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RE: The Elephant Vanishes : obvert (J) vs Historiker_Sq... - 11/22/2018 1:58:58 PM

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Well, that nugget of information changes my kami doctrine. Learn something new every day!

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes : obvert (J) vs Historiker_Sq... - 11/22/2018 2:10:29 PM

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quote:

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What I was getting at here is trying to bring out more from the various posts that have been made over time.

You won't find any dev post over the years with more information or clarity on the subject than the ones I made in Mike Solli's AAR.

This game does allow the player to choose the bomb load of many planes and situations (choosing torpedoes vs bombs, choosing normal vs extended range, getting 80+ exp pilots in to drop bigger bombs, altitude choice, etc). It's therefore somewhat odd and arbitrary why the devs would have wanted to "hide" what kamis carried from the player.

No one with knowledge of the subject has ever said that

mission ordnance

range

size of ordnance

is taken into account in determining whether a hit results. Nor has anyone ever said anything about altitude operating differently for kamikazes than it does for other mission types. So how does any of this amount to devs hiding information.[/I]

What does it matter? Why not just say that there is a bigger boom from a bigger plane? that makes perfect sense, and wouldn't change much about how (smart) players set up their kami strikes. There is no exploit there, no game balance issue, nothing to "hide." So why the mystery?

Why do you think I nor any dev haven't said that.

I agree a hit is primary. No argument there. I've had success flying FP kamis and Judy kamis with 800kg bombs. Again, that is some of what I'm trying to squeeze out.

Maybe the greatest concern in an effective kami is a good pilot with expert defensive and low naval bombing skills.
Second might be plane speed and manoeuvre ratings.
Third might be airframe durability and armor.

I've already posted what are the factors to look for.

So does the bomb load matter? Sounds like not. So why then research the myriad of 800kg bomb carrying late war planes, most of which don't have a good speed/manoeuvre/durability combo? I've decided already there is no reason. I can convert almost any group to either F/FB/MB and therefore get a good combo of fast and either durable or manoeuvrable airframes to use.

What it would be good to know is how much bigger a boom an airframe type would produce so I could better choose which of the good airframes I know will more often get a hit to dedicate to my low volume kami strikes and which to keep in their day jobs. That's all really.

Tough, you've been playing this game long enough to know that the devs have never in any area of game activity provided such detail. The idea of reducing AE to just a spread sheet has never been the intention of the devs.

Alfred

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes : obvert (J) vs Historiker_Sq... - 11/22/2018 3:19:15 PM

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ORIGINAL: mind_messing

You get a respectible level of damamge from every kami hit, regarding if it's big or not.

It depends on the target. I've had CAs and BBs basically shrug them off.

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes : obvert (J) vs Historiker_Sq... - 11/22/2018 9:06:33 PM

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On the 25th the Allies do stay on theme by landing a portion of a unit off-base between Mergui and Tavoy. I'll try to march to Mergui, but I again don't think the defenders will hold at Mergui long enough to get there. We'll see. I'll try to fly a few troops in too.

At least two good RN BBs are in the IO and King George V makes it�s presence felt at Mergui. Knowing these are down here makes me even more interested in getting some air strikes to fly and also makes me conservative about holding the coastal bases.

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Night Naval bombardment of Mergui at 53,62

Allied Ships
BB King George V
CA Suffolk
DD Ulster
DD Grenville
DD Termagant
DD Tenacious
DD McCalla

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 12
Port hits 6
Port fuel hits 5
Port supply hits 2

BB King George V firing at Mergui
CA Suffolk firing at 3rd South Seas Det.

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes : obvert (J) vs Historiker_Sq... - 11/22/2018 9:09:37 PM

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The first strikes today hit a few stragglers, sinking them both. Kamis likely heavily damage an xAP in a very efficient 2 for 3 strike, and Dates finish it off later in the afternoon.

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Mergui at 51,61

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 36
B5N2 Kate x 26

Allied aircraft
Hellcat I x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hellcat I: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
LST-746, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Martand, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 4 (3 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

CAP engaged:
No.808 Sqn FAA with Hellcat I (11 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(11 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
11 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 8000.
Raid is overhead

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 53,61

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 18
P1Y2 Frances x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 2 destroyed

Allied Ships
xAP Van Imhoff, Kamikaze hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P1Y2 Frances flying as kamikaze
Kamikaze: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 53,61

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 33
B5N2 Kate x 26

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
xAP Van Imhoff, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

Allied ground losses:
195 casualties reported
Squads: 19 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 12 (10 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes : obvert (J) vs Historiker_Sq... - 11/22/2018 9:30:48 PM

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Jakes then arrive, hitting another troop filled ship. She goes under after just five little 60kg bombs.

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Mergui at 51,61

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 19
E13A1 Jake x 20
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 57

Allied aircraft
Hellcat I x 10

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
xAP Birchbank, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk

Allied ground losses:
839 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 46 destroyed, 47 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 14 (8 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x E13A1 Jake bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
1 x Ki-43-IV Oscar sweeping at 31000 feet
6 x Ki-43-IV Oscar sweeping at 31000 feet

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes : obvert (J) vs Historiker_Sq... - 11/22/2018 9:32:06 PM

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Up North the ground bombing reaches a pinnacle today. A lot of devices being destroyed rather than just disabled.

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Morning Air attack on 3rd NZ Armoured Sqn , at 123,52 , near Kushiro

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 45
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 87
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 49
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 59
Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 27

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
280 casualties reported
Squads: 54 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 14 (10 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 112th Cavalry Regiment, at 123,52 , near Kushiro

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 30
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 27
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 27

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
124 casualties reported
Squads: 26 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 15 (15 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 3rd NZ Armoured Sqn , at 123,52 , near Kushiro

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 30
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 27

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 11 (11 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes : obvert (J) vs Historiker_Sq... - 11/22/2018 9:35:52 PM

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The Allied strikes come in the day today, aiming for Sendai. This didn�t look good during the sweeps with only a few Ki-100 manning the fort.

Later, since the strikes arrived in the afternoon, other friends from nearby bases did arrive and were able to hit some bombers.

It wasn�t a big strike, but surprisingly good results after all is said and done, although there was some damage. The Ki-100-II factory is now at 0(20). This is the first significant air production damage of the war. I might just rebuild it, but I�ll wait to see how much the Allies can force their will over Northern Honshu.

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Morning Air attack on Sendai , at 117,58

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-100-I Tony x 49

Allied aircraft
F6F-5 Hellcat x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-100-I Tony: 5 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-5 Hellcat: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x F6F-5 Hellcat sweeping at 20000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Sendai , at 117,58

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 38,900 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-100-I Tony x 25

Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-100-I Tony: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 36900 feet

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Morning Air attack on Sendai , at 117,58

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-100-I Tony x 10

Allied aircraft
P-38L Lightning x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-100-I Tony: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

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Afternoon Air attack on Sendai , at 117,58

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 9
Ki-100-I Tony x 18
Ki-102b Randy x 10

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 17
B-29-1 Superfort x 3
B-29-25 Superfort x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-100-I Tony: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-100-I Tony: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 9 damaged
B-29-25 Superfort: 5 damaged
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Resources hits 17
Heavy Industry hits 6
Light Industry hits 3
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet *
City Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Sendai , at 117,58

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 7
Ki-100-I Tony x 11
Ki-102b Randy x 7

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 4
B-29-25 Superfort x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-29-25 Superfort: 4 damaged

Light Industry hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Sendai , at 117,58

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 3
Ki-100-I Tony x 9
Ki-102b Randy x 5

Allied aircraft
P-38L Lightning x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M8 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-100-I Tony: 3 destroyed
Ki-102b Randy: 2 destroyed

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x P-38L Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes : obvert (J) vs Historiker_Sq... - 11/22/2018 9:38:05 PM

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It wasn�t a big strike, but surprisingly good results after all is said and done, although there was some damage. The Ki-100-II factory is now at 0(20). This is the first significant air production damage of the war. I might just rebuild it, but I�ll wait to see how much the Allies can force their will over Northern Honshu.

