Slitherine

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Sub attack near Kendari at 71,106

Japanese Ships
DD Wakazuki

Allied Ships
SS Drum

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Morning Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 60 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 62
G3M3 Nell x 33

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 6 damaged
G3M3 Nell: 2 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
C-46A Commando: 37 damaged
C-46A Commando: 3 destroyed on ground
C-46A Commando: 41 damaged
C-46A Commando: 1 destroyed on ground
Swordfish I: 2 damaged
Swordfish I: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 11
Runway hits 68

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Morning Air attack on 65th Brigade, at 80,110 (Boela)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

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

Allied aircraft
Mitchell II x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 3
B-25D1 Mitchell x 6
B-25G Mitchell x 8
F6F-3 Hellcat x 8

Allied aircraft losses
Mitchell II: 1 damaged

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

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Morning Air attack on Lolobato , at 79,102

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6
B-24D1 Liberator x 6

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11

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Sub attack near Kendari at 71,106

Japanese Ships
DD Hatsuzuki, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
DD Wakazuki

Allied Ships
SS Halibut

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Afternoon Air attack on 173 Wing Base Force, at 48,88 (Djambi)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 27
Ki-48-IIb Lily x 46

No Japanese losses

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

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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Maybe we can go West across the Atlantic from..Portugal or something?

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ORIGINAL: witpqs

How have the lavatory combat engineering group fared?

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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

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ORIGINAL: USSAmerica

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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Right...I meant "Old German"

COVID going up again in SoCal. Lots of infants of unvaccinated moms getting sick. One mom was breastfeeding her 8 week old and got sick. I had her stop breast feeding and dad took over with formula feeds. She was locked in her room. Even with all that the baby got sick too but did well. I'm rooting for herd immunity because I am seriously getting tired of this f****** thing. Thanks again, Winnie Xi Pooh

Thanks for continuing to fight the good fight, Cap!

BTW, did you know I do software QA for our systems at the ABP?

Haha. I don't have to do the recertification because I am grandfathered in. :-) I went through the oral board exams which were run by professors with sadistic traits. I had to fly all the way to DC to take the thing. They lock you in a room with the inquisitor for about 20 minutes and then they send you into the next room. The first guy says after I give my answer "I'm sure glad you aren't taking care of my grandkids" after I gave a pretty good answer. Maybe he objected to calling in an ortho consultant on the case but it seemed he was purposely being an a-hole. I wanted to tell him to go f*** himself but then it occurred to me....this is a testing situation...maybe he is TRYING to get me to lose it or to rattle me so I fall apart with the next professor..so I just give him a faint smile and a head tilt..and he smiles back a bit...so either I was right and the bastard set me up even after I got the question right or he is gay and he thinks I am flirting with him...and then the timer goes off and we are instructed to go to the next room and as I cross the hall I notice all the other applicants have no blood in their faces and look they are gutshot with bird pellets.

"You sadistic bastards! You did this to every applicant on purpose!"

25% of the applicants were failed after flying to f'ing DC and 3 years of residency and 4 years of medical school

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Endeh at 65,114, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Oyodo
DD Yugumo
DD Makigumo
DD Takanami
DD Murakumo

Allied Ships
CA Canberra
DD Conyngham, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
DD Downes, Shell hits 1

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Koepang at 68,116, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Oyodo, Shell hits 7, on fire
DD Yugumo, Shell hits 1
DD Makigumo, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Takanami, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Murakumo

Allied Ships
CA New Orleans, Shell hits 1
CA Wichita
CL Montpelier, Shell hits 1
CL Santa Fe, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Taylor, Shell hits 1
DD Frankford
DD Reid

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Koepang at 68,116, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Natori, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
DD Suzunami, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Hayanami, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Kagero, Shell hits 1
DD Yukikaze, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CA New Orleans, Shell hits 3
CA Wichita, Shell hits 2
CL Montpelier
CL Santa Fe, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Taylor
DD Frankford
DD Reid, Shell hits 1, on fire

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Koepang at 68,116, Range 10,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Isuzu
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Arashi
DD Minegumo
DD Kawakaze

Allied Ships
PT-346
PT-352

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Sub attack near Bima at 62,109

Japanese Ships
CV Kaga, Torpedo hits 1
CS Chitose
CS Nisshin
DD Kisaragi
DD Yunagi
DD Hayate

Allied Ships
SS Barb

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Night Naval bombardment of Koepang at 68,116

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 32 damaged
F6F-3 Hellcat: 9 damaged
PBY-5A Catalina: 19 damaged
P-40K Warhawk: 16 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 8 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed on ground
C-47 Skytrain: 5 damaged
R4D-1 Skytrain: 5 damaged
Kittyhawk III: 5 damaged
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 4 damaged
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Isuzu
DD Kawakaze
DD Minegumo
DD Arashi
DD Tokitsukaze

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

Airbase hits 22
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 50

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Japanese adjusted assault: 113

Allied adjusted defense: 2530

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 22 (fort level 3)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1286 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 146 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled

Allied ground losses:
401 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 26 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled)

Assaulting units:
14th Division
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
54th British Brigade
93rd PA Infantry Regiment
2nd PA Infantry Regiment
Agusan Constab Battalion
73rd PA Infantry Regiment
182nd Infantry Regiment
61st PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
101st PA Infantry Division
3rd Constabulary Regiment
3rd Marine/A Division
55th British Bde /2
Mindanao Force
Del Monte AAF Base Force /1
I/43rd PS Inf Battalion
Far East USAAF
II Corps
2nd RAA Med Arty Regiment
11th Base Group
US Forces Far East
116th Base Group
Asiatic Fleet
4th Marine Def Bn /3

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Medan at 46,76, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Mikuma, Shell hits 1
DD Makinami, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Shinonome, Shell hits 2
DD Isonami, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Uranami, Shell hits 2

Allied Ships
CL Kenya, Shell hits 7, heavy fires
CL Caradoc, Shell hits 1
DD Nestor, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Napier, Shell hits 1

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ttacking force 7705 troops, 164 guns, 121 vehicles, Assault Value = 211

Defending force 20530 troops, 200 guns, 39 vehicles, Assault Value = 592

Allied adjusted assault: 45

Japanese adjusted defense: 1801

Allied assault odds: 1 to 40 (fort level 3)

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), fatigue(-), morale(-)
Attacker: supply(-)

Japanese ground losses:
249 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
632 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 107 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 21 (1 destroyed, 20 disabled)

Assaulting units:
21st Australian Brigade
6th British Brigade

Defending units:
Ichiki Det.
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
5th Division
24th Nav Gsn Unit
91st Naval Guard Unit
11th Special Base Force
18th JNAF AF Unit

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Morning Air attack on 24th Nav Gsn Unit , at 46,76 (Medan)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 9
Hurricane IIc Trop x 9

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter VIc: 1 damaged

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

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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 2
Vengeance I x 9
B-17F Fortress x 3
B-24D1 Liberator x 3
P-40N5 Warhawk x 7

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
82 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled