Cap Mandrake
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Joined: 11/15/2002 From: Southern California Status: offline
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PI: Wing Plan R for "Robert" worked pretty well...so far. I guess the P-38 drivers got up early because they beat the Corsairs to the punch from over 500 miles away while the Corsairs just had to fly 40 mi. Not sure whey we came in at Angels 15. I blame the staff. Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 19 A6M3a Zero x 8 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 10 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 12 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38G Lightning: 2 destroyed Then the boys from Lucena. Even some of the Corsairs flying LRCAP over Iba join in.' ' Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 17 A6M3a Zero x 8 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 2 P-40B Warhawk x 1 P-40E Warhawk x 1 F4U-1 Corsair x 17 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed No Allied losses 24 x B-24 from Cagayan. Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 58 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 10 A6M3a Zero x 5 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 7 Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 19 B-24D1 Liberator x 5 P-40K Warhawk x 1 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 damaged Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 7 damaged Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed on ground D3A2 Val: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 11 And the cherry on top. Ground combat at Iba (78,75) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 410 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 27 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Allied adjusted assault: 22 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 22 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Iba !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: 503rd Parachute Rgt /6
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