Nope, that's a mistake IMO. 20,000 supply that could potentially be bombed again next month. Absolutely not worth it for as meagre an airframe as the Tony. If it was the jets or the late war stuff I'd say go for it, but IMO save the supply.

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes : obvert (J) vs Historiker_Sq... - 11/22/2018 9:38:32 PM

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The final tally isn't so bad this turn. The Ki-100 is outdated, and I know it should be better supported with Franks here. The good part is downing 3 B-29s and 2 B-29 recons as well!

Damage is moderate to the industry. I can take these little hits as long as I begin to get into the bombers and take a tithe each time.

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes : obvert (J) vs Historiker_Sq... - 11/22/2018 9:41:17 PM

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ORIGINAL: mind_messing

quote:

It wasn�t a big strike, but surprisingly good results after all is said and done, although there was some damage. The Ki-100-II factory is now at 0(20). This is the first significant air production damage of the war. I might just rebuild it, but I�ll wait to see how much the Allies can force their will over Northern Honshu.

Nope, that's a mistake IMO. 20,000 supply that could potentially be bombed again next month. Absolutely not worth it for as meagre an airframe as the Tony. If it was the jets or the late war stuff I'd say go for it, but IMO save the supply.

I hear that. It all depends on how well I'm defending. "Re-bombed" doesn't mean a free run at it. In a month I might be eve better prepared to get to the Allied bombers. Or the P-47N could be could be slicing and dicing. I wan to wait to see f rebuilding is worth it. The Ki-100-II isn't bad now, and if I do rebuild I could always switch to the Frank.

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes : obvert (J) vs Historiker_Sq... - 11/22/2018 9:58:16 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: obvert

quote:

ORIGINAL: mind_messing

quote:

It wasn�t a big strike, but surprisingly good results after all is said and done, although there was some damage. The Ki-100-II factory is now at 0(20). This is the first significant air production damage of the war. I might just rebuild it, but I�ll wait to see how much the Allies can force their will over Northern Honshu.

Nope, that's a mistake IMO. 20,000 supply that could potentially be bombed again next month. Absolutely not worth it for as meagre an airframe as the Tony. If it was the jets or the late war stuff I'd say go for it, but IMO save the supply.

I hear that. It all depends on how well I'm defending. "Re-bombed" doesn't mean a free run at it. In a month I might be eve better prepared to get to the Allied bombers. Or the P-47N could be could be slicing and dicing. I wan to wait to see f rebuilding is worth it. The Ki-100-II isn't bad now, and if I do rebuild I could always switch to the Frank.

Just remember, it's Sendai. If it was one of the major industrial cities where you'd keep a ball-of-yarn CAP up, then maybe. Defintely not Sendai - if the only air factory there is a size 20 Tony factory and it's toast, I'd even consider pulling out some of the CAP squadrons for somewhere with more industry.

To be honest, there's a lot of industry in bases like this - the loss always hurts but it's impossible to defend everything in enough strength for it to matter.

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes : obvert (J) vs Historiker_Sq... - 11/23/2018 12:32:59 PM

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The first attack at Mergui is not promising. It's not catastrophic yet either.

My transports didn't transport so I'm brining in Emilys. Need to replace losses and see if I can get a 1:2 result, which would buy a bit of time.

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Ground combat at Mergui (53,62)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 14530 troops, 309 guns, 81 vehicles, Assault Value = 698

Defending force 7171 troops, 44 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 205

Allied adjusted assault: 245

Japanese adjusted defense: 171

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 5)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 4

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
442 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 36 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Allied ground losses:
542 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 71 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled

Assaulting units:
81st (West African) Division
2nd British Division
268th Motorised Brigade
77th Indian Para Brigade
185th USAAF Base Force
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
134th (East Ang) Regiment

Defending units:
4th Ind.Mixed Regiment
3rd South Seas Det.
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RE: The Elephant Vanishes : obvert (J) vs Historiker_Sq... - 11/23/2018 12:43:41 PM

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On the 27th Nicks kick some butt over Hachinohe. The combination of fighters, flak and forts mean that the Allies lose 9-14 USN 4Es for no strat hits and only 5 airframes destroyed on the ground. The NF had decent warning times here, which might be part of the success too.

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Night Air attack on Hachinohe , at 118,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 18

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x PB4Y-2 Privateer bombing from 8000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Hachinohe , at 118,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 18

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x PB4Y-2 Privateer bombing from 8000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Hachinohe , at 118,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 13

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x PB4Y-2 Privateer bombing from 8000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Hachinohe , at 118,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 9

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x PB4Y-2 Privateer bombing from 8000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Hachinohe , at 118,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 6

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 5

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 1 destroyed by flak

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x PB4Y-2 Privateer bombing from 8000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Hachinohe , at 118,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 6

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAId Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Hachinohe , at 118,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 3

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.VI x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAId Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator B.VI: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Hachinohe , at 118,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.VI x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 3 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator B.VI: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Hachinohe , at 118,55

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 5

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x PB4Y-2 Privateer bombing from 8000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes : obvert (J) vs Historiker_Sq... - 11/23/2018 12:57:53 PM

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I brought a lot of F/FB into Bangkok ,but they're all mediocre pilots. I hoped number would win out. They suffered against sweeps but did last and get to the bombers. Reducing the numbers here is crucial as he then has to decide whether to refill these with new models or reserve those for the North.

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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 16 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 22
A6M5b Zero x 23
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 29
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 57
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 71
Ki-84a Frank x 18

Allied aircraft
Thunderbolt II x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Thunderbolt II: 1 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 20
A6M5b Zero x 21
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 27
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 55
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 70
Ki-84a Frank x 18

Allied aircraft
P-51D Mustang x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 3 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x P-51D Mustang sweeping at 20000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 48,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 19
A6M5b Zero x 17
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 22
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 43
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 57
Ki-84a Frank x 10

Allied aircraft
Thunderbolt II x 6
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Thunderbolt II: 1 destroyed
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 17
A6M5b Zero x 13
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 22
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 38
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 56
Ki-84a Frank x 9

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9
B-17F Fortress x 5
B-24D1 Liberator x 3
B-24J Liberator x 2
B-25J1 Mitchell x 5
B-25J11 Mitchell x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
A6M5b Zero: 2 damaged
A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 2 damaged
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 3 destroyed on ground
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed by flak
B-17F Fortress: 5 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
B-25J1 Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-25J11 Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-25J1 Mitchell bombing from 15000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 71 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 8
A6M5b Zero x 9
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 17
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 25
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 45
Ki-84a Frank x 7

Allied aircraft
B-25J11 Mitchell x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 2 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-25J11 Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 7
A6M5b Zero x 7
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 16
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 18
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 39
Ki-84a Frank x 6

Allied aircraft
P-51D Mustang x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M5b Zero: 2 destroyed
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 2 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-51D Mustang: 1 destroyed

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes : obvert (J) vs Historiker_Sq... - 11/23/2018 1:04:38 PM

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Over Honshu the Allies go for Hachinohe. Finally a strike goes in before ALL of the sweeps have cleared he air. The defenders did pretty well though once the sweeps came as well. Got to the big boys this turn, but they did get through to wipe some resource hits and the afore mentioned Tony factory. (Lost track of turns, it is actually here, not Sendai).

