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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 11/3/2010 7:04:18 PM   
castor troy


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ORIGINAL: EUBanana

Assuming you're a bit ahead of the AAR as you usually are - you should have had the AA proximity shells upgrade by now, if it's in AE at all.

Have you noticed any difference?



yeah, unfortunately I´m still some four weeks ahead in the game. Not really taking away a surprise, there wasn´t another carrier engagement nor were there any big air attacks against any flak, not sea based, not land based so I can´t tell if there´s any difference. As far as other games and combat reports go, these don´t show a difference, so I don´t expect to see one in this PBEM either.

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 11/4/2010 11:29:30 AM   
castor troy


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Sub attack near Groot Natoena at 59,82

Japanese Ships
TK Omurosan Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Asakaze
E W-8
PB Eifuku Maru
TK Takane Maru
TK Kyokuho Maru
DD Okikaze
DD Matsukaze

Allied Ships
SS Barb



SS Barb launches 6 torpedoes at TK Omurosan Maru
Barb diving deep ....
DD Okikaze fails to find sub and abandons 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...
DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

this is what usually puts a smile onto my face...

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Sub attack near Soc Trang at 61,78

Japanese Ships
AO Kokuyo Maru
AO Toei Maru
AO Kyokuto Maru
DD Yuzuki

Allied Ships
SS Gurnard



SS Gurnard launches 6 torpedoes at AO Kokuyo Maru
DD Yuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

that one missed... looks like also the enemy AO are fully occupied ferrying fuel and oil around... guess the loss of all the tankers is slowly showing effect... have also sunk big AKs full of fuel in the SRA already which seems to also indicate that the enemy is feeling the tanker losses...

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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59

Japanese Ships
xAK Sakido Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Nitii Maru
xAK Otori Maru
xAK Syunsei Maru
xAK Chile Maru
PB Ryusei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Haddo



SS Haddo launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Sakido 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

two hits out of three attacks is ok...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 39,740 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: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 38,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 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 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 21
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 27
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 28



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



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 79

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
28 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
27 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 Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 13



No Japanese losses



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
13 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: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 36,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 9



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 36750 feet



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Ground combat at Taberfane (82,117)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8357 troops, 120 guns, 140 vehicles, Assault Value = 291

Defending force 2827 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 68

Allied adjusted assault: 204

Japanese adjusted defense: 39

Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Taberfane !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
368 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
279 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled


Assaulting units:
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
102nd(Sep) Infantry Regiment
12th Australian Brigade

Defending units:
15th Garrison Unit
30th JNAF AF Unit


there you go, the Taberfane operation was an easy task in the end just as it was expected... due to only having 70 prep the troops got quite some disabled equipment and squads so it will take a while to have them ready again, but it takes us 100 days to prep for the next targets anyway...

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 11/4/2010 11:36:10 AM   
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Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 103,69

Japanese Ships
PB Takuna Maru #6, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
AO Ashizuri
TK Shichiyo Maru
TK Namba Maru
TK Batopaha Maru
PB Yahonui Maru

Allied Ships
SS Redfin



SS Redfin launches 6 torpedoes at PB Takuna Maru #6
PB Yahonui Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yahonui Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yahonui Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yahonui Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yahonui Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and this is what usually makes me

SS Greenling went down today after being hit by air asw recently, started around 35/25... what a day...

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Sub attack near Jesselton at 67,85

Japanese Ships
E W-18, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
DD Minazuki

Allied Ships
SS Skate



SS Skate launches 6 torpedoes at E W-18
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

this sub loss is then followed by a rare successful attack on an E...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 38,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 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 32 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 15
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 11
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 46
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 21



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


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


Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 63

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
19 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
15 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
21 x Ki-49-IIb 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: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 46


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 10 damaged

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



Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 61

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



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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 11


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 15

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



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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

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


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 23


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 23

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



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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109

Weather in hex: Severe storms

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 72


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 56

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



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Morning Air attack on Ternate , at 78,102

Weather in hex: Overcast

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

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 15



Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 37
F4F-7 Wildcat x 1


Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 15 damaged
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground
H8K2-L Emily: 2 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 13 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 13
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 38

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

CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (5 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters to 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes

meeting lots of Georges here, this is bad news for the bombers... as expected, the George proves to be a bomber killer with 4x20mm cannons and two additional MGs...

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Morning Air attack on Ternate , at 78,102

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 8



Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9
F4F-7 Wildcat x 1


Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6

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

CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (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 13000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 86 minutes

we had P-38 squadrons tasked to fly a sweep as we´ve clearly identified enemy fighters here but as many times, they just don´t show up... we pay a more than heavy price in losing 8! of the bombers in total today...

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Morning Air attack on Boela , at 80,110

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 39


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

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



Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 64

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



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Morning Air attack on Boela , at 80,110

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 10


Japanese aircraft losses
H8K2-L Emily: 1 destroyed on ground

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



Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 23

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 Boela , at 80,110

Weather in hex: Overcast

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


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 15


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 34

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



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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 11


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 7

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



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Morning Air attack on Ternate , at 78,102

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 6



Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 7
F4F-7 Wildcat x 1


Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

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

CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 55 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Ternate , at 78,102

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 1



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 48
F4F-7 Wildcat x 1


Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed




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

CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (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 13000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes

the funny thing about the non coordination of sweeps all the time is that it works when it doesn´t matter... the bombers were already shot to pieces when both P-38 squadrons finally showed up TOGETHER, not losing a single fighter on their way to target... happens how often? Once in 35 times?




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Ground combat at Taberfane (82,117)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4944 troops, 84 guns, 97 vehicles, Assault Value = 274

Defending force 2496 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 52

Allied adjusted assault: 68

Japanese adjusted defense: 55

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), experience(-)
Attacker: fatigue(-)

Japanese ground losses:
155 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


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


Assaulting units:
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
102nd(Sep) Infantry Regiment
12th Australian Brigade

Defending units:
15th Garrison Unit
30th JNAF AF Unit


finishing off what is left here... will take some time...



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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 11/4/2010 11:41:05 AM   
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Sub attack near Hollandia at 93,115

Japanese Ships
SS I-178, hits 2

Allied Ships
DD Nepal
DD Redoubt



SS I-178 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Nepal
I-178 diving deep ....
DD Redoubt fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Nepal fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nepal attacking submerged sub ....
DD Nepal fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nepal attacking submerged sub ....
DD Nepal is out of ASW ammo
DD Nepal fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

our ASW TF finally arrived in the area and is promptly attacked... torps missed, two near misses in return...

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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 68


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 10 damaged

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



Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 75

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

we have to fly far too many sorties to more or less keep the enemy bases damaged...

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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 12


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 14

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



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Morning Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 40


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 62

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



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Morning Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 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
Runway hits 14

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



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Morning Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 14


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 10

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



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Morning Air attack on 73rd Chinese Corps, at 68,57 (Haiphong)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 29



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


Allied ground losses:
70 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


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



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Ground combat at Taberfane (82,117)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8096 troops, 120 guns, 140 vehicles, Assault Value = 273

Defending force 2378 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 45

Allied adjusted assault: 173

Japanese adjusted defense: 27

Allied assault odds: 6 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker: fatigue(-)

Japanese ground losses:
212 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
102nd(Sep) Infantry Regiment
12th Australian Brigade

Defending units:
15th Garrison Unit
30th JNAF AF Unit


not really an exciting turn... no less than 6 nav search ac lost today...




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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 11/5/2010 2:33:53 PM   
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ASW attack near Sydney at 91,169

Japanese Ships
SS I-3, hits 7

Allied Ships
AM Kelowna
LCI-443
YMS-291
YMS-245
YMS-84
xAP Tabinta
xAP Poelau Laut
xAP Noordam
xAP William R. Davie
xAP John C. Calhoun
xAP John Bartram
xAP George Vancouver
xAP Benjamin Franklin
xAP Golden Eagle
xAP Irenee Du Pont
xAK Marina Raskova
xAK Lyman Beecher
xAK Josiah Snelling
xAK John Carroll
xAK James Oliver
xAK Henry L. Hoyt
xAK Henry Dearborn
xAK Forbes Hauptmann
SC-709
SC-647



SS I-3 is sighted by escort
SC-709 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-647 attacking submerged sub ....
SC-709 attacking submerged sub ....
SC-647 attacking submerged sub ....
SC-647 is out of ASW ammo
SC-647 is out of ASW ammo
SC-647 is out of ASW ammo
SC-709 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC-647 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-647 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-647 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

enemy lurker around Sydney, three near misses...

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Sub attack near Pearl Harbor at 181,105

Japanese Ships
SS I-40, hits 15, and is sunk

Allied Ships
BB Washington, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
BB Massachusetts
DD Caldwell
DD Woodworth
DD Mustin
DD Hammann
DD Anderson
DD Frazier



SS I-40 launches 6 torpedoes at BB Washington
DD Mustin fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hammann fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Anderson attacking submerged sub ....
DD Frazier attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-40 forced to surface!
DD Frazier firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Mustin firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Hammann firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Anderson firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Frazier firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Mustin firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Hammann firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves

oh boy... had Massachusetts and Washington return to Pearl Harbour for repairs as both were torpedoed during the last carrier engagement off Hollandia. Both modern battleships had major flt around 30 points and even though Pearl´s shipyard is easily big enough to house both of them, they both showed nearly 9 months of repairs which I estimated at least two times too high compared to other shipyards. Changing the settings to high or critical didn´t change anything, which another thing I just don´t understand as sometimes this works and many other times this just hasn´t any effect (I´m well aware of the shipyard size needs for different "repair settings"). So I´ve decided to send both ships to the US West Coast for repairs, one going to SF, the other one to Seattle... just as the ships left Hawaii today, I-40 sights the Washington and scores a hit, bringing the major flt up to 64 (58 major). Another torp may well have sunk the ship. An escort TF was formed during the replay and both BBs together with ONE destroyer arrived at Pearl again. The other 5 destroyers were heading towards SF... imagine another sub attacking and the two BBs with only one DD left, this routine could have become a major pain in this case. Guess the repair time for Washington is far over 6 months now when the ship reaches the West Coast in a couple of weeks.

At least we´ve sunk the bastard... so far we´ve had several succesful attacks on BB and CV but none of them actually sunk a capital ship...

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Sub attack near Channel Islands at 222,78

Japanese Ships
SS I-33

Allied Ships
KV Dawson
AM Tumult
PC Crawford



SS I-33 launches 6 torpedoes at KV Dawson
KV Dawson fails to find sub and abandons search
PC Crawford fails to find sub, continues to search...
PC Crawford fails to find sub, continues to search...
PC Crawford fails to find sub, continues to search...
PC Crawford fails to find sub, continues to search...
PC Crawford fails to find sub, continues to search...
PC Crawford fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and we still have the usual sub off LA...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 42,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 26



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: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 27



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
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
27 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 Ternate , at 78,102

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 16



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 50
F4F-7 Wildcat x 1


Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed



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

CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling)
11 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes

looks like Rainer is up to something... we´ve decided to take out the remaining Georges at Ternate that took down halve a dozen B-24 earlier and sent in the usual strato sweep to get the dive... the first surprise was both squadrons coming in together, the second one was the fact that the Georges were DIVING on the Lightnings... lol, that was quite funny and this also happened with some Jacks weeks earlier... 11 Georges at 6000ft getting the dive against 50 Lightnings coming down from 39000ft? You have to be the designer of this routine to understand it perhaps, I can´t... our first squadron was dived immediately by the enemy, the second one did the same to the enemy... the first squadron suffered four Lightnings shot down over the target or crashing on the way home, the second (diving) squadron shred the enemy, claiming all enemy fighters shot down or damaged... again a clear "dive" result, first the diving enemy took down 4 Lightnings, then while being dived, no Lightnings were shot down but all Georges... NO, the dive isn´t the major all deciding factor... zzzZZZzzz

for quite some time I´ve thought the 6000ft sweeps or Cap would have been an error on Rainer´s part but everytime the fighters at 6000ft got the dive against far higher enemy aircraft... I´ve played around a bit in my AI game to find out that 6000ft must be some "magic" altitude. It didn´t work with layered Cap, it didn´t work with Cap at 1000, 5000, 10000 or 20000ft but it worked with Cap at 6000ft. This is truly amazing to me while at the same time proves (to me) again how borked the routine really seems to be. I haven´t done dedicated testing yet (and will probably just ignore it totally as I´m sick of the whole air system) but what I´ve tried so far seems to indicate that 6000ft works better than any other altitude. Rainer seems to have examined this as he has got more and more units set to 6000ft Cap or sweeps which I first thought would be a fault. Anyway, I can´t find any logic behind the air routines, none at all. Or there is a logic behind it but didn´t make it. Physics seem to be not existing for sure.

