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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 7/29/2010 3:22:59 PM

castor troy

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 04, 43
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Submarine attack near Ketapang at 54,95

Japanese Ships
xAK Tohuku Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Plunger

xAK Tohuku Maru is sighted by SS Plunger
SS Plunger launches 4 torpedoes

the freighter was hit by SS Scamp yesterday and finished off by Plunger...

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ASW attack near Muntok at 49,89

Japanese Ships
PB Jokuja Maru

Allied Ships
SS O20

SS O20 is sighted by escort
O20 bottoming out ....
PB Jokuja Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Jokuja Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Jokuja Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Jokuja Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Jokuja Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Muntok at 49,89

Japanese Ships
xAK Tamaki Maru, Torpedo hits 1
PB Jokuja Maru

Allied Ships
SS O20, hits 5

SS O20 launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Tamaki Maru
PB Jokuja Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Jokuja Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Jokuja Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Jokuja Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Jokuja Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

three times in a row that freighters just suck up the torps and move on... damage in return is severe enough to cancel O20�s patrol...

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Sub attack near Tagula Island at 103,137

Japanese Ships
SS I-168

Allied Ships
DD Dunlap
DD Gwin
DD Meade

SS I-168 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Dunlap
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Meade attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-168 eludes DD Meade by diving deep
SS I-168 eludes DD Meade by diving deep
DD Dunlap attacking submerged sub ....
DD Meade fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Dunlap attacking submerged sub ....
DD Dunlap cannot establish contact with SS I-168
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

tangling with our ASW TFs again...

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Morning Air attack on Molu , at 79,116

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet *

CAP engaged:
253 Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32810
Raid is overhead

sweep from Merauke against enemy leaking Cap... the Zeroes got no chance...

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Morning Air attack on Molu , at 79,116

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet *

CAP engaged:
253 Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32810
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes

follow on sweep as usual, more fighters to deal with... more or less all enemy Zeroes were reported downed today... two Lightnings crashed on landing, they didn�t suffer any damage during the engagements...

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Morning Air attack on Dobo , at 83,116

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3

Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 9
B-24D1 Liberator x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 1 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
251 Ku S-1 Det A with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead

one of the Zeroes achieved a lucky hit on a Liberator but also a fighter was shot down in return... 3 Zeroes claiming a bomber is a good result for the enemy... a pity for them that this wasn�t true, the bomber loss was only FOW...

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Morning Air attack on Dobo , at 83,116

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 6

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
251 Ku S-1 Det A with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes

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Morning Air attack on Dobo , at 83,116

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
251 Ku S-1 Det A with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes

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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 46

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 26

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 8

No Allied losses

Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Shortlands , at 109,131

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Shortlands , at 109,131

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 25
B-26 Marauder x 15

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 85

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Molu , at 79,116

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet *
5 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet *

CAP engaged:
253 Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32810
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes

the usual sweep stupidity... two squadrons, three sweeps... two main bodies flying alone, the stranglers joining together... yeah, that�s how it was in WWII... wonder what ego you must be to ignore it and to swallow it while still saying "it�s all fine"...

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Afternoon Air attack on 26th Indian Division, at 56,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 27
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 8 damaged

Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
27 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 26th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 26th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 26th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 26th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Biak at 87,110

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 3
A6M3 Zero x 18 --> caught training flight

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 17

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
PB America Maru
xAK Unyo Maru #2, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
xAK Oridono Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
7 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
3 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with A6M3 Zero (18 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(14 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
18 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes
801 Ku S-1 with A6M2-N Rufe (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Raid is overhead

Training flight from 252 Ku S-1 has been caught up in attack

like I�ve mentioned earlier, since I�ve reset all search archs, it�s pretty hard for the enemy to move in range of my PBY without being spotted... same here, Biak is pretty far away from Merauke (14 hexes?) but the enemy convoy was spotted immediately, triggering another succesful attack of the USN Liberators... they again absolutely prove to be killers, both attacked ships were hit multiple times even after fighting through the enemy Cap... looks like Rainer forgot about his Zeroes, they were set to training but seemed to do quite "well" against the bombers even if only one shows up as damaged... guess you would need at least 150 fighters on Cap to have a fair chance to stop a well sized strike of PB4Y-1 which means that KB would be in high danger if moving into range of my heavy bombers... if we would launch the USN 4Es together with Army 4Es then say good bye to your carrier based Zero Cap, the bombers would slice through the fighters easily...

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Biak at 87,110

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 2
A6M3 Zero x 19

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Oridono Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Konsan Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with A6M3 Zero (10 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes
801 Ku S-1 with A6M2-N Rufe (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters to 1000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes

a small follow on package also gets through Cap but missed their targets...

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 7/29/2010 5:12:33 PM

castor troy

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 05, 43
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Sub attack near Kobe at 107,61

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-43
SC CHa-35

Allied Ships
SS Harder

Captain of SS Harder elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
SC CHa-43 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC CHa-35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Bandjermasin at 61,102

Japanese Ships
DD Tadeyame
DD Suruyame

Allied Ships
SS Grayling, hits 7

SS Grayling is sighted by escort
DD Tadeyame fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Suruyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Suruyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Suruyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Suruyame attacking submerged sub ....
DD Suruyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Grayling is the next sub that suffers... returning to port...

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Sub attack near Izu Oshima at 113,63

Japanese Ships
E Matsuwa
DD Minekaze

Allied Ships
SS Tambor, hits 1

SS Tambor launches 4 torpedoes at E Matsuwa
DD Minekaze fails to find sub and abandons search
E Matsuwa attacking submerged sub ....
E Matsuwa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Matsuwa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Matsuwa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Matsuwa attacking submerged sub ....
E Matsuwa is out of ASW ammo
E Matsuwa is out of ASW ammo
E Matsuwa is out of ASW ammo
E Matsuwa is out of ASW ammo
E Matsuwa fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

the usual miss/dud against E vessels...

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Sub attack near Donggala at 69,96

Japanese Ships
TK Hoyo Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Spey Maru

Allied Ships
SS Skipjack

SS Skipjack launches 4 torpedoes at TK Hoyo Maru
Skipjack diving deep ....
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Skipjack made my day though... fuel is burning, the ship surely is a kill...

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Sub attack near Kume-jima at 93,62

Japanese Ships
xAKL Saiho Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PB Kaimyo Maru

Allied Ships
SS Balao, hits 1

SS Balao launches 6 torpedoes at xAKL Saiho Maru
Balao diving deep ....
PB Kaimyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kaimyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kaimyo Maru attacking submerged sub ....
SS Balao eludes ASW attack from PB Kaimyo Maru
PB Kaimyo Maru cannot reach attack position over SS Balao
PB Kaimyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kaimyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Balao takes out a small freighter... I�m happy about every sinking... it just has to pay off over time...

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Submarine attack near Buna at 100,129

Japanese Ships
SS RO-65, hits 16, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD Gwin
DD Dunlap
DD Meade

SS RO-65 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Gwin
RO-65 diving deep ....
DD Dunlap attacking submerged sub ....
DD Meade fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Dunlap attacking submerged sub ....
DD Dunlap cannot establish contact with SS RO-65
DD Dunlap loses contact with SS RO-65
SS RO-65 forced to surface!
DD Dunlap firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Meade firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves

one of our ASW TFs again is targetted but missed, the sub takes heavy damage in return and is finished off on the surface... well done...

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Morning Air attack on 15th Army, at 56,54

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes

sweeping the enemy Army North of Moulmein, some Tojos came out of Moulmein�s hex to tangle with our Lightnings... the fight was over in no time after the couple of enemy fighters were dived and shot down...

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Morning Air attack on 2nd British Division, at 56,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 33
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 10 damaged

Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
33 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 23rd Indian Division ...
Also attacking 26th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 25th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 23rd Indian Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 23rd Indian Division ...
Also attacking 26th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 25th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 23rd Indian Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 23rd Indian Division ...

no flak in the hex being able to reach 11000ft so it�s once again kind of funny that 12 bombers show up as damaged... not true...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Hollandia at 93,116

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 4
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 17

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Hatsukaze, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CL Kuma, Bomb hits 4, on fire
DD Takanami
DD Yugumo, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Natsushio

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
7 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
7 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

yesterday our bombers attacked shipping at Biak, today we attack a (once again) screwed up fast transport TF at Hollandia (it�s obviously still buggy to do fast transport missions)... not sure why my PB4Y-1 attack with reduced load while the B-17F attack with full load, I�ve seen the USN Liberators attack with full load at low alt before and I can�t figure out what�s going on to be honest... doesn�t really matter, they�re killers even with "only" five bombs... 17 bombers achieve 8 hits which is an excellent result considering which agile targets they�ve attacked... two 500lb bombs into a DD should put the ship in serious trouble that far from Truk... also Kuma should be seriously damaged after four hits but these could be FOW as the ship isn�t showing up as heavily damaged... enemy flak fire was quite severe at 1000ft...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Hollandia at 93,116

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
Mitchell II x 6

Allied aircraft losses
Mitchell II: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Natsushio, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CL Kuma, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Mitchell II bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

then halve a dozen (why on Earth is only 50% of the squadron attacking?) from Nadzab show up, performing excellently too, putting one bomb in a before undamaged destroyer and another three 500lb bombs into Kuma which I expect to be in sinking state now...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Hollandia at 93,116

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 3
B-24D Liberator x 12
B-24D1 Liberator x 14

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Kuma, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Tachekaze, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Hatsukaze, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Shiranui

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Kuma
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Hatsukaze
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Tachekaze

then our Army bombers launch, amazingly putting three bombs into a destroyer, probably sinking the ship...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Hollandia at 93,116

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 4
B-24D1 Liberator x 19

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CL Kuma, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Makigumo
DD Shiranui
DD Yugumo, on fire, heavy damage
DD Tokitsukaze

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Kuma
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring a Japanese CA

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Morning Air attack on 15th Army, at 56,54

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 13

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 6 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
24th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(13 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 12 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36750
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes

then the second Lightning squadron goes in to attack Moulmein�s leaking Cap, meeting a nice number of Oscars... I was lucky that the squadrons went in in full strenght, I�m not surprised anymore that they�ve gone in alone... we claim all but one Oscar shot down, it was a massacre while having a never ending dive against the enemy... one Lightning crashed on the runway... shot down 15 fighters today for one P-38 lost, pilot ok...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Hollandia at 93,116

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 4

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Natsushio, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Hollandia at 93,116

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Tokitsukaze

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

some piece meal strikes left in the morning...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Hollandia at 93,116

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 8

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Natsushio, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Hollandia at 93,116

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
Mitchell II x 11
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 20

Allied aircraft losses
Mitchell II: 3 damaged
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 7 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Takanami, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Natsushio, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Kuma, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Tokitsukaze, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
7 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
6 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
11 x Mitchell II bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

and the afternoon also saw our bombers attacking the enemy ships at Hollandia... they really got chewed up... our bombers did a great job, probably taking out five or six enemy DDs and a light cruiser... that�s going to hurt and is once again showing how costly these fast transport missions are if something get screwed up...

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Hollandia at 93,116

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 7
B-24D Liberator x 35
B-24D1 Liberator x 20

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Makigumo
DD Hatsukaze, on fire, heavy damage
DD Shiranui
DD Natsushio, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Tokitsukaze, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
7 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
7 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
7 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring a Japanese PG
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Natsushio
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Tokitsukaze

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Hollandia at 93,116

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 18

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Kuma, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Takanami, on fire
DD Makigumo
DD Yugumo, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
2 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Kuma
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Takanami
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring a Fubuki(I) class DD

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Hollandia at 93,116

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 8

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CL Kuma, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Shiranui

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Kuma

Kuma refuses to sink... a couple of bomb hits were non penetrating belt hits achieved by the lownav attacks...

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Sub attack near Izu Oshima at 113,63

Japanese Ships
E Oki
DD Minekaze

Allied Ships
SS Tambor

SS Tambor launches 4 torpedoes at E Oki
Tambor diving deep ....
DD Minekaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Minekaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Minekaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Minekaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Minekaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 06, 43
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Sub attack near Amoy at 84,62

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-21, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
SC CHa-37

Allied Ships
SS O19

SS O19 launches 4 torpedoes at SC CHa-21
O19 diving deep ....
SC CHa-37 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-37 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-37 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-37 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-37 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

subchaser bites the dust... guess there are more than enough around...

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ASW attack near Balikpapan at 64,98

Japanese Ships
PB Chitose Maru

Allied Ships
SS Triton

SS Triton is sighted by escort
PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Torishima at 111,67

Japanese Ships
PB Karimo Maru
TK Kurume Maru
PB Mikitade Maru
PB Toyokuni Maru

Allied Ships
SS Finback

SS Finback launches 6 torpedoes at PB Karimo Maru
Finback diving deep ....
PB Mikitade Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Toyokuni Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toyokuni Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toyokuni Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Toyokuni Maru cannot reach attack position over SS Finback
SS Finback eludes ASW attack from PB Toyokuni Maru
PB Toyokuni Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toyokuni Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Brunei at 65,86

Japanese Ships
PB Daiya Maru

Allied Ships
SS Guardfish

SS Guardfish is sighted by escort
Guardfish bottoming out ....
PB Daiya Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Daiya Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Daiya Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Kanoya at 103,62

Japanese Ships
E Kasasagi, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

E Kamo

Allied Ships
SS Steelhead

SS Steelhead launches 6 torpedoes at E Kasasagi
Steelhead diving deep ....
E Kamo attacking submerged sub ....
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

WOW! We must have hit the jackpot today! Dozens of attacks in 43 and not one has been succesful. After fireing some 150 torps in 43 onto E class ships, that�s the first one we sink in 43...

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Sub attack near Kofiau at 80,107

Japanese Ships
TK Yamazuru Maru
PB Hakata Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS Gudgeon

SS Gudgeon launches 6 torpedoes at TK Yamazuru Maru
Gudgeon diving deep ....
PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

with an E vessel sunk today, I don�t care about the others� subs performance anymore...

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ASW attack near Taihoku at 87,62

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 14
SC Ch 3

Allied Ships
SS O19

SS O19 is located by SC Ch 14
SC Ch 14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59

Japanese Ships
xAK Syoryu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Nichiro Maru

Allied Ships
SS Pollack

SS Pollack launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Syoryu Maru
Pollack diving deep ....
PB Nichiro Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nichiro Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nichiro Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nichiro Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nichiro Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 36,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 16

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 38,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 16

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 38,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 14

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet

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Morning Air attack on Biak , at 87,110

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 18

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed

CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with A6M3 Zero (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
12 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes

we guessed right today and the enemy still had his fighters at Biak on Cap... I was shocked to see "Zeroes climbing to 36000ft" and our fighters NOT diving on the enemy fighters climbing from 6000ft. Now that was a new experience for me. On the first look this combat report looks good, what you don�t see here are twice the numbers of Zeroes shot down but also a hell a lot of Lightnings being damaged. Guess some 6 Zeroes were downed but we lose 5 Lightnings in this attack which is a weekly replacement and therefor a tragedy... not having the dive has immense influence as could be seen here once again...

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 37,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 2

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 39,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 2

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 40,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 2

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet

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Morning Air attack on Biak , at 87,110

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 10

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet *
3 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet *

CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with A6M3 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 58 minutes

here comes the follow on squadron with the rest of the first one... this time we had the dive from the first second and shot the remaining Zeroes to pieces... not even a single Lightning was damaged, none of the second squadron was lost...

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Afternoon Air attack on 25th Indian Division, at 56,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

can someone enlighten me which wonder weapon the Japanese got that they always have clear sky in Burma when they attack ground units? I really keep an eye on that because I find it kind of odd to see Burma being completely sucked in all the time but my ground units seem to always be in a hex with clear sky, no matter where they are... while we have been bombing in the Australian desert in thunderstorms all the time... odd...

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Afternoon Air attack on 25th Indian Division, at 56,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 10 damaged

Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 25

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 37

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

I�m happy if it�s only heavily clouded...

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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 41

Japanese aircraft losses
H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

not sure why Rainer got Mavis� at Rabaul... aren�t those patrols too valuable for the Japanese to be put on an airfield that is under constant air attacks?