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Morning Air attack on Hachinohe , at 118,55

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 51
N1K2-J George x 9
N1K5-J George x 19
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 70
Ki-84b Frank x 27

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 50
B-29-1 Superfort x 9
B-29-25 Superfort x 25
P-51D Mustang x 4
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 3 destroyed, 19 damaged
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 3 damaged

Resources hits 20
Ki-100-II Tony factory hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 8000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Hachinohe , at 118,55

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 50 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 27
N1K2-J George x 7
N1K5-J George x 12
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 52
Ki-84b Frank x 15

Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M8 Zero: 1 destroyed
N1K5-J George: 2 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1D Corsair: 1 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Hachinohe , at 118,55

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 41,300 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 18
N1K2-J George x 5
N1K5-J George x 6
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 44
Ki-84b Frank x 9

Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84b Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1D Corsair: 2 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Hachinohe , at 118,55

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 17
N1K2-J George x 3
N1K5-J George x 6
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 42
Ki-84b Frank x 8

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M8 Zero: 1 destroyed
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire VIII: 4 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Spitfire VIII sweeping at 10000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Hachinohe , at 118,55

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 70 NM, estimated altitude 44,900 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 9
N1K2-J George x 3
N1K5-J George x 3
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 24
Ki-84b Frank x 4

Allied aircraft
P-51D Mustang x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M8 Zero: 1 destroyed
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-51D Mustang: 2 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Hachinohe , at 118,55

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 59 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 8
N1K2-J George x 2
N1K5-J George x 2
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 19
Ki-84b Frank x 4

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 6
P-51D Mustang x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Hachinohe , at 118,55

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 7
N1K2-J George x 2
N1K5-J George x 2
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 13
Ki-84b Frank x 3

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Hachinohe , at 118,55

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 58 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 4
N1K5-J George x 2
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 5
Ki-84b Frank x 1

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Hachinohe , at 118,55

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 1
N1K5-J George x 1
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1
Ki-84b Frank x 1

Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 45

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-84b Frank: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet
22 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Hachinohe , at 118,55

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 4

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 4 damaged

Resources hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes : obvert (J) vs Historiker_Sq... - 11/23/2018 1:09:31 PM

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The Allies continue to take hits to the exposed troops near Kushiro. Some of the tank units might have gone to greener pastures this turn.

Over at Para the Allies try a bombardment that doesn't come off well.

Mergui continues to fall slowly. Now I'll focus on reinforcing Tavoy.

An even more destructive bombardment at Rangoon.

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Morning Air attack on 713th Flame Tank Battalion, at 124,52 , near Kushiro

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 45
A6M8 Zero x 33
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 45
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 81
Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 27

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
157 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 47 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 14 (7 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Vehicles lost 60 (12 destroyed, 48 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on 763rd Tank Battalion, at 123,52 , near Kushiro

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 44
B5N2 Kate x 21
B6N1 Jill x 30
B6N2 Jill x 19
B7A2 Grace x 17
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 98
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 28

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 19 (15 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on 763rd Tank Battalion, at 123,52 , near Kushiro

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B6N2a Jill x 24
D4Y4 Judy x 41

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 21 (21 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 800 kg GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on 2nd NZ Brigade, at 123,52 , near Kushiro

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 33
B6N1 Jill x 29
J2M5 Jack x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
129 casualties reported
Squads: 25 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
33 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Ground combat at Paramushiro-jima (137,47)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 756 troops, 56 guns, 65 vehicles, Assault Value = 92

Defending force 7373 troops, 96 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 97

Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 16 (14 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Assaulting units:
6th Infantry Division
158th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
37th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
4th Field Artillery Battalion
1st Medium Regiment

Defending units:
56th Div /1
Kitachishima Fortress
1st Amphibious Bde /1
6th JNAF AF Unit
7th Area Army
19th RF Gun Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Air Fleet /2
12th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion
31st Special Base Force /2
14th Base Force /1

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Ground combat at Mergui (53,62)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 14293 troops, 317 guns, 88 vehicles, Assault Value = 645

Defending force 7014 troops, 49 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 179

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Allied adjusted assault: 236

Japanese adjusted defense: 159

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1051 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 81 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 14 (2 destroyed, 12 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
658 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 65 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled

Assaulting units:
268th Motorised Brigade
2nd British Division
81st (West African) Division
77th Indian Para Brigade
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
185th USAAF Base Force
134th (East Ang) Regiment

Defending units:
4th Ind.Mixed Regiment
65th Bde /1
3rd South Seas Det.
5th Raiding Force /1

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Ground combat at Rangoon (54,53)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3975 troops, 191 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 6384

Defending force 117614 troops, 1158 guns, 665 vehicles, Assault Value = 2853

Japanese ground losses:
163 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 50 (16 destroyed, 34 disabled)
Vehicles lost 17 (5 destroyed, 12 disabled)

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Some 40+ 4Es are downed on the day, including a handful of B-29s. Some good sweepers also lost, and all of it over IJ bases where the majority of downed pilots won't return.

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Mar 1, 1945

It's March. 1945. The Japanese are still hauling almost as much fuel as can be produced from the SRA back to Japan. Subs and other recent surface incursions have taken a toll, but not stopped the flow. The HI is humming, largely untouched in the Home Islands. The only significant centres damaged are at Sendai and Sapporo. A lot of resources are offline, so I'm beginning to haul reserve stocks (left for this part of the war) from Formosa and the PI.

In the air the war has been intense since Dan took over, now exactly one year ago. It's been nearly even, with the Japanese loss disparity almost made up by the number of 4E shot down. I'll show figures in the next post.

Not much happened after the intense air battles of the last few turns, but there has been a shift in my thinking. It's time to consider pulling back in Burma and re-distributing the units there to other defensive positions. I've got some of the best divisions on map in Burma, and I'd like to replace some and bring the home. I'll begin pulling back by abandoning Rangoon, Pegu and the blocking hex nearby. All forces will move to Moulmein and from there about 1/3 will move immediately to other destinations.

After seeing the Allied response, the remaining block at Moulmein will be assessed. If he tries to come direct I want to see results of the river crossing into a forts 6 x2 hex between these large Armies. If not, and he choses to go around, or splits the force, I'll begin to move forces out and keep only a smaller army to delay at Moulmein. Or I might abandon it altogether.

Some depends on the success of his coastal campaign as well. I need to get a stop at Tavoy, or it's time to bail. I have two tank regiments and an ID along the route to reinforce, and they should be there within the week. He only landed to IDs worth of troops, so it might take a bit more to break through. He'll be able to quickly redistribute though after I leave Burma. That is the worry.

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Afternoon Air attack on 1st Marine Division, at 124,52 , near Kushiro

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 45
B5N2 Kate x 33
B6N2 Jill x 53
B6N2a Jill x 78
J2M5 Jack x 9
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2a Jill: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
188 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
33 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on 37th Infantry Division, at 124,52 , near Kushiro

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 19
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
159 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Rangoon (54,53)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3955 troops, 184 guns, 126 vehicles, Assault Value = 6385

Defending force 96568 troops, 1048 guns, 457 vehicles, Assault Value = 2543

Japanese ground losses:
116 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled

Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 29 (10 destroyed, 19 disabled)
Vehicles lost 8 (8 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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This is a look at the past year in air losses. The Allies have done well overall, but in the air the losses have been extreme.

ALLIED losses

Feb 44: 9,680
March 45: 25,704
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TOTAL 16,024

JAPANESE losses

Feb 44: 12,266
March 45: 30,319
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TOTAL 18,053

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Looking at the info screen the losses are slightly different, but the VP numbers are close to equal due to the number of 4Es lost.

ALLIED air loss VPs

Feb 44: 10,187
March 45: 28,222
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TOTAL 18,035

JAPANESE air loss VPs

Feb 44: 12,041
March 45: 30,319
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TOTAL 18,278

The total VP count ratio change is below.

ALLIED VPs

Feb 44: 25,588
March 45: 64,690
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TOTAL increase 39,102

JAPANESE VPs

Feb 44: 12,041
March 45: 30,319
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TOTAL 25,613

RATIO: feb 44 = 1.91

RATIO: mar 45 = 1.15

The Allies are making progress, but I'm still optimistic about the course of the game. The Allies seem to have a long way to go to the 2:1 mark, but the Japanese total VPs can go down from losing bases and having bases undersupplied. This is one reason I've waited so long to evacuate Burma. The longer it takes to get the territorial gains, the more pressure is put on the Allied position in a VP perspective.

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Mar 2, 1945

Based ont eh content of the Allied troops now moving on toward Kushiro including the entire Army that had walked to Bihoro, I thought maybe the Allies would come and protect them a bit more from the daily bombings of the IJAAF. Fortunately I guessed rightly. Unfortunately, none of my sweeps flew to hit the CAP the moved in.

