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30 APR 42 Report: Sub Ops: S-42 is sighted and unsuccessfully prosecuted near Munda. I-168? Is sighted and very successfully prosecuted by the APD Manley at Pago Pago, underwater explosion, debris, and oil appear on surface. Knowing how these boats don’t take damage well, I would count it as a kill or at least a mission kill. Another I boat or the same one as above is prosecuted by AM Vireo, but nothing done to the target. AM Grebe has another attack later in the day. Dolphin is experiencing some flotation difficulty on patrol off of the north coast of NE New Guinea, need to check on her. Late in the day, KVII takes three hits at Broome. AM Air: Kittyhawks kill two Zeros over Lae for no losses. Sallys and Oscars attack Buitenzorg for some squads disabled in the BF there. Scattered Allied forces attacks on Kalidjati, defended by Oscars for two destroyed aircraft and 7 damaged for one squad disabled and one Oscar destroyed. B-17s follow up two sweeps at Lae and disable some squads in two raids. They also do 11 airbase, 4 airbase supply, and 33 runway hits. Nice combo going there Harvey! Keep it up as much as you can. The numbers on the B-17s have started going down and you may not be able to keep this pace up without a rest, but we are getting great results from it! P400s attack shipping at Buna, one Zero rises to defend which downs one P-400, but the rest sink 8 LBs. Nice day for the P-400s! PM Air: Nanyang is bombed by Sallys giving 2 Airbase and 7 runway hits. P-400s attack shipping near Lae, 5 Zeros defend, the P-400s lose one, but kill 2 Zeros and put a Bomb on an xAKL setting it a fire. Should be enough to sink her or at least put her out of the war for quite a while with no repair facilities nearby. Ground Combat: Nanyang is bombarded. They have 2056 AV vs. our 673 in forts. 77 casualties lost to the bombardment. Five brigades, two Divisions, four artillery units, 1st Army HQ, an Engineer unit, and one road construction are participating. Buitenzorg is attacked and captured by overwhelming forces. All units are either destroyed or surrender. Bombardment at Bataan yields small numbers for the Japanese. Bombardment at PM hurts a little. We take 136 casualties for 53 for them. They must have supply open over the range. The unit we have moving into that hex will take care of that. Maybe we need to stop bombardments until then or we can get more BBs on target? No SigInt of note. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 30, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 85 encounters mine field at Batavia (49,98) Japanese Ships DMS W-20 DMS W-18 DMS W-5 DMS W-3 87 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Munda at 112,134 Japanese Ships xAK Tomitu Maru DD Yunagi Allied Ships SS S-42 SS S-42 is sighted by escort S-42 diving deep .... DD Yunagi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yunagi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yunagi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yunagi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yunagi fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Pago Pago at 148,161 Japanese Ships SS I-168, hits 7, heavy damage Allied Ships APD Manley SS I-168 launches 2 torpedoes at APD Manley APD Manley attacking submerged sub .... Underwater explosion, debris and oil appear on surface! Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Pago Pago at 148,161 Japanese Ships SS I-29 Allied Ships AM Vireo SS I-29 is sighted by escort I-29 bottoming out .... AM Vireo fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Vireo attacking submerged sub .... AM Vireo loses contact with SS I-29 AM Vireo fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Vireo fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Vireo fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 85 encounters mine field at Batavia (49,98) Japanese Ships DMS W-20 DMS W-3 6 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 3 Allied aircraft Kittyhawk IA x 11 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Kittyhawk IA sweeping at 15000 feet CAP engaged: Tainan Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Merak Base Force, at 48,99 (Buitenzorg) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 58 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 37 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 20 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 33 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 1st KNIL Regiment ... Also attacking Merak Base Force ... Also attacking 1st KNIL Regiment ... Also attacking Merak Base Force ... Also attacking 1st KNIL Regiment ... Also attacking Merak Base Force ... Also attacking 1st KNIL Regiment ... Also attacking Merak Base Force ... Also attacking 1st KNIL Regiment ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 84th JAAF AF Bn , at 50,99 (Kalidjati) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8 Allied aircraft 139WH-3 x 5 P-40E Warhawk x 1 B-25C Mitchell x 4 B-339-23 x 1 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses 139WH-3: 2 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged B-339-23: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet * Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x 139WH-3 bombing from 6000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 300 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: 87th Sentai/B with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead 87th Sentai/C with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 84th JAAF AF Bn , at 50,99 (Kalidjati) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3 Allied aircraft DB-7B x 7 B-25C Mitchell x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses DB-7B: 2 damaged B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 7 x DB-7B bombing from 6000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet * Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 87th Sentai/B with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes 87th Sentai/C with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 126 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Kittyhawk IA x 2 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Kittyhawk IA sweeping at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 21 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 13 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 25 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 6 No Allied losses Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Buna at 99,129 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 1 Allied aircraft P-400 Airacobra x 20 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-400 Airacobra: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Japanese Ships LB-111, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk LB-104, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-108, Shell hits 1, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-101, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk LB-105 LB-110, Shell hits 1, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-107, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk LB-109, Shell hits 1, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk LB-103, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 19 x P-400 Airacobra bombing from 100 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 500 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: Ryujo-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Nanyang , at 85,45 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 18 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 9 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 9000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Finschhafen at 100,127 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 5 Allied aircraft P-400 Airacobra x 17 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-400 Airacobra: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Japanese Ships xAKL Misaki Maru xAKL Gyoun Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires Aircraft Attacking: 8 x P-400 Airacobra bombing from 100 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 500 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: Tainan Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Raid is overhead 13th Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 9000 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Pago Pago at 148,161 Japanese Ships SS I-29 Allied Ships AM Grebe SS I-29 is sighted by escort I-29 bottoming out .... AM Grebe fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Grebe fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Grebe fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Grebe fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Grebe fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Broome at 62,127 Japanese Ships SC Ch 12 E Ishigaki PB Myoken Maru Allied Ships SS KVII, hits 3 SS KVII is sighted by escort KVII bottoming out .... E Ishigaki fails to find sub and abandons search PB Myoken Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Myoken Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Myoken Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Myoken Maru attacking submerged sub .... PB Myoken Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Myoken Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Nanyang (85,45) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 930 troops, 114 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2056 Defending force 26215 troops, 174 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 673 Allied ground losses: 77 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled) Assaulting units: 4th Ind.Mixed Brigade 13th Tank Regiment 61st Infantry Brigade 3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade 6th Ind.Mixed Brigade 37th Division 34th Division 2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade 1st Army 2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment 14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 8th Ind. Engineer Regiment 1st Mortar Battalion 52nd Road Const Co Defending units: 13th Chinese Corps 12th Chinese Corps 29th Chinese Corps 85th Chinese Corps 3rd Group Army 22nd Group Army 5th War Area 2nd Group Army 31st Group Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Buitenzorg (48,99) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 41809 troops, 619 guns, 220 vehicles, Assault Value = 1337 Defending force 4461 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 48 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 1715 Allied adjusted defense: 73 Japanese assault odds: 23 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Buitenzorg !!! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses CW-22 Falcon: 2 destroyed L-212: 4 destroyed Do-24K-1: 2 destroyed Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 81 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 5933 casualties reported Squads: 88 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 211 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 31 (31 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 6 Assaulting units: Imperial Guards Division 5th Division 18th Division 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Mortar Battalion 56th Field Artillery Regiment 25th Army 3rd Mortar Battalion 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 5th Mortar Battalion Defending units: 1st KNIL Regiment Roodenburg Battalion 224 Group RAF ABDA Merak Base Force Batavia Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Bataan (78,77) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 11596 troops, 165 guns, 93 vehicles, Assault Value = 1600 Defending force 26873 troops, 511 guns, 316 vehicles, Assault Value = 703 Allied ground losses: 19 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 20th Infantry Regiment 48th Division 65th Brigade 7th Tank Regiment 9th Infantry Regiment 1st Division 4th Guards Division 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 14th Army 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment Manila Bay Defenses 31st PA Infantry Division 192nd Tank Battalion 4th Marine Regiment 194th Tank Battalion 21st PA Infantry Division 57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 1st PA Constabulary Regiment 31st Infantry Regiment 51st PA Infantry Division 3rd/101st PA Battalion 301st Construction Battalion I Philippine Corps Bataan USN Base Force Clark Field USAAF Base Force Asiatic Fleet 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment Provisional GMC Gp 202nd PA Construction Battalion 201st PA Construction Battalion 14th PS Engineer Regiment 4th PA Constabulary Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Port Moresby (98,130) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 15884 troops, 239 guns, 330 vehicles, Assault Value = 579 Defending force 26268 troops, 232 guns, 175 vehicles, Assault Value = 765 Japanese ground losses: 53 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 136 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: Lark Battalion Port Moresby Brigade 30th Australian Brigade 1st Australian Division 2/1st Ind Coy A Coy/NG Rifles 7th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment 21/22 Field Regiment 15th RAAF Base Force I Australian Corps 1st Medium Regiment Rabaul Det. Base Force 114th USAAF Base Force 33rd Medium Regiment Defending units: 38th Division 7th Indpt SNLF Coy 1st Ind. Engineer Regiment 4th/A Division 4th/C Division 16th Army 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
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