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2nd Dec and we´ve got quite a surprise today...
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 02, 43
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ASW attack near Torishima at 110,67
Japanese Ships
E Mikura
E Kuri
E Hasu
xAK Kamitu Maru
xAK Taketoyo Maru
xAK Lisbon Maru
xAK Yamahuku Maru
xAK Asakasan Maru
xAK Tokai Maru
xAK Seattle Maru
DD Numakaze
DD Shiokaze
E W-27
Allied Ships
SS Mingo
SS Mingo is sighted by escort
Mingo diving deep ....
DD Numakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shiokaze fails to find sub and abandons search
E W-27 fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Numakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Numakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Numakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Numakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Numakaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Numakaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Numakaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Numakaze is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub
having such a heavy escort I guess that´s a troop convoy again... not a single xAP spotted though... would it otherwise be worth it to have such an escort for some freighters?
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ASW attack near Balikpapan at 66,98
Japanese Ships
E Kuretake
DD Tawakaze
DD Hokaze
Allied Ships
SS Plunger
SS Plunger is located by E Kuretake
Plunger diving deep ....
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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Sub attack near Balabac at 71,84
Japanese Ships
xAK Toba Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PB Kinsyo Maru #2
PB Taiko Maru
PB Saiko Maru
PB Kenkon Maru
xAP Teifu Maru
xAP Naminoue Maru
xAP Kobe Maru
xAK Natisan Maru
xAK Mexico Maru
xAK Kinugawa Maru
xAK Atutasan Maru
xAK Aobasan Maru
xAK Goyo Maru
DD Akikaze
E Tsubame
E Saga
Allied Ships
SS Sand Lance
Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
SS Sand Lance launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Toba Maru
Sand Lance diving deep ....
DD Akikaze fails to find sub and abandons search
E Tsubame fails to find sub and abandons search
E Saga fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Saga fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Saga attacking submerged sub ....
E Saga fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Saga fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
we then actually hit another troop convoy that seems to mostly have PB as escorts... PB are the most useless escorts of the Japanese, followed by SC... E and DD are another story...
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ASW attack near Daito Shoto at 100,70
Japanese Ships
xAK Toei Maru
xAK Nitii Maru
xAK Syunsei Maru
xAK Chile Maru
E Hirashima
E Shirakami
Allied Ships
SS Dorado, hits 1
SS Dorado is sighted by escort
Dorado diving deep ....
E Hirashima attacking submerged sub ....
E Shirakami fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hirashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Shirakami fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hirashima fails to find sub and abandons search
E Shirakami fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Shirakami fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Shirakami fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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Morning Air attack on Hanoi , at 68,56
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 26 
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 8
Spitfire Vc Trop x 7
Spitfire VIII x 16
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 65
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84a Frank: 15 destroyed 
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
No.5 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
No.60 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (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 41500 , scrambling fighters to 41000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
No.79 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Raid is overhead
No.136 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (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 41500 , scrambling fighters to 41000.
Raid is overhead
343rd FG/11th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (4 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
13 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters to 42000.
Raid is overhead
51st FG/26th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (4 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
13 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters to 42000.
Raid is overhead
347th FG/67th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (4 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
13 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters to 42000.
Raid is overhead
80th FG/459th 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
311th FBG/529th FBS 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.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
and here´s this turn´s surprise... I had to look twice at the replay until I really realized that the fighter I haven´t seen before in the replay was a Frank! It´s Dec 43 and the enemy sends in his first Frank unit... Not that surprising when you get to hear that 2 or 3/44 is the normal date for Franks to appear but until today I wasn´t aware of the Japanese producing this fighter already, let alone having a unit(s) equipped with it... when the first shock was over I happily realized that the Franks were coming in at 6000ft and lost their dive within a couple of passes with the dive changing side for the rest of the engagement... the 26 Franks were falling everywhere while being dived by Thunderbolts, they had not even a slight chance... now this is the best Japanese fighter and when looking at the stats, it´s definetely a great aircraft (superior to lots of my fighters, except the really best ones) and I´m sure that Rainer hasn´t equipped a poor unit with it (he surely has equipped one of his best units with this new fighter) but due to ending up against the never ending dive, even Warhawks would have shot down the Franks at will... in the end it was a massacre with kill rates comparable to Oscar vs P-47 encounters... the result was as surprising as the appearance of this fighter, the reason for the result is clear as always: the never ending dive... to me, it then just always ends in loops that are off, no doubt that the Franks were hopelessly outnumbered (thanks to the non working coordination routine that isn´t working at all during sweeps) but if you then end up taking down more than two dozen Franks for 3 Allied fighters lost seems a bit too much to me...
as soon as the replay was over I checked Japan for Frank factories and counted them up, current production capacity is around a hundred Franks per month, which again is very conservative for a Japanese player. There are some 130 Tojo, a couple of dozen Tony, 150 Zeke, and dozens of George, Nick and Jack factories. In total, the enemy probably got a fighter production capacity of something like 400-450 fighters per month. Rather conservative for a Japanese player but probably roughly as many fighters we get per month.
