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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/21/2019 7:20:28 AM   
Kursk1943

 

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Status: offline 		Cap, was'nt there an admiral with a German name, who went overboard, too?
I remember such a character you portrayed in another universe of your AARs.
Or was he the one being famous for his bad luck always to be onboard the ship being destined to sink (but he always survived only to reappear on a different ship - soon to be also sunk...)??

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/21/2019 12:20:55 PM   
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Status: offline 		Yes, yes, Milo something..not Minderbinder. A real Pariah. As soon as he got fished out of the water the Japs would come back the next day and sink that ship. He used to hum the Panzerlied. I'll think of it.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/21/2019 12:23:33 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		You create an American amphibous convoy with a fair number of ships and the guy shows up half the time. I think his mother was one of the code writers.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/21/2019 3:01:08 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		****************SouPac Conference Room, Stumbling Pelican, Townsville, Jan 4, 1943(e)*************

FAM:<reading intel report> ...3 more AP's sunk at Koepang. <hangs head..begins quietly sobbing> It's so hard. I just had to write that letter to the Queen..I mean King yesterday....<sniff>

Moana: <leans forward, revealing much of her tanned and plentiful breasts in the mirrored wall of the Stumbling Pelican...wait is that the left nipple...oh, no it's just some cocktail sauce stuck on the mirror..oh, well, nobody was looking I'm sure> There, there, Fleet Admiral. It is a hard thing but Fleet Admirals have to be strong for all the other admirals. Would you like Moana to give you a neck massage?

FAM: <lifts head slightly from folded arms and makes John Belushi at the frat party on the stairs face> yes..please...

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/21/2019 3:07:56 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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So much for unescorted transports hugging the coast of Burma.

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Submarine attack near Rangoon at 52,54

Japanese Ships
SS I-121

Allied Ships
xAK Trieste, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage



That's the problem with human opponents. After a while they work out your hacks and start posting the subs in shallow water.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/21/2019 3:09:02 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Morning Air attack on Nakhon Ratchasima , at 58,61

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 22,560 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 9

Allied aircraft
P-66 Vanguard x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-66 Vanguard: 2 destroyed

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/21/2019 3:09:47 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Night Naval bombardment of Tavoy at 54,60

Allied Ships
CA Cornwall
CA Devonshire
CL Birmingham
CL Hobart
CL De Ruyter
CL Sumatra
CL Java
CLAA Van Heemskerck
DD Norman
DD Nestor
DD Arunta

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

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 28
Port hits 8
Port fuel hits 4

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/21/2019 3:12:33 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		RTA unit at Udon Thani is wrecked in one day from the air.

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Morning Air attack on RTA/B Cavalry Division, at 61,59 (Udon Thani)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-66 Vanguard x 7
Beaufort I x 12
Blenheim IV x 25

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
178 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)


and..the Vengeance are nasty in ground attack when the defending unit has no real AAA

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Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-66 Vanguard x 7
Vengeance I x 16

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
103 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


QED

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Morning Air attack on RTA/B Cavalry Division, at 61,59 (Udon Thani)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-66 Vanguard x 7
Vengeance I x 16

Allied aircraft losses
Vengeance I: 1 damaged

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


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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/21/2019 3:16:27 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		More attacks like those by medium bombers and some B-24's.

So far, about half and Indian brigade has been flown in to the Vietnamese coastal town we own.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/21/2019 3:19:20 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		PI: Heavy fighter sweeps over Luzon again. We mostly lose although damage to the airstrips is very light.

Crazy Annoying Persistent Yellow Baaahstards.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/21/2019 3:20:23 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		JJ attacked Cebu yesterday so I moved out the transports so they don't attack today CAPLYB's

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/21/2019 3:21:19 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

****************SouPac Conference Room, Stumbling Pelican, Townsville, Jan 4, 1943(e)*************

FAM:<reading intel report> ...3 more AP's sunk at Koepang. <hangs head..begins quietly sobbing> It's so hard. I just had to write that letter to the Queen..I mean King yesterday....<sniff>

Moana: <leans forward, revealing much of her tanned and plentiful breasts in the mirrored wall of the Stumbling Pelican...wait is that the left nipple...oh, no it's just some cocktail sauce stuck on the mirror..oh, well, nobody was looking I'm sure> There, there, Fleet Admiral. It is a hard thing but Fleet Admirals have to be strong for all the other admirals. Would you like Moana to give you a neck massage?

FAM: <lifts head slightly from folded arms and makes John Belushi at the frat party on the stairs face> yes..please...






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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/21/2019 3:23:11 PM   
Zorch

 

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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

More attacks like those by medium bombers and some B-24's.

So far, about half and Indian brigade has been flown in to the Vietnamese coastal town we own.

A half-Indian brigade? What's the other half?

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/21/2019 3:23:59 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		Sundas and Timor: I thought we might have had another day to get supplies in to Koepang before the Jap A-team was back at Kendari. This proved to have been misunderestimmated. Aviation support unit gets murderized.


