Miller
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From: Ashington, England.
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21st-30th Nov 43
The main event this period is what I alluded to by having plans for my CVs. It was a port raid on Tulagi, where recon indicated 150 ships in port covered only by around 100 fighters. I sent the whole fleet on a full speed run to within 6 hexes and after a few sweeps to soften up the defences the main strike goes in:
Morning Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 185 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 42
A6M5c Zero x 289
B6N2 Jill x 167
B6N2a Jill x 27
D4Y1 Judy x 204
D4Y3 Judy x 114
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 33
P-39N1 Airacobra x 15
P-40E Warhawk x 30
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M5c Zero: 3 destroyed
B6N2 Jill: 2 destroyed, 11 damaged
B6N2 Jill: 1 destroyed by flak
D4Y1 Judy: 2 destroyed, 20 damaged
D4Y3 Judy: 4 damaged
D4Y3 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak
Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 5 destroyed
P-39N1 Airacobra: 2 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 4 destroyed
Allied Ships
xAP Lycaon, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
AD Whitney, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AR Jason, Bomb hits 2
DM Sicard, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Peisander, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AVP Merel, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
DM Montgomery, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Pijnacker Hordijk, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP President Taylor, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AV Langley, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
AV Wright, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP William McArthur, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Idomeneus, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
AM Velocity, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
LSI(L) Denbighshire, Bomb hits 1
AV Curtiss, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Darvel, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
AM Bittern, Bomb hits 1, on fire
TK Marpessa, Bomb hits 1
AGP Mobjack, Bomb hits 1, on fire
TK Harpa, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
TK Francol, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
AVD Casco, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Belita, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AR Hector, Bomb hits 1
AVD San Pablo, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Morinda, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
AV Chandeleur, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires
AV Albemarle, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
SC PC-596, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Chevalier, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AKE Regulus, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
AV Tangier, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
xAP Clan Macbrayne, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AM Champion, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAP Noordam, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
AM Skylark, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
DD DeHaven, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
AM Conflict, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
AGP Niagara, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
AKE Makawao, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAP Fiona, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
AM Sheldrake, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
AVP Fazant, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
AS Orion, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP David J. Brewer, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AVP Heron, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
AVD Mackinac, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
KV Dawson, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAP Matthew Flinders, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
PG Moresby, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Kaiping, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
AS Fulton, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
DM Ramsay, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
AKE Mormacland, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
AM Kalgoorlie, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
AV Pocomoke, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
SC PC-1079, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LSI(L) Glenartney, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAP Yarra, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
AVP Orion, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
AKE Vega, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
AS Otus, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AM Direct, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
AVP Bellatrix, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Rochussen, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Chungking, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAP Coolana, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
AKE Mormacmar, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
TK Gulfcoast, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAP Francis P. Blair, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AM Kingfisher, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
AKE Manukai, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AR Vestal, Bomb hits 1
AM Impeccable, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
ARD AFDB-1, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Le Triomphant, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
AVD Half Moon, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
AGP Oyster Bay, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Peshawur, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AM Strive, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAP Burwah, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Macdhui, Bomb hits 1
AS Bushnell, Bomb hits 1
PG Soerabaja, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AD Dobbin, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DM Tracy, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAP Siberg, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
AVD Chincoteague, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAP Frederick J. Turner, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AS Proteus, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AM Daring, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
AM Token, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAP Kooyong, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AKE Antares, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAP Carlisle, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Sarpedonia, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAP Clan Macilwraith, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AM Finch, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Oakbank, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAP Diomed, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
AVP Reiger, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
Followed by a few more straggling strikes:
Japanese aircraft
A6M5c Zero x 46
B6N2 Jill x 36
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 17
P-39N1 Airacobra x 6
P-40E Warhawk x 14
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5c Zero: 1 destroyed
B6N2 Jill: 6 destroyed, 6 damaged
B6N2 Jill: 1 destroyed by flak
Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
P-39N1 Airacobra: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed
Allied Ships
xAP David J. Brewer, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAP John Drake Sloat, Bomb hits 1
TK Manvantara, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAP Sarpedonia, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
AM Strive, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAP Yarra, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAP Kooyong, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
LSI(L) Denbighshire, Bomb hits 1
AMC Cornwallis, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
Japanese aircraft
A6M5c Zero x 19
B6N2 Jill x 60
D4Y1 Judy x 24
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 7
P-39N1 Airacobra x 2
P-40E Warhawk x 8
Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2 Jill: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
B6N2 Jill: 1 destroyed by flak
D4Y1 Judy: 7 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
Allied Ships
xAP James Cook, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Rooseboom, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AVD Half Moon, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
KV Vancouver, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
AKE Makawao, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DM Gamble, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AS Bushnell, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DM Pruitt, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Clan Macbean, Bomb hits 1, on fire
TK Marpessa, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AM Chevreuil, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AR Delta, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AS Otus, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AKE Lillian Luckenbach, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AMC Pansy, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Gulfcoast, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
AS Fulton, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
PG Soerabaja, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Macdhui, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
xAP Anglo Canadian, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AKE Mormacrey, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AGP Oyster Bay, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Clan Macilwraith, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
AKE Manukai, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
AM Skylark, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
LSI(L) Glenartney, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
SC PC-1077, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
AVP Fazant, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
AR Jason, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AS Holland, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AM Token, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Mijer, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAP President Taylor, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAP Speelman, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
TK Francol, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
AV Chandeleur, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Peisander, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
AKE Sirius, Bomb hits 1
AM Whippoorwill, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP David Gaillard, Bomb hits 1
AVD Mackinac, and is sunk
Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 19
B6N2 Jill x 12
D4Y3 Judy x 24
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 3
P-39N1 Airacobra x 2
P-40E Warhawk x 2
Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2 Jill: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
D4Y3 Judy: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-39N1 Airacobra: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
Allied Ships
AM Vigilance, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
xAP Minnipa, Bomb hits 1
AGP Mobjack, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAP Speelman, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Asphalion, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AO Trinity, Bomb hits 1
TK Harpa, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
ARD AFDB-1, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AR Delta, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DM Gamble, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAP David Gaillard, Bomb hits 1, on fire
So nothing really major sunk but it looks like he has lost a big chunk of his support ships in the area. Total cost to me was about 100 a/c, mostly fighters, and I managed to shoot down about 50 of his fighters in return, luckily they were P39s and 40s and not P47s....
Elsewhere in Burma the Frank makes its debut, shooting down 50 Hurricanes flying CAP over Ramree Is where a British CA force was located. Unfortunately they sweep after my strike Nettys and low flying Oscar bombers went in and took heavy losses for just a few bomb hits on his CAs. He retires them back towards Calcutta the next day.
He flies another mega sweep of Rabaul on the last day of the month that knocks down another 100 of my fighters but I down almost 50 in return, including 20 P47s and I only lose 25 pilots. That has made up my mind, I'm going to evac the division there covered by my fleet sometime in the next month. I will leave a couple of SNLF there to stop it being an easy grab for him.
Finally, only one more month kill I get my Kamis....
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RE: Miller (J) vs Mr Kane (A) - 
My CVs are currently hovering about 12 hexes NE of Shortlands so he may have hoped to get a shot at them instead but the result would have been the same. No sign of his death star the last few turns. 
3 CA's lost in one turn is a mini disaster for the IJN, even if they are the weakest in the game. Lesson learned #2, always CAP fleets no mater where you expect them to be next turn
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