GreyJoy
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So Sep 10, 11 1943 Rader moved his KB 1 hex east of Shortland by the night of 10th... at the same time, as we sniffed, he moved his fighter force on Russell, Thousands and Auki, along with Munda and Rekata. His LB Torpedo Bombers were positioned at Shortland and Torokina...nearly 1200 LBA plus the KB in the area....not bad. Lucky our 6th sense paid off and the bombardment of Russell closed the AF there, while 4 DDs bombed Auki and damaged the strip enough to stop his fighters from operating for the daylight of the 10th. My BBs moved back to Tulagi, where a strong CAP was ordered. Our Cats and Beauforts from Tassafaronga tried to interdict enemy BBs at Shortland...but with no luck, despite the clear moonlight (probably also due to the weather which wasn't excellent). However when the sun rose, the KB was behind a kind of a hurricane and never lunched, while his torpedo bombers, escorted by hordes of fighters, for 2 days in a row attacked my BBs at Tulagi....the battles were fierce and, strange to be said, only the smallest raid managed to get through my CRACK-CAP Umbrella...resulting in a Nell putting a fish into BB Massachusset...7 flt damage...not bad...few days at the drydock...24 knots and she can easily limp back... We downed something like 250 enemy planes, losing 25 during these fights... Then my 4Es arrived in masse to Russell, to finish what wasn't done by the BBs the previous nights...another success cause he had no CAP there (all his fighters were set on escort duties). Then a CVTF of mine which was moving from SF to PH intercepted and sunk with 4 1000lb bombs the bloody bastard DD that sunk the APA yesterday near Panama... At the same time in India he sent 300 fighters to sweep my advancing Eastern Army, finding no opposition, followed by 100 Helens escorted by 80 Tojos to bomb it from 32k feet...this time i have the american 90mm AA guns and we can shoot back even if with not much result...but his bombings are absolutely not a factor from that height...we're still advancing...and i'm not LRCAPping...will rely on the AA for the moment, while 400 fighters will guard Karachi against any attempt of destroying our supply depots (like he did last time we tried to advance towards Multan). AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 10, 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on TF, near Shortlands at 110,131 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Allied aircraft PBY-5 Catalina x 7 Allied aircraft losses PBY-5 Catalina: 2 damaged Japanese Ships BB Hyuga BB Kirishima Aircraft Attacking: 7 x PBY-5 Catalina launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on TF, near Shortlands at 110,131 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft Beaufort VIII x 8 Allied aircraft losses Beaufort VIII: 7 damaged Japanese Ships CA Maya CA Furutaka Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Beaufort VIII launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Russell Islands at 113,136 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses E13A1 Jake: 16 damaged E13A1 Jake: 3 destroyed on ground Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 50 damaged Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed on ground Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 11 damaged Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground A6M3a Zero: 24 damaged A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 47 damaged Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground 56 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships BB Indiana BB Washington CA Australia CA Quincy CL Santa Fe, Shell hits 1 CL Cleveland CL Richmond Japanese ground losses: 371 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled Airbase hits 12 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 44 Port hits 11 Port fuel hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Auki at 115,136 Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 12 damaged N1K1-J George: 7 damaged Allied Ships DD Lamson DD Drayton DD Jenkins DD Chevalier Japanese ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 22 Port hits 3 Port supply hits 1 DD Lamson firing at Auki DD Drayton firing at Auki DD Jenkins firing at Auki DD Chevalier firing at 14th Garrison Unit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,138 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 103 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 40 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2-N Rufe x 3 A6M3a Zero x 22 G3M2 Nell x 9 Allied aircraft Kittyhawk III x 4 Spitfire Vc Trop x 6 Hurricane XIIb x 6 P-39N1 Airacobra x 10 P-40K Warhawk x 7 P-40N1 Warhawk x 10 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 18 F4U-1 Corsair x 14 F6F-3 Hellcat x 10 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2-N Rufe: 2 destroyed A6M3a Zero: 11 destroyed G3M2 Nell: 5 destroyed No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,138 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 36 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2-N Rufe x 8 A6M3a Zero x 23 N1K1-J George x 71 P1Y1 Frances x 9 Allied aircraft Kittyhawk III x 4 Spitfire Vc Trop x 6 Hurricane XIIb x 4 P-39N1 Airacobra x 6 P-40K Warhawk x 6 P-40N1 Warhawk x 7 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 