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13 Jan 43 reports - 8/30/2020 12:22:36 AM   
jdsrae


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Sinking one 2 point RAN corvette and damaging another...


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 13, 43
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Sub attack near Perth at 48,147
SS I-22, hits 5 – about to drop a midget sub then will need to return to Soerabaja for repairs.
Allied Ships
AM Ipswich, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AM Toowoomba
SS I-22 launches 2 torpedoes at AM Ipswich
AM Toowoomba attacking submerged sub ....
AM Toowoomba is out of ASW ammo
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ASW attack near Pearl Harbor at 183,102
SS I-8 – juicy targets, screened by the DM
Allied Ships
DM Tracy
TK Pan Europa
TK Montebello
xAK Mormacgull
SS I-8 launches 2 torpedoes at DM Tracy
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Sub attack near Rangoon at 53,56
SC CHa-30
SC CHa-33
SC CHa-32
SS O21 launches 2 torpedoes at SC CHa-30
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Submarine attack near Late Island at 139,163
SS I-11
Allied Ships
ACM Oak, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage - one more future minefield that won't have a tender

ACM Oak is sighted by SS I-11
SS I-11 launches 2 torpedoes
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ASW attack near Perth at 43,147
SS I-170
SS I-170 is located by DD Kortenaer
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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
SC CHa-12
SS Herring is located by SC CHa-12
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 11
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 26
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged
Runway hits 1
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Morning Air attack on Tarakan Base Force, at 67,92 , near Tarakan
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16 – just some advanced bombing training on remnant Dutch troops near Tarakan.
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Also attacking VII KNIL Battalion ...
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Brisbane at 97,160 – a small strike from CV Hiryu announces the presence of IJN carriers off Brisbane.
A6M5 Zero x 25
D3A1 Val x 9
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed
D3A1 Val: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 5 destroyed
Allied Ships
AM Bowen, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
AM Gladstone
AM Tamworth, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CAP engaged:
15th FG/45th FS with P-39D Airacobra (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
15th FG/46th FS with P-39D Airacobra (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AM Bowen
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Brisbane at 97,160
B5N2 Kate x 9 – the Kates from CV Hiryu get separated and fail to return…
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 8
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 5 destroyed
CAP engaged:
15th FG/46th FS with P-39D Airacobra (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 77 minutes
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Afternoon Air attack on 2/8th Armoured Regiment, at 76,126 (Fenton)
G4M1 Betty x 17
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)
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Afternoon Air attack on 7th RAN Base Force, at 96,127 (Terapo) – the 3x units spotted here are 1x RAN Base Force, 1x RAAF construction unit and 1x USMC Para Bn. I will send some forces overland from Lae to recapture Terapo, possibly just a couple of Kure SNLF units.
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 11
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged
Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 98,63
xAK Heito Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage – this is the small convoy moving resources from Okinawa back to Japan. The PB will move back to Sasebo to collect a replacement xAK.
PB Shonan Maru #2
SS Whale launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Heito Maru
PB Shonan Maru #2 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Shonan Maru #2 is out of ASW ammo
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ASW attack near Cooktown at 92,137
SS RO-106
Allied Ships
DMS Southard
SS RO-106 is sighted by escort
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Sub attack near Salajar at 66,107
xAK Terushima Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage – 70+ float damage 2 hexes from Makassar. Probably won’t make it.
PB Hakkaisan Maru
SS Tarpon launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Terushima Maru

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 13, 43
PO2 Maki M. of Hiryu-1 is credited with kill number 4 – P39 kills near Brisbane
PO1 Matsuo K. of Hiryu-1 is credited with kill number 4
CPO Kudo, S. of Hiryu-1 is credited with kill number 8
PO2 Fukumoto, S. of Hiryu-1 is credited with kill number 4
PO2 Sugita, S. of Hiryu-1 is credited with kill number 2
CPO Kudo, S. of Hiryu-1 is credited with kill number 9
PO1 Ohshoya, M. of Hiryu-1 is credited with kill number 11
PO2 Nojima O. of Hiryu-1 is credited with kill number 6
PO2 Hirano R. of Hiryu-1 is credited with kill number 3
Search E14Y1 Glen destroyed by CAP at (92,144) - Townsville. I will need to keep Glen subs 4 hexes away from allied bases that have CAP.
Search E14Y1 Glen destroyed by CAP at (92,137) - Cooktown
19 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting 3rd Raiding Regiment to Chittagong
5 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Rossel Island
6 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Russell Islands
7 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting supplies to Deboyne Islands
7 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting supplies to Rossel Island
7 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting supplies to Rekata Bay
4 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Buna
4 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Buna
Repairs completed on CL Agano at Truk, ship returned to service
Tacoma expands airfield to size 9
Changsha expands airfield to size 7
Yenki expands airfield to size 7
26th RGC Temp. Division - some devices have been upgraded at Neikiang
AM Bowen is reported to have been sunk near Brisbane on Jan 13, 1943
AM Ipswich is reported to have been sunk near Perth on Jan 13, 1943
ACM Oak is reported to have been sunk near Late Island on Jan 13, 1943
8th Mongol Cavalry Division arrives at Kalgan – allows the 6th Mongol Cav Div to move to Urumchi to replace the 3rd IJA Cav Div there as the garrison. The IJA Cavalry “Group” of 3xDivs in North China will eventually concentrate in NW Manchukuo to help screen the Soviet border. They will also add their AV to the Manchukuo garrison which might help buy out another front line Division quicker without inviting the Soviets into the war.


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RE: 13 Jan 43 reports - 8/30/2020 2:20:47 AM   
jdsrae


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Status: offline 		Just got the turn back with this radio intercept from the USAAF Base at Archerfield, Brisbane:

“SWEET MOTHER OF ABRAHAM LINCLOLN, WHERE DID THOSE CV'S COME FROM?!?!?!?”

Seems like KBs movement was undetected by allied sigint too!

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RE: 13 Jan 43 reports - 8/30/2020 4:20:17 AM   
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RE: 12 Jan 43 reports - 8/30/2020 7:08:47 AM   
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truly time to retire the A6M2


Yeah, their durability is too light to remain in combat too long.

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RE: 12 Jan 43 reports - 8/30/2020 7:21:07 AM   
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Orders for KB for 13 Jan 43.

There should only be 2x USN CVs anywhere on the map, but the risk is that they are down here somewhere with CVL/CVE support.
The KB are moving forward into the dark here as there is no IJN search apart from a few submarines with short range Glens.
Fingers are crossed that the KB trips over some fully loaded tankers or troop convoys.


You are getting into the realm when such forays become dangerous, unless you are sure you have total CV superiority. Trans-versing seas that are not scouted in advance by friendly forces may become hazardous to the KB. Don't forget 'victors disease'. And for what:
quote:

Fingers are crossed that the KB trips over some fully loaded tankers or troop convoys.




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RE: 12 Jan 43 reports - 8/30/2020 7:32:18 AM   
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a small strike from CV Hiryu announces the presence of IJN carriers off Brisbane.


And now their presents' is know. For what? Hits on a couple of nondescript vessels.

Save the fuel, you may need it later.

Of course JMHO.

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RE: 11 Jan 43 reports - 8/30/2020 7:41:49 AM   
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ORIGINAL: jdsrae

quote:

ORIGINAL: rustysi

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was thinking about that but didn’t know for sure what would be quicker.
I’ll put into pierside to repair the minor damage first then into the yard for major,


Have you tried adjusting the 'priority' yet?


Yep played with a few toggles.
I’ve read Alfred’s ship repair 101 a few times, but the last time was months ago...

My observations from the last few turns follow.
Priority wasn't really helping Hyuga as there were very few other ships under repair.
Now that there are 3x CA and more DDs in the same shipyard changing Hyuga from normal to critical saves 8 days.
Once placed in the shipyard, full repairs would now take 120 days at normal, 77 at high and 78 at critical. It was 79 a few days ago at normal, before more CAs and DDs arrived for upgrades.
All the CAs and DDs will be back in service by the time Hyuga needs to go into the shipyard, so might not make any difference to be set at high priority by then, but it will probably still need another 2 months to repair after all minor damage is fixed.

High priority is worth it compared to normal priority now that there are other ships in the yard, but it is also important to get other ships out of the same repair yard asap so the workers can focus their effort on one big ship. Eg: as soon as ships start upgrades I change them to pierside mode, but it may have been better to move those CAs and DDs somewhere else.

I just toggled the CAs and they will generally complete their repairs quicker in the shipyard rather than pierside.

I’m not that fussed with perfecting this as there are so many DDs upgrading that all but Kaga and Hyuga will be repaired before their DD escorts are ready anyway.

Major damage on CVs and BBs just takes a long time to repair. That’s not all bad, as they aren’t burning fuel while they’re in the shipyard.






BTW Lokasenna, did a thread on how to 'manipulate' the process to get the repairs done earlier. I objected to such 'tactics', until he stated what was involved, too much time and effort for a few days shorter repair.

But if you are interested I could attempt to find the thread.

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RE: 12 Jan 43 reports - 8/30/2020 7:46:47 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: rustysi

quote:

a small strike from CV Hiryu announces the presence of IJN carriers off Brisbane.


And now their presents' is know. For what? Hits on a couple of nondescript vessels.

Save the fuel, you may need it later.

Of course JMHO.


There are only 2 USN CVs on the map so this was a calculated risk.

One of the main aims of this was to scare off resupply convoys that I know must be moving towards Port Moresby and Guadalcanal.

Even though I didn’t find any valuable convoys, it did shock the allied commander and he now knows his search patterns are unreliable.
He might over compensate now with more search assets.
I’d much rather more of his B17s and B24s are used for naval search than flattening airfields.

KB and cruisers will now head north to clear the NE Queensland coast where I’ve spotted some cargo convoys lining up to make a run into Port Moresby.


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RE: 12 Jan 43 reports - 8/30/2020 8:07:34 AM   
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One of the main aims of this was to scare off resupply convoys that I know must be moving towards Port Moresby and Guadalcanal.


Seems this could be done effectively with LBA, but OK.

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RE: 12 Jan 43 reports - 8/30/2020 7:35:37 PM   
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ORIGINAL: rustysi

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truly time to retire the A6M2


Yeah, their durability is too light to remain in combat too long.


But they really don't stay too long . . .


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14 Jan 43 reports - 8/31/2020 1:02:15 PM   
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Status: offline 		Lots of sub attacks on DDs and smaller, resulting in lots of misses.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 14, 43
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Submarine attack near Perth at 49,147
SSX Ha-25 – midget sub does well, returns to the mother ship next day to head back to Soerabaja to replenish.
Allied Ships
xAK Mormacland, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
xAK Mormacland is sighted by SSX Ha-25
SSX Ha-25 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Mormacland
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Sub attack near Perth at 47,147
SS I-36
Allied Ships
AM Ballarat
AM Latrobe
Captain of SS I-36 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
AM Latrobe attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Perth at 44,147
SS I-169
Allied Ships
DD Van Nes
DD Kortenaer
SS I-169 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Van Nes
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TF 361 encounters mine field at Palm Island (92,143)
DMS Boggs
6 mines cleared
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Submarine attack near Cooktown at 92,137 – moved into the coastal Cooktown base hex. I won’t do this again as it’s a low percentage play.
SS RO-106, hits 16, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
AM Townsville
AM Whyalla
SS RO-106 is located by AM Townsville
RO-106 bottoming out ....
AM Whyalla attacking submerged sub ....
SS RO-106 forced to surface!
AM Townsville firing on surfaced sub ....
AM Whyalla firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves
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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
SC CHa-10
SC CHa-12
SS Herring launches 2 torpedoes at SC CHa-10
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Sub attack near Perth at 48,147
SS I-22
Allied Ships
AM Ballarat
AM Latrobe
SS I-22 launches 2 torpedoes at AM Ballarat
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Sub attack near Perth at 44,147
SS I-170
Allied Ships
DD Van Nes
DD Kortenaer
SS I-170 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Van Nes
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ASW attack near Perth at 43,147
SS I-36
Allied Ships
DD Banckert
DD Kortenaer
SS I-36 is located by DD Banckert
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,39 , near Ledo – still trying to move to the east of Ledo and escape to India.
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 17
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
70 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Tarakan Base Force, at 67,92 , near Tarakan
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15
Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Dimapur , at 62,38
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 12
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 10
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 1
CAP engaged:
23rd FG/76th FS with P-40E Warhawk (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
Also attacking 5th Chinese Corps ...
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Morning Air attack on 5th Chinese Corps, at 62,38 (Dimapur)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 9
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 8
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed – Oscars on LRCAP joined the party as emergency escorts
CAP engaged:
23rd FG/76th FS with P-40E Warhawk (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
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Morning Air attack on 193rd Tank Battalion, at 70,127 (Wyndham)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,39 , near Ledo
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 7
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 damaged
7 x Ki-45 KAIa Nick strafing at 100 feet
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Afternoon Air attack on 2/8th Armoured Regiment, at 76,126 (Fenton)
G4M1 Betty x 17
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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Sub attack near Perth at 43,147
SS I-36
Allied Ships
DD Banckert
DD Kortenaer
SS I-36 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Banckert
DD Kortenaer attacking submerged sub ....

