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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 9/6/2010 3:28:10 PM   
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 18, 43
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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


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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...

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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


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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...

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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



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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...

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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



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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



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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...

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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Also attacking 3rd RTA Division ...
Also attacking 2nd RTA Division ...
Also attacking 3rd RTA Division ...
Also attacking 2nd RTA Division ...


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Morning Air attack on 2nd RTA Division, at 57,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
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 ...


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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



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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



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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



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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...

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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...


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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...

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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...

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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...




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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



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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



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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



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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



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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



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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



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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



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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



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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


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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


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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


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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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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 9/6/2010 3:34:31 PM   
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the enemy is now employing a new fighter, the J2M2 Jack. I don´t know how many IJN units can be equipped with them, hopefully it´s not available for every daitai. With a high top speed, high climb rate, armor an "ok" armament and a range of 9 with drop tanks (same as the P-47) it seems to be a worthy opponent for our fighters. The USAAF is still relying on the P-40K en masse but these can´t even deal with Tojos and the Jack seems to be deadlier than the Tojo for sure. The downside of the Jack seems to be the service rating of 3 but my P-38 also got a sr of 3 and I don´t see any maintenance problems. Of course I got enough av support and I don´t use them for Cap so we´ll see.




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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 9/6/2010 3:40:10 PM   
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We counter the Jack with our new model of the P-38. Since 6/1/43 the P-38H is rolling out of the factories at 40/month which is twice the number that we received of the G model. This should boost our offensive capabilities but with 40/month and the P-38 usually being the only fighter in range of enemy airfields that actually house enemy aircraft it still is not enough.

The difference to the G model is minimal, the H is slightly faster but we also lose a hex range. Overall, the main aspect of course is the doubling of the production rate. Two more weeks and the P-47 will go online, we already received 75 of them as reinforcements.




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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 19, 43
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Sub attack near Aogashima at 113,66

Japanese Ships
DD Numakaze
DD Shiokaze

Allied Ships
SS Amberjack



SS Amberjack launches 6 torpedoes at DD Numakaze
Amberjack 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...
DD Shiokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

one of the many failed attacks...

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ASW attack near Balabac at 69,83

Japanese Ships
E Karukaya
E Asagao
E Takashima
E Hoko

Allied Ships
SS Paddle



SS Paddle is located by E Karukaya
Paddle diving deep ....
E Takashima fails to find sub and abandons search
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Balikpapan at 64,98

Japanese Ships
TK Shoun Maru
E Kuretake
E Wakatake

Allied Ships
SS Seal



SS Seal is sighted by escort
E Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Wakatake fails to find sub and abandons search
E Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kuretake 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
TK Bushu Maru
TK Shoun Maru
E Kuretake
E Wakatake

Allied Ships
SS Seal, hits 5



SS Seal launches 4 torpedoes at TK Bushu Maru
Seal bottoming out ....
E Kuretake fails to find sub and abandons search
E Wakatake fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Wakatake fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Wakatake attacking submerged sub ....
E Wakatake fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Wakatake attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

more of the same... SS Seal is hit hard, on the long way home with 50 major flt, SS Sealion was hit by a Sally, makes again two heavily damaged subs for no result...

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Morning Air attack on Kweilin , at 76,54

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 41,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 14



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet *



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Morning Air attack on 14th Chinese Corps, at 65,60

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 25



No Japanese losses


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


Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 11000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 75th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 75th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on Kweilin , at 76,54

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 43,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet *



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 14
B-26 Marauder x 24
PV-1 Ventura x 11


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged



Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 2nd RTA Division, at 57,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 16
Hurricane IIc Trop x 24
Wellington Ic x 12
Hurricane XIIb x 8
B-17E Fortress x 34
B-25C Mitchell x 51
P-40K Warhawk x 57
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 9


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 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-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
16 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 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 ...
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 ...
Also attacking 3rd RTA Division ...

we bomb this two second class divisions near Chiang Mai because our troops are tasked to cross the river today... both units should be heavily disrupted from this and previous attacks and we´re going to outnumber them at least 3:1 which means the river crossing should work quite well...

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Morning Air attack on 3rd RTA Division, at 57,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 8
Liberator II x 16
B-17E Fortress x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Liberator II 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

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 ...


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Morning Air attack on 3rd RTA Division, at 57,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 8
Wellington Ic x 16
Wellington GR.VIII x 16


No Allied losses

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



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x Wellington GR.VIII bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 250 lb GP Bomb

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 ...
Also attacking 3rd RTA Division ...
Also attacking 2nd RTA Division ...


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Morning Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 47


Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged



Port hits 6
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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
3 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



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Morning Air attack on 3rd RTA Division, at 57,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 16


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Port 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 24 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 14
B-26B Marauder x 25


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 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 1
Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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 Tulagi , at 114,137

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged



Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 3rd RTA Division, at 57,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

we´ve sent everything we´ve got today...


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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Severe storms

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


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 6 damaged



Port hits 1

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



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Afternoon Air attack on Wewak , at 96,119

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 16


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Beaufighter Ic sweeping at 25000 feet



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Afternoon Air attack on Wewak , at 96,119

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
Vengeance I x 31


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 hits 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Vengeance I releasing from 4000' *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x Vengeance I releasing from 2000' *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x Vengeance I releasing from 4000' *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x Vengeance I releasing from 3000' *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 20


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
8 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



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Afternoon Air attack on Hollandia , at 93,116

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 22


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 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 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 32

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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 Aitape , at 95,118

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 17


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 20

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



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Afternoon Air attack on Aitape , at 95,118

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 20


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 42

Aircraft Attacking:
9 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



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Afternoon Air attack on Aitape , at 95,118

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
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: Moderate rain

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


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 21


No Allied losses



Runway hits 10
Port hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
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
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Hollandia , at 93,116

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

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


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 8


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 12

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



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Afternoon Air attack on Hollandia , at 93,116

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

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


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 11


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 hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 16

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 Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 12


No Allied losses



Port hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D1 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: Moderate rain

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


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
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 Aitape , at 95,118

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 8


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 13

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



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Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 32185 troops, 615 guns, 778 vehicles, Assault Value = 1213

Defending force 33904 troops, 344 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 934

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:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
37th Infantry Division
27th Infantry Division
151st Combat Engineer Regiment
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
7th Infantry Division
258th USAAF Base Force
I US Corps
109th USN Base Force
147th USA Base Force

Defending units:
83rd Naval Guard Unit
82nd Naval Guard Unit
Maizuru 1st SNLF
4th Division
84th Naval Guard Unit
Sasebo 5th SNLF
144th Infantry Regiment
87th Naval Guard Unit
39th Field AA Battalion
14th Naval Construction Battalion
55th JNAF AF Unit
201st JAAF AF Bn
6th Naval Construction Battalion
5th Naval Construction Battalion
49th Field AA Battalion
43rd JNAF AF Unit
2nd Provisional Base Force
50th Field AA Battalion
56th Field AA Battalion
44th JNAF AF Unit
9th RF Gun Battalion
12th Naval Construction Battalion
7th Naval Construction Battalion
5th Air Div /1


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Ground combat at 56,54

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3620 troops, 268 guns, 188 vehicles, Assault Value = 2566

Defending force 93247 troops, 1031 guns, 1105 vehicles, Assault Value = 3326

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


Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 15 (2 destroyed, 13 disabled)


Assaulting units:
7th Indian Division
111th Chindit Brigade
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
6th Australian Division
20th Indian Division
19th Indian Division
7th Australian Division
77th Chindit Brigade
106th RAF Base Force
XV Indian Corps
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
RAF 221 Group Base Force
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
2/13th Field Regiment
AHQ Bengal
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2/9th Field Regiment
III Indian Corps
XXXIII Indian Corps
2/11th Field Regiment
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
IV Indian Corps
8th Medium Regiment
4th NW Frontier Base Force
14th Army
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
2nd Guards Division
9th
2nd Tank Division
53rd Division
38th Division
48th Division
5th Guards Division
34th Field AA Battalion
15th Army
31st Field AA Battalion
32nd Field AA Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
55th Mountain Gun Regiment


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Ground combat at 57,53

Allied Shock attack


Attacking force 48991 troops, 481 guns, 523 vehicles, Assault Value = 1951

Defending force 26988 troops, 232 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1188

Allied adjusted assault: 864

Japanese adjusted defense: 1657

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
1150 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 84 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 74 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled


Allied ground losses:
5085 casualties reported
Squads: 121 destroyed, 275 disabled
Non Combat: 175 destroyed, 108 disabled
Engineers: 22 destroyed, 9 disabled
Vehicles lost 75 (62 destroyed, 13 disabled)


Assaulting units:
75th Indian Brigade
5th Chinese Corps
26th Indian Brigade
45th Indian Brigade
29th British Brigade
9th Australian Division

Defending units:
3rd RTA Division
2nd RTA Division
24th Division
4th RTA Division


boy, when is my opponent really running out of luck... that seems to be the masterpiece of luck today! As mentioned further above, our troops were preparing to cross the river against 2nd and 3rd RTA division that have been bombed by hundreds of bombers already and these second class units shouldn´t be that much of a threat anyway... also today, we had all our airforce attacking these two units in the hex... call it luck, call it game design, due to the air phase happening BEFORE the movement and ground combat phase, all of our airforce attacked 2nd and 3rd RTA div in the hex we crossed the river but of course 24th div and 4th RTA div moved there AFTER the air phase, exactly the day when our troops crossed the river... not only did that mean that these two units of course weren´t attacked by our airforce, it also meant that I couldn´t stop our troops from marching into the hex again (something I would have done of course against this reinforced enemy and the hex nearby totally empty now)... considering it takes more than two weeks to march into the hex, how could the timing be any better? One day early and I would have stopped my troops, one day late and the enemy would have been too late and probably kicked out again... I´m pissed... the result was devastating of course, just have a look at the unit below... I´ve posted units being completely shredded from one attack already, I´ve posted units being completely shredded from the uber counterbombardment of cut off units already, today I post a screen of a bgd that was attacking here and had 100/100 just before the engagement... not saying units couldn´t be hit hard but these massacres seem to be absolutely excessive in AE and it´s also something I haven´t seen in WITP before...

like I´ve said, the unit was at 100/100... the unit stopped existing...







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Sub attack near Nakadori-jima at 101,56

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

Allied Ships
SS Muskallunge



SS Muskallunge launches 6 torpedoes at PB Menado Maru
Muskallunge diving deep ....
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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ASW attack near Kanoya at 104,63

Japanese Ships
DD Okikaze
E Kamo

Allied Ships
SS Haddock



SS Haddock is sighted by escort
Haddock diving deep ....
DD Okikaze attacking submerged sub ....
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
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


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Sub attack near Donggala at 68,97

Japanese Ships
TK Bushu Maru
PB Isshin Maru
TK Katsukawa Maru
E Kuretake
E Wakatake

Allied Ships
SS Grenadier, hits 1



SS Grenadier launches 6 torpedoes at TK Bushu Maru
Grenadier diving deep ....
E Kuretake attacking submerged sub ....
E Wakatake fails to find sub and abandons search
E Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kuretake attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

just forget about our subs... forget them...

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ASW attack near Nagoya at 109,63

Japanese Ships
DD Yamagumo
DD Numakaze
DD Shiokaze

Allied Ships
SS Sunfish



SS Sunfish is sighted by escort
Sunfish diving deep ....
DD Numakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shiokaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Shiokaze cannot establish contact with SS Sunfish
SS Sunfish eludes ASW attack from DD Shiokaze
DD Numakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shiokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
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 establish contact with SS Sunfish
SS Sunfish eludes DD Shiokaze by diving deep
DD Shiokaze loses contact with SS Sunfish
DD Shiokaze loses contact with SS Sunfish
SS Sunfish eludes ASW attack from DD Shiokaze
DD Shiokaze cannot reach attack position over SS Sunfish
DD Shiokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shiokaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Shiokaze cannot establish contact with SS Sunfish
SS Sunfish eludes ASW attack from DD Shiokaze
DD Shiokaze cannot reach attack position over SS Sunfish
SS Sunfish eludes DD Shiokaze by diving deep
SS Sunfish eludes DD Shiokaze by diving deep
DD Shiokaze cannot reach attack position over SS Sunfish
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Salajar at 66,107

Japanese Ships
DD Oboro
PC Nire
AO Teibo
AO Kyuko
AO Shiriya
AO Sata
AO Ondo
AO Iro
AO Hayamoto
DD Akatsuki

Allied Ships
SS KXVII, hits 1



SS KXVII launches 4 torpedoes at DD Oboro
KXVII diving deep ....
DD Oboro fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Akatsuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Akatsuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Akatsuki is out of ASW ammo
DD Akatsuki is out of ASW ammo
DD Akatsuki is out of ASW ammo
DD Akatsuki is out of ASW ammo
DD Akatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akatsuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Akatsuki is out of ASW ammo
DD Akatsuki is out of ASW ammo
DD Akatsuki is out of ASW ammo
DD Akatsuki is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub

the only positive about our subs is the fact that they don´t get sunk all the time... it´s enough to see them being damaged at an unsustainable rate... and with the hit/dud rate still being over the top all we can do is to hope for 10/43 to probably experience that now all these "torpedoes fail to detonate" messages then change into "torpedoes missed" only messages... wonder how the chance would be to see 6 torps missing a freighter...

how was the accuracy changed in the mods that see single and paired shots from subs? Accuracy multiplied by ten? With 4 or 6 torp salvoes missing a target that often or most often only getting one hit (if you hit) I would not want to fire single torps with such an accuracy... at the moment we spend something like two dozen torps to actually sink something...


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Submarine attack near Bathurst Island at 77,123

Japanese Ships
SS RO-101

Allied Ships
LCT-355, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)


SS RO-101 is sighted by LCT-355
SS RO-101 attacking LCT-355 on the surface

so far none of these subs has been attacked by any of the two ASW TFs in the area, it just seems like they are totally immune... shallow waters and the ASW TFs sitting above the subs... they also never get spotted by our search ac, while the patrols spot subs more than a dozen hexes away all the time... but they can´t spot the subs sitting just off the patrols´ bases... mmmm...

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Morning Air attack on Tavoy , at 54,60

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 18


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
18 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, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 38


Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 7 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 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
3 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
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

watch out for the stone throwing Japanese... I hate attack bombers, I can´t even train them on low level attacks to learn how to strafe because a target with two cut off units without any good AA defense shoot up our formations at will... two of our attack bombers were written off today... this just sucks and I can only hope for the patch to not only change the hardcoded 100ft attack alt to actually be 100ft but also to see an effect on how the attack bombers work (and the opposing flak) because as it is now, everything that is attacking at 100ft is just totally shot up... and I´m attacking a training target that nearly has no AA at all... if nothing else but the hardcoded attack alt issue changes then this PBEM will come to an end pretty soon as I´m not going on with heavy bombers only and attack bombers can´t be used... well, you can use them, for bombing empty bases... next PBEM will see all attack bombers being replaced by normal Mitchell medium bombers...


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Morning Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 19


Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 4 damaged



Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged



Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 10


Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Tavoy , at 54,60

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 2
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 1
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 1



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 26
P-38H Lightning x 20


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed




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

CAP engaged:
77th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (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 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)
(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 37730
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
286 Ku S-1 with A6M5 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 38500
Raid is overhead

this time two squadrons flew together... with the as usual lost fragment of the third squadron...

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Afternoon Air attack on 59th Chinese Corps, at 65,60

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 20



No Japanese losses


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


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



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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Overcast

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


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
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: Overcast

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


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 41


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 46
Port hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
11 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
12 x B-24D1 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



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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Overcast

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


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 11


No Allied losses



Port hits 4

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



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Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 32238 troops, 615 guns, 778 vehicles, Assault Value = 1221

Defending force 33623 troops, 344 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 935



Assaulting units:
151st Combat Engineer Regiment
37th Infantry Division
27th Infantry Division
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
7th Infantry Division
I US Corps
109th USN Base Force
258th USAAF Base Force
147th USA Base Force

Defending units:
84th Naval Guard Unit
82nd Naval Guard Unit
4th Division
Maizuru 1st SNLF
83rd Naval Guard Unit
Sasebo 5th SNLF
144th Infantry Regiment
87th Naval Guard Unit
5th Naval Construction Battalion
14th Naval Construction Battalion
2nd Provisional Base Force
49th Field AA Battalion
55th JNAF AF Unit
201st JAAF AF Bn
6th Naval Construction Battalion
44th JNAF AF Unit
50th Field AA Battalion
12th Naval Construction Battalion
43rd JNAF AF Unit
9th RF Gun Battalion
39th Field AA Battalion
7th Naval Construction Battalion
56th Field AA Battalion
5th Air Div /1


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Ground combat at 56,54

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3660 troops, 268 guns, 188 vehicles, Assault Value = 2565

Defending force 93279 troops, 1031 guns, 1106 vehicles, Assault Value = 3326

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


Allied ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled)


Assaulting units:
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
111th Chindit Brigade
7th Indian Division
6th Australian Division
20th Indian Division
7th Australian Division
19th Indian Division
77th Chindit Brigade
4th NW Frontier Base Force
IV Indian Corps
XXXIII Indian Corps
14th Army
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
III Indian Corps
XV Indian Corps
106th RAF Base Force
2/11th Field Regiment
2/9th Field Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
RAF 221 Group Base Force
AHQ Bengal
2/13th Field Regiment
8th Medium Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
48th Division
38th Division
2nd Guards Division
53rd Division
2nd Tank Division
9th
5th Guards Division
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
31st Field AA Battalion
34th Field AA Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
15th Army
32nd Field AA Battalion
55th Mountain Gun Regiment




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Sub attack near Iba at 76,74

Japanese Ships
E Takashima
E Hoko

Allied Ships
SS Seahorse



SS Seahorse launches 6 torpedoes at E Takashima
Seahorse diving deep ....
E Takashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Takashima fails to find sub and abandons search
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko attacking submerged sub ....
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

not a surprising result... when we hit we get duds in 90% of the time when we fire at destroyers or E and the rest of the time we get misses... amazing considering a 50% dud rate...

