castor troy
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good turn for us...
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/17/43
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Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 194
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 13 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 62
Port hits 2
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 19000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35
Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 45
SBD Dauntless x 45
TBF Avenger x 16
P-39D Airacobra x 16
PV-1 Ventura x 23
Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 14 damaged
TBF Avenger: 1 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
143 casualties reported
Guns lost 7
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 24
Port hits 6
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
11 bombers are lost today...
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Day Air attack on TF at 55,88 
Allied aircraft
Seafire x 18
F4F-4 Wildcat x 44
SBD Dauntless x 106
TBF Avenger x 36
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Yokohama Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Tofuku Maru, Bomb hits 10, on fire, heavy damage
AP Teiun Maru, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Taibun Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Yamakuni Maru, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
AP Victoria Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Takayo Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AK Milan Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tasmania Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire
AK Matue Maru, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tama Maru
AP Turusima Maru, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tensyo Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
860 casualties reported
Guns lost 14
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
2 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
our carriers are still in the area around Thursday Island (to draw out a Japanese attack with Betties - after one attack, retreat mode on flank speed) and our recon aircraft spotted TFs at Lae so we moved to the South coast (North West of PM) to get within 4 hexes of Lae. The enemy troop convoy just left port and ended up one hex South of Lae when we launch a big strike on the uncapped convoy. A lot of medium size APs should be history, what was once again amazing was the dud rate of our aireal launched torps, which must have been somewhere around 75% and the British didn´t launch a single of their Avenger I. Still, that was a nice one as we destroyed parts of the 19th A/div that went down with an AP that sunk immediately. The rest will probably make it to Lae to unload but there´s now troop cargo capacity worth half a division less for the Japanese. No sign of enemy activity to launch a strike against our carriers.
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Day Air attack on TF at 55,88
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 2
SBD Dauntless x 15
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Turusima Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tama Maru
AP Tofuku Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Takayo Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
123 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 55,88
Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 15
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Takayo Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tofuku Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Turusima Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tatuwa Maru
Japanese ground losses:
180 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
we lose 2 carrier based bombers and a F4F-4...
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RE: The rant goes on... Pzjg Hortlund vs Castor Troy - 
THIS IS NORTHWEST OF THURSDAY ISLAND!!! This means Hortlund is attempting to send KB and 3 or 4 other TFs North instead of South from Thursday Island! What I call insane seems to be really happening. He wants to pass Darwin. Well, my bombers will be set to nav attack and all my Lightnings will be on escort. At some point he must get punished for so much operational insanity! 
So far he always was lucky while operating within my LBA range (only once he ran out of luck, when I sank two of his CVEs), so perhaps this makes him super self confident to now move North instead of South outside of my LBA range. We will see what happens. Perhaps my base will be clouded or my bombers will fail to locate the target. Perhaps this is the end of KB - killed or heavily damaged by 100+ 4Es... 
30 attacks and you have lost 3 full BGs... 
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