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August 23-24, 1945 A brute couple of turns in the air over Japan. The allies send in night strikes and day sweeps and strikes over Hiroshima, Matsuyama and Shimoneseki. The sweeps are mostly Corsairs and Bearcats and devastate the air defenses before wave after wave of 4E arrive, mostly well-escorted. Matsuyama loses an Ha-45 factory, but luckily I have a big surplus of these important engines. A lot of resources are wiped in all bases and Simoneseki fires get almost to 300k!! The Japanese take a tithe in the end, but it's an Allied positive set of turns for sure. Hard fought points, but Strat bombing is the way forward for sure for him. It's a scramble to get healthy planes in the air after a few days like this over Japan as well. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 23, 1945 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Changchun , at 106,41 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 62 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5d-S Zero x 4 J1N1-Sa Irving x 5 Allied aircraft B-29B Superfort x 16 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-29B Superfort: 11 damaged B-29B Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-29B Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 36 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Changchun , at 106,41 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 52 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5d-S Zero x 2 J1N1-Sa Irving x 4 Allied aircraft B-29B Superfort x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-29B Superfort: 3 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-29B Superfort bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 36 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hiroshima/Kure , at 106,58 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 40,700 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M8 Zero x 27 J2M5 Jack x 35 N1K1 Rex x 28 N1K1-J George x 27 N1K2-J George x 27 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8 Ki-83 x 27 Ki-102b Randy x 33 Allied aircraft F8F-1 Bearcat x 18 Japanese aircraft losses A6M8 Zero: 1 destroyed J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed N1K1 Rex: 1 destroyed N1K1-J George: 2 destroyed N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-83: 1 destroyed Ki-102b Randy: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F8F-1 Bearcat: 2 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hiroshima/Kure , at 106,58 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 39,900 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M8 Zero x 22 J2M5 Jack x 32 N1K1 Rex x 21 N1K1-J George x 21 N1K2-J George x 21 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8 Ki-83 x 22 Ki-102b Randy x 28 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 18 Japanese aircraft losses A6M8 Zero: 1 destroyed J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed N1K1 Rex: 3 destroyed Ki-102b Randy: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1A Corsair: 6 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hiroshima/Kure , at 106,58 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 40,300 feet. Estimated time to target is 30 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M8 Zero x 18 J2M5 Jack x 27 N1K1 Rex x 14 N1K1-J George x 16 N1K2-J George x 19 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8 Ki-83 x 21 Ki-102b Randy x 27 Allied aircraft F4U-1D Corsair x 152 Japanese aircraft losses A6M8 Zero: 1 destroyed J2M5 Jack: 2 destroyed N1K1 Rex: 2 destroyed N1K1-J George: 4 destroyed N1K2-J George: 3 destroyed Ki-83: 1 destroyed Ki-102b Randy: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1D Corsair: 4 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 35 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 39300 feet * 19 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 39300 feet * 20 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 39300 feet * 20 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 39300 feet * 21 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 39300 feet * 13 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 39300 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Matsuyama , at 105,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 46,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IV Oscar x 9 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 16 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4 Ki-84a Frank x 12 Ki-84b Frank x 46 Ki-84r Frank x 6 Ki-100-I Tony x 9 Ki-100-II Tony x 25 Ki-102a Randy x 9 Allied aircraft P-47N Thunderbolt x 16 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed Ki-102a Randy: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47N Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Matsuyama , at 105,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IV Oscar x 7 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 14 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4 Ki-84a Frank x 9 Ki-84b Frank x 39 Ki-84r Frank x 3 Ki-100-I Tony x 8 Ki-100-II Tony x 24 Ki-102a Randy x 3 Allied aircraft P-47N Thunderbolt x 15 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Ki-84b Frank: 1 destroyed Ki-100-I Tony: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47N Thunderbolt: 5 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Matsuyama , at 105,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IV Oscar x 3 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 8 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3 Ki-84a Frank x 6 Ki-84b Frank x 33 Ki-84r Frank x 2 Ki-100-I Tony x 5 Ki-100-II Tony x 19 Ki-102a Randy x 3 Allied aircraft P-47N Thunderbolt x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed Ki-84b Frank: 1 destroyed Ki-100-II Tony: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47N Thunderbolt: 3 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Matsuyama , at 105,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IV Oscar x 1 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 4 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 2 Ki-84a Frank x 6 Ki-84b Frank x 28 Ki-84r Frank x 2 Ki-100-I Tony x 5 Ki-100-II Tony x 11 Ki-102a Randy x 1 Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Ki-84b Frank: 1 destroyed Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed Ki-100-II Tony: 1 destroyed Ki-102a Randy: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38L Lightning: 4 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Matsuyama , at 105,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 64 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 21 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IV Oscar x 1 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 