castor troy
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/04/44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Karachi, at 21,3 Allied Ships CA Sussex BC Renown Japanese ground losses: 117 casualties reported Guns lost 9 Vehicles lost 1 those naval bombardments are more or less useless... would send the BC into the Pacific. While there are surely still enough BBs around, the massacre around the Gilberts not just took a toll on the enemy CV fleet but also a couple of BBs were sunk and more were damaged... and near Karachi there´s no use at all for this battlecruiser... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zeke x 52 D3A Val x 3 D4Y Judy x 3 A6M5c Zeke x 4 A6M3a Zero x 87 B5N Kate x 2 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 3 Ki-61 Ic x 73 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 71 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft B-25J Mitchell x 38 No Allied losses Runway hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: 34 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 5000 feet 4 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Blagoveshchensk , at 69,23 Japanese aircraft B5N Kate x 126 B6N Jill x 17 P1Y Frances x 217 Ki-49 Helen x 27 Japanese aircraft losses B5N Kate: 2 damaged P1Y Frances: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 16 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 128 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 21000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 20th Division, at 21,3 Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 4 Liberator VI x 9 P-47D Thunderbolt x 4 Allied aircraft losses Liberator VI: 6 damaged Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Liberator VI bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 3rd Ind. Brigade, at 21,3 Allied aircraft Corsair IV x 7 Spitfire Vb x 19 Spitfire VIII x 21 Liberator VI x 21 P-47D Thunderbolt x 37 Allied aircraft losses Liberator VI: 17 damaged Japanese ground losses: 89 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Liberator VI bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 47th Division, at 42,31 Allied aircraft B-25J Mitchell x 3 Allied aircraft losses B-25J Mitchell: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 32 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 107th Region Fortress, at 64,32 Japanese aircraft J2M3 Jack x 54 A6M3a Zero x 62 Ki-61 Ic x 46 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 29 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 25 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32 Japanese aircraft J2M3 Jack x 60 D4Y Judy x 12 A6M3a Zero x 18 Ki-61 Ic x 97 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Paramushiro Jima at 82,34 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 80 PV-1 Ventura x 3 PB4Y Liberator x 6 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AK Terukawa Maru AK Nagato Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AK Sinko Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 10000 feet not surprising that last turn´s attack on this TF triggered more bombers on nav attack this turn... I thought the TF would make it out early enough but two ships had still a very small number of troops aboard which enabled the enemy to fly more attacks today... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Paramushiro Jima at 82,34 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 62 PV-1 Ventura x 7 PB4Y Liberator x 3 B-24J Liberator x 6 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AK Nittai Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK Oregon Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire AK Shiganoura Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AK Nissyu Maru AK Okitu Maru, Bomb hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 10000 feet the Ventura´s were dropping 2000lb bombs which are far more ship killers than a Japanese aerial torp... the same goes for the 4Es, as soon as they hit decent exp, they are the ultimate ship killers with fat bombs... and that´s why I consider an Allied 4E a far bigger threat for shipping in WITP and especially in Nikmod than my Betties, which are all Frances now... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Paramushiro Jima at 82,34 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 37 LB-30 Liberator x 6 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AK Takaoka Maru AK Oyashima Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire Japanese ground losses: 21 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 2 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 10000 feet both Kiska and Addu launched anti ship strikes today... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 71426 troops, 780 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1499 Defending force 73196 troops, 552 guns, 229 vehicles, Assault Value = 1459 Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Cairns Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 159551 troops, 1824 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 3337 Defending force 77744 troops, 624 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 1280 Allied ground losses: 22 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Townsville Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8316 troops, 283 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3827 Defending force 141915 troops, 1199 guns, 552 vehicles, Assault Value = 2381 Allied ground losses: 133 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 57240 troops, 502 guns, 145 vehicles, Assault Value = 1459 Defending force 74846 troops, 780 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1499 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Iman Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 3729 troops, 25 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 578 Defending force 21445 troops, 229 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 452 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 118742 troops, 1021 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 3949 Defending force 110098 troops, 1075 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 2309 Japanese ground losses: 316 casualties reported Guns lost 16 Vehicles lost 1 Allied ground losses: 16 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Cairns Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 46961 troops, 492 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1277 Defending force 194209 troops, 1998 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 3337 Japanese ground losses: 33 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Townsville Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 74715 troops, 980 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 2379 Defending force 199786 troops, 2637 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 3827 Japanese ground losses: 99 casualties reported Guns lost 1
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