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 14, 43
a KXIV Class class SS is reported HIT
SS Pompano is reported HIT
SS Skipjack is reported HIT
2LT Sonokawa H. of 31st Sentai is credited with kill number 3
1LT Kanemaru, T. of 31st Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Egashira O. of 31st Sentai is credited with kill number 3
WO Kira, K. of 31st Sentai is credited with kill number 2
SS S-36 is reported HIT
19 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting 3rd Raiding Regiment to Chittagong
Jamshedpur expands airfield to size 5
Dili expands fortifications to size 5
Ace pilot Nishihata R. of 77th Sentai Det A is promoted to 2LT
851 Ku T-1/B converting to H8K1 Emily – at Port Blair
Pilot Murakami P. is reported as to have escaped capture – Betty/Nell pilot
AMc Wa 8 arrives at Tokyo – to the Tsushima Straits AMc Div
E W-24 arrives at Tokyo
CM Yurijima arrives at Tokyo
SS I-180 arrives at Yokohama/Yokosuka – to SEAF
Loss of SS RO-106 on Jan 14, 1943 is admitted
SS S-31 is reported to have been sunk near Manus on Dec 08, 1942
SC CHa-50 arrives at Ominato
Endo Det arrives at Nagoya – to SEAF
108th Sentai arrives at Nagasaki/Sasebo – will move to Sapporo to train up some new transport pilots, then will be used to move some of the JAAF AF Bns that just arrived to places like Wakkanai/Shikuka and one or two to Hirosaki. There are very few IJAAF aircraft in the 1st Air Division area but the AF Bns will prepare airfields and be ready to accept aircraft in case of an emergency in this neck of the woods.
90th I.F.Chutai arrives at Tokyo – to Nagoya to train bomber pilots
1st Air Division arrives at Sapporo – will stay here, the LGEN has decent Air HQ stats so he keeps his job.
19th JAAF Base Force arrives at Naha – pre-war plan was to leave it at Naha, but it will now move forward to Lae to join 6th Air Division.
20th JAAF Base Force arrives at Sapporo – stays here to build the airfield and then forts
21st JAAF Base Force arrives at Hirosaki/Aomori – stays here to build the airfield then forts.
1st JAAF AF Bn arrives at Sapporo – 3 x Bns will stay on Hokkaido with 20th Air Bde
49th JAAF AF Bn arrives at Sapporo
55th JAAF AF Bn arrives at Sapporo
63rd JAAF AF Bn arrives at Sapporo – 3 x Bns will move to 21st Air Bde near Hirosaki
73rd JAAF AF Bn arrives at Sapporo
77th JAAF AF Bn arrives at Sapporo
83rd JAAF AF Bn arrives at Sapporo – 3 x Bns will move to Sakhalin, under command of 20th Air Bde
177th JAAF AF Bn arrives at Sapporo
178th JAAF AF Bn arrives at Sapporo 





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15 Jan 43 reports - 9/1/2020 1:02:55 PM   
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Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 15, 43
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TF 361 encounters mine field at Palm Island (92,143)
Allied Ships
DMS Boggs
8 mines cleared
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Morning Air attack on Portland Roads , at 91,132 - Oscar IIa trumps P39
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 26
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 15
P-39D Airacobra: 6 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
CAP engaged:
8th FG/35th FS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 10 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 15000
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Morning Air attack on Portland Roads , at 91,132
42 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 11
Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 2
P-38G Lightning x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
CAP engaged: LRCAP ambush…
49th FG/7th FS with P-38G Lightning (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
35th FG/39th FS with P-38F Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 19000.
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Morning Air attack on Portland Roads , at 91,132
41 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on 193rd Tank Battalion, at 70,127 (Wyndham)
19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on 2/5th Armoured Regiment, at 64,127 (Derby)
G4M1 Betty x 19
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 9 (2 destroyed, 7 disabled)
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Afternoon Air attack on Tarakan Base Force, at 67,92 , near Tarakan
11 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Dimapur , at 62,38
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 5
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 18
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8
Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 6
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 1
CAP engaged:
23rd FG/74th FS with P-40K Warhawk (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
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Afternoon Air attack on 26th Indian Division, at 62,38 (Dimapur)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 12
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 10
Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 4

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 15, 43
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking a O19 Class class SS at 100,59
an Allied SS is reported HIT
2LT Degawa T. of 50th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
SS Spearfish is reported HIT
WO Kado B. of 31st Sentai is credited with kill number 3
2LT Iizuka I. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 5
2LT Iizuka I. of 64th Sentai attains ace status!!
Tsingtao expands airfield to size 5
Surat Thani expands airfield to size 4
77th Infantry Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Bangkok
24th Air Defense AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Sapporo
19th JAAF Base Force - some devices have been upgraded at Naha
20th JAAF Base Force - some devices have been upgraded at Sapporo
21st JAAF Base Force - some devices have been upgraded at Hirosaki/Aomori
CL Nashville is reported to have been sunk near Kirakira on Dec 04, 1942
xAK El Madina is reported to have been sunk near Karachi on Jun 02, 1942
TK Norfold is reported to have been sunk near Bhaunagar on Sep 09, 1942


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Sub attack near Perth at 45,147
SS I-170
Allied Ships
DD Banckert
DD Kortenaer
SS I-170 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Banckert
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TF 361 encounters mine field at Palm Island (92,143)
Allied Ships
DMS Boggs
8 mines cleared
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Sub attack near Manado at 76,99
TK Arima Maru #4
PB Choun Maru #21
TK Azuma Maru #2
PB Hinode Maru #20
SS Finback launches 2 torpedoes at TK Arima Maru #4
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Sub attack near Manado at 76,99
PB Hinode Maru #20
PB Choun Maru #21
TK Azuma Maru #2
SS Blackfish launches 2 torpedoes at PB Hinode Maru #20
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Sub attack near Donggala at 68,97
AO Ondo
AO Tsurumi
AO Shiretoko
E Sagi
Allied Ships
SS Perch, hits 4
SS Perch launches 6 torpedoes at AO Ondo
E Sagi attacking submerged sub ....
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
A6M2 Zero x 38
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed – not the best against P38s… A6M2s are being phased out by A6M5s, but only 4x A6M5s are being built so it will still take about a month to replace them all in SEAF.
33 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet
Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 2
P-38G Lightning x 4
No Allied losses
CAP engaged:
49th FG/7th FS with P-38G Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
35th FG/39th FS with P-38F Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 19000.
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 27
27 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 1
P-38F Lightning: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
35th FG/39th FS with P-38F Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters to 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
26 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
4 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 8
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Runway hits 1
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
3 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,39 , near Ledo – trying to slow them down so that pursuing infantry can catch them.
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 14
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
76 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 2nd RAAF M/W Sqn , at 96,127 (Terapo)
A6M2 Zero x 5
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged
Also attacking 7th RAN Base Force ...
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Morning Air attack on Tarakan Base Force, at 67,92 , near Tarakan
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 14
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 193rd Tank Battalion, at 70,127 (Wyndham)
19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133
A6M2 Zero x 15
A6M2-N Rufe x 5
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 5
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
Japanese Ships
CL Kitakami
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 16000 feet
Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (5 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000
801 Ku S-1 with A6M2-N Rufe (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
36 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet *
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Sub attack near Manado at 76,98
TK Azuma Maru #2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Choun Maru #21
PB Hinode Maru #20
SS Blackfish launches 2 torpedoes at TK Azuma Maru #2
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Sub attack near Perth at 42,147
SS I-170
Allied Ships
DD Vendetta
DD Witte de With
SS I-170 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Vendetta
DD Witte de With attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Manado at 76,98
TK Amatsu Maru
PB Choun Maru #21
PB Hinode Maru #20
SS Finback launches 2 torpedoes at TK Amatsu Maru
PB Hinode Maru #20 attacking submerged sub ....

