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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 5/16/2020 7:46:22 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Afternoon Air attack on Padang , at 44,85

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 17
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 42

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 8 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 13

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 5/16/2020 7:47:23 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Afternoon Air attack on 8th Tank Regiment, at 63,62 , near Ubon

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 27

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter VIc: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled)

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 5/16/2020 7:48:42 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Afternoon Air attack on 21st Division, at 60,61 , near Nakhon Ratchasima

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufort I x 8
Blenheim IV x 4
Blenheim VD x 12

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort I: 1 damaged
Blenheim VD: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Blenheim VD bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
8 x Beaufort I bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on 21st Division, at 60,61 , near Nakhon Ratchasima

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufort I x 7

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 5/16/2020 7:53:10 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		PI: Very gratifying surprise attack on Manila AF. JJ evidentarry not-ah spot bomber build-up on Midanao. Even so, the B-24's at Cagayan did not attack. Bummer

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Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Mitchell II x 10
B-25C Mitchell x 12
B-25D1 Mitchell x 10
P-38G Lightning x 1
F4U-1 Corsair x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Mitchell II: 1 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 13
Runway hits 30

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 5/16/2020 7:55:01 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		Cagayan had good supply and aviation support and a level 6 AF so that should have worked. Probably cold feet or the weather.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 5/16/2020 7:57:29 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Cagayan had good supply and aviation support and a level 6 AF so that should have worked. Probably cold feet or the weather.


Maybe they got cold feet because of the weather. After all, it is in March and it is still winter.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 5/16/2020 7:59:26 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe


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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Cagayan had good supply and aviation support and a level 6 AF so that should have worked. Probably cold feet or the weather.




Maybe they got cold feet because of the weather. After all, it is in March and it is still winter.


Yeah. Mindanao probably still covered with snow in March.


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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 5/16/2020 8:03:36 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 5/16/2020 8:13:01 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		The infantry at Clark. Both 31st IR and 4th Marine started drawing '43 infantry squads, which is helpful. The tank units not destroyed are drawing Shermans and TD units '43 equipment as well.

We are eventually going to run out of supply. I don't think they can last till sometime in July when we might have enough carriers to send in a rescue mission.







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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 5/18/2020 1:47:00 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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SE Asia: I discovered you can fit a Bofors on a C-47.

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Night Air attack on Pakse , at 63,64

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed by flak

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 5/18/2020 1:48:40 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Air to ground carnage at Nakon for both sides.

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Morning Air attack on 50th Tank Brigade, at 58,61 (Nakhon Ratchasima)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 14
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 3 damaged
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 17 (1 destroyed, 16 disabled)

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 5/18/2020 1:49:30 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Morning Air attack on 150th RAC Regiment, at 58,61 (Nakhon Ratchasima)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-36 Ida x 16
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-36 Ida: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 5/18/2020 1:50:58 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Morning Air attack on 21st Division, at 60,61 , near Nakhon Ratchasima

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 20

Allied aircraft
Hurricane FR.IIb x 3

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 5/18/2020 1:52:12 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Morning Air attack on 14th Garrison Unit , at 58,61 (Nakhon Ratchasima)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 15 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
Vengeance I x 44
B-339D x 1

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
181 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 5/18/2020 1:53:09 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Morning Air attack on 14th Garrison Unit , at 58,61 (Nakhon Ratchasima)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufort VIII x 4

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

and

Morning Air attack on 21st Division, at 60,61 , near Nakhon Ratchasima

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 20

Allied aircraft
Beaufort I x 7
Blenheim VD x 11

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim VD: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 5/18/2020 1:56:45 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Morning Air attack on 13th Garrison Unit , at 58,61 (Nakhon Ratchasima)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
Vengeance I x 27

Allied aircraft losses
Vengeance I: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
111 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Vengeance I bombing from 9000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x Vengeance I releasing from 3000' *
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x Vengeance I releasing from 2000' *
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 5/18/2020 1:58:20 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Morning Air attack on Ubon , at 62,63

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 5

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Wellington Ic bombing from 7000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Ubon , at 62,63

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 15

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 3 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 8

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 5/18/2020 1:59:48 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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quote:

Morning Air attack on 21st Division, at 60,61 , near Nakhon Ratchasima

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 20

Allied aircraft
Beaufort I x 8
Blenheim IV x 12
Blenheim VD x 15

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort I: 1 damaged
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Blenheim VD: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
70 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 5/18/2020 2:01:18 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 6

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 6 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 5/18/2020 2:02:06 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Morning Air attack on 14th Garrison Unit , at 58,61 (Nakhon Ratchasima)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Allied aircraft
Vengeance I x 16
B-24D Liberator x 7

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
163 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 5/18/2020 2:03:12 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Morning Air attack on 14th Garrison Unit , at 58,61 (Nakhon Ratchasima)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 7
B-24D1 Liberator x 8

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
313 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 5/18/2020 2:04:03 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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quote:

Morning Air attack on 14th Garrison Unit , at 58,61 (Nakhon Ratchasima)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 10

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
186 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 5/18/2020 2:05:48 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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quote:

Morning Air attack on 14th Garrison Unit , at 58,61 (Nakhon Ratchasima)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 10

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
186 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 5/18/2020 2:09:56 PM   
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Status: offline 		C-87's flies in some Indian special forces to Padang and the we send down 4 C-47's which dodge the Betty raids to do this. This happened to be the Alfred and the Chipmunks platoon.

quote:

Ground combat at Benkoelen (45,91)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 41 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Allied adjusted assault: 3

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Benkoelen !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)

Assaulting units:
77th LRP Bde /3




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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 5/18/2020 2:11:56 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Afternoon Air attack on 77th LRP Brigade, at 44,85 (Padang)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 19
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 5 damaged
D3A1 Val: 3 destroyed by flak

Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 5/18/2020 2:15:45 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		Finally, the heavies at Cagayan take off and we lay some lumber on Manila AF. What made this possible was the diversion of Japanese air power to cover a possible landing on Sumatra. Well coordinated raid from 3 different bases on Mindanao plus fighters coming from Bataan. I am impressed

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Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 34

Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 7
B-24D Liberator x 15
B-25C Mitchell x 14
B-25D1 Mitchell x 16
F4U-1 Corsair x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 3 destroyed, 7 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 5 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 30

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 5/19/2020 11:59:32 PM   
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Sundas: The Netties are still up in Malaysia, I think...so we sneak up on Ambon.

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Night Naval bombardment of Ambon at 76,109

Allied Ships
CL Montpelier
CL Phoenix
CL Marblehead
DD Radford
DD Cony
DD Chevalier

Japanese ground losses:
138 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 38
Port hits 20
Port supply hits 5

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 5/20/2020 12:01:33 AM   
Cap Mandrake


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Morning Air attack on TF, near Christmas Island IO at 45,104

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 34

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
xAK Indira, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
SC-522
SC-738, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 5/20/2020 12:03:34 AM   
Cap Mandrake


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Morning Air attack on 21st Division, at 60,61 , near Nakhon Ratchasima

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 21

Allied aircraft
Fulmar II x 8

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Fulmar II: 4 destroyed

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 5/20/2020 12:04:24 AM   
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