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 07, 43
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ASW attack near Billiton at 54,94

Japanese Ships
E W-18
E W-3
E Kamome

Allied Ships
SS Plunger, hits 5

SS Plunger is located by E W-18
Plunger bottoming out ....
E Kamome fails to find sub and abandons search
E W-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-18 attacking submerged sub ....
E W-18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-18 attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

after sinking an E vessel yesterday, they nearly take revenge...

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Submarine attack near Mangaia at 146,195

Japanese Ships
SS I-31

Allied Ships
AK Amador, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

AK Amador is sighted by SS I-31
SS I-31 attacking AK Amador on the surface

looks like the enemy now has figured out that my ships are going around pretty far South when travelling from the West Coast to Australia... an unescorted AK is sunk... took the enemy 14 months to notice my convoys that far South...

am expecting more enemy subs showing up now...

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Sub attack near Kanoya at 104,63

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-51
SC CHa-16
SC CHa-38

Allied Ships
SS Harder

Captain of SS Harder elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
Harder diving deep ....
SC CHa-51 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Orchid Island at 87,68

Japanese Ships
E Kari
E Hayabusa

Allied Ships
SS Gunnel

SS Gunnel is located by E Kari
E Kari fails to find sub and abandons search
E Hayabusa attacking submerged sub ....
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Morning Air attack on Hollandia , at 93,116

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 45

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Hatsukaze, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
DD Yugumo, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Port hits 6
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

two of the damaged DDs were still afloat and were disbanded in port... the port attack probably wasn�t worth it because I guess the DDs would have been sunk anyway... another bomb hit each puts them down...

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Morning Air attack on Hollandia , at 93,116

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6

No Allied losses

Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Hollandia , at 93,116

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Sub attack near Orchid Island at 87,68

Japanese Ships
E Otori
E Kari
E Hayabusa

Allied Ships
SS Gunnel, hits 3

SS Gunnel launches 6 torpedoes at E Otori
E Kari fails to find sub and abandons search
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa attacking submerged sub ....
E Hayabusa attacking submerged sub ....
E Hayabusa is out of ASW ammo
E Hayabusa is out of ASW ammo
E Hayabusa is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub

glad the E ran out of DCs... two subs got mission killed today... both times by E vessels...

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 08, 43
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Sub attack near Kanoya at 104,62

Japanese Ships
PB Toshi Maru #2
PB Kaimyo Maru

Allied Ships
SS Runner

SS Runner launches 6 torpedoes at PB Toshi Maru #2
Runner diving deep ....
PB Kaimyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kaimyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kaimyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kaimyo Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Kaimyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Brunei at 66,85

Japanese Ships
DD Ikazuchi
DD Murakumo
DD Isonami

Allied Ships
SS Guardfish, hits 1

SS Guardfish launches 6 torpedoes at DD Ikazuchi
Guardfish diving deep ....
DD Murakumo fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Isonami attacking submerged sub ....
DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Isonami attacking submerged sub ....
DD Isonami is out of ASW ammo
DD Isonami is out of ASW ammo
DD Isonami is out of ASW ammo
DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

better not even try this...

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Morning Air attack on 15th Army, at 56,54

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 15

Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 33

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (14 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
14 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
24th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 15 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36750
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 9 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes

Rainer has set up a LRCAP trap today... ordered a sweep into the hex with the enemy units North of Moulmein to draw leaking Cap from Moulmein�s airbase but we didn�t only encounter a couple of enemy fighters from leaking Cap, but 48 enemies were reported waiting for our sweep to come in... none of the enemy fighters is able to fly as high as the Lightnings so we start off with a long lasting dive on the enemy Cap... it was obvious though that the number of enemy fighters was too big to see the Lightnings getting the never ending dive and as soon as we ran out of the dive bonus our twin tailed devils started to act as targets, not really being a threat to the enemy anymore... what also was really surprising was the fact that the Lightnings attacked from behind really often during the dive but the Tojos mostly ended up only damaged, which is not the norm at all... I can�t blame my Lightning squadron, the guys did a very good job, in the end they take down more than a dozen enemies for only twoLightnings lost...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Taberfane at 82,117

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 14

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 8

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
PB Shonan Maru #2, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
xAKL Heiku Maru, Bomb hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with A6M3 Zero (3 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes

a small enemy convoy dares to get in range of my patrol aircraft that immediately alert the USN bombers at Merauke...

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Morning Air attack on 15th Army, at 56,54

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 16
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 29

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 2 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 5 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 2 destroyed

CAP engaged:
24th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
12 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36750 , scrambling fighters to 36750.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 178 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 78 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters to 36740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 96 minutes

here comes the follow on sweep, still engaging a stiff resistance but we again had a long dive on the enemy, taking them down in droves... the attacking squadron suffers three Lightnings lost but that�s still a 5 or 6:1 kill rate for my fighters... though with the recent P-38G losses the pool is dry and we�re missing some halve a dozen aircraft to bring the four squadrons on the map back to full strength... have to keep them grounded for some time to build up a couple of ac for the pool in case I have to fight a high value target (like KB at Darwin?

)... the losses must look devastating for the enemy and 39 enemies downed for 5 Lightnings lost (if the enemy losses are near correct) sure is an excellent result, problem is that I just can�t afford 5 Lightnings lost at the moment... this is going to change in mid 43 when the P-47 arrives and with 30 Lightnings per month then...

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Taberfane at 82,117

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 11

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAKL Ronsan Maru, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
3 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with A6M3 Zero (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes

the xAKL survived the morning attacks but was sunk in the afternoon...

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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 37

Japanese aircraft losses
H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 5 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

it�s reall hard to keep enemy airfields suppressed if there are some engineers and if you�ve got really bad weather all the time... in fact, it�s near impossible to keep them suppressed, that�s true for both Rabaul and Darwin... only a matter of time until I�m going to run into massed fighters on Cap...

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Sub attack near Zamboanga at 75,88

Japanese Ships
xAK Momokawa Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Taian Maru

Allied Ships
SS KXVII, hits 1

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

SS KXVII launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Momokawa Maru
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

an overall good turn so to say... looks like another troop convoy has left Japan...

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 09, 43
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Sub vs Sub: SS S-47 attacking SS I-176 at 111,129 - near Shortlands

Japanese Ships
SS I-176, Torpedo hits 3, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS S-47

SS S-47 launches 4 torpedoes at 1,000 yards

now that�s a nice one, guess the sub is sunk...

we�re in the lead in sub on sub kills again...

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Sub attack near Zamboanga at 75,88

Japanese Ships
xAK Momokawa Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS KXVII

SS KXVII launches 2 torpedoes

and we�ve got another freighter sunk...

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Sub attack near Shikuka at 125,45

Japanese Ships
xAK Tosei Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Tokihime Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sealion

SS Sealion launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Tosei Maru
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and a freighter of the Port Arthur - Japan ressource convoys is sunk too...

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ASW attack near Milne Bay at 100,135

Japanese Ships
SS I-173, hits 7

Allied Ships
DD Dunlap
DD Meade

SS I-173 is located by DD Dunlap
DD Dunlap fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Meade fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Meade attacking submerged sub ....
DD Meade fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Meade fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Meade fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

1 hit, 6 near misses... guess the sub will retire... there are only a few subs left off Australia�s coast and between New Guinea and the Solomons and we�ve pretty much got them neutralized...

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ASW attack near Kanoya at 103,63

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-19
SC CHa-51
SC CHa-38

Allied Ships
SS Haddock

SS Haddock is located by SC CHa-19
Haddock diving deep ....
SC CHa-51 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC CHa-51 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-51 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-51 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-51 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Tanegashima at 102,63

Japanese Ships
xAK Nitian Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
SC CHa-40
SC CHa-31
LSD Kumano Maru
LSD Nigitsu Maru
AK Nichiyu Maru
xAK Otoriyama Maru
xAK Ehime Maru
xAK Rakuto Maru
E Ishinui
PB Takashima Maru

Allied Ships
SS Haddock

SS Haddock launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Nitian Maru
Haddock diving deep ....
E Ishinui fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Takashima Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Takashima Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Takashima Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Takashima Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Takashima Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

quite succesful day for the silent service...

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ASW attack near Taihoku at 87,62

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 3
SC Ch 14

Allied Ships
SS O19

SS O19 is sighted by escort
O19 diving deep ....
SC Ch 14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 14 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Nago at 94,62

Japanese Ships
PB Seikai Maru

Allied Ships
SS Balao

SS Balao is sighted by escort
Balao diving deep ....
PB Seikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Seikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Seikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Seikai Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Seikai Maru cannot reach attack position over SS Balao
SS Balao eludes ASW attack from PB Seikai Maru
PB Seikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Amchitka Island at 158,52

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11

Allied aircraft
Hurricane XIIb x 8
B-18A Bolo x 19
P-40E Warhawk x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
xAKL Yanagigawa, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
xAKL Hiyori Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
E Nasami, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
xAKL Tokiwasan Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Naruo Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Kuramasan Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-18A Bolo bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x Hurricane XIIb sweeping at 36000 feet *
9 x B-18A Bolo bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 25000 feet
7 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 10000 feet

CAP engaged:
282 Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (11 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(11 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
11 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 17000
Raid is overhead

an enemy TF was spotted moving towards Amchitka and therfor we�ve moved some Bolos to Adak and ordered them on lownav... we launch a nicely sized raid with lots of escort, to my surprise the Zeroes had no chance, they were shot to pieces by 70skiled P-40E... not the enemy, but we had the dive, which was as surprising as the end result... the bombers got through untouched and obliberated the freighter convoy with 500lb bombs... the Bolos were usually used as training squadrons for lownav attacks but it seems they�re of good use for these attacks, at least when attacking freighters... skill was pretty high, have upgraded one of the squadrons to B-26 as there are a couple of dozen in the pool... but there shouldn�t be much shipping in this region, so the squadrons will keep acting as training squadrons most of the time...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Amchitka Island at 158,52

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-18A Bolo x 6
P-400 Airacobra x 6

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAKL Hiyori Maru, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
xAKL Tokiwasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-18A Bolo bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

follow on wave sinks two already damaged freighters...

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 7
B-24D Liberator x 12
B-24D1 Liberator x 11

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-17F Fortress laying Mk 13 Mine from 10000 feet
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

we keep on mining the port from time to time, this should keep enemy BBs from entering Darwin and if the enemy decides to move into Darwin without BBs then he got no bulletprove ships there and everything in that hex would be highly vulnerable to attacks with 500lb bombs...

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 13

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 7

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

more days with clear sky would be really helpful...

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 10, 43
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ASW attack near Kume-jima at 93,62

Japanese Ships
PB Seikai Maru

Allied Ships
SS Balao

SS Balao is sighted by escort
Balao diving deep ....
PB Seikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Seikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Seikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Seikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Seikai Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Seikai Maru loses contact with SS Balao
SS Balao eludes PB Seikai Maru by diving deep
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Tanegashima at 102,63

Japanese Ships
TK Yamamiya Maru
PB Kibi Maru

Allied Ships
SS Grunion

SS Grunion launches 6 torpedoes at TK Yamamiya Maru
PB Kibi Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kibi Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kibi Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kibi Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kibi Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

duds... a pity...

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Sub attack near Iriomote at 92,62

Japanese Ships
xAKL Taiyo Maru
PB Seikai Maru

Allied Ships
SS Balao

SS Balao launches 6 torpedoes at xAKL Taiyo Maru
PB Seikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Seikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Seikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Seikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Seikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and a full salvo missing a slow freighter...

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ASW attack near Fergusson Island at 103,132

Japanese Ships
SS I-172, hits 14

Allied Ships
DE Express
DE Decoy
DE Encounter

SS I-172 is located by DE Express
DE Express fails to find sub and abandons search
DE Encounter attacking submerged sub ....
DE Encounter fails to find sub, continues to search...
DE Encounter fails to find sub, continues to search...
DE Encounter attacking submerged sub ....
DE Encounter is out of ASW ammo
DE Encounter is out of ASW ammo
DE Encounter fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

the Brits are back in action, scoring one hit and more than a dozen near misses... the sub isn�t showing up as heavily damaged so I expect it to be back in action within the next couple of weeks...

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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 11
B-24D Liberator x 48
B-24D1 Liberator x 14

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 50

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-17F Fortress laying Mk 13 Mine from 10000 feet
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

don�t know how many mines the B-17 drop, I guess one or two each...

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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6

No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 53

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 7 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Airbase hits 21
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 100

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

nice one, clear sky helps...

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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 7

No Allied losses

Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-17F Fortress laying Mk 13 Mine from 10000 feet

Shouldn't minelaying ac drop down to a few hundred feet before laying mines?
Dropping them from 10k feet would be the same as bombing the Pacific!-)

Here's a kewl link:
http://aupress.maxwell.af.mil/saas_Theses/SAASS_Out/Chilstrom/chilstrom.pdf

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ORIGINAL: PzB

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-17F Fortress laying Mk 13 Mine from 10000 feet

Shouldn't minelaying ac drop down to a few hundred feet before laying mines?
Dropping them from 10k feet would be the same as bombing the Pacific!-)

Here's a kewl link:
http://aupress.maxwell.af.mil/saas_Theses/SAASS_Out/Chilstrom/chilstrom.pdf

have seen that article before and as I�m skipping it through, I noticed this. Guess the parachute does the trick, it�s about the MK25 but fits into the discussion:

edit: further down in the article it states that the mine laying missions usually were flown between 5000 and 8000ft.

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That's the MK 25 mine, the ones dropped is the MK 13:
Air-dropped mine with magnetic pistol. Did not use a parachute and could be used as a bomb. 1,048 lbs.
(475 kg) total with a charge of 640 lbs. (290 kg) TNT or 1,118 lbs. (507 kg) total with a charge of 710 lbs. (322 kg) Torpex.

http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WAMUS_Mines.htm

So any ac dropping the MK13 would have to drop to a few hundred feet.

- From the articles I've read most mines were dropped from a low altitude, maybe it would be possible to drop them at higher speeds and altitudes but hit accuracy would suffer and the mines could explode at impact. Imagine mining a port or estuary, you would have to navigate accurately to insert the mines.

The first German magnetic mine captured by the British in 1940 was recovered from the mud in the Thames after the pilot didn't drop it accurately.
For simplicity it would be easiest to drop them with the main bomber stream while e.g. bombing Darwin, guess that's the approach AE has adopted.

Just imagined how it would look when a 1 ton mine came crashing down from the sky, would have been quite a splash even though it didn't explode!

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 8/2/2010 12:16:59 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: PzB

That's the MK 25 mine, the ones dropped is the MK 13:
Air-dropped mine with magnetic pistol. Did not use a parachute and could be used as a bomb. 1,048 lbs.
(475 kg) total with a charge of 640 lbs. (290 kg) TNT or 1,118 lbs. (507 kg) total with a charge of 710 lbs. (322 kg) Torpex.

http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WAMUS_Mines.htm

So any ac dropping the MK13 would have to drop to a few hundred feet.

wouldn�t make any difference I guess, none of the B-17 was yet hit by any defensive fire so I guess they�re not targeted by flak. (?) IIRC mine laying ac can now be at least intercepted by fighters on Cap. It would probably take too much recoding to have the bombers at the right alt for the different weapons I guess.

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 8/2/2010 2:49:24 PM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 12, 43
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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 41
SC Ch 37
AK Yamasimo Maru
xAK Siberia Maru
xAK Yamahagi Maru
E Wakataka
E Ukishima

Allied Ships
SS Pollack

SS Pollack is sighted by escort
Pollack diving deep ....
E Wakataka fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ukishima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Wakataka fails to find sub and abandons search
E Ukishima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ukishima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ukishima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ukishima fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59

Japanese Ships
E Kyosai
xAK Siberia Maru
xAK Yamahagi Maru
E Wakataka
E Ukishima

Allied Ships
SS Pollack

SS Pollack launches 2 torpedoes at E Kyosai
E Wakataka attacking submerged sub ....
E Ukishima fails to find sub and abandons search
E Wakataka fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Wakataka fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Wakataka fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Wakataka fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

better not to even try attacking E vessels...