I sure will keep an eye on that... or perhaps a well working patch is released at some point...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 18



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 41

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 10th Chinese Corps, at 68,57 (Haiphong)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 27



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


Allied ground losses:
46 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


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



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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 37,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 9



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 36750 feet



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Afternoon Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 51


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 54

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



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Afternoon Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 29


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 33

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





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ASW attack near Talaud-eilanden at 82,96

Japanese Ships
E Etoforu
E Tsushima
E Kunashiri
E Shimushu
xAK Kuwayama Maru
xAK Ohio Maru
xAK Naples Maru
xAK Holland Maru
E Sagi
E Iki
E Hirado
E Wakamiya

Allied Ships
SS Stingray



SS Stingray launches 4 torpedoes at E Etoforu
Stingray diving deep ....
E Sagi fails to find sub and abandons search
E Iki fails to find sub and abandons search
E Hirado fails to find sub and abandons search
E Wakamiya fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Wakamiya fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Wakamiya fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

why so many high value escorts for freighters? A troop transport perhaps? A couple of PB or SC would be enough for a ressource convoy I guess...

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Ground combat at Taberfane (82,117)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8042 troops, 120 guns, 140 vehicles, Assault Value = 266

Defending force 2166 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 36

Allied adjusted assault: 197

Japanese adjusted defense: 26

Allied assault odds: 7 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
224 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


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


Assaulting units:
102nd(Sep) Infantry Regiment
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
12th Australian Brigade

Defending units:
15th Garrison Unit
30th JNAF AF Unit






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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 72


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 15 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 5
Runway hits 76

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

amazingly effective flak today, first I´ve thought we would attack at 1000ft again by accident... even in clear sky we can´t compete with the IJNAF´s results during rain...

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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 12


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 15

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



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Morning Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 66


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 11
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 60

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



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Morning Air attack on Biak , at 87,110

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 53


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

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 36

Aircraft Attacking:
15 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
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Biak , at 87,110

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

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


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 15


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 15

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



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Morning Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 10


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged



Runway hits 19

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

bombs are falling all around the area, all strikes coming from Darwin... with no stacking limits, a level 9 airfield is the best you can get... easy to defend and you can put as much into the base as you wish without suffering any penalty... even a level 8 airfield is easily fully stacked while you then find out that you haven´t based that many ac there, especially when you have 4E at the base... everything is just worse when you think about all the small sized Allied squadrons and the decision of administrative stacking... a level 8 is kind of a level 4 or 5 at best compared to WITP...

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Morning Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 28



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



Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 48

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





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Submarine attack near Gasmata at 105,128

Japanese Ships
SS RO-37

Allied Ships
xAP Adelong, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage



xAP Adelong is sighted by SS RO-37
SS RO-37 attacking on the surface

this xAP was split off it´s convoy because of having collided with another ship... while not being anywhere near danger of sinking, it then of course stumbled over an enemy sub, the only one within a couple of thousand square miles...

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Sub attack near Culion at 75,79

Japanese Ships
DD Asanagi
E Karukaya
DD Hayate

Allied Ships
SS Pompano



SS Pompano launches 4 torpedoes at DD Asanagi
Pompano diving deep ....
DD Asanagi attacking submerged sub ....
SS Pompano eludes ASW attack from DD Asanagi
DD Asanagi cannot reach attack position over SS Pompano
SS Pompano eludes DD Asanagi by diving deep
DD Hayate fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asanagi attacking submerged sub ....
DD Asanagi cannot establish contact with SS Pompano
SS Pompano eludes DD Asanagi by diving deep
DD Asanagi cannot establish contact with SS Pompano
DD Asanagi cannot establish contact with SS Pompano
DD Asanagi loses contact with SS Pompano
DD Hayate fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Asanagi attacking submerged sub ....
SS Pompano eludes DD Asanagi by diving deep
DD Asanagi cannot establish contact with SS Pompano
DD Asanagi cannot reach attack position over SS Pompano
DD Asanagi cannot reach attack position over SS Pompano
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 68,77

Japanese Ships
AO Teibo, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
PC Nire
AO Kyuko
AO Sata
AO Ondo
AO Iro
DD Oboro
DD Akatsuki

Allied Ships
SS Tautog



SS Tautog launches 4 torpedoes at AO Teibo
Tautog diving deep ....
DD Oboro fails to find sub and abandons 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...
DD Akatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

while we take revenge with yet another AO targetted... heavy fires, the AO is full of fuel... this is going to hurt...

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Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 68,77

Japanese Ships
AO Teibo, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Akatsuki

Allied Ships
SS Tautog



SS Tautog launches 4 torpedoes at AO Teibo
DD Akatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akatsuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Akatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akatsuki attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

while I would have expected the heavily burning ship as sunk our sub puts another two torps into the tanker... the AO went straight down...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 46 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: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 41,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 36



No Japanese losses



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



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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 39,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 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 Ternate , at 78,102

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 22


No Allied losses



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

thought we would find some enemy Cap here...

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Morning Air attack on Ternate , at 78,102

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 19


No Allied losses



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



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Morning Air attack on X' Force , at 56,54

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 35



Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 1


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



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

CAP engaged:
No.14 Sqn RCAF with Kittyhawk III (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

upgraded the Canadian Hurricanes to Warhawks... just like with the Hurricanes, the Canadians are the only ones leaking out, with one fighter all the time... funny routines... note the 6000ft as sweep alt...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 3



No Japanese losses



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



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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 41,740 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: Thunderstorms

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 20
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 46
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 29



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



Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 87

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
29 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
27 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
19 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: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 70


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 15 damaged



Airbase hits 19
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 68

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

clear sky twice in a row is as seldom as sinking an undamaged carrier with sub torps...

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Morning Air attack on Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 12


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 14

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



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Morning Air attack on Ternate , at 78,102

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 13


Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 1 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 hits 3
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
7 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

no Georges in the air but some of them torched on the ground, hit rate was ok considering that each bomber achieved more than one hit...

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Morning Air attack on Ternate , at 78,102

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 10


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 14

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 Manokwari , at 85,109

Weather in hex: Light cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 16


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-57-I Topsy: 1 destroyed on ground




Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 14

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



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Morning Air attack on Manokwari , at 85,109

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 23


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-57-I Topsy: 1 destroyed on ground




Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 28

Aircraft Attacking:
9 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



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Morning Air attack on Manokwari , at 85,109

Weather in hex: Light cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 10


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-57-I Topsy: 1 destroyed on ground




Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 14

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 Manokwari , at 85,109

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 13


No Allied losses



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 21

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



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Morning Air attack on Ternate , at 78,102

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 11


Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground




Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 20

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 Ternate , at 78,102

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 8


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 8

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

just look at all those dispersed strikes... I don´t even want to think about how the game looks like when radar is fixed while still having such a ridicoulos routine creating such strikes all the time...

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Morning Air attack on Ternate , at 78,102

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

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 9


Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground




Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 8

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



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Morning Air attack on Ternate , at 78,102

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9


No Allied losses



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

there has to be drawn a line between realism and total stupidity...

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Morning Air attack on Ternate , at 78,102

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 6


No Allied losses



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

and the "we always lose three fighters each on a sweep" is beyond total stupidity...

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Afternoon Air attack on Haiphong , at 68,57

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 37,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 21



Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 17


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 7 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed



CAP engaged:
343rd FG/11th 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, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
51st FG/16th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 42000
Raid is overhead
51st FG/26th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes

this time we have set P-47 on LRCAP over Haiphong and they catch a Sentai of Oscars coming in at a strato sweep... looks like not all sweeps are set to 6000ft yet, Rainer seems not to be 100% convinced about it it seems I will keep my fighters at max alt for sure...

while being in a higher position the P-47 still suffered from Oscars diving for a very short period (two or three passes), then the dive changed to our side and the Oscars were shot out of the sky... Oscar vs. P-47 is one of the most one sided engagements that can happen I guess, ok, Nate vs P-47 would be even more one sided I guess... with their baby armament the Oscars hardly can take down a Thunderbolt but the 8 x cal.50 armed Thuds easily tear through the lightly armored enemy fighters... we claim 16 Oscars for one P-47 lost (pilot survived, but that doesn´t matter much anyway as a pilot out of training is as good as veteran elite pilots with the given skill gain routines)...




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Sub attack near Culion at 75,79

Japanese Ships
DD Oite
E Karukaya
DD Asanagi
DD Hayate

Allied Ships
SS Pompano



SS Pompano launches 2 torpedoes at DD Oite
Pompano diving deep ....
DD Asanagi fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hayate fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hayate attacking submerged sub ....
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 attacking submerged sub ....
DD Hayate loses contact with SS Pompano
SS Pompano eludes DD Hayate by diving deep
SS Pompano eludes DD Hayate by diving deep
SS Pompano eludes ASW attack from DD Hayate
SS Pompano eludes DD Hayate by diving deep
DD Hayate cannot establish contact with SS Pompano
Escort abandons search for sub

the sub fired two XT torps and missed... hmm, I´ve always thought these torps would be reloads, didn´t know these were trop tubes that could be used...




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Status: offline 		Invasion! The fleet has set course to Boela, a moderately defended base that can be built up to port 4 / airfield 8. Our fleet has moved to striking position today and was UNSPOTTED, this probably due to the reason that we constantly bomb all airfields in the area, going from Timor over Kendari all the way to Biak which makes it rather hard to keep the enemy search ac intact and maintained... we have no sign of enemy carriers and I´ve also got no clue about the whereabouts, I seriously doubt that KB will pop up tomorrow and the day after tomorrow the fleet will have set sail for Darwin already as we are going to unload within one day... we are going to land a strong force and I don´t expect to encounter any problem to take the base... we also don´t expect any LBA strikes from surrounding airbases which are either severely damaged or not big enough to pose a serious threat. If something is attacking the fleet then we expect to have 400-450 Hellcats on Cap.

With Boela in Allied hands and being built up, all the surrounding bases are seriously threatend and there´s not much hope for the enemy to defend or reinforce them (something the enemy hasn´t tried anyway for more than a couple of months). All we spot all the time are enemy SST but with transport capacities far below 100 these won´t have any effect IMO. Amazingly to me, none of the bases North of Ambon show any bigger Japanese garrison or have been built up. While Boela isn´t really a threat to shipping around the Southern and Eastern tip of Borneo, Ternate, Manado or Kendari in Allied hands sure would threaten any shipping going to Balikpapan or Tarakan, we could even reach Miri and Brunei on the Northern side of the island. And Borneo is producing a big part of Japanese oil/fuel so I would try to defend it at all cost while keeping me at distance. In fact, the bases I´m going to attack in the near future should be the last stand of the Japanese to defend the SRA.






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Sub attack near Busuanga at 76,79

Japanese Ships
DD Hayate
E Karukaya
DD Asanagi

Allied Ships
SS Pargo, hits 7, heavy damage



SS Pargo launches 6 torpedoes at DD Hayate
DD Asanagi fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hayate attacking submerged sub ....
DD Hayate is out of ASW ammo
DD Hayate is out of ASW ammo
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

bad result for Pargo, ending up with 23/71/10... that´s why I don´t like my subs to keep on attacking destroyers they can´t hit...

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Sub attack near Hakodate at 120,54

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-33
SC CHa-25

Allied Ships
SS O19



SS O19 launches 4 torpedoes at SC CHa-33
O19 diving deep ....
SC CHa-33 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-33 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-33 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-33 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-33 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

missed...

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Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 72,72

Japanese Ships
xAK Shinko Maru
E Yurijima
xAK Tamahoko Maru
xAK Nisso Maru
xAK Hokumai Maru
xAK Tenzan Maru
xAK Kogane Maru
E Aotaka

Allied Ships
SS Cisco, hits 1



SS Cisco launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Shinko Maru
Cisco diving deep ....
E Aotaka fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Aotaka attacking submerged sub ....
E Aotaka fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Aotaka fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Aotaka attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

missed...

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Pre-Invasion action off Boela - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

332 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
CA Frobisher, Shell hits 1
CA Hawkins
CL Concord, Shell hits 1
CL Marblehead
CL Trenton, Shell hits 1
CL Detroit
CL Raleigh, Shell hits 2
CL Richmond
CLAA Prince Robert, Shell hits 2
LST-16
LST-17
DMS Elliot


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


CA Frobisher firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at CA Frobisher
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at CA Hawkins
CA Hawkins firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at CL Concord
CL Concord firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion
CL Marblehead firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at CL Marblehead
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at CL Trenton
CL Trenton firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at CL Detroit
CL Detroit firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at CL Raleigh
CL Raleigh firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion
CL Richmond firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at CL Richmond
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at CLAA Prince Robert
CLAA Prince Robert firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion
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

holy crap, thought we took out Wake CD at Dobo earlier but this only was part of it... the BIG guns are at Boela, we had 20cm guns firing at our cruisers, several achieving hits on the superstructure of our cruisers... CLAA Prince Roberts ends up with quite some sys dam after soaking up two of these heavy calibre shells... glad we´ve got quite some cruisers in this TF as they were able to deal with this CD unit, otherwise we could run into quite some problem... I didn´t even know this unit had 20cm guns... did they really place 20cm guns on Wake?

