SierraJuliet
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Joined: 2/23/2009 From: Brisbane, Australia Status: offline
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26 June 1942 MALAYA/DEI Night Naval bombardment of Pamekasan. Japanese Ships CL Kuma CL Naka Runway hits 1 Port hits 1 Japanese bombard at Pamekasan. Attacking force 1372 troops, 19 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 61 Defending force 950 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 27 CHINA Tuyun is bombed 3 airbase hits and 6 runway hits. Kienko is bombed 4 casualties, 1 airbase hit and 9 runway hits. Chnagteh is bombed 2 runway hits. 85th Chinese Corps at 86,44 near Nanyang is bombed 16 casualties. Kienko is bombed 3 runway hits. 64th Chinese Corps at 77,56 near Wuchow is bombed. Japanese bombard at Changteh A 6 casualties. Attacking force 39536 troops, 527 guns, 74 vehicles, Assault Value = 1375 Defending force 57242 troops, 247 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1938 INDIA Jodphur is bombed. Sweep of Trincomalee unopposed. Chittagong Fortress at Chittagong is bombed 43 casualties. Rangoon BAF Battalion at Cawnpore is bombed 5 casualties. PHILIPPINES Cebu is bombed 1 airbase hit and 9 runway hits. AUSTRALIA Recon has reported over 200 ships nestled in Sydney. A full strike is ordered by Yamaguchi. Afternoon Air attack on Sydney. Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 44 B5N2 Kate x 108 D3A1 Val x 94 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 4 damaged B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak D3A1 Val: 16 damaged D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak Allied Ships xAK Ulooloo, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAK Mathew Luckenbach, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage CL Perth, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage PC Zeeman, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage CL Adelaide, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires CL Hobart, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Van Landsberge, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAKL Kaiping, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAP Pijnacker Hordijk, Bomb hits 1 AM Cootamundra, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires xAKL Kindur, Bomb hits 1, on fire PG Swan, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires AO TAN 1, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Corregidor, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Nestor, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAKL Burwah, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires xAKL Carlisle, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires xAP Sarpedonia, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires xAKL James Cook, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Challenger, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAKL Taurus, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAP Kepong, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Nairana, Bomb hits 1, on fire CM Bungaree, Bomb hits 1, on fire DD Voyager, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires xAK Cardross, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAK Dumosa, Bomb hits 1, on fire AM Cowra, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Kwangtung, Bomb hits 1, on fire Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Port hits 10 Much as I would like yet another strike KB is down to a mere 16% of strike flights. Tomorrow they must retire north. In the end though a relatively successful southern cruise for the KB. Allied Fighter Bomber sighted over Hailar. Allied Torpedo Bomber sighted over Hailar. AO TAN 2 is reported to have been sunk near Brisbane on Jun 24, 1942. 54th JNAF AF Unit arrives at Tokyo.
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