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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 10/14/2010 3:29:34 PM

castor troy

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ORIGINAL: crsutton

CT, drop your bombers down to 7,000 feet. I use my heavies at that height at all times. You should have better results and any Japanese AA is a non factor anyways. Mediums at that alt too if there is not fighter opposition.

I thought it would be too low for the use of heavies and just keep them at 10000ft, also to stay above the enemy balloons at some places (and everything smaller than 75mm AA).

I was never really happy with the 6000ft for everything in WITP, unfortunetely it seems it�s not much (if any) difference now.

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 10/15/2010 9:46:32 AM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 19, 43
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ASW attack near Brunei at 66,85

Japanese Ships
DD Yayoi
DD Uzuki

Allied Ships
SS Pargo

SS Pargo launches 4 torpedoes at DD Yayoi
Pargo diving deep ....
DD Uzuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Uzuki is out of ASW ammo
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Uzuki is out of ASW ammo
DD Uzuki is out of ASW ammo
DD Uzuki is out of ASW ammo
DD Uzuki is out of ASW ammo
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

we keep on doing the same stupid things on and on and on...

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Submarine attack near Selaroe at 77,119

Japanese Ships
SS RO-101

Allied Ships
LCT-462

LCT-462 is sighted by SS RO-101
SS RO-101 cannot acquire firing solution on enemy LCT

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ASW attack near Taihoku at 88,62

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 26
SC Ch 25

Allied Ships
SS Cabrilla

SS Cabrilla is sighted by escort
Cabrilla diving deep ....
SC Ch 26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 25 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 26 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 25 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC Ch 26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 26 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
DD Hatakaze
AO Tsurumi
AO Notoro
TK San Luis Maru

Allied Ships
SS Capelin

SS Capelin launches 4 torpedoes at DD Hatakaze
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

tankers, oilers... no we attack a DD and get the "torps fail to detonate" message as usual... besides that this message must be wrong at least every second time, I really get annoyed about the friging fact that the subs keep on attacking escorts because they weren�t able to get through to the precious targets in the convoy...

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Night Naval bombardment of Vinh at 65,59

Japanese Ships
CA Kumano
CA Suzuya
CA Mogami
CA Ashigara
CA Nachi
CA Haguro
CA Myoko
CL Isuzu
CL Naka
CL Sendai

Allied ground losses:
595 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 86 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 49 disabled

Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 50
Port hits 16
Port fuel hits 3
Port supply hits 2

CA Kumano firing at Vinh
CA Suzuya firing at Vinh
CA Mogami firing at Vinh
CA Ashigara firing at Vinh
CA Nachi firing at 53rd Chinese Corps
CA Haguro firing at 53rd Chinese Corps
F1M2 Pete acting as spotter for CA Myoko
CA Myoko firing at 53rd Chinese Corps
CL Isuzu firing at 53rd Chinese Corps
CL Naka firing at 85th Chinese Corps
CL Sendai firing at 60th Chinese Corps

the enemy now has figured out how to do the same nukes as before the last patch... spotter ac and range 0 usually does the trick...

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Morning Air attack on 53rd Division, at 56,56

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 14

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet

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Morning Air attack on 53rd Division, at 56,56

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 14
Hurricane IIc Trop x 22
Liberator II x 15
Liberator GR.III x 7
Wellington Ic x 3
Wellington GR.VIII x 3
Wellington B.X x 3
Hurricane XIIb x 7
B-17E Fortress x 17
B-24D1 Liberator x 15
B-25C Mitchell x 20
P-38H Lightning x 40
P-40K Warhawk x 10

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator GR.III: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged

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

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x Liberator GR.III bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 250 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 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
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 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-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x Wellington B.X 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-25C Mitchell 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

Also attacking 38th Division ...
Also attacking 53rd Division ...
Also attacking 38th Division ...
Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 53rd Division ...
Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 53rd Division ...
Also attacking 38th Division ...
Also attacking 53rd Division ...
Also attacking 38th Division ...
Also attacking 53rd Division ...
Also attacking 38th Division ...

we�re going to attack here so we can only hope these bomber attacks do anything good for us... I doubt it to be honest...

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Morning Air attack on 5th Guards Division, at 56,56

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator GR.III x 3
Wellington Ic x 11
B-17E Fortress x 16
B-24D1 Liberator x 12
B-25C Mitchell x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 9

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged

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

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Wellington Ic 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
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 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-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 38th Division ...
Also attacking 53rd Division ...
Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 38th Division ...
Also attacking 53rd Division ...
Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 38th Division ...
Also attacking 53rd Division ...
Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 38th Division ...
Also attacking 53rd Division ...
Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...

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Morning Air attack on 112th Infantry Regiment, at 56,56

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
Wellington GR.VIII x 12
Wellington B.X x 8
B-25C Mitchell x 11
P-40K Warhawk x 9

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington GR.VIII: 1 damaged
Wellington B.X: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Wellington GR.VIII bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 250 lb GP Bomb
8 x Wellington B.X bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 38th Division ...
Also attacking 112th Infantry Regiment ...
Also attacking 38th Division ...
Also attacking 112th Infantry Regiment ...
Also attacking 38th Division ...
Also attacking 112th Infantry Regiment ...
Also attacking 38th Division ...

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Morning Air attack on 38th Division, at 56,56

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 10

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

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

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Morning Air attack on 53rd Division, at 56,56

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 45,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 15

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet
5 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet
5 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet

this is so stupid... you must be totally insane if you think this would be ok...

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

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 28

No Allied losses

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

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

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

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 32

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 3 damaged

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

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

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

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 16

No Allied losses

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

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

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged

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

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

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

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12

Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged

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

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

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12

Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged

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

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Sub attack near Selaroe at 78,119

Japanese Ships
SS RO-101

Allied Ships
DD Farenholt
DD Dunlap
DD Meade

SS RO-101 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Farenholt
RO-101 diving deep ....
DD Dunlap attacking submerged sub ....
DD Meade fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

the enemy attacks one of our ASW TFs...

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Ground combat at 56,56

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 55129 troops, 722 guns, 2315 vehicles, Assault Value = 2424

Defending force 42746 troops, 424 guns, 115 vehicles, Assault Value = 1564

Allied adjusted assault: 1399

Japanese adjusted defense: 4579

Allied assault odds: 1 to 3

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+)

Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2259 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 147 disabled
Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 152 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled

Allied ground losses:
1856 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 124 disabled
Non Combat: 82 destroyed, 286 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Vehicles lost 187 (93 destroyed, 94 disabled)

Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
19th Indian Division
50th Tank Brigade
254th Armoured Brigade
44th Cavalry Regiment
Gardner's Horse Regiment
43rd Cavalry Regiment
42nd Cavalry Regiment
255th Armoured Brigade
7th Australian Division
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
268th Motorised Brigade
5th Indian Division

Defending units:
53rd Division
38th Division
112th Infantry Regiment
5th Guards Division

wow, I really get crazy... hundreds of bomber missions... NO effect... NO effect at all... disruption from air attacks is non existent as long as you stay out of a clear hex... totally useless, you only produce op losses... the use of the airforce to attack anything else than ships, ports or airfields is a total waste... while our adjusted av is nearly halved (as usual), the enemy�s av is is trippled... and the best thing about all this is that we again lost a tank unit! It was at 100/100 and got totally DESTROYED in this single attack... this is probably the third or fourth time that a unit is completely destroyed in a single attack when it started out at full strenght... insane...

impossible to do anything as long as the enemy is sitting around in the jungle hexes in Thailand... sitting in the jungle for years works perfect in the game, it even gives you insane advantages, therefore we�re never going to break through, I would need ten times the whole Indian Army to achieve anything, but this can then easily be countered by the estimated 12000 av the Japanese got in Thailand/Vietnam... where all these divisions are coming from I don�t know... have ordered my troops to retreat back to Pegu already... having overrun Burma due to the enemy having done the mistake trying to defend in clear terrain means goal achieved, China is sucking hundreds of thousands supplies from Burma and that was the reason for the offensive... just have to accept that you can�t do anything as long as the enemy is defending in jungle hexes...

that�s what every Japanese player should have learnt already and if he�s aware of it then I can�t see a way for the Allied to roll over Burma anyway... one third to a halve of the enemy troop strenght should be enough to easily delay them, same strenght and the enemy is toast...

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Ground combat at Udon Thani (61,59)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 115 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 3

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Udon Thani !!!

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

Assaulting units:
2nd Raiding Rgt /1

< Message edited by castor troy -- 10/15/2010 9:49:46 AM >

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 10/15/2010 9:59:06 AM

castor troy

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 24, 43
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Submarine attack near Selaroe at 77,119

Japanese Ships
SS RO-100, hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DE Encounter
DE Express
DE Electra

SS RO-100 is located by DE Encounter
DE Express attacking submerged sub ....
DE Encounter fails to find sub and abandons search
DE Express fails to find sub, continues to search...
DE Express attacking submerged sub ....
DE Express is out of ASW ammo
DE Express is out of ASW ammo
SS RO-100 forced to surface!
DE Encounter firing on surfaced sub ....
DE Electra firing on surfaced sub ....
DE Express firing on surfaced sub ....
DE Encounter firing on surfaced sub ....
DE Electra firing on surfaced sub ....
DE Encounter firing on surfaced sub ....
DE Electra firing on surfaced sub ....
DE Express firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves

we�ve got our LCTs back in port and our DE attack the subs... lol, either these things I notice are always happening by accident or I�m halucinating anyway... the sub was hit with DCs several times and after being forced to surface RO-100 was even hit by a torpedo... guess that one is sunk...

it will become costly over time to hunt our LCT as this is not the first sub we�ve sunk in this area so I guess Rainer will soon decide it�s not worth it, especially when each sub usually carries only enough shells to sink a single LCT...

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Night Naval bombardment of Vinh at 65,59

Japanese Ships
BB Kirishima
BB Hiei
BB Haruna
BB Kongo

Allied ground losses:
291 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 1 disabled

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 1
Port hits 2

F1M2 Pete acting as spotter for BB Kirishima
BB Kirishima firing at Vinh
F1M2 Pete acting as spotter for BB Hiei
BB Hiei firing at 53rd Chinese Corps
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for BB Haruna
BB Haruna firing at 85th Chinese Corps
F1M2 Pete acting as spotter for BB Kongo
BB Kongo firing at 60th Chinese Corps

4 spotter float planes but no result here... I�m amazed that the enemy even uses his four Kongos to attack Vinh when it�s so easy to nuke this base with the IJAAF�s medium bombers attacking at extended range with LGBs... I would rather have the Kongos with KB or have them near the front (New Guinea?) to oppose the real threat - the USN - and not doing a bombardment of a base that is held by the Chinese...

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ASW attack near Groot Natoena at 60,84

Japanese Ships
DD Yayoi
DD Uzuki

Allied Ships
SS Sculpin

SS Sculpin is located by DD Yayoi
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Taihoku at 88,62

Japanese Ships
E Kari
E Hayabusa

Allied Ships
SS Cabrilla

SS Cabrilla is sighted by escort
Cabrilla diving deep ....
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub and abandons search
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Torishima at 107,68

Japanese Ships
xAK Izan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Burma Maru
xAK Toei Maru
xAK Tenryu Maru
PB Hakata Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon

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

SS Sturgeon launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Izan Maru
PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

probably sinking a freighter that is carrying troops... nice...

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Sub attack near Torishima at 107,68

Japanese Ships
xAK Izan Maru, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon

SS Sturgeon launches 4 torpedoes

the next salvo failed...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 40,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 13

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 36750 feet

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 32

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 38,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 56
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 32

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

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

Airbase hits 18
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 108

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
5 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
31 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
27 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

50% hit rate... why using the fleet when you have unbeatable medium bombers?