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Amphibious Assault at Boela

TF 297 troops unloading over beach at Boela, 80,110


Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 8 (3 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 5 (0 destroyed, 5 disabled)


2pdr AT Gun lost from landing craft during unload of 18th British Div /7
105mm M2 Howitzer lost in surf during unload of 27th Infantry Div /3
81mm M1 Mortar dropped into water during unload of 37th Infantry Div /4
10 Support troops lost in surf during unload of XI US Corps /5

100% prepped, we land in perfect condition...

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Invasion Support action off Boela - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

309 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
CA Frobisher, Shell hits 2
CA Hawkins, Shell hits 3
CL Concord, Shell hits 1
CL Marblehead, Shell hits 3
CL Trenton
CL Detroit, Shell hits 1
CL Raleigh, Shell hits 2
CL Richmond
CLAA Prince Robert, Shell hits 7, on fire
LST-20, Shell hits 2, on fire
LST-17, Shell hits 3
LST-16, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
LST-18
DMS Elliot
LST-24


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


Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at CA Frobisher
CA Frobisher firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at CA Hawkins
CA Hawkins firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at CL Concord
CL Concord firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at CL Marblehead
CL Marblehead firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at CL Trenton
CL Trenton firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion
CL Detroit firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at CL Detroit
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at CL Raleigh
CL Raleigh firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion
CL Richmond firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at CL Richmond
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at CLAA Prince Robert
12cm 10YT DP Gun Battery engaging LST-20 at 10,000 yards
CA Frobisher firing to suppress enemy battery at 10,000 yards
20cm 41YT CD Gun Battery engaging LST-17 at 10,000 yards
CA Frobisher firing to suppress enemy battery at 10,000 yards
12cm 3YT CD Gun Battery engaging LST-17 at 10,000 yards
CA Frobisher firing to suppress enemy battery at 10,000 yards
12cm 10YT DP Gun Battery engaging LST-16 at 10,000 yards
CA Hawkins firing to suppress enemy battery at 10,000 yards
20cm 41YT CD Gun Battery engaging LST-16 at 10,000 yards
CA Frobisher firing to suppress enemy battery at 10,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards

this is when the cruisers seem to have been running low on ammo... we don´t land any troops (the first phase usually is enough to throw everything onto the beach) but are still unloading supplies... we also have some other ships targetted and hit by heavy gun fire...

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Morning Air attack on Biak , at 87,110

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 25


No Allied losses



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



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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 40,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 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 Hanoi , at 68,56

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 30
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 37
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 34



Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 27


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 7 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
37 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 6000 feet
4 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet
7 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet *

CAP engaged:
343rd FG/11th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters to 42000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
51st FG/16th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters to 42000.
Raid is overhead
51st FG/26th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters to 42000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes

as mentioned a couple of times earlier, the more you try to screw up your strikes, the better they are in the game... the enemy is coming in from three different bases at three different ranges and this is what gets him all three units over the base at the same time for their sweep... try sending three squadrons from the same level 9 airfield to the same target... that´s the funny thing about it, if you take the strike coordination thread as gospel and do everything exactly NOT how it is supposed you will get far better results... ridicoulos is what I call the strike "routine"... it´s a routinely borked sub programme... what you can also see here is that the enemy deliberately sent in all his fighters at 6000ft, this isn´t happening by mistake as Rainer found out that 6000ft seems to be some kind of magic alt that didn´t work at 5000ft nor at 7000ft... perhaps it´s all just happening by accident, I have given up to look for any logic behind it anyway... and Rainer proves to be right, I really laughed my a$$ off once again... the enemy had the never ending dive... I don´t know how this works when we have no aircraft SCRAMBLING and the rest is set to 42000ft, you may think that 42000ft would be higher than 6000ft... neither don´t know what STANDBY means then as we really had 27 fighters in the air as this is what we counted when counting the ac shot down or sent back damaged... perhaps all the numbers and messages in the replay are bullocks, when I watch the replay and the messages and read the report and all the messages then something is just seriously borked... either the messages or everything together... in WITP you had the bounce, you got it when you had enough radar, easily put... in AE, you got lots of variables (at least it seems so) and you get the dive... the reason why you get the dive is totally beyond me as there seems to be no logic behind it at all...

what I do know though is that you always get the dive if fighter a on sweep is set to max alt and fighter b on Cap can´t reach that alt... this seems to be bullet prove... to be honest, I´m happy about the fact that it seems that the game is only flipping a coin it seems and all the messages aren´t worth anything, I just wonder why putting all the variables into the game then... as it stands now, I´ve been watching each replay in this game, have done the AAR when you again read the reports and have been reading various other AARs but so far have failed to see any logic behind all this... again, if your fighter´s ceiling is higher than the enemy´s, then the enemy´s fighter is in trouble... perhaps I´m just too stupid...

in this case, none of the Japanese fighters could fly as high as the P-47 so the sweep came in lower... if Rainer expects no P-47 on Cap then he sends his strato sweepers to see my Hurricanes or Warhawks trying to reach 38000ft (which they can´t) while being endlessly dived... same is try the other way around too with my P-47 and P-38 which is working well 9 out of 10 times... the only thing that "saved" us today was the fact that the Thunderbolts are flying tanks, "only" 11 were lost, while all 27 were either shot down or damaged during the replay... in return we claim a dozen enemies, clearly a Japanese victory as the enemy can easily afford to lose a dozen Zeroes/Tojos while we have just lost a weekly P-47 replacement...

Rainer´s answer in his email proved him to be happy as he asked "wonder how long are you going to keep your P-47 at Hanoi "... well, I´m asking this myselve too...



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Morning Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55

Weather in hex: Light cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 15
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 21



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 30

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



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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 40,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 26



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: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 21
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 34
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 29



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


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


Airbase hits 20
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 150

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

150 runway hits, would take a hundred B-24 on normal range for us to achieve that...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 11



No Japanese losses



Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
11 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: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 16


No Allied losses



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 22

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



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Morning Air attack on Biak , at 87,110

Weather in hex: Partial 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
P-38G Lightning x 23


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

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



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 14

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

had some Lightnings escorting my bombers... by accident...

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Morning Air attack on Biak , at 87,110

Weather in hex: Partial 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

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



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 15

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



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Afternoon Air attack on Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 57


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 9 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 24

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



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Afternoon Air attack on Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 12


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged



Runway hits 7

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



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Afternoon Air attack on Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 12


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 9

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



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Afternoon Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109

Weather in hex: Light cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 47


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged

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



Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 83

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



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Afternoon Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 13


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-24J 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: Overcast

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 34


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


Japanese 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 1
Runway hits 45

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



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Afternoon Air attack on Babo , at 83,111

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 8


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 20

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



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Afternoon Air attack on Babo , at 83,111

Weather in hex: Overcast

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


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 14


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11

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

endlessly dispersed strikes on various targets with not that great results... a usual day in the war for us...




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Sub attack near Kume-jima at 93,62

Japanese Ships
PB Shinko Maru #3
xAK Hokuzyu Maru
xAK Yamahuzi Maru
PB Ryusei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Steelhead



Captain of SS Steelhead elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
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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Invasion Support action off Boela
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

12 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
LST-18, Shell hits 1
CL Concord
CL Marblehead
LST-484
LST-478
LST-477
LST-468
LST-451
LST-340
LST-339
LST-17
LST-16, heavy fires, heavy damage



20cm 41YT CD Gun Battery engaging LST-18 at 19,000 yards
CL Marblehead firing to suppress enemy battery at 19,000 yards
LST-484 fired at enemy troops
LST-478 fired at enemy troops
LST-477 fired at enemy troops
LST-468 fired at enemy troops
LST-451 fired at enemy troops
LST-340 fired at enemy troops
LST-339 fired at enemy troops

LST-463 breaks her back while beaching at Boela

had this new message popping up, these things are one of the great new features of AE...

LST-16 sunk, one damaged from gunfire, probably two LST lost in this operation... a price I´m willing to pay at any time for taking such an important base... all APA were untouched, wich is the most important thing...


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Ground combat at Boela (80,110)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5422 troops, 62 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 254

Defending force 41796 troops, 753 guns, 940 vehicles, Assault Value = 1408

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



Assaulting units:
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion
17th Garrison Unit
15th Garrison Unit /1
44th Road Const Co
63rd Field AA Battalion
2nd Base Force

Defending units:
18th British Div /22
37th Infantry Div /21
27th Infantry Div /20
14th NZ Bde /11
XI US Corps /1

Only one full garrison unit, this won´t be enough to hold the base longer than one or two days... easy task for the force we´ve thrown on the beach... have asked Rainer why he stacks his divs on Timor and only got 200 av at an important target with a potential airbase lvl 8 and he said he couldn´t defend it against three divs anyway... well, I wonder where he´s going to start the defense then because if we do the next step North we will have cut him off of most of Borneo´s oil already and we are then knocking on the Philipines door...
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Ground combat at Nookanbah (66,130)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 712 troops, 0 guns, 100 vehicles, Assault Value = 53

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

Allied adjusted assault: 26

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 26 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Nookanbah !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
2/11th Armoured Car Battalion

mopping up empty bases West of Darwin...



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Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 63,78

Japanese Ships
DD Asakaze
E W-11
E W-8
E W-6
TK Seishin Maru
TK Takane Maru
TK Kenwa Maru
DD Matsukaze
E W-23
E W-16

Allied Ships
SS Gurnard, hits 1



SS Gurnard launches 6 torpedoes at DD Asakaze
Gurnard diving deep ....
DD Matsukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Asakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-23 fails to find sub and abandons search
E W-16 fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Asakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Asakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Gurnard fails to attack a tanker and misses the DD, ending up with 2 sys 37 flt...

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ASW attack near Brunei at 65,85

Japanese Ships
DD Minazuki
DD Uzuki

Allied Ships
SS Grampus



SS Grampus is sighted by escort
Grampus diving deep ....
DD Minazuki fails to find sub and abandons 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...
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 Hakodate at 120,54

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-25
SC CHa-33

Allied Ships
SS O19



SS O19 is located by SC CHa-25
SC CHa-33 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-33 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-33 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-33 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-33 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Nago at 96,62

Japanese Ships
xAK Surabaya Maru
xAK Toei Maru
xAK Otori Maru
xAK Syunsei Maru
xAK Chile Maru
PB Ryusei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Bonefish



SS Bonefish launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Surabaya Maru
Bonefish diving deep ....
PB Ryusei Maru attacking submerged sub ....
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

duds...

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Sub attack near Nago at 96,62

Japanese Ships
xAK Kusuyama Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Otori Maru
xAK Syunsei Maru
xAK Chile Maru
PB Ryusei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Bonefish



SS Bonefish launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Kusuyama Maru
Bonefish 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

another try, this time a success...

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Sub attack near Aogashima at 113,66

Japanese Ships
E Maeshima
E Sureko
E Uruko

Allied Ships
SS Kingfish, hits 3



SS Kingfish launches 6 torpedoes at E Maeshima
E Sureko attacking submerged sub ....
E Uruko fails to find sub and abandons search
E Sureko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Sureko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Sureko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Sureko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Sureko attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

DON´T attack these ships... missed, sub is retiring with 11 sys 18 flt 4 eng...

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Sub attack near Lord Howe Island at 96,172

Japanese Ships
SS I-31

Allied Ships
xAK Nathaniel Ingersoll, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
SC-704
SC-702
xAK Rodman Coleman
SC-706


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


SS I-31 launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Nathaniel Ingersoll
I-31 diving deep ....
SC-706 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-706 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-706 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-706 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-706 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

losing a freighter of a fat troop convoy... had more than a dozen escorts but they all failed... 15% of a base force are lost with the ship...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 42,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 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: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 41,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 9



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 36750 feet *



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Morning Air attack on 52nd Chinese Corps, at 73,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 15
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 21



No Japanese losses


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


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



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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 40,740 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: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 23
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 30
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 29



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



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 157

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

I need these bombers...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 12



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
12 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 Koepang , at 68,116

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 42


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

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 57

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



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Morning Air attack on Koepang , at 68,116

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 39


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

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 15
Runway hits 67

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



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Morning Air attack on Koepang , at 68,116

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 6


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

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



the enemy lost four Emily transports today, he´s constantly using lots of transports all around the place it seems... we´ve mostly lost the usual nav search ac...


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Sub attack near Makassar at 64,106

Japanese Ships
xAKL Shun Yuan, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Imizu Maru
xAKL Korei Maru
xAKL Tensyo Maru
xAKL Koyu Maru
xAKL Columbia Maru
PB Kakyu Maru

Allied Ships
SS Narwhal



SS Narwhal launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Shun Yuan
Narwhal diving deep ....
PB Kakyu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kakyu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kakyu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kakyu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kakyu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

looks like Maccassar is slowly being built up, spotting four units there, base still tiny...