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ASW attack near Perth at 42,147

Japanese Ships
SS I-32

Allied Ships
AM Outarde

Captain of SS I-32 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
I-32 diving deep ....
AM Outarde fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Outarde fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Outarde fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Outarde fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Outarde fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 98,65

Japanese Ships
TK Yamamiya Maru
PB Yasushima Maru
PB Kibi Maru

Allied Ships
SS Kingfish, hits 1

SS Kingfish launches 4 torpedoes at TK Yamamiya Maru
Kingfish diving deep ....
PB Kibi Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kibi Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kibi Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kibi Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Kibi Maru loses contact with SS Kingfish
PB Kibi Maru loses contact with SS Kingfish
PB Kibi Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

duds on a tanker again... a near miss in return...

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Sub attack near Nakadori-jima at 101,56

Japanese Ships
xAK Hamburg Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Asaka Maru #3
PB Nichiro Maru

Allied Ships
SS Seadragon

SS Seadragon launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Hamburg Maru
Seadragon diving deep ....
PB Nichiro Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nichiro Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nichiro Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nichiro Maru attacking submerged sub ....
SS Seadragon eludes ASW attack from PB Nichiro Maru
PB Nichiro Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Seadragon kills a freighter...

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Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 98,65

Japanese Ships
TK Yamamiya Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

PB Kibi Maru

Allied Ships
SS Kingfish, hits 2

SS Kingfish launches 6 torpedoes at TK Yamamiya Maru
PB Kibi Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Kibi Maru is out of ASW ammo
PB Kibi Maru is out of ASW ammo
PB Kibi Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kibi Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kibi Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kibi Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and Kingfish probably sinks a tanker with her second attempt today... well done...

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Sub attack near Taihoku at 87,62

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-37

Allied Ships
SS O19, hits 4

SS O19 launches 2 torpedoes at SC CHa-37
SC CHa-37 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-37 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-37 attacking submerged sub ....
SC CHa-37 is out of ASW ammo
SC CHa-37 is out of ASW ammo
SC CHa-37 is out of ASW ammo
SC CHa-37 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-37 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

O19 is lightly damaged by a couple of near misses...

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Morning Air attack on Meiktila , at 58,47

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 41,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 40

Allied aircraft
Hurricane XIIb x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane XIIb: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
39 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet

CAP engaged:
No.14 Sqn RCAF with Hurricane XIIb (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes

picking off leaking Cap in Burma and Thailand by both sides... am planning a massive air offensive in Burma, with the Hurricane and the Warhawk as my main fighters backed up by two squadrons of P-38 and a mixed bomber force of Wellingtons, B-17, Liberators and B-25C...

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 16

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Beaufighter Ic sweeping at 20000 feet

losing the bombers... bombers are coming from PM, fighters from Nadzab...

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Morning Air attack on Takao , at 84,65

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 3
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3

Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 15
B-17E Fortress x 29

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 5 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Resources hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
2 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
452 Ku S-1 with A6M2-N Rufe (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
4th Sentai Det A with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead
4th Sentai Det B with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead

tried a surprise attack on Takao, bombers were coming from Changsha... you can�t hit anything without recon before and with that kind of weather during the attack... and we lose two bombers in this attack which can be clearly seen as a failure... perhaps we can at least force the enemy to place some more fighters on rearguard...

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Morning Air attack on Takao , at 84,65

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 2
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 2

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged

Resources hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
452 Ku S-1 with A6M2-N Rufe (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
4th Sentai Det A with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes
4th Sentai Det B with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead

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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 27

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 31

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 8

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 16
B-24D1 Liberator x 31

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 29

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Takao , at 84,65

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 1

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 7

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
452 Ku S-1 with A6M2-N Rufe (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes

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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 7

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

lots of totally dispersed strikes today...

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ASW attack near Morotai at 81,101

Japanese Ships
xAK Glasgow Maru
xAK Aden Maru
E Sureko
E Uruko

Allied Ships
SS Grayback

SS Grayback is sighted by escort
Grayback diving deep ....
E Sureko fails to find sub and abandons search
E Uruko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Uruko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Uruko attacking submerged sub ....
E Uruko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Uruko fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Orchid Island at 87,68

Japanese Ships
E Otori
E Kari

Allied Ships
SS Gunnel

SS Gunnel is located by E Otori
Gunnel diving deep ....
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kari attacking submerged sub ....
E Kari attacking submerged sub ....
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Ground combat at Torokina (109,130)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 133 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 12

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Allied adjusted assault: 11

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Torokina !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)

Assaulting units:
1st Australian Para Bn /1

Aussie paras take the dot base North of Shortlands to provide a friendly beach to first unload a USN base force (for nav support), followed by two US Inf div to support the fights at Shortlands...

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 13, 43
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Submarine attack near Aogashima at 111,66

Japanese Ships
xAK Hakonesan Maru
xAK Koryu Maru
xAK Yamaura Maru
SC Ch 35

Allied Ships
SS Tambor, hits 8, heavy damage

SS Tambor is sighted by escort
Tambor diving deep ....
SC Ch 35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 35 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 35 attacking submerged sub ....
SS Tambor forced to surface!
SC Ch 35 firing on surfaced sub ....
SC Ch 35 firing on surfaced sub ....
SC Ch 35 firing on surfaced sub ....
SC Ch 35 firing on surfaced sub ....
SC Ch 35 firing on surfaced sub ....
SC Ch 35 firing on surfaced sub ....
SC Ch 35 firing on surfaced sub ....
Contact with submarine is lost

a single subchaser was enough to cause major trouble here... Tambor takes three direct hits and five near misses and is forced to surface... the subchaser opened fire with a couple of pop guns but couldn�t score any hits... with the message "contact with submarine is lost" I expected the sub to be sunk, just to find out during the turn that Tambor is still afloat and tries to retire with 84 flt (61 mjr)... if the crew can reduce some of the minor flt damage then the sub has a fair chance to make it, I had subs with major flt around 80!! succesfully returning to port...

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Sub attack near Keijo at 101,50

Japanese Ships
xAK Wakatu Maru
PB Nichiro Maru

Allied Ships
SS Haddock

SS Haddock launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Wakatu Maru
PB Nichiro Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nichiro Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nichiro Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nichiro Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nichiro Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Boela at 81,109

Japanese Ships
PB Hakata Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS Argonaut, hits 5

SS Argonaut is sighted by escort
PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hakata Maru #2 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Argonaut is knocked out, didn�t even reach her patrol zone...

SS Pollack was hit by a Lily is also retiring... no sub scored today but we had three subs put out of action by enemy ASW...

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Sub attack near Nagasaki/Sasebo at 101,59

Japanese Ships
xAKL Fukuyama Maru
xAKL Chosen Maru
xAKL Yamayuri Maru
PB Menado Maru

Allied Ships
SS Seadragon

SS Seadragon launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Fukuyama Maru
PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Morning Air attack on Hengyang , at 80,53

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 33

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

trying to bomb my Chinese frontline bases to keep me from using the airfields for my long range bombers... with hundreds of Chinese eng there, it would be a hard task to close them down completely... we�re only doing hit and run out of China anyway...

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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 28
B-24D1 Liberator x 19

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 67

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Shortlands , at 109,131

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 24
B-26B Marauder x 8

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 45

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Shortlands , at 109,131

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 11

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Lunga , at 114,138

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 31

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 61

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Lunga , at 114,138

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 14

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 27

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 7

No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 14, 43
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Sub attack near Perth at 44,147

Japanese Ships
SS I-32

Allied Ships
AM Abraham Crijnssen, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
AM Jan van Amstel
AM Pieter de Bitter

SS I-32 launches 6 torpedoes at AM Abraham Crijnssen
I-32 diving deep ....
AM Pieter de Bitter fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Pieter de Bitter fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Pieter de Bitter fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Pieter de Bitter fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Pieter de Bitter fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

we lose another minesweeper on ASW duty off Perth... they�re nothing else but torpedo catchers...

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ASW attack near Hilo at 203,123

Japanese Ships
SS I-7, hits 3

Allied Ships
DE Edsall
DE Humphreys
AO Cache
AO Tallulah
TK War Sirdar
TK British Motorist
TK Herborg
TK Seirstad
TK Osthav
TK Charles S. Jones
TK Gulfbreeze
DE Hatfield
DE Lawrence
DE King
DE Sands

SS I-7 launches 4 torpedoes at DE Edsall
DE Hatfield fails to find sub and abandons search
DE Lawrence fails to find sub and abandons search
DE King fails to find sub and abandons search
DE Sands attacking submerged sub ....
DE Sands fails to find sub, continues to search...
DE Sands fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

near hilo sounds funny, that�s 15 hexes off the Eastern Map edge!

a pretty strange position for an IJN sub btw... Rainer must have been unhappy with his sub attacks (of which he nearly had none, other than near Australia) and has sent his subs further out... my convoys usuall use shipping lanes some 40 hexes off the usual convoy routes...

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ASW attack near Muntok at 49,89

Japanese Ships
DD Minazuki
DD Satsuki

Allied Ships
SS O20, hits 4

SS O20 is sighted by escort
O20 bottoming out ....
DD Minazuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Satsuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Minazuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Satsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Satsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Satsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Satsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

next mission kill, O20 has to retire...

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ASW attack near Muntok at 49,89

Japanese Ships
DD Minazuki
DD Satsuki

Allied Ships
SS O20, hits 6

SS O20 is located by DD Minazuki
O20 bottoming out ....
DD Minazuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Satsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Satsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Satsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Satsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Satsuki attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Balabac at 69,83

Japanese Ships
PB Hakata Maru #7
TK Seiwa Maru
TK Nanrei Maru
PB Toshi Maru #7

Allied Ships
SS Grenadier

SS Grenadier is sighted by escort
Grenadier diving deep ....
PB Toshi Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toshi Maru #7 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Toshi Maru #7 cannot reach attack position over SS Grenadier
SS Grenadier eludes PB Toshi Maru #7 by diving deep
PB Toshi Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toshi Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toshi Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Morning Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 59,48

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 38,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 40

Allied aircraft
Hurricane XIIb x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane XIIb: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
40 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet

CAP engaged:
No.14 Sqn RCAF with Hurricane XIIb (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead

only the Canadian Hurricane squadron sends out a leaker again... promtly shot down...

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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 42,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 37

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
37 x Ki-43-Ia Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet

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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 7
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 15
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 28

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
15 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 11000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb
7 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

bomb as long as you wish...

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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 30

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 57

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Lunga , at 114,138

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Lunga , at 114,138

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 9
B-26B Marauder x 3

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Lunga , at 114,138

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 10

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Lunga , at 114,138

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 6

No Allied losses

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

suppressing Lunga, convoy with the two US Inf divs is awaiting unloading at Torokina and I don�t want to see two dozen Betties coming in with torps...

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Ground combat at Gove (82,127)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 490 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 29

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Allied adjusted assault: 11

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Gove !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)

Assaulting units:
3rd USMC Parachute Bn /1

dropping a full btn on Gove, that�s the next dot base SE of Darwin and the next puzzle in the operation against Darwin... landing craft from Groote Eylandt will now shuffle troops and supplies between the bases... Gove brings Corsairs into range of Darwin...

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 15, 43
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ASW attack near Balabac at 69,83

Japanese Ships
PB Shinko Maru #3

Allied Ships
SS Grenadier

SS Grenadier is sighted by escort
PB Shinko Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shinko Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shinko Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shinko Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shinko Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 99,59

Japanese Ships
E Hato
DD Okikaze
E Kamo

Allied Ships
SS Seadragon

SS Seadragon launches 4 torpedoes at E Hato
DD Okikaze fails to find sub and abandons search
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

with a 50% dud rate I wonder why we see 80% duds when we hit these vessels... I�ve got the feeling that this is not the correct message and the torps miss most of the times and aren�t duds, but misses... this could also explain why we had a 94% hit rate in 42 with Mk-14 torps, but still the 80% dud rate... we more or less always got "torps failed to detonate"... I don�t have another explanation...

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Sub attack near Kanoya at 103,63

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-16
SC CHa-51
SC CHa-38

Allied Ships
SS Pogy

Captain of SS Pogy elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
SC CHa-51 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Balabac at 69,83

Japanese Ships
PB Sozan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
TK Kyoie Maru
PB Heiei Maru #7

Allied Ships
SS Grenadier

SS Grenadier launches 6 torpedoes at PB Sozan Maru
Grenadier diving deep ....
PB Heiei Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Heiei Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Heiei Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Heiei Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Heiei Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

instead of attacking one of the tankers, an escort is obliberated...

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Sub attack near Hachijo-jima at 114,64

Japanese Ships
xAK Heian Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PB Nichinan
xAK Tokusima Maru
xAK Shirashika Maru
xAK Yamayuri Maru
PB Sureboko Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon

SS Sturgeon launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Heian Maru
Sturgeon diving deep ....
PB Sureboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sureboko Maru attacking submerged sub ....
SS Sturgeon eludes ASW attack from PB Sureboko Maru
PB Sureboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sureboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sureboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

we also get a freigther...

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Morning Air attack on Gove , at 82,127

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 41,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 2

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
35 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet

CAP engaged:
8th FG/80th FS with P-40K Warhawk (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead

Gove is swept by Oscars and we�ve got two P-40 leaking from Groote Eylandt... both were damaged, one written off...

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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 37,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 40

Allied aircraft
Hurricane XIIb x 1

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
40 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet

CAP engaged:
No.14 Sqn RCAF with Hurricane XIIb (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes

the usual Canadian Hurricane leaking out of Mandalay... the enemy so far managed to sweep in full strenght without follow on piece meal strikes...

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Morning Air attack on 2/11th Armoured Car Battalion, at 75,124

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 35,810 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 25

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 32810 feet *

moving an armored unit around Darwin to block all retreat paths...

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Morning Air attack on Gove , at 82,127

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 44,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 6

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

CAP engaged:
8th FG/80th FS with P-40K Warhawk (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead

follow on piece meal strike at Gove meets more P-40 but being dived, the Warhawks couldn�t do anything... losing three P-40 in total today, none of the Oscars is lost... sweep is the way to go...

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Morning Air attack on Hengyang , at 80,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 29
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 19
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 42

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
29 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 2/11th Armoured Car Battalion, at 75,124

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 25

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Kweilin , at 76,54

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 8
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 33

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 27

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 16
B-24D1 Liberator x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 16
B-24D1 Liberator x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Hengyang , at 80,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 42,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 27

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 16, 43
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Sub vs Sub: SS Saury attacking SS I-38 at 110,111 - near Truk

Japanese Ships
SS I-38, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Saury

SS Saury launches 4 torpedoes at 4,000 yards

nice, another sub finished...

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ASW attack near Donggala at 67,97

Japanese Ships
PB Bisan Maru #3
PB Choun Maru #18

Allied Ships
SS Skipjack

SS Skipjack is sighted by escort
Skipjack diving deep ....
PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Toyohara at 125,48

Japanese Ships
xAK Kaimei Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Africa Maru
PB Tamo Maru #7

Allied Ships
SS Sealion

SS Sealion launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Kaimei Maru
Sealion diving deep ....
PB Tamo Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tamo Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tamo Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tamo Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tamo Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

not Sealio�s first kill on this patrol...

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ASW attack near Makassar at 64,107

Japanese Ships
BB Yamashiro
BB Fuso
CL Natori
CL Isuzu
CL Jintsu
CL Naka
CL Sendai
DD Shirakumo
DD Inazuma
DD Amagiri
DD Shikinami
DD Uranami

Allied Ships
SS Sailfish, hits 1

SS Sailfish is sighted by escort
DD Amagiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shikinami fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Uranami fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Amagiri attacking submerged sub ....
DD Amagiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Amagiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Amagiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Amagiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

interesting intel... I�ve asked Rainer if BBs are on their way to Darwin and pointed out that the mines there and my torpedo bombers are already waiting for them...

while there are mines, the torp bombers are a bluff, as I�ve got no torp bombers with the appropriate range to reach Darwin with torps... the only "long range" torp bombers available are the Aussie Beauforts but those got a torp range of 8 hexes and Groote Eylandt is 9 hexes from Darwin and we�ve just begun to build up Gove... Gove�s airfield can house Corsairs and torpedo armed Bauforts being able to reach Darwin...