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Submarine attack near Bathurst Island at 77,123

Japanese Ships
SS RO-101

Allied Ships
LCT-168



LCT-168 is sighted by SS RO-101
SS RO-101 cannot acquire firing solution on enemy LCT


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Submarine attack near Bathurst Island at 77,123

Japanese Ships
SS RO-101

Allied Ships
LCT-162, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage



LCT-162 is sighted by SS RO-101
SS RO-101 attacking LCT-162 on the surface

also amazing that none of my half dozen subs or any of my ASW TFs ever attack one of these RO class subs in shallow water between Gove and Bathurst... they attack our LCTs on a daily basis though...

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Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 70,74

Japanese Ships
TK Chuko Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
TK Kinrei Maru
DD Yukaze

Allied Ships
SS Jack



SS Jack launches 6 torpedoes at TK Chuko Maru
Jack diving deep ....
DD Yukaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yukaze loses contact with SS Jack
SS Jack eludes ASW attack from DD Yukaze
DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yukaze attacking submerged sub ....
SS Jack eludes DD Yukaze by diving deep
DD Yukaze cannot reach attack position over SS Jack
DD Yukaze loses contact with SS Jack
DD Yukaze cannot reach attack position over SS Jack
SS Jack eludes ASW attack from DD Yukaze
DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

consolation prize...

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Pre-Invasion action off Manus
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

8 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
CL Concord
CL Marblehead
CL Detroit
CL Raleigh
CL Richmond
LST-23
LST-20
LST-18



CL Concord firing at 3rd Indpt SNLF Coy
CL Marblehead firing at 3rd Indpt SNLF Coy
CL Detroit firing at 5th JNAF Coy
CL Raleigh firing at 5th JNAF Coy
CL Richmond firing at 5th JNAF Coy

landing troops to take the island North of Rabaul...

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Amphibious Assault at Manus

TF 109 troops unloading over beach at Manus, 101,119


Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)


20mm Mk4 Oerlikon dropped into water during unload of 113th USAAF Base Force /1
Motorized Support damaged beyond repair during unload of 113th USAAF Base Force /5

all troops came ashore today... easy task with a small number of troops while using APA/LST... have I mentioned that I love these ships?

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Sub attack near Nagoya at 110,62

Japanese Ships
DD Shiokaze
DD Yamagumo
DD Numakaze

Allied Ships
SS Sunfish



SS Sunfish launches 6 torpedoes at DD Shiokaze
Sunfish 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 ....
SS Sunfish eludes DD Numakaze by diving deep
SS Sunfish eludes ASW attack from DD Numakaze
SS Sunfish eludes ASW attack from DD Numakaze
DD Numakaze cannot establish contact with SS Sunfish
DD Numakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

as usual...
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Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 20


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
20 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, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes

as usual too...

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Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 1
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 1



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 21


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




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

CAP engaged:
77th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (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 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 36 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (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 36740
Raid is overhead

ditto...

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Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 45,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 2
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 4
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 4



Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 21


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 2 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed
Ki-61-Ia Tony: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
17 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet

CAP engaged:
286 Ku S-1 with A6M5 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 38500
Raid is overhead
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)
(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 36750
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ia Tony (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 37730
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes

three squadrons, three sweeps... the fragments of the three squadrons are missing...

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Morning Air attack on 86th Naval Guard Unit, at 114,137 (Tulagi)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 45


Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 8 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking Kure 5th SNLF ...
Also attacking 86th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking Kure 5th SNLF ...
Also attacking 86th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking Kure 5th SNLF ...
Also attacking 86th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking Kure 5th SNLF ...

attack bombers SUCK...

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Morning Air attack on 86th Naval Guard Unit, at 114,137 (Tulagi)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 10


Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Hollandia , at 93,116

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 43


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 43

Aircraft Attacking:
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
14 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
9 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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Morning Air attack on Hollandia , at 93,116

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
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 Hollandia , at 93,116

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 10


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Runway hits 8

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 86th Naval Guard Unit, at 114,137 (Tulagi)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 18


Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 4 damaged

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



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Hollandia , at 93,116

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

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



Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
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 Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 42
B-26 Marauder x 24


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 10 damaged



Port hits 4

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



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 11


No Allied losses



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



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Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 5
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 5



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 6


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed



CAP engaged:
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (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 36740
Raid is overhead
286 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (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 38500
Raid is overhead

the first two fragments...

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Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 5
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3



Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 3


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



CAP engaged:
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters to 38740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes
286 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 38740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes

and the third fighter fragment of three squadrons... this "feature" is ridicoulos and stupid... noone sane can seriously think that WWII fighter squadrons constantly lost two or three fighter of each squadron on their way to the target... 98% of the time, that´s just silly...




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Afternoon Air attack on 16th Chinese Corps, at 64,60

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 20



No Japanese losses


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


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

I can only point out again the strange feature of IJAAF ground attacks against troops happening in clear sky all the time... what is this for a kind of joke? Bases are sucked in most of the time but as soon as troops leave a base they are in clear sky all the time? Flaw...

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 28


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 17
Port hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
9 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
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



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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
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 Dobo , at 83,116

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 32


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D 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 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 54

Aircraft Attacking:
12 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
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 Dobo , at 83,116

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 11


No Allied losses



Runway hits 21

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 Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 11


No Allied losses



Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
11 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 17 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 11


No Allied losses



Port hits 1

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



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Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 70,74

Japanese Ships
PB Saiko Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
TK Chuko Maru, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Jack



SS Jack launches 6 torpedoes at PB Saiko Maru
Sub escapes detection

after the tanker was hit earlier today, we also finish it´s escort...

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Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 32270 troops, 615 guns, 778 vehicles, Assault Value = 1234

Defending force 33434 troops, 344 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 939



Assaulting units:
27th Infantry Division
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
37th Infantry Division
151st Combat Engineer Regiment
7th Infantry Division
109th USN Base Force
258th USAAF Base Force
I US Corps
147th USA Base Force

Defending units:
83rd Naval Guard Unit
Maizuru 1st SNLF
144th Infantry Regiment
4th Division
84th Naval Guard Unit
82nd Naval Guard Unit
Sasebo 5th SNLF
87th Naval Guard Unit
50th Field AA Battalion
2nd Provisional Base Force
5th Naval Construction Battalion
6th Naval Construction Battalion
43rd JNAF AF Unit
14th Naval Construction Battalion
12th Naval Construction Battalion
39th Field AA Battalion
201st JAAF AF Bn
44th JNAF AF Unit
55th JNAF AF Unit
56th Field AA Battalion
7th Naval Construction Battalion
9th RF Gun Battalion
49th Field AA Battalion
5th Air Div /1






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Sub attack near Dadjangas at 77,94

Japanese Ships
TK Bushu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Isshin Maru
E Kuretake
E Wakatake

Allied Ships
SS Gurnard



SS Gurnard launches 6 torpedoes at TK Bushu Maru
Gurnard diving deep ....
E Kuretake fails to find sub and abandons search
E Wakatake fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Wakatake fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Wakatake attacking submerged sub ....
E Wakatake is out of ASW ammo
E Wakatake is out of ASW ammo
E Wakatake fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Wakatake fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Wakatake fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

second tanker in two days, good work... Wakatake had no DCs left...

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Sub attack near Cape Gloucester at 101,124

Japanese Ships
SS I-174

Allied Ships
DD Anderson
BB Prince of Wales
BC Repulse

CA Canberra
CA Quincy
CL Cleveland
CLAA San Juan
DD Drayton
DD Cummings
DD O'Brien
DD Russell



SS I-174 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Anderson
I-174 diving deep ....
DD Drayton attacking submerged sub ....
DD Cummings fails to find sub and abandons search
DD O'Brien fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Russell fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Drayton fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Russell fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Drayton fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Drayton fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Drayton fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Drayton attacking submerged sub ....
DD Drayton attacking submerged sub ....
DD Drayton fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

our TFs that covered the Manus invasion are already heading back to Milne Bay together with the amphib TF and one of the heavy groups is targetted by a sub...

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Sub attack near Kobe at 107,61

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-22
SC CHa-38
SC CHa-28

Allied Ships
SS Wahoo



SS Wahoo launches 6 torpedoes at SC CHa-22
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-28 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC CHa-28 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-28 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-28 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-28 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-28 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Long Island at 100,123

Japanese Ships
SS I-174

Allied Ships
CV Wasp
BB Indiana
CA Salt Lake City
CA Chicago
CA Indianapolis
DD Monssen
DD Gillespie
DD McCalla
DD Buchanan
DD Aaron Ward



SS I-174 launches 6 torpedoes at CV Wasp
I-174 diving deep ....
DD Gillespie fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD McCalla fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Buchanan fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Aaron Ward fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Gillespie fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD McCalla fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Gillespie fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Gillespie fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Gillespie fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Gillespie fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Gillespie fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

WOW! Torps missed! It´s once again amazing to me that my TFs are attacked by the only two enemy subs in this area (spotted both of them yesterday) and something like a 80-90 DDs that are covering my capitol ships once again weren´t able to prevent the subs from attacking... while the SC TF had only a DD targetted, this time Wasp was the target... plain luck that the carrier could evade the torps... having another fleet carrier knocked out would be bad, really bad... both carriers in the yards are still heavily damaged, still in need of 4 months of repairs...

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Submarine attack near Gove at 80,124

Japanese Ships
SS RO-60

Allied Ships
LCT-148, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled


LCT-148 is sighted by SS RO-60
SS RO-60 attacking LCT-148 on the surface

and hey, neither my subs nor my ASW TFs can do anything against the enemy subs in shallow water (staying in the same hexes all the time) that are picking off my LCT...
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Sub attack near Dadjangas at 80,94

Japanese Ships
TK Katsukawa Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Isshin Maru
PB Heizan Maru
E Kuretake

Allied Ships
SS Searaven



SS Searaven launches 4 torpedoes at TK Katsukawa Maru
Searaven diving deep ....
E Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kuretake attacking submerged sub ....
E Kuretake is out of ASW ammo
E Kuretake is out of ASW ammo
E Kuretake attacking submerged sub ....
E Kuretake is out of ASW ammo
E Kuretake is out of ASW ammo
E Kuretake is out of ASW ammo
E Kuretake is out of ASW ammo
E Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

also Kuretake ran out of DC in no time after one of the tankers got sunk... wow, that´s number three in two days... must be my monthly lucky time...

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Sub attack near Tokara Retto at 100,63

Japanese Ships
TK Kyoie Maru
PB Heiei Maru #7

Allied Ships
SS Steelhead



SS Steelhead launches 6 torpedoes at TK Kyoie Maru
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

guess number four in two days would have been too much, torps were duds...

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Sub attack near Moppo at 100,52

Japanese Ships
E Tobui
PB Nanei Maru
PB America Maru

Allied Ships
SS Cabrilla, hits 6



SS Cabrilla launches 6 torpedoes at E Tobui
Cabrilla bottoming out ....
E Tobui attacking submerged sub ....
PB America Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Tobui attacking submerged sub ....
PB America Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
E Tobui fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Tobui fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Tobui fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

in return, we have Cabrilla knocked out...

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Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 38,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 35



Allied aircraft
Hurricane XIIb x 1


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



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

CAP engaged:
No.14 Sqn RCAF with Hurricane XIIb (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

leaking Cap from Toungoo... only the Canadian Hurricane squadron is leaking out all the time...

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Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 39,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 3



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 2
Hurricane IIc Trop x 2


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



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

CAP engaged:
No.5 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 33 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 7 minutes
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, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 35600
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
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
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes

followed by some more Hurris... it seems to be hardcoded (for what funny reason ever) or it´s a broken routine that sees sweeping squadrons ALWAYS losing a couple of their fighters... "works" for both sides...

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Morning Air attack on 57th Chinese Corps, at 64,60

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 25
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 26



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


Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 11000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
26 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 9th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 57th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 9th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 57th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 9th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 57th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 57th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 9th Chinese Corps ...

CLEAR SKY??? sorry, but there´s something seriously wrong... go through the 27 pages of this AAR and count the endless numbers of IJAAF ground attacks on my troops OUTSIDE of bases that happened in CLEAR SKY! It´s only happening in clear sky, while all bases on the map are sucked in in bad weather 90% of the time... but attacking LCUs outside of bases results in clear sky attacks all the time (or how many times? 99 out of 100?)... FLAWED!

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Morning Air attack on 59th Chinese Corps, at 65,60

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 25



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ...

other hex, same stupid clear sky... funny, am I the only one to notice such things?

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Morning Air attack on 86th Naval Guard Unit, at 114,137 (Tulagi)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 24


Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking Kure 5th SNLF ...
Also attacking 86th Naval Guard Unit ...

as long as LCUs are at a base, you get the same weather attacking them as you get when attacking the base...

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Morning Air attack on 86th Naval Guard Unit, at 114,137 (Tulagi)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 24


Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed

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



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking Kure 5th SNLF ...
Also attacking 86th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking Kure 5th SNLF ...
Also attacking 86th Naval Guard Unit ...

the super Japanese AA experts strike again... just for the record, for the 26th time, Tulagi has been cut off and bombed for months and the two crappy units there barely got a handful of 13mm MGs, yet they are shooting up my stupid attack bombers at a rate that can´t be compared to 250 Allied 3.7 inch guns firing at flying tanks aka Helen/Sally/Lily at 10000ft when they bomb Toungoo...

I have lost 6 (in words: SIX) of the stupid attack bombers over Tulagi again... and now please tell me that the bug fix isn´t only changing the non working hardcoding of attack bombers attacking at 100ft but also how attack bombers work (and therefore how enemy flak works firing at attack bombers) because as it stands now, you can attack at 100ft with the damned AB, see them "strafing to suppress flak" (the biggest joke message in the game) and two cut off, trashed, crappy IJA units with some 13mm MGs take out halve a dozen of these silly attack bombers without any trouble...

wow, this seriously stinks and is the number one game breaker in this PBEM... like I´ve said, as soon as I´m going to run out of medium level bombers like B-25C this game will probably see an end... just imagine attacking a "real" target at 100ft with these silly attack bombers... 25 out of 50 wouldn´t return...

hopefully the attack bombers are seriously looked at again before releasing the next patch, doesn´t seem like the hardcoded attack alt is the only problem... as it stands now, you just can´t use these bombers at 100ft and after the patch, they are forced to 100ft...





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Morning Air attack on Kure 5th SNLF, at 114,137 (Tulagi)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 10


Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Aitape , at 95,118

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 32
B-24D1 Liberator x 41


Japanese aircraft losses
C5M2 Babs: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

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



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 67

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



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Morning Air attack on Aitape , at 95,118

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 28


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 44

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



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Morning Air attack on 86th Naval Guard Unit, at 114,137 (Tulagi)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 8


Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 86th Naval Guard Unit, at 114,137 (Tulagi)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

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


Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 10


Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 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 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 14
B-26 Marauder x 34


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 6 damaged

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



Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 6 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 21 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 15


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7

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



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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 29


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 18
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 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
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



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Afternoon Air attack on Dobo , at 83,116

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 29


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged

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



Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 69

Aircraft Attacking:
10 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
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 Dobo , at 83,116

Weather in hex: Light cloud

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


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
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: Severe storms

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


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 12


No Allied losses



Port hits 1

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



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Woleai at 97,108

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 82



Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 6


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Japanese Ships
CV Hiryu
CV Soryu



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

CAP engaged:
Akagi-1 with A6M5 Zero (4 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 3000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes
Kaga-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36750 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 38500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
Shokaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
Zuikaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
Ryujo-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 6 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 between 6000 and 38500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
Shoho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 4 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 6000 , scrambling fighters to 7000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes
Zuiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes
Taiho-1 with A6M5 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 38500 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 38500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes

we´ve spotted KB... 6 CVs and 4 CVL/CVE scrambled fighters on Cap but 85 of the new IJNAF fighters weren´t able to stop only 6 of the USN heavy bombers... our formation was shot up badly though while losing halve of the bombers in the end for no hit... I had a heart attack earlier this turn when CV Wasp was targetted by the IJN sub and Rainer´s blood pressure probably whent up when he saw 5 out of 6 bombers breaking through his Cap to miss with their bombs... it was more than a pity to only see 6 out of 48 bombers in range actually attacking... what kind of target does it take to see my bombers launching an attack? There is no higher value target than KB... grr... it was good for the game probably, what could I say when 48 bomber attack KB and put a dozen bombs into the carriers...

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Sub attack near Nakadori-jima at 101,56

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-56, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
SC Ch 40

Allied Ships
SS Greenling, hits 2



SS Greenling launches 6 torpedoes at SC CHa-56
Greenling diving deep ....
SC Ch 40 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 40 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 40 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 40 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 40 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 40 is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub


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Ground combat at Manus (101,119)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 7445 troops, 71 guns, 115 vehicles, Assault Value = 152

Defending force 416 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 12

Allied adjusted assault: 68

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 68 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Manus !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
251 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled


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


Assaulting units:
3rd Australian Brigade
113th USAAF Base Force
4th RAN Base Force

Defending units:
3rd Indpt SNLF Coy
5th JNAF Coy

the two units defending the base were easily beaten...