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ASW attack near Brisbane at 103,159

Japanese Ships
SS I-28

Allied Ships
AM Fidelity



SS I-28 is sighted by escort
I-28 diving deep ....
AM Fidelity fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Fidelity fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Fidelity fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Fidelity fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Fidelity fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

lonely AM is moving to Brisbane for some repairs... amazingly the sub didn´t sink it...

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Ground combat at Boela (80,110)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 40038 troops, 753 guns, 940 vehicles, Assault Value = 1414

Defending force 8739 troops, 100 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 252

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Allied adjusted assault: 1888

Japanese adjusted defense: 195

Allied assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Boela !!!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

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

Japanese ground losses:
1985 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 87 disabled
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 68 disabled
Engineers: 34 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 24 (22 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
629 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 55 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled


Assaulting units:
27th Infantry Division
14th NZ Brigade
37th Infantry Division
18th British Division
XI US Corps

Defending units:
17th Garrison Unit
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion
15th Garrison Unit /1
44th Road Const Co
63rd Field AA Battalion
2nd Base Force

whenever possible (which is true for EVERY major invasion) we are now using fully prepped HQs, this gives us excellent adjusted av... the base is taken easily, there´s no retreat path for the enemy units and they´re going to be destroyed... Boela was a full success and we already have eng units being moved in together with more supplies (30000 already there)... this base will dominate the whole area as soon as it is built up to level 8 (expected within the next 3-4 weeks)... the enemy got a couple level 2 and 3 fields and one level 4 in the area, all of them are lightly held and can be bombed at will...




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Ground combat at Taberfane (82,117)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8178 troops, 122 guns, 139 vehicles, Assault Value = 326

Defending force 1868 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22

Allied adjusted assault: 198

Japanese adjusted defense: 2

Allied assault odds: 99 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
318 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled


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


Assaulting units:
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
102nd(Sep) Infantry Regiment
12th Australian Brigade
1st RAAF Base Force
227th USN Base Force
13th RAAF Base Force

Defending units:
15th Garrison Unit
30th JNAF AF Unit


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30th JNAF AF Unit Wiped Out at Taberfane by attrition!!!


Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Taberfane


taking care of what is left at Taberfane...



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Night Naval bombardment of Lautem at 72,115

Allied Ships
CA Exeter
CA Cornwall
CA Suffolk
CA Baltimore

Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 15
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 2

CA Exeter firing at 18th Division
CA Cornwall firing at Lautem
CA Suffolk firing at 26th Ind.Mixed Brigade
CA Baltimore firing at 18th Division

tried a nav bombardment but failed miserably... main reason was to find out if there is anything at the base that could be seen as a threat to an amphib convoy but there is clearly nothing at the base capable of firing at ships... we´ve put float planes on recon but they don´t even show up in the combat report which is quite odd (they aren´t damaged)... thought you don´t have to set a target and the only thing you´ve got to do would be to set them on recon??? anyway, my airforce is tasked to attack bases, not the navy...

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Sub attack near Channel Islands at 222,78

Japanese Ships
SS I-33, hits 2

Allied Ships
DE Whitman



SS I-33 launches 6 torpedoes
I-33 diving deep ....
DE Whitman fails to find sub, continues to search...
DE Whitman attacking submerged sub ....
DE Whitman fails to find sub, continues to search...
DE Whitman fails to find sub, continues to search...
DE Whitman attacking submerged sub ....
DE Whitman is out of ASW ammo
DE Whitman is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub

singly DE going to LA, the usual enemy lurker around Channel Island... an ASW TF is patrolling here daily but fails again and again and again it seems...

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Morning Air attack on Hanoi , at 68,56

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. (6000ft actually)
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 37



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 8
Spitfire Vc Trop x 8
P-39N1 Airacobra x 13
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 48


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 9 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed



CAP engaged:
No.5 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
No.34 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
343rd FG/11th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters to 42000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
51st FG/16th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters to 42000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
51st FG/26th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
11 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters to 42000.
Raid is overhead
23rd FG/75th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters to 42000.
Raid is overhead
80th FG/459th FS with P-39N1 Airacobra (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes

guess this answers it very well if I´m going to keep my Thuds at Hanoi... YES, I am going to keep them there... this time the enemy wasn´t able to send in several of his fighter units at the same time and the first one to show up were the Oscars... now an Oscar is definetely not suited to fight a Thunderbolt (as we could see in the past already) and we even increased the number of fighters at Hanoi instead of pulling out... expected the Hurricanes, Spitfires and Airacobras to be nothing more than a bait for the enemy fighters and that is excactly what they were... the enemy is again coming in at 6000ft and AGAIN had the dive... the difference today was that the dive ended near immediately after taking down a Hurricane and one of the Thuds... then it was time to take down a dozen of the Oscars, all being shot down by the P-47...

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Morning Air attack on Hanoi , at 68,56

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 4



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 5
Spitfire Vc Trop x 7
P-39N1 Airacobra x 10
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 38


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 2 destroyed




CAP engaged:
No.5 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 37750.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
No.34 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 39750.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
343rd FG/11th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
12 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 42000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
51st FG/16th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 38750.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 67 minutes
51st FG/26th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 42000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 82 minutes
23rd FG/75th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters between 37750 and 42000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
80th FG/459th FS with P-39N1 Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 38750.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes

four Oscars got lost and faced problematic odds... 15 in total claimed being shot down...

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Morning Air attack on Hengyang , at 80,53

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 21
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 21



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 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 12 NM, estimated altitude 37,740 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 36740 feet *



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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 23
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 6



No Japanese losses


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


Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-49-IIb 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 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 27
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 23



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 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 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 72

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
27 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 Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 39,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 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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Afternoon Air attack on Hanoi , at 68,56

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 27



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 6
Spitfire Vc Trop x 8
P-39N1 Airacobra x 11
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 42


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

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed



CAP engaged:
No.5 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Raid is overhead
No.34 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Raid is overhead
343rd FG/11th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters to 42000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
51st FG/16th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters to 42000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
51st FG/26th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters to 42000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
23rd FG/75th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters to 42000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
80th FG/459th FS with P-39N1 Airacobra (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes

the enemy also sent in a Tojo unit, achieving slightly better results as the Oscars as we had quite some P-47 written off due to damage but also here we had the upper hand... NONE of the sides had the dive for longer than a couple of passes, a really dynamic encounter with losses being around 2.5:1 in favour of the Allied... as most times, it looked quite realistic as soon as none of the sides has the never ending dive that results in totally off loops...



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Ground combat at Boela (80,110)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 39373 troops, 753 guns, 940 vehicles, Assault Value = 1368

Defending force 7226 troops, 68 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 165

Allied adjusted assault: 725

Japanese adjusted defense: 243

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
971 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 65 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Allied ground losses:
125 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)


Assaulting units:
27th Infantry Division
37th Infantry Division
14th NZ Brigade
18th British Division
XI US Corps

Defending units:
15th Garrison Unit
17th Garrison Unit
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion
44th Road Const Co
63rd Field AA Battalion
2nd Base Force


mopping up the Japanese, our troops are already set to their next target, this is shown in their adjusted av immediately... doesn´t matter in terms of firepower and the enemy will be whiped out soon...



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Submarine attack near Taytay at 73,78

Japanese Ships
DD Matsukaze, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
E W-15
E W-11
E W-8
E W-6
E Karii
TK Seishin Maru
TK Takane Maru
TK Anjo Maru
TK Otowasan Maru
DD Asakaze
E W-23
E W-16

Allied Ships
SS Seahorse, hits 15, and is sunk (confirmed)


SS Seahorse launches 6 torpedoes at DD Matsukaze
DD Matsukaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Asakaze attacking submerged sub ....
E W-23 attacking submerged sub ....
SS Seahorse forced to surface!
E W-23 firing on surfaced sub ....
E W-16 firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Matsukaze firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Asakaze firing on surfaced sub ....
E W-23 firing on surfaced sub ....
E W-16 firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Matsukaze firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Asakaze firing on surfaced sub ....
E W-16 firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves

I just don´t like it when my subs keep on attacking escorts on and on and on... insane... the 6 torps MISSED the DD and the sub was forced to surface after one DC hit... a gun duell followed and Seahorse fired another torp salvo that hit DD Matsukaze... the sub is sunk, as is the destroyer...

just look at the number of escorts, perhaps there are even more... the more tankers we sink the more escorts are available for the remaining ones...


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Sub attack near Bataan at 77,77

Japanese Ships
DD Asanagi
E Karukaya
DD Hayate

Allied Ships
SS Albacore



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

failed...

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Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 11
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 11
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 31
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 26



Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 18


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38H Lightning: 5 destroyed



CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling)
14 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
13th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (3 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
13 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Raid is overhead
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
265th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
11 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36750 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Raid is overhead

have moved all available P-38G and H into the area together with all heavy bombers assigned to the South West Pacific to attack Truk today... we have built up Kavieng to a level 9 airfield so no stacking limits there and the island West of it (Manus?) is a level 6. Have ordered 5 P-38 squadrons to sweep followed by nearly 200 heavy bombers to attack the airfield...

thanks to the ridicoulos "coordination routine" we start off with the usual BS, the fighter squadrons are coming in alone, while not even able to fly together in full strenght but only at 2/3 of their total numbers... this is so stupid, it really must hurt if that´s "your baby"... for sure noone can argue that this is somewhat realistic, it just isn´t... it´s total BS!

Now this is the situation WITHOUT working land based radar, now imagine what happens if the patch is out and you then see three or four times the numbers of fighters in the air... OMG this is so stupid... so due to a bug we are lucky to only meet 79 fighters in the air (some 150-200 expected at the base) but 79 vs 18 of course is absolutely bad news for our Lightnings... THANK you for this stupid design that sends 2/3 of each squadron in alone... THANK you very much!

After a short initial dive when the P-38 took out some enemy fighters, the P-38 were shred... this squadron lost more than a dozen aircraft... oh well, who cares, a design that is bullocks but a replacement rate that gives the Allied realistic and accurate replacements... works very well indeed...

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Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 11
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 8
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 25
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 19



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 22


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

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 2 destroyed



CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 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 5 minutes
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
12 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 18000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
13th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 88 minutes
265th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (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 36750 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes

should I be happy that the second sweep comes in while only losing the usual THREE fighters? Probably so, stupid, stupid, stupid... You set 5 squadrons to sweep and get something like 5-10 single sweeps...

this P-38 had more luck, having the dive going on for longer, mostly suffering damaged aircraft... didn´t help in the end, the numerical superiority of the enemy was too much again, losing many fighters to damage and long range...

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Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 3
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 4
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 20
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 18



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 22


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed



CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 18000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes
13th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 18000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 58 minutes
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 19000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
265th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36750 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes

and here comes the third squadron, also losing THREE fighters on the way to target... holy crap, how ingnorant do you have to be to get this through beta testing while still saying it is ok, no, while still saying this is good?

The strato sweep in this case did it´s own, the 22 P-38 had the never ending dive, immediately shown in the kills and losses, probably also due to the enemy numbers decreasing now...

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Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 3
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 14
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 12



Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 18


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 3 destroyed




CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 18000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
13th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
265th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36750 , scrambling fighters to 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 58 minutes
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes

sweep number FOUR!!! A pityful squadron that lost 7 fighters on the way to target... never ending dive, clear result... this squadron didn´t even suffer a single Lightning damaged...

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Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 45,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 5



Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 18


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed




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

CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
265th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36750
Raid is overhead

sweep number FIVE! As you can see, the P-38H squadrons from Kavieng all "lost" seven fighters on the way to target, the two squadrons from Manus lost three fighters each on the way to target... is this happening because of "built in realism" and due to some realistic screw ups happening or is it just a plain bad design bar any realism or logic? Must be a funny realistic screw up that three squadrons lose 7 fighters each and two (from the other base) lose 3 fighters each... OMG, this is so silly...

strike modelling, the DIVE (in relation to strato sweeps) and land based radar all needs to be looked at. As it is now, it is ridicoulos, with land based radar working after the patch this will just get more and more insane, with one side having everything (more or less) airborne (same as with carriers) and the other side sending in everything in a stupid piece meal fashion... I just can´t belive that ppl can be so stubborn to keep insisting everything would be ok... well, perhaps it´s ok as this is what they designed, but then they have to say good bye to any intention of being even close to realism...

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Morning Air attack on Lang Son , at 70,56

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 39,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 23



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
23 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet



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Morning Air attack on Boela , at 80,110

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D4Y1 Judy x 12



Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y1 Judy: 1 damaged



Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x D4Y1 Judy bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 1 x 500 kg GP Bomb

don´t know if this makes any sense, I would sa NOT...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 38,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 26



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: Severe storms

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 18
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 31
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 23



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



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 58

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
18 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
4 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
23 x Ki-49-IIb 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 16 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 47


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 2 destroyed, 13 damaged



Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 22
Port hits 11
Port fuel hits 6
Port supply hits 1

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

and the next time I do this silly mistake... everytime I want to rest the Venturas (usually every second day) I set them to nav attack 1000ft and when I order a strike against a base I´ve got to of course set them back to 10000ft which is something I tend to forget now and then... and I pay for it...