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Sub attack near Makassar at 64,107

Japanese Ships
DD Shirakumo
BB Yamashiro
BB Fuso
CL Natori
CL Isuzu
CL Jintsu
CL Naka
CL Sendai
DD Inazuma
DD Amagiri
DD Shikinami
DD Uranami

Allied Ships
SS Sailfish

SS Sailfish launches 4 torpedoes at DD Shirakumo
DD Amagiri fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Shikinami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uranami fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Shikinami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shikinami fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Tawi Tawi at 71,91

Japanese Ships
PB Marei Maru
PB Taian Maru

Allied Ships
SS Seal

SS Seal launches 4 torpedoes at PB Marei Maru
Seal diving deep ....
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Tawi Tawi at 71,91

Japanese Ships
xAK Kozan Maru
PB Taian Maru

Allied Ships
SS Seal

SS Seal launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Kozan Maru
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

series of duds and misses...

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Sub attack near Laoag at 78,72

Japanese Ships
DD Yunagi
DD Oite
DD Asanagi

Allied Ships
SS Shad

SS Shad launches 6 torpedoes at DD Yunagi
DD Yunagi fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asanagi attacking submerged sub ....
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Bandjermasin at 62,102

Japanese Ships
DD Kosugiri, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Tadeyame

Allied Ships
SS KXIV

SS KXIV launches 4 torpedoes at DD Kosugiri
DD Tadeyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tadeyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tadeyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tadeyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tadeyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and then a Dutch sub kills an enemy DD... took us some three dozen attacks to kill one I guess...

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Sub attack near Kobe at 107,61

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-35
SC CHa-43

Allied Ships
SS Grunion

SS Grunion launches 6 torpedoes at SC CHa-35
SC CHa-43 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-43 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-43 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC CHa-35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Kochi at 106,63

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-51
SC CHa-19
SC CHa-38

Allied Ships
SS Tullibee, hits 3, heavy damage

SS Tullibee launches 6 torpedoes at SC CHa-51
Tullibee diving deep ....
SC CHa-51 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC CHa-51 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-51 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-51 attacking submerged sub ....
SC CHa-51 is out of ASW ammo
SC CHa-51 is out of ASW ammo
SC CHa-51 is out of ASW ammo
SC CHa-51 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-51 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

for the loss of one DD today, the enemy manages to also heavily damage one of our subs... not really in danger of sinking, at least not if we don�t suffer really bad die rolls...

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Morning Air attack on Gove , at 82,127

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 38,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 37

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
37 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet

CAP engaged:
VMF-112 with F4U-1 Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36800
Raid is overhead

got Corsairs now at Groote Eylandt but they�re as helpless against the 38500ft Oscars as every other of my fighters that can�t go that high or higher... glad that only one leaked out...

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Morning Air attack on Selaroe , at 78,118

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 15

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet *

we also tried to catch some leaking Cap but the enemy keeps his fighters grounded or on offensive missions... Cap is a secondary task at best in this campaign, both sides try to fly as few Cap missions as possible...

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Morning Air attack on Selaroe , at 78,118

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 18

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Gove , at 82,127

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 41,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 12
F4U-1 Corsair x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed

CAP engaged:
No.75 Sqn RAAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 37000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
No.76 Sqn RAAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 37000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
No.77 Sqn RAAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 37000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
No.452 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 37000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
VMF-112 with F4U-1 Corsair (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36800
Raid is overhead

we benefit from the fact that the enemy sweep was divided into a main part and a piece meal strike as follow on strike as it happens in 95% of the times... the same is true for leaking Cap against the first strike and leaking Cap against the second strike... it�s just more or less always the same, there�s no dynamic at all... we had three fighters being damaged during the enemy�s dive, but were then able to take out an Oscar...

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Morning Air attack on Sian , at 83,41

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 11000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 24
B-24D1 Liberator x 25

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 55

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
253 Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 32810
Raid is overhead

Zeroes on Cap? Not coming from Darwin�s airfield so it must be LRCAP... closest base would be Wyndham but that�s also quite a distance... our heavy bombers really don�t care about Zeroes even though one of the fighters managed to down a bomber on it�s first pass...

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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 3
B-24D1 Liberator x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
253 Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32810 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 159 minutes

we take revenge and down a Zero, two are lost A2A today...

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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

couldn�t be much more dispersed strikes I guess...

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Morning Air attack on Selaroe , at 78,118

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 9

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet *
5 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet *

and that�s nothing new either... squadrons can hardly fly together, strangely enough that the fighters that get lost find each other to fly together all the time... mhmmm that�s how it was in real life...

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Afternoon Air attack on Shortlands , at 109,131

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 18

No Allied losses

Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Shortlands , at 109,131

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 11

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Shortlands , at 109,131

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 6

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Sub attack near Jolo at 73,88

Japanese Ships
xAK Panama Maru
PB Taian Maru

Allied Ships
SS Stingray

SS Stingray launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Panama Maru
Stingray diving deep ....
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taian Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Makassar at 63,107

Japanese Ships
DD Kikuzuki
DD Kisaragi
DD Nagatsuki

Allied Ships
SS Searaven

SS Searaven launches 4 torpedoes at DD Kikuzuki
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Kikuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kikuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kikuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kikuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kikuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kikuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

duds...

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ASW attack near Hengchun at 85,68

Japanese Ships
E Kari

Allied Ships
SS Gunnel

SS Gunnel is located by E Kari
Gunnel diving deep ....
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Wakkanai at 121,47

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-25
SC CHa-6
PB Kaiun Maru
SC CHa-30

Allied Ships
SS Hake, hits 1

Captain of SS Hake elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
PB Kaiun Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-30 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Kaiun Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kaiun Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Kaiun Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kaiun Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Bandjermasin at 62,102

Japanese Ships
DD Suruyame
DD Tadeyame

Allied Ships
SS KXIV, hits 4

SS KXIV launches 4 torpedoes at DD Suruyame
DD Tadeyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tadeyame attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tadeyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tadeyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tadeyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

missed...

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ASW attack near Balikpapan at 64,98

Japanese Ships
PB Choun Maru #18

Allied Ships
SS Thresher

SS Thresher is located by PB Choun Maru #18
PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Donggala at 67,98

Japanese Ships
PB Chitose Maru

Allied Ships
SS KXVIII

SS KXVIII launches 4 torpedoes at PB Chitose Maru
PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

duds... what a day...

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Morning Air attack on Meiktila , at 58,47

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 41,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 30

Allied aircraft
Hurricane XIIb x 1

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
30 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet

CAP engaged:
No.14 Sqn RCAF with Hurricane XIIb (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes

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Morning Air attack on Hengyang , at 80,53

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 38,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 27

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 16

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Beaufighter Ic sweeping at 20000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Hengyang , at 80,53

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 29
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 23

Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 90

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
29 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

the Japanese got no need for heavy bombers obviously, their medium and light bombers work just fine...

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Morning Air attack on Meiktila , at 58,47

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 39,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 7

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 1
Hurricane IIb Trop x 3
Hurricane IIc Trop x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet

CAP engaged:
No.17 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIa Trop (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead
No.34 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 35600
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
No.60 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 35600
Raid is overhead
No.67 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Raid is overhead
No.79 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 35600
Raid is overhead
No.146 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
No.261 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Raid is overhead
No.607 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 35600
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes

wonder why I�ve got a dozen radar sets at this base, British radar seems to be total crap... this has always been the same so far... we suffer some damaged fighters and two are written off but we also claim an Oscar over the target...

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Morning Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 75,54

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 7
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Hengyang , at 80,53

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 39,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 3

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet

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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 15

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-17F Fortress laying Mk 13 Mine from 10000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Shortlands , at 109,131

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 24
B-26B Marauder x 14

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 10th Division ...
Also attacking Shortlands ...
Also attacking 85th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 10th Division ...
Also attacking Shortlands ...
Also attacking 10th Division ...
Also attacking Shortlands ...

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Morning Air attack on Shortlands , at 109,131

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 8

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 16
B-24D1 Liberator x 30

Japanese aircraft losses
H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

we just need more bombers with the constant bad weather all over the map... 90% of our attacks happen during bad weather, no matter at which spot on the map... El Nino in 43...

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Hengyang , at 80,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 9

No Japanese losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 11000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Sub attack near Toyohara at 125,48

Japanese Ships
PB Yachiyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
xAK Nitiren Maru

Allied Ships
SS Hake

SS Hake launches 6 torpedoes at PB Yachiyo Maru
Hake diving deep ....
Sub escapes detection

we finally claim an escort, looks like it was the only one in the convoy...

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ASW attack near Brunei at 65,86

Japanese Ships
DD Isonami
DD Murakumo

Allied Ships
SS Grayback

SS Grayback launches 6 torpedoes at DD Isonami
Grayback bottoming out ....
DD Murakumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Murakumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Murakumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Murakumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Murakumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

more unsuccesful attacks against enemy ASW forces...

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ASW attack near Balikpapan at 64,98

Japanese Ships
PB Chitose Maru

Allied Ships
SS Thresher

SS Thresher is located by PB Chitose Maru
Thresher bottoming out ....
PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Kobe at 107,61

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-43
SC CHa-35

Allied Ships
SS Grunion

Captain of SS Grunion elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
SC CHa-43 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC CHa-35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Toyohara at 125,48

Japanese Ships
PB Kaiun Maru
SC CHa-25
SC CHa-6
SC CHa-30

Allied Ships
SS Hake

SS Hake is located by PB Kaiun Maru
Hake diving deep ....
PB Kaiun Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
SC CHa-30 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-30 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-30 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-30 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-30 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-30 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Balikpapan at 64,98

Japanese Ships
PB Bisan Maru #3
PB Choun Maru #18

Allied Ships
SS KXVIII

SS KXVIII launches 4 torpedoes at PB Bisan Maru #3
KXVIII bottoming out ....
PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

this again was a dud...

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Morning Air attack on Rahaeng , at 58,56

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes

sending the Lightnings to deal with some leaking Tojo Cap from Moulmein...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Gove at 82,127

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 5

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied Ships
LCT-144, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk

Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
No.75 Sqn RAAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 37000
Raid is overhead

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring LCT-144

what have we learnt today? Bombers attack barges and landing craft like all other ships in AE... is this a change from WITP or is it a bug? The single Spitfire that leaked out of Groote Eylandt claims a Nell shot down, another one crashes... these LCTs actually are worth their weight in gold in this region as they are going to do the main transportation...

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Morning Air attack on Chihkiang , at 78,50

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 21
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 27
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 31

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
27 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Kweilin , at 76,54

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 29
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 7
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Shortlands , at 109,131

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 2

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 24
B-26B Marauder x 14

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
Spc.Attck.Unit with Ki-45 KAIb Nick (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Raid is overhead

Also attacking 85th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 10th Division ...
Also attacking Shortlands ...
Also attacking 10th Division ...
Also attacking 85th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking Shortlands ...
Also attacking 85th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking Shortlands ...

Nicks over Shortlands? Coming from Rabaul I guess... both were driven off...

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Morning Air attack on Shortlands , at 109,131

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 11

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 2

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 42
F4U-1 Corsair x 26

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIb Nick: 1 destroyed
H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 49

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet
8 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet

CAP engaged:
Spc.Attck.Unit with Ki-45 KAIb Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes

Corsairs from Gasmata join the bombers coming from PM and claim a Nick...

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Morning Air attack on Rahaeng , at 58,56

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 12

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 5 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Raid is overhead

follow on sweep draws more fighters as usual but they all got shredded... having the dive for nearly all of the engagement... those people constantly saying that the dive only last for a short moment when you take out two or perhaps three enemy fighters must be nuts... for a long time I reall thought they would just be ignorant or not watching the replays while still doing comments about the outcome but I cam to the conclusion that they must be plain stupid and I�m trying not to argue with them anymore... in this enagement alone we claimed 9 Tojos shot down during the dive... 9 out of 12... the dive ended and we instantly lost a Lightning... 18 enemy fighters claimed for one loss sure is a good result... and I would still rather see a realistic airwar and not the stratosphere sweeps against leaking Cap all the time...

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 14
B-24D Liberator x 13
B-24D1 Liberator x 16

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10
Port hits 5
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x B-17F Fortress laying Mk 13 Mine from 10000 feet
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

tying to 100% damage the port too, this should make any attempt of evacuation even harder... it�s only a level 3 port anyway so trying to evac some 100.000 troops while being in range of my bombers really sounds like a suicide mission to me... and it will only get worse from day to day...

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 7

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 4 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

nice bug, the PB4Y-1 are set on naval attack but they attack DARWIN at 1000ft... sounds like the same old bug of Kamikazes attacking land targets...

there are no friging ships at Darwin... a bomber is lost... these are one of my most valuable aircraft so every single one lost is a pretty bad thing and it�s more than annoying to lose them to bugs...

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 15
B-24D1 Liberator x 9

No Allied losses

Port hits 1
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Port Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Sub attack near Talaud-eilanden at 81,96

Japanese Ships
AK Nichiyu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
SC CHa-40
SC CHa-31
LSD Kumano Maru
LSD Nigitsu Maru
xAK Otoriyama Maru
xAK Rakuto Maru
E Ishinui
PB Takashima Maru

Allied Ships
SS Tautog

SS Tautog launches 6 torpedoes at AK Nichiyu Maru
Tautog diving deep ....
E Ishinui fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Takashima Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
E Ishinui fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ishinui attacking submerged sub ....
E Ishinui fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ishinui fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

interesting ships in this TF...

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ASW attack near Balikpapan at 64,98

Japanese Ships
PB Choun Maru #18

Allied Ships
SS KXVIII

SS KXVIII is located by PB Choun Maru #18
KXVIII bottoming out ....
PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Ketapang at 55,96

Japanese Ships
E W-3
E Kamome
E W-18

Allied Ships
SS Searaven, hits 2

SS Searaven is located by E W-3
E Kamome fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-18 fails to find sub and abandons search
E Kamome fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamome attacking submerged sub ....
E Kamome fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamome fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 8/3/2010 1:17:51 PM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 19, 43
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Morning Air attack on Rahaeng , at 58,56

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Raid is overhead

back to back sweep to Rahaeng... usually I set my fighters/bombers on a day rest after a long range mission but this also makes my attacks somewhat predictable so from time to time I do back to back attacks when they�re probably not expected...

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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 21
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 7
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
7 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Rahaeng , at 58,56

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes

the small number of leakers was shot to pieces as usual... it�s a pity, but that�s the only way to go, otherwise I would bleed my fighter squadrons and would run out of Lightnings within 2 weeks and would never recover if I would keep up attacking at reasonable alt or when trying to engage the enemy directly over his bases... halve a dozen Tojos downed for no loss...

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Afternoon Air attack on 255th Armoured Brigade, at 56,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 27
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
27 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 255th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 255th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 255th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 255th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...

clear sky? Funnily enough that the enemy always gets clear sky when attacking LCUs in Burma... this can�t be happening by accident all the time, especially not when you think about how seldom you see clear sky... not true for this PBEM and ground attacks in Burma, the enemy seems to always get clear sky... odd... being in the jungle, weather doesn�t matter at all though... my tanks are hidden in the jungle...

how does that sound? I guess you couldn�t even move through this hex with armoured units...

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 7

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 8/3/2010 1:25:44 PM

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have lost the cr for the 20th, going on with the 21st...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 21, 43
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Sub attack near Torishima at 111,67

Japanese Ships
TK Itukusima Maru
SC CHa-15
PB Ogashima

Allied Ships
SS Cisco

SS Cisco launches 6 torpedoes at TK Itukusima Maru
PB Ogashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ogashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ogashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ogashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ogashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Cisco fired duds at a big tanker...

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Sub attack near Torishima at 109,68

Japanese Ships
TK Itukusima Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
SC CHa-15
TK Goyo Maru
PB Ogashima

Allied Ships
SS Jack

SS Jack launches 6 torpedoes at TK Itukusima Maru
Jack diving deep ....
PB Ogashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ogashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ogashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ogashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ogashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

also Jack attacks when the convoy moved further on and hits Itukusima Maru with two torps, the big tanker should be doomed... the convoy is empty though, leaving the Tokyo area, heading towards the SRA...