15 F4U-1 Corsair x 11 F6F-3 Hellcat x 8 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2-N Rufe: 1 destroyed A6M3a Zero: 6 destroyed N1K1-J George: 7 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Kittyhawk III: 2 destroyed Spitfire Vc Trop: 4 destroyed P-39N1 Airacobra: 1 destroyed P-40N1 Warhawk: 2 destroyed P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 2 destroyed F4U-1 Corsair: 2 destroyed F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed Allied Ships APD Fox APD John D. Edwards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Russell Islands , at 113,136 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 18 Allied aircraft Boomerang C-12 x 15 B-24D Liberator x 15 B-24D1 Liberator x 153 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 19 destroyed on ground A6M3a Zero: 6 destroyed on ground E13A1 Jake: 8 destroyed on ground Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 16 destroyed on ground Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses Boomerang C-12: 7 destroyed B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 30 Airbase supply hits 9 Runway hits 213 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tulagi at 114,137 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 47 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2-N Rufe x 7 A6M3a Zero x 7 G3M2 Nell x 9 Allied aircraft Kittyhawk III x 3 Spitfire Vc Trop x 4 Hurricane XIIb x 5 P-38G Lightning x 10 P-38H Lightning x 8 P-39N1 Airacobra x 7 P-40K Warhawk x 21 P-40N1 Warhawk x 7 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 14 F4U-1 Corsair x 22 F6F-3 Hellcat x 25 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2-N Rufe: 3 destroyed A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed G3M2 Nell: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged G3M2 Nell: 2 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Allied Ships BB Massachusetts, Torpedo hits 1 BB North Carolina -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tulagi at 114,137 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 113 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 33 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 7 N1K1-J George x 41 P1Y1 Frances x 9 Allied aircraft Kittyhawk III x 3 Spitfire Vc Trop x 4 Hurricane XIIb x 5 P-38G Lightning x 10 P-38H Lightning x 8 P-39N1 Airacobra x 3 P-40K Warhawk x 18 P-40N1 Warhawk x 5 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 12 F4U-1 Corsair x 19 F6F-3 Hellcat x 23 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3a Zero: 2 destroyed N1K1-J George: 19 destroyed P1Y1 Frances: 5 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38H Lightning: 1 destroyed P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,138 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 92 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 9 N1K1-J George x 44 Allied aircraft Kittyhawk III x 2 Spitfire Vc Trop x 3 Hurricane XIIb x 4 P-40K Warhawk x 1 P-40N1 Warhawk x 5 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 12 F4U-1 Corsair x 8 F6F-3 Hellcat x 5 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged N1K1-J George: 12 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed P-40N1 Warhawk: 1 destroyed F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed Allied Ships DD Lamson DD Jenkins -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,138 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 36 minutes Japanese aircraft D3A1 Val x 23 Allied aircraft Kittyhawk III x 1 Spitfire Vc Trop x 3 Hurricane XIIb x 4 P-40N1 Warhawk x 2 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 10 F4U-1 Corsair x 6 F6F-3 Hellcat x 3 Japanese aircraft losses D3A1 Val: 14 destroyed No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 11, 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on TF, near Shortlands at 110,131 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 45 minutes Allied aircraft PBY-5 Catalina x 10 Allied aircraft losses PBY-5 Catalina: 10 damaged Japanese Ships CVL Ryuho CVL Ryujo Aircraft Attacking: 10 x PBY-5 Catalina launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on TF, near Shortlands at 110,131 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft Beaufort VIII x 11 Allied aircraft losses Beaufort VIII: 7 damaged Japanese Ships CVE Kaiyo CVL Shoho CV Junyo Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Beaufort VIII launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Tulagi at 114,137 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 115 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 34 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2-N Rufe x 1 A6M3 Zero x 44 A6M3a Zero x 10 D3A1 Val x 3 N1K1-J George x 228 P1Y1 Frances x 13 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 42 Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 85 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 76 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 104 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 24 Allied aircraft Kittyhawk III x 3 Spitfire Vc Trop x 4 Hurricane XIIb x 6 P-38G Lightning x 9 P-38H Lightning x 7 P-39N1 Airacobra x 8 P-40K Warhawk x 20 P-40N1 Warhawk x 6 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 15 F4U-1 Corsair x 21 F6F-3 Hellcat x 25 Japanese