I had intended 5-6 groups of Ki-83 and Frank Ki-84r to fly from Muroran to hit the contested hex, and that would have been fun, since the entire DS seems to have moved in. I cancelled the IJAAF runs and saved a LOT of planes from getting smashed, but did lose around 300 because my naval planes flew gamely in to try to sneak under the Big Blue Blanket. Only a few did, and one actually got a kami hit on the Victorious, but I'm sure that wasn't severe on that armoured deck.

So a day of big losses that could have been very different. At least it wasn't as bad as it might have been. Everything is shut off for tomorrow.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Sapporo at 120,51, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
E Ioshima, Shell hits 33, and is sunk
E Miyake, Shell hits 12, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD DeHaven
DD Eaton
DD Newcomb

Improved night sighting under 85% moonlight

Night Time Surface Combat, near Sapporo at 120,51, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
E No.24, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
E No.44, Shell hits 11, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD DeHaven
DD Eaton
DD Newcomb

Improved night sighting under 85% moonlight

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Night Naval bombardment of Sapporo at 120,51

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-100-II Tony: 4 damaged
Ki-100-II Tony: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-45 KAId Nick: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 15 damaged
Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-83: 2 damaged
Ki-83: 1 destroyed on ground
D4Y2 Judy: 4 damaged
D4Y2 Judy: 1 destroyed on ground
L2D2 Tabby: 3 damaged
L2D2 Tabby: 2 destroyed on ground
B6N2 Jill: 1 damaged
N1K5-J George: 4 damaged
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 3 damaged
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground
A7M2 Sam: 4 damaged
A7M2 Sam: 1 destroyed on ground
J1N1-Sa Irving: 1 damaged
Ki-84r Frank: 3 damaged
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
DD Newcomb
DD DeHaven

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 20

DD Newcomb firing at Sapporo
DD DeHaven firing at Sapporo

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kushiro at 124,52

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 67
B6N2a Jill x 39
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 23

Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 18
Corsair IV x 6
Hellcat I x 16
Hellcat F.II x 18
Seafire IIC x 23
Seafire L.III x 8
P-38L Lightning x 3
P-51D Mustang x 6
F4F-4 Wildcat x 14
FM-2 Wildcat x 43
F4U-1A Corsair x 173
F4U-1D Corsair x 242
F6F-3 Hellcat x 536
F6F-5 Hellcat x 478

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 32 destroyed
B6N2a Jill: 21 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 6 destroyed

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CV Hornet

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B6N2a Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kushiro at 124,52

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 23
B6N2a Jill x 33

Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 18
Corsair IV x 6
Hellcat I x 15
Hellcat F.II x 18
Seafire IIC x 23
Seafire L.III x 7
P-38L Lightning x 2
P-51D Mustang x 2
F4F-4 Wildcat x 14
FM-2 Wildcat x 41
F4U-1A Corsair x 172
F4U-1D Corsair x 234
F6F-3 Hellcat x 533
F6F-5 Hellcat x 469

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 14 destroyed
B6N2a Jill: 18 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
FM-2 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kushiro at 124,52

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B6N2 Jill x 38
J2M5 Jack x 4
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 11

Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 12
Corsair IV x 6
Hellcat I x 15
Hellcat F.II x 13
Seafire IIC x 12
Seafire L.III x 8
P-38L Lightning x 3
P-51D Mustang x 6
F4F-4 Wildcat x 14
FM-2 Wildcat x 34
F4U-1A Corsair x 123
F4U-1D Corsair x 230
F6F-3 Hellcat x 442
F6F-5 Hellcat x 403

Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2 Jill: 22 destroyed
B6N2 Jill: 3 destroyed by flak
J2M5 Jack: 2 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-5 Hellcat: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CV Victorious, Kamikaze hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

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Ground combat at Rangoon (54,53)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3903 troops, 174 guns, 118 vehicles, Assault Value = 6379

Defending force 96578 troops, 1048 guns, 457 vehicles, Assault Value = 2542

Japanese ground losses:
84 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 26 (15 destroyed, 11 disabled)
Vehicles lost 8 (3 destroyed, 5 disabled)

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Mar 3, 1945

On the 3rd my sweeps flew but so did the DS. Far away.

Happily, some of my air strike groups that I'd failed to turn off still flew and the attacks on Allied troops resumed, plus some Dates sank a few LSTs carrying what appears to be LOTS of support vehicles/AFVs. I'll take it.

The Allied focus on the outer Kuriles continued with Venturas and sweeps hitting.

Nothing new down South, but troops have started moving back from forward positions in Burma.

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Morning Air attack on 1st Marine Division, at 124,52 , near Kushiro

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 36

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kushiro at 123,53

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
LST-22, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
LST-447, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk

Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 144 (140 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 1000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 763rd Tank Battalion, at 124,52 , near Kushiro

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 45,530 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-83 x 33

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
33 x Ki-83 sweeping at 41530 feet

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Mar 4-5, 1945

Virtually nothing happened on the 4th. This break is giving my fighter groups a good chance to replenish. Every day 1-3 air groups take on 10-12 airframes to get back to full strength. In about a week I could potentially begin to accumulate pools, but that's kind of a pipe dream against Dan. He does not stop. I think he'd sweep P-40Es at me if that's all that was left in the pools.

One thing I did notice during the DS visit was a lot more (50+) Wildcats in use of all variants. That's positive.

In the South Rangoon troops are moving now and will vacate in two days unless the Allies attack.

On the 5th night bombing resumed at Sapporo. The NF took care of business again. About 15-20 4E of various types taken out for only ~6k fires started.

The Allies also invade Shasukotan. Lots of small craft damaged/sunk by CD guns, but nothing major.

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Night Naval bombardment of Tavoy at 54,60

Allied Ships
DD Eskimo
DD Volage
DD Virago
DD Vigilant
DD Verulam
DD Venus

Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 31
Port hits 10
Port fuel hits 8
Port supply hits 1

DD Eskimo firing at Tavoy

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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 71 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 13
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 16

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAId Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 2 destroyed by flak

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PB4Y-2 Privateer bombing from 7000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 13
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 11

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged

Manpower hits 2
Fires 1164

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x PB4Y-2 Privateer bombing from 7000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 11
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 11

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.VI x 6
Liberator GR.VI x 4
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAId Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator B.VI: 3 damaged
Liberator GR.VI: 2 damaged
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 2 damaged

Manpower hits 9
Fires 5103
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 7000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 69 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 11
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 9

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.VI x 6
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-Sa Irving: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator B.VI: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Liberator B.VI: 1 destroyed by flak
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 7000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 5
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 7

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 7000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 4
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 6

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAId Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 5 damaged
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 1 destroyed by flak

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x PB4Y-2 Privateer bombing from 7000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 4
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 3

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 1 destroyed by flak

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x PB4Y-2 Privateer bombing from 7000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 13 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 4
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 1

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 2 damaged
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 1 destroyed by flak

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PB4Y-2 Privateer bombing from 7000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 2

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 2 damaged
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 7000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 1

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 1 damaged

Manpower hits 3
Fires 5583

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x PB4Y-2 Privateer bombing from 7000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Some CAP have air radar

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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 1

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 5

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 3 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x PB4Y-2 Privateer bombing from 7000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Some CAP have air radar

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Pre-Invasion action off Shasukotan (135,49)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

251 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
LCI(G)-451, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
AM Chief
PG Warrego
LCI(G)-457
LCI(G)-456
LST-72
LST-87
LST-452
LST-122
LST-86

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 17 (3 destroyed, 14 disabled)

12cm 10YT DP Gun Battery engaging LCI(G)-451 at 5,000 yards

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Pre-Invasion action off Shasukotan (135,49) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

202 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
BB Valiant
CA Chester
AP Gen. W.M.Black
CVE Admiralty Island
DD Petard
LCI(G)-459
LCI(G)-452
LCI(G)-441
LCI(G)-398
LCI(G)-397
LCI(G)-396
LCI(G)-373
LCI(G)-372
LCI(M)-804
LCI(M)-803
LCI(M)-664
LCI(M)-658
LCI(R)-644
LCI(R)-642
LCI(R)-231
LCI(R)-230
LCI(R)-226
LSM(R)-193
APA Magoffin

Japanese ground losses:
59 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Allied ground losses:
124 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

BB Valiant firing at 4th Base Force

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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25J1 Mitchell x 5
B-25J11 Mitchell x 5

Allied aircraft losses
B-25J1 Mitchell: 3 damaged
B-25J1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak
B-25J11 Mitchell: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-25J11 Mitchell bombing from 15000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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The scene up North. This reflects the lack of search right now since I lose too many planes when it's on. I'll use it for short bursts, but then turn it off.

