Fletcher
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/29/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 36 encounters mine field at Palembang (20,55) TF 36 troops unloading over beach at Palembang, 20,55 Japanese Ships MSW Wa 20, on fire, heavy damage MSW Wa 9 MSW Wa 6 Coastal Guns at Palembang, 20,55, firing at TF 36 76 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships MSW Wa 9, Shell hits 1 Japanese ground losses: 248 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Thursday Island, 49,91, firing at TF 93 TF 93 troops unloading over beach at Thursday Island, 49,91 8 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese ground losses: 68 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Thursday Island, 49,91, firing at TF 98 TF 98 troops unloading over beach at Thursday Island, 49,91 Japanese ground losses: 125 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 81,85 Allied Ships SS Plunger -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Thursday Island at 49,91 Japanese Ships SS RO-62 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat at 49,92 Japanese Ships AK Sasako Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships CL Hobart -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 36 encounters mine field at Palembang (20,55) TF 36 troops unloading over beach at Palembang, 20,55 Japanese Ships MSW Wa 20, on fire, heavy damage MSW Wa 9 MSW Wa 6 Coastal Guns at Palembang, 20,55, firing at TF 36 35 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships MSW Wa 9, Shell hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Pago Pago at 96,113 Japanese Ships SS I-173, hits 3 Allied Ships DD Gilmer DD Brooks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Thursday Island at 49,91 Japanese Ships SS RO-62 Allied Ships MSW Lithgow, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,33 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 15 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 10 Allied aircraft Blenheim IF x 11 Blenheim I x 16 Hudson I x 14 A-20B Boston x 6 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 6 damaged Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IF: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged Blenheim I: 3 destroyed, 8 damaged Hudson I: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged A-20B Boston: 3 damaged Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 20 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Blenheim I bombing at 5000 feet 10 x Hudson I bombing at 3000 feet 3 x Blenheim I bombing at 5000 feet 3 x Hudson I bombing at 3000 feet 3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 5000 feet 3 x Blenheim I bombing at 5000 feet 3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,33 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 7 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 5 Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 29 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 3 damaged Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IV: 3 destroyed, 7 damaged Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Blenheim IV bombing at 5000 feet 6 x Blenheim IV bombing at 5000 feet 2 x Blenheim IV bombing at 5000 feet 4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 5000 feet 3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 5000 feet 3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 5000 feet 3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Palembang , at 20,55 Japanese aircraft Ki-15 Babs x 1 No Japanese losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Bandjermasin , at 27,64 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 23 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 5 Allied aircraft CW-21B Demon x 6 Brewster 339D x 13 Martin 139 x 22 P-40B Tomahawk x 1 P-40E Warhawk x 15 B-17D Fortress x 14 B-17E Fortress x 6 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 9 damaged Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 5 damaged Allied aircraft losses CW-21B Demon: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged Brewster 339D: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged Martin 139: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged B-17D Fortress: 3 damaged B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged Japanese ground losses: 38 casualties reported Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 16 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 2000 feet 2 x Martin 139 bombing at 2000 feet 2 x Martin 139 bombing at 2000 feet 4 x B-17D Fortress bombing at 5000 feet 3 x B-17D Fortress bombing at 5000 feet 2 x Martin 139 bombing at 2000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 2000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 2000 feet 2 x B-17D Fortress bombing at 5000 feet 2 x B-17D Fortress bombing at 5000 feet 3 x Martin 139 bombing at 2000 feet 2 x Martin 139 bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 5th USAAF Base Force, at 43,59 Japanese aircraft Ki-51 Sonia x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-51 Sonia: 4 damaged Allied ground losses: 29 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Ki-51 Sonia attacking at 100 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 40th Chinese Corps, at 50,32 Japanese aircraft Ki-21-II Sally x 43 Allied aircraft I-16c x 8 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-II Sally: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses I-16c: 4 damaged Allied ground losses: 23 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Ki-21-II Sally bombing at 15000 feet 8 x Ki-21-II Sally bombing at 15000 feet 5 x Ki-21-II Sally bombing at 15000 feet 3 x Ki-21-II Sally bombing at 15000 feet 4 x Ki-21-II Sally bombing at 15000 feet 3 x Ki-21-II Sally bombing at 15000 feet 5 x Ki-21-II Sally bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 22nd Chinese Corps, at 51,28 Japanese aircraft Ki-21-II Sally x 12 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-21-II Sally bombing at 15000 feet 6 x Ki-21-II Sally bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 35th Chinese Corps, at 53,26 Japanese aircraft Ki-51 Sonia x 10 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 94th Chinese Corps, at 47,34 Japanese aircraft Ki-51 Sonia x 34 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet 24 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 13th Chinese Corps, at 49,33 Japanese aircraft Ki-32 Mary x 21 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 75 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Aircraft Attacking: 21 x Ki-32 Mary bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 81st Chinese Corps, at 52,28 Japanese aircraft Ki-51 Sonia x 7 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 208th (Div) Chinese Corps, at 45,41 Japanese aircraft Ki-51 Sonia x 12 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 23 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 15th Indian Brigade, at 22,51 Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 17 Ki-21-II Sally x 37 Ki-49 Helen x 17 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-30 Ann: 3 destroyed, 11 damaged Ki-21-II Sally: 17 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 