2 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1 Ki-84a Frank x 5 Ki-84b Frank x 24 Ki-100-I Tony x 5 Ki-100-II Tony x 10 Allied aircraft Liberator B.VI x 15 B-24J Liberator x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84b Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Liberator B.VI: 2 destroyed, 9 damaged Liberator B.VI: 2 destroyed by flak B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak Resources hits 7 Manpower hits 1 Fires 530 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 8000 feet City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Matsuyama , at 105,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 53 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 4 Ki-84a Frank x 1 Ki-84b Frank x 13 Ki-100-I Tony x 2 Ki-100-II Tony x 4 Allied aircraft Liberator B.VI x 13 Liberator GR.VI x 13 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84b Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Liberator B.VI: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged Liberator B.VI: 1 destroyed by flak Liberator GR.VI: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged Liberator GR.VI: 1 destroyed by flak Manpower hits 5 Fires 2135 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Liberator GR.VI bombing from 8000 feet City Attack: 8 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Matsuyama , at 105,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 20 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 2 Ki-84b Frank x 6 Ki-100-I Tony x 1 Ki-100-II Tony x 2 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 45 P-47N Thunderbolt x 36 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-84b Frank: 1 destroyed Ki-100-I Tony: 1 destroyed Ki-100-II Tony: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 40 damaged Nakajima Ha-45 hits 56 Fires 1348 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 7000 feet City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Matsuyama , at 105,59 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84b Frank x 2 Ki-100-II Tony x 1 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 18 P-47N Thunderbolt x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84b Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 13 damaged Nakajima Ha-45 hits 32 Fires 1243 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 7000 feet City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Singapore (50,84) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 187048 troops, 2837 guns, 3155 vehicles, Assault Value = 4477 Defending force 104871 troops, 755 guns, 657 vehicles, Assault Value = 1893 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 5 Allied adjusted assault: 533 Japanese adjusted defense: 6057 Allied assault odds: 1 to 11 (fort level 5) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 545 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 66 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 11 (3 destroyed, 8 disabled) Vehicles lost 10 (3 destroyed, 7 disabled) Allied ground losses: 551 casualties reported Squads: 55 destroyed, 16 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 38 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 3 disabled Guns lost 21 (3 destroyed, 18 disabled) Vehicles lost 147 (5 destroyed, 142 disabled) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 24, 1945 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Shimonoseki , at 104,57 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAId Nick x 22 Ki-102c Randy x 3 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 17 B-29-25 Superfort x 10 B-29B Superfort x 20 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAId Nick: 2 destroyed Ki-49-IIb Helen: 2 destroyed on ground Ki-84b Frank: 4 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 10 damaged B-29-25 Superfort: 3 damaged B-29B Superfort: 12 damaged Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Manpower hits 198 Fires 104665 Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-29B Superfort bombing from 9000 feet City Attack: 36 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Shimonoseki , at 104,57 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 76 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAId Nick x 14 Ki-102c Randy x 8 Allied aircraft B-29B Superfort x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29B Superfort: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Manpower hits 7 Fires 146050 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-29B Superfort bombing from 9000 feet City Attack: 36 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Shimonoseki , at 104,57 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAId Nick x 12 Ki-102c Randy x 3 Allied aircraft B-29B Superfort x 8 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29B Superfort: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged Manpower hits 19 Fires 159850 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-29B Superfort bombing from 9000 feet City Attack: 36 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Shimonoseki , at 104,57 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAId Nick x 10 Ki-102c Randy x 2 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAId Nick: 1 destroyed Ki-102c Randy: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Shimonoseki , at 104,57 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAId Nick x 5 Ki-102c Randy x 1 Allied aircraft B-29B Superfort x 8 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29B Superfort: 8 damaged Manpower hits 7 Fires 183270 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-29B Superfort bombing from 9000 feet City Attack: 36 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Shimonoseki , at 104,57 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 19 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAId Nick x 1 Allied aircraft B-29B Superfort x 8 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29B Superfort: 4 damaged Manpower hits 83 Fires 238620 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-29B Superfort bombing from 9000 feet City Attack: 36 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 28th Sentai/B with Ki-45 KAId Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters to 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Shimonoseki , at 104,57 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAId Nick x 1 Allied aircraft B-29B Superfort x 8 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29B Superfort: 5 damaged Manpower hits 80 Fires 280440 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-29B Superfort bombing from 9000 feet City Attack: 36 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Shimonoseki , at 104,57 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 