses: 480 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Airbase hits 11 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 414 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Karachi, at 21,3 Japanese Ships DD Sawakaze DD Minekaze DD Hatsuyuki DD Isonami DD Minegumo DD Yamagumo DD Hagikaze DD Shiranuhi DD Maikaze DD Hayashio DD Natsushio DD Naganami DD Kazegumo Allied ground losses: 311 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 49 Port hits 5 Port supply hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 107070 troops, 1286 guns, 227 vehicles, Assault Value = 2854 Defending force 68488 troops, 556 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1624 Allied ground losses: 77 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 13277 troops, 438 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7483 Defending force 331322 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11272 Allied ground losses: 817 casualties reported
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