Captain Cruft
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25 Sep 1943 Oops. Once again complacency bites me in the bum in the Rangoon vicinity. I had two bombardment TFs lined up to have a go at Pegu, however the slower one could only make 18 knots, and of course this meant it was sitting a mere 5 hexes from Pegu during the day phase. Which meant that the British Vengeances and Beauforts got to operate for the first time in an anti-shipping role. That's 3 old CLs and 4 non-DD escorts lost for no result ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 52,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 29 minutes Allied aircraft Vengeance I x 15 P-38H Lightning x 7 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 10 Allied aircraft losses Vengeance I: 1 damaged Japanese Ships CL Katori, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage APD Asagao, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage E W-14, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Vengeance I releasing from 2000' * Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 4 x Vengeance I releasing from 3000' * Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Katori Heavy smoke from fires obscuring APD Asagao -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 52,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft Beaufort I x 4 Allied aircraft losses Beaufort I: 1 damaged Japanese Ships APD Kiku, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Beaufort I launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 52,59 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Allied aircraft Beaufort I x 4 No Allied losses Japanese Ships APD Fuji, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Beaufort I launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 52,59 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Beaufort I x 9 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Japanese Ships CL Kashima, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk CL Kashii, Torpedo hits 3, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Beaufort I launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo
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