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Morning Air attack on Hengyang , at 80,53

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 37
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 7
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 30

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
7 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 25th Indian Division, at 57,54

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 22
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 33
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
33 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 23rd Indian Division ...
Also attacking 26th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 25th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 25th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 23rd Indian Division ...
Also attacking 26th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 25th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 25th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...

clear sky during ground atttack in Burma? hey, can�t be... something new? no...

if this isn�t strange then I don�t know what... but that�s surely something only happening in my special edition I bet... the rest of Burma is completely sucked in all the time, but my LCUs are always attacked in clear sky...

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Morning Air attack on Hengyang , at 80,53

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 17

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 32

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Beaufighter Ic sweeping at 20000 feet
16 x Beaufighter Ic sweeping at 20000 feet

guess I�ve got to stand my Beaufighters down or reduce their range, they are stationed at Nadzab and always try to escort the heavies from PM, which isn�t what I want them to do... they should escort my bombers on navattack that are stationed at Nadzab waiting for a target... a pity you can�t give specific orders... this worked better in WITP IMO... in AE you usually get no coordination where you want coordination and coordination where you think it would be totally stupid to do so (when the bases are separated by 20 hexes and they meet at the target in the middle of the two bases)...

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Afternoon Air attack on Shortlands , at 109,131

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 18
B-26B Marauder x 21

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 10th Division ...
Also attacking Shortlands ...
Also attacking 10th Division ...
Also attacking Shortlands ...
Also attacking 10th Division ...
Also attacking Shortlands ...

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 18

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 6

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

that�s not a ground attack in Burma, therefore 95% of the time bad weather...

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Sub attack near Torishima at 109,68

Japanese Ships
PB Ogashima

Allied Ships
SS Jack

SS Jack launches 6 torpedoes
PB Ogashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ogashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ogashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ogashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ogashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 8/3/2010 2:36:01 PM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 22, 43
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Sub attack near Aogashima at 113,66

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 32
SC Ch 31
DD Numakaze
DD Shiokaze

Allied Ships
SS Amberjack

Captain of SS Amberjack elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
DD Numakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Shiokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shiokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shiokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shiokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shiokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shiokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

deciding not to attack an ASW TF is the way to go...

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ASW attack near Hengchun at 85,68

Japanese Ships
E Otori
E Kari

Allied Ships
SS Gunnel

SS Gunnel is located by E Otori
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Nakadori-jima at 101,56

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-1, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
SC CHa-55
SC CHa-56

Allied Ships
SS Seadragon

SS Seadragon launches 4 torpedoes at SC CHa-1
Seadragon diving deep ....
SC CHa-56 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-56 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-56 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-56 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-56 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

don�t know if sinking a SC or PB now and then really is a loss for the Japanese...

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Sub attack near Torishima at 106,68

Japanese Ships
PB Ogashima

Allied Ships
SS Jack

SS Jack launches 4 torpedoes
Jack diving deep ....
PB Ogashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ogashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ogashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ogashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ogashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Kanoya at 103,63

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-16
SC CHa-51
SC CHa-38

Allied Ships
SS Tunny

SS Tunny is located by SC CHa-16
SC CHa-51 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Tawi Tawi at 70,91

Japanese Ships
PB Seki Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
SC CHa-5
PB Shintohoku Maru

Allied Ships
SS Seal

SS Seal launches 4 torpedoes at PB Seki Maru
Seal diving deep ....
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

if we could sink two of them daily the enemy sure would notice it...

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Sub attack near Tawi Tawi at 70,91

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-5
PB Shintohoku Maru

Allied Ships
SS Seal

SS Seal launches 4 torpedoes at SC CHa-5
Seal diving deep ....
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Morning Air attack on RAF 224 Group Base Force, at 55,45

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 36,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 31

Allied aircraft
P-43A-1 Lancer x 1

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
29 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet

CAP engaged:
3rd FG/7th FS CAF with P-43A-1 Lancer (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes

all troops going to Burma enter the theatre at Akyab and then move overland to the front, therefore the base got a strong fighter defense, nearly 200 fighters on Cap there, lots of radar and (IMO useless) flak... the enemy spotted one of our units moving out of Akyab and sends his sattelites to draw some leaking Cap... only a Chinese Lancer showed up and was damaged... if you wonder why I employ Chinese Lancers, the answer is simple, they can reach 36000ft which is 7000ft higher than the P-40K... AE airwar stupidity IMO... doesn�t help against Oscars and Tojos, they can both reach up higher...

3.5 more months until some 50 P-47 and 40 P-38H per month... the British won�t get competitive fighters until late 43, then the Spitfire will slowly start to replace the Hurricanes... alltogether I will then get something like 150 competitive (land based) fighters and the same number of carrier based fighters per month while the carrier based fighters by far won�t see as much fighting as the land based just because of the fact that I wouldn�t like to see my carriers being under constant air attack... the fewer attacks against my carriers to see Hellcats involved the better I�m performing... by late 43 I expect the Japanese to build some 500 fighters each month, all being superior to anything we can field that isn�t able to reach 40000ft... we won�t outproduce the enemy in numbers until late 44 and this means we�re going to have to achieve at least a 3:1 in fighter kills, but that is only possible with fighters on sweep coming in higher than the enemy, hence the need for P-47 and P-38H... the Hellcat�s primary mission will be Cap over their own flattops followed by escorting bombers, should be a rare event to see them on a sweep...

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Morning Air attack on Tavoy , at 54,60

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
47th I.F.Chutai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes

today we picked Tavoy, the enemy shouldn�t get many chances to guess our targets...

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Morning Air attack on Tavoy , at 54,60

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 24

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

only one Tojo showed up to be shot down today...

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Morning Air attack on RAF 224 Group Base Force, at 55,45

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 38,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 8

Allied aircraft
P-43A-1 Lancer x 4
Beaufighter VIc x 1
Hurricane IIb Trop x 2
Hurricane IIc Trop x 1
P-40E Warhawk x 1
P-40K Warhawk x 1
F4F-4 Wildcat x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet

CAP engaged:
3rd FG/8th FS CAF with P-43A-1 Lancer (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Raid is overhead
VMF-121 with F4F-4 Wildcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead
No.5 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Raid is overhead
No.27 Sqn RAF with Beaufighter VIc (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 26500
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
No.30 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 35600
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
No.136 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Raid is overhead
18th FG/70th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
23rd FG/75th FS with P-40K Warhawk (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead
3rd FG/7th FS CAF with P-43A-1 Lancer (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes

the old story, sweep mostly unable to fly together, leaking Cap against the second strike in bigger numbers... what followed was quite a nice and dynamic engagement, everyone diving on everyone, damaged and shot down aircraft on both sides... Akyab to the West got something like one and a halve dozen radar sets, again no effect...

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Morning Air attack on Shortlands , at 109,131

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 24
B-26B Marauder x 15

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 85th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 10th Division ...
Also attacking Shortlands ...
Also attacking 10th Division ...
Also attacking 85th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking Shortlands ...
Also attacking 85th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking Shortlands ...

am trying to do daily bombings of ground troops here too, perhaps we then get a negative multiplier for the enemy due to disruption... I doubt it, but let�s hope I�m going to be surprised... doing airfield attacks too, just for the purpose of burning supplies...

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Morning Air attack on Shortlands , at 109,131

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 12

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 29

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 47

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9
B-24D1 Liberator x 9

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 45

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 23

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 37

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 16
B-24D1 Liberator x 26

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 43

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 11

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 8

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

I�m expecting to invade Rabaul in about 3 months, the base then will have been under constant air attacks for more than halve a year and there won�t have been a single ship reaching the base with supplies... some 30 enemy troops reported at the base, this will be really interesting...

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ASW attack near Miri at 64,86

Japanese Ships
DD Isonami
DD Ikazuchi
DD Murakumo

Allied Ships
SS Tuna, hits 7

SS Tuna is located by DD Isonami
Tuna bottoming out ....
DD Murakumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Murakumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Murakumo attacking submerged sub ....
DD Murakumo attacking submerged sub ....
DD Murakumo is out of ASW ammo
DD Murakumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

2 hits and 5 near misses, the sub suffers extensive flooding... heading home with good chances to make it if not being attacked again... there are quite a number of pure DD and E ASW TFs around in areas where the enemy knows I would send my subs to... except sinking my subs, these ASW TFs actually do quite a good job...

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ASW attack near Nagasaki/Sasebo at 101,59

Japanese Ships
PB Senyu Maru #2
xAK Kinjosan Maru

Allied Ships
SS Seadragon

SS Seadragon launches 4 torpedoes at PB Senyu Maru #2
Seadragon diving deep ....
PB Senyu Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Senyu Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Senyu Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Senyu Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Senyu Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

the PB gets away as the torps missed...

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Sub attack near Tawi Tawi at 72,89

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Shintohoku Maru

Allied Ships
SS Stingray, hits 1

SS Stingray launches 4 torpedoes at SC CHa-5
Stingray diving deep ....
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shintohoku Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Shintohoku Maru is out of ASW ammo
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

but the subchaser isn�t as lucky...

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Sub attack near Moppo at 99,53

Japanese Ships
xAK Nansin Maru
xAK Nissen Maru #3
xAK Yuri Maru
xAK Rasin Maru
xAK Akagisan Maru
PB Ryusei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Haddock, hits 2

SS Haddock launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Nansin Maru
Haddock bottoming out ....
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Balikpapan at 64,98

Japanese Ships
PB Bisan Maru #3
PB Choun Maru #18

Allied Ships
SS Thresher

SS Thresher launches 4 torpedoes at PB Bisan Maru #3
Thresher bottoming out ....
PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Kanoya at 103,63

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-16
SC CHa-19
SC CHa-51
SC CHa-38

Allied Ships
SS Runner

SS Runner is located by SC CHa-16
SC CHa-51 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-51 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC CHa-51 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-51 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-51 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Daito Shoto at 97,68

Japanese Ships
PB Ogashima

Allied Ships
SS Jack, hits 2

SS Jack is sighted by escort
PB Ogashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ogashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ogashima attacking submerged sub ....
PB Ogashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ogashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Jack also takes a hit and has to retire... the sub sank a big tanker earlier on her patrol so I would rate this patrol a success...

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Morning Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 38,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 31

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet

I�ve moved lots of aircraft into Burma (for the first time since we�ve liberated the place) and Japanese recon of course picked up all the aircraft at the various bases... the enemy sends some sattelites on a sweep... none of our bases got Cap... none...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 23

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters to 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Raid is overhead

here we go... I could call this operation "big week" as we�ve more or less moved all available fighters and bombers (those that are competitive, means no Blenheims and stuff like that) to Burma, total numbers are around 350 fighters and 160 bombers. Plan is to do massive sweeps followed by our heavy and medium bombers... the map below shows the fighter and bomber bases... we start off with the usual single squadron sweeps, the enemy only got two dozen of Tojos on Cap, none of them was in the air above our incoming sattelites, the result was a loooong lasting dive for the Hurricanes, taking the Tojos apart...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 37,100 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 16

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 destroyed

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 34000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes

next squadron, next sweep... equal fight here...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 14

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 36740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 34000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes

still enemy aircraft to be engaged, we get the dive again... even though Moulmein got some two dozen enemy units, it seems there�s either no radar or it got no effect... pre warning time for the Japanese is minimal, same with the British when the Japanese ac are incoming...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters to 36740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 62 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters between 19000 and 38000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes

then the first Lightning squadron shows up, they�re a class of their own and take out what was left of the Tojo Cap... the P-38 had the dive until the last Tojo was downed or sent home damaged...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 21

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

guess there were far over a dozen squadrons that I�ve sent to sweep Moulmein and I�ve expected each of them to fly alone, all losing a couple of aircraft on their way to the target and these ac lost then would fly together...

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Morning Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 39,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 27

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet

a pity our operation wasn�t a surprise to the enemy, as our ac didn�t fly yesterday and the enemy sent his own strikes, leaving his airfields more or less empty...

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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 21
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 24
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
24 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 38,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 8
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 9

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet

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Morning Air attack on Sian , at 83,41

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 18

No Japanese losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 11000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 33
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged

Allied ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 24
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 63

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
33 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

it would have been a disaster if our bombers would have been grounded, as we didn�t lose any to this attack I was sure they were all airborne... even flak scored today, taking down two enemy bombers over the target... estimated number of 3.7inch flak here: 150...

with all of Burma suffering from thunderstorms, the enemy attacks during clear sky...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 38,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 51

Hurricane XIIb x 14

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane XIIb sweeping at 36000 feet
16 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet
16 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet
15 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet
2 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet
2 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet

I then was more than surprised to see four Hurricane squadrons showing up together with the rest of two more... nothing left in the air...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 39,100 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 2

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hurricane IIa Trop sweeping at 35100 feet

stranglers of a third squadron...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 38,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 61

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35600 feet
16 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35600 feet
15 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35600 feet
16 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35600 feet

another big one... you could now argue that those that have been set to the same alt also flew together, well also the first couple of squadrons were set to the same alt and that has been true for the Lightnings too since day one of them being available...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 22
Liberator II x 16
Wellington Ic x 11
B-17E Fortress x 36
B-25C Mitchell x 32

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 37

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

then the bombers showed up, the enemy base is sucked in thunderstorms and our hit rate is pathetic... we only kill an Oscar on the airfield, none of the Tojos were reported damaged or destroyed on the ground...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 16
B-17E Fortress x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

the follow on strike kills one though...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 32

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

and two more are hit... it�s really a pity we couldn�t surprise the enemy and he was able to get everything into the air when we attacked... really had high hopes for today...

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Morning Air attack on Shortlands , at 109,131

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 15
B-26B Marauder x 15

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 10th Division ...
Also attacking 85th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 10th Division ...
Also attacking Shortlands ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Tank Co ...
Also attacking 10th Division ...
Also attacking Shortlands ...
Also attacking 10th Division ...
Also attacking Shortlands ...

daily milkruns to Shortlands...

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Morning Air attack on 10th Division, at 109,131 (Shortlands)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 9

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 85th Naval Guard Unit, at 109,131 (Shortlands)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 12

No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 121

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet
25 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet
24 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet
25 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet
24 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet

guess today saw by far the biggest sweeps in one day in the whole campaign... never have seen five full USAAF squadrons fly a sweep together... now how can I resemble this?

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 6

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet
3 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

here comes the rest of the Lightnings, just as usual...

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Morning Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 41,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet

and the rest of the enemy sweep...

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 11
B-24D1 Liberator x 23

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 14
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
253 Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 32810
Raid is overhead

not worth it to send Zeroes on LRCAP IMO, they�re patrolling at their ceiling, too high for P-40K for example but those can�t reach Darwin anyway... soon our Corsairs will show up, they can nearly reach 37000ft, only the Oscar can reach higher up...

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
253 Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32810 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 55 minutes

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 11
B-24D1 Liberator x 6

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 8
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
253 Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 32810
Raid is overhead

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 19

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Port hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
253 Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32810 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes

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ASW attack near Kobe at 107,61

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-22
SC CHa-43
SC CHa-35

Allied Ships
SS Grunion

SS Grunion is located by SC CHa-22
SC CHa-43 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC CHa-35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-35 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Aogashima at 112,66

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 31
SC Ch 32
DD Numakaze
DD Shiokaze

Allied Ships
SS Lapon

SS Lapon is located by SC Ch 31
Lapon diving deep ....
DD Numakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Shiokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shiokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shiokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shiokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shiokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Taihoku at 90,62

Japanese Ships
AK Yamasimo Maru
SC Ch 41
SC Ch 37
xAK Tonan Maru
E Wakataka
E Ukishima

Allied Ships
SS Balao

SS Balao launches 4 torpedoes at AK Yamasimo Maru
Balao diving deep ....
E Wakataka fails to find sub and abandons search
E Ukishima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ukishima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ukishima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ukishima attacking submerged sub ....
E Ukishima fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Donggala at 67,97

Japanese Ships
PB Choun Maru #18

Allied Ships
SS Thresher

SS Thresher is sighted by escort
PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Hachijo-jima at 114,64

Japanese Ships
DD Shiokaze
SC Ch 31
DD Numakaze

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon

SS Sturgeon is located by DD Shiokaze
Sturgeon diving deep ....
DD Numakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Shiokaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Numakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Numakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Numakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Numakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Numakaze cannot establish contact with SS Sturgeon
DD Numakaze cannot establish contact with SS Sturgeon
SS Sturgeon eludes ASW attack from DD Numakaze
DD Numakaze loses contact with SS Sturgeon
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Kofiau at 79,106

Japanese Ships
xAK Kizan Maru
PB Aso Maru #7

Allied Ships
SS Gudgeon

SS Gudgeon is sighted by escort
Gudgeon diving deep ....
PB Aso Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Aso Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Aso Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Aso Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Aso Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Balabac at 69,83

Japanese Ships
TK Ose Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
PB Taijin Maru

Allied Ships
SS Grayback

SS Grayback launches 4 torpedoes at TK Ose Maru
PB Taijin Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taijin Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taijin Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taijin Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taijin Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

when we hit a tanker then it�s already a good turn... the ship was empty but I expect it to be sunk...