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Mar 6, 1945

A lot happening on the ground on the 6th. The Allies keep up a small night bombing of Sapporo, but mainly nail Shasukotan in preparation for the ground DA there. It gets a 2:1 and the base will fall soon, as expected. The landings still take a small toll, which is nice.

In the South the Allies try two DAs. One near Pegu alarmingly gets a 1:1 as the troops in reserve mode move out of the hex and lose their fortified status. Luckily it's today and they're almost all going to pass into the safe hex tomorrow. One ID will be left and could get caught out. Fingers crossed it makes it.

The Allies also try at Tavoy, but fail with a 1:2 that does not lower forts.

The Allies reclaim Rangoon, and now I have to book it out to make sure I have the rear defended.

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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 5
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 5

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.VI x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAId Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator B.VI: 2 damaged
Liberator B.VI: 1 destroyed by flak

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 7000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 5
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 2

Allied aircraft
Liberator GR.VI x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator GR.VI: 3 damaged
Liberator GR.VI: 1 destroyed by flak

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Liberator GR.VI bombing from 7000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 250 lb GP Bomb

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Night Naval bombardment of Shasukotan at 135,49 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1b Jake: 3 damaged
E13A1b Jake: 1 destroyed on ground

8 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
BB Missouri
BB New Jersey
CA Pensacola
CA Louisville
CL Concord
CL Detroit
DD Rowe
DD Knapp
DD Kidd
DD Haraden
DD Franks
DD Erben

Japanese ground losses:
357 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 29 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Airbase hits 21
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 52
Port hits 9
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Missouri

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Morning Air attack on 14th Ind.Mixed Regiment, at 135,49 (Shasukotan)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 67
F4U-1A Corsair x 15
F4U-1D Corsair x 8
F6F-3 Hellcat x 42
PV-1 Ventura x 42
PV-2 Harpoon x 14

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 12 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged
PV-2 Harpoon: 4 damaged
PV-2 Harpoon: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese ground losses:
296 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x PV-2 Harpoon bombing from 8000 feet *
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Rangoon (54,53)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 219215 troops, 2599 guns, 3305 vehicles, Assault Value = 6396

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 5

Allied adjusted assault: 7748

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 7748 to 1 (fort level 5)

Allied forces CAPTURE Rangoon !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:

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Ground combat at Pegu (55,53)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9444 troops, 238 guns, 418 vehicles, Assault Value = 3376

Defending force 212271 troops, 2100 guns, 1174 vehicles, Assault Value = 5188

Japanese ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 36 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 19 (9 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Vehicles lost 43 (8 destroyed, 35 disabled)

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Ground combat at 56,53 (near Pegu)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 126507 troops, 1404 guns, 1548 vehicles, Assault Value = 3881

Defending force 66139 troops, 683 guns, 429 vehicles, Assault Value = 1827

Allied adjusted assault: 2769

Japanese adjusted defense: 2573

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
5645 casualties reported
Squads: 36 destroyed, 438 disabled
Non Combat: 52 destroyed, 48 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 10 disabled
Guns lost 50 (4 destroyed, 46 disabled)
Vehicles lost 162 (128 destroyed, 34 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
4225 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 682 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 83 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 102 disabled
Guns lost 26 (1 destroyed, 25 disabled)
Vehicles lost 27 (4 destroyed, 23 disabled)

Assaulting units:
7th Australian Division
7th New Chinese Corps
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
14th Army Engineer Battalion
19th Motorised Division
26th Indian Brigade
3rd New Chinese Corps
11th (East African) Division
23rd Indian Division
8th New Chinese Corps
Provisionl Tank Brigade
50th Tank Brigade
9th Australian Division
XXXIII Indian Corps
14th Army
Y' Force
8th Belfast Heavy AA Regiment
29th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
18th Tank Regiment
29th Ind.Mixed Brigade
24th Ind.Mixed Brigade
25th Ind.Mixed Brigade
14th Tank Regiment
94th Division
14th Division
28th Ind.Mixed Brigade
26th Ind.Mixed Brigade
3rd Mortar Battalion
122nd AA Regiment
8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
18th Army
56th Field AA Battalion
52nd Field AA Battalion
125th AA Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
115th AA Regiment
17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
8th RF Gun Battalion

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Ground combat at Shasukotan (135,49)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 24123 troops, 453 guns, 409 vehicles, Assault Value = 693

Defending force 21837 troops, 201 guns, 206 vehicles, Assault Value = 212

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 5

Allied adjusted assault: 569

Japanese adjusted defense: 207

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 5)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 5

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
482 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 38 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 26 disabled
Guns lost 25 (1 destroyed, 24 disabled)
Vehicles lost 35 (27 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
155 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 38 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled

Assaulting units:
6th Marine Division
34th Combat Engineer Regiment
706th Tank Battalion
208th USA Battalion
1st Army Tank Regiment
251st Field Artillery Battalion
X US Corps
148th Field Artillery Battalion
XI Corps Artillery
2/16th Field Regiment

Defending units:
1st Ind.Tank Co
Det. 3rd Special Base Force
13th Ind.Mixed Regiment
8th Division
III/84th Naval Guard Unit
9th Ind.Mixed Rgt /2
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
4th Base Force
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
4th JAAF AF Bn
39th Road Const Co /1
2nd Area Army
22nd Special Base Force
37th Ind. Engineer Regiment
56th Ind.Mixed Bde /3
14th Ind.Mixed Rgt /2

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Ground combat at Tavoy (54,60)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8687 troops, 261 guns, 91 vehicles, Assault Value = 415

Defending force 8021 troops, 40 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 233

Allied adjusted assault: 190

Japanese adjusted defense: 556

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 5)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), disruption(-)
preparation(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
249 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
2nd British Division
268th Motorised Bde /1
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
134th (East Ang) Rgt /6

Defending units:
1st Ind.Infantry Brigade
2nd South Seas Det. /1
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment
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Mar 7, 1945

Almost 150 4E including about 70 B-29s hit Sapporo manpower and airfield at night. The NF thwarted the majority but eventually they wore down and some of the later strikes hit for a decent amount of fires, up over 20k. The industry here is being whittled down, but at least there is a cost and it's a slow process.

Down South the Allied CVs moved into range of Victoria Point, resulting in some frustrating strikes. It seems they were close enough to be also protected by some LR CAP, and the strikes only got a few planes through. The only meaningful hit was on the King George V, one kami strike. Seems to be my MO.

The Allies take Shasukotan easily.