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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 10


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 6 damaged



Port hits 5
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Port 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 41 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 23


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 13 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 10
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 73

Aircraft Attacking:
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



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Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 82
B-24J Liberator x 66


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 17 destroyed on ground
G4M1 Betty: 5 destroyed on ground
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 7 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 7 destroyed on ground
A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged



Airbase hits 32
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 86

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-24J 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-24J 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
8 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
14 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 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-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J 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

while the game fails to see two, three, four or five fighter squadrons flying together, it then manages to have over a dozen bomber squadrons fly together... we launch a mega strike from Kavieng (where three P-38 squadrons are coming from too) and torch the enemy on the ground... NO working radar, no more fighters in the air after the piece meal sweeps... must be even more depressing for the receiving end in this case... will be mega depressing for me as soon as radar works, this then will mean I can not attack any target with such a number of enemy fighters, no matter how many fighter squadrons I´ve got as they all show up alone... stupidity... and if you then complain you get the silly tip that says "you have to get more fighters over the target to counter the enemy´s numerical advantage"... "it´s not the game to be blamed, it´s your faulty game play as you haven´t sent enough fighters"... oh how silly...

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Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 4

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

CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Raid is overhead

Training flight from 202 Ku S-1 has been caught up in attack

the rest of the bombers is coming in piece meal but this doesn´t matter anymore... in the end it was a full success as the enemy was whiped out on Truk and we inflicted far more losses than we have suffered lost but this - again - only due to not working radar... get radar working and I would have been totally trashed, first all the Lightning squadrons would have been shot to pieces (instead of only two out of five) and then the bombers would have taken it on the chin with nothing to bomb on the ground... we have lost 2 weeks P-38 replacements but destroyed over a hundred enemy aircraft at Truk...

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Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 34
B-24J Liberator x 17


Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 7 destroyed on ground
A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed on ground

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



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 37

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

good sized air strike... why not improving the strike routine to have strikes of this size? This surely is more realistic than the stupid "we all go alone, it´s our private war after all" or the as stupid WITP "1000 bomber strike" style...

honestly, I don´t have much hope to see any improvements and this is what makes me so mad it seems the game was only tested in the early months when it doesn´t matter if strikes are realistic or not because it "looks" realistic if you only have two squadrons and they fly alone or together now and then... it´s total BS when you have lots of squadrons and find out they more or less never are able to do realistic strikes, as can be clearly seen with sweeps... don´t touch the bomber strikes is something I perhaps can live with but the sweeps are total BS...

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Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 12


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Runway hits 8

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 Truk , at 112,108

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 6


No Allied losses



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

STUPIDITY par excellence... the rest (2x3 of course) of two P-38G squadrons from Manus...

sweep 6

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Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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


Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 12


No Allied losses



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

STUPITY²... the rest of two (out of three) P-38 squadrons at Kavieng...

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Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 5


No Allied losses



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

and STUPIDITY³... the rest of the third P-38 squadron at Kavieng...

even if the result was a success today, I was so fed up with the strikes I even forgot to take a screenshot of the losses...


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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 9



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
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 Lang Son , at 70,56

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 44,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 3



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet



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Ground combat at Boela (80,110)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 39162 troops, 753 guns, 938 vehicles, Assault Value = 1358

Defending force 6308 troops, 62 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 97

Allied adjusted assault: 914

Japanese adjusted defense: 117

Allied assault odds: 7 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
1005 casualties reported
Squads: 39 destroyed, 27 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled


Allied ground losses:
113 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Assaulting units:
37th Infantry Division
14th NZ Brigade
27th Infantry Division
18th British Division
XI US Corps
58th Aviation Base Force

Defending units:
17th Garrison Unit
15th Garrison Unit
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion
63rd Field AA Battalion
44th Road Const Co
2nd Base Force




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Sub attack near Lubang at 77,78

Japanese Ships
E Karukaya, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Asanagi

Allied Ships
SS Albacore, hits 4



SS Albacore launches 6 torpedoes at E Karukaya
DD Asanagi attacking submerged sub ....
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asanagi attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

we sink an E but Albacore takes some damage too, retiring with 4 sys 19 flt...
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Sub attack near Lubang at 77,78

Japanese Ships
TK Manshu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
SC Ch 14
SC Ch 13
TK Toshikawa Maru
TK Kyokuyo Maru
TK Rokkosan Maru
TK Kikusui Maru
TK Peking Maru
TK Otoriyama Maru
TK Jinzan Maru
E Nuwashima
E W-28
E Susuki

Allied Ships
SS Albacore



SS Albacore launches 4 torpedoes at TK Manshu Maru
Albacore diving deep ....
E Nuwashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-28 fails to find sub and abandons search
E Susuki fails to find sub and abandons search
E Nuwashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Nuwashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Nuwashima attacking submerged sub ....
E Nuwashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Nuwashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

we also hit one of the real prizes... playing the Japanese in AE must be as depressing as it would have been in real life... really different to WITP when you could rule the map until mid or late 44 if you did things right... I can´t see what Rainer is doing wrong, he´s using different routes for his convoys, he is using CONVOYS, he´s got lots of escorts in them, he´s massing aircraft on nav search or ASW but in the end, it doesn´t help, he´s constantly losing tankers... I would say he´s losing tankers at a rate he can´t afford, that´s probably the reason why we spot more and more xAK carrying fuel...

While we´ve lost some 20 subs so far (with a couple of times more subs damaged), the number of subs at Sea is constantly growing. What really makes subs so effective surely is the new "patrol" feature, I really love it, one of the big improvements to WITP. The biggest problem for Rainer in the last months was to lose Darwin. Darwin enables me to move my Armies North, directly into the SRA and Darwin also enables me to flood the South China Sea with my subs where I´ve got one and a halve dozen patrolling. Another dozen is patrolling elsewhere in the SRA, except West of Borneo as there are only shallow water hexes and I´m restricting my subs to stay in deep water hexes. Darwin is perfectly suited for the fleet boats in the South China Sea, everything around Japan is coming from Adak. Especially around Japan the enemy has massed his air assets, he usually gets one or two dozen sightings every day, he probably even gets these sightings as hit messages, but we usually suffer 4-5 subs damaged from air ASW per month with a sub sunk every 2-3 monhts. Seems like that´s something we can afford. So the "we sweep the Sea from subs with Helens and Sallies" like it was done in WITP seems not to be possible anymore. I have to say though that the enemy´s air ASW has become more and more effective in the last months. In 42 for example we only had a couple of subs damaged with none sunk from air ASW.



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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 40,740 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 Boela , at 80,110

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 42,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 3



Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 25


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed



CAP engaged:
VMO-155 with F4U-1 Corsair (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36800 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
VMF-216 with F4U-1 Corsair (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36800 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Raid is overhead
VMF-215 with F4U-1 Corsair (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36800 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Raid is overhead
VMF-422 with F4U-1 Corsair (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36800 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Raid is overhead

Rainer knows that his Zekes can go higher than the Corsairs, therefore the sweep is ordered at ceiling alt. The Zekes dive and claim a Corsair for one Zeke lost after the dive...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 42,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 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 38 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 22
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 6



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 27

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-49-IIb 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 32 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 23



No Japanese losses



Runway hits 15

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



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Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 20
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 40



Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 34
B-24J Liberator x 33


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed on ground
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 7 damaged



Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 99

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-24J 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
11 x B-24J 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
10 x B-24D1 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

CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 9 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 13 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
265th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 14 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36750 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes

WOW! Thought after yesterday´s attack we would not face any more enemy fighters in the air so I was kind of shocked to see nearly the same number of fighters today again. These must be new units that were flown in and after counting up the hits on the airfield yesterday I´m not surprised the enemy is able to fly Cap. We scored 135 hits on the runway with 38 hits on the base. Level 7 airfield and 500lb bombs, I expect the base to nearly have 100% damage but the runways probably aren´t above 50-60 so not much a problem to fly Cap. Different story to maintain the aircraft though. Anyway, after yesterday´s losses within the P-38 squadrons and the expectations that Rainer flew out everything that was still able to fly I thought it would be ok to send the bombers alone. So each bomber coming in the first wave faced one enemy fighter, while you probably shouldn´t count Oscar II anyway when they face 4Es, even though damaged bombers may crash on their long way back to Kavieng. The fighters screamed down on the bombers but neither was the engagement lasting long, nor were the fighters able to harm the bombers as only one went down over the target. The 4E posed more a threat to the fighters than the other way around. I have to say I would not want to see 60 4E meeting 60 Georges though.

It turned out that it again was far better to send the bombers without fighters anyway and with partial cloud today they also get some more hits than yesterday in thunderstorms. At this stage we´ve scored more than 200 hits on the runway already, torching more ac on the ground. I now expect the base to be closed, more bombers should come in. Damage on the runway seems to be calculated at the end of the turn, so there will still be fighters scrambling to meet them. In fact it was a good move of Rainer to bring in more fighters but it turned out to be bad for him. Not many of the newly flown in fighters destroyed on the ground, probably due to very high Cap settings.

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Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 17
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 29



Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 21
B-24J Liberator x 19


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged



Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 43

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 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:
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 13 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 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 108 minutes
265th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 14 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36750 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 9 scrambling)
2 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 128 minutes

not that many fighters were knocked out by the first wave and they do slightly better against the second but still not something to really worry about... I fear when land based radar is going to work again, I will just send in massive numbers of 4Es against heavily capped bases while not sending escorts at all. Better to lose a dozen B-24J with a replacement rate of 65 than losing three dozen Lightnings first (40 replacement) followed by another halve dozen B-24J...

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Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4



Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 23


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 26

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

CAP engaged:
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 104 minutes

the second wave really had to deal with the fighters for a long time, resulting in most of them being out of the fight now...

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Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2



Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 8


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

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



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 5

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

CAP engaged:
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1



Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 15


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 5 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 20

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

CAP engaged:
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1



Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 11


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged



Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 20

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

CAP engaged:
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes

Truk has to be 100% closed now, no Cap, no offensive strikes...

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Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1



Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 8


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 5 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 17

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

CAP engaged:
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1



Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground




Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 13

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

CAP engaged:
59th 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 28 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1



Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 6


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

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged



Runway hits 11

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

CAP engaged:
59th 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 Truk , at 112,108

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 4


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged



Runway hits 7

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

these two days were really devastating for the enemy airforce at Truk and despite the P-38 losses well worth it IMO... the base is closed now with surely more enemy ac sitting on the ground being damaged, so we´re going to fly more attacks to take them out... in the end, I expect some 250 enemy ac (mostly fighters) being destroyed at Truk for the loss of some 40 Allied aircraft, mostly P-38... we´ve lost 7 bomber today...




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Morning Air attack on 63rd Chinese Corps, at 73,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 40,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 26



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
26 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet



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Morning Air attack on Boela , at 80,110

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D4Y1 Judy x 9



Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 23


Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y1 Judy: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged




Aircraft Attacking:
1 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 2000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 500 kg GP Bomb
4 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 3000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 500 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
VMO-155 with F4U-1 Corsair (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36800 , scrambling fighters between 35750 and 37750.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
VMF-216 with F4U-1 Corsair (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36800 , scrambling fighters between 36000 and 37750.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
VMF-215 with F4U-1 Corsair (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 36800 , scrambling fighters to 38750.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes
VMF-422 with F4U-1 Corsair (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36800 , scrambling fighters between 35750 and 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes

this attack popping up was nice to see, the result didn´t make me happy though... four Judies were shot down by the Cap, the rest dropped their load... thought none of them would have a chance to get through the Corsairs but the new routines positively surprised me in this case...

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wyndham at 70,127

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 8



Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
xAKL Kohala, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAP Van Rees, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk


Allied ground losses:
156 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 66 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 58 (54 destroyed, 4 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
8 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

really a nice one... the Nells came in from an unknown base to attack our TF unloading a base force at Wyndham... no fighters, no troops unloaded yet, two small transports sunk with 25% of the troops aboard... would have been great to see these Nells attacking Darwin with a couple of hundred fighters in the air...

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Afternoon Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 27



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 22

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

Rainer was using Emily transports to fly out troops that were kicked out of Boeal but we now had Cap over the base and nearly a dozen of the big birds were downed by the Corsairs...


