Cap Mandrake
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Joined: 11/15/2002 From: Southern California Status: offline
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PI: LYB officers give out extra rations Emperor Brand Kool-aide (with sake shots) and then the Oscar dirvers head off into rising sun. We have good stuff in Lucena. Banzai! CAP from Batangas bleeds over into Lucena...just-ah rike pran! Morning Air attack on Lucena , at 79,79 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 34 Allied aircraft Spitfire Vc Trop x 3 P-38G Lightning x 9 P-39D Airacobra x 2 P-40B Warhawk x 2 P-40E Warhawk x 5 P-40K Warhawk x 4 F4U-1 Corsair x 15 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ia Oscar: 7 destroyed No Allied losses Here is another group that had seconds on the sake and got lost, Curiously, they manage to down a Spit. Morning Air attack on Lucena , at 79,79 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 148 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 51 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 3 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2 Allied aircraft Spitfire Vc Trop x 3 P-38G Lightning x 8 P-39D Airacobra x 2 P-40B Warhawk x 1 P-40E Warhawk x 4 P-40K Warhawk x 4 F4U-1 Corsair x 13 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ia Oscar: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Spitfire Vc Trop: 1 destroyed Another Oscar sweep over Lucena Morning Air attack on Lucena , at 79,79 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 14 Allied aircraft Spitfire Vc Trop x 2 P-38G Lightning x 8 P-39D Airacobra x 2 P-40B Warhawk x 1 P-40E Warhawk x 4 P-40K Warhawk x 4 F4U-1 Corsair x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed And then Tojos, which fare better, of course. Afternoon Air attack on Lucena , at 79,79 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 12 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 8 F4U-1 Corsair x 11 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed
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