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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 68,116

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 21
G3M3 Nell x 31
G4M1 Betty x 18

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 1
Beaufighter VIc x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed
G3M3 Nell: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter VIc: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
xAP Australia Star, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
AM Direct, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAP Glenstrae, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAP Oakbank, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk

Allied ground losses:
717 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 49 destroyed, 35 disabled
Engineers: 14 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 18 (8 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Vehicles lost 33 (28 destroyed, 5 disabled)


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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/21/2019 3:26:58 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		We do manage to shut down Ambon AF.

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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 3
B-17F Fortress x 6

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 17


And

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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufort VIII x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 3

No Allied losses

Runway hits 5


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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 6
B-24D Liberator x 3

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 13


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quote:

Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 3

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

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

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 9

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/21/2019 3:28:10 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		Solomons: Not much happened here but the Bouganvilla festival in Luganville was quite elegant.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/21/2019 3:32:19 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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ORIGINAL: Zorch


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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

More attacks like those by medium bombers and some B-24's.

So far, about half and Indian brigade has been flown in to the Vietnamese coastal town we own.

A half-Indian brigade? What's the other half?


English musicians visiting to learn the sitar

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/21/2019 3:38:27 PM   
Zorch

 

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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Solomons: Not much happened here but the Bouganvilla festival in Luganville was quite elegant.

Perhaps Moana could post some photos, fit for FAMily viewing and not at all inappropriate?

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/21/2019 3:44:37 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake


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ORIGINAL: Zorch


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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

More attacks like those by medium bombers and some B-24's.

So far, about half and Indian brigade has been flown in to the Vietnamese coastal town we own.

A half-Indian brigade? What's the other half?


English musicians visiting to learn the sitar



So, half Indian infantry and half beatnik? An interesting way to fight a war...

ETA: Daddy-o.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/21/2019 5:10:11 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake


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ORIGINAL: Zorch


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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

More attacks like those by medium bombers and some B-24's.

So far, about half and Indian brigade has been flown in to the Vietnamese coastal town we own.

A half-Indian brigade? What's the other half?


English musicians visiting to learn the sitar



So, half Indian infantry and half beatnik? An interesting way to fight a war...

ETA: Daddy-o.

The Japanese counter with some traditional music of their own...George Harrison and Ravi Shankar not included.




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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/21/2019 5:29:17 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Kursk1943

Cap, was'nt there an admiral with a German name, who went overboard, too?
I remember such a character you portrayed in another universe of your AARs.
Or was he the one being famous for his bad luck always to be onboard the ship being destined to sink (but he always survived only to reappear on a different ship - soon to be also sunk...)??

The sinking Admiral sounds like Louis Mountbatten, only it took him three tries to get HMS Kelly sunk. Mountbatten was not an Admiral at the time.

And of course Admiral Kondo leading the Central force SCTF at Leyte Gulf had CA Atago sunk from under him. but he boarded Yamato instead of Musashi so he missed the second chance at sinking.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/21/2019 5:38:26 PM   
Kursk1943

 

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/21/2019 5:43:29 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Zorch


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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Solomons: Not much happened here but the Bouganvilla festival in Luganville was quite elegant.

Perhaps Moana could post some photos, fit for FAMily viewing and not at all inappropriate?

After much research in archives I found a picture for WWII (Mark 1) that shows Moana getting dressed for work in Admiral Mandrake's office/bar...





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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/22/2019 7:28:39 AM   
Kursk1943

 

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Yes, yes, Milo something..not Minderbinder. A real Pariah. As soon as he got fished out of the water the Japs would come back the next day and sink that ship. He used to hum the Panzerlied. I'll think of it.


I think I found him: http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/D/r/Draemel_Milo_F.htm

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/22/2019 10:40:40 AM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		That's him! Milo Draemel, from King of Prussia, Pennsylvania! The guy could set off a torpedo warhead from 1000 yds away.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/22/2019 10:42:14 AM   
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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy


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ORIGINAL: Zorch


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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Solomons: Not much happened here but the Bouganvilla festival in Luganville was quite elegant.

Perhaps Moana could post some photos, fit for FAMily viewing and not at all inappropriate?

After much research in archives I found a picture for WWII (Mark 1) that shows Moana getting dressed for work in Admiral Mandrake's office/bar...







Wow! Look how nice the water looks.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/22/2019 11:38:24 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake


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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy


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ORIGINAL: Zorch


quote:

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Solomons: Not much happened here but the Bouganvilla festival in Luganville was quite elegant.

Perhaps Moana could post some photos, fit for FAMily viewing and not at all inappropriate?

After much research in archives I found a picture for WWII (Mark 1) that shows Moana getting dressed for work in Admiral Mandrake's office/bar...







Wow! Look how nice the water looks.

No wonder Cap's staff gets distracted...

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/22/2019 11:39:07 AM   
Zorch

 

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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

That's him! Milo Draemel, from King of Prussia, Pennsylvania! The guy could set off a torpedo warhead from 1000 yds away.

Even a Mark 14?

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/23/2019 6:30:08 PM   
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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 12/23/2019 6:42:58 PM   
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I'll leave this gift idea for SG here, Mandrake. Because nothing says "Happy Holidays" to your S.O. like smeg juice.



Is it her birthday?




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