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Submarine attack near Boela at 80,110

Japanese Ships
SS I-121

Allied Ships
LCT-467, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage


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


SS I-121 is sighted by LCT-467
SS I-121 attacking LCT-467 on the surface


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Ground combat at Boela (80,110)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 39058 troops, 753 guns, 938 vehicles, Assault Value = 1346

Defending force 5464 troops, 56 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61

Allied adjusted assault: 970

Japanese adjusted defense: 37

Allied assault odds: 26 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
605 casualties reported
Squads: 33 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
37th Infantry Division
27th Infantry Division
14th NZ Brigade
18th British Division
58th Aviation Base Force
XI US Corps
15th USN SeaBees /4

Defending units:
17th Garrison Unit
15th Garrison Unit
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion
44th Road Const Co
63rd Field AA Battalion
2nd Base Force


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Ground combat at Nanning (72,55)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 11543 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 353

Defending force 3394 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 127

Allied adjusted assault: 161

Japanese adjusted defense: 255

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0)

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

Japanese ground losses:
166 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


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


Assaulting units:
52nd Chinese Corps

Defending units:
2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment


the enemy stack that was moving up from Canton was further heading West, leaving nothing behind to rearguard the supply lines, so I´ve sent a Chink corps from Liuchow to take Nanning back and make it a bit harder to supply the enemy troops to the West. Rainer of course spotted my unit and I guess he started flying in this Rgt. The terrain is favouring the defender and we weren´t able to kick them out even though the enemy had very few heavy weapons (one of the reasons I bet he flew them in). I only expected this to be a base force so I didn´t order another Corps to move here before today...



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TF 338 encounters mine field at Boela (80,110)

Allied Ships
LCT-476, Mine hits 1, heavy damage

ok, enemy sub mine layer obviously visited the base...

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ASW attack near Milne Bay at 101,134

Japanese Ships
SS I-172

Allied Ships
AM Guysborough
xAKL Pelton Bank
xAKL Mulubinda
xAKL Hetton Bank
AM Igonish



SS I-172 launches 4 torpedoes at AM Guysborough
I-172 diving deep ....
AM Igonish fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Igonish fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Igonish attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-172 eludes AM Igonish by diving deep
AM Igonish fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Igonish 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 16 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 21
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 27
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 6



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
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 93

Aircraft Attacking:
21 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
6 x Ki-49-IIb 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 19 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 23



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 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 51

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-49-IIb 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 41 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 11



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
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 26

Aircraft Attacking:
11 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 Truk , at 112,108

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 26
B-24J Liberator x 27


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed on ground
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 5 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 106

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

the heavies are flying the third day in a row, the number of operational bombers is down to 60% now... we´re further destroying enemy aircraft on the ground, the base has been shut down yesterday...

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Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 38
B-24J Liberator x 4


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 3 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed on ground
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged

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



Airbase hits 8
Runway hits 82

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

most of the fighters that have been flown in yesterday are getting destroyed on the ground now... the fact that we were able to fly three days in a row makes it a total success, would weather have prevented the strike yesterday and today then the enemy would have full Cap in the air making it even more costly than day one already has been...

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Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 14
B-24J Liberator x 7


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

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 4 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 46

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



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Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 8


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

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 16

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 Truk , at 112,108

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 13


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

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 8

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

especially if the strike routine thinks it would be great to have squadron sized waves...
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Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged



Runway hits 8

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



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Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 26


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

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 6 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 42

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



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Morning Air attack on 63rd Chinese Corps, at 73,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 40,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 3



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet



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Morning Air attack on 63rd Chinese Corps, at 73,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 40,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 25



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
25 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet

trying to draw leaking Cap?

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Afternoon Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 28



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *
7 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 11000 feet



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Afternoon Air attack on 52nd Chinese Corps, at 72,55 (Nanning)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 15



No Japanese losses


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


Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Ground combat at Boela (80,110)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 38982 troops, 753 guns, 938 vehicles, Assault Value = 1344

Defending force 4581 troops, 56 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 29

Allied adjusted assault: 749

Japanese adjusted defense: 25

Allied assault odds: 29 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
869 casualties reported
Squads: 43 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 38 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


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


Assaulting units:
14th NZ Brigade
27th Infantry Division
37th Infantry Division
18th British Division
15th USN Naval Construction Battalion
18th USN Naval Construction Battalion
58th Aviation Base Force
XI US Corps
221st USN Base Force /1

Defending units:
17th Garrison Unit
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion
15th Garrison Unit /1
63rd Field AA Battalion
44th Road Const Co
2nd Base Force


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Ground combat at Nanning (72,55)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 11466 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 863

Defending force 3281 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 119

Allied adjusted assault: 268

Japanese adjusted defense: 229

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
184 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
194 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled


Assaulting units:
52nd Chinese Corps
63rd Chinese Corps

Defending units:
2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment

the second Corps has arrived now and we would have enough troops to kick the enemy out but the Japanese stack West of Nanning is now reported to be moving on Nanning and we have to get out asap... no day left to do another attack...

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44th Road Const Co Wiped Out at Boela by attrition!!!

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63rd Field AA Battalion Wiped Out at Boela by attrition!!!

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Wake Coastal Gun Battalion Wiped Out at Boela by attrition!!!


Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Boela

Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Boela by attrition!!!


love it... the enemy is collapsing...

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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting... - 11/12/2010 12:12:31 PM   
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Sub attack near Brunei at 66,85

Japanese Ships
TK Bokuei Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
PB Nikki Maru
PB Ichiyo Maru
TK Palembang Maru
TK Arita Maru
TK Teiyo Maru
DD Murakumo
DD Isonami
E Saishu

Allied Ships
SS Apogon



SS Apogon launches 6 torpedoes at TK Bokuei Maru
Apogon diving deep ....
DD Murakumo fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Isonami fails to find sub and abandons search
E Saishu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Saishu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Saishu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Saishu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Saishu fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

only hitting CVs is more fun...

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TF 337 encounters mine field at Boela (80,110)

Allied Ships
DMS Chandler
DMS Wasmuth



4 mines cleared


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Morning Air attack on Lang Son , at 70,56

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 42,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 25



Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 2


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vc Trop: 1 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
25 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet

CAP engaged:
No.5 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes

leaking Cap from Hanoi, the Vc model of the Spitfire is at best on par with the Zeke, will get the VIII from November on, but only enough to upgrade one squadron per month and this only if we don´t take any losses... it´s really a mess as the Allied when you have to pity each single aircraft lost which is still true for lots of types even when we nearly enter 44... for the Japanese, it´s just a click and potential production rate is doubled... Rainer just recently told me that most of his factories are shut down because there´s enough in the pool... and I have to say that his production numbers are very conservative compared to what other people are posting on the forum (and I´m not speaking about the BS recently when one came up with 1600 Franks and Georges in 7/43)... the totally useless P-40N left aside (this type is nothing but as crap as if I would still use P-40E and these couldn´t deal with early Zeroes, let alone with the enemy types now) then we probably get some 200 competitive fighters per month for the land based squadrons. We of course also get 130 Hellcats but these are only used for carrier based squadrons and I´m drowning in them already... so if someone thinks it is a good idea to see the Japanese building 1600 fighters per month in 7/43 while the Allied are stuck with 200 at best in late 43 until mid 44 (having 350 per month then) then this is just beyond me... it gets even worse when people then say "heck, the Japanese could build these numbers of Georges and Franks" while insisting the Allied couldn´t build more in the end...

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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 21



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 14

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



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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 18
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 19
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 28



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


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


Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 136

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
28 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
19 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 Lang Son , at 70,56

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 41,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 3



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 2
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 3


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
1 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet

CAP engaged:
No.34 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (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
Raid is overhead
343rd FG/11th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(11 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000
Raid is overhead

the enemy suffers from the same strange strike routine as we do... it´s just borked...

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Afternoon Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 40,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 21



No Japanese losses



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



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Afternoon Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 27



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 31

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



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Ground combat at Boela (80,110)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 38928 troops, 753 guns, 938 vehicles, Assault Value = 1351

Defending force 2697 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 23

Allied adjusted assault: 700

Japanese adjusted defense: 11

Allied assault odds: 63 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
378 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled


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


Assaulting units:
27th Infantry Division
14th NZ Brigade
37th Infantry Division
18th British Division
18th USN Naval Construction Battalion
221st USN Base Force
48th USN Naval Construction Battalion
15th USN Naval Construction Battalion
1st USN Naval Construction Battalion
XI US Corps
58th Aviation Base Force
1st USN Naval Const Rgt /17

Defending units:
2nd Base Force


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Ground combat at Derby (64,127)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 720 troops, 0 guns, 100 vehicles, Assault Value = 53

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

Allied adjusted assault: 27

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 27 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Derby !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
2/11th Armoured Car Battalion


next base in Northern Australia liberated... nothing left in OZ other than some Japanese flags on my bases...

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TF 337 encounters mine field at Boela (80,110)

Allied Ships
DMS Wasmuth
DMS Chandler



9 mines cleared


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TF 337 encounters mine field at Boela (80,110)

Allied Ships
DMS Wasmuth
DMS Chandler



14 mines cleared


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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 39,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 21



Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 27


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




CAP engaged:
343rd FG/11th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000
Raid is overhead
51st FG/16th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
51st FG/26th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
23rd FG/75th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes

said it earlier, there will come the time when my P-47 will do something against the daily raids on Vinh... well, today we´ve set 100 of them to LRCAP from Hanoi, resulting in a good two dozen showing up over the base when the usual sweep shows up...

the Tojos were chanceless, being shred by the P-47 getting the never ending dive... this engagement was something like a 12:0...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Partial 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



Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 22


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



CAP engaged:
343rd FG/11th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters to 39740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
51st FG/16th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters to 42000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 65 minutes
51st FG/26th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (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 42000 , scrambling fighters to 37740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 153 minutes
23rd FG/75th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters to 39740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes

Japanese fighter pilots of real life seem to have been as stupid as Allied fighter pilots... at least if you go with the game... having the same feature of "getting lost on the way to target"...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 19
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 9
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 25



Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 21


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 destroyed
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed



Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 65

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

CAP engaged:
343rd FG/11th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (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 42000 , scrambling fighters to 39740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 66 minutes
51st FG/16th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters to 42000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes
51st FG/26th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 42000
Raid is overhead
23rd FG/75th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 42000
Raid is overhead

when the bombers showed up we still had a good number of Thuds over the target and I hoped they would leave the Tojos aside pretty quickly... not leaving them aside but taking most of them down we then had perhaps a dozen P-47 attacking the bombers... carrying 8 cal.50 the Thuds are the nightmare of every Japanese aircraft, no matter if bomber or fighter and bombers started falling out of the sky left and right...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 39



Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 19


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 7 destroyed, 3 damaged




Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 27

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
343rd FG/11th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (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 42000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 84 minutes
51st FG/16th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters to 42000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 58 minutes
51st FG/26th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (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 42000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 119 minutes
23rd FG/75th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes

follow on wave that really took it on the chin... guess Rainer wasn´t amused and today pretty much answered his question lately: "wonder how long you will keep your P-47 at Hanoi"... this was the question after the turn when he took out my P-47 at a 1:1 rate... as long as my P-47 get a 5:1 or higher rate in total I will keep them there forever, even if there will be these engagements when they get only a 1:1 or worse...

losing three P-47 for more than 40 enemy aircraft shot down, that´s a kill rate we can afford...





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Morning Air attack on Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

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


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 26


No Allied losses

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



Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 21

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

we really miss more than we hit... a Japanese bomb dropped is worth 5 Allied bombs it seems, at least when I take the average attack on Vinh...

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Morning Air attack on Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

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


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 18


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 33

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

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


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 6


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 19

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



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Morning Air attack on 10th Construction Regiment, at 66,58

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 41,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 27



Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 2


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
23 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet

CAP engaged:
No.5 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes



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Ground combat at Boela (80,110)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 38909 troops, 753 guns, 938 vehicles, Assault Value = 1350

Defending force 2416 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19

Allied adjusted assault: 829

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 829 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
604 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 163 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled


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


Assaulting units:
14th NZ Brigade
27th Infantry Division
37th Infantry Division
18th British Division
XI US Corps
1st USN Naval Construction Battalion
15th USN Naval Construction Battalion
58th Aviation Base Force
221st USN Base Force
18th USN Naval Construction Battalion
48th USN Naval Construction Battalion
1st USN Naval Construction Regiment

Defending units:
2nd Base Force

2nd Base Force is still resisting...



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TF 337 encounters mine field at Boela (80,110)

Allied Ships
DMS Wasmuth
DMS Chandler



8 mines cleared


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Morning Air attack on Haiphong , at 68,57

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 40,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 25



Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 1


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
25 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet

CAP engaged:
No.5 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes

what you have to wonder about the routine for leaking Cap is the fact why is it always the same squadron that is leaking?

