Aurorus
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In Malaysia, a morning fighter sweep cleared the skies over Georgetown, as bombers struck the airfield at Kuantan and the ground forces at Alor Star and Khota Baru. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Georgetown , at 49,74 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 32 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 5 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 2 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kuantan , at 51,79 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 48 Allied aircraft no flights No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Hudson I: 5 damaged Hudson I: 1 destroyed on ground Blenheim I: 10 damaged Blenheim I: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 9 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 30 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 6th Indian Brigade, at 49,73 (Alor Star) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 53 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 119 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 31 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 8th Indian Brigade, at 51,75 (Kota Bharu) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 24 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 55 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 2 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Allied ground losses: 119 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled -------------------- With Task Force Z hidden out of sight, Gnells and Betties from Saigon traded their torpedoes for bombs and struck the airfield and port at Georgetown in the afternoon. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Georgetown , at 49,74 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 18 G3M2 Nell x 44 G4M1 Betty x 27 Allied aircraft Blenheim IF x 2 Buffalo I x 4 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IF: 1 destroyed Blenheim IF: 2 destroyed on ground Buffalo I: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied Ships xAK Demosthenes, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Hong Siang, Bomb hits 15, and is sunk xAK Wing Sang, Bomb hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Ellenga, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Kelantan, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk HDML Pahalwan, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk HDML Panglima, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk HDML Pennigat, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Nam Yong, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk HDML Panji, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 27 Airbase supply hits 15 Runway hits 59 Port hits 9 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 3 ------------------- As evening fell over Malaysia, a large Japanese landing commenced at Khota Bharu. The allies also detected Japanese transports at Patani and Singora. The battleship Kongo was also sighted and attacked about 250 east of Kuantan by a handful of allied bombers still able to sortie from Kuantan. A5M4s from a nearby Japanese CV task force were flying CAP. --------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Terempa at 56,80 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 7 Allied aircraft Blenheim I x 2 Hudson I x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Blenheim I: 1 destroyed Hudson I: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Hudson I: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships BB Kongo --------------- And so ends a day that will live in infamy.
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