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Sub attack near Sydney at 92,168

Japanese Ships
SS I-3, hits 1

Allied Ships
DM Sicard
DM Tracy
KV Nigella
KV Auricula

SS I-3 launches 4 torpedoes at DM Sicard
I-3 diving deep ....
KV Nigella fails to find sub and abandons search
KV Auricula attacking submerged sub ....
DM Sicard fails to find sub, continues to search...
KV Auricula fails to find sub and abandons search
DM Sicard fails to find sub, continues to search...
DM Sicard fails to find sub, continues to search...
DM Sicard fails to find sub, continues to search...
DM Sicard attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-3 eludes ASW attack from DM Sicard
Escort abandons search for sub

that�s a TF that is relocated from Townsville to Sydney to undergo upgrades, on their way to the shipyards they encounter an enemy sub and Sicard acted as target... the torps missed and Sicard scored a hit on the enemy sub...

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ASW attack near Balabac at 68,83

Japanese Ships
TK San Diego Maru
TK Ogura Maru #2
E Yaeyama
PB Hozugawa Maru

Allied Ships
SS Grenadier, hits 1

SS Grenadier is sighted by escort
E Yaeyama fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hozugawa Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
E Yaeyama attacking submerged sub ....
E Yaeyama fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Yaeyama fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Yaeyama fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Yaeyama attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

another tanker convoy located but no luck... Grenadier in fact takes a hit and retires damaged to Adak...

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Sub attack near Donggala at 69,96

Japanese Ships
E Ishigaki
TK Eisho Maru
E Shimushu

Allied Ships
SS Skipjack

SS Skipjack launches 4 torpedoes at E Ishigaki
Skipjack diving deep ....
E Ishigaki fails to find sub and abandons search
E Shimushu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Shimushu attacking submerged sub ....
E Shimushu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Shimushu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Shimushu fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

pff... another tanker convoy but no luck here either... torps hit Ishigaki but were duds as usual when hitting E or DD...

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Sub attack near Channel Islands at 223,78

Japanese Ships
SS I-21, hits 4

Allied Ships
KV Dawson
PC Morris
KV Chilliwack

SS I-21 launches 6 torpedoes at KV Dawson
I-21 diving deep ....
KV Dawson attacking submerged sub ....
KV Chilliwack attacking submerged sub ....
KV Dawson fails to find sub and abandons search
KV Chilliwack fails to find sub, continues to search...
KV Chilliwack fails to find sub, continues to search...
KV Chilliwack fails to find sub, continues to search...
KV Chilliwack fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

enemy sub engages one of my ASW TFs of the West coast... torps missed and our ASW TF achieves 4 near misses, one damaged the forward torp tubes, means the sub is useless now...

in WITP you could damage one, two or whatever number of torp tubes, in AE you immediately lose all fwd torp tubes if you get the message "forward torpedo tubes damaged"... this seems odd to me, like the "old way" better... don�t know why this was changed... or if it�s wad...

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Morning Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 40,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 38

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
38 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet

now the enemy wants to strike back... no Cap in the air...

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Morning Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 40,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 27

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane XIIb x 13

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Hurricane XIIb sweeping at 36000 feet

we try to do the same as yesterday but my opponent isn�t foolish enough to put up Cap again... funny to have a game going where you�re better off not putting up fighters on Cap at all...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 9

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 38,100 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 13

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Hurricane IIa Trop sweeping at 35100 feet

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 14

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 39,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 14

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35600 feet

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 38,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 14

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet

uncountable numbers of single squadron sweeps...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 38,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 14

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 38,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 12

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 37,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 14

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35600 feet

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 22

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet

everything, just everything goes in alone today...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 22

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 21

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 21

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Hengyang , at 80,53

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 21
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 24
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 50

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
24 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 39,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 34

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
34 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet

now I don�t want to imagine what would have happened if I would have sent up 50 fighters to meet the 100+ enemy sattelites on their sweep...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 8
Hurricane XIIb x 2

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hurricane XIIb sweeping at 36000 feet
2 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet
2 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet
2 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet
2 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet

lots of "lost" fighters of the different squadrons...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 38,100 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 2

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hurricane IIa Trop sweeping at 35100 feet

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 38,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 36

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35600 feet
16 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35600 feet
2 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35600 feet
2 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35600 feet

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 15
Liberator II x 11
Wellington Ic x 24
B-17E Fortress x 34
B-25C Mitchell x 36

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 1 destroyed
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Airbase hits 18
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 68

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

here are the bombers, note that not a single enemy ac was destroyed on the ground... not one... everything in the air or being moved out... the airfield is knocked out though... probably for one or two days...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 9

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Shortlands , at 109,131

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 23
B-26B Marauder x 15

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 10th Division ...
Also attacking 85th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Tank Co ...
Also attacking Shortlands ...
Also attacking 10th Division ...
Also attacking Shortlands ...
Also attacking 10th Division ...
Also attacking Shortlands ...

daily milk run to Shortlands... no idea if there�s any effect (doubt it to be honest) but at least that�s a good ground bomb training for my bomber squadrons... losses are really light, only an op loss now and then...

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Morning Air attack on 85th Naval Guard Unit, at 109,131 (Shortlands)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 12

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 33

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet
3 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet
3 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet
3 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 3

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet

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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 28

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 31

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 11 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter Ic: 2 destroyed

CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 with A6M3a Zero (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 20 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes

my Beaufighters from Nadzab once again failed to escort the bombers from PM (I don�t even want them to escort) and did a sweep to Rabaul and I was of course shocked to see 28 Zeroes on Cap here... I was more than surprised to see Rainer setting his Zeroes on 12000ft because this meant my Beaufighters at 20000ft made short process while diving and diving and diving on the enemy fighters... usually I would expect my 31 Beaufighters to be shot down in droves by enemy Zeroes but if the Beaufighters have the dive then they�ve absolutely got no problem dealing with the enemy Zeroes... the kill rate was amazing, I could hardly believe my eyes when one Zero after another was shot down while the Beaufighters didn�t even lose a single ac until the very end of the engagement when the dive finally ended... estimated loss ratio over the base: 15 Zeroes vs 3 Beaufighters... 3 more Beaufighters were lost on the way home or were write offs... and again, during the dive, the DIVING fighter achieves a kill rate of something like 12:0, the dive ended and it was an even fight with more or less 1:1 losses...

so please noone tell me the dive would only result in one or two enemies shot down during the short moment they are surprised... the dive is THE major factor in this A2A model... or which funny fantasy theory could be brought up to see Beaufighters meeting Zeroes on equal numbers to reach a point when 12 Zeroes are shot down for not even a single Beaufighter lost A2A? And I can asure you, my enemy surely hasn�t a problem to replace his pilots so low skill isn�t the factor here...

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 11
B-24D1 Liberator x 6

No Allied losses

Runway hits 14
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 26

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 7

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 8

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 29
P-40K Warhawk x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 4 damaged
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 51

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 with A6M3a Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes

then the bombers show up with P-40K escorts from Gasmata, showing also an excellent performance... and yes, the P-40K had the dive... the dive ended and one of the last Zeroes in the air scored on a Warhawk...

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 8

No Allied losses

Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 6

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 1

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9
P-40K Warhawk x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet

CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 with A6M3a Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Raid is overhead

there goes the last Zero... don�t understand why Rainer moves this Zero unit into Rabaul and uses it for Cap as a single daitai (how can a single daitai have 28 Zeroes in the air?) can�t do anything against my attacks here, even if the heavy bombers would go in without escort, they wouldn�t be impressed by 28 of the paper fliers... now 50 could be somewhat different but 28 for sure aren�t enough to hurt us...

even though it looks like we did quite well A2A today, we nevertheless lose quite a lot of ac...

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Ground combat at 56,54

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 520 troops, 25 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 4210

Defending force 91317 troops, 1428 guns, 1837 vehicles, Assault Value = 2623

Japanese ground losses:
91 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 10 (3 destroyed, 7 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
48th Division
56th Division
38th Division
Imperial Guards Division
53rd Division
9th
1st Tank Division
2nd Tank Division
5th Guards Division
23rd AA Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
32nd Field AA Battalion
31st Field AA Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
15th Army
34th Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
70th British Division
111th Chindit Brigade
6th Australian Division
20th Indian Division
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
7th Australian Division
7th Indian Division
19th Indian Division
77th Chindit Brigade
8th Medium Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
Eastern Army
2/9th Field Regiment
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
III Indian Corps
2/13th Field Regiment
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
RAF 221 Group Base Force
6th Medium Regiment
IV Indian Corps
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
XXXIII Indian Corps
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
AHQ Bengal
XV Indian Corps
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
106th RAF Base Force
4th NW Frontier Base Force
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Japanese intel bombardment against our stack North of Moulmein... now look at what the Japanese got only in this hex... in the whole area around Moulmein - Chiang Mai there are at least another 40 enemy units...

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ASW attack near Billiton at 53,92

Japanese Ships
DD Harukaze
DD Tadeyame
DD Suruyame

Allied Ships
SS Searaven, hits 1

SS Searaven is sighted by escort
Searaven bottoming out ....
DD Tadeyame fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Suruyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Suruyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Suruyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Suruyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Suruyame attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

a direct hit, another mission kill...

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Sub attack near Hengchun at 84,68

Japanese Ships
E Hiyodori
E Kari

Allied Ships
SS Cisco, hits 1

SS Cisco launches 6 torpedoes at E Hiyodori
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kari attacking submerged sub ....
E Kari is out of ASW ammo
E Kari is out of ASW ammo
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

another failed attack... nearly no DCs dropped...

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ASW attack near Balabac at 69,84

Japanese Ships
E Nadakaze
E Shimakaze
E Karukaya
E Asagao

Allied Ships
SS Grayback

SS Grayback is located by E Nadakaze
E Karukaya fails to find sub and abandons search
E Asagao fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Morning Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 38,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 37

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 23
Hurricane IIc Trop x 4
P-40K Warhawk x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 2 destroyed
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed

CAP engaged:
No.5 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
No.67 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes
No.79 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 35600 , scrambling fighters to 35000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
No.136 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
No.146 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (1 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Raid is overhead
No.261 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
23rd FG/75th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Raid is overhead

the enemy is doing to us what we try to do to the enemy... sending sattelites on sweeps... the Oscars get an awful long time the dive exclusively, the losses above look "good" but what you don�t see are the dozens of fighters that were damaged... most of them seem to have been able to land at the airfield again though... would these Oscars have another pair of heavy MGs then these ac would be real killers... as it is now, they probably have to damage three of my fighters to score a kill on the fourh...

now tell me why British radar is failing all the time... there�s a dozen radar sets at the base, but pre warning isn�t existing obviously, we only get 30% of our fighters on Cap into the air at best...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane XIIb x 13

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Hurricane XIIb sweeping at 36000 feet

Rainer is smarter than me at the moment... while I�ve put up Cap to guard the bomber base at Toungoo, the enemy moved out his fighters or has set them all on sweeps...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 39,100 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 13

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Hurricane IIa Trop sweeping at 35100 feet

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 37,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 14

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35600 feet

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 39,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 14

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35600 feet

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 38,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 14

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35600 feet

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 22

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 38,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 32

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *

Tojos even sweep Mandalay but this airfield is completely empty... only purpose of Mandalay is to have an airfield to fall back to if Toungoo and Prome are knocked out... Toungoo is a level 9 complex, while Mandalay and Prome are still level 8 but they�re both being worked on (only a couple of dozen eng and eng vehicles available so this will still take some time)...

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Morning Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 36,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 4

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 8
P-40K Warhawk x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed

CAP engaged:
No.67 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters between 36000 and 39750.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
No.146 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters between 36000 and 40750.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
No.261 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Raid is overhead
No.5 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes
23rd FG/75th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 29000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes

the rest of the Oscars� is coming in, taking out another Hurricane... losses were equal over Toungoo so it could have been much worse...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane XIIb x 2

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hurricane XIIb sweeping at 36000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 38,100 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 2

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hurricane IIa Trop sweeping at 35100 feet

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 38,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 4

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35600 feet
2 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35600 feet

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Morning Air attack on Chiang Mai , at 58,53

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 23
Hurricane IIc Trop x 10
Liberator II x 3
Wellington Ic x 11
B-17E Fortress x 33
B-25C Mitchell x 29

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 30
Airbase supply hits 12
Runway hits 124

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

this time we�ve sent the bombers from Toungoo to nuke Chiang Mai�s airfield but the enemy fighters were airborne on their sweep to my Burmese airfields... weather was ok and therefore the airfield was hit hard... but hitting the airfield means nothing if we don�t destroy enemy aircraft... we�re launching a big air offensive out of Burma and the enemy is aware about the fact that the best he can do is launching sweeps himselve... lol, funny AE world... trying to defend his airfields would result in far more losses for the enemy, so it�s easier to send your ac on a sweep to take out enemy Cap instead of trying to fight them over your own base... with all those units around, these airfields are repaired in no time so just hitting the fields is a nobrainer...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 38,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 2

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35600 feet

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Morning Air attack on Chiang Mai , at 58,53

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 8
Wellington Ic x 12

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 35

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Shortlands , at 109,131

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 23
B-26B Marauder x 27

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 30

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 10th Division ...
Also attacking 85th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Tank Co ...
Also attacking Shortlands ...
Also attacking 10th Division ...
Also attacking 85th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking Shortlands ...
Also attacking 10th Division ...
Also attacking 85th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 10th Division ...
Also attacking 85th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking Shortlands ...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 32

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet
3 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet
3 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet
3 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 38,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Chiang Mai , at 58,53

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 11

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

btw, I wanted to sweep Chiang Mai today to clear the way for the bombers... instead I�ve kept my fighters on sweep to Moulmein... this would have been quite FUBAR if there would have been Cap over Chiang Mai to chew up my bombers...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 20

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 22

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet

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Afternoon Air attack on Chiang Mai , at 58,53

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 7

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Beaufighter VIc sweeping at 10000 feet

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Afternoon Air attack on Chiang Mai , at 58,53

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 16
Hurricane IIc Trop x 7
B-25C Mitchell x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 42

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

afternoon air attack? These bombers flew TWICE today!!!

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 33

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
253 Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32810
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 15

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 8
Runway hits 39

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 32

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Sub attack near Woodlark Island at 106,133

Japanese Ships
SS RO-34, hits 5

Allied Ships
DE Encounter
DE Express

SS RO-34 launches 2 torpedoes at DE Encounter
RO-34 diving deep ....
DE Express fails to find sub and abandons search
DE Encounter fails to find sub, continues to search...
DE Encounter attacking submerged sub ....
DE Encounter attacking submerged sub ....
DE Encounter is out of ASW ammo
DE Encounter fails to find sub, continues to search...
DE Encounter fails to find sub, continues to search...
DE Encounter fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

5 near misses... the sub should be warned...