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Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 32367 troops, 615 guns, 778 vehicles, Assault Value = 1244

Defending force 33328 troops, 344 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 934



Assaulting units:
37th Infantry Division
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
151st Combat Engineer Regiment
27th Infantry Division
7th Infantry Division
109th USN Base Force
I US Corps
258th USAAF Base Force
147th USA Base Force

Defending units:
4th Division
84th Naval Guard Unit
82nd Naval Guard Unit
83rd Naval Guard Unit
144th Infantry Regiment
Sasebo 5th SNLF
Maizuru 1st SNLF
87th Naval Guard Unit
49th Field AA Battalion
5th Naval Construction Battalion
50th Field AA Battalion
14th Naval Construction Battalion
43rd JNAF AF Unit
55th JNAF AF Unit
44th JNAF AF Unit
9th RF Gun Battalion
7th Naval Construction Battalion
12th Naval Construction Battalion
56th Field AA Battalion
6th Naval Construction Battalion
2nd Provisional Base Force
201st JAAF AF Bn
39th Field AA Battalion
5th Air Div /1






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Sub attack near Bathurst Island at 78,123

Japanese Ships
SS RO-60

Allied Ships
LCT-149



SS RO-60 attacking LCT-149 on the surface
SS RO-60 low on gun ammo, Kasai B. breaks off surface engagement and submerges

Could any of my subs or ASW TFs that are daily moving around in the same hexes as the enemy subs attack them?

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Submarine attack near Bathurst Island at 78,123

Japanese Ships
SS RO-60

Allied Ships
LCT-149



LCT-149 is sighted by SS RO-60
SS RO-60 attacking LCT-149 on the surface
SS RO-60 low on gun ammo, Kasai B. breaks off surface engagement and submerges


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Submarine attack near Bathurst Island at 78,123

Japanese Ships
SS RO-60

Allied Ships
LCT-354



LCT-354 is sighted by SS RO-60
SS RO-60 attacking LCT-354 on the surface
SS RO-60 low on gun ammo, Kasai B. breaks off surface engagement and submerges

but hey, each LCT TF that runs through this 45 mile hex is spotted and attacked by the enemy sub... amazing...

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Submarine attack near Bathurst Island at 78,123

Japanese Ships
SS RO-60

Allied Ships
LCT-128



LCT-128 is sighted by SS RO-60
SS RO-60 attacking LCT-128 on the surface
SS RO-60 low on gun ammo, Kasai B. breaks off surface engagement and submerges

of course also this one... at the same time, at least three DD/SS TF also moved through this hex, one is constantly stationed here... shallow water, never an attack...

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ASW attack near Kanoya at 104,62

Japanese Ships
DD Okikaze
E Kamo

Allied Ships
SS Runner



SS Runner is located by DD Okikaze
Runner diving deep ....
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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Sub attack near Moppo at 99,53

Japanese Ships
xAK Rasin Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Nissen Maru #3
xAK Yuri Maru
PB Ryusei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Greenling



SS Greenling launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Rasin Maru
Greenling 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 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on NCAC , at 64,60

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 40,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 37



No Japanese losses



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

Clear sky? Of course it´s clear sky!

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Morning Air attack on Namlea , at 76,108

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 2



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 22


Japanese aircraft losses
J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 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)
(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 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes

now that´s been a surprise... the dive ended after one pass and the two Jacks fought an excellent fight, downing one Lightning immediately with two more being damaged...

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Morning Air attack on Namlea , at 76,108

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 8
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 9



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 21


Japanese aircraft losses
J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed



CAP engaged:
248th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
252 Ku S-1 with J2M2 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes

these enemy fighters had some more problem with the diving Lightnings but also performed quite well in the end... we had so many damaged Lightnings that we lost 10!!! in the end due to operating at max range... our fighters claimed only six enemy fighters so it probably has been a 2+:1 for the enemy... worst result of a Lightning sweep so far... losing ten of the precious fighters is of course a tragedy...

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 39,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 13


No Allied losses



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



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Morning Air attack on NCAC , at 64,60

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 41,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 4



No Japanese losses



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



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12
PV-1 Ventura x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 26

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura 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



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 56
B-26 Marauder x 24
B-26B Marauder x 27


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 9 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged

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



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 32

Aircraft Attacking:
16 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
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



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Morning Air attack on Namlea , at 76,108

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 45,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 12
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 3


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed



CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with J2M2 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 69 minutes
248th 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 10000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes

this is one of the reason for the catastrophe today, the stupid feature of having three fighters always being lost of each squadron...

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Morning Air attack on Namlea , at 76,108

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 9
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 3


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with J2M2 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
248th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes

the two fragments were the ones that probably had three or four out of six fighters lost as all of them were either shot down/damaged ...

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Morning Air attack on 16th Chinese Corps, at 64,60

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 25



No Japanese losses


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


Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...

without words...

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Afternoon Air attack on 9th Chinese Corps, at 64,60

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 20



No Japanese losses


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


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



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Afternoon Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 65,60

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 20



No Japanese losses


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


Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

it´s so stupid, it really hurts... it´s obviously consistent that the IJAAF gets clear sky by default when attacking LCUs outside of bases... I bet that´s true for Allied attacks too, it nevertheless seems to be totally off, considering the rest of the area being sucked up in thunderstorms, but the weather model obviously only "works" over bases or over the ocean but not on the mainland outside of bases... or is there another reason why the IJAAF magically ALWAYS attacks my LCUs outside of bases during clear sky??? the only good thing is that my troops are sitting in jungle hexes, they would get trashed in clear hexes with a hardcoded IJAAF clear sky attack every day...

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Afternoon Air attack on Chiang Mai , at 58,53

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 8
Liberator II x 16
Wellington Ic x 16
Wellington GR.VIII x 16
B-17E Fortress x 23
B-24D1 Liberator x 5
B-25C Mitchell x 32
P-40K Warhawk x 18


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged

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



Airbase hits 32
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 207

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x Wellington GR.VIII bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 250 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 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

Chiang Mai is nuked, clear sky all the time isn´t true for bases in the region... also note that none of the two sides ever gets a radar warning despite having ample radar sets in the area... we´ve got surely more than the Japanese, but we also never get any radar warning from land based radar...

Or how bad has radar to be to miss 130+ aircraft strikes?

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Afternoon Air attack on Chiang Mai , at 58,53

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 8
B-17E Fortress x 11
B-25C Mitchell x 16


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 74

Aircraft Attacking:
11 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



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Afternoon Air attack on Chiang Mai , at 58,53

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 8
B-17E Fortress x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 26

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



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Afternoon Air attack on Chiang Mai , at 58,53

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged



Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 29

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb




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Ground combat at Manus (101,119)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1988 troops, 12 guns, 64 vehicles, Assault Value = 150

Defending force 142 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

Allied adjusted assault: 12

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 12 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), morale(-)
Attacker:

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



Assaulting units:
3rd Australian Brigade
113th USAAF Base Force
4th RAN Base Force

Defending units:
3rd Indpt SNLF Coy
5th JNAF Coy

one unit down, the other to follow soon...

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Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 32437 troops, 615 guns, 778 vehicles, Assault Value = 1250

Defending force 33088 troops, 344 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 933



Assaulting units:
37th Infantry Division
27th Infantry Division
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
151st Combat Engineer Regiment
7th Infantry Division
109th USN Base Force
258th USAAF Base Force
I US Corps
147th USA Base Force

Defending units:
144th Infantry Regiment
Maizuru 1st SNLF
82nd Naval Guard Unit
84th Naval Guard Unit
83rd Naval Guard Unit
4th Division
Sasebo 5th SNLF
87th Naval Guard Unit
14th Naval Construction Battalion
39th Field AA Battalion
6th Naval Construction Battalion
5th Naval Construction Battalion
201st JAAF AF Bn
43rd JNAF AF Unit
49th Field AA Battalion
9th RF Gun Battalion
50th Field AA Battalion
55th JNAF AF Unit
44th JNAF AF Unit
7th Naval Construction Battalion
56th Field AA Battalion
2nd Provisional Base Force
12th Naval Construction Battalion
5th Air Div /1






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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 9/13/2010 10:20:28 AM   
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Submarine attack near Gove at 80,124

Japanese Ships
SS RO-60

Allied Ships
LCT-330



LCT-330 is sighted by SS RO-60
SS RO-60 attacking LCT-330 on the surface
SS RO-60 low on gun ammo, Kasai B. breaks off surface engagement and submerges

I´ve got to do something about the damned RO class subs attacking my LCTs because I haven´t got unlimited replacements... none of my ASW TFs, air search or subs in the area have done anything against them... all is happening in shallow water and the subs are in the same hexes all the time where all my hunter groups are passing over daily...

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Sub attack near Naha at 94,68

Japanese Ships
TK Kyoie Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PB Heiei Maru #7

Allied Ships
SS Growler



SS Growler launches 6 torpedoes at TK Kyoie Maru
Growler 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

scratch another one...

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Submarine attack near Naha at 94,68

Japanese Ships
TK Kyoie Maru, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Growler



TK Kyoie Maru is sighted by SS Growler
SS Growler launches 6 torpedoes

after hitting with two torps, how much sense does it make to fire another 6 torp salvo? The tanker sunk during the next "repair ship damage phase"...


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Sub attack near Torishima at 110,67

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 36
SC Ch 33
SC Ch 27
xAK Tsurushima Maru
xAK Asama Maru #2
xAK Yamayuri Maru
xAK Brasil Maru
xAK Turuga Maru
DD Hatsuyuki
E Hatsutaka
E Niizaki

Allied Ships
SS Snook



Captain of SS Snook elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
DD Hatsuyuki fails to find sub and abandons search
E Hatsutaka fails to find sub and abandons search
E Niizaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Niizaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Niizaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Niizaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Niizaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Niizaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Submarine attack near Tsushima at 102,56

Japanese Ships
xAKL Bunzan Maru
SC CHa-44

Allied Ships
SS Steelhead, hits 4, heavy damage



SS Steelhead is sighted by escort
Steelhead diving deep ....
SC CHa-44 attacking submerged sub ....
SS Steelhead forced to surface!
SC CHa-44 firing on surfaced sub ....
SC CHa-44 firing on surfaced sub ....
SC CHa-44 firing on surfaced sub ....
SC CHa-44 firing on surfaced sub ....
SC CHa-44 firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves

now that´s an amazing one... after seeing this message during the replay, I´ve of course thought the sub would be sunk and I guess that´s what the enemy is thinking too... NO, the sub is still alive! Having a fair chance to make it back home... If subs aren´t sunk immediately, they´re going to make it home most of the time, I´ve already had subs with 90 flt damage being able to return to their homeport several times, amazing considering the distance being 100+ hexes most often...




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Sub attack near Aogashima at 111,66

Japanese Ships
DD Yugiri
AO Toei Maru
AO Shinkoku Maru
AO Kokuyo Maru
DD Yuzuki

Allied Ships
SS Amberjack



SS Amberjack launches 4 torpedoes at DD Yugiri
DD Yuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on NCAC , at 64,60

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 38,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 4



No Japanese losses



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



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Morning Air attack on 80th Chinese Corps, at 63,59

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-IIb Sally x 25
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 26



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
70 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 11000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
26 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 86th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 75th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 86th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 86th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 75th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 86th Chinese Corps ...

it´s nothing but a flaw/bug that LCUs outside of bases are attacked at clear sky all the time...

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Morning Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 65,60

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 25



No Japanese losses


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


Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

no matter where, it´s always clear sky... as soon as you move one hex further into a base, you get the usual "weather model" again... but outside of bases, it´s always clear sky... this sucks...

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 7
B-26 Marauder x 11
B-26B Marauder x 16
F4U-1 Corsair x 13
PV-1 Ventura x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 7 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed



Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 49

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 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



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 14
PV-1 Ventura x 11


No Allied losses



Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x PV-1 Ventura 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: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 9


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PV-1 Ventura 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: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 14
B-26 Marauder x 12


No Allied losses



Runway hits 12

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 NCAC , at 64,60

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 40,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 37



No Japanese losses



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



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Ground combat at Manus (101,119)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1988 troops, 12 guns, 64 vehicles, Assault Value = 151

Defending force 142 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3

Allied adjusted assault: 2

Japanese adjusted defense: 3

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), morale(-)
Attacker:

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


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


Assaulting units:
3rd Australian Brigade
113th USAAF Base Force
4th RAN Base Force

Defending units:
5th JNAF Coy

looks like the bgd wasn´t set to attack... my fault...


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Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 32504 troops, 615 guns, 778 vehicles, Assault Value = 1254

Defending force 32794 troops, 344 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 928

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


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


Assaulting units:
151st Combat Engineer Regiment
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
27th Infantry Division
37th Infantry Division
7th Infantry Division
258th USAAF Base Force
I US Corps
109th USN Base Force
147th USA Base Force

Defending units:
144th Infantry Regiment
84th Naval Guard Unit
Sasebo 5th SNLF
Maizuru 1st SNLF
83rd Naval Guard Unit
4th Division
82nd Naval Guard Unit
87th Naval Guard Unit
5th Naval Construction Battalion
9th RF Gun Battalion
49th Field AA Battalion
39th Field AA Battalion
55th JNAF AF Unit
14th Naval Construction Battalion
44th JNAF AF Unit
7th Naval Construction Battalion
56th Field AA Battalion
201st JAAF AF Bn
43rd JNAF AF Unit
50th Field AA Battalion
6th Naval Construction Battalion
2nd Provisional Base Force
12th Naval Construction Battalion
5th Air Div /1






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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 9/13/2010 10:54:22 AM   
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Regarding subs making it home on 90 floatation, yeah, it does happen occasionally, but they just as often sink if they are that badly stuffed.

The Japs aren't so lucky, Allied damage control is a really major impact.

I just torpedoed Kirishima twice in SOPAC for heavy damage, she must be 30 odd hexes from Rabaul. I don't fancy her chances.

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 9/13/2010 12:01:50 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: EUBanana

Regarding subs making it home on 90 floatation, yeah, it does happen occasionally, but they just as often sink if they are that badly stuffed.

The Japs aren't so lucky, Allied damage control is a really major impact.

I just torpedoed Kirishima twice in SOPAC for heavy damage, she must be 30 odd hexes from Rabaul. I don't fancy her chances.



I´ve lost only around halve a dozen subs at sea so far, so I would rate the chances for subs with 80 flotation as 70% to make it back home to Adak when they are on patrol off Japan. Being already a month ahead the AAR, the sub is still alive.

But Japanese subs seem to be not much different from mine as they usually show up again if they aren´t sunk by my DDs immidietely. Usually my subs end up with flt damage <50 and that means a 97% chance to make it home, I guess I haven´t lost any of them having <50 flt. My subs are sent home damaged at a really high rate though, if I get a sinking for every sub being damaged then I rate it as a success. I don´t even want to think about 44 and all those improved E vessels.

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 9/13/2010 12:14:27 PM   
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A Japanese sub with 80+ floatation is very likely to sink on its way home. 70- and they usualy make it. It varies with system damage of course.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 25, 43
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TF 155 encounters mine field at Miri (64,87)

Japanese Ships
PB Hakata Maru #7, Mine hits 1, heavy damage

Argonaut visited Miri to lay 60 Mk12 mines... wanted to hit some tankers but we sink a PB instead... guess that´s going to be the only victim, Rainer sure has AM on their way already...


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Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 22


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




Aircraft Attacking:
20 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



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Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 2
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 2
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 1



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 20


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed




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

CAP engaged:
77th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (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 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 42 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (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 36740
Raid is overhead
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
Raid is overhead
50th 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 36740
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes

we get the usual sweep "strike packages" with our squadrons losing their usual three fighters each...

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Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 45,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 6
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 4
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 4



Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 22


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-61-Ia Tony: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
10 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet

CAP engaged:
77th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (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 36750
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ia Tony (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 37730
Raid is overhead
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
286 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 38500 and 41740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 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 42740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes

and it was the usual dive massacre, even here when I feared to run out of the dive, the Lightnings got the never ending dive and they achieve a clear victory... we´ve still not come up with an acceptable hr and after experimenting around with the altitudes again (yes, low alt, high alt, mixed alt, layered Cap and all the stuff) we both again came to the conclusion that max alt still is the best...

and we also came to the conclusion that land based radar isn´t working at all in this PBEM, we never get it to work, no matter if two dozen Allied radar sets or a couple of Japanese... hopefully this get´s nailed with the next patch...


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Morning Air attack on NCAC , at 63,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 39,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 4



No Japanese losses



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



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Morning Air attack on 76th Chinese Corps, at 63,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 25
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 25



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


Allied ground losses:
65 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 11000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
25 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 9th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 57th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 76th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 9th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 76th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 9th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 57th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 76th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 9th Chinese Corps ...

same as this "clear sky" outside of bases 100% of the time...


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Morning Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 65,60

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 25



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

other hex, but also clear sky... wonder why there aren´t more people noticing things like this?


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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12
B-26B Marauder x 16
PV-1 Ventura x 23


No Allied losses

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



Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 29

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-26B 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



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 14
B-26 Marauder x 12
PV-1 Ventura x 11


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 8 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 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 2
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x PV-1 Ventura 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



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Morning Air attack on Koepang , at 68,116

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 53


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-57-II Topsy: 5 destroyed on ground
J1N1-C Irving: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged

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



Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 63

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Koepang is visited and we achieve a nice result... recon indicates nearly 90.000 troops on Timor, you can truly speak about "fortress Timor"...

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Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61

Weather in hex: Severe storms

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 1
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 1
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 2



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 6


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61-Ia Tony: 1 destroyed




CAP engaged:
286 Ku S-1 with A6M5 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 38500 , scrambling fighters to 41000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 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 36500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes
77th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (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 36750 , scrambling fighters to 42000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ia Tony (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 37730 , scrambling fighters to 37000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (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 36740 , scrambling fighters to 39740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 94 minutes

here come the first 2x3 fighters...