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 16, 43
Repairs completed on BB Kirishima at Manus, ship returned to service
Previous report of sinking of SS Finback incorrect. Ship sighted and engaged at 76, 99
SS S-37 is reported HIT
PO1 Nagahama R. of 252 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 2
Repairs completed on TK Tonan Maru #2 at Singapore, ship returned to service – minor repairs before hauling the next load of oil/resources back to Japan.
Repairs completed on TK Nisshin Maru #2 at Singapore, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on TK Nisshin Maru at Singapore, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on TK Kyokuyo Maru at Singapore, ship returned to service
Adelaide expands airfield to size 9
Ace pilot Isozaki, C. of Soryu-1 is promoted to ENS – WO Isozaki receives his commission while at sea
12th RGC Ind. Brigade - some devices have been upgraded at Liuchow
24th RGC Temp. Division - some devices have been upgraded at Kweiyang
25th RGC Temp. Division - some devices have been upgraded at Kweiyang
27th RGC Temp. Division - some devices have been upgraded at Liuchow
28th RGC Temp. Division - some devices have been upgraded at Pakhoi
24th Air Defense AA Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Sapporo
20th JAAF Base Force - some devices have been upgraded at Sapporo
21st JAAF Base Force - some devices have been upgraded at Hirosaki/Aomori
CVE Taiyo available for service in damaged state at Kobe
Previous report of sinking of SS S-33 incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service
Previous report of sinking of SS KXVII incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service
Device(s) upgraded in 24th Air Defense AA Regiment supplied from Sapporo
Loss of TK Azuma Maru #2 on Jan 16, 1943 is admitted
TK Kenwa Maru arrives at Nagasaki/Sasebo
23rd Ind.Mixed Brigade arrives at Canton – will stay in China even though it isn’t required to meet the minimum garrison requirements anywhere. Looking at the points on offer if the allies capture Hong Kong, 23rd IMB will move there to be boost the defensive force there. The unit is about 80% TOE, so replacements will be left off for now.

22nd IMB also forms at Foochow as the Arty unit arrives there. It will stay at 60% TOE for about the next year.




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ASW attack near Pearl Harbor at 183,102
SS I-8, hits 5
Allied Ships
DD Waller
SS I-8 is sighted by escort
DD Waller attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
SC CHa-13
SC CHa-12
Captain of SS Sunfish elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
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TF 361 encounters mine field at Palm Island (92,143)
Allied Ships
DMS Boggs
8 mines cleared
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ASW attack near Akyab at 54,45
DD Minekaze
CL Kiso
DD Okikaze
DD Numakaze
DD Namikaze
DD Nokaze
Allied Ships
SS KXIII, hits 1
SS KXIII launches 2 torpedoes at DD Minekaze
DD Namikaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Nokaze attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Donggala at 70,96
PB Choun Maru #21
PB Hinode Maru #20
Captain of SS Finback elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
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Morning Air attack on Umnak Island , at 169,51
13 x A6M2-N Rufe sweeping at 20000 feet *
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
5 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Umnak Island , at 169,51
4 x A6M2-N Rufe sweeping at 20000 feet *
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Morning Air attack on 6/9th Jat Battalion, at 63,36 , near Dimapur – recon by Helen, this is a single allied unit spotted at the northern end of the front. 1x IJA tank regt is moving into the jungle to push them back.
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 14
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 7th RAN Base Force, at 96,127 (Terapo)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Also attacking 2nd USMC Parachute Battalion ...
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Morning Air attack on 193rd Tank Battalion, at 70,127 (Wyndham)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 18
Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
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Morning Air attack on 3rd Tank Regiment, at 62,38 (Dimapur)
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 9
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 5
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 2
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 16
Wellington Ic x 22
P-40K Warhawk x 17
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 3 destroyed
Wellington Ic: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
31st Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
64th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
73rd I.F.Chutai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on 3rd Tank Regiment, at 62,38 (Dimapur)
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 1
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1
Allied aircraft
Blenheim VD x 12
Hurricane IIc Trop x 16
Blenheim VD: 1 damaged
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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
A6M2 Zero x 26
G4M1 Betty x 18
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak – effective flak at 20k’, supply must be flowing into Darwin.
Runway hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Umnak Island at 169,51
G4M1 Betty x 3
Allied Ships
DMS Long
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Portland Roads , at 91,132 – Oscars don’t trump P38s…
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 26
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 3 destroyed
Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 6
P-38G Lightning x 9
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
49th FG/7th FS with P-38G Lightning (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 4 scrambling)
35th FG/39th FS with P-38F Lightning (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 3 scrambling)
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cox's Bazar at 54,43 – this was a mistake, the Oscars based here were still set to LRCAP over Chittagong…
Allied aircraft
Beaufort I x 12
Hurricane IIc Trop x 8
Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort I: 7 damaged
Beaufort I: 1 destroyed by flak
Japanese Ships – fast transport task force gets caught dropping supply
CL Tama
CL Kuma
DD Namikaze
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Beaufort I launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo
3 x Beaufort I launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cox's Bazar at 54,43
Allied aircraft
Beaufort I x 6
Hurricane IIc Trop x 16
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
CL Tama
CL Kuma, Torpedo hits 1 – crunch! About 30 float damage but thankfully no fires. Allied subs are in the area…
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Beaufort I launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Portland Roads at 91,132
A6M5 Zero x 22
D3A1 Val x 17
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 1
P-38G Lightning x 5
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed
Allied Ships
xAK Koomilya, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
CAP engaged:
49th FG/7th FS with P-38G Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
35th FG/39th FS with P-38F Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 98,135
Allied aircraft
Mitchell II x 11
Japanese Ships
SC Ch 17
SC Ch 18, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
SC Ch 16
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Mitchell II bombing from 100 feet – aggressive tactics from the Mitchells coming in just above the wavetops.
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
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ASW attack near Milne Bay at 98,135
DD Kawakaze
DD Suzukaze
Allied Ships
SS KIX, hits 1 – type 2 depth charges starting to get hits even in deep water
SS KIX launches 4 torpedoes at DD Kawakaze
KIX diving deep ....
DD Suzukaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Suzukaze attacking submerged sub ....

