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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 18, 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Toyohara at 125,46 Japanese Ships xAK Akasisan Maru PB Sonobe Maru Allied Ships SS Haddo, hits 1 SS Haddo launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Akasisan Maru PB Sonobe Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Sonobe Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Sonobe Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Sonobe Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Sonobe Maru attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Nagoya at 109,63 Japanese Ships TK Kurume Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage PB Hokuyo Maru PB Mikitade Maru Allied Ships SS Pogy SS Pogy launches 6 torpedoes at TK Kurume Maru Pogy diving deep .... PB Mikitade Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Mikitade Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Mikitade Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub wow, must be tanker killing time again... third in two days... the number of freighters being attacked has gone down dramatically though, either my subs fail to engage them or the enemy is now taking routes I´m not aware of which would be more than surprising because most of my subs are stationed very close around Japan and there´s just no way to avoid them when going to the major ports big enough to unload all the needed capacity... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Kobe at 107,61 Japanese Ships DD Okikaze E Hato E Kamo Allied Ships SS Lapon SS Lapon launches 4 torpedoes at DD Okikaze 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 attacking submerged sub .... 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Namlea , at 76,108 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft J2M2 Jack x 4 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 21 Japanese aircraft losses J2M2 Jack: 2 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 19 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet * CAP engaged: 252 Ku S-1 with J2M2 Jack (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 6000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes sent the Lightnings to deal with some Jacks, the new "advise" on the forum to go "lower" to negate the Sputnik sweeps obvioulsy is a very "good" advise... good only for me as the sweeper though, the Jacks were shot to pieces by the diving P-38... the only advise I can give is NUMBERS, if you have enough fighters in the air, the usually lower number of sweeping fighters at some point runs out of the dive, but that usually is at a stage most of your squadrons were shredded already... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 21 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 21 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet CAP engaged: 50th Sentai 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 36740 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Namlea , at 76,108 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 4 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 22 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 22 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet * CAP engaged: 251 Ku S-1 Det A with A6M2 Zero (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 32810 Raid is overhead 251 Ku S-1 Det B with A6M2 Zero (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 32810 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes the Zeroes at their ceiling did no better of course... amazing to still see A6M2 at this date, probably using up stocks... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 3 Ki-61-Ia Tony x 1 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 20 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 20 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet CAP engaged: 77th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (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 36750 Raid is overhead 246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ia Tony (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 37730 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 59th Chinese Corps, at 66,60 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIb Sally x 27 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 16 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 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: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire Vc Trop x 20 B-26 Marauder x 17 B-26B Marauder x 15 PV-1 Ventura x 8 Allied aircraft losses B-26 Marauder: 4 damaged B-26B Marauder: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged PV-1 Ventura: 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 7 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 52 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x PV-1 Ventura 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 11 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 3 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 a precious Marauder is lost, will go to 15000ft to minimize losses of our valuable NON attack bomber mediums... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 3rd RTA Division, at 57,53 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Hurricane IIa Trop x 8 Hurricane IIb Trop x 24 Hurricane IIc Trop x 24 Liberator II x 16 Wellington Ic x 12 Wellington GR.VIII x 15 Hurricane XIIb x 6 B-17E Fortress x 35 B-25C Mitchell x 57 P-40K Warhawk x 48 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 9 Allied aircraft losses Wellington Ic: 1 damaged B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 88 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x Wellington GR.VIII bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 250 lb GP Bomb 11 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 16 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 2nd RTA Division ... 