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 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

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

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 28

Aircraft Attacking:
20 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 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 60

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 3 damaged

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

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

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 16

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 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 cloud

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 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 cloud

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12

Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 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 cloud

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12

Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged

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

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

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 36,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 32

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *

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Afternoon Air attack on 77th Chindit Brigade, at 64,56

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 20

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
7 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 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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ASW attack near Taihoku at 88,62

Japanese Ships
E Kari
E Hayabusa

Allied Ships
SS Cabrilla

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

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 10/15/2010 12:19:39 PM

castor troy

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 43
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Submarine attack near Torishima at 107,68

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

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon

xAK Izan Maru is sighted by SS Sturgeon
SS Sturgeon launches 4 torpedoes

this is now the third salvo that Sturgeon fires on Izan Maru...

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ASW attack near Iba at 76,72

Japanese Ships
BB Kirishima
BB Hiei
BB Haruna
BB Kongo
DD Hibiki
DD Uruyuke
DD Tatsuyuke

Allied Ships
SS Guardfish, hits 2, heavy damage

SS Guardfish is sighted by escort
Guardfish diving deep ....
DD Uruyuke fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Tatsuyuke fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tatsuyuke attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tatsuyuke fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tatsuyuke fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tatsuyuke fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

the battlewaggons that bombarded Vinh are heading towards the Philipines... a sub spots them but is driven off quickly, taking serious damage... 10 sys 58 flt...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 38,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 13

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 36750 feet

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 54
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 56

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 95

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield 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
29 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
31 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

severe storms, wonderful hit rate... seems like it really must be the 6000ft...

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Morning Air attack on 1st Engineer Co , at 76,117 (Babar)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 14
PV-1 Ventura x 56

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 1st Engineer Co , at 76,117 (Babar)

Weather in hex: Overcast

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

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 6
PV-1 Ventura x 9

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 1st Engineer Co , at 76,117 (Babar)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 18

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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

Weather in hex: Light cloud

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

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 60

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 4 damaged

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

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

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Morning Air attack on 1st Engineer Co , at 76,117 (Babar)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 65

No Allied losses

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

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

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Morning Air attack on 1st Engineer Co , at 76,117 (Babar)

Weather in hex: Overcast

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

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 11

No Allied losses

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

Babar (East of Timor) is the next spot to drop some paras... this is the preparation for it...

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

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 28

No Allied losses

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

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

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Morning Air attack on 1st Engineer Co , at 76,117 (Babar)

Weather in hex: Overcast

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

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 8

No Allied losses

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

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Morning Air attack on Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 10

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7

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 Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 30

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 23

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

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Morning Air attack on Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 16

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 26

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

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

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 24

Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 3 damaged

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

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Morning Air attack on Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 12

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 15

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 9th Chinese Corps, at 64,60

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 29

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

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

Also attacking 75th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 9th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 75th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 9th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 75th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 9th Chinese Corps ...

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Afternoon Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet

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Afternoon Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 41,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 37

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *

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Ground combat at Babar (76,117)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 1150 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58

Defending force 388 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16

Allied adjusted assault: 36

Japanese adjusted defense: 41

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)

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

Japanese ground losses:
83 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled

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

Assaulting units:
503rd Parachute Rgt /1

Defending units:
1st Engineer Co

the air attacks once again proved to work wonderfully... compared to what Japanese paras did with my para units in Thailand/Vietnam a couple of times already I can once again only shake my head... am sure the enemy will now start airlifting in troops himselve too... got three more para units ready to jump...

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 10/15/2010 12:23:28 PM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 26, 43
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Sub attack near Miri at 63,85

Japanese Ships
DD Satsuki
DD Uzuki

Allied Ships
SS Sculpin, hits 1

SS Sculpin launches 4 torpedoes at DD Satsuki
Sculpin diving deep ....
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

good idea... just keep attacking enemy DDs... result: 17sys 34flt 8eng

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ASW attack near Miri at 63,84

Japanese Ships
DD Uzuki

Allied Ships
SS Saury

SS Saury is sighted by escort
Saury diving deep ....
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 39,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 13
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 36750 feet

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 39,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 36

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 38,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 48
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 11
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 5

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

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

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 33

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

daily attacks at extended range aren�t a problem at all, the enemy can do this over months without interuption or suffering any notable losses... I�m taking more losses if I use some transports for one day to fly to a level 9 airfield 5 hexes away, not to talk about the losses my nav search units suffer each month... pretty bad hit rate for them today...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 20

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

Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
20 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 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 28
F4F-7 Wildcat x 1

No Allied losses

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

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

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

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 32

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 3 damaged

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

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

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Morning Air attack on Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 1

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 81

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

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 4 damaged

Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 126

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

CAP engaged:
251 Ku S-1 Det B with A6M3a Zero (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

meager Cap over Lautern today, no idea why or where the Zero came from...

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

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 16

No Allied losses

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

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

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Morning Air attack on Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 3

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 40

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 59

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
14 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

CAP engaged:
251 Ku S-1 Det B with A6M3a Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead

not sure it makes any sense to put such a number of fighters on Cap...

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Morning Air attack on Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Light rain

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 1

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

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:
251 Ku S-1 Det B with A6M3a 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 6000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 57 minutes

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

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 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:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 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: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12

Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged

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

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

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

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12

Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged

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

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 25

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 24

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

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Morning Air attack on 80th Chinese Corps, at 64,60

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 29

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

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

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

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

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 10/15/2010 1:03:25 PM

castor troy

Posts: 14330
Joined: 8/23/2004
From: Austria
Status: offline

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 27, 43
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ASW attack near Iba at 72,74

Japanese Ships
PB Shinko Maru #3
xAK Toei Maru
xAK Surabaya Maru
xAK Nitii Maru
xAK Hokuzyu Maru
xAK Nansin Maru
PB Ryusei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Seahorse

SS Seahorse is sighted by escort
Seahorse diving deep ....
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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Sub attack near Iba at 72,74

Japanese Ships
xAK Zuisyo Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Nitii Maru
xAK Hokuzyu Maru
xAK Nansin Maru
PB Ryusei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Seahorse

SS Seahorse launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Zuisyo Maru
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

3 out of 4 torps isn�t bad...

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Sub attack near Miri at 63,84

Japanese Ships
DD Uzuki

Allied Ships
SS Saury, hits 2

SS Saury launches 4 torpedoes at DD Uzuki
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Uzuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Uzuki is out of ASW ammo
DD Uzuki is out of ASW ammo
DD Uzuki is out of ASW ammo
DD Uzuki is out of ASW ammo
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

god dam...

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

6 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
LCT-320
LCT-352
LCT-472

LCT-320 fired at enemy troops
LCT-352 fired at enemy troops
LCT-472 fired at enemy troops

LCT bringing supplies to our paratroopers, that way the C-47 can bring in more troops instead of dropping supplies... Babar is only two hexes from Selaroe, perfect distance for our LCT...

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Amphibious Assault at Babar

TF 33 troops unloading over beach at Babar, 76,117

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

10 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
LCT-130
LCT-132
LCT-465

LCT-130 fired at enemy troops
LCT-132 fired at enemy troops
LCT-465 fired at enemy troops

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Amphibious Assault at Babar

TF 91 troops unloading over beach at Babar, 76,117

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

6 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
LCT-370
LCT-376
LCT-460

LCT-370 fired at enemy troops
LCT-376 fired at enemy troops
LCT-460 fired at enemy troops

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Amphibious Assault at Babar

TF 132 troops unloading over beach at Babar, 76,117

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Morning Air attack on Babar , at 76,117

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 38,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 11

No Allied losses

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

expected the enemy to put LRCAP over Babar, unfortunetely he didn�t...

the sweeps just look like as stupid as always...

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Morning Air attack on Babar , at 76,117

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 38,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 11

No Allied losses

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

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Morning Air attack on Babar , at 76,117

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 40,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 11

No Allied losses

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

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Babar at 76,117

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 8

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
LCT-352, Shell hits 3
LCT-320, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x A6M3a Zero bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb

that�s why there were a couple of A6M3a on Cap over Lautern I guess, the enemy moved in a dozen of them and set most of them to nav attack to take out some LCT... this works better with Zeroes than with Allied attack bombers...

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Morning Air attack on Babar , at 76,117

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 37,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 6

No Allied losses

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

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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 17

Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 14

Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 14
Liberator GR.III x 12
Wellington Ic x 12
B-17E Fortress x 36
B-24D1 Liberator x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed, 16 damaged
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 3 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 14 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator GR.III: 3 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 7 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged

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

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 67

Aircraft Attacking:
14 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
12 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 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-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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

CAP engaged:
24th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (4 airborne, 12 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 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (4 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes

oh so great... the enemy has kept a couple of fighter units at Bangkok (to my surprise I have to say) and we�ve ordered three P-47 and three P-38 squadrons to sweep the base before the bombers would go in... hurrey, it works so well all the time, at some point you just have to stop wondering how everything works... if it works well, that�s up to everyone himselve to decide... wonder why squadrons had briefings in real life, why not only telling them "you attack x or y tomorrow" and then let the squadrons do whatever and whenever they want... the bombers go in without any of the six fighter squadrons and none of them showed up before... we are twice lucky... first because land based radar isn�t working at all and this won�t change until the next patch, therefor the number of enemy fighters in the air isn�t what it could be and second halve of the fighters are Oscars and these aren�t really suited to fight our bombers...

31 enemy fighters in the air would have been just a perfect target for our 150 P-38/P-47...

it�s nothing but frustrating, AE is a summary of what all can go wrong, it hardly ever comes up with a day when something goes right it seems, going with all the other AARs, it�s not because of the special castor troy edition though... it�s too much, things could and did go wrong in real life but more or less having things go wrong every day is just awful...

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

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 16

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 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: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 56

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
46 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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

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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 11
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 11

Allied aircraft
Wellington GR.VIII x 12
B-24D1 Liberator x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 3 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington GR.VIII: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 14

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

CAP engaged:
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 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 69 minutes
24th 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.
10 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 82 minutes

Wellingtons aren�t suited to fight enemy fighters, not even if they are Japanese... with things going wrong all the time due to it being hardcoded and having the oh so famous "strike pack feature" it will get pretty nasty as soon as the patch makes land based radar actually working... this will also make all the testing during alpha and beta a bit problematic because all these "screw up features" obviously have been "tested" with non working land based radar... if land based radar then works and it�s the same as ship based radar (I assume it should) then we�re back at having WITP Cap (when talking about numbers) but are stuck with AE "strike pack screw up features"... it will be great for sure... should I then play on with non working land based radar or will it be great to send your single squadron sweeps (that lose at least 3 fighters every time) against a fully reinforced Cap?

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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 2

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 44

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 7 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
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
6 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
14 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

CAP engaged:
251 Ku S-1 Det B with A6M3a Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead

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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 1

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 30

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 19

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

CAP engaged:
251 Ku S-1 Det B with A6M3a Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead

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

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 16

No Allied losses

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

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

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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 19

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
7 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

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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 10

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

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
10 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: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 4
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1

Allied aircraft
Wellington B.X x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington B.X: 5 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Wellington B.X bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
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 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 148 minutes
24th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 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 80 minutes

guess it�s only luck that we don�t lose more bombers today...

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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 12

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

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 7

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

CAP engaged:
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead

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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 12

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

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7

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

no fighters in the air left... you also don�t want to run into real fighter opposition with your US medium bombers, heavy bombers can take them on, medium bombers can�t...

