Speedysteve
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Joined: 9/11/2001 From: Reading, England Status: offline
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Hi all, Today the focus was on one city snd one city alone.....Brisbane. After 2 attacks in 3 days the Allied commanders were ordered to make the skies over Brisbane 'a nest full of buzzing hornets'. They succeeded...... The Japanese confident of another day of easy and merciless bombers were surprised when 166 Allied fighters met them. These were the latest models the Allies could offer - Kittyhawk 1's, P39D's and P40E's. I'll let the results speak for themsleves: Morning Air attack on Brisbane , at 96,160 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 30 B5N2 Kate x 52 D3A1 Val x 47 Allied aircraft Kittyhawk IA x 14 P-39D Airacobra x 86 P-40E Warhawk x 66 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 10 destroyed B5N2 Kate: 14 destroyed, 4 damaged D3A1 Val: 28 destroyed, 7 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-39D Airacobra: 3 destroyed Allied Ships xAK Tarifa, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Nisqually, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Yunnan, Bomb hits 1, on fire AM Launceton, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk xAP Montoro, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Kooringa, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage SS Saury, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk AS Platypus, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Lowana, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Prusa, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK American, Bomb hits 1 It wasn't totally one sided mind you as SS Saury, AM Launceston, AS Platypus, 2 x AK's an AP sank today BUT the cost outweighed the gain IMO. 2 further attacks took place but were smaller in magnitude but no different in terms of Allied victory. KB should be gone for a few weeks ;-)
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