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Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft Wellington Ic x 16 B-17E Fortress x 12 B-25C Mitchell x 15 Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 15 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 3rd RTA Division ... Also attacking 2nd RTA Division ... Also attacking 3rd RTA Division ... Also attacking 2nd RTA Division ... Also attacking 3rd RTA Division ... Also attacking 2nd RTA Division ... Also attacking 3rd RTA Division ... Also attacking 2nd RTA Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire Vc Trop x 14 B-26B Marauder x 11 PV-1 Ventura x 3 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 20 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft B-26 Marauder x 8 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-26 Marauder x 9 No Allied losses Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 26 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Namlea , at 76,108 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Japanese aircraft J2M2 Jack x 12 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: 248th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Raid is overhead 252 Ku S-1 with J2M2 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 12 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 6000 Raid is overhead the two main parts of our single squadron sweeps didn´t face as many enemies as the two combined fragments that go in following the main strikes (as usual? )... can´t say our six Lightnings did bad but ran out of the dive pretty fast, ending in a fierce fight with most of our Lightnings damaged... result were two of them lost to damage on their way home... the total result of today´s engagements were excellent again though... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 2 Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 2 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6 Ki-61-Ia Tony x 4 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: 260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (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 36740 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes 286 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (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 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes 50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (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 36740 Raid is overhead 77th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (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 36750 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes 246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ia Tony (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 37730 Raid is overhead same as above, the funny "coordination" feature thinks that also out of Burma, each of the two squadrons should "lose" three of their fighters which then join to go in as a six ac strike pack... one of them was shot down over the target, dive lasted only for seconds... I can only repeat myselve while saying that it is totally ridicoulos that squadrons always seem to lose 2 or 3 fighters on their way to target that then join to fly together... this is consistent... consistently stupid... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 1 Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 1 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3 Ki-61-Ia Tony x 4 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 3 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: 260th 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 36740 , scrambling fighters to 42000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes 286 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 38500 Raid is overhead 50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (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 36740 , scrambling fighters to 39740. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes 77th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (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 36750 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) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 37730 , scrambling fighters to 41740. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes we then go on with three fighters of the third squadron that was set to sweep Ayuthia... cosistently stupid... didn´t really harm us here as the P-38 ran out of fuel/ammo or had breakdowns after taking out the Zero... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 1 Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 5 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4 Ki-61-Ia Tony x 4 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 2 destroyed Ki-61-Ia Tony: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 11 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet CAP engaged: 260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters to 36740. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes 286 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (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 38500 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes 77th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 36750 , scrambling fighters between 36000 and 36750. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes 50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (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 36740 , scrambling fighters to 36740. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes 246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ia Tony (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 37730 , scrambling fighters to 39000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes that´s the main part of this squadron... it´s just plain stupid that fighter squadrons on sweeps seem to lose 10% of their fighters on the way to target in 98% of the time... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Wewak , at 96,119 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 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 25000 feet 16 x Beaufighter Ic sweeping at 25000 feet the usual unsuccessful try of our Beaufighters to escort some bombers... yeah, have tried the same alt often enough... with the same results... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 26 No Allied losses Port hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 34 Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 damaged Port hits 7 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 14 Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 3 damaged Port hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Wewak , at 96,119 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Allied aircraft Vengeance I x 32 No Allied losses Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 32 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Vengeance I releasing from 2000' * Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x Vengeance I releasing from 2000' * Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x Vengeance I releasing from 4000' * Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x Vengeance I releasing from 4000' * Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x Vengeance I releasing from 3000' * Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 24 Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 26 Aircraft Attacking: 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 8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 9 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 17 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged Runway hits 17 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 10 Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Kobe at 107,61 Japanese Ships E Hato DD Okikaze E Kamo Allied Ships SS Lapon SS Lapon is sighted by escort Lapon diving deep .... 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... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Darwin (76,124) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 50318 troops, 853 guns, 1456 vehicles, Assault Value = 2373 Defending force 40692 troops, 328 guns, 624 vehicles, Assault Value = 1386 Japanese ground losses: 49 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 20 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 21 (6 destroyed, 15 disabled) Assaulting units: 632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion 1st USMC Corps Tank Battalion 4th Armoured Brigade 193rd Tank Battalion 2/4th Armoured Regiment 2/11th Armoured Car Battalion 627th Tank Destroyer Battalion 2/8th Armoured Regiment 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 754th Tank Battalion 3rd Australian Division 767th Tank Battalion 5th Australian Division 2/6th Armoured Regiment 3rd Motor Brigade 1st USMC Tank Battalion 2nd Australian Division 2nd USMC Tank Battalion 2/7th Armoured Regiment 1st Australian Division 763rd Tank Battalion 4th Australian Division 762nd Tank Battalion 1st Motor Brigade 154th FA Bn 503rd Coast AA Regiment 134th Field Artillery Battalion 2nd RAAF M/W Sqn 1st RAN Base Force 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion 1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion 2nd Australian Army 94th Coast AA Regiment 168th Field Artillery Regiment III Australian Corps 223rd Field Artillery Battalion II Australian Corps 16th RAAF Base Force 96th Coast AA Regiment 216th Coast AA Regiment 4th Field Artillery Battalion 226th Field Artillery Battalion 198th Coast AA Regiment 198th Field Artillery Battalion 97th Field Artillery Battalion 197th Coast AA Regiment 10th RAAF Base Force 1st Australian Army 205th Field Artillery Battalion 188th Field Artillery Regiment 148th Field Artillery Battalion 2nd RAN Base Force 114th USAAF Base Force 70th Coast AA Regiment 30th Field Artillery Regiment I Australian Corps 181st Field Artillery Regiment 183rd Field Artillery Regiment 209th Field Artillery Battalion 249th Field Artillery Battalion 40th Field Artillery Regiment 13th Australian Hvy AA Regiment Defending units: 16th Division 3rd Tank Regiment 8th Tank Regiment 21st Division 14th Tank Regiment 54th Division 18th Div /1 5th Div /1 40th JNAF AF Unit /1 16th AA Regiment 16th Army 11th JAAF Base Force 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Bn /3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 32064 troops, 615 guns, 778 vehicles, Assault Value = 1192 Defending force 34191 troops, 344 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 935 Japanese ground losses: 16 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 27th Infantry Division 151st Combat Engineer Regiment 131st Combat Engineer Regiment 37th Infantry Division 7th Infantry Division 109th USN Base Force 258th USAAF Base Force I US Corps 147th USA Base Force Defending units: 82nd Naval Guard Unit 4th Division 144th Infantry Regiment Sasebo 5th SNLF 83rd Naval Guard Unit 84th Naval Guard Unit Maizuru 1st SNLF 87th Naval Guard Unit 6th Naval Construction Battalion 12th Naval Construction Battalion 5th Naval Construction Battalion 14th Naval Construction Battalion 50th Field AA Battalion 44th JNAF AF Unit 43rd JNAF AF Unit 55th JNAF AF Unit 7th Naval Construction Battalion 2nd Provisional Base Force 9th RF Gun Battalion 39th Field AA Battalion 201st JAAF AF Bn 49th Field AA Battalion 56th Field AA Battalion 5th Air Div /1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 56,54 Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 3579 troops, 270 guns, 188 vehicles, Assault Value = 2562 Defending force 93236 troops, 1031 guns, 1105 vehicles, Assault Value = 3324 Japanese ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 21 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled) Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled) Assaulting units: 111th Chindit Brigade 7th Indian Division 20th Indian Division 6th Australian Division 19th Indian Division 16th Light Cavalry Regiment 7th Australian Division 77th Chindit Brigade 14th Army 6th Medium Regiment 24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment IV Indian Corps 8th Medium Regiment 23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment XV Indian Corps 106th RAF Base Force AHQ Bengal RAF 221 Group Base Force 2/13th Field Regiment XXXIII Indian Corps 2/9th Field Regiment III Indian Corps 21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 2/11th Field Regiment 20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 4th NW Frontier Base Force 26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment Defending units: 53rd Division 38th Division 2nd Guards Division 2nd Tank Division 9th 48th Division 5th Guards Division 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 15th Army 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 31st Field AA Battalion 32nd Field AA Battalion 34th Field AA Battalion 55th Mountain Gun Regiment
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