Cap Mandrake
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Joined: 11/15/2002 From: Southern California Status: offline
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Here are carriers. Fraser Isrand with heavy CAP and spillover CAP from Bundaberg. Even so, quite awesome coordinated strike. 129 Kates? Hory crap! More CAP keep rising to fight. Shoot down bunch of Kates. Very very disappointing. Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Fraser Island at 97,156 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 33 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 53 B5N2 Kate x 127 D3A1 Val x 72 Allied aircraft Sea Hurricane Ib x 19 Martlet II x 39 P-39D Airacobra x 2 P-40E Warhawk x 4 F4F-3 Wildcat x 18 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed B5N2 Kate: 15 destroyed, 14 damaged B5N2 Kate: 4 destroyed by flak D3A1 Val: 7 destroyed, 13 damaged D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed by flak Allied aircraft losses Sea Hurricane Ib: 1 destroyed Martlet II: 6 destroyed F4F-3 Wildcat: 2 destroyed Allied Ships CV Illustrious, Bomb hits 1 CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 5 AKE Florence Luckenbach, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk CV Formidable CL Mauritius CL Tromp KV Fritillary, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk CL Newcastle
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