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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 19

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged

Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
7 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

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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Severe storms

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 11

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

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-25C Mitchell 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: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 24

Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 3 damaged

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

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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 47,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 74

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet *
25 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet *
24 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet *

here are the P-47 on their sweep! Late but all three squadrons flew together, something that happens one in a hundred times... this game is so friging stupid...

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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 65

No Allied losses

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

and here are all three Lightning squadrons flying together... it could not be any more stupid... how can something like this be accepted for release... zzz

due to the oh so great working strike routines we lose 9 bombers (could have been far worse - with working radar for example) with the enemy losing a good dozen fighters at the targetted base...

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Morning Air attack on 77th Chindit Brigade, at 64,56

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 28

No Japanese losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
28 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 1st Engineer Co , at 76,117 (Babar)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 10
PV-1 Ventura x 24

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking Yokosuka 1st SNLF /1 ...
Also attacking 1st Engineer Co ...
Also attacking Yokosuka 1st SNLF /1 ...
Also attacking 1st Engineer Co ...
Also attacking Yokosuka 1st SNLF /1 ...
Also attacking 1st Engineer Co ...
Also attacking Yokosuka 1st SNLF /1 ...

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Morning Air attack on 1st Engineer Co , at 76,117 (Babar)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 8
PV-1 Ventura x 12

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking Yokosuka 1st SNLF /1 ...
Also attacking 1st Engineer Co ...
Also attacking Yokosuka 1st SNLF /1 ...

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Morning Air attack on Yokosuka 1st SNLF, at 76,117 (Babar)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 7
PV-1 Ventura x 6

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Babar , at 76,117

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 40,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 11

No Allied losses

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

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Afternoon Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 39,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 32

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *

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Ground combat at Babar (76,117)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 1620 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 86

Defending force 745 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 37

Allied adjusted assault: 43

Japanese adjusted defense: 53

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
531 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 21 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
61 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
503rd Parachute Regiment
1st USMC Parachute Bn /1

Defending units:
1st Engineer Co
Yokosuka 1st SNLF /1

dropping the next load of troops with my C-47 from Darwin, a full USMC Bn landed today shock attacking with 503rd Para rgt... we fail again but the enemy is suffering more casualties than we do and we�ve got another USMC bn and 1st Aussie paras ready at Darwin... as expected Rainer also dropped some of his paras to help the eng unit at Babar but it�s too late... good thing is that Babar hasn�t got an airfield and he can only fly in paratroopers, otherwise we wouldn�t be able to take the base by air assault... it�s already going into the same direction as the German assault on Crete anyway...

the eng unit was destroyed today and I guess the enemy won�t fly in more troops of Yokosuka 1st because this would mean the unit would get destroyed without any hopes to hold the place...

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Ground combat at Babar (76,117)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 333 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 17

Defending force 1565 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 79

Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 1st SNLF /1

Defending units:
503rd Parachute Regiment
1st USMC Parachute Bn /1

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 10/15/2010 1:12:57 PM

castor troy

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 43
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Pre-Invasion action off Babar
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
LCT-141
LCT-144
LCT-179

LCT-141 fired at enemy troops
LCT-144 fired at enemy troops
LCT-179 fired at enemy troops

another load of supplies for the paras is coming in...
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Amphibious Assault at Babar

TF 55 troops unloading over beach at Babar, 76,117

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ASW attack near Orchid Island at 87,68

Japanese Ships
E Otori
E Kari
E Hayabusa

Allied Ships
SS Drum, hits 1

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

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ASW attack near Dadjangas at 79,94

Japanese Ships
DD Hatsushima
DD Yugure

Allied Ships
SS Grayback

SS Grayback is located by DD Hatsushima
Grayback diving deep ....
DD Yugure attacking submerged sub ....
DD Hatsushima fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yugure fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yugure fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yugure fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yugure fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yugure fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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TF 15 encounters mine field at Palembang (48,91)

Japanese Ships
PB Tatebu Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

have sent Argonaut to mine Palembang and a PB is sunk... unfortunetely for us, these mining operations always only end up with a single escort sunk and so far nothing precious has hit a mine... guess some minesweepers are on their way already...

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Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 102,68

Japanese Ships
TK Jinju Maru
SC Ch 15
TK Toshikawa Maru
TK Kyokuyo Maru
TK Rokkosan Maru
TK Peking Maru
TK Otoriyama Maru
E Nuwashima
E W-28
E Susuki

Allied Ships
SS Balao, hits 1

SS Balao launches 6 torpedoes at TK Jinju Maru
Balao diving deep ....
E Nuwashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-28 attacking submerged sub ....
E Susuki fails to find sub and abandons search
E Nuwashima fails to find sub and abandons search
E W-28 attacking submerged sub ....
E W-28 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-28 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-28 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-28 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-28 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

big tanker convoy... Balao attacks the right target but fails...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 38,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 27

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Babar , at 76,117

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 38,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 11

No Allied losses

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

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Morning Air attack on Babar , at 76,117

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 41,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 11

No Allied losses

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

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 39,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 52
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 11
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 55

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 161

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield 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
28 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
30 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Just give me Helens and Sallies with their 250kg bombs and I would throw all my medium bombers away...

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Morning Air attack on Babar , at 76,117

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 36,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 11

No Allied losses

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

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Morning Air attack on Yokosuka 1st SNLF, at 76,117 (Babar)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 14
PV-1 Ventura x 57

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Yokosuka 1st SNLF, at 76,117 (Babar)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 6

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

only a nuissance raid...

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

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 76

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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

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Morning Air attack on Yokosuka 1st SNLF, at 76,117 (Babar)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 69

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 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
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
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 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

this one was better...

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Morning Air attack on Yokosuka 1st SNLF, at 76,117 (Babar)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 6

No Allied losses

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

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Morning Air attack on Yokosuka 1st SNLF, at 76,117 (Babar)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 14

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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 Yokosuka 1st SNLF, at 76,117 (Babar)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 24

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
13 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

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Morning Air attack on Yokosuka 1st SNLF, at 76,117 (Babar)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 10

No Allied losses

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

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

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 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: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12

Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged

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

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 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: Clear sky

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

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12

Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged

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

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Morning Air attack on 77th Chindit Brigade, at 64,56

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 29

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 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 Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 36,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 13
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 36750 feet

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Morning Air attack on Babar , at 76,117

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 38,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 11

No Allied losses

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

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Ground combat at Babar (76,117)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 595 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 112

Defending force 274 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10

Allied adjusted assault: 25

Japanese adjusted defense: 3

Allied assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Babar !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(-), disruption(-)
preparation(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

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

Assaulting units:
503rd Parachute Regiment
1st Australian Para Bn /1
1st USMC Parachute Bn /1

Defending units:
Yokosuka 1st SNLF /1

dropped also the Aussies today and forgot about the US units to set them to attack too... it worked nevertheless and Babar is taken as the Japanese got no combat power left...

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 10/16/2010 10:00:10 AM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 29, 43
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ASW attack near Izu Oshima at 113,63

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-10
xAK Sikisan Maru
xAK Sekiho Maru
PB Tokihime Maru
SC CHa-15

Allied Ships
SS Finback

SS Finback is sighted by escort
Finback diving deep ....
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
SC CHa-15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 44

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 5 damaged

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

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

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 44

No Allied losses

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

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

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 24

Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 4 damaged

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

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

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Afternoon Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 38,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 34

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *
7 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet

seems like these Tojos are always at 6000ft so I guess Rainer has deliberately set them to 6000... for what reason ever... it�s only a not working theory that my Cap would dive down to 6000ft to engage the Tojos there and then the higher flying Tojos would dive on the Cap...

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Afternoon Air attack on 77th Chindit Brigade, at 64,56

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 18

No Japanese losses

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

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

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Ground combat at Babar (76,117)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2175 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 113

Defending force 251 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7

Allied adjusted assault: 36

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 36 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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

Assaulting units:
1st USMC Parachute Battalion
503rd Parachute Regiment
1st Australian Para Bn /1

Defending units:
Yokosuka 1st SNLF

the paratroopers finally take Babar and our LCTs will start to ferry in troops (mostly construction units) from Selaroe that has reached it�s max size for port and airfield... This will give us another big airfield very close by to the Japanese strongholds at Dili and Lautern...

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Yokosuka 1st SNLF Wiped Out at Babar by attrition!!!

Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Rabaul

not only the Japanese paratroopers on Babar were destroyed today, unfortunately also the 4th Div at Rabaul surrendered and my attack bombers there miss their training target now... so they�re gonna be set to training again and have no chance to train strafe anymore and this seems to be the only useful skill for them until the next patch... wonder which skill they need after the patch... I�ve got hundreds of attack bombers in the pool now and can�t use them...

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 10/16/2010 10:09:01 AM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 30, 43
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Submarine attack near Busselton at 47,149

Japanese Ships
SS I-179

Allied Ships
xAK Cape John, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

xAK Cape John is sighted by SS I-179
SS I-179 launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Cape John

we lose an unescorted freighter that was going in a convoy to Perth, coming from Cape Town... so far the enemy subs were always positioned in one of the hexes exactly West of Perth and my unescorted convoys easily avoided them with waypoints... this time the sub wasn�t West of Perth... got a couple of convoys (all unescorted) going back and forth between Cape Town and Perth to ferry in mostly supplies and sometimes fuel... on map distance and and threat so far were so small that I didn�t want to use any escorts... hard to believe but I�m not swimming in escorts, got a hell a lot of them, but would like to have 200 more...

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Sub attack near Selaroe at 77,118

Japanese Ships
SS RO-101

Allied Ships
LCT-364, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage

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

SS RO-101 attacking LCT-364 on the surface

having the LCTs out, the ASW TF fails to do anything again...

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Sub attack near Busselton at 47,149
Japanese Ships
SS I-179

Allied Ships
xAK Cape Elizabeth, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

SS I-179 launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Cape Elizabeth

damn you! another freighter is sunk, in the hundreds of Allied sub attacks so far I probably can count the times a sub attacked twice in a phase on one hand...

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ASW attack near Jesselton at 67,85

Japanese Ships
DD Minazuki
DD Satsuki

Allied Ships
SS Skipjack, hits 11, heavy damage

SS Skipjack is sighted by escort
DD Minazuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Satsuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Minazuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Satsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Satsuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Satsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Satsuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Satsuki is out of ASW ammo
DD Satsuki is out of ASW ammo
DD Satsuki is out of ASW ammo
DD Satsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

what an awful turn... Skipjack is bombed to death, ending up with 46sys 76flt... due to the too high sys dam the sub went down two turns later... you can bring a sub home with 90flt damage as long as sys is below 20... if sys is high and flt nearly not existent you easily end up having the sub going straight down a turn later...

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Sub attack near Tanegashima at 102,63

Japanese Ships
PB Tomitu Maru
TK Azuchisan Maru
DD Akikaze

Allied Ships
SS Steelhead

SS Steelhead launches 6 torpedoes at PB Tomitu Maru
DD Akikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

hell, how often does it happen a sub isn�t able to "penetrate the escorts"?

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 38,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 23

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 37,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 54
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 37

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged

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

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 61

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield 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
29 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
12 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

not bad during thunderstorms...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 18

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 21

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

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 38,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 14

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 36750 feet

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Afternoon Air attack on 77th Chindit Brigade, at 64,56

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 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 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

amazingly enough, we suffered no air losses today (means no losses during nav search, happens one time in 2 months I guess)... two enemy long range transports lost, the enemy is using his transport fleet daily...

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 10/16/2010 10:19:37 AM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 31, 43
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Sub attack near Sangi at 77,96

Japanese Ships
DD Yugure, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
DD Hatsushima

Allied Ships
SS Pompano, hits 2

SS Pompano launches 4 torpedoes at DD Yugure
Pompano diving deep ....
DD Hatsushima fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatsushima fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatsushima fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatsushima fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatsushima attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

WOW! Mark this day in your calender, after 70 unsuccesful attacks on DD or E we finally sink one...