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Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3



Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 3


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




CAP engaged:
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (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 36740 , scrambling fighters to 36740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes

and the second three... this should be fixed too because it´s stupid... squadrons didn´t lose 10% of their aircraft in near every strike... didn´t happen, people knew how to fly together... and the worst thing about all this, these three Ligthning squadrons are the creme de la creme of Allied fighter pilots, so we´re not talking about a bunch of noobs coming out of flight school...




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Morning Air attack on NCAC , at 63,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 42,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 37



No Japanese losses



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



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Afternoon Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

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


Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 16
Wellington GR.VIII x 16
B-17E Fortress x 46
B-24D1 Liberator x 16
B-25C Mitchell x 32
P-40K Warhawk x 18


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 6 damaged

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



Airbase hits 20
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 61

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x Wellington GR.VIII bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 250 lb GP Bomb
11 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-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 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
11 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



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Afternoon Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 16


No Allied losses



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2

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: Thunderstorms

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


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 45


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 36

Aircraft Attacking:
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
12 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

most of the time weather is on the Japanese side...

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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

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 21


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 22

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 Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 16


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 18


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Ground combat at Manus (101,119)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 7448 troops, 72 guns, 116 vehicles, Assault Value = 151

Defending force 141 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

Allied adjusted assault: 125

Japanese adjusted defense: 5

Allied assault odds: 25 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), fatigue(-)
Attacker: fatigue(-)

Japanese ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Assaulting units:
3rd Australian Brigade
113th USAAF Base Force
4th RAN Base Force

Defending units:
5th JNAF Coy


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Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 32512 troops, 615 guns, 778 vehicles, Assault Value = 1254

Defending force 32475 troops, 344 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 926



Assaulting units:
37th Infantry Division
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
151st Combat Engineer Regiment
27th Infantry Division
7th Infantry Division
258th USAAF Base Force
I US Corps
109th USN Base Force
147th USA Base Force

Defending units:
Sasebo 5th SNLF
4th Division
144th Infantry Regiment
82nd Naval Guard Unit
83rd Naval Guard Unit
Maizuru 1st SNLF
84th Naval Guard Unit
87th Naval Guard Unit
201st JAAF AF Bn
14th Naval Construction Battalion
12th Naval Construction Battalion
6th Naval Construction Battalion
43rd JNAF AF Unit
50th Field AA Battalion
2nd Provisional Base Force
7th Naval Construction Battalion
56th Field AA Battalion
39th Field AA Battalion
9th RF Gun Battalion
44th JNAF AF Unit
5th Naval Construction Battalion
49th Field AA Battalion
55th JNAF AF Unit
5th Air Div /1






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Sub attack near Laoag at 80,72

Japanese Ships
PB Heiei Maru #7

Allied Ships
SS Shad



SS Shad launches 6 torpedoes
Shad 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


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Morning Air attack on NCAC , at 63,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 38,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 3



No Japanese losses



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



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Morning Air attack on 59th Chinese Corps, at 63,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 25
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 27



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


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


Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 11000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
27 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 7th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 7th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ...

just had the confirmation on the tech forum that this is not working as designed and will be fixed... thanks michaelm

until then, my Chinese forces will really suffer form the IJAAF attacks, unlike in this hex (jungle or wood) my LCUs are hit very hard when they are in a clear hex, most often losing 30 combat squads per attack as is happening in the weeks until the AAR has caught up with the game... oh well, glad it got nailed and gets fixed...


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Morning Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 64,60

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 25



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 34


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged

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



Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x PV-1 Ventura 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: Light rain

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 14
B-26 Marauder x 12
B-26B Marauder x 16


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 39

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-26B 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



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 6 damaged



Runway hits 20

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 70th Chinese Corps, at 64,60

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 29



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
76 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
29 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on NCAC , at 63,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 38,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 35



No Japanese losses



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



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Afternoon Air attack on Saumlaki , at 78,117

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

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


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 21
B-24D1 Liberator x 17


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 9
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 81

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
12 x B-24D 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

the only thing that is preventing us from doing damage like in this attack is the bad weather in 4 out of 5 attacks...


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Afternoon Air attack on Saumlaki , at 78,117

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

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


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 21
B-24D1 Liberator x 12


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

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



Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 32

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



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Afternoon Air attack on Hollandia , at 93,116

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 54


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged



Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 54

Aircraft Attacking:
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
10 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
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

overall a "good weather day"...

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Afternoon Air attack on Saumlaki , at 78,117

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 34


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 25

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



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Ground combat at Manus (101,119)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 7440 troops, 72 guns, 116 vehicles, Assault Value = 151

Defending force 98 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Allied adjusted assault: 122

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 122 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
73 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Assaulting units:
3rd Australian Brigade
113th USAAF Base Force
4th RAN Base Force

Defending units:
5th JNAF Coy /1

pretty tough unit but I guess it will be destroyed soon...

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Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 32612 troops, 615 guns, 778 vehicles, Assault Value = 1261

Defending force 32232 troops, 344 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 929

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



Assaulting units:
151st Combat Engineer Regiment
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
37th Infantry Division
27th Infantry Division
7th Infantry Division
258th USAAF Base Force
I US Corps
109th USN Base Force
147th USA Base Force

Defending units:
84th Naval Guard Unit
82nd Naval Guard Unit
83rd Naval Guard Unit
Maizuru 1st SNLF
Sasebo 5th SNLF
144th Infantry Regiment
4th Division
87th Naval Guard Unit
2nd Provisional Base Force
44th JNAF AF Unit
201st JAAF AF Bn
50th Field AA Battalion
7th Naval Construction Battalion
14th Naval Construction Battalion
5th Naval Construction Battalion
39th Field AA Battalion
9th RF Gun Battalion
56th Field AA Battalion
49th Field AA Battalion
12th Naval Construction Battalion
43rd JNAF AF Unit
55th JNAF AF Unit
6th Naval Construction Battalion
5th Air Div /1


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Ground combat at Talasea (103,125)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 333 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19

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

Allied adjusted assault: 18

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 18 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Talasea !!!

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



Assaulting units:
1st Fiji Commando Bn /1

dropping a para unit onto this dot base, this should prevent the Japanese at Rabaul from retreating towards this dot base... when Rabaul falls (whenever that will be...) then the enemy units there will be destroyed one after another... or I keep on wrecking my divisions there...


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Sub attack near Balabac at 69,84

Japanese Ships
PB Kyo Maru #12

Allied Ships
SS Skipjack



SS Skipjack launches 4 torpedoes at PB Kyo Maru #12
PB Kyo Maru #12 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kyo Maru #12 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kyo Maru #12 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kyo Maru #12 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kyo Maru #12 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near San Clemente Island at 225,79

Japanese Ships
SS I-3

Allied Ships
DE Litchfield



SS I-3 launches 4 torpedoes
I-3 diving deep ....
DE Litchfield attacking submerged sub ....
DE Litchfield cannot reach attack position over SS I-3
DE Litchfield cannot establish contact with SS I-3
DE Litchfield fails to find sub, continues to search...
DE Litchfield fails to find sub, continues to search...
DE Litchfield fails to find sub, continues to search...
DE Litchfield fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Brunei at 64,84

Japanese Ships
DD Murakumo
DD Ikazuchi
DD Isonami

Allied Ships
SS Rasher, hits 4



SS Rasher launches 4 torpedoes at DD Murakumo
DD Murakumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Murakumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
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...
Escort abandons search for sub

the sub is crippled, 50flt... heading home...

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TF 68 encounters mine field at Miri (64,87)

Japanese Ships
AMc Wa 19



1 mine cleared

as expected, the enemy is clearing our mines at Miri... only one mine is cleared?

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Morning Air attack on I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion, at 56,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 38,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 40



Allied aircraft
Hurricane XIIb x 2


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)
(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 36000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes

sweep against one of my units outside a base, as usual the Canadian´s are leaking out of Toungoo (one of nearly two dozen fighter squadrons)... and they pay for it... as usual...

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Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 11 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 22


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



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

CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (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 36740
Raid is overhead

we do the same with the enemy Tojos...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 21



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

wonder why the enemy medium bombers constantly achieve better results than my 4E that have flown hundreds of missions already... must have some laser guided bombs... we are talking about a level 1 airfield here...

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Morning Air attack on 75th Chinese Corps, at 62,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 25



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 11000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 76th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 75th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 76th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 75th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 64,60

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 25



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 12


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x PV-1 Ventura 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: Light rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 14
PV-1 Ventura x 22


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 31

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 16


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 24


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 6 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 144th Infantry Regiment ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 144th Infantry Regiment ...


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Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 3
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 1



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 6


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed



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

CAP engaged:
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, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 37730
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes
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, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
286 Ku S-1 with A6M5 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 38500
Raid is overhead

the second "strike" goes in, this time the two 2x3 fragments go in before the second main strike... pff... ridicoulos...

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Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 2
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 1



Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 25


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-61-Ia Tony: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
25 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet

CAP engaged:
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ia Tony (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 37730
Raid is overhead
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (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 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
286 Ku S-1 with A6M5 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 38500 , scrambling fighters to 39000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 59 minutes

then the full P-38H squadron...


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Morning Air attack on Luangprabang , at 63,55

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 29



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



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 36

Aircraft Attacking:
29 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

you can´t complain about these strikes I guess, lots of hits, bad weather, "crappy" bombers... would be cool to see my 4Es constantly achieving such hit rates...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Bangkok at 56,62

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 6
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 9
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 4



Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 12
Liberator GR.III x 12
B-17E Fortress x 9


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator GR.III: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Genzan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Sumatra Maru
xAK Oregon Maru
xAK Cuba Maru



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
8 x Liberator GR.III bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
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
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
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (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 6000
Raid is overhead
286 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 38000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes

wow! I first was shocked to see some of my bombers launch to attack Bangkok but as soon as the air engagement was over I knew why... naval attack, I had my bombers on nav/airfield attack and had the range wrong, therefore ending up at Bangkok... intel indicates more than 200 enemy fighters at Bangkok and that´s the reason why we NEVER have attacked Bangkok directly so far and I was totally surprised to see only 19 enemy fighters in the air to meet our strike... what also surprised me was the fact that the Liberator GR.III is a flying death trap, these bombers fall out of the sky like flies, it´s nearly the same when a P-47D is firing at a Lily... first I´ve thought this was pure luck on the Japanese side, to later check the aircraft stats and this Brit Liberator shows up without any armor... I´m not really familar with the British bomber types, with radar, 250lb bombs and extreme range this bomber really looks like one of these long range patrol bombers hunting U-boats but is definetely not suited to attack any target if there is any enemy resistance... it really looks like that armor 1 always has been underrated by me, I thought durabilty would be the number one factor to keep my aircraft flying, but in this case, these Liberators are really shot down easily and the only thing different to other Libs is the missing armor...

anyway, we lose 5 out of 12 attacking Liberator GR.III and all our bombers together score one 500lb bomb hit on the enemy freighters... what is really important though is see how few enemy fighters were in the air, this means that Bangkok has just lost the reputation of a "nogo target" and will soon be visited by 75 P-38 followed by 150 heavy/medium bombers... waiting for the right weather(forecast) to attack in thunderstorms probably...


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Morning Air attack on TF, near Bangkok at 56,62

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 6
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 9
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 4



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9
B-24D1 Liberator x 12


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Sumatra Maru
xAK Genzan Maru, heavy fires
xAK Cuba Maru
PB Yamahagi Maru #3, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Oregon Maru



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
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
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
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (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 6000
Raid is overhead
286 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (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 38500
Raid is overhead

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Genzan Maru

while the Brit Liberators really suffered, the Fortresses fly just through the enemy formations as if they wouldn´t exist... another bomb hit is scored...
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Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 22


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




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)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 67 minutes



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Afternoon Air attack on 99th Chinese Corps, at 65,61

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 31



No Japanese losses


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


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



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Afternoon Air attack on 16th Chinese Corps, at 63,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 17



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Bangkok at 56,62

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 7
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 10
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 5



Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 12
B-17E Fortress x 25


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 15 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Cuba Maru
xAK Genzan Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Oregon Maru
xAK Sumatra Maru



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (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 36740
Raid is overhead
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
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (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 6000
Raid is overhead
286 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38500
Raid is overhead

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Genzan Maru

we also launch in the afternoon to score another bomb hit... these bombers usually are fighter prove...

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Bangkok at 56,62

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 1
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 3



Allied aircraft
Liberator GR.III x 8
B-17E Fortress x 8
B-24D1 Liberator x 11


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61-Ia Tony: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator GR.III: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Cuba Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Oregon Maru
xAK Sumatra Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Liberator GR.III bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 81 minutes
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ia Tony (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 37730 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 73 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 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 139 minutes
286 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes

wasn´t amazed to see the fragile Brits again but was glad that none of the Wellingtons or B-25C joined the attack as these bombers more or less can´t be replaced (the Wellingtons can with a very limited rated but every B-25C lost is gone forever)... we´ve lost over a monthly replacement of Liberator GR.III today though, so all JFB´s out there, every time you take down a dozen 4Es (can be done) or even destroy a bigger number on the ground, you have really hurt the enemy... I´m in mid 43 and am still short of everything and this won´t change until mid 44... (ok not everything - Hellcats are supplied en masse for example)

note that Bangkok is the numero uno airbase in this region for the enemy and he surely has lots of radar there, yet it fails again, like it always does... I´ve already started to move 4 DDs each to bases near the front and where I can afford to do so to have sea based radar in the hex, hoping to get a better pre warning then, land based radar isn´t working at all for us...




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Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 32738 troops, 615 guns, 778 vehicles, Assault Value = 1274

Defending force 31681 troops, 342 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 923



Assaulting units:
37th Infantry Division
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
151st Combat Engineer Regiment
27th Infantry Division
7th Infantry Division
I US Corps
258th USAAF Base Force
109th USN Base Force
147th USA Base Force

Defending units:
144th Infantry Regiment
84th Naval Guard Unit
4th Division
Maizuru 1st SNLF
82nd Naval Guard Unit
Sasebo 5th SNLF
83rd Naval Guard Unit
87th Naval Guard Unit
201st JAAF AF Bn
55th JNAF AF Unit
56th Field AA Battalion
5th Naval Construction Battalion
44th JNAF AF Unit
7th Naval Construction Battalion
6th Naval Construction Battalion
43rd JNAF AF Unit
50th Field AA Battalion
39th Field AA Battalion
14th Naval Construction Battalion
49th Field AA Battalion
9th RF Gun Battalion
12th Naval Construction Battalion
5th Air Div /1






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wasn´t amazed to see the fragile Brits again but was glad that none of the Wellingtons or B-25C joined the attack as these bombers more or less can´t be replaced (the Wellingtons can with a very limited rated but every B-25C lost is gone forever)... we´ve lost over a monthly replacement of Liberator GR.III today though, so all JFB´s out there, every time you take down a dozen 4Es (can be done) or even destroy a bigger number on the ground, you have really hurt the enemy... I´m in mid 43 and am still short of everything and this won´t change until mid 44... (ok not everything - Hellcats are supplied en masse for example)


Indeed, I don't think most Japanese players appreciate just how few 4Es the Allies have. Losses of 10-15 a month are unsustainable for the Allies at any point in 1942, and thats including ops losses. You really dont need to nail many of them to have an impact.

I use Wimpeys for night bombing exclusively, btw. They are very good at that.

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ORIGINAL: castor troy

wasn´t amazed to see the fragile Brits again but was glad that none of the Wellingtons or B-25C joined the attack as these bombers more or less can´t be replaced (the Wellingtons can with a very limited rated but every B-25C lost is gone forever)... we´ve lost over a monthly replacement of Liberator GR.III today though, so all JFB´s out there, every time you take down a dozen 4Es (can be done) or even destroy a bigger number on the ground, you have really hurt the enemy... I´m in mid 43 and am still short of everything and this won´t change until mid 44... (ok not everything - Hellcats are supplied en masse for example)


Indeed, I don't think most Japanese players appreciate just how few 4Es the Allies have. Losses of 10-15 a month are unsustainable for the Allies at any point in 1942, and thats including ops losses. You really dont need to nail many of them to have an impact.

I use Wimpeys for night bombing exclusively, btw. They are very good at that.


neither me nor my opponent have flown a single night attack so far and I think it´s good the way it is because otherwise I guess we would soon not only end up in "strato airwar in the Pacific" but also "night bombing only in the Pacific" because my opponent can be sure about the fact that if he sends two sentais of Helens to do a night bombing strike then I´m going to retaliate that with a 150 4E night bombing strike.

Losing a single 4E in 42 is a real pain, now that I´m in mid 43 it looks far better of course but with the attack bomber issue, I´ve just not got enough 4E bombers at all, let alone the British types when you only get 4 each MONTH, so losing 5 in a no result attack is painful, very painful.


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I cancelled the B25 factory upgrade so it looks like I'll be getting about 75 USAAF bombers a month in 1943 in total. It seems like a lot! Not sure if it'll be enough though, I assume the scale of the Japanese in 1943 goes up somewhat as well.

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I cancelled the B25 factory upgrade so it looks like I'll be getting about 75 USAAF bombers a month in 1943 in total. It seems like a lot! Not sure if it'll be enough though, I assume the scale of the Japanese in 1943 goes up somewhat as well.



Lucky you, the tip about the factory upgrade was too late for me, now the USN Venturas will be the main medium bomber on the map for me, with something like 6 or 7 squadrons (12 bombers each) until mid 44. Another 6 squadrons are flying Liberators and these 72 bombers (for the whole map) are my "we scare away enemy shipping to not have them coming into 17 hexes range" weapon. But that´s it then.

