GreyJoy
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We did two more turns. Hopefully Brad just had some email problems
Feb 28-29, March 1, 1944
Well, some mixed turns for the Empire.
Between Feb 28 and 29 the allies moved a CV/CVE TF up to Sorong...completely unseen...
I had several transport TFs evacuating fragments from Biak area to Bab...
The allies did attack at night with their SDBs...sinking a couple of already damaged xAPs...
Then, when the day arrived, some 150 TBFs and SDBs attacked my SAGs near Biak... but found my brave CAP!
We downed nearly 100 enemy bombers!
More bombers kept on attacking my transports on the open ocean and sunk 10 more of them, along with several hundreds men inside them
The next day, the KB and the LBA tried to retaliate
Didn't go as planned.
Half of my KB planes (from Ternate) didn't launch.
Mixed results... the LBA did a decent job tough...sweeps from Sorong to Misol and more bombers following...
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Misool at 80,108
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 59 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes
Japanese aircraft
B6N2 Jill x 27
N1K2-J George x 25
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 42
Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 13
F6F-3 Hellcat x 15
Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2 Jill: 5 destroyed, 5 damaged
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 6 destroyed
No Allied losses
Allied Ships
DD Thatcher
DD Abner Read
DD Carmick
DD Stevens
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Morning Air attack on Misool , at 80,108
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 59 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 28
Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 10
P-40K Warhawk x 7
F6F-3 Hellcat x 11
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-38H Lightning: 2 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 4 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Misool , at 80,108
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-84r Frank x 51
Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 3
P-40K Warhawk x 1
F6F-3 Hellcat x 4
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
P-38H Lightning: 1 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Misool at 80,108 *from KB near Ternate...(
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 91
B7A2 Grace x 8
D4Y4 Judy x 25
Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 1
F6F-3 Hellcat x 2
Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y4 Judy: 5 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-38H Lightning: 1 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed
Allied Ships
DD Racehorse
xAK Jacques Laramie, Torpedo hits 1
AM Dynamic, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Duntroon, Bomb hits 3, on fire
xAK Cape Constance, Bomb hits 1
DD Balch
SC-637
xAP Cleveland Abbe, Bomb hits 2, on fire
xAK Californian, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
87 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Misool at 80,108
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 69 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 7
D4Y4 Judy x 15
Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y4 Judy: 3 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Welles, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
CL Caradoc, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Misool at 79,108
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
B7A2 Grace x 13
Allied aircraft
FM-1 Wildcat x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
B7A2 Grace: 5 destroyed
No Allied losses
Allied Ships
AM Champion
xAK Tarifa, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
Allied ground losses:
497 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 27 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 7 (6 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Misool at 80,108
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes
Japanese aircraft
B6N2 Jill x 18
N1K2-J George x 25
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 20
Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 2
F6F-3 Hellcat x 2
Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2 Jill: 7 damaged
B6N2 Jill: 1 destroyed by flak
Allied aircraft losses
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed
Allied Ships
DD Abner Read
DD Stevens
DD Nicholson
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Misool at 80,108
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 97
B7A2 Grace x 28
D4Y4 Judy x 43
Japanese aircraft losses
B7A2 Grace: 3 damaged
D4Y4 Judy: 2 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Clark
SC-743
DD Welles, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
xAP Cleveland Abbe, Bomb hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
SC-983
AK Draco, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CL Caradoc, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP William Kent, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Balch
SC-744, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
SC-637
Allied ground losses:
336 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Misool at 80,108
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes
Japanese aircraft
D4Y4 Judy x 12
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
SC-984
xAP Duntroon, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Lorrain, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Misool at 79,108
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
B7A2 Grace x 16
Allied aircraft
FM-1 Wildcat x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
B7A2 Grace: 4 destroyed
No Allied losses
Allied Ships
xAP Jalavihar
xAP Surada, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAP Ethiopia, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
Allied ground losses:
4130 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 226 destroyed, 57 disabled
Engineers: 15 destroyed, 16 disabled
Guns lost 28 (28 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 34 (34 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Not bad i would say.
The CVs retreated South tough....
Then the allies, after a HUGE air bombardment, attacked Ramree Island and Namlea, conquering the latter
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Ground combat at Namlea (76,108)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 17408 troops, 223 guns, 247 vehicles, Assault Value = 572
Defending force 2146 troops, 27 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 9
Allied adjusted assault: 230
Japanese adjusted defense: 17
Allied assault odds: 13 to 1 (fort level 2)
Allied forces CAPTURE Namlea !!!
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 5 destroyed
D4Y4 Judy: 2 destroyed
B6N2 Jill: 4 destroyed
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker: fatigue(-)
Japanese ground losses:
701 casualties reported
Squads: 52 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (6 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Assaulting units:
4th Marine Division
1st Army Tank Regiment
25th Infantry/C Division
Defending units:
Yokosuka 4th SNLF
Ankei SNLF /1
69th JAAF AF Bn
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Ground combat at Ramree Island (54,48)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 32137 troops, 612 guns, 777 vehicles, Assault Value = 1367
Defending force 13611 troops, 145 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 375
Allied adjusted assault: 1705
Japanese adjusted defense: 547
Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 4)
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
734 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 140 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
489 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 56 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Assaulting units:
23rd Indian Division
150th RAC Regiment
268th Motorised Brigade
20th Indian Division
Provisionl Tank Brigade
25th Indian/A Division
XXXIII Indian Corps
Defending units:
41st Infantry Regiment
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
55th/B Division
5th Mortar Battalion
Ramree Is. is about to fall... and Burma is at danger
The retreat continues from Koepang.
We managed to extract 400 AVs from Saumlaki  and nearly 500 from Timor
Several of my transports are intercepted over Sarmi...
With the 1st of March 1944 several of my air groups are due to withdraw.... now i need to reorganize most of my air defences
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RE: DEFEAT: The battle of Ambon - 
...will be hard to see her in combat again, even if we manage to reach a yard
Look in my AAR for losses and results doing this "overpowered" night bombing campaign. The numbers are there in detail. 
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