Captain Cruft
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Dec 9 1942 Not a bad result. No Oscars lost and siginificant damage caused to the 44th Cavalry Regiment. There was no CAP. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 44th Cavalry Regiment, at 58,48 , near Magwe Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 131 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 8 damaged Allied ground losses: 45 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 49 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 51 (5 destroyed, 46 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 29 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing from 100 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 29 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing from 100 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 29 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing from 100 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 25 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing from 100 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 19 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing from 100 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 44th Cavalry Regiment, at 58,48 , near Magwe Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 29 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 3 damaged Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 15 (9 destroyed, 6 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 29 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing from 100 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 44th Cavalry Regiment, at 58,48 , near Magwe Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 78 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 7 damaged Allied ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 24 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 28 (21 destroyed, 7 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing from 100 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 29 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing from 100 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 25 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing from 100 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As you can see from the picture the cavalry unit has now reached the sanctum of the jungle to the NE of Toungoo. However, another larger armoured unit has presented itself for the taking in the clear hex.
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