If the patch isn´t coming up with a good solution for attack bombers then I´m pretty much screwed as I just need medium bombers to fight the Japanese, the 4Es alone won´t do the trick. Don´t get me wrong, the 4Es are great but I need medium bombers for my frontline airfields that aren´t level 8 or 9 right from the start so the 4Es will always be stationed in the second line of my bases. So I´m hoping to not only see the attack alt of attack bombers being changed, but also how the whole routine works because as it is now, when my bombers attack at 100ft then they are shot to pieces by a handful of 13mm MGs, as all this "attack bomber strafing to suppress flak" isn´t working at all. 50 attack bombers with 8 center lined cal.50 attacking two cut off IJN crap units are normally being shot up by halve a dozen 13mm MGs and that´s surely not what I want to see. Don´t even want to imagine what happens if I would use the attack crap bombers to attack an airfield that actually is "defended".

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I cancelled the B25 factory upgrade so it looks like I'll be getting about 75 USAAF bombers a month in 1943 in total. It seems like a lot! Not sure if it'll be enough though, I assume the scale of the Japanese in 1943 goes up somewhat as well.



Lucky you, the tip about the factory upgrade was too late for me, now the USN Venturas will be the main medium bomber on the map for me, with something like 6 or 7 squadrons (12 bombers each) until mid 44. Another 6 squadrons are flying Liberators and these 72 bombers (for the whole map) are my "we scare away enemy shipping to not have them coming into 17 hexes range" weapon. But that´s it then.

If the patch isn´t coming up with a good solution for attack bombers then I´m pretty much screwed as I just need medium bombers to fight the Japanese, the 4Es alone won´t do the trick. Don´t get me wrong, the 4Es are great but I need medium bombers for my frontline airfields that aren´t level 8 or 9 right from the start so the 4Es will always be stationed in the second line of my bases. So I´m hoping to not only see the attack alt of attack bombers being changed, but also how the whole routine works because as it is now, when my bombers attack at 100ft then they are shot to pieces by a handful of 13mm MGs, as all this "attack bomber strafing to suppress flak" isn´t working at all. 50 attack bombers with 8 center lined cal.50 attacking two cut off IJN crap units are normally being shot up by halve a dozen 13mm MGs and that´s surely not what I want to see. Don´t even want to imagine what happens if I would use the attack crap bombers to attack an airfield that actually is "defended".


Yeah, I've seen some Havocs attack bombering in my game and it sucks, they've not hit anything, to the point I'm wondering if they are dropping bombs at all. Level bombers at 1000' seem to hit fairly often, so I woulda thought attack bombers would be better? I assumed that was the very point of the attack bomber designation. And Beaufighters at 100' at least riddle the target with the cannon.

Attack bombers seem seriously borked. That said originally skip bombing was way, way too good. I thought the only nerf to the over good skipbombinge was that the bombload of level bombers was halved at low level? If so, if attack bombers perform like level bombers did pre-nerf, that would be very effective. And if attack bombers were better than that, well, they should be lethal.

So I have hope yet, especially as the bug has been identified already. The fix is in, question is when it gets sent to us lowly types.

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 9/14/2010 4:46:48 PM   
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I´ve got two serious problem at the moment, one is the land based radar that is neither working for the Japs nor for the Allied and the Allied attack bombers. The thing with LCUs outside of bases only being attacked in clear sky is another issue but nothing as severe as the other two bugs/flaws if you want to call them like this. Also the weather issue has been looked at and is going to be fixed. Of course there´s still our pet peeve about the strato sweeps and the DIVE but there´s not going to be a change so hey ho.


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 30, 43
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TF 68 encounters mine field at Miri (64,87)

Japanese Ships
AMc Wa 19



8 mines cleared

the enemy is further working on our sub laid minefield...


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ASW attack near San Francisco at 215,69

Japanese Ships
SS I-21

Allied Ships
SC PC-578
SC PC-579



SS I-21 is located by SC PC-578
I-21 diving deep ....
SC PC-579 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC PC-578 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC PC-578 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC PC-578 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC PC-578 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC PC-578 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC PC-578 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and still got a coupel of subs near the US West Coast...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Bathurst Island at 76,123, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Yakaze, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CL Santa Fe
DD Hobby
DD Kalk
DD Carmick


Poor visibility due to Rain with 3% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Rain and 3% moonlight: 2,000 yards
Range closes to 23,000 yards...
Range closes to 17,000 yards...
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
Range closes to 1,000 yards...
DD Yakaze engages CL Santa Fe at 1,000 yards
Tokuda, U. orders Japanese TF to disengage
Range increases to 2,000 yards
CL Santa Fe engages DD Yakaze at 2,000 yards
DD Kalk engages DD Yakaze at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 5,000 yards
CL Santa Fe engages DD Yakaze at 5,000 yards
DD Carmick engages DD Yakaze at 5,000 yards
DD Hobby engages DD Yakaze at 5,000 yards
Task forces break off...

with the so far disappointing performance of our surface combat TFs that were covering our LCTs from enemy destroyer attacks it isn´t surprising that Rainer keeps sending his destroyers... but this time he ran out of luck in terms of having the weather on his side, in better weather we have never been close enough to score enough hits but this time the engagement started off at only 2000 yards and we started to fire at the enemy with everything we had... hits being scored by 6 inch guns from Santa Fe down to her 40mm Bofors and 20mm Oerlikons... the destroyer was reported sunk during the day and I´m pretty sure that´s accurate as we scored at least halve a dozen 6 inch hits...

this should put these raids to an end... the good thing always was that we could base our ships at Gove to keep them under a Cap umbrella and out of range of any Japanese escorts while being able to sprint to Bathurst during the night when we spotted the enemy going into position for a night run too... since we have thrown all search archs of our patrol aircraft over board, the enemy has never been able to move in unspotted again... with search archs focussed into the exact direction of where the enemy was coming from, we failed to spot the enemy 9 out of 10 times... now that we have gone back to WITP style, we spot them at least 9 out of 10 times so it´s the exact opposite... search archs seem to work for many people (or at least they think they work), for me, it works several times better without them, some people also feel that way...


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Sub attack near Ishigaki at 91,68

Japanese Ships
PB Yahonui Maru
PB Yasushima Maru
TK Namba Maru
TK Mutsuyo Maru

Allied Ships
SS Cisco



SS Cisco launches 6 torpedoes at PB Yahonui Maru
Cisco diving deep ....
PB Yahonui Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yahonui Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yahonui Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yahonui Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yahonui Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

wrong target... duds...

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Sub attack near Aogashima at 113,65

Japanese Ships
DD Minekaze
DD Numakaze
DD Shiokaze

Allied Ships
SS Kingfish



SS Kingfish launches 6 torpedoes at DD Minekaze
Kingfish diving deep ....
DD Numakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Numakaze cannot reach attack position over SS Kingfish
DD Shiokaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Numakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Numakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Numakaze cannot reach attack position over SS Kingfish
DD Numakaze cannot establish contact with SS Kingfish
SS Kingfish eludes DD Numakaze by diving deep
DD Numakaze cannot establish contact with SS Kingfish
DD Numakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Numakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

more duds... ridicoulos... these messages can´t be correct as I can´t constantly score duds with a 50% dud rate... grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

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TF 68 encounters mine field at Miri (64,87)

Japanese Ships
AMc Wa 19



9 mines cleared

Argonaut is able to lay 60 MK12 mines so I guess there won´t be that many left... the result was one PB sunk, not really impressing...

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Sub attack near Kobe at 107,61

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-19
SC CHa-38
SC CHa-28

Allied Ships
SS Wahoo



SS Wahoo launches 4 torpedoes at SC CHa-19
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC CHa-28 attacking submerged sub ....
SC CHa-28 is out of ASW ammo
SC CHa-28 is out of ASW ammo
SC CHa-28 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-28 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-28 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-28 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-28 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

duds or misses, mostly duds... bet in 10/43 we´re going to suddenly see mostly misses...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 21



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 9
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Hanoi , at 68,56

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21



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



Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 19

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



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Morning Air attack on 59th Chinese Corps, at 62,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 22
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 25
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 6



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 11000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 75th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 57th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 75th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 57th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 64,60

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 25



No Japanese losses


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


Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 99th Chinese Corps, at 65,61

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 31



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
31 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 Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 23


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged



Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura 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: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 14
PV-1 Ventura x 11


No Allied losses



Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12
B-26B Marauder x 16


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 144th Infantry Regiment, at 106,125 (Rabaul)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 7 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 14th Chinese Corps, at 62,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 19



No Japanese losses


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


Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Luangprabang , at 63,55

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 20



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 32827 troops, 615 guns, 778 vehicles, Assault Value = 1283

Defending force 31259 troops, 340 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 915

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



Assaulting units:
151st Combat Engineer Regiment
27th Infantry Division
37th Infantry Division
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
7th Infantry Division
109th USN Base Force
I US Corps
258th USAAF Base Force
147th USA Base Force

Defending units:
84th Naval Guard Unit
Maizuru 1st SNLF
83rd Naval Guard Unit
82nd Naval Guard Unit
144th Infantry Regiment
4th Division
Sasebo 5th SNLF
87th Naval Guard Unit
43rd JNAF AF Unit
39th Field AA Battalion
14th Naval Construction Battalion
49th Field AA Battalion
201st JAAF AF Bn
12th Naval Construction Battalion
5th Naval Construction Battalion
44th JNAF AF Unit
56th Field AA Battalion
6th Naval Construction Battalion
55th JNAF AF Unit
7th Naval Construction Battalion
9th RF Gun Battalion
50th Field AA Battalion
5th Air Div /1




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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 9/14/2010 5:08:01 PM   
castor troy


Posts: 14330
Joined: 8/23/2004
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we get P-47 now... nearly 75 in use already (came as reinforcements)


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 01, 43
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Sub attack near Brunei at 65,85

Japanese Ships
DD Isonami
DD Murakumo

Allied Ships
SS Gurnard, hits 2



SS Gurnard launches 6 torpedoes at DD Isonami
Gurnard diving deep ....
DD Murakumo attacking submerged sub ....
DD Isonami fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Murakumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Murakumo attacking submerged sub ....
DD Murakumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Murakumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

the usual DUD, in return the sub is put out of action, retiring with 26 flt...

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TF 68 encounters mine field at Miri (64,87)

Japanese Ships
AMc Wa 19



11 mines cleared


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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59

Japanese Ships
E Susuki
E Natsushima
E Uji

Allied Ships
SS Haddock, hits 1



SS Haddock launches 6 torpedoes at E Susuki
Haddock diving deep ....
E Natsushima attacking submerged sub ....
E Uji fails to find sub and abandons search
E Natsushima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Natsushima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Natsushima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Natsushima fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

this time a miss...

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Pre-Invasion action off Rabaul
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

447 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
CL Concord
CL Marblehead
CL Detroit
CL Raleigh
CL Richmond
LST-18
LST-19
LST-20
LST-25
LST-21
DMS Chandler


Allied ground losses:
213 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


CL Concord firing at 4th Division
CL Marblehead firing at 4th Division
CL Detroit firing at 4th Division
CL Raleigh firing at 4th Division
CL Richmond firing at 4th Division
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 4,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards

going to land 18th Brit division and a NZ bgd...


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Amphibious Assault at Rabaul

TF 109 troops unloading over beach at Rabaul, 106,125


Allied ground losses:
1024 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 176 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 102 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 68 (0 destroyed, 68 disabled)
Vehicles lost 55 (0 destroyed, 55 disabled)


10 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 18th British Div /12

ouch! Could have thought about it becoming a disaster, having your troops prepped 70%+ isn´t enough in AE to do an invasion... 35% of the assault value that was brought in is disabled during the landing, 18th Brit div got more than 100 combat squads disabled... the fact that we´ve got already 60000 troops ashore (including three US Inf divisions) means nothing, it always is an opposed landing... with the good idea of how the river crossing shock attacks work, this should definetely have been implemented for invasions too, I just can´t see why 70 (out of 100) prepped troops should suffer that much while landing at a bridgehead that is held by three fully combat ready US div plus support and the enemy hasn´t got any real coast defense... as it is now, you just have to wait 100 days until you can land your troops somewhere and that´s surely over the top... and if this div would have trained for an assault of some other place, who would really care and why should the div lose more than 1/3 of it´s troops during landing at a friendly landing site on an enemy island? This would be the same as if troops in real life would have landed three or four weeks after D-Day, not being prepped for Omaha beach and would suffer 1/3 losses without a single German soldier being anywhere near the landing site...

I don´t know why the routine of river crossings shouldn´t apply for invasions too... got a failed invasions? Means you have to wait 100 days (in words: ONE HUNDRED, in months: OVER THREE MONTHS) to be able to bring in a fully combat ready force that is sitting idle next to the place but not being able to land at a secured landing zone...


Once again, I prove to be stupid in hoping that 70 would be enough to bring in my force... would I have waited another 4 weeks, I would have only lost somehting like one or two dozen combat squads disabled... now it´s going to take far longer than four weeks to see 18th div getting all the disabled squads into ready state again...

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Invasion Support action off Rabaul
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

211 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
CL Concord
CL Marblehead
CL Detroit
CL Raleigh
CL Richmond
LST-18
DMS Chandler
LST-19
LST-21
LST-20


Allied ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 13 (3 destroyed, 10 disabled)


CL Marblehead firing at 4th Division
CL Raleigh firing at 4th Division
CL Richmond firing at 4th Division
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards


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TF 68 encounters mine field at Miri (64,87)

Japanese Ships
AMc Wa 19



1 mine cleared


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Submarine attack near Bathurst Island at 77,123

Japanese Ships
SS RO-101

Allied Ships
LCT-364



LCT-364 is sighted by SS RO-101
SS RO-101 cannot acquire firing solution on enemy LCT


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ASW attack near Brunei at 64,85

Japanese Ships
DD Ikazuchi
DD Isonami

Allied Ships
SS Skipjack



SS Skipjack is located by DD Ikazuchi
Skipjack diving deep ....
DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
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
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1



Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 21


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




Aircraft Attacking:
20 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet

CAP engaged:
11th 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, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes

usual game...

am waiting for my airforce to become ready to attack Bangkok frontally... 75 Lightnings and 150 bombers will go in then... our P-47 unfortunetely don´t have the range to reach Bangkok but they´ve got drop tanks now and have a range of 9 which is quite nice too...

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Morning Air attack on Bathurst Island , at 76,123

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 26



Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses


Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled


Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

the enemy sends some Sallies from Timor... no escorts but also no Cap... three US coast AA units at the base, as usual, flak effect is non existent at all... this is also pretty much a joke because in this case, the enemy even attacked at 6000ft, means also more than a hundred 40mm and smaller AA would fire... to no effect... but hey, why should that be surprising, as posted screens earlier, not even 250 3.7inch guns at Toungoo were able to take down more than 2 or 3 bombers on average in two dozen attacks with usually 75+ bombers at 10000ft...

Nik is needed here, land based flak effect needs to be AT LEAST being doubled... losses to flak on both sides in the Pacific were lethal, IIRC more aircraft were lost to flak than A2A...

so having a Berlin like flak defense at a level 9 airfield and Japanese flying tanks aka Sally and Helen coming in at 10000ft while not suffering at all is pretty much a joke IMO... but others said they take down 50% of the enemy bombers with flak numbers like these, posted my flak defense and it never shows any effect despite everything being in the correct mode etc... must be the funny "WITP AE castor troy edition" again... glad I´m posting my daily results AND screens all the time...

NONE of the Sallies were lost btw... oh well, we´re only talking about THREE US coastal AA units with 48 90mm guns and far over a hundred other AA guns... why should these have any effect on 26 Sallies coming in at the immense height of 6000ft? I must have the wrong thinking I guess...


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Morning Air attack on 99th Chinese Corps, at 65,61

Weather in hex: Clear sky

glad that´s going to be fixed...

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 31



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
31 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 Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 33


No Allied losses

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



Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x PV-1 Ventura 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 25 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 15
Liberator GR.III x 11
Wellington Ic x 15
Wellington GR.VIII x 3
B-17E Fortress x 34
B-24D1 Liberator x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 11


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 1 damaged
Liberator GR.III: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 48

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x Liberator GR.III bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 250 lb GP Bomb
15 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x Wellington GR.VIII bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 250 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-17E Fortress 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
10 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 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 43 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes


Allied aircraft
Wellington GR.VIII x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 18


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington GR.VIII: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Wellington GR.VIII bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 250 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged



Runway hits 7

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 48 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 10


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 4

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 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 14
B-26 Marauder x 23
B-26B Marauder x 16


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 5 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 144th Infantry Regiment ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 144th Infantry Regiment ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...


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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 2

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 Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 12


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

all bombers flying against Moulmein today... thunderstorms prevent us from really hitting something...

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Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 12


No Allied losses



Runway hits 11

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 21 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8

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 Ayuthia , at 56,61

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 45,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 1
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 48


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




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

CAP engaged:
24th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (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 36750
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
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 36740
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes

wow, actually two full squadrons flying together... the one time out of twenty five special...

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Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 4
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 7
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 1



Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 3


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




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 36 minutes
260th 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 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
286 Ku S-1 with A6M5 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 38500
Raid is overhead
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 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
24th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (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 36750
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes

doesn´t mean the third squadron wouldn´t lose the usual three fighters of the squadron...