I did get lucky around Pegu where my very experienced ID did not make it out of the hex, but the Allies didn't attack. Only a bombardment. So all is good for this phase of the retreat, and all forces will move to Moulmein.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 7, 1945
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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 10
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 13

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 12 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x PB4Y-2 Privateer bombing from 17000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 10
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 11

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 17000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 71 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 9
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 11

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.VI x 5

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator B.VI: 5 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 7000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 7
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 11

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 6
B-29-25 Superfort x 17

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 6 damaged
B-29-25 Superfort: 10 damaged

Manpower hits 18
Fires 8330

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 7
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 10

Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 3 damaged
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 7
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 4

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 5

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 5 damaged
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 1 destroyed by flak

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x PB4Y-2 Privateer bombing from 17000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 7
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 4

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 5

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x PB4Y-2 Privateer bombing from 17000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 5
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 3

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-Sa Irving: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 6 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 17000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 15 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 4
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 2

Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-Sa Irving: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 4 damaged

Manpower hits 2
Fires 9440

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 3
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 1

Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-Sa Irving: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 1

Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-Sa Irving: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 5 damaged

Manpower hits 2
Fires 10550

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 3

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 3 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 4

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 2 damaged

Manpower hits 3
Fires 18066

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 4

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 2 damaged

Manpower hits 6
Fires 21291

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 6

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 3 damaged
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak

Manpower hits 5
Fires 20540

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 6

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 damaged

Manpower hits 1
Fires 24516

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Blair at 48,62

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y1 Frances x 17
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 39
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 39
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 38

Allied aircraft
Corsair IV x 24
Hellcat I x 17
Hellcat F.II x 21
Seafire IIC x 36
Seafire L.III x 65
P-40N5 Warhawk x 1
F6F-3 Hellcat x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y1 Frances: 9 destroyed, 1 damaged
P1Y1 Frances: 1 destroyed by flak
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 7 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 7 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 6 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Seafire IIC: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CV Indefatigable
CV Formidable

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x P1Y1 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Blair at 48,62

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B6N2a Jill x 33

Allied aircraft
Corsair IV x 24
Hellcat I x 16
Hellcat F.II x 21
Seafire IIC x 31
Seafire L.III x 60
P-40N5 Warhawk x 1
F6F-3 Hellcat x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2a Jill: 9 destroyed

No Allied losses

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Blair at 48,62

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 36 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y2 Frances x 23
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 25

Allied aircraft
Corsair IV x 24
Hellcat I x 14
Hellcat F.II x 21
Seafire IIC x 31
Seafire L.III x 58
P-40N5 Warhawk x 1
F6F-3 Hellcat x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 14 destroyed
P1Y2 Frances: 1 destroyed by flak
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hellcat F.II: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
BB King George V, Kamikaze hits 1
CV Indefatigable

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x P1Y2 Frances flying as kamikaze
Kamikaze: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Victoria Point , at 51,66

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Wellington B.X x 6
B-25J11 Mitchell x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
H8K2 Emily: 2 destroyed on ground
Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed on ground
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground
E13A1 Jake: 2 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington B.X: 1 damaged
B-25J11 Mitchell: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 37

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington B.X bombing from 5000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 12th Base Force, at 55,55 (Moulmein)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 70 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Allied aircraft
Blenheim VD x 15
A-20G Havoc x 3
B-17F Fortress x 4
B-24D1 Liberator x 3
B-24J Liberator x 2
B-25D1 Mitchell x 2
B-25J1 Mitchell x 2
B-25J11 Mitchell x 3

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim VD: 1 damaged
Blenheim VD: 1 destroyed by flak
A-20G Havoc: 1 damaged
A-20G Havoc: 1 destroyed by flak
B-17F Fortress: 3 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
B-25J1 Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-25J11 Mitchell: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25J11 Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Blair at 48,62

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B6N2a Jill x 19
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 18
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 23

Allied aircraft
Corsair IV x 21
Hellcat I x 17
Hellcat F.II x 21
Seafire IIC x 22
Seafire L.III x 56
P-40N5 Warhawk x 1
F6F-3 Hellcat x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2a Jill: 8 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 8 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 8 destroyed

No Allied losses

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Ground combat at Shasukotan (135,49)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 25319 troops, 461 guns, 557 vehicles, Assault Value = 903

Defending force 20774 troops, 199 guns, 177 vehicles, Assault Value = 173

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Allied adjusted assault: 857

Japanese adjusted defense: 85

Allied assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 4)

Allied forces CAPTURE Shasukotan !!!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1b Jake: 5 destroyed

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1313 casualties reported
Squads: 49 destroyed, 24 disabled
Non Combat: 119 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 50 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 135 (133 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 106 (104 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
244 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 37 disabled

Assaulting units:
34th Combat Engineer Regiment
706th Tank Battalion
208th USA Battalion
XI Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
6th Marine Division
1st Army Tank Regiment
251st Field Artillery Battalion
X US Corps
XI Corps Artillery
148th Field Artillery Battalion
2/16th Field Regiment

Defending units:
13th Ind.Mixed Regiment
Det. 3rd Special Base Force
8th Division
9th Ind.Mixed Rgt /2
37th Ind. Engineer Regiment
22nd Special Base Force
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
4th JAAF AF Bn
2nd Area Army
4th Base Force
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
56th Ind.Mixed Bde /3
39th Road Const Co /1
III/84th Naval Guard Unit
14th Ind.Mixed Rgt /2

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Ground combat at Tavoy (54,60)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8629 troops, 261 guns, 91 vehicles, Assault Value = 408

Defending force 7845 troops, 40 guns, 43 vehicles, Assault Value = 218

Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Assaulting units:
2nd British Division
268th Motorised Bde /1
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
134th (East Ang) Rgt /6

Defending units:
1st Ind.Infantry Brigade
2nd South Seas Det. /1
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment

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Ground combat at 56,53 (near Pegu)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 285 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3349

Defending force 16239 troops, 147 guns, 93 vehicles, Assault Value = 481

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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Post #: 2666

RE: The Elephant Vanishes : obvert (J) vs Historiker_Sq... - 11/30/2018 11:42:28 AM

obvert

Posts: 14050
Joined: 1/17/2011
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Mar 8, 1945

On the 8th the air war turned again. I needed to get some VPs back and sent in big sweeps to Urrupa-Jima where the Allie reportedly had a 160+ plane CAP. The Ki-83 groups tore into mostly Wildcats and one Corsair group. The result was 100+ Allied fighters gunned down to a loss of only 16 Ki-83 in A to A. I'll let those groups rest for a day and pick another target.

The Allies also obliged by trying a daylight attack on the recently reinforced CAP at Sendai. I've got some of the best groups there now, and they performed well, getting positive results against the P-51 and Corsair sweeps and sticking around for the 4E strikes, including a large force of B-29s. Today, finally, we got to them!

In the South big strikes hit Moulmein (and its big flak guns

) and also the troops moving to Tavoy. I'd LR CAPed those this turn, resulting in a decent haul of 2E bombers and some sweepers. Now my groups are worn out and have to move back. All troops got out of the hex near Pegu, and now the troops from Rangoon and Pegu are moving back together. They should get to Moulmein safely within a few days.

Allied units again try for Tavoy, but fail to get a positive result or reduce the forts. Reinforcements should arrive in time here.

On the day about 25-30 B-29s are downed, plus another 20 odd other 4Es, and the Allies lose 180+ airframes. Japanese losses are about 80. The Allies also lost around 30 P-51D, which is a lot in a day.

Out of nowhere about 45 B-24s attacked Truk. Odd. Is something planned down there?

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 8, 1945
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Submarine attack near Palembang at 49,90

Japanese Ships
E W-27
E W-26
AV Kimikawa Maru
TK Asashio Maru
TK Otowasan Maru
TK Kaizyo Maru
E Kamome
E W-33

Allied Ships
SS Trutta, hits 33, and is sunk

SS Trutta launches 6 torpedoes at E W-27
Trutta bottoming out ....

