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		 21 May 1944   We defend Bangkok for a second day.      Indicators and Warnings      Subs      Thailand   The worst units (and the IJNAF, who are low on planes and pilots) are rotated out of the airbattles at Bankok whcih resume. Again losses on both sides are high, however we loose few pilots:      Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62        Weather in hex: Heavy cloud       Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.   Estimated time to target is 13 minutes       Japanese aircraft         Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 5         Ki-84r Frank x 129       Allied aircraft         F4U-1A Corsair x 18       Japanese aircraft losses         Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed         Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed       Allied aircraft losses         F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed      Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62        Weather in hex: Heavy cloud       Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.   Estimated time to target is 7 minutes       Japanese aircraft         Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 4         Ki-84r Frank x 121       Allied aircraft         F4U-1A Corsair x 39       Japanese aircraft losses         Ki-84r Frank: 6 destroyed       Allied aircraft losses         F4U-1A Corsair: 3 destroyed      Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62        Weather in hex: Heavy cloud       Raid detected at 46 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.   Estimated time to target is 19 minutes       Japanese aircraft         Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 4         Ki-84r Frank x 102       Allied aircraft         F6F-3 Hellcat x 23       Japanese aircraft losses         Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed       Allied aircraft losses         F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 destroyed      Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62        Weather in hex: Heavy cloud       Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.   Estimated time to target is 10 minutes       Japanese aircraft         Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2         Ki-84r Frank x 93       Allied aircraft         F6F-3 Hellcat x 23       Japanese aircraft losses         Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed       Allied aircraft losses         F6F-3 Hellcat: 3 destroyed      Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62        Weather in hex: Heavy cloud       Raid detected at 11 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.   Estimated time to target is 4 minutes       Japanese aircraft         Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 1         Ki-84r Frank x 75       Allied aircraft         F6F-3 Hellcat x 24       Japanese aircraft losses         Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed         Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed       Allied aircraft losses         F6F-3 Hellcat: 3 destroyed      Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62        Weather in hex: Heavy cloud       Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.   Estimated time to target is 14 minutes       Japanese aircraft         Ki-84r Frank x 62       Allied aircraft         F6F-3 Hellcat x 21       Japanese aircraft losses         Ki-84r Frank: 3 destroyed       Allied aircraft losses         F6F-3 Hellcat: 3 destroyed      Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62        Weather in hex: Heavy cloud       Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.   Estimated time to target is 14 minutes       Japanese aircraft         Ki-84r Frank x 50       Allied aircraft         F4U-1A Corsair x 11       No Japanese losses       Allied aircraft losses         F4U-1A Corsair: 3 destroyed      Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62        Weather in hex: Heavy cloud       Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.   Estimated time to target is 9 minutes       Japanese aircraft         Ki-84r Frank x 42       Allied aircraft         F4U-1A Corsair x 18       No Japanese losses       Allied aircraft losses         F4U-1A Corsair: 3 destroyed      Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62        Weather in hex: Heavy cloud       Raid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet.   Estimated time to target is 12 minutes       Japanese aircraft         Ki-84r Frank x 35       Allied aircraft         Thunderbolt I x 16       Japanese aircraft losses         Ki-84r Frank: 5 destroyed       Allied aircraft losses         Thunderbolt I: 2 destroyed      Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62        Weather in hex: Heavy cloud       Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.   Estimated time to target is 2 minutes       Japanese aircraft         Ki-84r Frank x 19       Allied aircraft         P-38J Lightning x 18       Japanese aircraft losses         Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed       Allied aircraft losses         P-38J Lightning: 1 destroyed      Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62        Weather in hex: Heavy cloud       Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet.   