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Morning Air attack on 16th Chinese Corps, at 62,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 23



No Japanese losses


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


Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on Luangprabang , at 63,55

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 29



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



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 55

Aircraft Attacking:
29 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 15



No Japanese losses



Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Hanoi , at 68,56

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 15



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



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 17

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



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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 30


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged



Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 62

Aircraft Attacking:
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
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: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
12 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 cloud

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 8
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
12 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 cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 12


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 14

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



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Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 23446 troops, 226 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 912

Defending force 59881 troops, 1013 guns, 1391 vehicles, Assault Value = 1815

Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


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


Assaulting units:
4th Division
Maizuru 1st SNLF
Sasebo 5th SNLF
82nd Naval Guard Unit
84th Naval Guard Unit
144th Infantry Regiment
83rd Naval Guard Unit
87th Naval Guard Unit
49th Field AA Battalion
5th Air Div /1
44th JNAF AF Unit
43rd JNAF AF Unit
14th Naval Construction Battalion
7th Naval Construction Battalion
201st JAAF AF Bn
50th Field AA Battalion
12th Naval Construction Battalion
56th Field AA Battalion
55th JNAF AF Unit
9th RF Gun Battalion
6th Naval Construction Battalion
5th Naval Construction Battalion
39th Fld AA Bn /1

Defending units:
37th Infantry Division
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
7th Infantry Division
151st Combat Engineer Regiment
34th Combat Engr Rgt /9
27th Infantry Division
14th NZ Bde /9
18th British Div /61
109th USN Base Force
258th USAAF Base Force
I US Corps
147th USA Base Force


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Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 32904 troops, 615 guns, 778 vehicles, Assault Value = 1814

Defending force 31056 troops, 340 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 909



Assaulting units:
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
151st Combat Engineer Regiment
7th Infantry Division
37th Infantry Division
27th Infantry Division
14th NZ Bde /9
34th Combat Engr Rgt /9
18th British Div /61
I US Corps
258th USAAF Base Force
109th USN Base Force
147th USA Base Force

Defending units:
4th Division
82nd Naval Guard Unit
Maizuru 1st SNLF
84th Naval Guard Unit
83rd Naval Guard Unit
144th Infantry Regiment
Sasebo 5th SNLF
87th Naval Guard Unit
9th RF Gun Battalion
14th Naval Construction Battalion
6th Naval Construction Battalion
201st JAAF AF Bn
56th Field AA Battalion
5th Naval Construction Battalion
50th Field AA Battalion
12th Naval Construction Battalion
43rd JNAF AF Unit
55th JNAF AF Unit
5th Air Div /1
7th Naval Construction Battalion
49th Field AA Battalion
44th JNAF AF Unit
39th Fld AA Bn /1




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Sub attack near Toyohara at 125,46

Japanese Ships
PB Tokihime Maru

Allied Ships
SS Haddo, hits 5



Captain of SS Haddo elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
PB Tokihime Maru attacking submerged sub ....
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

the sub decides not to attack, the escort nevertheless get´s the chance to attack... zzz... how I like that... Haddo is knocked out and retires with 17 sys dam...


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Morning Air attack on Lang Son , at 70,56

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 39,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 18



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet



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Morning Air attack on Tavoy , at 54,60

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 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:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (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 6000
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on Tavoy , at 54,60

Weather in hex: Light rain

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 3
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 21


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




Aircraft Attacking:
19 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 36740
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
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
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes

the usual happenings over Thailand/Vietnam...

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Morning Air attack on 57th Chinese Corps, at 61,59 (Udon Thani)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 40,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 21



No Japanese losses



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



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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 21



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Haiphong , at 68,57

Weather in hex: Severe storms

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21



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



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 7

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



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Morning Air attack on Lang Son , at 70,56

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 42,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet



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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 26
PV-1 Ventura x 35


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 144th Infantry Regiment ...
Also attacking 83rd Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 84th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 82nd Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 43rd JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking Maizuru 1st SNLF ...
Also attacking 55th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 144th Infantry Regiment ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 144th Infantry Regiment ...
Also attacking 82nd Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 144th Infantry Regiment ...

also sending in the heavies today, no effect...

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Morning Air attack on Sasebo 5th SNLF, at 106,125 (Rabaul)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

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


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9


No Allied losses



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



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Morning Air attack on Sasebo 5th SNLF, at 106,125 (Rabaul)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

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



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



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Morning Air attack on 83rd Naval Guard Unit, at 106,125 (Rabaul)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 12


No Allied losses

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



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



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Morning Air attack on 87th Naval Guard Unit, at 106,125 (Rabaul)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 14
B-26 Marauder x 12
B-26B Marauder x 16


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 84th Naval Guard Unit, at 106,125 (Rabaul)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 12


No Allied losses



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



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Morning Air attack on 43rd JNAF AF Unit , at 106,125 (Rabaul)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



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



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Morning Air attack on 7th Naval Construction Battalion, at 106,125 (Rabaul)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 5 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Tavoy , at 54,60

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 4
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 2
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 1



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 6


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




CAP engaged:
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, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 37730
Raid is overhead
260th 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 6000
Raid is overhead
286 Ku S-1 with A6M5 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 38500
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 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 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
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 2 minutes

same as always with the squadrons losing three fighters each on the way to target... the funny thing is that they always lose THREE fighters... must be pretty realistic...

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Morning Air attack on Tavoy , at 54,60

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 4
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 5
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 1



Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 23


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-61-Ia Tony: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
13 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet

CAP engaged:
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 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
260th 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 6000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
286 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (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 38500 , scrambling fighters to 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (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 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes

and the third squadron ...

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Morning Air attack on 57th Chinese Corps, at 61,59 (Udon Thani)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 22
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 20



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 57th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 57th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on Luangprabang , at 63,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 29



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



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 37

Aircraft Attacking:
29 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 63,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 20



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on 15th JAAF AF Bn , at 58,57 (Pisanuloke)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 10
Liberator GR.III x 8
B-17E Fortress x 16


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
70 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)



Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x Liberator GR.III bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 250 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on 33rd Road Const Co , at 58,57 (Pisanuloke)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 12
Wellington GR.VIII x 11
B-17E Fortress x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 36


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington GR.VIII: 2 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
121 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled
Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x Wellington GR.VIII bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 250 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 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
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 7th JAAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 15th JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 33rd Road Const Co ...
Also attacking 7th JAAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 15th JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 33rd Road Const Co ...
Also attacking 7th JAAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 15th JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 33rd Road Const Co ...
Also attacking 7th JAAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 15th JAAF AF Bn ...


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Afternoon Air attack on 7th JAAF Base Force, at 58,57 (Pisanuloke)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 8
B-24D1 Liberator x 11
B-25C Mitchell x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

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



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 15th JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 7th JAAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 15th JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 7th JAAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 15th JAAF AF Bn ...




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Sub attack near Kume-jima at 93,62

Japanese Ships
TK Komaki Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
SC Ch 24
TK Ceram Maru
DD Tatsukaze
PB Hitora Maru

Allied Ships
SS Balao



SS Balao launches 4 torpedoes at TK Komaki Maru
DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Hitora Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hitora Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hitora Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hitora Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hitora Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hitora Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

until that attack it wasn´t that a nice turn... but a hit on a tanker always delights me, especially when it´s full of fuel, like in this case...

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Sub attack near Brunei at 65,85

Japanese Ships
TK Kinrei Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires
DD Yukaze

Allied Ships
SS Sculpin



SS Sculpin launches 4 torpedoes at TK Kinrei Maru
Sculpin diving deep ....
DD Yukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yukaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yukaze cannot reach attack position over SS Sculpin
SS Sculpin eludes ASW attack from DD Yukaze
DD Yukaze cannot reach attack position over SS Sculpin
DD Yukaze cannot establish contact with SS Sculpin
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

we even hit another tanker... also fuel loaden, no heavy damage but with a full load of burning fuel this ship should be gone for sure...

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Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 50353 troops, 973 guns, 1169 vehicles, Assault Value = 1837

Defending force 30810 troops, 340 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 910

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 5

Allied adjusted assault: 1223

Japanese adjusted defense: 1413

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 5)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1261 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 93 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 100 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 25 disabled
Vehicles lost 14 (1 destroyed, 13 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
1120 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 101 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 120 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 34 disabled
Vehicles lost 35 (1 destroyed, 34 disabled)


Assaulting units:
37th Infantry Division
34th Combat Engineer Regiment
151st Combat Engineer Regiment
27th Infantry Division
14th NZ Brigade
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
18th British Division
7th Infantry Division
258th USAAF Base Force
109th USN Base Force
I US Corps
147th USA Base Force

Defending units:
144th Infantry Regiment
4th Division
83rd Naval Guard Unit
Sasebo 5th SNLF
82nd Naval Guard Unit
Maizuru 1st SNLF
84th Naval Guard Unit
87th Naval Guard Unit
12th Naval Construction Battalion
44th JNAF AF Unit
49th Field AA Battalion
9th RF Gun Battalion
5th Naval Construction Battalion
56th Field AA Battalion
55th JNAF AF Unit
201st JAAF AF Bn
5th Air Div /1
43rd JNAF AF Unit
7th Naval Construction Battalion
6th Naval Construction Battalion
14th Naval Construction Battalion
39th Fld AA Bn /1
50th Fld AA Bn /1

with our reinforcements we knock down a fort level today, also the casualties for both sides look good... our adjusted av is more than expected, as usual we neither get positive nor negative multipliers as the attacker which is quite off IMO...

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Ground combat at Udon Thani (61,59)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 13245 troops, 104 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4650

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

Allied adjusted assault: 446

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 446 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Udon Thani !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:



Assaulting units:
14th Chinese Corps
59th Chinese Corps
75th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
57th Chinese Corps
76th Chinese Corps
16th Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
86th Chinese Corps
32nd Group Army
3rd War Area
7th Group Army
NCAC
8th War Area
4th War Area
15th Group Army
9th Group Army
6th Group Army
9th Chinese Base Force


our Chinese Army marching into Thailand takes an empty base... overall a very good turn in the end...



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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 03, 43
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Sub attack near Brunei at 65,85

Japanese Ships
DD Ikazuchi
DD Shinonome

Allied Ships
SS Barb, hits 1



SS Barb launches 6 torpedoes at DD Ikazuchi
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

Barb fails in attacking a destroyer... only a near miss in return...

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TF 248 encounters mine field at Umboi Island (100,125)

Allied Ships
AM Bayfield
AM Bellechasse



4 mines cleared

IJN sub laid some mines at the dot base between New Guinea and the Birsmarck archipelago, an unimportant supply TF escorted by some minesweepers passes through the hex and ends up clearing some of the Easter eggs...

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ASW attack near Koshiki-jima Retto at 100,60

Japanese Ships
E Susuki
E Natsushima
E Uji

Allied Ships
SS Halibut



SS Halibut is sighted by escort
E Natsushima fails to find sub and abandons search
E Uji fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Uji attacking submerged sub ....
E Uji fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Uji fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Uji fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Uji fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Koshiki-jima Retto at 100,60

Japanese Ships
E Kiji
DD Okikaze
E Kamo

Allied Ships
SS Halibut



SS Halibut launches 6 torpedoes at E Kiji
Halibut 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...
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 103,68

Japanese Ships
E Ukishima
SC Ch 37
TK Tsushima Maru
TK Kinmon Maru
E Kyosai

Allied Ships
SS Capelin



SS Capelin launches 6 torpedoes at E Ukishima
E Ukishima fails to find sub and abandons search
E Kyosai fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kyosai fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kyosai fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kyosai fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kyosai fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

it´s totally senseless attacking destroyers or the E vessels...

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Submarine attack near Bathurst Island at 77,123

Japanese Ships
SS RO-101

Allied Ships
LCT-130



LCT-130 is sighted by SS RO-101
SS RO-101 cannot acquire firing solution on enemy LCT


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Submarine attack near Bathurst Island at 77,123

Japanese Ships
SS RO-101

Allied Ships
LCT-131, Shell hits 9, on fire, heavy damage



LCT-131 is sighted by SS RO-101
SS RO-101 attacking LCT-131 on the surface


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Morning Air attack on 97th Chinese Corps, at 65,61

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 31



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
31 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 Luangprabang , at 63,55

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 29



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



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 54

Aircraft Attacking:
29 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Udon Thani , at 61,59

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 37,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 29



No Japanese losses



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



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Afternoon Air attack on Haiphong , at 68,57

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 15



No Japanese losses



Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 20

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



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Afternoon Air attack on Udon Thani , at 61,59

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 20
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 20



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
89 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
20 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking Udon Thani ...
Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking Udon Thani ...
Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking Udon Thani ...
Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking Udon Thani ...
Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking Udon Thani ...


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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 14
PV-1 Ventura x 11


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 23


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged

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



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Sasebo 5th SNLF, at 106,125 (Rabaul)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 11
B-26B Marauder x 16


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 3 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 144th Infantry Regiment ...
Also attacking Sasebo 5th SNLF ...
Also attacking 144th Infantry Regiment ...
Also attacking Sasebo 5th SNLF ...


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Afternoon Air attack on Sasebo 5th SNLF, at 106,125 (Rabaul)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Udon Thani , at 61,59

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 11



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

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


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 41


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 4 damaged



Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
9 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
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 Darwin , at 76,124

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 18


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
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

would like to see some supply hits...

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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 52382 troops, 840 guns, 1446 vehicles, Assault Value = 2505

Defending force 37961 troops, 266 guns, 648 vehicles, Assault Value = 1281

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 13 (4 destroyed, 9 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 35 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 37 (35 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Assaulting units:
2/11th Armoured Car Battalion
763rd Tank Battalion
4th Australian Division
3rd Motor Brigade
1st Australian Division
2nd Australian Division
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
5th Australian Division
754th Tank Battalion
2/4th Armoured Regiment
762nd Tank Battalion
2/6th Armoured Regiment
1st USMC Tank Battalion
3rd Australian Division
2/7th Armoured Regiment
767th Tank Battalion
193rd Tank Battalion
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
4th Armoured Brigade
2/8th Armoured Regiment
1st USMC Corps Tank Battalion
1st Motor Brigade
94th Coast AA Regiment
148th Field Artillery Battalion
205th Field Artillery Battalion
2nd RAAF M/W Sqn
216th Coast AA Regiment
197th Coast AA Regiment
10th RAAF Base Force
70th Coast AA Regiment
2nd Australian Army
226th Field Artillery Battalion
134th Field Artillery Battalion
2nd RAN Base Force
114th USAAF Base Force
30th Field Artillery Regiment
2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
I Australian Corps
223rd Field Artillery Battalion
1st RAN Base Force
II Australian Corps
1st Australian Army
154th FA Bn
249th Field Artillery Battalion
96th Coast AA Regiment
4th Field Artillery Battalion
198th Field Artillery Battalion
2nd KNIL AA Battalion
97th Field Artillery Battalion
16th RAAF Base Force
40th Field Artillery Regiment
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
503rd Coast AA Regiment
188th Field Artillery Regiment
198th Coast AA Regiment
183rd Field Artillery Regiment
168th Field Artillery Regiment
III Australian Corps
181st Field Artillery Regiment
13th Australian Hvy AA Regiment

Defending units:
8th Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
18th Div /1
21st Division
14th Tank Regiment
16th Division
54th Division
5th Div /1
11th JAAF Base Force
16th AA Regiment
16th Army
40th JNAF AF Unit /1
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Bn /3

while knowing that the artillery is totally off anyway, I had to order an intelligence bombardment to check if the enemy is still evacuating troops by airtransport... apparently he is... the losses within OUR troops are not FOW... how stupid... nearly all the US artillery in the Pacific placed in this one spot of course doesn´t mean anything though, it´s all about counter bombardment now... really looks like they forgot to look at counterfire while the bombardment routine was changed... seriously borked, especially when you then look at which units are shred to pieces... I have lost more than one tank unit already to this superman counterfire... must be some interesting happenings, we do a full bombardment and the crap that is left here for the Japanese then knocks out full tank units with indirect fire??? MHMMMM....

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Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 32127 troops, 615 guns, 777 vehicles, Assault Value = 1750

Defending force 29251 troops, 338 guns, 82 vehicles, Assault Value = 827

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



Assaulting units:
37th Infantry Division
151st Combat Engineer Regiment
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
18th British Division
14th NZ Brigade
27th Infantry Division
34th Combat Engineer Regiment
7th Infantry Division
258th USAAF Base Force
I US Corps
109th USN Base Force
147th USA Base Force

Defending units:
82nd Naval Guard Unit
4th Division
83rd Naval Guard Unit
Sasebo 5th SNLF
Maizuru 1st SNLF
84th Naval Guard Unit
144th Infantry Regiment
87th Naval Guard Unit
9th RF Gun Battalion
6th Naval Construction Battalion
14th Naval Construction Battalion
50th Fld AA Bn /1
55th JNAF AF Unit
12th Naval Construction Battalion
201st JAAF AF Bn
43rd JNAF AF Unit
44th JNAF AF Unit
7th Naval Construction Battalion
49th Field AA Battalion
39th Fld AA Bn /1
5th Air Div /1
5th Naval Construction Battalion
56th Fld AA Bn /1




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CV Bunker Hill arrived at Balboa today...


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 04, 43
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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59

Japanese Ships
TK Ceram Maru
SC Ch 24
DD Tatsukaze
PB Hitora Maru

Allied Ships
SS Halibut



SS Halibut launches 6 torpedoes at TK Ceram Maru
DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Hitora Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hitora Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hitora Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hitora Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hitora Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

duds

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Morning Air attack on Haiphong , at 68,57

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 41,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 18



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet



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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 21



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Haiphong , at 68,57

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 18

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



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Morning Air attack on Haiphong , at 68,57

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 41,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet



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Morning Air attack on Udon Thani , at 61,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 25
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 45



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged


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


Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 26

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
25 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
20 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 57th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking Udon Thani ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking Udon Thani ...
Also attacking 57th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking Udon Thani ...
Also attacking 57th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking Udon Thani ...
Also attacking 7th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking Udon Thani ...
Also attacking 57th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking Udon Thani ...
Also attacking 57th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking Udon Thani ...