44,300 feet. Estimated time to target is 29 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M8 Zero x 8 A7M2 Sam x 9 J2M5 Jack x 8 N1K1-J George x 6 N1K2-J George x 8 N1K5-J George x 20 Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 4 Ki-43-IV Oscar x 2 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 9 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8 Ki-83 x 7 Ki-84a Frank x 4 Ki-84b Frank x 50 Ki-84r Frank x 4 Ki-100-I Tony x 4 Ki-100-II Tony x 2 Ki-102a Randy x 3 Ki-102b Randy x 9 Allied aircraft F4U-1D Corsair x 180 Japanese aircraft losses A7M2 Sam: 1 destroyed J2M5 Jack: 2 destroyed N1K5-J George: 6 destroyed Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed Ki-83: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Ki-84b Frank: 7 destroyed Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed Ki-100-I Tony: 1 destroyed Ki-102b Randy: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1D Corsair: 3 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 30 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 39300 feet * 28 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 39300 feet * 28 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 39300 feet * 22 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 39300 feet * 24 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 39300 feet * 18 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 39300 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hiroshima/Kure , at 106,58 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 40,700 feet. Estimated time to target is 33 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M8 Zero x 12 J2M5 Jack x 49 N1K1 Rex x 20 N1K1-J George x 6 N1K2-J George x 9 N1K5-J George x 28 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 17 Ki-83 x 54 Ki-84b Frank x 21 Ki-100-I Tony x 14 Ki-100-II Tony x 8 Ki-102b Randy x 40 Allied aircraft F4U-1D Corsair x 16 F8F-1 Bearcat x 8 Japanese aircraft losses J2M5 Jack: 2 destroyed Ki-83: 2 destroyed Ki-102b Randy: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1D Corsair: 2 destroyed F8F-1 Bearcat: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hiroshima/Kure , at 106,58 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 41,300 feet. Estimated time to target is 30 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M8 Zero x 12 J2M5 Jack x 45 N1K1 Rex x 20 N1K1-J George x 6 N1K2-J George x 9 N1K5-J George x 27 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 15 Ki-83 x 48 Ki-84b Frank x 17 Ki-100-I Tony x 14 Ki-100-II Tony x 5 Ki-102b Randy x 36 Allied aircraft F4U-1D Corsair x 23 Japanese aircraft losses J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed N1K1-J George: 2 destroyed N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-83: 1 destroyed Ki-100-I Tony: 1 destroyed Ki-100-II Tony: 1 destroyed Ki-102b Randy: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1D Corsair: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Shimonoseki , at 104,57 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 17 N1K5-J George x 29 Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 8 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 7 Ki-84b Frank x 41 Ki-100-II Tony x 23 Allied aircraft F8F-1 Bearcat x 36 Japanese aircraft losses A7M2 Sam: 2 destroyed N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed Ki-84b Frank: 1 destroyed Ki-100-II Tony: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F8F-1 Bearcat: 10 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Shimonoseki , at 104,57 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 11 N1K5-J George x 21 Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 6 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6 Ki-84b Frank x 29 Ki-100-II Tony x 15 Allied aircraft P-38L Lightning x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38L Lightning: 6 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Shimonoseki , at 104,57 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 30 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 10 N1K5-J George x 17 Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 5 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6 Ki-84b Frank x 26 Ki-100-II Tony x 12 Allied aircraft F4U-1D Corsair x 33 PB4Y-2 Privateer x 9 PV-2 Harpoon x 14 Japanese aircraft losses N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-84b Frank: 1 destroyed Ki-100-II Tony: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1D Corsair: 6 destroyed PB4Y-2 Privateer: 6 damaged PB4Y-2 Privateer: 1 destroyed by flak PV-2 Harpoon: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged Manpower hits 1 Fires 112167 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x PV-2 Harpoon bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Shimonoseki , at 104,57 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 56 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 7 N1K5-J George x 8 Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 1 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4 Ki-84b Frank x 16 Ki-100-II Tony x 4 Allied aircraft P-51D Mustang x 18 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed Ki-84b Frank: 1 destroyed Ki-100-II Tony: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-51D Mustang: 3 destroyed PB4Y-1 Liberator: 6 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 6 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Shimonoseki , at 104,57 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 61 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 21 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 7 N1K5-J George x 7 Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 1 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 2 Ki-84b Frank x 13 Ki-100-II Tony x 2 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak Resources hits 1 Fires 88065 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Shimonoseki , at 104,57 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 3 N1K5-J George x 3 Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 1 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1 Ki-84b Frank x 7 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 15 P-51D Mustang x 54 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 13 damaged B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak Resources hits 20 Fires 106605 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Shimonoseki , at 104,57 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 2 N1K5-J George x 1 Ki-84b Frank x 3 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 11 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged Heavy Industry hits 4 Fires 106605 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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