Lowpe
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Allied fighters sweeping, all at 30K: 8 sweeps of corsairs (prob 7 squadrons) 139 10 sweeps of Hurricanes (2 models, 9 squadrons) 128 3 sweeps of Hellcats (3 squadrons): 107 7 sweeps of P40s (6 squadrons): 143 5 sweeps of P47s (4 squadrons): 86 1 sweep of P51a (1 squadron): 25 Total fighter strength: 628. Estimated fighter strength in theatre from recon is over 800 on the front lines. I was hoping to be hit by the Hurricanes first, as that had been normal routine prior. Because of this, I allocated Tonies and they were simply shredded by the Corsairs. The 61-a was in general my 9000 foot LRCAP and I suspect 18 were lost in the first sweep of 31 Corsairs. They did however, protect the Franks that were flying half of them at 9 and the other half at 7. Conclusion: low layered LRCAP is simply inferior to base low layered CAP as the defense cannot mass their fighters as well. However, even against overwhelming numbers, top of the line fighters do well enough challenge everywhere as they rapidly tire out and can achieve less than 2-1 in plane losses. However, if the Allies have learned an important lesson here too, and one that bodes ill for Japan. Morning Air attack on 23rd Air Defense AA Regiment, at 60,44 , near Shwebo Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 4 A6M5b Zero x 6 A6M5c Zero x 11 Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 38 Ki-43-IV Oscar x 26 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 14 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 15 Ki-61-Ia Tony x 35 Ki-84a Frank x 75 Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 31 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5c Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-61-Ia Tony: 9 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1 Corsair: 3 destroyed CAP engaged: Yokosuka Ku S-2 with A6M5b Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes Ryujo-1/A with A6M5c Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes 261 Ku S-2 with A6M5 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 7000. Raid is overhead Ryujo-1/B with A6M5c Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes Shoho-1/B with A6M5c Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 7000. Raid is overhead 1st Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 19 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 8000. Raid is overhead 11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (21 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 21 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000. Raid is overhead 24th Sentai with Ki-43-IV Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 10 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 4000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 4000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes 25th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (19 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 19 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000. Raid is overhead 47th I.F.Chutai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000. Raid is overhead 50th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 16 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes 54th Sentai with Ki-43-IV Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 16 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 4000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 4000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes 59th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 19 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 4000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 4000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes 63rd Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 19 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 4000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 4000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes 68th Sentai with Ki-61-Ia Tony (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 19 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes 78th Sentai with Ki-61-Ia Tony (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 16 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes 87th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 12 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes 246th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 15 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 4000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 4000. Raid is overhead
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