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Moa at 74,117

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 8



Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 458


Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 5 destroyed


Allied Ships
DD Endicott



Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

CAP engaged:
VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (8 airborne, 20 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
VF-2 with F6F-3 Hellcat (9 airborne, 20 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
VF-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (5 airborne, 20 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes
VF-42 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 20 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes
VF-8 with F6F-3 Hellcat (9 airborne, 20 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (8 airborne, 20 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (5 airborne, 20 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
VF-71 with F6F-3 Hellcat (8 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
VF-22 with F6F-3 Hellcat (5 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 1000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes
VF-23 with F6F-3 Hellcat (5 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes
VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
VF-25 with F6F-3 Hellcat (5 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
VF-26 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 2000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
VC(F)-33 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
VC(F)-41 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
VF-60 with F6F-3 Hellcat (5 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
VC(F)-63 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes
VRF-2F with F6F-3 Hellcat (7 airborne, 15 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes
VRF-4F with F6F-3 Hellcat (7 airborne, 15 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes
VRF-6F with F6F-3 Hellcat (7 airborne, 15 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes

these bombers were actually coming in at 1000ft! This clearly was a test and it seems it was a more than succesful test... first I´ve thought we would get an easy 8 Nells shot down for free when it seemed the Hellcats really got problem taking on the Nells because I had lots of messages "Hellcat chasing bombers" while nothing else happened... only 15 min pre warn time but with so many fighters in the air already I thought it would be an easy task to take out these 8 attackers... it wasn´t, it wasn´t at all... most of the messages were either "fighters are scrambling" or "Hellcat chasing bombers" and in the end we had more than 400 Hellcats showing up in the replay but one Nell broke through... at some point of the replay I´ve thought that there would be four or five breaking through... the Nell isn´t the slowest bomber on the map but the Hellcat is by far faster, especially with the fact that most of them were diving down from higher positions but all this didn´t help in the end and I was glad to see the remaining Nell attacking a DD and not scoring a hit on a CV which you nearly could expect... Rainer told me this Nell even returned to base... now I don´t want to think about bigger sized 1000ft strikes of faster Francis...

guess the main problem was the short pre warning time, I only count two (if 15 min to target is also ok then three) squadrons that were able to reach the bombers before they reach the fleet, hopefully bigger strikes will be also picked up earlier... I´m sure Rainer was happy with his test too...

some more Nells were shot down over they fleet during the nav search phase...




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Morning Air attack on Haiphong , at 68,57

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 40,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 3



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 2
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 4


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



CAP engaged:
No.34 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
343rd FG/11th 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
51st FG/16th 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



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Ground combat at Boela (80,110)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 38890 troops, 753 guns, 938 vehicles, Assault Value = 1347

Defending force 1480 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

Allied adjusted assault: 594

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 594 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
1820 casualties reported
Squads: 12 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 229 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1



Assaulting units:
37th Infantry Division
14th NZ Brigade
27th Infantry Division
18th British Division
221st USN Base Force
15th USN Naval Construction Battalion
18th USN Naval Construction Battalion
58th Aviation Base Force
48th USN Naval Construction Battalion
1st USN Naval Construction Battalion
XI US Corps
1st USN Naval Construction Regiment

Defending units:
2nd Base Force






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ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 67,74

Japanese Ships
DD Myojinami, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
TK Hoten Maru
TK San Pedro Maru
DD Suruyame

Allied Ships
SS Perch, hits 3



SS Perch launches 4 torpedoes at DD Myojinami
DD Suruyame attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

we attack another tanker convoy and the short moment I was pissed about attacking yet again a destroyer instead of a tanker was followed by the pleasance of sinking the destroyer with the sub getting away with it... for the record, I would still preferre to sink a tanker...

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

471 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
CA Frobisher
CA Exeter
CA Cornwall
CA Suffolk
CL Trenton
CL Detroit
CL Richmond
LST-22
LST-32
LST-28
LST-24
LST-31
DMS Elliot
LST-30


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


CA Frobisher firing at 40th JNAF AF Unit
CA Exeter firing at 16th/C Division
CA Cornwall firing at 18th Division
CA Suffolk firing at 18th Division
CL Trenton firing at 18th Division
CL Detroit firing at 18th Division
CL Richmond firing at 18th Division
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards

here we go, after the low level Nell attack yesterday the enemy was aware of our fleet in the area anyway and this night, we have our cruisers starting to bombard the beaches before three USMC divisions plus support will storm the beach... Dili and Lautern are both big enemy strongholds, I expect to meet at least three or four enemy divisions plus lots of support... also expect to meet a couple of "tank" units there as we spot lots of vehicles but at this stage of the game, the enemy "tank" units aren´t really a threat anymore, at least not when they face our tanks and non Chinese infantry formations...

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Amphibious Assault at Lautem

TF 297 troops unloading over beach at Lautem, 72,115


Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (3 destroyed, 3 disabled)


Motorized Support damaged beyond repair during unload of 2nd Marine Div
13 troops of a USMC Rifle Squad 43 accidentally lost during unload of 3rd Marine Div /2
10 Support troops lost in surf during unload of 2nd Marine Div /19
Motorized Support dropped into water during unload of 1st Marine Div /6
Motorized Support dropped into water during unload of 225th USN Base Force /3

100% preparation, the assault is a cake walk... not only do we land a HQ with the troops, we also have the South Pacific HQ prepped for Lautern (and in range of course)...

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Invasion Support action off Lautem
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

262 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
CA Frobisher
CA Exeter
CA Cornwall
CA Suffolk
CL Trenton
CL Detroit
CL Richmond
LST-22
LST-344
DMS Elliot
LST-24
LST-28


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


CA Cornwall firing at 18th Division
CL Trenton firing at 16th/B Division
CL Richmond firing at 26th Ind.Mixed Brigade
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards


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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 27



No Japanese losses



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

after the "massacre" yesterday the Tojos show up again already...

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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52

Weather in hex: Light cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 21



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 19

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



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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 34
PV-1 Ventura x 36


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 7 damaged



Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 91

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

Dili´s airfield could pose a threat to our invasion TF, the carriers are in position North of Lautern... but I can never place the carriers in a position other than the invasion hex itself while covering all possible paths of enemy attacks and what I fear the most is a strike against my APAs that is coming from a direction I haven´t covered with the carriers... placing the carriers in the invasion hex is a NOGO of course as the Cap would be halved...

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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 15
PV-1 Ventura x 35


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 3 damaged



Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 75

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

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 12


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 4 damaged



Runway hits 9

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



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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

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


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 37


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 45

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



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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

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


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 13


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 26

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 Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 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 6000 feet *



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Morning Air attack on Lang Son , at 70,56

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 42,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 3



Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 1


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet

CAP engaged:
No.5 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Lang Son , at 70,56

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 38,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 24



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 2
Spitfire Vc Trop x 1
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 2


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed
Spitfire Vc Trop: 1 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
15 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet

CAP engaged:
No.34 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes
343rd FG/11th 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
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
No.5 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes

this time the 3 fighter fragment came in first, followed by the main part which is as stupid as the other way around... the second wave also found some of my fighters, ending in a Japanese victory...




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Afternoon Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 27



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 6000 feet



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Invasion Support action off Lautem
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

22 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
LST-481
LST-466
LST-460
LST-350
LST-340
LST-31
LST-22
LST-28
LST-32
LST-24



LST-481 fired at enemy troops
LST-466 fired at enemy troops
LST-460 fired at enemy troops
LST-350 fired at enemy troops
LST-340 fired at enemy troops
LST-31 fired at enemy troops

the good thing to start the invasion is the fact that there is no coast defense... this was already shown in our cruiser bombardment some time ago...

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Ground combat at Lautem (72,115)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 29816 troops, 357 guns, 122 vehicles, Assault Value = 1308

Defending force 42329 troops, 710 guns, 638 vehicles, Assault Value = 1389

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


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


Assaulting units:
16th/B Division
3rd Tank Regiment
26th Ind.Mixed Brigade
14th Tank Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
16th/A Division
18th Division
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
16th/C Division
48th Field AA Battalion
52nd Construction Battalion
51st Construction Battalion
8th RF Gun Battalion
40th JNAF AF Unit
25th Air Flotilla
1st Art.Mortar Regiment
8th Area Army
53rd JNAF AF Unit

Defending units:
3rd Marine Div /20
1st Marine Div /20
2nd Marine Div /1
225th USN Base Force /1
II Australian Corps /2
177th USAAF Base Force /3


as expected, we meet heavy resistance here. As you can see, like the enemy has regularly done before, also here we face enemy divisions that were split in rgts to show "more" units... having a good estimation about how the defenses usually look like this isn´t fooling us as the total troop count usually gives you quite a good picture of what you are going to face. In this case my estimation of enemy av at the base was something like 1000 av though, expected two divs, support units and something like two or three armored rgts, so 1300 is more than expected. What we have landed is the main force but only the first wave with a secod wave full of tank and combat eng units following soon. We have enough LST and APA to land above´s force in a single turn easily but don´t have enough to carry more troops as they are needed here. Have spotted the enemy moving in from Dili already, but this is perfectly working for our plan as we have the whole Aussie Army planning for an attack on Dili. 5 Aus divs, some bgds, armored units, combat eng, support and artillery is ready at Darwin to be thrown at Dili. We´re going to first land the second wave on Lautern, go back to Darwin and assault load the first wave for Dili. Dili itself is the bigger base but has less troops reported, while less still means something like 800-1000 av expected. At Lautern we´ve got the same av at the moment but more troops, real tanks and far more firepower. The main advantage of the Japanese will be their forts and terrain.

The enemy again didn´t intervene with our invasion at all. No LBA strikes, no SC TFs and no sign of KB... serves me well, my carrier force is growing nearly weekly...



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Status: offline 		Interesting how you gauge enemy troop strength. I'm so crap at that.

What rule of thumb do you use gauge things roughly? 2500 spotted men = 1 Bde = ~150AV?

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Interesting how you gauge enemy troop strength. I'm so crap at that.

What rule of thumb do you use gauge things roughly? 2500 spotted men = 1 Bde = ~150AV?



in this case it wasn´t that hard because I also knew (or better say I expected it) to meet the divs that were defending Darwin months ago and were evacuated to Timor after the loss of Darwin. As soon as we had Darwin we haven´t seen any big TFs going to Timor to evac them, so I expected something like four divs between Dili and Lautern.

It´s not really the troop count alone, it´s more a gut feeling of number of units, troop count and vehicles. Guess recon showed something like 65000 troops at Lautern with a couple of hundred vehicles. So the guess were two divs plus tanks plus support units. As we always had heavy flak fire above the base (heavy in comparison to everywhere else) I´ve also expected dedicated AA units which only turned out to be only one with some IJ base forces.

Going with your example, I would look at it from the other way around. Let´s say it´s a small base and you get recon of 2500 men. Well, that´s probably not a bde, but only a small base force defending the place. 150 av defending the base? Hmm, would say, 3 units, 9-10000 troops coming from intel. In the end only 4-5000 troops, a small base force, a construction unit or AA unit and one of these bgd sized Japanese garrison units that are in AE. Like I´ve said, it´s always more a gut feeling that incorporates lots of things like importance of base, general situation (like the evac from Darwin to Timor), unit count (which usually is spot on when doing recon) and troop count (which usually is nearly twice than what actually is there).

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I think 10,000 men = 1 division is the usual way I do it but it seems to be wildly out more often then not...



going with recon, I would have more tended to say it would show me close to 20000 troops for a division. If you take my Lautern example, recon said 65000 troops, actually combat troops there in the end are 30000. Add in the support troops and you end up somewhere below 40000 I guess.

edit: a really easy way to get 100% correct intel is of course to use "intelligence" bombs. Just like the intelligence artillery bombardments that give you the exact troop statistic of the enemy you can also fly a couple of ground attacks and you will see all enemy units there. It´s kind of an exploit though to me if it is only used for "recon" purpose so I usually don´t do it. Though I´m using the "intelligence" artillery bombardments as this is when our troops are already at the place and you have no way to send out recon squads so the artillery is doing this job.

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edit: a really easy way to get 100% correct intel is of course to use "intelligence" bombs.


Yeah, I do drop intelligence bombs every so often, but it seems a bit cheap.

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(which usually is nearly twice than what actually is there).


That in itself is a very useful to know point...

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Status: offline 		I am starting to develop a theory about the never ending dive and how it why it happens and how a unit in the game has the potential to "break" the dive and then gain it in combat. The way I am seeing it is that there are two critical factors that determing the never ending dive slaughter. They are speed and "climb rate". I think speed is the most important factor but we all have been overlooking climb rates as a factor.

This is why the poor wildcat is the suck all fighter for me. With a horrible climb rate and slower speeds this plane just seems to get eaten alive and constantly get hammered by the endless dive. In our game we set a height limit to 29,000 feet but this was before I realized that the F4F can not quite make it to 29,000 feet, so zeros and oscars at the permitted 29,000 feet get endless dives and murder wildcats. Due to poor speed and no climb the wildcat cannot fight back and will never take the dive from a higher flying Japanese plane. The real life strengths for the wildcat vs zeros and more so the oscar are just not modeled into the game. (Radios and the ability to extend away (refuse combat) from spotted diving planes just are not a factor) P40s are a little better because although they cannot climb vs the zero and oscar, they are farily fast and this will help them take the dive away "some of the time" Of course the tojo is both faster or as fast as any 1st generation Allied fighter and has a "sick" climb rate as well. We all know what the tojo does to 1st generation Allied planes including the P40. Later generation army planes such as the lightning and P47 don't outclimb many Japanese planes but have such a speed advantange that this does not seem to matter. The hellcat is a dream. At first the stats don't look impressive as it is not as fast as the army planes but it is faster than Mr. Zero and Oscar and also outclimbs them. In my game the hellcat is eating them up and seems to beat up the tojo as well. I have actually been putting my hellcat squadrons ashore in some situations. They hardly lose any planes in combat and are on a killing spree. This actually trains them up quicker than anything else and the pilots are becoming very elite. And, their service rating of one is a big deal when flying from advance bases.