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Sub attack near Vigan at 78,73

Japanese Ships
TK Goyo Maru
SC Ch 32
SC Ch 31
AO Naruto
TK Tatibana Maru
TK Ogura Maru #1
TK Akebono Maru
E Tatsuko
E W-13
E Yomogi
PB Kinsyo Maru #4

Allied Ships
SS Scamp

SS Scamp launches 6 torpedoes at TK Goyo Maru
Scamp diving deep ....
E Tatsuko fails to find sub and abandons search
E W-13 attacking submerged sub ....
E Yomogi attacking submerged sub ....
E Yomogi cannot reach attack position over SS Scamp
SS Scamp eludes E Yomogi by diving deep
E Yomogi cannot reach attack position over SS Scamp
PB Kinsyo Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-13 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Yomogi fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Kinsyo Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-13 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Kinsyo Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kinsyo Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kinsyo Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kinsyo Maru #4 attacking submerged sub ....
SS Scamp eludes PB Kinsyo Maru #4 by diving deep
PB Kinsyo Maru #4 cannot establish contact with SS Scamp
PB Kinsyo Maru #4 cannot reach attack position over SS Scamp
SS Scamp eludes ASW attack from PB Kinsyo Maru #4
Escort abandons search for sub

six torps fail hitting this tanker though...

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Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 103,68

Japanese Ships
AMc Wa 11
AMc Wa 12

Allied Ships
SS Sealion

SS Sealion launches 4 torpedoes at AMc Wa 11
Sealion diving deep ....
AMc Wa 12 fails to find sub, continues to search...
AMc Wa 12 fails to find sub, continues to search...
AMc Wa 12 fails to find sub, continues to search...
AMc Wa 12 fails to find sub, continues to search...
AMc Wa 12 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and we miss this coastal minesweeper...

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Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 100,68

Japanese Ships
AM Wa 102, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AM Wa 101

Allied Ships
SS Balao

SS Balao launches 6 torpedoes at AM Wa 102
Balao diving deep ....
AM Wa 101 fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Wa 101 fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Wa 101 fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Wa 101 fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Wa 101 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

but Balao sinks a minesweeper in the same region... wonder why all these minesweepers have set sail, perhaps my really rare air and sub minelaying missions triggered a reaction and Rainer moves these vessels closer to the front... don�t know, my mines had no effect so far... well, we�ve sunk a couple of PBs...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 40,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 15
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 36750 feet

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 39,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 30

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 52
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 36

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged

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

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 107

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield 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
28 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
11 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

poor result for a clear sky attack... for the Japanese...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 18

No Japanese losses

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

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 36

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

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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet.

Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 39

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 4 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 18
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 94

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

damn! Wrong altitude! When I rest the Ventura squadrons then I put them on nav attack / rest 1000ft and when I then order them to attack an airfield I also have to adjust the altitude again, something I�ve forgotten this turn... we nuke the enemy airfield but flak fire was severe, losing several Venturas today... amazingly enough, none of the crews got any lowgrd skill so I wonder how they were able to hit the airfield with 15 average lowgrd skill...

39 bombers dropped three bombs each, makes it 117 bombs... 122 hits reported...

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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 9

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 9

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 9

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura 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 2
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 9

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

the strike pack "feature" hits us hard again, you don�t even want to think about enemy fighters and working land based radar at this base... every strike consist of lowgrd bombing experts though while none of the crews got any skill in these attacks... just weird...

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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 84

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 5 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 2
Runway hits 59
Port hits 17
Port fuel hits 5
Port supply hits 1

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

the heavies aren�t needed anymore but I also didn�t expect the Venturas to nuke the base as they were expected to come in at 10000ft (with the heavies) and score perhaps 4 or 5 dozen hits...

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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 11

No Allied losses

Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 1

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

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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 29

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 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 26
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Port Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 12

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

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

Dili is hit hard today, takes the enemy a week to repair the damage... the airfield�s going to be ready for combat ops earlier though... we lost 6 Venturas today, the crews sure weren�t happy about such a kamikaze mission... now what would happen if you send the oh so great attack bombers in at 100ft to attack such a target?

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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 12

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed

Runway hits 11

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 Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 19

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

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Morning Air attack on 77th Chindit Brigade, at 64,57

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 26

No Japanese losses

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

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 10/16/2010 10:25:05 AM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 01, 43
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TF 68 encounters mine field at Palembang (48,91)

Japanese Ships
AMc Wa 19

2 mines cleared

Argonaut�s mines...

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Sub attack near Dadjangas at 80,94

Japanese Ships
xAK Shinryu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Macassar Maru
xAK India Maru
xAK Tenryu Maru
xAK Sinsei Maru
PB Hakata Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS Searaven

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

SS Searaven launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Shinryu Maru
Searaven diving deep ....
PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hakata Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

freighter full of troops is hit...

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Sub attack near Hakodate at 120,54

Japanese Ships
xAK Tempei Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PB Kensyo Maru

Allied Ships
SS Runner

SS Runner launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Tempei Maru
PB Kensyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kensyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kensyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kensyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kensyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and another one probably carrying ressources...

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Sub attack near Dadjangas at 80,94

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

Allied Ships
SS Searaven

SS Searaven launches 4 torpedoes

senseless to put another torp into the ship, the freighter was doomed already... amazingly there aren�t anymore ground losses...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 39,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 11

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 36750 feet

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 36,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 27

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 15

No Allied losses

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

15 Lightnings?

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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 16

No Allied losses

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

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Babar at 76,117

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
LCT-58
LCT-361, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
LCT-365

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

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x A6M5 Zero bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb

the Zekes are back... soon to be countered by Corsairs again (Thunderbolts would be better)... while we nuked Dili, they are coming from Lautern now, reported damage on the airfield is 60... oh well...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 36,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 49
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 11
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 33

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

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

Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 89

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
5 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
25 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
28 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 20

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

Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
20 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 Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 14
Liberator GR.III x 10
Wellington Ic x 15
Wellington GR.VIII x 3
Wellington B.X x 3
B-17E Fortress x 35
B-24D1 Liberator x 30
B-25C Mitchell x 31
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 18

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator GR.III: 1 damaged
Wellington GR.VIII: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 7 damaged

Refinery hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x Liberator GR.III bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 250 lb GP Bomb
15 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x Wellington B.X bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 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-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x Wellington GR.VIII bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 6 x 250 lb GP Bomb

bad weather but we hit the small refinery at Bangkok...

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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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

Allied aircraft
Wellington GR.VIII x 10
Wellington B.X x 9

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington GR.VIII: 1 damaged
Wellington B.X: 1 damaged

Refinery hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Wellington GR.VIII bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 6 x 250 lb GP Bomb
9 x Wellington B.X bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 11
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 18

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Refinery hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
11 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: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 18

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged

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

nothing left undamaged...

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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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

Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 34

No Allied losses

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

6 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet

and here�s the rest of the sweeping Lightnings after the bombers... boy, this is so weird and it happens just too often... things weren�t screwed up daily, otherwise the Allied would still sit near the frontline in New Guinea nowadays and wouldn�t have defeated the Japanese... or the Japanese would still siege Singapore...

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Morning Air attack on 77th Chindit Brigade, at 64,57

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 24

No Japanese losses

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

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Babar at 76,117

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
LCT-356
LCT-155, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk
LCT-59, Shell hits 1, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x A6M5 Zero bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb

losing three LCTs in one day to the Zekes isn�t something to make me happy... fighters at 100ft work perfectly...

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 10/16/2010 10:36:28 AM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 02, 43
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TF 68 encounters mine field at Palembang (48,91)

Japanese Ships
AMc Wa 19

5 mines cleared

these mines won�t do anymore harm... result of Argonaut�s mine laying mission was a PB sunk... at the moment, we don�t even have mines for the sub left, guess we�ve done halve a dozen or so mine laying missions with Argonaut during the whole war so far and now we ran out of mines... it�s Sep 43...

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Sub attack near Puerto Princesa at 73,81

Japanese Ships
PB Akagane Maru
TK Hirota Maru
TK Oyashima Maru
PB Daiya Maru

Allied Ships
SS Albacore

SS Albacore launches 4 torpedoes at PB Akagane Maru
PB Daiya Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Daiya Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Daiya Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Daiya Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Daiya Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and of course we keep on attacking escorts 40 or 50% of the time... doing this 60% of the time without success...

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Sub attack near Puerto Princesa at 73,81

Japanese Ships
PB Daiya Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
TK Hirota Maru
TK Oyashima Maru
PB Akagane Maru

Allied Ships
SS Albacore

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

the sub not only is stupid enough to do it once, no, even a second time attacking another escort... ahh, why attacking tankers...

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TF 68 encounters mine field at Palembang (48,91)

Japanese Ships
AMc Wa 19

6 mines cleared

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Sub attack near Jesselton at 68,85

Japanese Ships
DD Murakumo
DD Kyukaze

Allied Ships
SS Tuna, hits 2

SS Tuna launches 4 torpedoes at DD Murakumo
DD Kyukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Murakumo attacking submerged sub ....
DD Murakumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Murakumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Murakumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Murakumo attacking submerged sub ....
DD Murakumo is out of ASW ammo
DD Murakumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

with the success we recently had sinking one DD I guess we�re going to spend the next 60 salvoes for no result other than being in danger of being damaged or sunk...

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TF 36 encounters mine field at Vanimo (93,117)

Allied Ships
DD Doyle, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

we�re not the only one doing minelaying missions with our subs... and the Japanese already got more success than we have, Doyle hits a Type88 mine and goes down like a rock... we sink three PB, the enemy sinks a DD...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 40,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 9

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 36750 feet

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 42,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 23

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 38,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Overcast

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 23
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 11
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 53

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

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

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 139

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield 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
28 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

flying these extended range attacks day after day after day after day...

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Morning Air attack on Saumlaki , at 78,117
Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 10
PV-1 Ventura x 70

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 4 damaged

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

Airbase hits 30
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 176

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

this time I�ve deliberately kept the Venturas at 1000ft as Saumlaki hasn�t got any serious flak... 1000ft is ok, 100ft would be murderous as could be seen when my attack bombers attacked a single SNLF with 4 13mm MGs... better to fly one 1000ft attack against such a target instead of 6 10000ft attacks to achieve the same result with more losses to ops...

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Morning Air attack on Saumlaki , at 78,117

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 10
PV-1 Ventura x 12

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Boela , at 80,110

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 57

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

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 35
Port hits 8
Port supply hits 4

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

it�s not news for Rainer that this region here is my main axis of advance into the SRA... and these attacks should prevent him from building up his bases... I really wonder why he keeps 100.000 troops at Lautern and Dili while the other bases here got a max of 20000 reported troops (which are in fact less by at least 30-40%)...

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Morning Air attack on Boela , at 80,110

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 26

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

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 37

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

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Morning Air attack on Boela , at 80,110

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 38

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11
Port hits 4
Port supply hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
12 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
Port 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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Morning Air attack on Boela , at 80,110

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 13

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 25

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

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Morning Air attack on Boela , at 80,110

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

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

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 10

No Allied losses

Port hits 4

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

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Morning Air attack on Boela , at 80,110

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Port hits 1

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

haven�t lost an aircraft during a combat mission but several crashed during nav search and recon... as usual...

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 10/18/2010 10:34:05 AM

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just read in another thread that the Mk14 torps are starting to "work" in 9/43, I�ve always thought it would be 10/43.

Is it really 9/43 or is it "AFTER" 9/43?