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 17, 43
SS Skipjack is reported HIT
SS Pompano is reported HIT
2LT Agawa F. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
1LT Asano, H. of 31st Sentai is credited with kill number 4
WO Nomura, A. of 31st Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Aino R. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 8
WO Ohashi R. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 5
WO Ohashi R. of 1st Sentai attains ace status!!
WO Nishihata P. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 3
2LT Gushi L. of 73rd I.F.Chutai is credited with kill number 2
WO Chuzaburo W. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 4
E13A1 Jake from Tone-2 attacking a Gato class SS at 99,56
an Allied SS is reported HIT
E13A1 Jake from Tone-2 attacking a KV Class class SS at 99,56
a Triton class SS is reported HIT
2LT Chiba R. of 50th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
PO1 Minowa E. of Hiryu-1 is credited with kill number 4
PO1 Kurauchi, T. of Hiryu-1 is credited with kill number 7
Repairs completed on CVL Shoho at Manus, ship returned to service – the CVL task force is conducting “readiness” crew maintenance and repairs at Manus.
Surat Thani expands fortifications to size 1
Tacoma expands port to size 8
Las Vegas expands airfield to size 6
xAK Koomilya is reported to have been sunk near Portland Roads on Jan 17, 1943


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ASW attack near Akyab at 54,44
DD Nokaze
DD Numakaze
DD Namikaze
SS Trusty launches 2 torpedoes at DD Nokaze
DD Namikaze attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Perth at 45,147
SS I-36
Allied Ships
DD Van Nes
DD Kortenaer
SS I-36 is located by DD Van Nes
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ASW attack near Perth at 45,147
SS I-170
Allied Ships
DD Kortenaer
SS I-170 is sighted by escort
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Cooktown at 92,137, Range 6,000 Yards
CA Takao
CA Atago
CA Maya
CA Chokai
DD Kagero
DD Oyashio
DD Natsushio
DD Hayashio
DD Urakaze
DD Tanikaze
Allied Ships
AM Quail, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
xAKL Palawan, Shell hits 28, and is sunk
Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
Allied TF begins to get underway
Reduced visibility due to Rain with 92% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Rain and 92% moonlight: 6,000 yards
AM Quail sunk by CA Atago at 5,000 yards
xAKL Palawan sunk by DD Tanikaze at 3,000 yards
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...
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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
SC CHa-12
Captain of SS Sunfish elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
SC CHa-12 attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Donggala at 68,97
E Otori
E Hiyodori
Allied Ships
SS Finback, hits 3
SS Finback launches 2 torpedoes at E Otori
E Hiyodori attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Donggala at 68,97
E Kasasagi
E Hiyodori
Allied Ships
SS Blackfish
SS Blackfish launches 2 torpedoes at E Kasasagi
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Sub attack near Perth at 45,147
SS I-170
Allied Ships
DD Van Nes
DD Kortenaer
SS I-170 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Van Nes
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Night Naval bombardment of Cooktown at 92,137
Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk IA: 20 damaged
Kittyhawk IA: 2 destroyed on ground
Japanese Ships – the RADM forgot to order Jakes to spot for the bombardment…
CA Chokai
CA Maya
CA Atago
CA Takao
Allied ground losses:
336 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 40 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 34
Port hits 7
Port fuel hits 3
Port supply hits 2
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Night Naval bombardment of Portland Roads at 91,132
Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 7 damaged
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground
P-38F Lightning: 11 damaged
PBY-5A Catalina: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships – this RADM also forgot the spotters…
CA Kumano
CA Mikuma
CA Mogami
Allied ground losses:
408 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 69 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 18
Runway hits 41
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 2
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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
SC CHa-12
SS Sunfish is sighted by escort
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Morning Air attack on Cooktown , at 92,137
A6M2 Zero x 25
A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IA x 30
P-40K Warhawk x 9
Kittyhawk IA: 5 destroyed
CAP engaged:
49th FG/8th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
No.75 Sqn RAAF with Kittyhawk IA (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 6 scrambling)
No.76 Sqn RAAF with Kittyhawk IA (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 5 scrambling)
No.77 Sqn RAAF with Kittyhawk IA (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 3 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on Cooktown , at 92,137
A6M5 Zero x 28
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IA x 15
P-40K Warhawk x 9
Kittyhawk IA: 2 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
49th FG/8th FS with P-40K Warhawk (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
No.75 Sqn RAAF with Kittyhawk IA (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
No.76 Sqn RAAF with Kittyhawk IA (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
No.77 Sqn RAAF with Kittyhawk IA (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on Cooktown , at 92,137
A6M5 Zero x 27
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IA x 5
P-40K Warhawk x 4
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
No.76 Sqn RAAF with Kittyhawk IA (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
No.75 Sqn RAAF with Kittyhawk IA (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
49th FG/8th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on Cooktown , at 92,137
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 21
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IA x 1
P-40K Warhawk x 1
CAP engaged:
No.76 Sqn RAAF with Kittyhawk IA (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
49th FG/8th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on Cooktown , at 92,137
3 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Cooktown , at 92,137
3 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet *
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Morning Air attack on 7th RAN Base Force, at 96,127 (Terapo)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged
Also attacking 2nd USMC Parachute Battalion ...
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Morning Air attack on Tarakan Base Force, at 67,92 , near Tarakan
16 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,39 , near Ledo
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 13
Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 193rd Tank Battalion, at 70,127 (Wyndham)
18 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 1st Tank Division, at 62,38 (Dimapur)
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 10
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 5
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3
Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 9
Wellington Ic x 15
B-24D Liberator x 11
P-38F Lightning x 4
P-40K Warhawk x 10
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
P-38F Lightning: 1 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 3 destroyed
CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
31st Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
64th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
73rd I.F.Chutai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)

