Sangeli
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Day 3: April 21st 1944
Little did I know that the KB was lurking just to the NW of Mindanao and was prepared for battle. Things started pretty good for the Japanese - and not good for me:
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Sub attack near Gebe at 80,104
Japanese Ships
SS I-22, hits 2
Allied Ships
CL Phoenix, Torpedo hits 1
CL St. Louis
DD Worden
DD Halligan
DD Clark
DD Gridley
Don't see many successful Japanese sub attacks anymore but they managed to get lucky here.
My first air attack in the morning went very poorly:
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Cotabato at 76,91
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes
Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 76
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2
Ki-84a Frank x 5
Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 186
SB2C-1C Helldiver x 30
SBD-5 Dauntless x 25
Japanese aircraft losses
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 9 destroyed
SB2C-1C Helldiver: 7 destroyed, 14 damaged
SB2C-1C Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
SBD-5 Dauntless: 11 destroyed, 5 damaged
SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak
Japanese Ships
CV Hiyo
CVL Nisshin
CV Katsuragi
CVL Ryuho, Bomb hits 1
CV Akagi
Only a single bomb hit. Not very good. After that, the Japanese sent a beautifully coordinated strike against the Death Star:
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Talaud-eilanden at 80,95
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 119 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 39 minutes
Japanese aircraft
B6N1 Jill x 105
B6N2 Jill x 40
D4Y1 Judy x 44
D4Y3 Judy x 88
N1K2-J George x 113
Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 198
Japanese aircraft losses
B6N1 Jill: 36 destroyed, 20 damaged
B6N1 Jill: 8 destroyed by flak
B6N2 Jill: 15 destroyed, 15 damaged
B6N2 Jill: 3 destroyed by flak
D4Y1 Judy: 13 destroyed, 3 damaged
D4Y1 Judy: 2 destroyed by flak
D4Y3 Judy: 18 destroyed, 18 damaged
D4Y3 Judy: 13 destroyed by flak
N1K2-J George: 6 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 6 destroyed
Allied Ships
CV Bunker Hill
BB Iowa, Torpedo hits 1
CLAA Raleigh
CVL Independence, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CV Essex
CVL Monterey, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
CVL Princeton, Bomb hits 1, on fire
BB Indiana
CV Hornet, Kamikaze hits 1
CVL Belleau Wood, Torpedo hits 1
BB New Jersey, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1
CV Enterprise
CVL Varennes, Bomb hits 1
CV Lexington II, Bomb hits 1
CVL Cabot
CV Saratoga
Banzai! - Doigawa R. in a D4Y3 Judy is willing to die for the Emperor
Fuel storage explosion on CVL Princeton
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVL Princeton
Banzai! - Hirano M. in a D4Y3 Judy is willing to die for the Emperor
Ammo storage explosion on CV Hornet
Hirano M. gives his life for the Emperor by ramming CV Hornet
Banzai! - Fujimatsu K. in a D4Y1 Judy is willing to die for the Emperor
A couple of Kamikaze pilots, one of whom was successful.
Japanese LBA would fly against the Death Star, unsuccessfully barring one Kamikaze:
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Talaud-eilanden at 80,95
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 108 NM, estimated altitude 29,060 feet.
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 10
Ki-84a Frank x 3
Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 51
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 7 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed
No Allied losses
Allied Ships
CVL Cabot
CV Hornet, Kamikaze hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Meanwhile, my second morning strike did even worse than the first:
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Cotabato at 76,91
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes
Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 39
Ki-84a Frank x 2
Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 32
SBD-5 Dauntless x 23
TBF-1 Avenger x 12
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed
SBD-5 Dauntless: 12 destroyed, 2 damaged
SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak
TBF-1 Avenger: 7 destroyed, 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
CVL Ryujo
CV Kasagi
CV Katsuragi
CVL Ryuho
CLAA Tenryu
At the end of the morning, it seemed the Japanese might actually be victorious here having sunk a CVL and heavily damaged other important USN ships. But the USN would not admit defeat so easily. In the afternoon, a very large and coordinated strike flew against the KB:
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cotabato at 76,91
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 38 minutes
Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 69
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1
Ki-84a Frank x 5
Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 178
SB2C-1C Helldiver x 35
SBD-5 Dauntless x 80
TBF-1 Avenger x 115
TBM-1C Avenger x 24
Japanese aircraft losses
N1K2-J George: 3 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 20 destroyed
SB2C-1C Helldiver: 9 damaged
SBD-5 Dauntless: 4 destroyed, 26 damaged
SBD-5 Dauntless: 2 destroyed by flak
TBF-1 Avenger: 5 destroyed, 18 damaged
TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed by flak
TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged
TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed by flak
Japanese Ships
CVL Chitose, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
CV Taikaku, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires
CV Amagi, Bomb hits 4, on fire
CVL Chiyoda
CVL Ryujo, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
CV Hiyo, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires
CA Atago, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
DD Arare, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CL Ishikari, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
CV Kasagi
CVL Ryuho, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CV Katsuragi, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CA Kurama
CVL Nisshin
DD Arashio
DD Isokaze, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
CV Akagi
CLAA Tenryu
CLAA Kuma
DD Kiyonami, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
The Japanese counterblow in the afternoon failed to return the damage:
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Dadjangas at 80,94
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 40 minutes
Japanese aircraft
B6N1 Jill x 38
B6N2 Jill x 23
D4Y1 Judy x 18
D4Y3 Judy x 31
N1K2-J George x 83
Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 134
Japanese aircraft losses
B6N1 Jill: 19 destroyed, 5 damaged
B6N1 Jill: 1 destroyed by flak
B6N2 Jill: 15 destroyed, 1 damaged
D4Y1 Judy: 4 destroyed, 8 damaged
D4Y1 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak
D4Y3 Judy: 6 destroyed, 8 damaged
D4Y3 Judy: 3 destroyed by flak
N1K2-J George: 3 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 6 destroyed
Allied Ships
CVL Varennes
CV Enterprise
CV Lexington II
CVL Belleau Wood
BB New Jersey
CVL Langley
CL Biloxi
CV Yorktown II
At this point the battle was more of a wash, but a second strike in the afternoon managed to shift the balance in my favor:
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cotabato at 77,90
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
Japanese aircraft
N1K1 Rex x 6
N1K1-J George x 25
N1K2-J George x 38
Ki-84a Frank x 63
Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 19
SB2C-1C Helldiver x 27
SBD-5 Dauntless x 60
TBM-1C Avenger x 32
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 5 destroyed
SB2C-1C Helldiver: 4 destroyed
SB2C-1C Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak
SBD-5 Dauntless: 13 destroyed, 12 damaged
TBM-1C Avenger: 4 destroyed, 4 damaged
Japanese Ships
BB Yamato, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Fujinami
CL Sakawa, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Ozuki
DD Takanami
DD Amatsukaze
DD Urakaze, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
DD Maki, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
DD Makigumo
Very good chance the BB Yamato sinks I think. In any case, it's going to be out for the rest of the war.
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