aircraft losses D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed P1Y1 Frances: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged P1Y1 Frances: 2 destroyed by flak Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed No Allied losses Allied Ships BB North Carolina -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,138 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 114 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 56 minutes Japanese aircraft H6K4 Mavis x 6 Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 5 F6F-3 Hellcat x 8 Japanese aircraft losses H6K4 Mavis: 4 destroyed No Allied losses CAP engaged: VF-35 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 36000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes VMF-111 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes VMF-213 with F4U-1 Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes Banzai! - Morita C. in a H6K4 Mavis is willing to die for the Emperor -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,138 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 106 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 31 minutes Japanese aircraft P1Y1 Frances x 6 Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 5 F6F-3 Hellcat x 6 Japanese aircraft losses P1Y1 Frances: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged No Allied losses Allied Ships APD Fox -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Lahaina at 206,105 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 36 SBD-5 Dauntless x 29 Allied aircraft losses SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 damaged Japanese Ships DD Niizuki, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 19th Indian Division, at 44,7 , near Hyderabad (Sindh) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 36 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 36 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 31000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 217th Coast AA Regiment, at 44,7 , near Hyderabad (Sindh) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 19 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 42 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 42 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 31000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tulagi at 114,137 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 117 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 34 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2-N Rufe x 1 D3A1 Val x 2 N1K1-J George x 22 P1Y1 Frances x 9 Allied aircraft Kittyhawk III x 3 Spitfire Vc Trop x 4 Hurricane XIIb x 5 P-38G Lightning x 9 P-38H Lightning x 7 P-39N1 Airacobra x 7 P-40K Warhawk x 20 P-40N1 Warhawk x 6 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 15 F4U-1 Corsair x 21 F6F-3 Hellcat x 25 Japanese aircraft losses D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed N1K1-J George: 3 destroyed P1Y1 Frances: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged P1Y1 Frances: 2 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Allied Ships CL Richmond BB Indiana -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,138 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 9 Allied aircraft Kittyhawk III x 3 Spitfire Vc Trop x 3 Hurricane XIIb x 3 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 6 F4U-1 Corsair x 9 F6F-3 Hellcat x 8 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 4 destroyed No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,138 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 110 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 54 minutes Japanese aircraft D4Y3 Judy x 12 H6K4 Mavis x 3 Allied aircraft Kittyhawk III x 3 Spitfire Vc Trop x 1 Hurricane XIIb x 1 P-39N1 Airacobra x 7 P-40K Warhawk x 5 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 9 F4U-1 Corsair x 7 F6F-3 Hellcat x 8 Japanese aircraft losses D4Y3 Judy: 9 destroyed H6K4 Mavis: 2 destroyed No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 507th Coast AA Regiment, at 44,7 , near Hyderabad (Sindh) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 72 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 67 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIa Helen: 12 damaged Allied ground losses: Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lahaina at 206,105 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 36 SBD-5 Dauntless x 28 Allied aircraft losses SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 damaged Japanese Ships DD Niizuki, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 14th Army, at 44,7 , near Hyderabad (Sindh) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 36 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 36 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 31000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 14th Army, at 44,7 , near Hyderabad (Sindh) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 36 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 36 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 31000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Rangoon at 49,53 Japanese Ships E Iki, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage E Fukue Allied Ships SS Hake, hits 1
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