Also attacking 14th Division ... the allies get some good recon on what has arrived at Dimapur
Also attacking 2nd Tank Division ...
Also attacking 19th/A Division ...
Also attacking 8th Division ...
Also attacking 56th Division ...
Also attacking 1st Tank Division ...
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Morning Air attack on 56th Division, at 62,38 (Dimapur)
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 5
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 2
Allied aircraft
Blenheim VD x 11
Hurricane IIc Trop x 20
Blenheim VD: 2 destroyed
CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
31st Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
64th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
73rd I.F.Chutai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on 19th/A Division, at 62,38 (Dimapur)
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 1
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 5
B-25C Mitchell x 9
P-38G Lightning x 10
P-40K Warhawk x 16
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed
Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Also attacking 11th Tank Regiment ...
Also attacking 19th/A Division ...
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Morning Air attack on 1st Division, at 62,38 (Dimapur) – LRCAP gets worn down but the damage on the ground is minimal. All the AA fire has burnt through a bit of supply though…
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 9
P-40E Warhawk x 24
Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Also attacking 144th Infantry Regiment ...
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Buna at 99,129
A6M5 Zero x 12
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 20
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 4
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAP Kowa Maru
CAP engaged:
6th Ku S-1/A with A6M5 Zero (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
24th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (6 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on 144th Infantry Regiment, at 62,38 (Dimapur)
Allied aircraft
A-20A1 Havoc x 7
B-24D Liberator x 4
B-25C Mitchell x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 20
Allied aircraft losses
A-20A1 Havoc: 4 damaged
A-20A1 Havoc: 2 destroyed by flak
Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Aircraft Attacking: there are quite a few IJA AA guns, especially in the Tank Divs, so the strafers take some punishment.
6 x A-20A1 Havoc bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking 3rd Tank Regiment ...
Also attacking 144th Infantry Regiment ...
Also attacking 3rd Tank Regiment ...
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Morning Air attack on 9th Division, at 62,38 (Dimapur)
A-20A1 Havoc x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 3
A-20A1 Havoc: 2 damaged
A-20A1 Havoc: 1 destroyed by flak
Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 10th Division, at 62,38 (Dimapur)
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 3
B-24D Liberator x 15
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Also attacking 20th Army ...
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Morning Air attack on 10th Division, at 62,38 (Dimapur)
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 7
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 62,38 (Dimapur)
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 14
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Also attacking 14th Division ...
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Morning Air attack on 11th Tank Regiment, at 62,38 (Dimapur)
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 56th Division, at 62,38 (Dimapur)
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 98,136
A6M5 Zero x 33
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 5
B-24D Liberator: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
Japanese Ships
BB Haruna
CAP engaged:
Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Shokaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
A6M2 Zero x 26
G4M1 Betty x 17
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak
Runway hits 2
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cooktown at 95,134
Allied aircraft
Mitchell II x 6
Mitchell II: 6 damaged
Japanese Ships
DD Arashi
CA Mikuma
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Mitchell II bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 18, 43 – a busy day in the air
SS S-36 is reported HIT
PO1 Abe, K. of 252 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 3
PO2 Obuchi U. of 252 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 2
PO2 Muranaka S. of 202 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 3
PO1 Hirusawa N. of 202 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 3
PO1 Morita C. of 202 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 2
PO2 Ichimura R. of Yokosuka Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 3
PO2 Kawakami D. of Zuikaku-1 is credited with kill number 4
PO1 Matsunaga B. of Zuikaku-1 is credited with kill number 2
PO1 Matsunaga B. of Zuikaku-1 is credited with kill number 3
2LT Shibayama O. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 8
WO Ariyoshi I. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 8
WO Takahashi, K. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 5
WO Takahashi, K. of 1st Sentai attains ace status!!
WO Hashiguchi W. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Saito W. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 4
WO Saito W. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 5
WO Saito W. of 1st Sentai attains ace status!!
2LT Mitsumoto R. of 73rd I.F.Chutai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Ayanori G. of 73rd I.F.Chutai is credited with kill number 3
WO Ariyoshi I. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 9
WO Ariyoshi I. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 10
WO Maeda M. of 24th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
PO1 Kojima K. of Shokaku-1 is credited with kill number 3
CPO Matsunaga, H. of Soryu-1 is credited with kill number 9
PO2 Kamihira S. of Shokaku-1 is credited with kill number 3
PO2 Fukada F. of 202 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 3
WO Kimiyama C. of 31st Sentai is credited with kill number 2
Pumps having difficulty controlling flooding aboard SC Ch 18
SS Skipjack is reported HIT
SC Ch 18 written off due to heavy damage at Milne Bay – I’ve not seen this message before, but the SC was a burning wreck so was lucky to even make it back to Milne Bay.
Great Falls expands airfield to size 8
Krasnoyarsk expands airfield to size 4
20th JAAF Base Force - some devices have been upgraded at Sapporo
21st JAAF Base Force - some devices have been upgraded at Hirosaki/Aomori
AM Quail is reported to have been sunk near Cooktown on Jan 18, 1943
AP U.S. Grant is reported to have been sunk near Sagigik Island on Jul 19, 1942
xAKL Palawan is reported to have been sunk near Cooktown on Jan 18, 1943


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ASW attack near Oita at 104,61
SC CHa-16
SS Spearfish is sighted by escort
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ASW attack near Milne Bay at 100,135 – dangerous waters around PNG for IJN capital ships…
DD Sawakaze
CL Kitakami
DD Hakaze
DD Yukaze
DD Yakaze
DD Shiokaze
SS Searaven launches 2 torpedoes at DD Sawakaze
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ASW attack near Milne Bay at 98,135
DD Maikaze
CA Kumano
CA Mikuma
DD Amatsukaze
DD Hagikaze
DD Arashi
Allied Ships
SS KIX, hits 4, on fire, heavy damage – scratch one Dutch sub! Type 2 depth charges are starting to cause some damage and get some kills.
SS KIX launches 2 torpedoes at DD Maikaze
DD Hagikaze attacking submerged sub ....
Sounds of submarine breaking up detected!
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Sub attack near Donggala at 68,97
E Hiyodori
SS Blackfish launches 2 torpedoes at E Hiyodori
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Night Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 17
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 3
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb – most likely going after the oil.
Nicks do well at disrupting the bombers, but a total of 9 were shot down today by 4E bomber defensive fire and another 10 Nicks were written off from battle damage… An expensive day in terms of aircraft losses, but only a few pilots KIA with a few more WIA.
Pilots are generally in the high 60s experience to 70s, with 70+ air skill, but maybe they need to be 75+ experience to be more effective on night fighting duty, or at least stop themselves from being shot down as often.
CAP engaged:
6th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 13 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 17
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 3
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
21st Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (4 airborne, 10 on standby, 3 scrambling)
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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 11
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 4
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
21st Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
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Night Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 7
Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 6
Liberator II: 1 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
6th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Night Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
6th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 4
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
4 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
21st Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6
6 x B-24D Liberator laying Mk 13 Mine from 7000 feet – that’s a new tactic from the allies. I have a few AMc at Rangoon but there is also an AO task force there loading fuel that will have to stay docked until these mines are cleared.
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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 5
Refinery hits 1 – the Nick auxiliary night fighters are finally worn out allowing a hit on the refinery. That’s not the end of the world and this refinery won’t be repaired. If Oil builds up at Rangoon I will just ship that back to be processed in the excess refineries back in Japan.
5 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
SC CHa-10
SC CHa-13
SS Sunfish launches 2 torpedoes at SC CHa-10
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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
SC CHa-12
SC CHa-13
SS Herring is located by SC CHa-12
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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
SC CHa-50
Captain of SS Herring elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
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Sub attack near Milne Bay at 101,133
AMc Fukkai Maru – my favourite AMc is well forward and in dangerous waters.
Captain of SS Searaven elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
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TF 199 encounters mine field at Rangoon (54,53)
AMc Narita Maru
AMc Nichiro Maru
8 mines cleared
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ASW attack near Buna at 100,128
SC Ch 15
SS S-32 is located by SC Ch 15
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Sub attack near Milne Bay at 101,133
DD Mochizuki
CL Naka
DD Mutsuki
DD Uzuki
Allied Ships
SS Searaven, hits 3
SS Searaven launches 2 torpedoes at DD Mochizuki
DD Uzuki attacking submerged sub ....
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Morning Air attack on VII KNIL Battalion, at 67,92 , near Tarakan
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Also attacking Tarakan Base Force ...
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133
A6M2 Zero x 30
A6M2-N Rufe x 5
A6M5 Zero x 16
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 3
B-24D Liberator: 2 destroyed
CAP engaged: very close to having enough A6M5 to upgrade one of 251 or 252 Ku, but the carriers are heading back to Manus for replenishment so I will let them take all needed A6M5 replacements first, then rotate these groups back through Manus or Rabaul to upgrade.
252 Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
251 Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (6 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
801 Ku S-1 with A6M2-N Rufe (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (5 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Umnak Island at 169,51 – 2x allied task forces spotted at Umnak Island. One of a few DDs and one with xAKs, probably a resupply convoy. The CA Tone DIv with a DD Kagero Div is approaching, two days out.
G4M1 Betty x 3
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Hull
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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Sub attack near Buna at 100,128
xAK Totori Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage, sunk on the final approach to Buna. A few thousand supply lost but the troops it was carrying were mostly rescued.
PB Myoken Maru
Allied Ships
SS S-32
Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
SS S-32 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Totori Maru
S-32 diving deep ....
PB Myoken Maru attacking submerged sub ....