I´m sure Rainer wasn´t pleased with the first Frank mission... in this case, the 6000ft attack didn´t work at all...
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Morning Air attack on Hanoi , at 68,56
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 20
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 7
Spitfire Vc Trop x 6
Spitfire VIII x 12
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 57
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 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, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 36440.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
No.60 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (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 41500 , scrambling fighters between 34440 and 41500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
No.79 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (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 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
No.136 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (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 41500 , scrambling fighters between 33440 and 37440.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
343rd FG/11th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters between 33440 and 36440.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
51st FG/26th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 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 33440 and 42000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes
347th FG/67th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters between 33440 and 37440.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
80th FG/459th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters between 34440 and 35440.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
311th FBG/529th FBS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters between 35440 and 42000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes
then the next single squadron´s coming in, again at 6000ft, again having the dive initially but losing it after some time... equal dive time for both sides and with the happy time for both sides, also the result looks ok... The Tojos lost but only at a 2-3:1 rate which probably is more reasonable than the dive loops that end up somewhere between 8-10:1... and while 10:1 rates might still have happened in real life, you should not take real life Oscars with green pilots in 44 and compare this with elite pilots flying Franks in late 43 in this PBEM as this is more than just a huge difference IMO...
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Morning Air attack on Hanoi , at 68,56
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 27
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 22
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 20 
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 26
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 4
Spitfire Vc Trop x 5
Spitfire VIII x 11
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 50
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 6 destroyed
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 damaged
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed on ground
Spitfire VIII: 4 damaged
Spitfire VIII: 2 destroyed on ground
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 31 damaged
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 5 destroyed on ground
Liberator GR.III: 1 destroyed on ground
Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 45
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
18 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
No.5 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 38440 and 39740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
No.60 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41500 , scrambling fighters between 34440 and 41000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
1 planes vectored on to bombers
No.79 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 35440 and 37740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
No.136 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41500 , scrambling fighters between 33000 and 37440.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
1 planes vectored on to bombers
343rd FG/11th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters between 33440 and 37740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
2 planes vectored on to bombers
347th FG/67th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters between 34440 and 36440.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
80th FG/459th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters between 34440 and 42000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
311th FBG/529th FBS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters between 35440 and 42000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
51st FG/26th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters between 33000 and 39440.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 78 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
then the inevitable happens... while so far we didn´t face enemy bombers over Hanoi, this time also bombers showed up after the two sweeps coming in first.. with still 70 fighters in the air our boys didn´t do bad and also mauled some of the escorting units, the bombers made it through more or less unharmed and then dropped their laser guided bombs as usual, achieving something like a 60% hit rate with their crappy bombers... if we could achieve something like this with our 4Es then I would only need 1/3 of them at best and could forget about all the missing USAAF medium bombers...
with the not working radar, this meant bad news of course, we did great in the air, but even with 80% Cap 20% rest, we end up with dozens of fighters on the ground waiting to get bombed because even if you first have wave after wave coming in, each time it seems to "surprise" the Cap again with the fighters just trying to scramble (which fails of course)... over a dozen of my really precious fighters are lost on the ground with more of them being written off... you can only be happy the enemy using only a handful of bombers and not using 150... why he doesn´t is beyond me... even if the average 1:3 performance of his first line fighters against the P-47 and Spit VIII is ok for Rainer, he won´t really get anyway as I can sustain these losses, but if he would send 150 bombers together with the same number of fighters just once, he would whipe out the resistance at Hanoi in one day, robbing us of a 2.5 months P-47 replacement for the loss of probably some 70-90 aircraft... he can afford to lose 100 aircraft, I can´t afford to lose more than 100 P-47 and dozens of Spitfire VIII in one day...
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Morning Air attack on Hanoi , at 68,56
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 3
 please get rid of this in the next patch... PLEASE
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 4
Spitfire Vc Trop x 5
Spitfire VIII x 11
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 47
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
No.5 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 37000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
No.60 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41500 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 41000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
No.79 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 35000 and 35600.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
No.136 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41500
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
343rd FG/11th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 35440.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
347th FG/67th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 35000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
80th FG/459th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 34440.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 62 minutes
311th FBG/529th FBS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters to 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
51st FG/26th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters between 33000 and 38440.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
the three remaining Franks coming in were just as lucky as the two dozen earlier this day...
