Canoerebel
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5/30/44
Opening the Luzon Bombing Campaign
Only a fraction of the bombers flew missions today. None of the divebombers (all targeting Atimonan) and none of the 4EB and 2EB targeting Lucena flew. None of the Superforts were scheduled to fly. A decent number of 4EB and 2EB flew against Batangas, finding this in the hex:
Also attacking 19th/B Division ...
Also attacking 15th Division ...
Damage was noteworthy but not devastating: 9 squads destroyed and 83 disabled. I would imagine disruption is high. I will be interested in seeing how John reacts. Will he keep his ground troops moving forward or will he flinch and begin to withdraw them. If he realizes this is not a good recipe for him, how does he react? If he can't stand against Allied bombers, what does he do?
Complete Batangas results:
(1) Morning Air attack on 15th Division, at 79,78 (Batangas)
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9
B-24J Liberator x 45
B-25C Mitchell x 15
B-25D1 Mitchell x 38
B-25G Mitchell x 12
B-25H Mitchell x 3
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 14
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
806 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 51 disabled
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 49 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)
(2) Morning Air attack on 15th Division, at 79,78 (Batangas)
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Allied aircraft
Liberator GR.VI x 4
B-24J Liberator x 11
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 23
Allied aircraft losses
Liberator GR.VI: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
150 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
(3) Morning Air attack on 15th Division, at 79,78 (Batangas)
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 3
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 6
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
(4) Morning Air attack on 15th Division, at 79,78 (Batangas)
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 8
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
(5) Morning Air attack on 15th Division, at 79,78 (Batangas)
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
(6) Morning Air attack on 15th Division, at 79,78 (Batangas)
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 7
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
(7) Morning Air attack on 15th Division, at 79,78 (Batangas)
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 8
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
(8) Morning Air attack on 15th Division, at 79,78 (Batangas)
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
(9) Morning Air attack on 15th Division, at 79,78 (Batangas)
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 8
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
(10) Morning Air attack on 15th Division, at 79,78 (Batangas)
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 6
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
(11) Morning Air attack on 15th Division, at 79,78 (Batangas)
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 1 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 9
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
(12) Morning Air attack on 15th Division, at 79,78 (Batangas)
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 9
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
< Message edited by Canoerebel -- 3/13/2017 1:47:27 AM >
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