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 03, 43
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TF 68 encounters mine field at Palembang (48,91)

Japanese Ships
AMc Wa 19

9 mines cleared

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ASW attack near Brunei at 65,85

Japanese Ships
DD Kyukaze

Allied Ships
SS Apogon

SS Apogon is sighted by escort
Apogon diving deep ....
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...
DD Kyukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kyukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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TF 68 encounters mine field at Palembang (48,91)

Japanese Ships
AMc Wa 19

9 mines cleared

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 41,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 9

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 36750 feet

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 39,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 27

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 39,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 48
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 48

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

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

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 48
Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
5 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
28 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
18 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
25 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

the enemy now switched to port attacks also...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 20

No Japanese losses

Allied 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 24

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

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Pre-Invasion action off Saumlaki - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

69 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
LCT-149

Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Kure 7th SNLF firing at LCT-149
LCT-149 fired at enemy troops
LCT-149 fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards

I was rather shocked when this message showed up as I didn�t know what started to unloading here as I wasn�t aware of having sent anything to this enemy base... after checking the TF, it was a single LCT that was carrying a small fragment of an eng unit which was supposed to go to Selaroe (right next to Saumlaki) so I guess I�ve just clicked into the wrong target hex when setting a destination... not really a biggy but these errors on my part are annoying...

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Amphibious Assault at Saumlaki

TF 303 troops unloading over beach at Saumlaki, 78,117

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 10/18/2010 10:46:09 AM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 04, 43
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TF 68 encounters mine field at Palembang (48,91)

Japanese Ships
AMc Wa 19

2 mines cleared

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Sub attack near Kushiro at 122,54

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-49
PB Sonobe Maru

Allied Ships
SS Runner

SS Runner launches 6 torpedoes at SC CHa-49
Runner diving deep ....
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 ....
PB Sonobe Maru cannot establish contact with SS Runner
PB Sonobe Maru loses contact with SS Runner
PB Sonobe Maru cannot establish contact with SS Runner
PB Sonobe Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sonobe Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Sangi at 77,96

Japanese Ships
TK Gyoshin Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
E Sokuten
TK Ryusho Maru
TK Ayayuki Maru
TK Jinei Maru
E Omae
E Naryu

Allied Ships
SS Pompano, hits 2

SS Pompano launches 4 torpedoes at TK Gyoshin Maru
Pompano diving deep ....
E Omae attacking submerged sub ....
E Naryu fails to find sub and abandons search
E Omae fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Omae fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Omae fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Omae attacking submerged sub ....
E Omae fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

as long as we keep on hitting tankers I�m happy with my subs...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 41,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 9

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 36750 feet

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 40,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 27

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 18

No Allied losses

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

I�m not even getting most of the fighters in a squadron to fly together, let alone all of them... boy oh boy... nothing you can do about these fine new features as a player...

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Morning Air attack on Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 18

No Allied losses

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

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Morning Air attack on Groote Eylandt , at 82,130

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
LCM 592D, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LCM 532D, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LCM 532B, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LCM 532E, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LCM 542D, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk

Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

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

what the IJAAF can do is something the IJNAF can do easily... 9 bombers, 6 hits... a nice attack but probably not what Rainer was expecting, he would have been better off bombing the airfield destroying some divebombers or transports... the enemy is reconning all our bases in the area and Rainer obviously noticed that I�ve moved all fighters out of this secondary airfield SE of Darwin and he also saw the anchor symbol for ships being disbanded in port... the "ships" only were low value LCM though of which I have no use for as I�m using LCT exclusively...

nevertheless a nice strike and something that should remind me to stay cautiously... flak once again was nothing but a wet fart, got three coastal AA rgts and two base forces here, they do just nothing against bombers at 6000ft... guess flak needs someone like Nik to come closer to reality, what it is now is pretty much off if you compare it with reality... none of the sides cares about flak at all...

none of these Nells were lost on the long range strike from Koepang, two Nells on nav search were downed by Cap though which is quite a common thing at these times... racks up Nell losses over time but on the other hand the enemy spots 100% of my TFs all around the place...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 40,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 50
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 42

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

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

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 52
Port hits 8
Port fuel hits 3
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
5 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
29 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
12 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
25 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 11
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 38

No Japanese losses

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

Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 57

Aircraft Attacking:
18 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: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 66
F4U-1 Corsair x 13
PV-1 Ventura x 47

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

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged

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

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 41
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 6 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
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

dropping so many more bombs than the IJAAF all the time for so much worse results... there will come the time when I will revert back to the 6000ft only air attack just like it was in WITP...

lost four B-24 to ops today, a bad day... we get 65 B-24J each month now though so we can afford quite some losses now...

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Morning Air attack on Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 23
F4U-1 Corsair x 13
PV-1 Ventura x 23

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 22
Port hits 1

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

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Morning Air attack on Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 12

No Allied losses

Port hits 3

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

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Morning Air attack on Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
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 Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
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 Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 27

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

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 36

Aircraft Attacking:
16 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 Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

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

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 7

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
Runway hits 6

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

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Morning Air attack on Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 18

No Allied losses

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

then the third squadron on sweep shows up... having the same number of fighters "lost"...

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Morning Air attack on Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

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

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 12

No Allied losses

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

stupidity...

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Morning Air attack on Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

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

Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 5

No Allied losses

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

more stupidity...

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 10/18/2010 12:24:35 PM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 05, 43
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TF 311 encounters mine field at Vanimo (93,117)

Allied Ships
AM Bowen
AM Benalla

7 mines cleared

took quite a while to see my minesweepers arriving here after losing DD Doyle...

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Sub attack near Dadjangas at 77,95

Japanese Ships
TK Gyoshin Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
E Omae

Allied Ships
SS Thresher, hits 1

SS Thresher launches 4 torpedoes at TK Gyoshin Maru
E Omae fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Omae attacking submerged sub ....
E Omae fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Omae fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Omae fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Thresher sinks a tanker and takes no damage in return... SS Shad was hit by air ASW though, taking 13 sys 25 flt... no biggy, sub is retiring...

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TF 311 encounters mine field at Vanimo (93,117)

Allied Ships
AM Bowen
AM Benalla

15 mines cleared

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Sub attack near Donggala at 68,97

Japanese Ships
TK Jinei Maru
TK Ryusho Maru
TK Ayayuki Maru
E Naryu
E Sokuten

Allied Ships
SS Bowfin

SS Bowfin launches 4 torpedoes at TK Jinei Maru
Bowfin diving deep ....
E Naryu attacking submerged sub ....
E Sokuten fails to find sub and abandons search
E Naryu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Naryu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Naryu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Naryu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Naryu fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Bowfin scores with duds... 10% dud rate now? Or starting in oct?

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 38,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 9
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 36750 feet

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 24
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 28

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

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 46

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield 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
3 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 28
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 9

No Japanese losses

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

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 42

Aircraft Attacking:
28 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
9 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 20

No Japanese losses

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

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 47

Aircraft Attacking:
20 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: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 37,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 34

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *
7 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet

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Afternoon Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 22
Hurricane IIc Trop x 23
Liberator II x 11
Wellington Ic x 12
Wellington B.X x 8
B-17E Fortress x 18
B-24D1 Liberator x 18
B-25C Mitchell x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 10
P-40N1 Warhawk x 9
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 48

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 1 damaged
Wellington Ic: 1 damaged
Wellington B.X: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 4 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

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

Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 112

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x Wellington B.X bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 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: Heavy cloud

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

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 8
Liberator GR.III x 7
B-17E Fortress x 9
B-24D1 Liberator x 12
B-25C Mitchell x 12

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator GR.III: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 52

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Liberator GR.III bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 250 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 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-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 7
Wellington GR.VIII x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 12

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington GR.VIII: 2 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 3 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wellington GR.VIII bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 250 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Sub attack near Iba at 78,74

Japanese Ships
AMc Wa 18
AMc Wa 15
AMc Wa 21

Allied Ships
SS Scamp

Captain of SS Scamp elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
AMc Wa 21 fails to find sub and abandons search
AMc Wa 18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
AMc Wa 18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
AMc Wa 18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
AMc Wa 18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
AMc Wa 18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

another time when we meet AMc... wonder where they�re all going at the moment...

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Sub attack near Donggala at 68,97

Japanese Ships
TK Ayayuki Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
TK Ryusho Maru
TK Jinei Maru
E Naryu
E Sokuten

Allied Ships
SS Bowfin

SS Bowfin launches 4 torpedoes at TK Ayayuki Maru
Bowfin diving deep ....
E Naryu fails to find sub and abandons search
E Sokuten fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Sokuten fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Sokuten fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Sokuten fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Sokuten fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Bowfin gets another chance to score at the end of the day and sinks a freighter... two down today, well done!

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 10/18/2010 12:29:29 PM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 06, 43
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TF 311 encounters mine field at Vanimo (93,117)

Allied Ships
AM Bowen
AM Benalla

13 mines cleared

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ASW attack near Brunei at 65,85

Japanese Ships
DD Shinonome
DD Kyukaze

Allied Ships
SS Tuna

SS Tuna is located by DD Shinonome
Tuna diving deep ....
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...
DD Kyukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kyukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Groot Natoena at 60,84

Japanese Ships
TK Mitu Maru
PB Shonon Maru #10

Allied Ships
SS Tarpon

SS Tarpon launches 4 torpedoes at TK Mitu Maru
PB Shonon Maru #10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shonon Maru #10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shonon Maru #10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shonon Maru #10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shonon Maru #10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

duds

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Sub attack near Iba at 78,74

Japanese Ships
DD Oite
DD Yunagi
DD Asanagi

Allied Ships
SS Scamp

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

missed...

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Sub attack near Manado at 75,97

Japanese Ships
AO Hayamoto
E Omae
PC Take
PC Nire
AO Teibo
AO Kyuko
AO Shiriya
AO Sata
AO Ondo
DD Oboro
DD Akatsuki

Allied Ships
SS Hoe, hits 1

SS Hoe launches 6 torpedoes at AO Hayamoto
Hoe diving deep ....
DD Oboro fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Akatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akatsuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Akatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

duds...

wonder what die rolls I get considering someone said the torps should start working in 9/43...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 39,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 9
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 36750 feet

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 39,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 27

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 38,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 51
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 11
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 17

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

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

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 121

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
5 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
29 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
12 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

I don�t even look at these result anymore during the replay... insane, we have nothing that comes close to such a constant performance... at least not as long as we�re bombing from 10000ft...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 38

No Japanese losses

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

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 42

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
18 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 29

No Japanese losses

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

Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ...

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Afternoon Air attack on Koepang , at 68,116

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 71
PV-1 Ventura x 46

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 32

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 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
12 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
16 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

visiting Koepang with quite a big bomber force for nothing but a pathetic result...

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Afternoon Air attack on Koepang , at 68,116

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 35

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 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 3
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Koepang , at 68,116

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
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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Afternoon Air attack on Koepang , at 68,116

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 15

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 10

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

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Afternoon Air attack on Koepang , at 68,116

Weather in hex: Severe storms

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

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 14

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 12

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

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Afternoon Air attack on Koepang , at 68,116

Weather in hex: Severe storms

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Runway hits 4

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 Koepang , at 68,116

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 14

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

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 9

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

more or less everything we had attacked today... in bits and pieces without hitting the enemy as hard as we would like to...

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Sub attack near Dadjangas at 80,94

Japanese Ships
AMc Wa 11, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AMc Wa 12

Allied Ships
SS Searaven

SS Searaven launches 4 torpedoes at AMc Wa 11
Searaven diving deep ....
AMc Wa 12 fails to find sub, continues to search...
AMc Wa 12 fails to find sub, continues to search...
AMc Wa 12 fails to find sub, continues to search...
AMc Wa 12 fails to find sub, continues to search...
AMc Wa 12 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and we sink a coastal minesweeper...