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Morning Air attack on 90th Chinese Corps, at 65,61

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 31



No Japanese losses


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


Aircraft Attacking:
31 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 Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 36


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 144th Infantry Regiment ...
Also attacking 83rd Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking Rabaul ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 82nd Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking Rabaul ...
Also attacking 44th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 84th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking Rabaul ...
Also attacking 50th Fld AA Bn /1 ...
Also attacking 6th Naval Construction Battalion ...


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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 16


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 1 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 B-26B Marauder bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 14
B-26 Marauder x 24


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 4 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking Sasebo 5th SNLF ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking Sasebo 5th SNLF ...


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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 29



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



Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 27

Aircraft Attacking:
29 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)

Allied Bombardment attack


Attacking force 54091 troops, 961 guns, 1550 vehicles, Assault Value = 2750

Defending force 37751 troops, 266 guns, 647 vehicles, Assault Value = 1278

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


Allied ground losses:
183 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Assaulting units:
3rd Australian Division
4th Armoured Brigade
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
3rd Motor Brigade
2/7th Armoured Regiment
4th Australian Division
5th Australian Division
2/6th Armoured Regiment
2/4th Armoured Regiment
1st Motor Brigade
2/11th Armoured Car Battalion
754th Tank Battalion
1st Australian Division
13th Australian Brigade
763rd Tank Battalion
1st USMC Tank Battalion
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
193rd Tank Battalion
762nd Tank Battalion
767th Tank Battalion
2nd Australian Division
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
1st USMC Corps Tank Battalion
2/8th Armoured Regiment
30th Australian Brigade
30th Field Artillery Regiment
183rd Field Artillery Regiment
503rd Coast AA Regiment
4th Field Artillery Battalion
216th Coast AA Regiment
2nd RAN Base Force
III Australian Corps
134th Field Artillery Battalion
96th Coast AA Regiment
205th Field Artillery Battalion
I Australian Corps
181st Field Artillery Regiment
188th Field Artillery Regiment
131st Field Artillery Battalion
1st Australian Army
147th Field Artillery Regiment
114th USAAF Base Force
70th Coast AA Regiment
198th Coast AA Regiment
148th Field Artillery Battalion
2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
226th Field Artillery Battalion
2nd KNIL AA Battalion
197th Coast AA Regiment
94th Coast AA Regiment
40th Field Artillery Regiment
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
1st Medium Regiment
198th Field Artillery Battalion
2/16th Field Regiment
225th Field Artillery Battalion
97th Field Artillery Battalion
10th RAAF Base Force
168th Field Artillery Regiment
223rd Field Artillery Battalion
154th FA Bn
2nd Australian Army
16th RAAF Base Force
II Australian Corps
1st RAN Base Force
249th Field Artillery Battalion
2nd RAAF M/W Sqn
13th Australian Hvy AA Regiment

Defending units:
16th Division
21st Division
8th Tank Regiment
18th Div /1
14th Tank Regiment
54th Division
3rd Tank Regiment
5th Div /1
16th AA Regiment
40th JNAF AF Unit /1
16th Army
11th JAAF Base Force
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Bn /3

damn, forgot to stand down my artillery... below is how the tank unit looks like that was hit yesterday and probably today too by the oh so great indirect counterfire... noone can seriously think this is modelled correctly now... still better than the "we don´t need anywhere near a lot of supplies but fire tactical nukes arty" pre patch though... a pity though that artillery has been taken out of the game the way it is working now... or it´s only great for counterbombardment, even though if the same unit(s) would do a bombardment, then there would only be casualties within their own lines from the enemy´s counterfire... lol, that´s ridicoulos... guess these Stuarts were driving around to catch the shells from the enemy´s indirect counterfire... the unit lost 2/3 of it´s strenght, all it´s supplies and is 99 disrupted... result from US doing a bombardment with over a dozen artillery units... lol




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Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 32295 troops, 615 guns, 777 vehicles, Assault Value = 1771

Defending force 29183 troops, 324 guns, 82 vehicles, Assault Value = 821

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



Assaulting units:
14th NZ Brigade
151st Combat Engineer Regiment
27th Infantry Division
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
18th British Division
37th Infantry Division
34th Combat Engineer Regiment
7th Infantry Division
109th USN Base Force
258th USAAF Base Force
I US Corps
147th USA Base Force

Defending units:
4th Division
144th Infantry Regiment
Sasebo 5th SNLF
Maizuru 1st SNLF
84th Naval Guard Unit
82nd Naval Guard Unit
83rd Naval Guard Unit
87th Naval Guard Unit
43rd JNAF AF Unit
55th JNAF AF Unit
6th Naval Construction Battalion
201st JAAF AF Bn
50th Fld AA Bn /1
39th Fld AA Bn /1
7th Naval Construction Battalion
44th JNAF AF Unit
5th Air Div /1
49th Field AA Battalion
9th RF Gun Battalion
5th Naval Construction Battalion
12th Naval Construction Battalion
14th Naval Construction Battalion
56th Fld AA Bn /1






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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 52382 troops, 840 guns, 1446 vehicles, Assault Value = 2505

Defending force 37961 troops, 266 guns, 648 vehicles, Assault Value = 1281

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 13 (4 destroyed, 9 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 35 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 37 (35 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Assaulting units:
2/11th Armoured Car Battalion
763rd Tank Battalion
4th Australian Division
3rd Motor Brigade
1st Australian Division
2nd Australian Division
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
5th Australian Division
754th Tank Battalion
2/4th Armoured Regiment
762nd Tank Battalion
2/6th Armoured Regiment
1st USMC Tank Battalion
3rd Australian Division
2/7th Armoured Regiment
767th Tank Battalion
193rd Tank Battalion
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
4th Armoured Brigade
2/8th Armoured Regiment
1st USMC Corps Tank Battalion
1st Motor Brigade
94th Coast AA Regiment
148th Field Artillery Battalion
205th Field Artillery Battalion
2nd RAAF M/W Sqn
216th Coast AA Regiment
197th Coast AA Regiment
10th RAAF Base Force
70th Coast AA Regiment
2nd Australian Army
226th Field Artillery Battalion
134th Field Artillery Battalion
2nd RAN Base Force
114th USAAF Base Force
30th Field Artillery Regiment
2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
I Australian Corps
223rd Field Artillery Battalion
1st RAN Base Force
II Australian Corps
1st Australian Army
154th FA Bn
249th Field Artillery Battalion
96th Coast AA Regiment
4th Field Artillery Battalion
198th Field Artillery Battalion
2nd KNIL AA Battalion
97th Field Artillery Battalion
16th RAAF Base Force
40th Field Artillery Regiment
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
503rd Coast AA Regiment
188th Field Artillery Regiment
198th Coast AA Regiment
183rd Field Artillery Regiment
168th Field Artillery Regiment
III Australian Corps
181st Field Artillery Regiment
13th Australian Hvy AA Regiment

Defending units:
8th Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
18th Div /1
21st Division
14th Tank Regiment
16th Division
54th Division
5th Div /1
11th JAAF Base Force
16th AA Regiment
16th Army
40th JNAF AF Unit /1
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Bn /3

while knowing that the artillery is totally off anyway, I had to order an intelligence bombardment to check if the enemy is still evacuating troops by airtransport... apparently he is... the losses within OUR troops are not FOW... how stupid... nearly all the US artillery in the Pacific placed in this one spot of course doesn´t mean anything though, it´s all about counter bombardment now... really looks like they forgot to look at counterfire while the bombardment routine was changed... seriously borked, especially when you then look at which units are shred to pieces... I have lost more than one tank unit already to this superman counterfire... must be some interesting happenings, we do a full bombardment and the crap that is left here for the Japanese then knocks out full tank units with indirect fire??? MHMMMM....

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Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 32127 troops, 615 guns, 777 vehicles, Assault Value = 1750

Defending force 29251 troops, 338 guns, 82 vehicles, Assault Value = 827

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



Assaulting units:
37th Infantry Division
151st Combat Engineer Regiment
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
18th British Division
14th NZ Brigade
27th Infantry Division
34th Combat Engineer Regiment
7th Infantry Division
258th USAAF Base Force
I US Corps
109th USN Base Force
147th USA Base Force

Defending units:
82nd Naval Guard Unit
4th Division
83rd Naval Guard Unit
Sasebo 5th SNLF
Maizuru 1st SNLF
84th Naval Guard Unit
144th Infantry Regiment
87th Naval Guard Unit
9th RF Gun Battalion
6th Naval Construction Battalion
14th Naval Construction Battalion
50th Fld AA Bn /1
55th JNAF AF Unit
12th Naval Construction Battalion
201st JAAF AF Bn
43rd JNAF AF Unit
44th JNAF AF Unit
7th Naval Construction Battalion
49th Field AA Battalion
39th Fld AA Bn /1
5th Air Div /1
5th Naval Construction Battalion
56th Fld AA Bn /1





Hi CT,

A suggestion. For pure testing purposes/ show u in pratice my later argument.
Could u in the case of Darwin remove all those "small" units aka less than div. Try a bombardment and then check the results counter battery fire wise.
I think and James/BigJ62 sorta hinted it too in a thread i did about supply usage in bombardment. That the reason why u get "odd"(as i understand u think it is) counter battery results in Darwin and not in the case of fx Rabaul is as follows. other than the obvious of terrain modifiers and such.
Ppl dont think there is a stacking limit and there isnt per say, but for combat calculation i suspect, and as said seen hints in that direction, that number of units in a hex affect combat result casulties.
U have a ton of units in Darwin tho many very small, but non the less if the theory is correct they are all counted as units for the sake as a "casulty modifier". I wonder what would happen if u removed all those small units leaving only the divs so u wont get booted out and then try another set of bombarments. Leave a or a few tank units to its possible to get AFV losses.

Im purposly not discussing the validty of such a "rule", if it excists just that it might and u could possibly test that/help you or at leased explain why u see what u see.

Kind regards,

Rasmus

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Hi

The problem is that I guess I need the small units too, because these are my tank units. Except the few bgd I´ve got there, the tanks are the main units with a real "punch" but this doesn´t do me any good anyway. I´ve got three US Marine divisions on their way to Darwin, they´re going to arrive there in a bit over a month, so no more fighting there. I won´t use my arty, it´s just plain useless and counterproductive, will let the enemy continue his evacs by air transport and will grab another dot base in the next month furhter North (Selaroe - East of Timor, can be built up to airfield size 6). Can´t really move forward on this front as long as I haven´t secured Darwin though. With the three additional US Marine divs I should have nearly 4000 av and ten times more firepower than the Japanese. Perhaps we can then take the damned place without having our troops cut in halve...

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 06, 43
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Sub attack near Balabac at 69,83

Japanese Ships
TK Kaizyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
TK San Pedro Maru
DD Tawakaze
DD Kyukaze

Allied Ships
SS Sculpin



SS Sculpin launches 4 torpedoes at TK Kaizyo Maru
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Kyukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kyukaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Kyukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kyukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kyukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

I´ve got the gut feeling that we´ve been sinking more tankers lately than we´ve sunk freighters... not that I would complain about this, just wondering where all the masses of xAK have gone to...

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Sub attack near Shikuka at 126,45

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-33
TK Nissyo Maru
SC CHa-45

Allied Ships
SS Hake



SS Hake launches 4 torpedoes at SC CHa-33
Hake diving deep ....
SC CHa-45 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-45 attacking submerged sub ....
SC CHa-45 cannot establish contact with SS Hake
SC CHa-45 cannot establish contact with SS Hake
SS Hake eludes SC CHa-45 by diving deep
SC CHa-45 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-45 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-45 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

another tanker TF shows up in the North... been a long time since we´ve spotted tankers here...
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Submarine attack near Bathurst Island at 77,123

Japanese Ships
SS RO-60

Allied Ships
LCT-377, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)


LCT-377 is sighted by SS RO-60
SS RO-60 attacking LCT-377 on the surface
SS RO-60 low on gun ammo, Kasai B. breaks off surface engagement and submerges

losing another LCT...

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Submarine attack near Bathurst Island at 77,123

Japanese Ships
SS RO-60

Allied Ships
LCT-354



LCT-354 is sighted by SS RO-60
SS RO-60 cannot acquire firing solution on enemy LCT


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Sub attack near Brunei at 64,85

Japanese Ships
TK Nanrei Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Taijin Maru

Allied Ships
SS Barb



SS Barb launches 4 torpedoes at TK Nanrei Maru
Barb diving deep ....
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 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Taijin Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

but also hitting another tanker...

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ASW attack near Donggala at 68,97

Japanese Ships
PB Isshin Maru
PB Heizan Maru
TK Shoun Maru
E Kuretake
E Wakatake

Allied Ships
SS Hoe



SS Hoe is sighted by escort
Hoe diving deep ....
E Kuretake fails to find sub and abandons search
E Wakatake fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Wakatake fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Wakatake fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Wakatake fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Wakatake fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

fourth tanker convoy spotted today...

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Sub attack near Tanegashima at 105,68

Japanese Ships
PB Marei Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Nitiyo Maru
xAK Hakodate Maru
xAK Ayo Maru
PB Nichinan

Allied Ships
SS Grunion



SS Grunion launches 6 torpedoes at PB Marei Maru
Grunion diving deep ....
PB Nichinan fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nichinan fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nichinan fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nichinan fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nichinan fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and a sunk escort... been quite a succesful turn for my subs... none of them was knocked out today...

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Morning Air attack on Haiphong , at 68,57

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 43,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 18



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet



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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 14
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 13
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 25
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 5



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 22


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

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 4 destroyed



CAP engaged:
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 36740 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Raid is overhead
77th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36750 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ia Tony (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 37730 , scrambling fighters to 37000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Raid is overhead
286 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (4 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
14 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 38000.
Raid is overhead

there you go... this is the start of our frontal attack on Bangkok´s airfield... we´ve ordered our three P-38 squadrons to sweep the airfield first, they go in all alone as usual, one after another... this first sweep was shocking, we did NOT get the dive right from the beginning, looks like the game screwed something up here, despite being set to 39000ft, the P-38 were going in somewhere around 15000ft... have seen that once or twice already in this PBEM, no idea what went wrong, all settings were ok... the result is therefore as expected, the Lightnings got shred to pieces by the diving Cap... those Lightnings that were able to stay in the fight without technical problems were all damaged or shot down... this wasn´t an even fight and again the only reason I could identify was the dive... for the enemy... when the dive was over, we could at least achieve nearly a 2:1 in aircraft shot down over the target... this squadron was totally mauled, losing a DOZEN fighters with many pilots lost too (of which nearly all of them were aces)... our frontal assault on the enemy´s main airbase in Thailand isn´t starting well... now imagine what would have happened if the land based radar would work, I´m sure the enemy got at least halve a dozen radar sets here but isn´t ever getting an acceptable pre warning time...

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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 14
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 9
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 17
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 4



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 22


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 2 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed
Ki-61-Ia Tony: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 3 destroyed



CAP engaged:
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 36740 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 42500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 61 minutes
77th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36750 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 36750.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 77 minutes
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ia Tony (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 37730
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
286 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
14 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 36000 and 38500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes

here comes the second squadron... note that this squadron comes in at the set 39000ft, same setting as the first squadron... note also, that as usual both squadrons lost three fighters each on their way to target... boy, this sucks... but we had the dive and the engagement started as expected with many enemy fighters shot down, until, the dive ended... without the dive, the turning fight resulted in a 1:1 at best, with us losing another 4 P-38G, makes it 16 in total already, with a 20 replacement per month (while we already get the P-38H with 40 each month though)... I wouldn´t want to think about all this when the enemy would have got working radar (same is true for us of course)...

waiting for the next P-38 squadron and hoping that also my bombers took off today, because if they didn´t then my P-38 losses would have been senseless...


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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Overcast

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 7
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 4
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 9
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 1



Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 22


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 3 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
1 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet

CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ia Tony (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 37730
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
286 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 40740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 75 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (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 6000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
77th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36750 , scrambling fighters between 36000 and 41000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes

here´s the last P-38 unit, getting the endless dive, the result was a massacre of the remaining enemy fighters that were able to get airborne... there must be A LOT more enemy aircraft sitting on the ground, probably not more than 25% of their fighters managed to get airborne... no P-38H was lost while we took down over a dozen enemy fighters of different types...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 21



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 29

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Haiphong , at 68,57

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 22

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



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Morning Air attack on Haiphong , at 68,57

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 41,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet



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Morning Air attack on Udon Thani , at 61,59

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 24
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 46



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
94 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
24 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
22 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking Udon Thani ...
Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking Udon Thani ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking Udon Thani ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking Udon Thani ...
Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking Udon Thani ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking Udon Thani ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking Udon Thani ...


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Morning Air attack on 97th Chinese Corps, at 65,61

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 31



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
31 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 Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 36


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged

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



Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 87th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 201st JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking Rabaul ...
Also attacking 43rd JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 55th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking Rabaul ...
Also attacking 14th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 82nd Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking Rabaul ...
Also attacking 83rd Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 44th JNAF AF Unit ...


