JocMeister
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8th December -44 ______________________________________________________________________________ A combination of USAAF, RAF and USN strikes back! ------------------------ Thailand ------------------------ Erik has been a little lax in recon and providing fighter coverage for his bombers. Today we struck back. I have been flying in supply and AS to Pisanuloke for a few days. Yesterday supply was enough to support some LRCAP over our armor. This is just an example of about 8 strikes intercepted. quote:
Morning Air attack on Provisionl Tank Brigade, at 61,60 , near Udon Thani Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft B7A2 Grace x 59 D4Y1 Judy x 36 D4Y4 Judy x 40 Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 19 P-38L Lightning x 24 F4U-1A Corsair x 34 Japanese aircraft losses B7A2 Grace: 8 destroyed, 4 damaged D4Y1 Judy: 11 destroyed D4Y4 Judy: 9 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Provisionl Tank Brigade, at 61,60 , near Udon Thani Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft B7A2 Grace x 50 D4Y4 Judy x 43 Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 18 P-38L Lightning x 24 F4U-1A Corsair x 34 Japanese aircraft losses B7A2 Grace: 15 destroyed, 4 damaged D4Y4 Judy: 26 destroyed No Allied losses Allied ground losses: Vehicles lost 12 (10 destroyed, 2 disabled) Due to the lack of radar and short intercept times a lot of the bombers managed to escape. Nonetheless a very good day as almost 250 Japanese bombers are shot down. I REALLY hope Erik was lazy and didn´t switch out the NAV trained pilots. This was almost a text book example of a classic 42 ambush. I jumped back out to Rangoon with the fighters this turn. In turn Erik strikes back at the 4Es. He probably has realised my Fighter force is beaten and doesn´t fear a retaliation at Rangoon anymore. Luckily he made 2 mistakes saving me a lot of downed 4Es! quote:
Morning Air attack on NCAC , at 55,59 , near Tavoy Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 39,270 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 5 J2M3 Jack x 9 J2M5 Jack x 12 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 9 Ki-84a Frank x 11 Ki-84r Frank x 39 Ki-102b Randy x 5 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 39 x Ki-84r Frank sweeping at 38270 feet This sweep drew in his LRCAP from the 4Es causing fatigue and diminishing his ability to get planes on target. quote:
Afternoon Air attack on 2nd Division, at 55,59 , near Tavoy Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 8 J2M3 Jack x 27 J2M5 Jack x 20 N1K1-J George x 25 N1K2-J George x 10 Ki-43-IV Oscar x 18 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 16 Ki-84a Frank x 30 Ki-100-I Tony x 31 Ki-102b Randy x 10 Allied aircraft Liberator B.VI x 18 Liberator GR.VI x 10 B-17E Fortress x 5 B-24D1 Liberator x 5 B-24J Liberator x 25 B-25D1 Mitchell x 6 B-25H Mitchell x 8 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 5 Japanese aircraft losses J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Liberator B.VI: 7 damaged Liberator GR.VI: 1 damaged B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged B-24J Liberator: 8 damaged B-25D1 Mitchell: 3 damaged B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged PB4Y-1 Liberator: 2 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 5 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 15000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 10 x Liberator GR.VI bombing from 15000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 250 lb GP Bomb 8 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 15000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 15000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 15000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 15000 feet Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-305 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (11 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 11 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead S-901 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 8 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 31000 Raid is overhead S-316 Hikotai with N1K2-J George (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 10 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead S-309 Hikotai with J2M3 Jack (11 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 11 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead S-402 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (14 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 14 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead S-315 Hikotai with J2M5 Jack (20 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (13 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 20 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead S-317 Hikotai with J2M3 Jack (16 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 16 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead 21st Sentai with Ki-102b Randy (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 10 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 17000 Raid is overhead 30th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (18 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (11 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 18 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 31000 Raid is overhead 53rd Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (16 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 16 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 17000 Raid is overhead 64th Sentai with Ki-43-IV Oscar (18 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 18 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead 200th Sentai with Ki-100-I Tony (31 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (15 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 31 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead 87th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (12 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 12 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 31000 Raid is overhead Mistake number 2. His planes are up too high probable fearing the sweeps that never came. This is the first of perhaps 20 strikes. His planes only managed to intercept the 4Es on a few occasion. And when he did he got only a few passes before the 4Es got away. The damage listed are actually from his AA. How he can stay in supply is beyond me. Its crazy. No transports intercepted despite several days of LRCAP. I was very lucky today and only 15 4Es are lost and about 40 2Es. Very few pilots lost and the 2E pool can sustain the losses. ------------------------ Luzon ------------------------ Erik did go after the reinforcement convoy. I don´t know if this was intentional though. This is the first of 4 strikes. None penetrated. quote:
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Boac at 80,80 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft B7A2 Grace x 21 N1K2-J George x 27 Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 53 P-38L Lightning x 4 F4U-1D Corsair x 36 F6F-5 Hellcat x 50 Japanese aircraft losses B7A2 Grace: 11 destroyed N1K2-J George: 11 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed F4U-1D Corsair: 1 destroyed F6F-5 Hellcat: 1 destroyed I hope this will persuade Erik to stop trying. It was a very small TF. Only 7 LSTs and 3 SCs with 3/4ths of a Tank BTL. I will continue to reinforce in this manner until Erik simply gives up. If he continue to do this I´ll be quite happy with that too! ------------------------ Aces ------------------------ Gained: 1 triple ace 2 double ace 14 aces 1 "ace in a day" Lost 1 ace WIA
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