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 10/19/2010 11:42:29 AM

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SS Pogy Air ASW today... 35/20/6...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 07, 43
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ASW attack near Hakodate at 120,54

Japanese Ships
xAK Ansyu Maru
PB Magan Maru

Allied Ships
SS Runner

SS Runner is sighted by escort
Runner diving deep ....
PB Magan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Magan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Magan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Magan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Magan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 38,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 9

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 36750 feet

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 39,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 23

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 40,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 49
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 11
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 51

No Japanese losses

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

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 46

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-21-IIb Sally 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
28 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
29 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

the Japanese won�t stop flying these attacks at extended range every day... you wonder why it�s more dangerous to fly nav search in whatever aircraft than it is to fly a bomber strike at extended range day after day... at least today we had only two ac lost during nav search (Catalina and Hudson III) while the enemy lost 3 bombers to ops...

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Morning Air attack on Hollandia , at 93,116

Weather in hex: Severe storms

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

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 33
B-24D1 Liberator x 3
P-40K Warhawk x 32

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 17

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

and we�re never going to get the same hit rates the Japanese get dropping 2 bombs per bomber... laser guided bombs...

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Morning Air attack on Hollandia , at 93,116

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 12
B-24D1 Liberator x 9
P-40K Warhawk x 11

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 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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Morning Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 65,60

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 28

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
82 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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

Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ...

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Babar at 76,117

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 9

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed

CAP engaged:
VMF-216 with F4U-1 Corsair (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36800
Raid is overhead
VMF-217 with F4U-1 Corsair (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36800
Raid is overhead
VMF-222 with F4U-1 Corsair (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36800
Raid is overhead

Zekes came in again to attack some of the LCT but this time we had more than a dozen Corsairs waiting for them... only two of the Zekes were downed and two Corsairs crashed...

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Sub attack near Brunei at 65,85

Japanese Ships
DD Murakumo
DD Kyukaze

Allied Ships
SS Apogon

SS Apogon launches 6 torpedoes at DD Murakumo
Apogon diving deep ....
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...
DD Kyukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kyukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

duds as usual... like I�ve said, it�s either a wrong message all the time or the dud rate isn�t correct...

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Sub attack near Donggala at 68,97

Japanese Ships
AO Hayamoto, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
E Omae
PC Take
PC Nire
AO Teibo
AO Kyuko
AO Shiriya
AO Sata
AO Ondo
DD Oboro
DD Akatsuki

Allied Ships
SS Gudgeon

SS Gudgeon launches 4 torpedoes at AO Hayamoto
Gudgeon diving deep ....
DD Oboro fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Akatsuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Akatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and to make it a good turn in the end, a precious AO is sunk... I really have no clue why I�m sinking more tankers than freighters, it�s really rare to even meet a freighter convoy... thought Japan has to import ten thousands of ressources each day, so where are they coming from? Have got so many subs around all Japanese ports that the ressource convoys must stumble over them but I seem to catch more tanker convoys than any xAK...

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 08, 43
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Sub attack near Balikpapan at 66,98

Japanese Ships
AO Shiriya, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
E Omae
PC Take
PC Nire
AO Teibo
AO Kyuko
AO Sata
AO Ondo
DD Oboro
DD Akatsuki

Allied Ships
SS Plunger

SS Plunger launches 4 torpedoes at AO Shiriya
Plunger diving deep ....
DD Oboro fails to find sub and abandons 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 fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Gudgeon sank an AO of this convoy last turn and we�ve also got SS Plunger in this area scoring a hit...

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Sub attack near Kushiro at 122,54

Japanese Ships
xAK Gyoko Maru
PB Chiyo Maru #4

Allied Ships
SS Runner

SS Runner launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Gyoko Maru
Runner diving deep ....
PB Chiyo Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chiyo Maru #4 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Chiyo Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chiyo Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chiyo Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

we finally meet a freighter... duds...

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Sub attack near Manado at 76,98

Japanese Ships
AMc Wa 12, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Ray

SS Ray launches 6 torpedoes
Ray diving deep ....
Sub escapes detection

and we also meet another coastal minesweeper... where are they going to?

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Sub attack near Brunei at 65,85

Japanese Ships
DD Satsuki, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

DD Minazuki

Allied Ships
SS Apogon

SS Apogon launches 6 torpedoes at DD Satsuki
Apogon diving deep ....
DD Minazuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Minazuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Minazuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Minazuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Minazuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

now that was a rare one... Apogon got away unharmed... well done

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Sub attack near Kushiro at 122,54

Japanese Ships
xAK Ansyu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Magan Maru

Allied Ships
SS Runner

SS Runner launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Ansyu Maru
Runner diving deep ....
PB Magan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Magan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Magan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Magan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Magan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Runner gets a second chance and this time socres...

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Sub attack near Iba at 75,74

Japanese Ships
DD Yunagi, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

DD Oite
DD Asanagi

Allied Ships
SS Seahorse, hits 1

SS Seahorse launches 4 torpedoes at DD Yunagi
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asanagi attacking submerged sub ....
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

now what about that? it takes us nearly 300 torps to sink a single destroyer and then we sink two of them within a turn... must be jackpot time today... also Seahorse got away...

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Sub attack near Brunei at 65,85

Japanese Ships
DD Satsuki, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

DD Uzuki

Allied Ships
SS Apogon, hits 3

SS Apogon launches 4 torpedoes at DD Satsuki
Apogon diving deep ....
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

unbelievable, Apogon manages to put another torp into the already stricken ship... though the sub took some damage and retires with 3 sys 32 flt...
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 40,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 9

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 36750 feet

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 40,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 23

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 41,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 47
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 33

No Japanese losses

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

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 101

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-21-IIb Sally 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
26 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
11 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

here they are again...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 18

No Japanese losses

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

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 38

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

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Sorong at 82,107

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 8

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Yamafuku Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk

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

for the first time over the last months our bombers launch to attack one of these single ship TFs going to Japanese front line bases... 7 bomber scoring on the freighter... we usually spot a single ship TF every second day and one out of a hundred are attacked... the bases these TFs are going to are all in range of our bombers... it seems to be even harder to attack small TFs in AE than it was in WITP...

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

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 27

No Japanese losses

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

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

Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ...

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Afternoon Air attack on Saigon , at 60,71

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 1

Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 12
Liberator B.III x 5
Liberator GR.III x 9
B-17E Fortress x 18
B-24D1 Liberator x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 2 damaged
Liberator GR.III: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 28

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x Liberator GR.III bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 250 lb GP Bomb
5 x Liberator B.III 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
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
251 Ku S-1 with A6M3a Zero (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

we launch all our heavies against Saigon which is the main staging base for the IJAAF bombers attacking Vinh daily... as we attack as planned in the afternoon and the IJAAF flew in the morning we catch all enemy bombers near the runways... but what does it help if we keep on fighting with our usual pathetic hit rates and the enemy drops 21st century LGBs all the time...

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Afternoon Air attack on Saigon , at 60,71

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 1
Ki-61-Ib Tony x 11

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61-Ib Tony: 1 destroyed
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 4

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

CAP engaged:
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ib Tony (11 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(11 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
11 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
251 Ku S-1 with A6M3a 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 36750 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes

then you also get the funny "strike pack" feature all the time and suffer when the first bigger strike isn�t met by Cap but as usual the follow on strikes that are of course only fragments are met by the bigger Cap... my most famous smiley today:

nevertheless of all the bad conditions today, we get away quite good as the bombers were more a threat to the Tonies than the other way around... guess with better armed Japanese fighters like the George this is going to change at some point... we only destroyed 4 enemy bombers at Saigon though which isn�t a lot considering the numbers there...

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Afternoon Air attack on Saigon , at 60,71

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61-Ib Tony x 4

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ib 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 6000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 123 minutes

more of the same...

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Afternoon Air attack on Koepang , at 68,116

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 37

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

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

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

Airbase hits 10
Runway hits 45

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

if we get more than one hit each with our bombers carrying 10 bombs each then it was a good day...

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Afternoon Air attack on Koepang , at 68,116

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 30

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

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

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

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 49

Aircraft Attacking:
16 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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Afternoon Air attack on Koepang , at 68,116

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-III Dinah: 2 destroyed on ground

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

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 38

Aircraft Attacking:
15 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 Koepang , at 68,116

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 30

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 35

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

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Afternoon Air attack on Koepang , at 68,116

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 10

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
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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Afternoon Air attack on Koepang , at 68,116

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

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

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
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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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 10/19/2010 12:05:18 PM

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this might be of interest, we overtook the enemy in points today. While never being anywhere near danger of losing to a Japanese auto victory we had this setback when losing a CV, several CVEs and BBs near Grote Eylandt but this was by far not enough to bring the Japanese near their victory conditions. It has become really tough for the Japanese to get a autovictory IMO. What happened in this game sure wouldn�t have been enough in real life to get the Allied to negotiate it seems the Japanese has to run havoc on the map without suffering any serious loss to get anywhere close to autovictory in 43.

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The gap has been closing nicely.

It�s a pity I didn�t use tracker right from the campaign�s start and had some problem with it after using it already for months so this is only showing the last year or so but it�s a nice mirror of the game.

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 10/19/2010 12:31:44 PM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 09, 43
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Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 71,72

Japanese Ships
PB Kyo Maru #11, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
PB Kyo Maru #12

Allied Ships
SS Trout, hits 3

SS Trout launches 6 torpedoes at PB Kyo Maru #11
PB Kyo Maru #12 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Kyo Maru #12 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

taking on some PB, we kill one and get away... SS Pompon wasn�t as lucky and took a bomb, retiring with 56 sys 30 flt 6 eng... with such a high sys dam this means the sub is in danger of sinking... have to start thinking about enemy air ASW now, while it has been 100% useless for one and a halve years it has become really good in the last couple of months... enemy air ASW has become a problem for the silent service...

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ASW attack near Kanoya at 103,63

Japanese Ships
E Hato
E Kamo
E Kiji

Allied Ships
SS Bonefish, hits 1

SS Bonefish is located by E Hato
Bonefish diving deep ....
E Kamo fails to find sub and abandons search
E Kiji fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kiji fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kiji attacking submerged sub ....
E Kiji fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kiji fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Kanoya at 103,63

Japanese Ships
E Hato
E Kamo
E Kiji

Allied Ships
SS Bonefish

SS Bonefish launches 6 torpedoes at E Hato
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kiji 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 Kushiro at 122,54

Japanese Ships
xAK Gyoko Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
PB Chiyo Maru #4

Allied Ships
SS Runner

SS Runner launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Gyoko Maru
Runner diving deep ....
PB Chiyo Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chiyo Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chiyo Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chiyo Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chiyo Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Runner gets a freighter...

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Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 71,72

Japanese Ships
TK Terukawa Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
TK Mirii Maru
PB Kyo Maru #12

Allied Ships
SS Trout

SS Trout launches 4 torpedoes at TK Terukawa Maru
Trout diving deep ....
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

and Trout sinks a tanker after sinking one of the escorts earlier...

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Sub attack near Tanegashima at 102,63

Japanese Ships
DD Asakaze
E W-8
PB Eifuku Maru
TK Takane Maru
DD Yukaze
DD Matsukaze

Allied Ships
SS Bonefish

SS Bonefish launches 6 torpedoes at DD Asakaze
Bonefish diving deep ....
DD Yukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Matsukaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

another tanker convoy spotted, this time a destroyer is targetted, missed...

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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 23

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 30

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

OMG I just have to be more carefully again... after nearly two years of war I have really become less careful... the bombers again went in 9000ft too low...

