Cap Mandrake
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Joined: 11/15/2002 From: Southern California Status: offline
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2 transports without a good escort tyring to get engineers to Lingayen. I blame the staff. Submarine attack near Clark Field at 78,76 Japanese Ships SS I-3 Allied Ships xAP Kota Pinang, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 22 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) JJ tries to shut down Batanes...be we ready for them..we show up. Ida...hohoho Morning Air attack on Batan Island , at 85,70 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-36 Ida x 11 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 24 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 11 Allied aircraft P-40K Warhawk x 29 F6F-3 Hellcat x 4 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-36 Ida: 2 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 3 destroyed No Allied losses Runway hits 5 WJD AK's with E boats at Hencheng or Hunchong or Hangchang or soemthing like that ("SW" tip of Formosa). Maybe they were loading up for Batanes? Or inbound to Takao. They seem not to have troops aboard. We also learn Formosa has fighters. First some TBF's from Batanes without escort. Morning Air attack on TF, near Hengchun at 84,67 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 5 A6M3a Zero x 2 Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 4 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4 Allied aircraft TBF-1 Avenger x 8 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses TBF-1 Avenger: 6 destroyed And then from the carriers off the caost of northern Luzon. We are losing a lot of planes. Morning Air attack on TF, near Hengchun at 84,67 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 4 A6M3a Zero x 2 Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 2 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 2 F6F-3 Hellcat x 10 SBD-3 Dauntless x 28 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Kiyo Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires xAK Shichiyo Maru xAK Mutsuyo Maru xAK Syunsei Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage More carrier planes. The CAP is worn out now. Morning Air attack on TF, near Hengchun at 84,67 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 2 A6M3a Zero x 1 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 6 SBD-3 Dauntless x 15 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses SBD-3 Dauntless: 5 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Syunsei Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Kiyo Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Hoshin Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire TBF's from Batanes. The CAP is back. Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Hengchun at 84,67 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 18 A6M3a Zero x 7 Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 6 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 19 Allied aircraft P-40K Warhawk x 4 TBF-1 Avenger x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed TBF-1 Avenger: 2 destroyed Afternoon attack from the carriers. We get one of the E boats. Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Hengchun at 84,67 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 18 A6M3a Zero x 7 Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 6 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 18 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 2 F6F-3 Hellcat x 13 SBD-3 Dauntless x 34 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 destroyed SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 10 damaged SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships xAK Shichiyo Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires xAK Hoshin Maru, heavy fires E W-25 xAK Mutsuyo Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage E Nuwashima, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage E Yurijima Stragglers. Ach. Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Hengchun at 84,67 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 17 A6M3a Zero x 7 Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 6 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 15 Allied aircraft SBD-3 Dauntless x 9 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses SBD-3 Dauntless: 4 destroyed Japanese Ships E Nuwashima, and is sunk Whatever that TF was doing, they will have to change their orders...but we lost a lot of SBD's and TBF's
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