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 19, 43
SS I-25 terminates patrol and enters Manus for repairs
WO Handa, W. of 251 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 2
PO2 Okano, H. of 251 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 2
Repairs completed on SS I-156 at Truk, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on SS I-33 at Soerabaja, ship returned to service
Osaka/Kyoto expands fortifications to size 4
Wuchang expands airfield to size 6
Cristobal expands airfield to size 7
Balboa expands airfield to size 7
Vella Lavella expands airfield to size 2
Matsuyama O. of 253 Ku S-1 is promoted to CPO – interesting little detail. CPO Matsuyama is nothing special, he only has 1 kill and wasn’t even the most experienced PO1. He is now the only CPO and the highest rank pilot in this unit with the others all PO1 and PO2.
The IGHQ Personnel Branch selection criteria and decision making remains cloaked in mystery!
Loss of xAK Totori Maru on Jan 19, 1943 is admitted
SS KIX is reported to have been sunk near Milne Bay on Jan 19, 1943


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TF 199 encounters mine field at Rangoon (54,53)
AMc Narita Maru
AMc Nichiro Maru
13 mines cleared
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TF 117 encounters mine field at Cairns (92,140)
Allied Ships
DMS Boggs
1 mine cleared
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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 3 destroyed – this could be another bad day for the Nicks…
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 3
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
21st Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 2 scrambling)
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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Weather in hex: Clear sky – no hits despite the clear sky and lack of Nicks
Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 19
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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 4
4 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 4
4 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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ASW attack near Perth at 46,147
SS I-36, hits 4
Allied Ships – RAN corvettes are dangerous little boats…
AM Ballarat
AM Toowoomba
AM Toowoomba attacking submerged sub ....
AM Toowoomba attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Donggala at 68,97
E Otori
E Hiyodori
SS Finback launches 2 torpedoes at E Otori
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Sub attack near Donggala at 68,97
E Otori
E Hiyodori
Allied Ships
SS Blackfish, hits 1
SS Blackfish launches 2 torpedoes at E Otori
E Hiyodori attacking submerged sub ....
E Hiyodori is out of ASW ammo
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Sub attack near Perth at 46,147
SS I-36
Allied Ships
AM Latrobe
AM Toowoomba
SS I-36 launches 2 torpedoes at AM Latrobe
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TF 199 encounters mine field at Rangoon (54,53)
AMc Narita Maru
AMc Nichiro Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
10 mines cleared
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Sub attack near Perth at 43,147
SS I-170
SS I-170 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Kortenaer
DD Kortenaer attacking submerged sub ....
DD Kortenaer is out of ASW ammo
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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
SC CHa-12
SC CHa-13
SS Herring launches 2 torpedoes at SC CHa-12
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Umnak Island at 169,51
G4M1 Betty x 3
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Farragut
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,39 , near Ledo – The IJA finally catches up to this Chinese Corps near in the mountain hex just SE of Ledo. Deliberate attack will occur tomorrow to try and destroy it. It has changed direction from NE as I blocked that path, to W which is open for now, so I should have about one week to finish it off.
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 9
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 14
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Tarakan Base Force, at 67,92 , near Tarakan
18 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 193rd Tank Battalion, at 70,127 (Wyndham)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Umnak Island at 169,51 – The CA Tone task force will charge in tomorrow. Fingers will be crossed that they avoid defensive mines.
G4M1 Betty x 3
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
DD MacDonough
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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ASW attack near Umnak Island at 169,51
SS I-2, hits 10, heavy damage – moved into the Umnak Island shallow water hex but all it has to show for it is about 50 float damage. Will move back to Hakodate for repairs.
Allied Ships
DD Monaghan
SS I-2 is sighted by escort
DD Monaghan attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Perth at 43,147
SS I-36, hits 1
Allied Ships
DD Kortenaer
DD Van Nes
SS I-36 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Kortenaer
DD Van Nes attacking submerged sub ....

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 20, 43
Repairs completed on SS I-173 at Singapore, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on SS I-21 at Manus, ship returned to service
SS Skipjack is reported HIT
AMc Nichiro Maru sinks at sea
SS Pompano is reported HIT
a KXI Class class SS is reported HIT
B5N2 Kate from Hosho-2 attacking an Allied SS at 99,133
an Allied SS is reported HIT
SS Pompano is reported HIT
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking a Barracuda class SS at 100,59
an Allied SS is reported HIT
20 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting 3rd Raiding Regiment to Chittagong
Repairs completed on CVL Ryujo at Manus, ship returned to service
Lingga expands port to size 1
xAK Noshiro Maru arrives at Osaka/Kyoto – ordered to convert to Std-B TK
CLAA San Diego is reported to have been sunk near Lunga on Dec 04, 1942 


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RE: 20 Jan 43 reports - 9/4/2020 2:28:58 AM   
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Status: offline 		Final preparations are under way for the Battle of Dimapur.

Currently the IJA have 4800 AV with Army HQ, 2x Corps HQ, 2x Tank Divs, 8x Infantry Divs, 3x Tank Regts and some arty in hex. HQ Southern Army is also 100% prepared and in range.

The allies have about 1500 AV with half of that the Chinese 5th Corps, 1x Indian Div, 7th Armd Bde plus atts.
I’m hoping that the IJA medium tanks deal with the allied tanks, then the Chinese Corps crumbles quickly, but it will have been boosted by US arty and AT guns.

It’s going to be bloody due to the jungle terrain and potential forts, but I’m aware that the British, Indian and Australian pools of squads and devices is relatively shallow.
I feel that I will need to keep up the pressure with deliberate attacks about once a fortnight, as supply allows, for the next 3-4 months.

There are more IJA HQs and Divs moving to reinforce from China, but instead of waiting for them all to arrive they will be fed into the front to reinforce any successes or help tip the balance once I start getting a feel for the comparative AV and firepower in each hex.

I’ll have to draw a picture for myself before I confirm the last few details, but I’ll support a massed frontal attack on Dimapur with a few Divisions to support by moving into the jungle hex one to the west. I’m thinking that hex might become the main effort for reinforcements if the Dimapur jungle fortress proves too tough to clear.