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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 23

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 30

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 11

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 12
PV-1 Ventura x 24

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 67

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Airfield Attack: 3 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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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 35

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

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged

Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 63

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 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 Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 35

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 52

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

everything that can carry bombs from Darwin to Dili flew today...

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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 25

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 47

Aircraft Attacking:
13 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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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

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

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 16

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 27

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

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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 6

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 15

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

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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 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 16th Chinese Corps, at 65,60

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 17

No Japanese losses

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

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

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Truk at 112,108

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 12
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 9
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 28
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 22

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 3 destroyed, 7 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Kohoku Maru
xAK Nishimi Maru
xAK Kunitu Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 with A6M3a Zero (3 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (3 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes
13th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (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 12000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (3 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (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 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
265th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36750 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes

damn, next mistake on my part... the front has moved slightly closer to Truk lately and I usually keep my heavy bombers on nav attack / rest when they are not supposed to fly an attack against an enemy base... as we�re closer to Truk now, this unfortunetely resulted in a nav strike against a convoy there and the bombers flew at their max range... and how did they attack? Of course, in bits and pieces, coming in as famous strike packs... and this time we suffer, we really suffer...

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Truk at 112,108

Weather in hex: Severe storms

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 7
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 5
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 26
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 19

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 12

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

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Nishimi Maru
xAK Kunitu Maru
xAK Sensan Maru
xAK Kohoku Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 with A6M3a Zero (0 airborne, 5 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 12000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 59 minutes
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 61 minutes
13th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 119 minutes
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 8 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 between 6000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 96 minutes
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (3 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes
265th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36750 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes

it sure is a good idea to have each squadron flying alone, as stupid as the sweeps we usually get... this is the first time our bombers really get shred by the enemy and this without working radar... guess all our attacks will come to a halt as soon as land based radar is going to work... then we�re back at beta stage testing how everything turns out, it will become worse I fear as the strike packs then meet full Cap all the time... oh my god...

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Truk at 112,108

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 4
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 3
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 15
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 10

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Kunitu Maru
xAK Nishimi Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 with A6M3a 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 12000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes
13th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (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 12000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 83 minutes
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (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 15000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 116 minutes
265th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36750
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 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 12 minutes

I�ve not got any trained crews for nav attack within these heavy bomber squadrons so it�s no surprise they haven�t hit anything, only the USN heavies are tasked to fly nav attacks and these are expected to score the hits... all USAAF bomber squadrons to fly nav attack are medium bomber squadrons (B-25C) set to 1000ft and trained on lownav... as soon as the B-25C are used up, I�m screwed...

this has been the worst day for the USAAF bomber squadrons so far, it�s like the Schweinfurt raid in the Pacific... now what if most or all of the 300 fighters reported at Truk would have been in the air with a working radar?

adjusted the bombers� ranges though...

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Sub attack near Selaroe at 77,118

Japanese Ships
SS RO-101

Allied Ships
LCT-163, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage

SS RO-101 attacking LCT-163 on the surface

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 10/19/2010 6:24:29 PM

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Probably have to wait until the game is over to find out but . . . it will be interesting to see if his current/future tanker losses have any effect on his economy.

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 10/20/2010 8:18:25 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk

Probably have to wait until the game is over to find out but . . . it will be interesting to see if his current/future tanker losses have any effect on his economy.

that�s one of the really interesting things if you start with a "new" game, you just don�t know if this or that is good or if this or that is really bad. Especially when you haven�t played or looked at the other side. Rainer says he doesn�t fell his tanker losses, "he�s got enough of them"...

but this could be propaganda, especially when I think about the Allied side, would I have lost 50 tankers I would have to stop any offensive actions. The Japanese sure got more of them, but I doubt they can take these losses without feeling them.

I�m absolutely sure that it�s senseless to sink freighters though as he won�t run out of ressources, I expect him to feel his tanker losses soon though, hope to sink another couple of dozen until mid 44 and by then he won�t have many possibilities left where he can send his tankers so prohibiting him from building up huge fuel stockpiles is the goal at the moment.

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 10/20/2010 9:20:12 AM

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SS Pompon sunk today... she was hit YESTERDAY by air ASW and had 56sys 30flt 6eng and having sys seems to be more dangerous than having 3/4 of a ship being flooded... had three or four messages of major flooding increase and the sub went down... have had more than a dozen subs return with flt damage between 80 and 90 (while having very low sys) and they made it easily...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 10, 43
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ASW attack near Kushiro at 124,54

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-14
SC CHa-2
SC CHa-18

Allied Ships
SS Runner

SS Runner is located by SC CHa-14
SC CHa-18 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC CHa-14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 38,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 8

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 36750 feet

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 38
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 40

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 107

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
23 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
14 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
26 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

if flak would have any effect I would bring some of it into the base...

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

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 26

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

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

Also attacking 57th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 57th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ...

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Afternoon Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 40,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 33

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *
6 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet

pretty short combat report today...

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 10/20/2010 9:38:22 AM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 11, 43
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Sub attack near Perth at 46,147

Japanese Ships
SS I-179

Allied Ships
PG Clive
PG Hindustan

SS I-179 launches 6 torpedoes at PG Clive
I-179 diving deep ....
PG Hindustan fails to find sub and abandons search
PG Clive attacking submerged sub ....
PG Clive fails to find sub, continues to search...
PG Clive fails to find sub, continues to search...
PG Clive fails to find sub, continues to search...
PG Clive fails to find sub, continues to search...
PG Clive fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

torps missed, this is our ASW TF in the area... after having sunk two freighters recently I guess this will draw more subs into the area again and this would suit me well as there�s just nothing of importance going to Perth other than some convoys bringing in supplies...

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ASW attack near Balabac at 69,83

Japanese Ships
E Karukaya
DD Asanagi
DD Hayate

Allied Ships
SS Grampus, hits 1

SS Grampus is sighted by escort
Grampus diving deep ....
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hayate fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asanagi attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Balabac at 69,83

Japanese Ships
DD Hayate
E Karukaya
DD Asanagi

Allied Ships
SS Grampus

SS Grampus launches 6 torpedoes at DD Hayate
Grampus diving deep ....
DD Asanagi attacking submerged sub ....
DD Hayate fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

we keep on getting dud messages all the time...

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Morning Air attack on Babar , at 76,117

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 41,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 35

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet *

CAP engaged:
VMF-216 with F4U-1 Corsair (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36800
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
VMF-217 with F4U-1 Corsair (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 36800
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
VMF-222 with F4U-1 Corsair (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36800
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes

the well working radar... have set three Corsair squadrons on LRCAP from Selaroe (they�re also covering that place together with Thunderbolts) as I�ve expected either some Zekes going after my LCT or sweeps... the enemy sends a sweep and luckily for us, the enemy�s dive was over after two passes, resulting in a very dynamic engagement then with nearly all Corsairs damaged (all made it home - 2 hexes) but 10 Zekes being claimed shot down (6 outright over the target)... the Corsair was shot down during the initial dive...

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Morning Air attack on X' Force , at 56,54

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 37,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 41

Allied aircraft
Hurricane XIIb x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane XIIb: 1 destroyed

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

CAP engaged:
No.14 Sqn RCAF with Hurricane XIIb (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes

the usual single Canadian Hurricane leaking out...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 40,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 27

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *

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Morning Air attack on X' Force , at 56,54

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 41,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 42

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 3
Hurricane IIc Trop x 5

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
40 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, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
No.17 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 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 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 9000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 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, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 9000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
No.60 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead
No.67 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
No.79 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 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
No.136 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 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes

followed by some more Hurricanes, all were dispatched by the diving Oscars...

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Morning Air attack on Kompong Chhnang , at 59,68

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 4

Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed

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

CAP engaged:
21st Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (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 12000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes

what the enemy does to us is what we do to him... the Lightnings do the usual single squadron sweeps with the squadrons losing a couple of their fighters on the way to target... who�s surprised? also the result isn�t really surprising here, the Lightnings dive on the Nicks, taking them down or sending them home damaged...

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Morning Air attack on Kompong Chhnang , at 59,68

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 2
Ki-61-Ib Tony x 4

Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38H Lightning: 1 destroyed

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

CAP engaged:
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ib Tony (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 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
286 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38500
Raid is overhead

here comes the second squadron, the Zekes were dived on for 10 sec, the Tonies weren�t dived at all... the couple of Tonies then scored more hits on the P-38 than vice versa... as soon as you don�t have the dive with the Allied fighters you end up on the losing side if it�s a long range mission as many of the damaged aircraft tend to crash...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 39,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 8

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 36750 feet

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 40,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 20
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 52

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 119

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
27 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
5 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
25 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

daily...

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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 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 18
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4

No Japanese losses

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

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Dobo , at 83,116

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 35

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 5 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

the lasers were pointed onto the wrong target I guess... or Allied lasers aren�t as good as Japanese ones... or didn�t they have LGBs in 43?

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Morning Air attack on Dobo , at 83,116

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 24

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 5 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Dobo , at 83,116

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura 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

Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

these attacks on Dobo today were a total waste...

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Morning Air attack on Dobo , at 83,116

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 12

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged

Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Kompong Chhnang , at 59,68

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 45,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 8
Ki-61-Ib Tony x 2

Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed
Ki-61-Ib Tony: 1 destroyed

CAP engaged:
21st Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ib Tony (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 7 minutes

here are 3x3 of the stupidly fragmented sweeps that we are used to... amazingly enough, these 9 Lightnings had the never ending dive on both the Tonies and Nicks...

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Morning Air attack on 57th Chinese Corps, at 66,60

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 26

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
26 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 Kompong Chhnang , at 59,68

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 3
Ki-61-Ib Tony x 4

Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61-Ib Tony: 2 destroyed

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

CAP engaged:
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ib 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 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
21st Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (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 12000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes

and the third squadron with the usual 22 out of 25 fighters... again the never ending dive, getting a clear result... in total the Lightnings achieve a victory in kills today, all but one sweep had the never ending dive, all these attacks but one had the P-38 coming out with no losses while the enemy was shred.. in the one we didn�t have the dive, the enemy lost two fighters (while being 4:1 outnumbered) to five Lightnings lost in the end... funny that there are people insisting on the dive being not the non plus ultra...

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 12, 43
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Sub attack near Babar at 75,119

Japanese Ships
SS I-39, hits 2

Allied Ships
DE Decoy
DE Express
DE Encounter

SS I-39 launches 6 torpedoes at DE Decoy
I-39 diving deep ....
DE Express attacking submerged sub ....
DE Encounter fails to find sub, continues to search...
DE Express attacking submerged sub ....
DE Express cannot establish contact with SS I-39
DE Encounter fails to find sub and abandons search
DE Express fails to find sub, continues to search...
DE Express attacking submerged sub ....
DE Express is out of ASW ammo
DE Express is out of ASW ammo
DE Express is out of ASW ammo
DE Express is out of ASW ammo
DE Express attacking submerged sub ....
DE Express is out of ASW ammo
DE Express is out of ASW ammo
DE Express is out of ASW ammo
DE Express is out of ASW ammo
DE Express is out of ASW ammo
DE Express fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

if our ASW TF isn�t attacking the enemy sub in this area then at least the sub attacks the ASW TF... only two near misses while using up Express� depth charges... expected a better outcome as this is our best ASW TF...

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Sub attack near Donggala at 68,97

Japanese Ships
E Uji, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

E Natsushima
xAK Tarushima Maru
xAK Kirikawa Maru
xAK Ginyo Maru
xAK Tonan Maru
E Wakataka
E Ishizaki

Allied Ships
SS Gudgeon

SS Gudgeon launches 4 torpedoes at E Uji
Gudgeon diving deep ....
E Wakataka fails to find sub and abandons search
E Ishizaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ishizaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ishizaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ishizaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ishizaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ishizaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

rare... really rare...

