koniu
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Joined: 2/28/2011 From: Konin, Poland, European Union Status: offline
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30 December 1944 Docup finally move with strat bombing Today he attack oil wells in Medan and Balikpapan Medan Fist arrive p-38 sweeps. It ,show how bad those fighters are now. They where slaughtered by Japanese CAP. For lose of few planes i shot down almost 40 P-38. After them bombers arrive. CAP was still strong but bombers have numbers. At end of day almost 70 wells destroyed Morning Air attack on Medan , at 46,76 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 36 N1K2-J George x 36 Ki-84r Frank x 49 Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 16 Japanese aircraft losses N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38L Lightning: 4 destroyed ---------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan , at 46,76 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 35 N1K2-J George x 34 Ki-84r Frank x 47 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 15 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-38J Lightning: 4 destroyed ---------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan , at 46,76 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 33 N1K2-J George x 33 Ki-84r Frank x 44 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 16 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38J Lightning: 2 destroyed ---------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan , at 46,76 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 28 N1K2-J George x 27 Ki-84r Frank x 37 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 16 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-38J Lightning: 9 destroyed ---------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan , at 46,76 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 22 N1K2-J George x 24 Ki-84r Frank x 33 Allied aircraft Liberator B.VI x 9 B-24D1 Liberator x 6 B-24J Liberator x 52 B-29-1 Superfort x 14 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Liberator B.VI: 3 damaged B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged B-24J Liberator: 4 destroyed, 6 damaged B-29-1 Superfort: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged Manpower hits 7 Oil hits 41 Fires 2310 ---------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan , at 46,76 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 53 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 17 N1K2-J George x 15 Ki-84r Frank x 21 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 21 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 3 destroyed, 15 damaged Oil hits 9 Fires 1800 ---------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan , at 46,76 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 8 N1K2-J George x 10 Ki-84r Frank x 14 Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged ---------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan , at 46,76 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 7 N1K2-J George x 8 Ki-84r Frank x 12 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 5 damaged Oil hits 2 Fires 3090 ---------------------------------- And late for party P-51D sweep Morning Air attack on Medan , at 46,76 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 21 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 3 N1K2-J George x 5 Ki-84r Frank x 2 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 6 P-38L Lightning x 3 P-51D Mustang x 45 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed N1K2-J George: 2 destroyed Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed No Allied losses Balikpapan Almost 60 wells destroyed. Somehow no allied sweep and escort fighters Afternoon Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft J2M5 Jack x 22 N1K2-J George x 22 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 25 Ki-84r Frank x 54 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 44 B-29-25 Superfort x 5 Japanese aircraft losses J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 4 destroyed, 6 damaged Oil hits 32 --------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft J2M5 Jack x 14 N1K2-J George x 21 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 25 Ki-84r Frank x 50 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 5 B-29-25 Superfort x 5 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Oil hits 2 --------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft J2M5 Jack x 11 N1K2-J George x 19 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 20 Ki-84r Frank x 46 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 5 Japanese aircraft losses N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Japan lost today 40 planes and 120 oil wells. Allied loses are 60 4E bombers(35 B-29) and 45 fighters (35 P-38)
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