Chickenboy
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Joined: 6/29/2002 From: San Antonio, TX Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: sfbaytf That caught me completely off guard. Air search didn't detect his TF. Only had 2 carrier TFs and had no idea his carriers were there. Another carrier TF was refueling and on its way to meet the 2 TF so it avoided most of the strikes. 2 CV's, 1 CVL and 1 CVE went down. The allied counter strike: Morning Air attack on TF, near Legaspi at 93,82 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 52 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5c Zero x 38 Allied aircraft F4U-1D Corsair x 13 F6F-3 Hellcat x 70 F6F-5 Hellcat x 62 SB2C-1C Helldiver x 15 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 15 SB2C-4 Helldiver x 59 TBM-3 Avenger x 90 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5c Zero: 7 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1D Corsair: 1 destroyed F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 destroyed F6F-5 Hellcat: 2 destroyed SB2C-1C Helldiver: 10 damaged SB2C-3 Helldiver: 6 damaged SB2C-4 Helldiver: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged TBM-3 Avenger: 9 destroyed, 63 damaged Japanese Ships CV Hiryu, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage CV Zuikaku, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires CV Amagi, Bomb hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage CV Shokaku, Bomb hits 3, on fire CV Katsuragi, Bomb hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage CA Tone, Bomb hits 3, on fire DD Nagatakaze DD Minegumo, Bomb hits 2, on fire DD Yukikaze, Bomb hits 1, on fire DD Natsushio, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk DD Arashi, Bomb hits 1, on fire CA Suzuya DD Amatsukaze DD Susukaze ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Legaspi at 93,82 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 52 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5c Zero x 5 Allied aircraft F4U-1D Corsair x 10 F6F-3 Hellcat x 22 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 15 SB2C-4 Helldiver x 26 TBM-3 Avenger x 20 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5c Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed SB2C-3 Helldiver: 4 damaged SB2C-4 Helldiver: 12 damaged TBM-3 Avenger: 3 destroyed, 17 damaged Japanese Ships CV Zuikaku, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage CA Tone, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk CV Shokaku, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires DD Susukaze DD Amatsukaze, Bomb hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Arashi, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Yukikaze DD Shimakaze, Bomb hits 1, on fire DD Minegumo Owie owie owie! That's one whale of a counter strike sfbaytf! With this nice response, will you get parity in losses with this encounter?
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