15 damaged Allied ground losses: 238 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 15000 feet 9 x Ki-21-II Sally bombing at 15000 feet 12 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet 16 x Ki-21-II Sally bombing at 15000 feet 9 x Ki-21-II Sally bombing at 15000 feet 3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 15000 feet 2 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet 3 x Ki-21-II Sally bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 11th NEIAF Base Force, at 25,57 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 3 D3A2 Val x 8 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 8 x D3A2 Val bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 101,100 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 21 D3A2 Val x 27 B5N2 Kate x 22 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AK Bridge, Bomb hits 13, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 3 x D3A2 Val bombing at 2000 feet 2 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x D3A2 Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x D3A2 Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x D3A2 Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x D3A2 Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x D3A2 Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x D3A2 Val bombing at 2000 feet 4 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Samah , at 37,41 Allied aircraft P-40B Tomahawk x 15 IL-4c x 9 Allied aircraft losses P-40B Tomahawk: 2 damaged IL-4c: 1 damaged Japanese Ships AK Bujun Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire AK Nittei Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire AK Nisshu Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire Port hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x P-40B Tomahawk bombing at 2000 feet 6 x IL-4c bombing at 4000 feet 6 x P-40B Tomahawk bombing at 2000 feet 3 x IL-4c bombing at 4000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Singapore , at 22,51 Japanese aircraft Ki-21-II Sally x 14 Ki-49 Helen x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-II Sally: 7 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 128 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-21-II Sally bombing at 15000 feet 3 x Ki-21-II Sally bombing at 15000 feet 3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 15000 feet 3 x Ki-21-II Sally bombing at 15000 feet 3 x Ki-21-II Sally bombing at 15000 feet 2 x Ki-21-II Sally bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Palembang , at 20,55 Japanese aircraft Ki-15 Babs x 1 No Japanese losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 99,104 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 80 Allied aircraft F2A-2 Buffalo x 5 SBD-3 Dauntless x 2 Hudson I x 3 A-20B Boston x 6 F2A-3 Buffalo x 20 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed, 8 damaged Allied aircraft losses F2A-2 Buffalo: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed Hudson I: 2 destroyed A-20B Boston: 3 destroyed F2A-3 Buffalo: 17 destroyed Japanese Ships DD Yudachi CA Chikuma CV Zuikaku Aircraft Attacking: 3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 2000 feet 1 x Hudson I bombing at 2000 feet 1 x SBD-3 Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 28,66 Allied aircraft OS2U-3 Kingfisher x 10 Brewster 339D x 3 P-40B Tomahawk x 5 P-40E Warhawk x 17 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AP Takasago Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 2 x OS2U-3 Kingfisher bombing at 2000 feet 4 x OS2U-3 Kingfisher bombing at 2000 feet 4 x OS2U-3 Kingfisher bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 51,91 Japanese Ships SS RO-66 Allied Ships PC Doomba, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Thursday Island at 49,91 Japanese Ships AK Amagisan Maru, Shell hits 6, on fire AK Nojima Maru, Shell hits 11, on fire, heavy damage AK Yamagiri Maru, Shell hits 15, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships CL Hobart, Shell hits 1 Japanese ground losses: 955 casualties reported Guns lost 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 24,67 Japanese Ships SS I-153 Allied Ships SC OJR-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 83,89 Japanese Ships CL Abukuma Allied Ships SS Trout -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 24,67 Japanese Ships SS I-153 Allied Ships SC OJR-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Cagayan Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 24445 troops, 82 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 342 Defending force 8899 troops, 76 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 216 Allied ground losses: 53 casualties reported Vehicles lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ichang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 19199 troops, 75 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 411 Defending force 42853 troops, 114 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1254 Allied ground losses: 41 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wenchow Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 38996 troops, 188 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 868 Defending force 17159 troops, 65 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 361 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Singapore Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 86189 troops, 287 guns, 151 vehicles, Assault Value = 1263 Defending force 73819 troops, 468 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 822 Japanese max assault: 1310 - adjusted assault: 518 Allied max defense: 855 - adjusted defense: 1256 Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 4) Japanese ground losses: 3577 casualties reported Guns lost 12 Vehicles lost 10 Allied ground losses: 1984 casualties reported Guns lost 34 Vehicles lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Palembang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 852 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22 Defending force 4062 troops, 61 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 48 Allied ground losses: 47 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ichang Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 42800 troops, 114 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1251 Defending force 20536 troops, 75 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 411 Allied max assault: 431 - adjusted assault: 827 Japanese max defense: 340 - adjusted defense: 471 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Japanese ground losses: 534 casualties reported Guns lost 10 Allied ground losses: 253 casualties reported Guns lost 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Palembang Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2025 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 47 Defending force 2972 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Thursday Island Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1862 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 23 Defending force 3345 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 116
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