obvert
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ORIGINAL: Cannonfodder Excellent strike! Could you post the combat report? Yes, just getting to that! Here is the CR for this battle. Unfortunately not all of the TB flew for some reason, and a few DB went for a lone DD unsuccessfully near Wake. Judging by the air losses below (4 x Kingfisher lost on the ground) I'm pretty positive Arizona went under with Colorado. The other two should be out for a good while with all of those 500kg penetrating hits and fires, but I'm hoping subs can add to the misery. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR October 14, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Wake Island at 131,90 Japanese Ships SS I-180 Allied Ships BB West Virginia BB Colorado DD Hammann DD Anderson DD Selfridge DD Lang SS I-180 is sighted by escort I-180 diving deep .... DD Selfridge fails to find sub and abandons search DD Lang fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Lang fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Wake Island at 132,91 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 111 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 28 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 16 A6M5b Zero x 76 A6M5c Zero x 28 B5N2 Kate x 16 B6N1 Jill x 20 D4Y1 Judy x 27 D4Y3 Judy x 42 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 5 damaged B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak B6N1 Jill: 1 destroyed by flak D4Y1 Judy: 2 damaged D4Y3 Judy: 5 damaged D4Y3 Judy: 2 destroyed by flak Allied aircraft losses OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 1 destroyed Allied Ships BB Arizona, Bomb hits 11, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage BB Colorado, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 7, and is sunk BB Maryland, Bomb hits 9, heavy fires BB West Virginia, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires DD Selfridge, Bomb hits 1, on fire DD Anderson, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk DD Hammann, Bomb hits 1, on fire DD Lang Aircraft Attacking: 16 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb 16 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb 20 x B6N1 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 5 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb 15 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 7 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb 11 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb 8 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb 4 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring an Allied BB Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Anderson Heavy smoke from fires obscuring BB Maryland Heavy smoke from fires obscuring BB Colorado -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wake Island at 132,91 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 91 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5b Zero x 41 B6N2 Jill x 18 D4Y1 Judy x 27 Japanese aircraft losses B6N2 Jill: 1 damaged D4Y1 Judy: 2 damaged D4Y1 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak Allied Ships BB Arizona, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage DD Selfridge, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk BB West Virginia, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Lang Aircraft Attacking: 16 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb 18 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 7 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb 4 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring BB West Virginia Heavy smoke from fires obscuring BB Arizona -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wake Island at 135,95 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 21 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 16 A6M5b Zero x 22 D4Y3 Judy x 12 Japanese aircraft losses D4Y3 Judy: 1 damaged Allied Ships DD Mustin Aircraft Attacking: 5 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg GP Bomb 7 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg GP Bomb --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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