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Morning Air attack on Sendai , at 117,58

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 39,300 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K5-J George x 27
Ki-84r Frank x 29
Ki-100-I Tony x 13

Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K5-J George: 2 destroyed
Ki-100-I Tony: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1D Corsair: 5 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Sendai , at 117,58

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 42,900 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K5-J George x 22
Ki-84r Frank x 27
Ki-100-I Tony x 5

Allied aircraft
P-51D Mustang x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-84r Frank: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-51D Mustang: 5 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Uruppu-jima , at 130,52

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 63 NM, estimated altitude 44,530 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-83 x 40

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 25
FM-2 Wildcat x 28
F4U-1 Corsair x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-83: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 6 destroyed
FM-2 Wildcat: 4 destroyed
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-83 sweeping at 41530 feet

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Morning Air attack on 102nd Division, at 54,59 , near Tavoy

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 45,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 7
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 11
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 6
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 9
Ki-84a Frank x 8

Allied aircraft
Thunderbolt I x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Thunderbolt I: 2 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on 102nd Division, at 54,59 , near Tavoy

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 2
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 5
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 4
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6
Ki-84a Frank x 5

Allied aircraft
P-38L Lightning x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 2 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38L Lightning: 1 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on 102nd Division, at 54,59 , near Tavoy

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 2
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 5
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1
Ki-84a Frank x 1

Allied aircraft
Wellington B.X x 6
B-25J11 Mitchell x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington B.X: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-25J11 Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington B.X bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 102nd Division, at 54,59 , near Tavoy

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 2
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 1
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1

Allied aircraft
A-20G Havoc x 16

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
A-20G Havoc: 14 damaged
A-20G Havoc: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x A-20G Havoc bombing and strafing from low level *
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 12th Base Force, at 55,55 (Moulmein)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Allied aircraft
Blenheim VD x 12
A-20G Havoc x 3
B-17E Fortress x 4
B-17F Fortress x 3
B-24D1 Liberator x 3
B-24J Liberator x 6
B-25J11 Mitchell x 5

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim VD: 4 damaged
Blenheim VD: 1 destroyed by flak
A-20G Havoc: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
B-17F Fortress: 2 damaged
B-17F Fortress: 1 destroyed by flak
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
B-24J Liberator: 6 damaged
B-25J11 Mitchell: 4 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Blenheim VD bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 58 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84r Frank x 1

Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25H Mitchell: 8 damaged
B-25H Mitchell: 2 destroyed by flak

Resources hits 7
Fires 2445

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet
City Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Truk , at 112,108

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 34

Japanese aircraft losses
E15K1 Norm: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak

Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 42

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Uruppu-jima , at 130,52

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 43,530 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-83 x 43

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 18
FM-2 Wildcat x 48
F4U-1 Corsair x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-83: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
FM-2 Wildcat: 9 destroyed
F4U-1 Corsair: 3 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x Ki-83 sweeping at 41530 feet

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Afternoon Air attack on Uruppu-jima , at 130,52

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 46,530 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-83 x 43

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 12
FM-2 Wildcat x 27
F4U-1 Corsair x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-83: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 5 destroyed
FM-2 Wildcat: 9 destroyed
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-83 sweeping at 41530 feet

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Afternoon Air attack on Uruppu-jima , at 130,52

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 46,530 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-83 x 44

Allied aircraft
FM-2 Wildcat x 4
F4U-1 Corsair x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
FM-2 Wildcat: 2 destroyed
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
42 x Ki-83 sweeping at 41530 feet

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Afternoon Air attack on Sendai , at 117,58

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 45,900 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 8
N1K5-J George x 17
Ki-84r Frank x 24
Ki-100-I Tony x 19
Ki-102b Randy x 10

Allied aircraft
P-51D Mustang x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-51D Mustang: 2 destroyed

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Afternoon Air attack on Sendai , at 117,58

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 6
N1K5-J George x 14
Ki-84r Frank x 23
Ki-100-I Tony x 18
Ki-102b Randy x 7

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 17
B-29-1 Superfort x 33
B-29-25 Superfort x 30

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M8 Zero: 1 destroyed
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed
Ki-102b Randy: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
B-29-1 Superfort: 3 destroyed, 22 damaged
B-29-25 Superfort: 4 destroyed, 10 damaged

C6N1 Myrt factory hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Sendai , at 117,58

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 69 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 3
N1K5-J George x 8
Ki-84r Frank x 9
Ki-100-I Tony x 7
Ki-102b Randy x 2

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9
B-29-25 Superfort x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Sendai , at 117,58

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 2
N1K5-J George x 5
Ki-84r Frank x 5

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 6
B-29-25 Superfort x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M8 Zero: 1 destroyed
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 4 damaged
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on 102nd Division, at 54,59 , near Tavoy

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 6
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 9
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 4
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 7
Ki-84a Frank x 7

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 2 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 7000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Sendai , at 117,58

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 1
N1K5-J George x 2
Ki-84r Frank x 2

Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Shasukotan (135,49)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 33451 troops, 475 guns, 696 vehicles, Assault Value = 876

Defending force 17277 troops, 102 guns, 68 vehicles, Assault Value = 101

Allied adjusted assault: 1198

Japanese adjusted defense: 43

Allied assault odds: 27 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1260 casualties reported
Squads: 43 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 63 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 21 (17 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 19 (7 destroyed, 12 disabled)
Units destroyed 2

Allied ground losses:
155 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 16 disabled

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Ground combat at Tavoy (54,60)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8657 troops, 260 guns, 91 vehicles, Assault Value = 411

Defending force 7864 troops, 40 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 220

Allied adjusted assault: 346

Japanese adjusted defense: 526

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 5)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), disruption(-)
preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
315 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 30 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
220 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 36 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Assaulting units:
2nd British Division
268th Motorised Bde /1
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
134th (East Ang) Rgt /6

Defending units:
1st Ind.Infantry Brigade
2nd South Seas Det. /1
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment

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Getting to this many B-29s is a rarity. His sweeps are much less effective at long range, so I need to bear that in mind if he starts to use Kushiro and Wakkanai more often. I would there have an opportunity to use the sweeps effectively and possibly even bomb the fields, knowing flak would be tough.

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes : obvert (J) vs Historiker_Sq... - 12/6/2018 10:56:22 AM

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Mar 10, 1945

On the 10th I sent in the dogs. All Ki-83 groups swept Shikuka. It was a test of what they can do, and what the Allies still have around. I chose this turn since almost all fighters in the North were back at home base, with only about 50 others on the Kuriles. It gave a very good idea of force composition and airframe types available. The results weren't bad either!

On the day we got about 1.5:1 over the Allied CAP. That's not bad against a base with a 1,000+ fighters in it. Not all were set for CAP unfortunately, but most were.

This bodes well for future runs here when the Allies are engaged in other pursuits or spread more thinly, and that is another thing I wanted to do. Make Dan have to consider defensive options. For a long while I've been hanging back, not striking often, picking opportunities. I'll continue that work, but there will come a time when I can really let loose. After this new crop of trainees is ready, in only a few weeks thanks to the massive influx of training groups now on map, I'll have much more grist for the mill.

In the South action has quieted down now that reinforcements reached Tavoy effectively. The Allies look to be moving back to Mergui. I await the next developments here. My troops at Moulmein now have more flak than in Tokyo, and every bombing run there will be painful for the Allies!

The Allies look to still be moving toward Truk in the Central Pacific. Lots of fun to be had there if they do land.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 10, 1945
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Morning Air attack on Shikuka , at 126,43

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 11 NM, estimated altitude 47,530 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-83 x 36

Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 10
Spitfire VIII x 9
Thunderbolt II x 7
Spitfire VIII x 7
F4U-1D Corsair x 10
Kittyhawk III x 5
Kittyhawk IV x 22
F-6D Mustang x 8
P-38L Lightning x 52
P-39D Airacobra x 16
P-39N1 Airacobra x 16
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 49
P-47N Thunderbolt x 4
P-51D Mustang x 41
FM-2 Wildcat x 60
F4U-1 Corsair x 4
F4U-1A Corsair x 10
F4U-1D Corsair x 16
F6F-5 Hellcat x 34

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-83: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38L Lightning: 1 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed
P-51D Mustang: 1 destroyed
F6F-5 Hellcat: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x Ki-83 sweeping at 41530 feet

CAP engaged:
VBF-8 with FM-2 Wildcat (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 34700.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
VBF-10 with FM-2 Wildcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters to 34700.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
VF-11 with F4U-1D Corsair (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 39300.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
VBF-11 with FM-2 Wildcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 34700.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
VF-13 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 15 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 37300.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
VBF-17 with FM-2 Wildcat (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 34700.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
No.896 Sqn FAA with Spitfire VIII (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 41500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes
No.898 Sqn FAA with Thunderbolt II (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 41000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
No.1830 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 36900.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
VRF-15F with FM-2 Wildcat (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 34700.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
VMF-111 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 37300.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
VMF-311 with F4U-1 Corsair (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 36800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
VMF-322 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
VMF-422 with F4U-1D Corsair (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 39300.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
No.16 Sqn RNZAF with F4U-1D Corsair (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 37000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
No.19 Sqn RNZAF with Kittyhawk III (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters to 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
No.21 Sqn RNZAF with F4U-1D Corsair (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 34000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
No.23 Sqn RNZAF with Kittyhawk IV (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 31000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
No.24 Sqn RNZAF with Kittyhawk IV (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters to 31000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
No.80 Sqn RAAF with Spitfire VIII (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 37000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes