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ASW attack near Aogashima at 113,65

Japanese Ships
DD Numakaze
SC Ch 32
SC Ch 31
DD Shiokaze

Allied Ships
SS Herring

SS Herring launches 6 torpedoes at DD Numakaze
Herring diving deep ....
DD Numakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Shiokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shiokaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Shiokaze cannot reach attack position over SS Herring
SS Herring eludes DD Shiokaze by diving deep
DD Shiokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shiokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shiokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shiokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Tanegashima at 101,63

Japanese Ships
DD Tatsukaze
SC Ch 38
SC Ch 24
TK Ceram Maru
TK Komaki Maru
PB Hitora Maru

Allied Ships
SS Grunion

SS Grunion launches 4 torpedoes at DD Tatsukaze
Grunion diving deep ....
DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hitora Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Hengchun at 85,68

Japanese Ships
E Kari
E Hiyodori

Allied Ships
SS Gunnel, hits 2

SS Gunnel is located by E Kari
E Hiyodori fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hiyodori fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hiyodori attacking submerged sub ....
E Hiyodori fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hiyodori fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Kochi at 106,63

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-51, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
SC CHa-16
SC CHa-38

Allied Ships
SS Lapon

SS Lapon launches 6 torpedoes at SC CHa-51
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

subchasers most often are easy prey for our subs... E are another story...

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Morning Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 41,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 20

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 6
Hurricane IIb Trop x 23
Hurricane IIc Trop x 4
P-40K Warhawk x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed

CAP engaged:
No.5 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (1 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Raid is overhead
No.17 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIa Trop (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 35100 , scrambling fighters to 35000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
No.67 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
No.79 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (1 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 35600 , scrambling fighters to 35000.
Raid is overhead
No.136 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
No.146 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Raid is overhead
No.261 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Raid is overhead
51st FG/26th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
347th FG/67th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
23rd FG/75th FS with P-40K Warhawk (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Raid is overhead

once again the radar fails completely... wonder if British radar works at all... we by far fail to get the number of fighters into the air we would expect to when having a dozen radar sets at the base and the enemy once again gets the height advantage, taking our fighters apart at will... and again, the only thing that saves us (more or less) is the light armament of the Oscars, mostly only being able to damage our fighters...

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Morning Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 39,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 24

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 5
Hurricane IIb Trop x 20
Hurricane IIc Trop x 4
P-40K Warhawk x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed

CAP engaged:
No.17 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIa Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 35100 , scrambling fighters to 34000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
No.67 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
No.79 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 35600
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
No.136 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
No.146 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters between 34000 and 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
No.261 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
51st FG/26th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
347th FG/67th FS with P-40K Warhawk (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 29000 and 34000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
23rd FG/75th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
No.5 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes

really no idea why British radar fails all the time... it�s the same as having no radar at all it seems... the follow on sweep hits us harder than the first one, the Tojos are the real killers... outnumbering them 2:1 "helped", it meant that the dive ended after an eternity and without the dive we were able to get a couple of shots at the enemy... kill rate was still 2:1 for the Tojos but that is at least somewhat sustainable...

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Morning Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 40,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 6

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 4
Hurricane IIb Trop x 17
Hurricane IIc Trop x 3
P-40K Warhawk x 16

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed

CAP engaged:
No.67 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
No.136 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 33000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
No.146 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes
No.261 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 33000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes
51st FG/26th FS with P-40K Warhawk (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 28000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
347th FG/67th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 29000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
23rd FG/75th FS with P-40K Warhawk (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 29000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
No.5 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 34000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes
No.17 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIa Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 35100
Raid is overhead
No.79 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 35600
Raid is overhead

the rest of the Oscars, of course again getting the dive, taking out a couple of our fighters without losing a single ac... radar effect isn�t existing and the fact that we outnumber the enemy 7:1 once again meant nothing... the enemy got the dive and wins... being a paper flyer in real life, turning out to be a sattelite being able to dive like a comet in the game...

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Morning Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 36,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 3
Hurricane IIb Trop x 14
Hurricane IIc Trop x 1
P-40K Warhawk x 13

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

CAP engaged:
No.67 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
No.136 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 33000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
No.146 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
No.261 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 33000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
51st FG/26th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 28000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes
347th FG/67th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 29000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
23rd FG/75th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 29000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes
No.5 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 34000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
No.17 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIa Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 35100
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
No.79 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 35600
Raid is overhead

nothing happened here...

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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 38,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 2

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet *

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,139

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 16

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
PB Nako Maru #2, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
9 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 10000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring PB Nako Maru #2

interesting attempt of sending a single PB (probably loaded with supplies) to Lunga... we�ve got SBDs at Munda covering the area around Lunga and Shortlands and the first 7 bombers of the strike all put a 1000lb bomb into the PB... the rest couldn�t even locate the target afterwards...

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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 39,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 2

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Shortlands , at 109,131

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 23
B-26B Marauder x 27

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 10th Division ...
Also attacking 85th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking Shortlands ...
Also attacking 10th Division ...
Also attacking Shortlands ...
Also attacking 10th Division ...
Also attacking Shortlands ...
Also attacking 10th Division ...
Also attacking Shortlands ...

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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 38,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 15

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 40,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 16

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet *

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 37,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 35

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet *
18 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet *

pure purpose of showing strength over Darwin... Gove�s airfield will soon also see Beauforts being stationed there, followed by B-25D1...

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Afternoon Air attack on Rahaeng , at 58,56

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 3

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 23
Liberator II x 6
Wellington Ic x 21
B-17E Fortress x 15
B-25C Mitchell x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 26

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x Beaufighter VIc sweeping at 10000 feet
12 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x Beaufighter VIc sweeping at 10000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ia Tony (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 37730
Raid is overhead

we are now trying to catch the enemy aircraft in the afternoon after they were flying offensive missions in the morning... this is leaking Cap, set to max alt, we had some Beaufighters damaged and the bombers fail to hit the airfield due to bad weather for us as usual... some Tojos destroyed on the ground but we could have achieved far better results here considering the small airfield (level 2) and at least two enemy sentais being stationed here, both having the fighters parked on the field in the afternoon... none of our sweeps flew...

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Afternoon Air attack on Rahaeng , at 58,56

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 13

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 20
B-17E Fortress x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter VIc: 3 destroyed

Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Beaufighter VIc sweeping at 10000 feet
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x Beaufighter VIc sweeping at 10000 feet

CAP engaged:
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ia Tony (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 8 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 37730 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 37730.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes

as usual... the follow on strike unfortunetely meets more leaking Cap (oh how great would it have been to see my sweeps going in) and the Tonies chew up our Beafighters... I still got problem to understand all these messages in the cr... how does it match to spot the raid just 7min off the target, but the Tonies got 40min time to reach interception???

What�s the logic behind this? Is ther a logic?

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9

No Allied losses

Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 15

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged

Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Rahaeng , at 58,56

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 3

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 10
B-25C Mitchell x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61-Ia Tony: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x Beaufighter VIc sweeping at 10000 feet
3 x Beaufighter VIc sweeping at 10000 feet

CAP engaged:
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ia Tony (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 37730 , scrambling fighters between 24500 and 26500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 142 minutes

more is coming in, this time also some Beaufighters that obviously got lost... and now please tell me how it works to detect this raid 4min before they drop their bombs but the Tonies have 142 min time to reach interception... is this a joke or what? I guess the bombers don�t even need that long from their base to the target!

losing 18 fighters for 11 enemies just won�t work in the long run... this doesn�t even work in the short run considering the enemy outproduces us at least 2:1... and in AE I seriously doubt that the enemy will ever run out of perfectly skilled pilots either... while in WITP you "only" had to fight airframes at some point, now you seem to have to fight airframes AND pilots...

I�m not that happy with our Burma air offensive... considering that we�ve got 400 fighters (probably at least twice as many as the enemy) and 160 bombers (heavy and medium, able to carry the bombload of 350-400 IJAAF bombers) the results have been pathetic so far and we�re even on the losing end...

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ASW attack near Balikpapan at 64,98

Japanese Ships
PB Bisan Maru #3
PB Choun Maru #18

Allied Ships
SS Thresher, hits 1

SS Thresher is located by PB Bisan Maru #3
Thresher bottoming out ....
PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choun Maru #18 attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Kofiau at 79,106

Japanese Ships
xAK Kyuma Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
E Sagi

Allied Ships
SS O23

SS O23 launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Kyuma Maru
O23 diving deep ....
E Sagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Sagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Sagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Sagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Sagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

the freighter went straight down...

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Sub attack near Brunei at 66,86

Japanese Ships
DD Murakumo
DD Shinonome

Allied Ships
SS Grayback

SS Grayback launches 4 torpedoes at DD Murakumo
Grayback bottoming out ....
DD Shinonome fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shinonome fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shinonome fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shinonome fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shinonome fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

another time duds...

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ASW attack near Victoria at 206,51

Japanese Ships
SS I-1

Allied Ships
xAK Am. Manufacturer
xAK Mormacwren
SC-709
SC-647

SS I-1 is sighted by escort
SC-709 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-647 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC-709 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-709 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-709 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-709 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

an enemy sub sitting off the entrance to Seattle, a supply convoy going to Adak passes over the bugger... placing a sub here won�t bring much success I think because there�s hardly any shipping in that area... my damaged subs coming from Adak are heading to Seattle�s shipyard when in need of major repairs though... anyway, I�m not really concerned spotting a sub here, not even sending an ASW force...

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Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 37,730 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 30

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
30 x Ki-61-Ia Tony sweeping at 37730 feet

CAP engaged:
51st FG/26th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes

Rainer had some success with Tonies so far, they are harder to down than Tojos and he�s now even using them offensively... leaking Cap is engaging and is downed by the diving enemies... note the high ceiling of the Tonies, this could be a major advantage over the Tojo... that�s also higher than my Corsairs or Spitfires can go...

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Morning Air attack on Rahaeng , at 58,56

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 38,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane XIIb x 14

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane XIIb sweeping at 36000 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Rahaeng , at 58,56

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 22

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Rahaeng , at 58,56

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 38,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane XIIb x 2

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hurricane XIIb sweeping at 36000 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Rahaeng , at 58,56

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 37,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 47

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35600 feet *
15 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35600 feet *
16 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35600 feet *

wow, three squadrons together... nothing to encounter, the enemy is purely focussing on offensive missions... leaves his airfields empty and he can kill off our squadrons whenever he wishes to...

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Morning Air attack on 10th Division, at 109,131 (Shortlands)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 15
B-26B Marauder x 18

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 85th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Tank Co ...
Also attacking 10th Division ...
Also attacking 85th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 10th Division ...
Also attacking 85th Naval Guard Unit ...

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Morning Air attack on 10th Division, at 109,131 (Shortlands)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 8

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 1st Ind.Tank Co , at 109,131 (Shortlands)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 9

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Rahaeng , at 58,56

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 28

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet
3 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet

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Afternoon Air attack on Rahaeng , at 58,56

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 40,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 16

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35600 feet *

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Afternoon Air attack on Rahaeng , at 58,56

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 16
Liberator II x 6
Wellington Ic x 9
B-17E Fortress x 11
B-25C Mitchell x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 56

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Rahaeng (level 2 af) is hit hard but we don�t destroy any aircraft on the ground... my airoffensive turns out to become more and more a failure...

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Afternoon Air attack on Rahaeng , at 58,56

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 15
Wellington Ic x 12
B-17E Fortress x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 41

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Rahaeng , at 58,56

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 40

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

the airfield is definetely closed but can be repaired in no time... one of the oversights that always annoyed me is the fact that aircraft airborne at the same time the airfield is totally destroyed can then land there without any problem... it�s ok with me that his fighters are in the air on an offensive mission when my bombers destroy the airfield at the same time but then his fighters shouldn�t be able to land here after the airfield is turned into a big crater... either the returning aircraft should divert to a different airfield (like it is with carriers) or they should mostly crash when trying to land on a place looking like the moon...

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 20

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 35

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 7

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 8

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 28

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Rahaeng , at 58,56

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Sub attack near Brunei at 65,86

Japanese Ships
TK Hofuku Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

TK Chuko Maru
TK Kinrei Maru
DD Yukaze

Allied Ships
SS Grayback

SS Grayback launches 6 torpedoes at TK Hofuku Maru
DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

nice one, we�ve been really hitting the enemy tanker fleet hard in the last months...

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Sub attack near Balikpapan at 64,98

Japanese Ships
TK Toen Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

PB Tsukikawa Maru

Allied Ships
SS Thresher

SS Thresher launches 4 torpedoes at TK Toen Maru
PB Tsukikawa Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tsukikawa Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tsukikawa Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tsukikawa Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tsukikawa Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

as if one tanker sunk wouldn�t be enough for today, we kill another one... that made me smile...

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 28, 43
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Submarine attack near Gisborne at 125,195

Japanese Ships
SS I-22

Allied Ships
AKA Aquarius, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

AKA Aquarius is sighted by SS I-22
SS I-22 launches 6 torpedoes

that�s not good... this is the same sub that already sunk one of my ships on the Southern route before and now gets another shot at one of my precious AKA transiting to Australia... the ship got a good chance to survive though, not far from Wellington and only 41 flt (30 major)... second attack in this area in a rather short timeframe surely will result in more IJN subs heading into this area... have to start thinking about rerouting my convoys... many small convoys in this area didn�t even have escorts (just like this one) because in over a year of war we�ve never encountered any subs that far South... now Rainer finally noticed the shipping lanes of my convoys...

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Sub attack near Kobe at 107,61

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-35, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
SC CHa-43

Allied Ships
SS Grunion

SS Grunion launches 4 torpedoes at SC CHa-35
SC CHa-43 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-43 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-43 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-43 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-43 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

another subchaser is obliberated...

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ASW attack near Brunei at 65,86

Japanese Ships
DD Shinonome

Allied Ships
SS Grayback, hits 6

SS Grayback is located by DD Shinonome
DD Shinonome attacking submerged sub ....
DD Shinonome fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shinonome fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shinonome fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shinonome fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

after sinking a tanker yesterday, Grayback meets some enemy destroyers today and is knocked out... a hit and another 5 near misses means moderate damage... we�ve got good chances against convoys being escorted by only PB or SC but as soon as enemy E or DD show up it mostly means no kills but damaged subs... thank god nearly all damaged subs usually make it back home for repairs but I�m already start to feel like sub tycoon in the Pacific, sending subs back and forth daily due to damage...

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Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
47th I.F.Chutai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes

at least we were able to draw enemy Cap out from Bangkok (this is the base North of Bangkok)... the Tojos were dived on and downed... both the Japanese and British never seem to get any prewarning time... looks like they�re using both the same useless radar...

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Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 3
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 5
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 2

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
77th Sentai Det B with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ia Tony (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 37730
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
286 Ku S-1 with A6M3a Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36750
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes

also the follow on strike comes in and kind of surprises the enemy... diving, killing...

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Morning Air attack on Hengyang , at 80,53

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 41,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 17

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet *

nothing in China that could be engaged by the Oscars...

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Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 9
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 5

Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61-Ia Tony: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet *

CAP engaged:
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ia Tony (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 37730
Raid is overhead
286 Ku S-1 with A6M3a Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36750 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 36750.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes

due to running low on P-38F and P-38E replacements I�ve divided one of the former P-38F squadrons into three sections, two are flying the F and one is flying the E... sweep number three, the enemy is engaging with more and more fighters...

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Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 5
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 1

Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 8
P-38F Lightning x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 3 destroyed
Ki-61-Ia Tony: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet
5 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet *

CAP engaged:
286 Ku S-1 with A6M3a Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36750 , scrambling fighters between 37750 and 38750.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ia Tony (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 37730 , scrambling fighters to 34750.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 67 minutes

there�s not that much left now, all engagements saw the Lightnings get the never ending dive... result was yet another massacre on the enemy, something like 18 enemy fighters downde for one Lightning lost A2A...

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Morning Air attack on Hengyang , at 80,53

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 21
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 7
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 28

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
7 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

really hard to understand why the enemy is bombing my bases in China... training would be the only reason I could see but I would train my bombers on navattack and not ground attack because at some point you�re going to need these crews and bombers to defend yourselve against invasions...

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Morning Air attack on Hengyang , at 80,53

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 17

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Lunga , at 114,138

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 15
B-26B Marauder x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 41

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

visiting Lunga today to keep the airfield down... we bag an enemy floatplane...

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Morning Air attack on Lunga , at 114,138

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 8
B-26B Marauder x 12

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Lunga , at 114,138

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 12

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 25

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet

coming from Gasmata, missed the bombers from PM...