Estimated time to target is 11 minutes       Japanese aircraft         Ki-84r Frank x 9       Allied aircraft         P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 15       Japanese aircraft losses         Ki-84r Frank: 3 destroyed       No Allied losses      By now our cap is exhausted, more sweeps come in unopposed then the bombers arrive. He is the main attack, many others follow :(      Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62        Weather in hex: Heavy cloud       Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.   Estimated time to target is 27 minutes       Japanese aircraft         no flights       Allied aircraft         Liberator B.VI x 14         B-24D1 Liberator x 14         B-24J Liberator x 104       Japanese aircraft losses         Ki-84r Frank: 20 destroyed on ground       Allied aircraft losses         B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged       Japanese ground losses:         6 casualties reported            Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled            Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled            Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled       Airbase hits 27   Airbase supply hits 5   Runway hits 109         We try a sneek attack on Pisanuloke in central Thailand      Morning Air attack on Pisanuloke , at 58,57        Weather in hex: Overcast       Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.   Estimated time to target is 3 minutes       Japanese aircraft         Ki-49-IIb Helen x 45       Allied aircraft         Spitfire Vc Trop x 13         P-40K Warhawk x 3         P-40N5 Warhawk x 25       Japanese aircraft losses         Ki-49-IIb Helen: 3 destroyed       Allied aircraft losses         P-40N5 Warhawk: 1 damaged         P-40N26 Warhawk: 2 destroyed on ground       Allied ground losses:         13 casualties reported            Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled            Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled            Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled       Airbase hits 22   Airbase supply hits 4   Runway hits 58      Morning Air attack on Pisanuloke , at 58,57        Weather in hex: Overcast       Raid spotted at 3 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.   Estimated time to target is 0 minutes       Japanese aircraft         Ki-49-IIb Helen x 40       Allied aircraft         Spitfire Vc Trop x 13         P-40K Warhawk x 3         P-40N5 Warhawk x 25       Japanese aircraft losses         Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 damaged       Allied aircraft losses         P-40N5 Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground         P-40N26 Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground       Allied ground losses:         8 casualties reported            Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled            Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled            Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled       Airbase hits 15   Airbase supply hits 10   Runway hits 29      Morning Air attack on Pisanuloke , at 58,57        Weather in hex: Overcast       Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.   Estimated time to target is 3 minutes       Japanese aircraft         Ki-49-IIb Helen x 13       Allied aircraft         Spitfire Vc Trop x 13         P-40K Warhawk x 3         P-40N5 Warhawk x 25       Japanese aircraft losses         Ki-49-IIb Helen: 3 destroyed       No Allied losses       Airbase hits 2   Airbase supply hits 2      Sumatra / Malaya / Borneo   The B-29 catch us knaping. Sinkawang is being bult up as part of the defence of Borneo and to help escort in convoys to Singapore:      Morning Air attack on Singkawang , at 56,88        Weather in hex: Clear sky       Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.   Estimated time to target is 23 minutes       Japanese aircraft         no flights       Allied aircraft         B-29-1 Superfort x 35       Japanese aircraft losses         G3M3 Nell: 3 destroyed on ground         D4Y3 Judy: 3 destroyed on ground         Ki-57-II Topsy: 2 destroyed on ground         B6N2a Jill: 4 destroyed on ground       Allied aircraft losses         B-29-1 Superfort: 4 damaged       Japanese ground losses:         4 casualties reported            Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled            Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled            Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled       Airbase hits 46   Airbase supply hits 14   Runway hits 80      East DEI   An undefended Koepang is hit hard:      Morning Air attack on Koepang , at 68,116        Weather in hex: Clear sky       Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.   Estimated time to target is 27 minutes       Allied aircraft         B-24D Liberator x 18         PB4Y-1 Liberator x 43       No Allied losses       Japanese ground losses:         18 casualties reported            Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled            Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled            Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled       Airbase hits 17   Airbase supply hits 2   Runway hits 59      OZ      Pacific      China         Our air combat capability in Thailand has now culminated and aircraft are withdrawn back to the Vietnam / China border. In addition transport aircraft, and training units based around Saigon are withdrawn back to begin the next stage of withdrawel, and to keep our strike capability intact. We need to to a major reorganisation of our fighter force. We have plenty of pilots about to come online to fill out the fighter squadrons. The bomber force has hardly been affected. 
			
								
			
			 
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