moore4807
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Joined: 6/2/2000 From: Punta Gorda FL Status: offline
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 06, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Two points for today, 1) Sorry Larry, I will not get suckered into attacking you, everybody is defending in Jan 1942... 2) Location, Location, Location! - His CV TF's are sinking my ships in bad locations! (for me) Morning Air attack on TF, near Dili at 71,115 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft B-339D x 3 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK Tofuku Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire Japanese ground losses: 95 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 6 (4 destroyed, 2 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-339D bombing from 5000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 50 kg GP Bomb Morning Air attack on II./90th Infantry Battalion, at 98,127 (Salamaua) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 3 A6M2 Zero x 1 Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 13 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-17D Fortress: 4 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 2 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 20000 feet * Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 20000 feet * Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 20000 feet * Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb 2 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 20000 feet * Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb All these ships below were trapped between Horn Is and Cooktown, I told Larry in my e-mail to him that he would probably enjoy this turn Morning Air attack on TF, near Cooktown at 92,137 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Japanese aircraft D3A1 Val x 16 Japanese aircraft losses D3A1 Val: 4 damaged Allied Ships AS Platypus, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage TK British Motorist, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Portland Roads at 92,132 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft D3A1 Val x 16 Japanese aircraft losses D3A1 Val: 4 damaged Allied Ships xAP Bloemfontein xAP Marella, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires xAP Zealandia xAP Raranga, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Portland Roads at 92,132 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft B5N2 Kate x 12 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 2 damaged Allied Ships xAP Zealandia, Bomb hits 2, on fire xAP Raranga, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Koolama, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage My head scratcher...Near miss? soldiers on shore nearby? Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Dili at 71,115 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft PBY-5 Catalina x 3 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK Aki Maru Japanese ground losses: 78 casualties reported Squads: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 3 x PBY-5 Catalina bombing from 5000 feet Naval Attack: 4 x 250 kg SAP Bomb One month into the war - anyone want to evaluate our operations? Constructive Criticism is welcome here!
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