Slitherine

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Morning Air attack on II/19th Naval Guard Unit, at 113,134 (Rekata Bay)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4

Allied aircraft
TBF-1 Avenger x 8

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
TBF-1 Avenger: 5 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Rekata Bay (113,134)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3769 troops, 57 guns, 100 vehicles, Assault Value = 214

Defending force 1417 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19

Allied adjusted assault: 121

Japanese adjusted defense: 4

Allied assault odds: 30 to 1 (fort level 2)

Allied forces CAPTURE Rekata Bay !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
569 casualties reported
Squads: 18 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Assaulting units:
24th (Sep) Infantry Rgt /1
30th Australian Bde /1
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
2nd/102nd Infantry Battalion
8th NZ Brigade
193rd Tank Bn /1
110th Cmbt Engr Bn /1
148th Infantry Rgt /1
2nd Fiji Bn /2

Defending units:
II/19th Naval Guard Unit
49th JNAF AF Unit

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II/19th Naval Guard Unit Wiped Out at Rekata Bay by attrition!!!


Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Rekata Bay

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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

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Morning Air attack on II/19th Naval Guard Unit, at 113,134 (Rekata Bay)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4

Allied aircraft
TBF-1 Avenger x 8

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
TBF-1 Avenger: 5 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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ORIGINAL: Disco Duck

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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

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Morning Air attack on II/19th Naval Guard Unit, at 113,134 (Rekata Bay)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4

Allied aircraft
TBF-1 Avenger x 8

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
TBF-1 Avenger: 5 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb

I am surprised your TBF pilots aren't on strike.

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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

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Sub vs Sub: SS I-164 attacking SS Thresher at 80,111 - near Boela

Japanese Ships
SS I-164

Allied Ships
SS Thresher, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kaimana at 83,113

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 35
A6M3a Zero x 16
B5N2 Kate x 16
D3A1 Val x 18

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 2 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
xAK Sage Brush, Bomb hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
SC-636, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
xAK West Nilus, Bomb hits 4, on fire
xAK Ima
xAK San Alvaro, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires
xAK Cornish City, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kaimana at 83,113

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 31
B5N2 Kate x 13
D3A1 Val x 16

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
xAK Ima, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAK Sage Brush, and is sunk
xAK Cornish City, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Trevilley, Bomb hits 1
xAK San Alvaro, Bomb hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK West Nilus, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

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Morning Air attack on Terapo , at 96,127

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 26,160 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-46 KAI Dinah x 5

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 14
F4F-3A Wildcat x 4
F4F-4 Wildcat x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46 KAI Dinah: 2 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Terapo , at 96,127

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 19,070 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 13
F4F-3A Wildcat x 4
F4F-4 Wildcat x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

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Afternoon Air attack on Malaybalay , at 80,90

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 25,190 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 14

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Ohhhhhh...I get it....this is why JJ has been nibbling at our bases in NW New Guinea...the freaking KB is sitting 40 MW of Sorong to kill our ships. These are big AK's unloading supplies at Kaimana, which is on the New Guinea coast South of Babo. We lose two AK's and a sub chaser and maybe more.

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ORIGINAL: Disco Duck
i am looking at the pilot with 163 missions and he still can't hit the broad side of a barn. I think you need to withdraw the TBF squadrons and train them for six months.

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ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Ohhhhhh...I get it....this is why JJ has been nibbling at our bases in NW New Guinea...the freaking KB is sitting 40 MW of Sorong to kill our ships. These are big AK's unloading supplies at Kaimana, which is on the New Guinea coast South of Babo. We lose two AK's and a sub chaser and maybe more.

I count at least 3 xAKs sunk, plus the sub chaser and maybe more. Unless you're saying that's FOW?

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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

***************VT-5 Officer's Tent, Tulagi**************


Lt JG Lee: I can't believe he heard us. It's you, McDonald. You breathe with your mouth open. Like this..."uuccchhhhh"

Ens. McDonald: I do not.

Lt JG Lee: Sure. You sound like sasquatch.

<high ranking officer enters tent..they all salute>

Cpt. Peter: At ease. I'm looking for Lt Lee.

Lt JG Lee: That's me sir.

Cpt. Peter: Son, I'm with SouPac. We heard about your achievements. You are just the type we need at HQ.

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Night Naval bombardment of Boela at 80,110

Japanese Ships
DD Sazanami
DD Natsugumo
DD Yukikaze
DD Yugumo

Allied ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Resources hits 1
Runway hits 8
Port supply hits 1

DD Sazanami firing at Boela
DD Natsugumo firing at Boela
DD Yukikaze firing at 43rd Construction Regiment

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Night Naval bombardment of Boela at 80,110

Japanese Ships
CA Kumano
DD Amagiri
DD Isonami
DD Umikaze
DD Arashi

Allied ground losses:
106 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Resources hits 1
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 14
Port hits 4
Port supply hits 1

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Night Naval bombardment of Sorong at 82,107

Japanese Ships
CA Mikuma
DD Yugiri
DD Uranami
DD Hatsuyuki
DD Maikaze

Allied ground losses:
164 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 33
Port hits 13
Port supply hits 3

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Morning Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 24,810 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 30

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
30 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 22810 feet

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Morning Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 destroyed by flak

Airbase supply hits 1

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Morning Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 14
G4M1 Betty x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 21

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Morning Air attack on Terapo , at 96,127

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 24,070 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 19070 feet

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed on ground

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 29

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Morning Air attack on Milne Bay , at 101,133

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 3

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 1

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Morning Air attack on Milne Bay , at 101,133

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 3

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 1