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 15
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 12
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 22
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 57
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
22 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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 Hanoi , at 68,56
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 14
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 4
Spitfire Vc Trop x 5
Spitfire VIII x 11
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 44
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 6 destroyed
CAP engaged:
No.5 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 37000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
No.60 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 41500 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 41000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
No.79 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 35000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
No.136 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41500 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
343rd FG/11th 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
347th FG/67th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
80th FG/459th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 34440.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
311th FBG/529th FBS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 36440.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
51st FG/26th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 33000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes
the fact that a good dozen unescorted Helen then show up probably didn´t make it better for the enemy, while having the luck that many of them turned back before the replay even popped up due to not having escorts... none of these 14 made it to target nor back home...
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 20
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 36
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Lautem , at 72,115
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 9
F4U-1 Corsair x 12
PV-1 Ventura x 60
Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 5 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 9
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 36
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
if I compare my bombers´ hit rates with those of the enemy´s then I can only keep on shaking my head... we can´t even nearly match the enemy´s results...
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Morning Air attack on Lautem , at 72,115
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes
Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 12
Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged
Runway hits 10
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 Lautem , at 72,115
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 14
F4U-1A Corsair x 6
PV-1 Ventura x 12
Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 18
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 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
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Morning Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 34
B-24J Liberator x 12
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 25
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 77
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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-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-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 12
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 27
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 Sorong , at 82,107
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 13
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 Sorong , at 82,107
Weather in hex: Moderate 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 1
Airbase supply 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 Sorong , at 82,107
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
and all these piece meal strikes sooner or later will result in massacres... radar and bomber killers like cannon armed Georges, I don´t even want to think about it...
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Morning Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 8
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3
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 Sorong , at 82,107
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 7
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3
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 Lautem , at 72,115
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 37
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 56
Aircraft Attacking:
10 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
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Morning Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 23
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 Hanoi , at 68,56
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3
seriously, are the devs really thinking this wouldn´t be rdicoulos? It´s no different in any of the other AARs so this is just a consistently strange working routine that really should be looked at... it just takes away so much from the game... if it can´t be enhanced, ok, but at least it should be looked at...
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 4
Spitfire Vc Trop x 5
Spitfire VIII x 10
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 42
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
No.5 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
No.60 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 41500 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 41000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes
No.79 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 35000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes
No.136 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41500
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
343rd FG/11th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 35440.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes
347th FG/67th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 7 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters to 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
80th FG/459th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
311th FBG/529th FBS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters to 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
51st FG/26th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 33000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
the result wasn´t surprising...
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Morning Air attack on Hanoi , at 68,56
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 40,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 3
can´t believe this is what it should be when speaking about design decisions... it´s just weird, really weird...
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 4
Spitfire Vc Trop x 5
Spitfire VIII x 9
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 37
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
No.5 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
No.60 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 41500 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 41000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes
No.79 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 35000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
No.136 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41500
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
343rd FG/11th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 35440.
Raid is overhead
347th FG/67th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters to 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
80th FG/459th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling)
1 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 between 6000 and 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
311th FBG/529th FBS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters to 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
51st FG/26th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 33000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
we´re still in the morning at this point and wave after wave is coming in... in this case, the silly three fighter fragment is coming before the main part shows up... while the other fighters came in at 6000ft (without any success today!!) this Zeke unit comes in at their ceiling...
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Morning Air attack on Hanoi , at 68,56
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 39,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 28
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 4
Spitfire Vc Trop x 5
Spitfire VIII x 9
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 32
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 5 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 2 destroyed
CAP engaged:
No.5 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes
No.60 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41500 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 41000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
No.79 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 35000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
No.136 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41500
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
347th FG/67th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
2 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 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
80th FG/459th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 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 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
311th FBG/529th FBS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters to 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes
51st FG/26th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 33000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes
343rd FG/11th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 42000
Raid is overhead
can´t say the Zekes really did well but they more or less held their own... so far the Tojos still are performing best, followed by Zekes and Oscars... I don´t want to really judge the Frank yet as today´s outcome sure won´t be the norm...
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Afternoon Air attack on Hanoi , at 68,56
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 34
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 4
Spitfire Vc Trop x 5
Spitfire VIII x 9
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 37
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 10 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed
Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 2 destroyed
CAP engaged:
No.5 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Raid is overhead
No.60 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41500 , scrambling fighters to 41000.
Raid is overhead
No.79 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Raid is overhead
No.136 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41500 , scrambling fighters to 41000.
Raid is overhead
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, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters to 42000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 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.
Raid is overhead
347th FG/67th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters to 42000.
Raid is overhead
80th FG/459th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (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 42000 , scrambling fighters to 42000.
Raid is overhead
311th FBG/529th FBS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (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 42000 , scrambling fighters to 42000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
Rainer really sent in most of his available fighters today it seems, this one shows up in the afternoon... while I usually am happy about Oscars meeting our armored fighters bristling with cal.50 in this case it was by far not as one sided as usual which can be easily seen by the Allied fighters shot down... usually you see downed Oscars in the replay with no or very few P-47 downed (many damaged though and also lots getting written off) but in this case even the (wrong) combat report shows a 2.5:1 kill rate... the Oscar unit was shred in the end but while having the dive (at 6000ft ) for probably 80%+ of the engagement they really shot up our fighters and there was nearly nothing left after this fight... would these Oscars have come in with all the other fighters before the bomber strike it could have been very bloody, even though only some 50-60 bombers were tasked to attack...
the total tally today was two dozen P-47 lost and halve a dozen Spits (don´t care about the Hurricanes, these are like Throwaways and total useless for me)... with the exegaration in the loss list for enemy ac lost I expect to have achieved a 2:1 in the end, which is by FAR not good enough to sustain it over a longer period... the P-47, the Spit VII and the Corsair are the only competitive fighters for Cap at the moment. I get 57 P-47 per month, only a handful of Brit Spit VIII and have got no USMC squadrons in this area of course... so if talking about P-47 only, we have to achieve a 4:1 to be satisfied... 4:1 in total (including bombers shot down), so a 3:1 against fighters only still is somewhat "ok"... if the enemy would try to bleed the P-47 with sweeps only and we achieve a 3:1 using them, then a monthly replacement of P-47 would take down something like 175 enemy fighters and this probably will bring the enemy sweeps to a halt soon, especially if you think about the enemy pilots being lost if they are shot down over Hanoi... the enemy surely hasn´t got a pilot shortage, but losing more than 200 (if you also count the fighters shot down by Spits and Hurricanes) then even the reserve pilot pool will start feeling this at some point...
I´ve always thought I would never run out of 70 skilled USN pilots in my reserve pool but there were so many new carriers showing up in the last months that the pool is down to just a couple of 70 air skilled pilots with not even all pilots in the squadrons replaced with 70 standard pilots, same is true for navbmb (Dauntless and Helldivers) and navtrp (Avenger) pilots... and it´s not like I would have lost many of these pilots, not at all were our losses severe, but we are fielding some 1250 carrier based ac at the moment which means with the losses and the pilots to be replaced when the carriers arrived we had to put some 1400 pilots into these units! You don´t have to wonder that the reserve pool starts lacking 70 skill pilots at some point and we have been doing training from day one of the campaign...
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Afternoon Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 10
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 6000 feet
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Afternoon Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 28
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
28 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet *
glad that all these fighters were used against Vinh and not against Hanoi...
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Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 69,74
Japanese Ships
xAK Koryu Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
E Wakatake
PB Tokotsu Maru
xAK Mogamigawa Maru
xAK Yamaura Maru
DD Okikaze
E Yaeyama
Allied Ships
SS Tuna
Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
SS Tuna launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Koryu Maru
Tuna diving deep ....
DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Yaeyama fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
a freighter full of troops goes down...
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Ground combat at Lautem (72,115)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 8359 troops, 278 guns, 397 vehicles, Assault Value = 3371
Defending force 39850 troops, 472 guns, 473 vehicles, Assault Value = 1196
Japanese ground losses:
115 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Assaulting units:
1st Marine Division
767th Tank Battalion
3rd Australian Division
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
762nd Tank Battalion
34th Combat Engineer Regiment
1st Australian Division
754th Tank Battalion
2nd Australian Division
151st Combat Engineer Regiment
5th Australian Division
4th Australian Division
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
1st USMC Tank Battalion
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
193rd Tank Battalion
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
3rd Marine Division
2nd Marine Division
3rd Motor Brigade
181st Field Artillery Regiment
249th Field Artillery Battalion
II Australian Corps
146th USA Base Force
226th Field Artillery Battalion
154th FA Bn
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
119th USAAF Base Force
168th Field Artillery Regiment
4th Field Artillery Battalion
104th USN Base Force
225th USN Base Force
I Australian Corps
134th Field Artillery Battalion
177th USAAF Base Force
223rd Field Artillery Battalion
97th Field Artillery Battalion
9th RAAF Base Force
Defending units:
3rd Tank Regiment
16th Division
18th Division
8th Tank Regiment
5th Division
26th Ind.Mixed Brigade
1st Art.Mortar Regiment
8th RF Gun Battalion
52nd Construction Battalion
48th Field AA Battalion
8th Area Army
40th JNAF AF Unit
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) but the dive at least ended at some point when we then could rack up some kills too... in the end it was a more or less even fight with us taking losses we can´t sustain... 
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