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Morning Air attack on X' Force , at 56,54

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 42

Allied aircraft
Hurricane XIIb x 1

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

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

CAP engaged:
No.14 Sqn RCAF with Hurricane XIIb (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 9000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes

looks like I�ve got to fly more airfield attacks again to close them down and to make it more dangerous for the Japanese to fly these strikes while being in danger to be caught on the ground... with all our offensives here being stalled in the jungle and no chance to break through (we would need 35000 av more) we have a new plan for the Allied ground troops in this area... and that�s why the airforce is stood down too, no need to take losses for flying attacks on empty airfields if the enemy isn�t around... now that he is around, we�ve got to do something again...

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Morning Air attack on X' Force , at 56,54

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 42

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 3
Hurricane IIc Trop x 5

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
40 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, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
No.17 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 9000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 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 9000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 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 9000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
No.60 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 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 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 3 minutes
No.79 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 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
No.136 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 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes

the usual result... never ending dive, everything is shot down or damaged... how much more can I split my Cap? Have never seen any effect of this "tip" in nearly two years of war...

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Afternoon Air attack on X' Force , at 56,54

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 41,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 32

Allied aircraft
Hurricane XIIb x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane XIIb: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 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 9000
Raid is overhead

we can only be happy that we don�t have more Hurricanes leaking out... some of the 100 P-47 would have been great as they would stop these sweeps cold...

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Afternoon Air attack on Babo , at 83,111

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 1

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 43

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged

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

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 50
Port hits 2

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

CAP engaged:
801 Ku S-1 with A6M2-N Rufe (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 12000
Raid is overhead

clear sky but a rather pathetic hit rate again... we just can�t compete with the IJAAF...

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Afternoon Air attack on Babo , at 83,111

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 3

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 14

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Port hits 6

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

CAP engaged:
801 Ku S-1 with A6M2-N Rufe (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Raid is overhead

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Afternoon Air attack on Babo , at 83,111

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 62

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, 1 disabled

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 18
Port hits 8

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

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Afternoon Air attack on Babo , at 83,111

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 15

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

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Afternoon Air attack on Babo , at 83,111

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

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 57th Chinese Corps, at 66,60

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 20

No Japanese losses

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

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

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Afternoon Air attack on Pisanuloke , at 58,57

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 12
Liberator B.III x 6
Liberator GR.III x 9
Wellington B.X x 9
B-17E Fortress x 18
B-24D1 Liberator x 15
B-25C Mitchell x 12
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 1 damaged
Liberator GR.III: 1 damaged
Wellington B.X: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 117

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

the funny thing is that the bombers out of Pegu constantly do better (comparable to the IJAAF) than the heavy bombers elsewhere... and the bomber crews at Darwin are by far better than these at Pegu...

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Afternoon Air attack on Pisanuloke , at 58,57

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 12
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 10

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Pisanuloke , at 58,57

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Wellington GR.VIII x 12
B-24D1 Liberator x 11
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 10

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

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington GR.VIII: 2 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 22

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

this is the staging base of the Tojos, only very few were destroyed...

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Afternoon Air attack on Pisanuloke , at 58,57

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

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

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged

Runway hits 15

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

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Afternoon Air attack on Pisanuloke , at 58,57

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 8

No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 11

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

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Afternoon Air attack on Pisanuloke , at 58,57

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 12

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2

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

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Afternoon Air attack on Pisanuloke , at 58,57

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 8

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Runway hits 17

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

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ASW attack near Babar at 75,119

Japanese Ships
SS I-39, hits 2

Allied Ships
DE Encounter

SS I-39 is sighted by escort
I-39 diving deep ....
DE Encounter attacking submerged sub ....
DE Encounter attacking submerged sub ....
DE Encounter loses contact with SS I-39
DE Encounter fails to find sub, continues to search...
DE Encounter fails to find sub, continues to search...
DE Encounter attacking submerged sub ....
DE Encounter cannot reach attack position over SS I-39
DE Encounter cannot establish contact with SS I-39
DE Encounter is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub

another round against I-39, now Encounter also has run out of torps...

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Sub attack near Newcastle at 93,168

Japanese Ships
SS I-31

Allied Ships
DD Relentless
DD Rotherham

SS I-31 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Relentless
DD Rotherham fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Relentless fails to find sub and abandons search
Escort abandons search for sub

escorts of a tanker convoy...
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ASW attack near Manado at 75,98

Japanese Ships
xAK Asuka Maru
xAK Tarushima Maru
xAK Kirikawa Maru
xAK Mikage Maru
xAK Ginyo Maru
E Wakataka
E Ishizaki

Allied Ships
SS Ray

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

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ASW attack near San Clemente Island at 224,82

Japanese Ships
SS I-33

Allied Ships
xAK Margaret Fuller
xAK James M. Goodhue
xAK Chief Washakie
AM Heed

SS I-33 is sighted by escort
AM Heed fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Heed fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Heed fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Heed fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Heed fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Morning Air attack on Chiang Mai , at 58,53

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 39,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 37

Allied aircraft
Hurricane XIIb x 1

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

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

CAP engaged:
No.14 Sqn RCAF with Hurricane XIIb (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 9000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes

the usual Canadian Hurricane is shot down...

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Morning Air attack on Chiang Mai , at 58,53

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 39,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 4

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 5
Hurricane IIc Trop x 3
P-40N1 Warhawk x 2
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 4

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

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, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
No.17 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 9000
Raid is overhead
No.60 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead
No.67 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
No.136 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 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
No.146 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Raid is overhead
No.261 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 1 minutes
No.607 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 9000
Raid is overhead
8th FG/35th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (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 42000
Raid is overhead
347th FG/67th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (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 42000
Raid is overhead
18th FG/70th FS with P-40N1 Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38000
Raid is overhead

and due to the fact that both sides suffer from funny design decisions, also the Japanese sweeps usually lose a couple of fighters each time that arrive late... and this time we had some more fighters leaking out, including Thunderbolts that dove on the Oscars and took two of them down... all kills went to diving fighters today...

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Morning Air attack on Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 68
F4U-1 Corsair x 13
PV-1 Ventura x 84

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

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 10 damaged

Airbase hits 29
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 129
Port hits 11
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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
5 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
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

this time the bombs were on target... doesn�t mean we would be near the 40% hit rate of the IJAAF though...

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Morning Air attack on Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 11

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
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 Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 31
F4U-1 Corsair x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 14
Runway hits 37

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
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 Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 20

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

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Morning Air attack on Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 8

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 17

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

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Morning Air attack on Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 11

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

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Morning Air attack on 57th Chinese Corps, at 66,60

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 29

No Japanese losses

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

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Manokwari at 87,106

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 4

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAKL Turusima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage

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

four bombers took off to attack a single xAKL near the front...

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Victoria Point at 52,64

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 9

Allied aircraft
Liberator GR.III x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator GR.III: 4 destroyed

CAP engaged:
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead

the enemy created a Cap trap when moving some of his ships through the Malacca strait North and lots of bombers tried to attack the TF but all except these useless Brit Liberators failed to find the target... I really have enough of these Liberators, having no armor means they are as easily shot down as a Nate... all six attacking bombers were shot down by the 9 Tojos... have "upgraded" these Liberators to armored Wellingtons and won�t use any of these unarmored bombers anymore... no use for them, you get a handful each month at best and they are nothing but flying death traps...

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Ground combat at Sarmi (91,114)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 338 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19

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

Allied adjusted assault: 9

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Sarmi !!!

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

Assaulting units:
1st Fiji Commando Bn /1

paratroopers take another dot base...

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 10/20/2010 2:22:06 PM

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Sub attack near Culion at 75,79

Japanese Ships
E Karukaya
DD Asanagi
DD Hayate

Allied Ships
SS Rasher

SS Rasher launches 6 torpedoes at E Karukaya
Rasher diving deep ....
DD Asanagi fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hayate attacking submerged sub ....
DD Hayate loses contact with SS Rasher
DD Hayate loses contact with SS Rasher
DD Hayate loses contact with SS Rasher
DD Hayate attacking submerged sub ....
SS Rasher eludes DD Hayate by diving deep
DD Hayate loses contact with SS Rasher
DD Hayate cannot reach attack position over SS Rasher
DD Hayate cannot reach attack position over SS Rasher
SS Rasher eludes ASW attack from DD Hayate
DD Hayate cannot establish contact with SS Rasher
DD Hayate fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hayate fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hayate fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hayate fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

still most of these attacks end up with "torpedoes fail to detonate" message... which is odd because with a presumed 10% (or 50% if it�s oct to see it reduced) you can�t end up with duds more or less all of the time when attacking DD and E...

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Sub attack near Shikuka at 126,44

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-49, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
PB Sonobe Maru

Allied Ships
SS Hake

SS Hake launches 4 torpedoes at SC CHa-49
Hake bottoming out ....
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 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

works very well when attacking SC or PB...

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ASW attack near Nagoya at 110,62

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-38
SC CHa-28

Allied Ships
SS Sunfish

SS Sunfish is sighted by escort
Sunfish diving deep ....
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-28 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-38 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 40,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 9
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 36750 feet

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 41,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 23

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *

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Morning Air attack on 1st Fiji Commando Battalion, at 91,114 (Sarmi)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 2
G4M1 Betty x 37
N1K1-J George x 16

No Japanese losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
37 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

we spot Georges for the first time... not good... these birds are armed with 4x20mm cannons...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 37,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

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-21-IIb Sally x 43
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 14

No Japanese losses

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

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 70

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
21 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
14 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Biak , at 87,110

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 13
B-24J Liberator x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

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

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 27

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

nuking Biak... the enemy is repairing airfield damage all around this front faster than we can inflict it with nearly 200 4Es and another 80 Venturas...

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Morning Air attack on Biak , at 87,110

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 1

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 8

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Runway hits 2

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

CAP engaged:
801 Ku S-1 with A6M2-N Rufe (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 12000
Raid is overhead

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Morning Air attack on Biak , at 87,110

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

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
Runway hits 10

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

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Morning Air attack on 80th Chinese Corps, at 64,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 29

No Japanese losses

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

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

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Afternoon Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 27

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 28

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

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I wonder how this Air results would been if the Ground to Air Radar was working !

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ORIGINAL: RUDOLF

I wonder how this Air results would been if the Ground to Air Radar was working !

more disastrous for the side that actually attacks bases with radar. Why? Because with radar you more or less get everything in the air, as can be seen when carriers are attacked. So far I�ve always had everything flying with ship based radar.

The biggest problem I see in "fixing" land based radar will be the issue that the game was tested and designed with non working radar it seems. Then they decided how great it would be to send in strikes in bits and pieces with the Cap being "dynamic" while the only thing seen was a no radar effect. Now you fix radar and see your sweeps go in one squadron after another (while losing a bunch of their fighters all the time) followed (if you�re lucky) by the bombers in bits and pieces. That�s called "strike pack feature". And then you end up with everything the enemy has in the air. That sure will be fun.

I have been bitching about non working radar for months and it sure has to be fixed. What they shouldn�t be forgotten is all the effect this is going to have so only fixing radar is a NOGO IMO. But hey, as the air model seems to be seen as near perfect anyway, I guess the huge impact of having 100% of the fighters in the air instead of 15-20% at best will only be seen as "minor".

Don�t know what is going on behind the scene anyway. Bug fixing was the way to go we were told, the many tweaks that are needed to make it the really good game it could be (as much as WITP received on improvements to become "very good") is not really on the list, at least not according to official statements. But who knows, one can only hope.

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