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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 1



Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 15
Liberator GR.III x 12
Wellington Ic x 15
B-17E Fortress x 12
B-25C Mitchell x 36


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 damaged
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-46-II Dinah: 3 destroyed on ground
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 6 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 11 destroyed on ground
Ki-61-Ia Tony: 2 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

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



Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 75

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x Liberator GR.III bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 250 lb GP Bomb
10 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress 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
3 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
15 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
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

there we go! Probably due to plain luck, all three P-38 sweeps went in (and have gone in before the bombers showed up) and also all our bombers seem to have been able to launch today... also weather is great and we achieve a really nice result with most of the enemy sitting on the ground waiting to get bombed while radar isn´t working... this is quite devastating... more to follow...


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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 15
B-24D1 Liberator x 3


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 2 destroyed on ground
Ki-61-Ia Tony: 2 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 destroyed on ground




Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 29

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

more enemy fighters torched...

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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 10


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-61-Ia Tony: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground




Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

with these piece meal strikes made up by our precious medium bombers it could be very costly if our sweeps would fail and if the enemy would get his fighters airborne but as it stands now, it only hurts the enemy... seems like you can´t defend your major airfields, no matter how many fighters you really put there because in the end, the losses on the ground are just too painful... this also applies for us, we´re using nearly 400 fighters at the moment to cover Pegu, which also is the staging base of our bombers (level 9 airfield complex, no stacking limits) and I´ve always feared to see 100 Tojos on a sweep followed by 150 IJAAF medium bombers torching 1 year´s bomber replacements at this base... also moved all our flak from Toungoo to Pegu, fielding around 300 3.7 inch guns but these got no effect anyway in this PBEM when the enemy is coming in at 11000ft...

all I can hope is to scare the enemy when he gets intel about 600 fighters here... because intel about 400 fighters at Bangkok (probably "only" 200 there) kept me from directly attacking Bangkok for months until my bombers flew a naval attack into that hex by accident and I noticed the enemy isn´t getting his fighters airborne...


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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed on ground
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground




Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
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 144th Infantry Regiment, at 106,125 (Rabaul)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12
B-26B Marauder x 16


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 7


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61-Ia Tony: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed on ground




Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 12

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

not over yet...

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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground




Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 23

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



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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Overcast

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 9


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61-Ia Tony: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed on ground




Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Bangkok´s airfield is knocked out and the enemy suffered horrendous losses today... the Japanese got the ability to recover really fast from such an attack though, the reported Tojo losses are equivalent to a 2 week production for example... I would rate this attack as success in the end, even though the first P-38 sweep really suffered due to coming in at the wrong altitude...

doubt that Bangkok will be used to stage major IJAAF air assets again, the enemy will probably revert to hit and run tactics or is going to use his airfields around Saigon, which is out of P-38 range and can only be reached by 4E bombers...


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Morning Air attack on Sasebo 5th SNLF, at 106,125 (Rabaul)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 14
B-26 Marauder x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 3 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 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

2x3 fragments of the first two squadrons...

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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 9


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet
6 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet

1x3 and 1x6 fragmented fighters of squadron 3 and 4...

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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 16


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet

and the main part of squadron number four...

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Afternoon Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
Wellington GR.VIII x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 18
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 9


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington GR.VIII: 5 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Wellington GR.VIII bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 250 lb GP Bomb

damn, these Wellingtons should have also attacked Bangkok...

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Afternoon Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 20



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



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 38

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Submarine attack near Bathurst Island at 79,123

Japanese Ships
SS RO-60

Allied Ships
LCT-135



LCT-135 is sighted by SS RO-60
SS RO-60 cannot acquire firing solution on enemy LCT



total reported losses inflicted on the enemy were 100+ today... a nice result, but we would have to achieve this twice a week to really bleed the enemy... with 16 P-38 lost today, we had to convert one of the Lightning squadrons back to P-40K, means we went back from four squadrons in Burma to three again... two more P-38 squadrons in use on the New Guinea - Darwin front... 36:12 reported A2A kills makes it a 3:1 which isn´t that great but is also far from one of these loops... two "normal" sweep results plus the third one being a loop resulted in 3:1 total kill rate...




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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 07, 43
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Morning Air attack on Haiphong , at 68,57

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 43,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 18



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet



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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 13



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 21


Japanese aircraft losses
J2M2 Jack: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed



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

CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with J2M2 Jack (3 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
13 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Raid is overhead

this was a clean fight, after having the initial dive for only two or three passes the engagement evolved into a turning fight with the Jacks doing quite good, damaging nearly a dozen of our Lightnings which is a really bad thing considering the range back to their base, resulting in a lot losses...

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Morning Air attack on Prachuap Khiri Khan , at 54,64

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 21


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
21 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet

Burma´s Lightnings were ordered to sweep a reported IJAAF bomber base in Thailand (East of Bangkok)... had hopes to catch a couple of fighters...

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Morning Air attack on Prachuap Khiri Khan , at 54,64

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 22


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 21



No Japanese losses



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Haiphong , at 68,57

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 21

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



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Morning Air attack on Haiphong , at 68,57

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 43,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet



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Morning Air attack on 99th Chinese Corps, at 65,61

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 25
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 31
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 23



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
23 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
31 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 68th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 99th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 99th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 99th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 68th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 99th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 99th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 90th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 6
B-26 Marauder x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 20
F4F-3P Wildcat x 2
PV-1 Ventura x 36


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 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

Also attacking 55th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 87th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking Sasebo 5th SNLF ...
Also attacking Rabaul ...
Also attacking Maizuru 1st SNLF ...
Also attacking 6th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 201st JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking Rabaul ...
Also attacking 43rd JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking Rabaul ...
Also attacking 14th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...


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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 14
P-40K Warhawk x 12
PV-1 Ventura x 12


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 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



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 3
B-26B Marauder x 16


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 82nd Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking Rabaul ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 44th JNAF AF Unit ...


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Morning Air attack on 43rd Division, at 65,61

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 11
Liberator GR.III x 11
Wellington Ic x 15
Wellington GR.VIII x 3
B-17E Fortress x 18
B-24D1 Liberator x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x Liberator GR.III bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 250 lb GP Bomb
15 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet *
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x Wellington GR.VIII bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 250 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 6th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 43rd Division ...
Also attacking 6th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 43rd Division ...
Also attacking 6th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 43rd Division ...
Also attacking 6th Guards Division ...

ordered the bombers from Pegu to fly some ground attacks on enemy positions but not much damage done in the jungle... only makes real sense in clear terrain...

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Morning Air attack on 6th Guards Division, at 65,61

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 9


No Allied losses

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



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 1st Guards Division ...


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Morning Air attack on 6th Guards Division, at 65,61

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 11


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 1



Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 31
B-24D1 Liberator x 62


Japanese aircraft losses
J2M2 Jack: 1 damaged
J2M2 Jack: 5 destroyed on ground
G3M3 Nell: 6 destroyed on ground
MC-21 Sally: 3 destroyed on ground
Ki-56 Thalia: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-49-II KAI Helen: 10 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 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 3
Runway hits 52

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 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
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 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: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 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
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with J2M2 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes

this was the reason for our long range Lightning sweep, we had two bases´ heavy bombers set to attack the airfield... only one Jack was still airborne, radar non existing, better say, not working... the shorter ranged B-24D1 attacked with reduced loads while the remaining B-24D flew with their full loads... the airfield isn´t knocked out but 52 runway hits on a level 4 airfield should have done some damage... losses within the parked aircraft were again severe... what are these Helens? Transports?

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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 1



Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9


Japanese aircraft losses
J2M2 Jack: 1 damaged
J2M2 Jack: 2 destroyed on ground
G3M3 Nell: 4 destroyed on ground
MC-21 Sally: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-49-II KAI Helen: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged



Runway hits 15

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

CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with J2M2 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes

more bombers are trickling in scoring more hits on the enemy´s airfield...

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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 1



Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 11


Japanese aircraft losses
MC-21 Sally: 1 destroyed on ground
G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 11

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

CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with J2M2 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 1



Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9


Japanese aircraft losses
J2M2 Jack: 1 damaged
J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed on ground




Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 6

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

CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with J2M2 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes

again, these piece meal strikes aren´t reall a problem as long as radar IS a problem in the game but as soon as radar works and the enemy gets his fighters airborne our losses will go up dramatically I guess while the numbers of destroyed ac on the ground will go notably down...

following yesterday´s success, also this day was a full success... want to make it clear to our enemy that he shouldn´t base his airforce "too close" to the frontline, which means in combined range of Lightnings and heavy bombers...

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 12


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
12 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: Moderate rain

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


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 12


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
12 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: Moderate rain

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


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9


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 hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
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 6th Guards Division, at 65,61

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9


Japanese aircraft losses
MC-21 Sally: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-56 Thalia: 1 destroyed on ground
G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-49-II KAI Helen: 1 destroyed on ground




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

another wave of bombers... runways should be closed...

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Morning Air attack on 6th Guards Division, at 65,61

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 12


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

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


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged



Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
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 6th Guards Division, at 65,61

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 9


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 83rd Naval Guard Unit, at 106,125 (Rabaul)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 3 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 45,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 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 *

2x3 fragments as usual, while the main part of the second squadron is still missing... consistent and stupid... sorry...

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Morning Air attack on Prachuap Khiri Khan , at 54,64

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 46,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 6


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet
3 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet


consistent and stupid...

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Morning Air attack on 97th Chinese Corps, at 65,61

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 23



No Japanese losses


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


Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 68th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 97th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 68th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 97th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on 1st New Chinese Corps, at 66,60

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 29



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


Allied ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
29 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 95th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 1st New Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 95th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 1st New Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 95th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 1st New Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on 6th Guards Division, at 65,61

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9


No Allied losses

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



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



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Morning Air attack on 6th Guards Division, at 65,61

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 8


No Allied losses



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



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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 21


No Allied losses



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

main part of the second sweep... seriously, squadrons in real life didn´t lose 3 out of 25 aircraft of a strike all the time, with all the time being something like 98%... this is especially annoying when you think of the fact that I´ve got my BEST pilots in the P-38, all sqadrons having probaby a dozen aces, with double and tripple aces too...

the last two days saw major victories of our airforce though, while it twice being a full effort on both the New Guinea and Thailand front... the numbers and types of aircraft in the air probably look depressing for our opponent but this has been more or less all I´ve got again for long range attacks... and closer ranged attacks aren´t happening because Rainer is smart enough to stay away some distance, waiting for his chance to strike at one of my invasions, just like he did when he massacred my carrier fleet a couple of months ago... anyway, in two days we have destroyed around 180 enemy aircraft of various types (mostly on the ground)...




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Ground combat at 65,61

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1764 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1888

Defending force 45180 troops, 191 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1793

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



Assaulting units:
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
6th Guards Division
1st Militia Regiment
43rd Division
5th Amphibious Brigade
1st Guards Division
3rd Militia Regiment
Burma Area Army
2nd Army

Defending units:
68th Chinese Corps
90th Chinese Corps
97th Chinese Corps
99th Chinese Corps


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Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 54049 troops, 990 guns, 1300 vehicles, Assault Value = 1825

Defending force 28187 troops, 314 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value = 774

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Allied adjusted assault: 1324

Japanese adjusted defense: 697

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 4)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 4

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1085 casualties reported
Squads: 37 destroyed, 70 disabled
Non Combat: 40 destroyed, 113 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
Vehicles lost 14 (2 destroyed, 12 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
1944 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 159 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 144 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled
Vehicles lost 97 (2 destroyed, 95 disabled)


Assaulting units:
18th British Division
27th Infantry Division
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
37th Infantry Division
34th Combat Engineer Regiment
151st Combat Engineer Regiment
14th NZ Brigade
7th Infantry Division
109th USN Base Force
258th USAAF Base Force
I US Corps
147th USA Base Force

Defending units:
82nd Naval Guard Unit
Sasebo 5th SNLF
83rd Naval Guard Unit
Maizuru 1st SNLF
144th Infantry Regiment
4th Division
84th Naval Guard Unit
87th Naval Guard Unit
7th Naval Construction Battalion
49th Field AA Battalion
44th JNAF AF Unit
5th Naval Construction Battalion
43rd JNAF AF Unit
12th Naval Const Bn /2
39th Fld AA Bn /1
14th Naval Construction Battalion
5th Air Div /1
6th Naval Construction Battalion
201st JAAF AF Bn
55th JNAF AF Unit
9th RF Gun Battalion
50th Fld AA Bn /1
56th Fld AA Bn /1


there´s light at the end of the tunnel... got no doubt now that Rabaul is going to fall at some point, but the reinforcements were needed, the three US inf divs plus support were just not enough to fight one reinforced IJAAF div plus support... round the clock bombing isn´t showing the expected results, we probably have to further increase the ratio between attacking and defending divs, 3:1 isn´t enough, so the next assaults on major Japanese fortresses will try to achieve a 4:1 in divisions. Assault lift capacity isn´t a problem anymore with the APA/LST available now, but finding all the units I need and having them 100% prepped is another story... should become a little easier when we have finally knocked out Darwin as I´ve got four (or five?) restricted Australian Army divs that I can also use for further invasions... 2500 pp in the pool at the moment, these divs are all understrenght at the moment, with 200-250 av on average so we´re going to be able to buy them out within the next months... enough equipment in the pools to fill them up too... now we only have to take Darwin... already months later than we expected the base to fall...



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ASW attack near Brunei at 65,85

Japanese Ships
DD Shinonome

Allied Ships
SS Sculpin



SS Sculpin is located by DD Shinonome
Sculpin diving deep ....
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 attacking submerged sub ....
DD Shinonome fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near San Francisco at 215,69

Japanese Ships
SS I-21, hits 2

Allied Ships
SC PC-579
SC PC-578



SS I-21 is sighted by escort
SC PC-579 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC PC-578 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC PC-579 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC PC-578 attacking submerged sub ....
SC PC-578 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC PC-578 attacking submerged sub ....
SC PC-578 is out of ASW ammo
SC PC-578 is out of ASW ammo
SC PC-578 is out of ASW ammo
SC PC-578 is out of ASW ammo
SC PC-578 is out of ASW ammo
SC PC-578 attacking submerged sub ....
SC PC-578 is out of ASW ammo
SC PC-578 is out of ASW ammo
SC PC-578 is out of ASW ammo
SC PC-578 is out of ASW ammo
SC PC-578 is out of ASW ammo
SC PC-578 is out of ASW ammo
SC PC-578 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

our subs are waiting near the enemy´s refineries (in non shallow water, so not around Palembang or Soerabaja) and the enemy still got subs near the West Coast... the vessels I´ve employed here for ASW aren´t really suited for this duty...

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Morning Air attack on Haiphong , at 68,57

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 42,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 18



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet



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Morning Air attack on Haiphong , at 68,57

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 2

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



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Morning Air attack on Haiphong , at 68,57

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 40,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet



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Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Corps, at 61,60

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 25
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 23



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
231 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
23 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 76th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 9th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 76th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 9th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on 99th Chinese Corps, at 65,61

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 31



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
31 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 Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4



Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 13
Liberator GR.III x 5
Wellington Ic x 15
Wellington GR.VIII x 3
B-17E Fortress x 31
B-24D1 Liberator x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 12
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 7


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged



Heavy Industry hits 2
Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 100

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x Liberator GR.III bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 250 lb GP Bomb
15 x Wellington Ic 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
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x Wellington GR.VIII bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 250 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
11th 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 6000
Raid is overhead

we visit Bangkok again, drop tank equipped P-47 can reach the base at max range... combined airfield / HI strike... the couple Tojos evaded our P-47 quickly and damaged a B-25...

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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 11



Allied aircraft
Wellington GR.VIII x 9
B-24D1 Liberator x 3


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington GR.VIII: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington GR.VIII bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 250 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
(10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 7000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes

great, just like the British Liberator GR.III that are so fragile you should never have them coming anywhere near enemy fighters, the Wellington GR.VIII is no better of course... out of the 75 P-47 none escorts this strike and the Tojos had a field day... disastrous, lost more than a monthly replacement...

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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

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-44-IIa Tojo x 2



Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 12


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Heavy Industry hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (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 96 minutes

more and more bomber strikes come in piece meal and unescorted... heck, why do I even set my fighters to escort... guess this is leaking Cap or even LRCAP, the fighters are not based at Bangkok...

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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1



Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 11


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 12

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

CAP engaged:
11th 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 6000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes

heavy bombers can go in unescorted, they are more a threat to the Tojos than the other way around, but our medium bombers (that we more or less can´t replace - at least not the US ones) are dead meat when meeting enemy fighters... considering the damage done on the HI center it was a full success though, the 40 HI was whiped out...

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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 6



Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 52


Japanese aircraft losses
J2M2 Jack: 3 destroyed on ground
Ki-56 Thalia: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-49-II KAI Helen: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged



Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 48

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

CAP engaged:
5th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Raid is overhead

back to back attack on Ambon, tried to kill the rest of the damaged aircraft on the ground... Nicks show up on LRCAP but clearly not enough of them to do real damage but we nevertheless lose a bomber A2A...


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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109

Weather in hex: Light rain

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 1



Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-II KAI Helen: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5

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

CAP engaged:
5th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc 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 12000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 88 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 8


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 6

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



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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 8


Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-49-II KAI Helen: 1 destroyed on ground




Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 12

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



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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged



Heavy Industry hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

too many piece meal strikes!!! all unescorted!!! this is just asking for a disaster...

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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 12


No Allied losses




Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 9


No Allied losses




Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Udon Thani , at 61,59

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 26



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 13
PV-1 Ventura x 47


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 4 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 87th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking Rabaul ...
Also attacking Sasebo 5th SNLF ...
Also attacking Rabaul ...
Also attacking 201st JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking Rabaul ...
Also attacking Maizuru 1st SNLF ...


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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 16
P-40K Warhawk x 20


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 83rd Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 6th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...


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Afternoon Air attack on 144th Infantry Regiment, at 106,125 (Rabaul)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 24


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 4 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb








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