Mundy
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10 June 1943
The raid went in... unopposed. Not all my planes flew, but enough. Damage at his end is only 29.
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Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 16
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet *
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Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 12
F6F-3 Hellcat x 9
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 50
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 6
F4U-1 Corsair x 9
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 6
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 12
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-C Irving: 1 destroyed on ground
H8K1 Emily: 1 destroyed on ground
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 12
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb .
I'll give it another day to see if he contests it. If I pound it good to an inoperable status and he doesn't resist, I'll rotate about two squadrons a day to keep the pressure on.
Suva finally falls today. I was hoping I could squeeze another couple weeks. We'll see if CF is content with this or wants to move on.
quote:
Ground combat at Suva (132,160)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 33204 troops, 323 guns, 494 vehicles, Assault Value = 1102
Defending force 30075 troops, 479 guns, 287 vehicles, Assault Value = 273
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0
Japanese adjusted assault: 781
Allied adjusted defense: 317
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Suva !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
825 casualties reported
Squads: 14 destroyed, 77 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 34 disabled
Guns lost 14 (1 destroyed, 13 disabled)
Vehicles lost 15 (2 destroyed, 13 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
30153 casualties reported
Squads: 472 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2282 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 327 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 259 (259 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 318 (318 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 23
Assaulting units:
36th Division
3rd Tank Division
63rd Division
28th Engineer Regiment
17th Army
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
8th NZ Brigade
2nd Fiji Commando Battalion
34th Infantry Regiment
Fiji Brigade
Samoa Det.
33rd Medium Regiment
6th Port Maint Engineer Battalion
2nd RNZAF Base Force
41st Base Group
276th Coastal Artillery Battalion
134th Field Artillery Battalion
3rd Marine Defense Battalion
24th Base Group
46th Construction Regiment
1st RNZAF Base Force
13th MAG
12th Marine Defense Battalion
7th Port Advn Base Force
216th Coast AA Regiment
198th Coast AA Regiment
2nd Marine Defense Battalion
1st Fiji Commando Battalion
Nandi Base Force
The 2nd Fiji Commando Btn just showed up a couple days ago. Quick end to that deployment.
< Message edited by Mundy -- 6/28/2015 10:15:05 PM >
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