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Afternoon Air attack on Shikuka , at 126,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 43,530 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-83 x 42

Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 10
Spitfire VIII x 9
Thunderbolt II x 7
Spitfire VIII x 7
F4U-1D Corsair x 9
Kittyhawk III x 5
Kittyhawk IV x 22
F-6D Mustang x 8
P-38L Lightning x 50
P-39D Airacobra x 14
P-39N1 Airacobra x 16
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 48
P-47N Thunderbolt x 4
P-51D Mustang x 40
FM-2 Wildcat x 60
F4U-1 Corsair x 4
F4U-1A Corsair x 10
F4U-1D Corsair x 16
F6F-5 Hellcat x 32

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-83: 5 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Thunderbolt II: 1 destroyed
Kittyhawk IV: 1 destroyed
P-38L Lightning: 1 destroyed
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed
P-51D Mustang: 1 destroyed
FM-2 Wildcat: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
F6F-5 Hellcat: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-83 sweeping at 41530 feet

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Afternoon Air attack on Shikuka , at 126,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 43,530 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-83 x 34

Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 10
Spitfire VIII x 9
Thunderbolt II x 6
Spitfire VIII x 7
F4U-1D Corsair x 9
Kittyhawk III x 5
Kittyhawk IV x 19
F-6D Mustang x 7
P-38L Lightning x 48
P-39D Airacobra x 14
P-39N1 Airacobra x 16
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 47
P-47N Thunderbolt x 4
P-51D Mustang x 37
FM-2 Wildcat x 57
F4U-1 Corsair x 4
F4U-1A Corsair x 9
F4U-1D Corsair x 15
F6F-5 Hellcat x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-83: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed
F4U-1D Corsair: 1 destroyed
Kittyhawk IV: 1 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed
FM-2 Wildcat: 4 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-83 sweeping at 41530 feet

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Afternoon Air attack on Shikuka , at 126,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 47,530 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-83 x 48

Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 8
Spitfire VIII x 9
Thunderbolt II x 6
Spitfire VIII x 6
F4U-1D Corsair x 8
Kittyhawk III x 5
Kittyhawk IV x 17
F-6D Mustang x 7
P-38L Lightning x 48
P-39D Airacobra x 12
P-39N1 Airacobra x 15
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 43
P-47N Thunderbolt x 4
P-51D Mustang x 32
FM-2 Wildcat x 45
F4U-1 Corsair x 4
F4U-1A Corsair x 9
F4U-1D Corsair x 15
F6F-5 Hellcat x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-83: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk III: 1 destroyed
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed
P-51D Mustang: 1 destroyed
FM-2 Wildcat: 3 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
29 x Ki-83 sweeping at 41530 feet

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Afternoon Air attack on Shikuka , at 126,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 18 NM, estimated altitude 44,530 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-83 x 46

Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 8
Spitfire VIII x 9
Thunderbolt II x 6
Spitfire VIII x 6
F4U-1D Corsair x 8
Kittyhawk III x 3
Kittyhawk IV x 15
F-6D Mustang x 7
P-38L Lightning x 46
P-39D Airacobra x 12
P-39N1 Airacobra x 13
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 41
P-47N Thunderbolt x 4
P-51D Mustang x 27
FM-2 Wildcat x 36
F4U-1 Corsair x 4
F4U-1A Corsair x 9
F4U-1D Corsair x 15
F6F-5 Hellcat x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-83: 5 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed
P-38L Lightning: 2 destroyed
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 2 destroyed
P-51D Mustang: 1 destroyed
FM-2 Wildcat: 4 destroyed
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed
F4U-1D Corsair: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-83 sweeping at 41530 feet

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Ground combat at Tavoy (54,60)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 429 troops, 42 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 388

Defending force 19634 troops, 96 guns, 187 vehicles, Assault Value = 575

Assaulting units:
2nd British Division
268th Motorised Bde /1
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
134th (East Ang) Rgt /6

Defending units:
1st Ind.Infantry Brigade
102nd Division
11th Tank Regiment
2nd South Seas Det.
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment

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Mar 11, 1945

The Allies come back strong to Sapporo at night on the 11th. The first wave gets through the NF and gets big fires going. They reach nearly 150k at one point in the night, reducing mostly the resources here.

The NF and flak do take a tithe, with around 15-18 4E of various types downed on the day. I'll keep rotating NF groups to get fresh pilots and airframes in here.

I see some amphibs approaching Truk. There could be a landing any day now. Bombers continue tot hit the base doing very little to the troops.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 11, 1945
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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 12
P1Y2-S Frances x 7
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 23

Allied aircraft
Liberator GR.VI x 6
B-24J Liberator x 12
B-29-1 Superfort x 3
B-29-25 Superfort x 15
PBJ-1J Mitchell x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAId Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator GR.VI: 2 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 6 damaged
B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged
B-29-25 Superfort: 13 damaged

Manpower hits 176
Fires 70221

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Liberator GR.VI bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 250 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 12
P1Y2-S Frances x 7
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 27

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 13

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 8 damaged

Manpower hits 4
Fires 71026

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x PB4Y-2 Privateer bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 11
P1Y2-S Frances x 4
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 24

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.VI x 14
B-29-25 Superfort x 16
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAId Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator B.VI: 5 damaged
B-29-25 Superfort: 8 damaged
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 6 damaged

Manpower hits 116
Fires 137052

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 8
P1Y2-S Frances x 1
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 18

Allied aircraft
PBJ-1J Mitchell x 5

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PBJ-1J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x PBJ-1J Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 7
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 17

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 1 destroyed
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 1 destroyed by flak

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x PB4Y-2 Privateer bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 7
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 16

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 4 damaged
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 1 destroyed by flak

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PB4Y-2 Privateer bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 6
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 13

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x PB4Y-2 Privateer bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 5
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 13

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 5

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 4 damaged
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 1 destroyed by flak

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x PB4Y-2 Privateer bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 5
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 9

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 5
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 3

Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 4 damaged
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Sapporo , at 120,51

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 5
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 2

Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-Sa Irving: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 6 damaged

Manpower hits 8
Fires 141777

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Victoria Point , at 51,66

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
A-20G Havoc x 12
B-25J11 Mitchell x 3
P-38L Lightning x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
H8K2 Emily: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
A-20G Havoc: 6 damaged
B-25J11 Mitchell: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x A-20G Havoc bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Shasukotan (135,49)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 33652 troops, 477 guns, 704 vehicles, Assault Value = 880

Defending force 6827 troops, 16 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

Allied adjusted assault: 1092

Japanese adjusted defense: 3

Allied assault odds: 364 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), preparation(-)
fatigue(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
8408 casualties reported
Squads: 64 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 706 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 26 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 23 (23 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 10 (10 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 2

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
6th Marine Division
706th Tank Battalion
XI Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
208th USA Battalion
34th Combat Engineer Regiment
1st Army Tank Regiment
148th Field Artillery Battalion
XI Corps Artillery
165th USA Base Force
X US Corps
5th USN Naval Construction Battalion
251st Field Artillery Battalion
2/16th Field Regiment

Defending units:
22nd Special Base Force
2nd Area Army
4th Base Force

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes : obvert (J) vs Historiker_Sq... - 12/6/2018 11:10:53 AM

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Here is a shot of Truk. I've got one regiment there, and a naval guard and part of a brigade have been flying in the past few days. If the base gets to around 250AV it'll provide a bit more difficulty considering the terrain and forts 6. I'd like to see the CD guns in action though!

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