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 12

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 14
B-24D1 Liberator x 25

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 28
Port hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 41
P-40K Warhawk x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
H6K4 Mavis: 3 destroyed on ground

Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 4 destroyed on ground

G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Airbase hits 19
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 76

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

looks like Rainer tried to surprise me... he stated in his email that he wasn�t happy about his aircraft not taking off, which probably means he tried to do a sneak attack on one of my convoys in the area... one or two were at Sea without aircover but there were some more sitting at bases with quite some Cap only losing the aircraft on the ground is probably still better than losing the aircraft to my Cap over Gasmata for example when you then also lose the pilots... I�ve been of course pleased to see enemy aircraft being torched on the airfield...

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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 23
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 8

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

and there we go with this bug/flaw mentioned before... my PB4Y that are set to nav attack fly against a BASE... boy how I hate that... the bombers are set on naval attack/rest...

we lose two 70 skilled crews and that�s quite a loss... at the moment, I�ve only got 4 70 skilled crews in the pool...

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 15

No Allied losses

Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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ASW attack near Kanoya at 104,62

Japanese Ships
E Kamo
E Hato
DD Okikaze

Allied Ships
SS Steelhead

SS Steelhead is located by E Kamo
DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Ground combat at Shortlands (109,131)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 41783 troops, 812 guns, 1143 vehicles, Assault Value = 1516

Defending force 14166 troops, 136 guns, 69 vehicles, Assault Value = 505

Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
25th Infantry Division
Americal Infantry Division
24th Infantry Division
40th Infantry Division
177th USAAF Base Force
2nd RNZAF Base Force

Defending units:
1st Ind.Tank Co
10th Division
85th Naval Guard Unit
12th Naval Construction Battalion

our reinforcements have arrived... with two more divs (being prepped for a different target though) I doubt that the enemy will resist much longer...

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Sub attack near Donggala at 67,97

Japanese Ships
PB Bisan Maru #3, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
PB Banshu Maru #56

Allied Ships
SS Thresher

SS Thresher launches 6 torpedoes at PB Bisan Maru #3
Thresher diving deep ....
PB Banshu Maru #56 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Banshu Maru #56 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Banshu Maru #56 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Banshu Maru #56 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Banshu Maru #56 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

the subs are usually doing quite good when targetting PB and SC...

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Sub attack near Aogashima at 112,66

Japanese Ships
DD Shiokaze
SC Ch 32
SC Ch 31
DD Numakaze

Allied Ships
SS Herring

SS Herring launches 6 torpedoes at DD Shiokaze
Herring diving deep ....
DD Numakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Shiokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shiokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shiokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shiokaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Shiokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

E and DD are of course another story...

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Morning Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 40,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 44

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 6
Hurricane IIb Trop x 23
Hurricane IIc Trop x 5
P-40K Warhawk x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 5 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet

CAP engaged:
No.5 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (1 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Raid is overhead
No.17 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIa Trop (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 35100 , scrambling fighters to 35000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
No.67 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (1 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Raid is overhead
No.79 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 35600 , scrambling fighters to 35000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
No.136 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
No.146 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
No.261 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Raid is overhead
51st FG/26th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
347th FG/67th FS with P-40K Warhawk (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Raid is overhead
18th FG/70th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes
23rd FG/75th FS with P-40K Warhawk (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Raid is overhead

British radar obviously isn�t working at all in this game... nearly a dozen radar sets at Toungoo (several others in surrounding bases) but we NEVER get any pre warning time... the outcome of sending the Japanese sattelites on a sweep is the same as always... the highest fighter wins, our fighters are shot to pieces... the A2A model is nothing but borked... and please don�t give advise about skill, exp, layered Cap, radar, HQ or killing a chicken...
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Morning Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 39,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 42

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 1
Hurricane IIb Trop x 3
P-40K Warhawk x 5

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIb Trop: 2 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
41 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet

CAP engaged:
No.67 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
347th FG/67th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
No.5 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes
No.17 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIa Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 35100 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes
No.261 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes
51st FG/26th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
23rd FG/75th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes

a Tojo and Oscar sattelite sweep nets in nearly 50 Allied fighters being downed for the loss of a dozen Tojos... you just gotta love the AE airroutines that perfectly mirror realism... the only advise that can be given is the stupidity you quite often get to hear: "abandon your bases within superior enemy air assets"... well, having 400 fighters in Burma seems like making US superiror, but that isn�t true because the 100 enemy fighters being sent out on sweeps all can fly higher than our fighters, resulting in 400 of our fighters being shot down (if I send them up) for the loss of perhaps 50-70 enemy fighters... all you can do is send your fighters on a sweep, but NEVER put them on Cap when the enemy can fly higher, that�s the result of the hobby development called AE air model...

but perhaps someone has an explanation why nearly a dozen British radar sets ALWAYS fail in this PBEM...

some 200 fighters at this base, we get 30% into the air, 100% were shot down or damaged...

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Morning Air attack on 10th Division, at 109,131 (Shortlands)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 26
F6F-3 Hellcat x 31

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x F4F-4 Wildcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
18 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet
17 x F4F-4 Wildcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
6 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet
7 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet

even a base that has been cut off for months and bombed daily for weeks gets a better "pre warning time" even though there isn�t even a single radar set... and that�s also a good example how borked this coordination thing is all the time... my carriers end up in range of Shortlands (6 hexes!!!) and the stupid routine decides it would be a good idea to send carrier based fighters on escort of some bombers coming from Munda... now how stupid is this??? They all miss the bombers of course and do a sweep... pfff... the whole air routines need a complete rework... complete rework... yet another time quoting a betatester: the airroutines are the most borked of all

sorry, but that�s the truth when I see what�s going on all the time... a fact is that it�s not the exception to see borked things happening but the norm...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 24

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 23

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

Rainer of course wasn�t stupid enough to put up Cap... all the fighters he got at Moulmein were sent out on stratosphere sweeps themselve... I was stupid enough to think that I could harm 2x40 incoming fighters when I put 200 fighters on Cap over a level 9 base with nearly a dozen radar sets... like I�ve said, I was stupid enough to think that... more than a year into the game, I should know better...

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Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 40,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 33

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 20
Hurricane XIIb x 5
P-40K Warhawk x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 4 destroyed
Hurricane XIIb: 1 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 3 destroyed

CAP engaged:
No.14 Sqn RCAF with Hurricane XIIb (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
No.30 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 35600 , scrambling fighters to 35000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
No.34 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 35600 , scrambling fighters to 35000.
Raid is overhead
No.60 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 35600 , scrambling fighters to 35000.
Raid is overhead
No.607 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 35600 , scrambling fighters to 35000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
343rd FG/11th FS with P-40K Warhawk (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Raid is overhead
51st FG/16th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes

same goes for Pegu, that was the second base I tried to heavily Cap today... same result, of course all the radar is USELESS... the Tojos another time get a 6:1+ kill rate... the highest flying fighter wins, it�s that easy... never ending dive until the very end when we took out two or at best three Tojos... holy grail, how can one have that an ego to see such results during beta testing thinking he has done a good job and all you get as an argument is "have you ever been shot at? I have been..." evil minds could reply: "a pity they�ve missed you"... take this with sarcasm mode on please...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 4

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 8
P-38F Lightning x 8

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet
8 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Hengyang , at 80,53

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 29
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 17
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 24
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 38

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
24 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

I�m glad these bombers are doing bombing runs in China (which doesn�t matter at all) instead of bombing my bases in Burma that I�ve stacked with fighters (that don�t get airborne due to radar having nil effect) and bombers (that don�t get airborne due to whatever reasons)...

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Morning Air attack on 10th Division, at 109,131 (Shortlands)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 23
B-26B Marauder x 18

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 85th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 10th Division ...
Also attacking 85th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 10th Division ...

one of the strikes that the carrier based fighters tried to escort... carrier based fighters SHOULD NOT escort land based strikes at all IMO, only if you set them a target to escort... imagine your carrier based fighters escorting land based bombers to a totally unimportant target while your carrier based bombers are shred by your enemy�s Cap because they go in unescorted...

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Morning Air attack on 1st Ind.Tank Co , at 109,131 (Shortlands)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 9

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 13
B-24D1 Liberator x 18

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 16
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Port hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 30

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 31

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

at least "ok" weather over Rabaul...

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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 8

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

and there we go with the bug of having my PB4Y on nav attack trying to attack a land target at 1000ft again...

today we lose 4 of the bombers... I get 12 each month so this bug is more than just annoying... wow, this turn showed lots of things I don�t like and don�t understand...

we NAVAL attack the base of Rabaul...

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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 15

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 7

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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ASW attack near Oita at 104,61

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-28
SC CHa-43

Allied Ships
SS Grunion, hits 3

SS Grunion is located by SC CHa-28
SC CHa-43 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-43 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-43 attacking submerged sub ....
SC CHa-43 is out of ASW ammo
SC CHa-43 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-43 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Grunion takes a direct hit and is set to retire...

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Ground combat at Shortlands (109,131)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 41938 troops, 812 guns, 1143 vehicles, Assault Value = 1527

Defending force 14072 troops, 136 guns, 69 vehicles, Assault Value = 499

Allied adjusted assault: 571

Japanese adjusted defense: 389

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 4)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), fatigue(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1073 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 32 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 74 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled
Vehicles lost 26 (12 destroyed, 14 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
290 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 35 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 39 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled

Assaulting units:
24th Infantry Division
25th Infantry Division
Americal Infantry Division
40th Infantry Division
177th USAAF Base Force
2nd RNZAF Base Force

Defending units:
10th Division
1st Ind.Tank Co
85th Naval Guard Unit
12th Naval Construction Battalion

having moved in another two divs seems to pay off, the adjusted av is still a complete joke though... two divs being 100% prepped, the other two aren�t prepped for this target at all... but constantly getting such totally shred adjusted av without any negative multipliers is just a joke... daily ground attacks for weeks and the enemy still isn�t disrupted at all, these attacks got NO effect... the combat eng fail as usual, with a bit luck we got a 1:1 at least taking down a fort level... without the possibility to land in the hex next to the base and march to target we could not take the target as we had no major LCUs prepped to do an amphib assault and even if our divs were sitting here for weeks, you still would have to unload as if it would be a hostile beach, you can only wonder where the 35000 troops are camping... at least now I know why people complain about not being able to overcome two divs on Iwo Jima when they land 6 divs fully prepped... bombing, being cut off and starving for months seems to have no real effect...

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more is coming in, this time also some Beaufighters that obviously got lost... and now please tell me how it works to detect this raid 4min before they drop their bombs but the Tonies have 142 min time to reach interception... is this a joke or what? I guess the bombers don�t even need that long from their base to the target!

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You seem to be understanding the time for all groups to intercept as the time the code is giving to the defender as a warning.

My understanding of the 142 minutes is that it refers to the length of time needed for all the possible fighters to get into battle (scrambled or called in from elsewhere). In effect it means that (with only 4 minutes warning) most of these will not get into the fight. In effect, the longer the 'time needed' compared to 'estimated time to target', the better for your bombers.

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Sub attack near Aogashima at 113,66

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 31
SC Ch 32
DD Numakaze
DD Shiokaze

Allied Ships
SS Herring

SS Herring launches 4 torpedoes at SC Ch 31
Herring diving deep ....
DD Numakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shiokaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Numakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Numakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Numakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Numakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Tsushima at 102,56

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-26

Allied Ships
SS Tunny

SS Tunny is sighted by escort
SC CHa-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Keijo at 101,50

Japanese Ships
PB Ichiyo Maru

Allied Ships
SS Haddock, hits 1

SS Haddock is sighted by escort
PB Ichiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ichiyo Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Ichiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ichiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ichiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

still being glad to see the IJAAF in China and not more of them in Thailand... even the early Oscar models can shred our fighters because a) I don�t get them airborne, no matter how much radar I put in a base or area and b) they can fly a couple of thousand feet higher than my fighters...

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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 24

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Rabaul at 106,125

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 20
TBF-1 Avenger x 16

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
LB-111, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LB-126, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LB-127

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo

even barge TFs are targetted by naval attacks in AE... well, better than to see my USN Liberators attack Rabaul BASE at 1000ft NAVAL attack...

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Morning Air attack on 10th Division, at 109,131 (Shortlands)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 15
B-26B Marauder x 26

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 85th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Tank Co ...
Also attacking 10th Division ...
Also attacking 85th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Tank Co ...
Also attacking 10th Division ...
Also attacking 85th Naval Guard Unit ...

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Morning Air attack on 10th Division, at 109,131 (Shortlands)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 8

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 38,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 31

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet

as you can see, there are no more Allied fighters in the air... just doesn�t make sense to do so, we don�t get them airborne as British radar got no effect and so our numbers are too small all the time, despite having had 400 fighters in Burma... all you can do is fly sweeps and surprise bomber attacks... and that�s what my opponent is doing too, we�re once again agreeing on the situation even if we don�t even discuss it... in many things we came to the same conclusion... turns out to be an overall "strange" game though... but I�m sure not willing to throw away hundreds of Allied fighters trying to do someting realistically when the routines are guaranteeing you defeat when you try to do it the realistic way... putting Cap up in Burma is a nogo, 100 IJAAF fighters make sure you get creamed... but hey, a borked supply routine made it possible to "own" Burma as the Allied at this date so I guess I shouldn�t complain...

still find it funny that I never had any problems to supply Burma via Akyab and now supplying China via Burma... China reached 400,000 supplies lately, all was coming through Burma... before Burma was liberated, China�s supply was down to around 50,000 supplies!!!

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Afternoon Air attack on Pisanuloke , at 58,57

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 8

P-38F Lightning x 12

P-38G Lightning x 50

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet
8 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet
8 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet
25 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet
25 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

wow, one of the rare moments when my fighters decided to "coordinate" on a sweep... haven�t done anything different from all the other times it doesn�t work... 95% of the time it won�t work... unfortunately (but expected) there were no fighters in the air...

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Afternoon Air attack on Pisanuloke , at 58,57

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 8
B-17E Fortress x 18
B-25C Mitchell x 31

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 40

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

even that we attacked in the afternoon, we couldn�t torch a good number of enemy ac on the ground... as usual, we had bad weather... level 2 airfield, reported 50 enemy aircraft, all being grounded in the afternoon...

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Afternoon Air attack on Pisanuloke , at 58,57

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 12

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Pisanuloke , at 58,57

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Pisanuloke , at 58,57

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 18

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

El Nino is a joke compared to the weather being shown in the game 90% of the time... had to laugh to read the thread about Blizzards in the US in May...

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Afternoon Air attack on Dobo , at 83,116

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
251 Ku S-1 Det A with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead

these Nells are used on nav search, none of them seems to be set to nav attack... every now and then a Nell is downed by Cap over one of our bases in the area...

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Afternoon Air attack on Dobo , at 83,116

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
251 Ku S-1 Det A with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 17

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Pisanuloke , at 58,57

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Shortlands (109,131)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 41601 troops, 813 guns, 1144 vehicles, Assault Value = 1496

Defending force 12962 troops, 136 guns, 56 vehicles, Assault Value = 431

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Allied adjusted assault: 778

Japanese adjusted defense: 349

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 2)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1141 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 59 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 88 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Vehicles lost 17 (12 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
146 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
24th Infantry Division
Americal Infantry Division
25th Infantry Division
40th Infantry Division
177th USAAF Base Force
2nd RNZAF Base Force

Defending units:
10th Division
1st Ind.Tank Co
85th Naval Guard Unit
12th Naval Construction Battalion

wow, we get a "good" adjusted av today... 50% base av instead of the 25-30% as usual... and even the combat eng were able to take down a fort... I�ve already changed my mind in terms of how my invasions are made up, up to now I was using 200 ships to transport 2 divs and 2 base forces when the target had around 20-25,000 troops which usually means one div plus support or a couple of nav guard units plus support. Transporting more divs more or less isn�t possible, with 200 ships it took us more or less a week to unload so another div can�t be brought in with the first wave... now that I�m having more and more APA and LST available and with the trouble of defeating a single div that has been cut off and bombed for months being defeated by two fully prepped US divs I�m already adjusting my future invasions to three US divs plus support (three base forces or two base force plus one HQ) when the target is expected to be defended by an enemy div or equivalent troops... a sinlge APA is worth a dozen xAP and by 6/43 I should have enough of them to combat load three divs plus support and supplies and being able to unload in one or two days...

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