Let me know what you think and observe. All factors are important but I think the dominant factors affecting the "dive" issue are speed and climb rate.

Look at the climb rate for the P38-H vs other versions. I am beginning to think that I might not want to change over to later models. You will get yours before I do and I would like to hear your thoughts. If I am correct then perhaps late war Japanese fighters will not be such a threat as most have only moderate climb rates and none are as fast as Allied 2nd generation planes. Then again, if he is producing 22,000 fighters a month, it might be a problem....



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Status: offline 		to be honest, while I still am watching it closely, I have given up on really looking for a logic behind it. There seems to be some magic behind 6000ft, for what reason ever, as this seems to work quite well for the moment for my enemy. The first encounter in my PBEM between Tojos and Hellcats was a clear 4 or 5:1 for the Tojos, as you can imagine, it was the never ending that has led to that result. It made Rainer quite optimistic and has depressed me a bit but we haven´t had much action with the Hellcats ever since, except the carrier engagement where they were clearly shredding the Zekes on escort, getting something like a 10:1.

Split Cap so far has never been useful for both players in this PBEM, having a fighter with a higher ceiling than the enemy always has been the ace card and now there seems to be some success with 6000ft Cap and sweep which didn´t work at 5000ft or 10000ft but perhaps this is just plain luck, no clue what is really behind it.

All I can say about the whole issue is once again that the routine is totally borked when one side is ending up in the never ending dive as this leads to totally loopsided results. The routine always was and still is working very well IMO if the engagements are dynamic, means no never ending dive.

As it is now, Rainer is very conservative with his production, he´s producing more fighters than I get (speaking about those I actually can use like Corsairs, P-47, P-38 etc) but which Japanese player isn´t doing that. In no way is he doing anything weird with his production which is something you can only really appreciate in a PBEM, especially when you read about other ppl posting things like "I´m producing 1600 Georges/Franks in 7/43".

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ASW attack near Jesselton at 68,85

Japanese Ships
DD Isonami
PB Nikki Maru
PB Ichiyo Maru
TK Palembang Maru
TK Marifu Maru
TK Teiyo Maru
TK San Ramon Maru
DD Murakumo
E Saishu

Allied Ships
SS Grampus, hits 1



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

wrong target, no damage...

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Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 65,74

Japanese Ships
TK Nisshin Maru #2, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
SC Ch 25
PB Syozui Maru
PB Senyo Maru

Allied Ships
SS Grayling



SS Grayling launches 6 torpedoes at TK Nisshin Maru #2
PB Syozui Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Senyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Senyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Senyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Senyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Senyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

yeah baby, an empty one is sent to the bottom... the South China Sea is the killing field for the IJN tanker fleet...

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Sub attack near Torishima at 107,68

Japanese Ships
TK Seishin Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
E W-11
E W-8
E W-6
TK Kotai Maru
TK Takane Maru
TK Kyokuho Maru
DD Asakaze
E W-23
E W-16
E W-15

Allied Ships
SS Lapon



SS Lapon launches 6 torpedoes at TK Seishin Maru
Lapon diving deep ....
DD Asakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
E W-23 attacking submerged sub ....
E W-16 fails to find sub and abandons search
E W-15 fails to find sub and abandons search
E W-23 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-23 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-23 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-23 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E W-23 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

not only there though, we also have a blockade going on around Japan... this one was full of oil...

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Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 61,77

Japanese Ships
xAK Shirogane Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
E Yurijima
xAK Kyosei Maru
xAK Tamahoko Maru
xAK Ryuzan Maru
xAK Hokumai Maru
xAK Teimei Maru
xAK Kogane Maru
E Aotaka

Allied Ships
SS Trout



SS Trout launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Shirogane Maru
Trout diving deep ....
E Aotaka fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Aotaka fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Aotaka attacking submerged sub ....
E Aotaka is out of ASW ammo
E Aotaka fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Aotaka fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

really a nice day, while a tanker is worth ten times more than a freigther I´m happy with all succesful attacks...

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Morning Air attack on Damar , at 75,115

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 41,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 9



Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 1


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet

CAP engaged:
VMF-115 with F4U-1 Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36800
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes

leaking Cap... the Corsair can´t reach the Zeke´s ceiling...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Overcast

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 27



No Japanese losses



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



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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 21



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

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

not sure about these bombings in central China, not much sense IMO... there really seems a huge difference between the IJNAF attacks at 6000ft and those that are flown at higher alt... or this IJNAF unit is total crap...

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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 60


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 10 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 18

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

as are our Ventura squadrons... we drop so much ordinance but the results are pretty pathetic most of the time...

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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 12


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 6 damaged



Runway hits 5

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



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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 12


No Allied losses



Runway hits 10

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

add in the bad weather in 8 out of 10 days and there´s not much you can do other than flying attacks at a rate that is bar any realism... but hey, my patrol aircraft take more losses flying nav search than my bombers do attacking heavily defended airfields...

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Morning Air attack on Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 81


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 45

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

the weather model is as great as it was in WITP, wonder why there just isn´t a die roll from 1-6 for the different conditions... getting clear sky is like a chance of 1:20 it seems... a die roll from 1-6 would still be more realistic than what it is now, while noone ever posted how the weather routine really "works"... guess it´s common thinking that it is borked though...

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Morning Air attack on Koepang , at 68,116

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 4



Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 55


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 4 damaged
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-46-III Dinah: 2 destroyed on ground
D4Y1 Judy: 2 destroyed on ground




Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 38

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

CAP engaged:
254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes

we haven´t spotted any aircraft at Koepang when we´ve ordered this strike but the enemy obviously was preparing for a strike today (which obviously didn´t launch)... we duel with some Zekes that aren´t a threat to the 4E and torch some ac on the ground... guess one Zeke and one Judy daitai were transferred to Koepang... not sure what Rainer wanted to attack...

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Morning Air attack on Koepang , at 68,116

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 1



Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 10


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 damaged
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
D4Y1 Judy: 1 destroyed on ground




Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 28

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

CAP engaged:
254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 135 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Koepang , at 68,116

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 1



Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 34


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground




Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 47

Aircraft Attacking:
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
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

CAP engaged:
254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 14000
Raid is overhead

guess Koepang is more or less closed for offensive strikes...

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Morning Air attack on Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 19


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

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



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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 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 6000 feet *



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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 40,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 3



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet

just always the same sweep stupidity...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 43,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 22



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
22 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet



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Afternoon Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 27



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 6000 feet



our carriers took down two Nells today, all the bomber strikes suffered 2 bombers lost and nav search lost a whopping 5 aircraft




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Status: offline 		CV Lexington has been fully repaired and is leaving Capetown today... not sure if I take the direct way to Darwin to meet the fleet or if I´m going to send the carrier around OZ... the carrier got a six DD escort but sending the carrier alone to Darwin directly could perhaps be a problem because even a couple of CVEs could pose a serious threat... the carrier is in transit without any aircraft, which is quite stupid from today´s view but 9 months earlier I thought it would be a good idea to have Lexington´s squadrons available in OZ... anyway, first station for the carrier TF will be Perth to refuel...



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Sub attack near Hakodate at 120,54

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-25
SC CHa-33

Allied Ships
SS O19



SS O19 launches 2 torpedoes at SC CHa-25
SC CHa-33 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-33 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-33 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-33 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-33 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub vs Sub: SS S-28 attacking SST Yu-1 at 88,107 - near Biak

Japanese Ships
SST Yu-1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS S-28



SS S-28 launches 4 torpedoes at 4,000 yards

two S-class boats are patrolling off Biak to intervene with resupply missions and that´s exactly what S-28 has been doing tonight... am unsure if these transport subs make any difference, when looking at their transport capacity then I highly doubt it... are these subs conversions or are they coming as transport subs? If they´re conversions then I would say it´s a waste to convert any attack sub into a transport sub that isn´t able to carry as much supply as an Allied landing craft...

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ASW attack near Balikpapan at 64,98

Japanese Ships
PB Choko Maru #5
TK Ryusho Maru
TK Jinei Maru
TK Hoshin Maru
E Naryu
E Sokuten

Allied Ships
SS Gar



SS Gar is sighted by escort
Gar bottoming out ....
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


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ASW attack near Iba at 78,74

Japanese Ships
DD Asanagi
DD Oite
DD Sawakaze

Allied Ships
SS Scamp



SS Scamp is located by DD Asanagi
Scamp diving deep ....
DD Sawakaze 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...
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Damar , at 75,115

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 40,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 9



Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 1


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet

CAP engaged:
VMF-115 with F4U-1 Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 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 same leaker as yesterday, got damaged but survived... another Corsair crashed in transit though

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 26



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
26 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 6000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 27



No Japanese losses



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



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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 3
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 6000 feet
3 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet *



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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 21



No Japanese losses


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


Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 12

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



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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 82


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 15 damaged



Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 29

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

El Nino all the time...

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Morning Air attack on Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 70


Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged

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



Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 121

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

with "good" weather 40 miles further East...

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Morning Air attack on Koepang , at 68,116

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 68


Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y1 Judy: 1 destroyed on ground
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground


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



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 117

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

back to back attack on Koepang, we torch some aircraft that were left behind damaged...

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Morning Air attack on Koepang , at 68,116

Weather in hex: Light cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 25


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground
D4Y1 Judy: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 44

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



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Morning Air attack on Koepang , at 68,116

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 12


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 31

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 Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Light rain

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


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 22


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 37

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



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Morning Air attack on Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Light rain

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


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9


No Allied losses

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



Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J 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: Light rain

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


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 8


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24J 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: Light rain

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


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 12

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

I never want to run into stiff fighter resistance aided by working radar with such kind of strikes...




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Afternoon Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 42,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 22



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
22 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet



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Ground combat at Broome (62,127)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 720 troops, 0 guns, 100 vehicles, Assault Value = 53

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

Allied adjusted assault: 28

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 28 to 1 (fort level 4)

Allied forces CAPTURE Broome !!!

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



Assaulting units:
2/11th Armoured Car Battalion

finally also taking Broome... going to place a Catalina squadron here, you never know and having eyes to the West is a good idea as you don´t want to have the enemy attacking your flank in a surprise move...



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Sub attack near Iba at 77,75

Japanese Ships
DD Katsutade
CL Abukuma
CL Kinu
CL Yura
DD Hibiki
DD Tadeshiwa

Allied Ships
SS Scamp



SS Scamp launches 4 torpedoes at DD Katsutade
Scamp diving deep ....
DD Katsutade fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Tadeshiwa fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tadeshiwa fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tadeshiwa fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tadeshiwa attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tadeshiwa attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

hmm, wonder what this TF is up to... other than DD on escort of some tankers we really rarely spot any IJN warships...

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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 26



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
26 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 6000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Light rain

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 27



No Japanese losses



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



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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 3
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 10



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 6000 feet
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: Light rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 25
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 39
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 29



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb 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
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 82

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

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 33


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 5 damaged



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 45

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



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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

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


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 11


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 7

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



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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 24


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 22

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



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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes


Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 9


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 3 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 9

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

lots of piece meal strikes...

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Morning Air attack on Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

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


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 57


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 39

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24J 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
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24J 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
3 x B-24J 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 43 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 16


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 18

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



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Morning Air attack on Waingapoe , at 63,113

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 20


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 24

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



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Morning Air attack on Waingapoe , at 63,113

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11

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

"surprise" strike against this base, thought the enemy has based some Zekes here... excellent weather but without previous recon not much to hit... if you locate the target, an airfield, what advantage is it to have lots of recon compared to none? When you locate the target, shouldn´t you be able to hit it as good or bad, no matter if you first saw a photo of it? Of course, if you can find it...

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Morning Air attack on Waingapoe , at 63,113

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

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



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Morning Air attack on Waingapoe , at 63,113

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 23


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged

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



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 43

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



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Morning Air attack on Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

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


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 10


No Allied losses



Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-24J 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 43 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 11


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 16

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



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Morning Air attack on Waingapoe , at 63,113

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Runway hits 17

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



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Morning Air attack on Waingapoe , at 63,113

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 18


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 20

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



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Morning Air attack on Waingapoe , at 63,113

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 6


Japanese aircraft losses
H6K5 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground




Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 14

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

I don´t even want to think about what 50 Georges could do with working radar when this kind of funny routine keeps on sending in bomber strikes in the way it does...

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Morning Air attack on Lautem , at 72,115

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

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


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 10


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-24J 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 12 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 7


No Allied losses



Runway hits 5

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



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Morning Air attack on Haiphong , at 68,57

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 40,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 24



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 2
Spitfire Vc Trop x 1
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 2


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
13 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet

CAP engaged:
No.5 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead
No.34 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
343rd FG/11th 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

and a strike against leaking Cap from Hanoi... the Japs lose four Zekes to two British fighters lost...






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