This is the latest plan:




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This was a long running battle with the Cruisers struggling to land knock out blows on the nimble DDs.





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TF 29 encounters mine field at Cairns (92,140)
Allied Ships
DMS Southard
3 mines cleared
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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
SC CHa-12
SC CHa-13
SS Sunfish launches 2 torpedoes at SC CHa-12
SC CHa-13 attacking submerged sub ....
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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 5
B-24D Liberator x 4
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Liberator II laying Mk 13 Mine from 5000 feet – more AMc are moving in to help keep the port clear for fuel and oil export.
4 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged: 2x other Nick units have just arrived so will join the night CAP tomorrow.
21st Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
3 x B-17E Fortress laying Mk 13 Mine from 6000 feet – happy to see this as I’d much prefer mines to be dropped at Chittagong than 500lb bombs on troops/tanks.
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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 8
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
5 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
3 x B-17E Fortress laying Mk 13 Mine from 8000 feet
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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
5 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
SC CHa-12
SC CHa-13
SS Herring is located by SC CHa-12
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TF 29 encounters mine field at Cairns (92,140)
Allied Ships
DMS Southard
6 mines cleared
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TF 199 encounters mine field at Rangoon (54,53)
AMc Narita Maru
3 mines cleared
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Sub attack near Buna at 100,128
SC Ch 15
SC Ch 13
Allied Ships
SS S-32, hits 1
SS S-32 launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 15
SC Ch 15 attacking submerged sub ....
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TF 29 encounters mine field at Cairns (92,140)
Allied Ships
DMS Southard
6 mines cleared
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ASW attack near Perth at 44,147
SS I-36, hits 1
Allied Ships
DD Van Nes
SS I-36 is located by DD Van Nes
DD Van Nes attacking submerged sub ....
DD Van Nes is out of ASW ammo
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
25 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 18
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
P-43A-1 Lancer x 6
Mohawk IV x 16
P-43A-1 Lancer: 3 destroyed
Mohawk IV: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
5th FG/29th FS CAF with P-43A-1 Lancer (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) likely based at Dacca
No.155 Sqn RAF with Mohawk IV (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 11 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,39 , near Ledo
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 13
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 17
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Dimapur , at 62,38
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 9
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 24
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 19
Runway hits 1
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Morning Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2

Allied aircraft
P-43A-1 Lancer x 1
Mohawk IV x 8
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed
P-43A-1 Lancer: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
5th FG/29th FS CAF with P-43A-1 Lancer (0 airborne, 1 on standby, 0 scrambling)
No.155 Sqn RAF with Mohawk IV (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on 193rd Tank Battalion, at 70,127 (Wyndham)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
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Afternoon Air attack on Tarakan Base Force, at 67,92 , near Tarakan
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 10
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Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 97,70
PB Saiko Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage – I sink a USN DD worth 5x VP but lose this PB that is worth 10 points…
TK Kyoie Maru
PB Toko Maru
Allied Ships
SS Scorpion
SS Scorpion launches 2 torpedoes at PB Saiko Maru
PB Toko Maru attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 97,70
TK Kyoie Maru, Torpedo hits 1 – only moderate damage as the TK is empty moving to Singapore. It will divert to Manila for repairs.
TK Kenwa Maru
PB Toko Maru
SS Silversides launches 4 torpedoes at TK Kyoie Maru
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Ground combat at 62,37 (near Dimapur)
Japanese Deliberate attack – a very poor decision to order a deliberate attack. This is useful information looking ahead to the Battle of Dimapur. This force will go back on the defensive for at least the next few weeks.
Attacking force 16833 troops, 191 guns, 135 vehicles, Assault Value = 603
Defending force 16056 troops, 191 guns, 237 vehicles, Assault Value = 571
Japanese adjusted assault: 156
Allied adjusted defense: 1847
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 11
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
2796 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 194 disabled – not many squads or devices destroyed, but this will no doubt boost allied morale…
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 22 disabled
Guns lost 19 (1 destroyed, 18 disabled)
Vehicles lost 65 (2 destroyed, 63 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
205 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 33 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
51st Division – quite a few infantry squads disabled, now at 81% TOE
4th Tank Regiment – light tanks, half of them now disabled
112th Infantry Regiment – 55th Div subordinate now at 64% TOE
23rd Army
55th Mountain Gun Regiment
Defending units: effectively 2x Divisions defending here.
75th Indian Brigade
20th Indian Division
Kowloon Brigade
14th British Brigade
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Ground combat at 65,39 (near Ledo)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 3942 troops, 40 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 138
Defending force 2392 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 43
Japanese adjusted assault: 131
Allied adjusted defense: 49
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), morale(-)
Attacker: leaders(+)
Japanese ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Allied ground losses:
834 casualties reported
Squads: 27 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 64 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1
Assaulting units:
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
Defending units:
54th Chinese Corps

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 21, 43
Repairs completed on TK Batopaha Maru at Nagasaki/Sasebo, ship returned to service
SS Skipjack is reported HIT
SS Skipjack is reported HIT
CPT Kuwabara, Y. of 77th Sentai is credited with kill number 9
WO Egashira A. of 77th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
1LT Wakamatsu, Y. of 77th Sentai is credited with kill number 5
1LT Wakamatsu, Y. of 77th Sentai attains ace status!!
1LT Okajima F. of 77th Sentai is credited with kill number 8
WO Degawa I. of 77th Sentai is credited with kill number 8
1LT Kobayashi M. of 77th Sentai is credited with kill number 9
SS Skipjack is reported HIT
SS S-32 is reported HIT
Repairs completed on CA Ashigara at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on SS I-157 at Truk, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on CVL Zuiho at Manus, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on SS I-124 at Manus, ship returned to service
San Diego expands airfield to size 8
Moulmein expands fortifications to size 2
Cairns expands airfield to size 7
Kamloops expands airfield to size 3
Aircraft A6M5c Zero advances R&D – to 2/43. All 6x research factories shifted to A6M8 which should get it into production in Jul/Aug 1943 including engine bonus.
Ace pilot Masuyama, M. of Hosho-1 is promoted to PO1
74th I.F.Chutai/B converting to Ki-46-III Dinah – 18 hex normal range is quite useful.
Loss of PB Saiko Maru on Jan 21, 1943 is admitted
DD MacDonough is reported to have been sunk near Umnak Island on Jan 21, 1943
7th Air Division arrives at Tokyo – HQ 7th Air Div will move to Buna with the rest of these JAAF AF Bns to move to Buna, Madang and Hansa Bay. A few more JAAF units will be bought out from Japan and Manchukuo to give all these mechanics something to do.
Other JAAF support units are already on the way to Lae and Nadzab to join 6th Air Div.
68th JAAF AF Bn arrives at Tokyo
70th JAAF AF Bn arrives at Tokyo
72nd JAAF AF Bn arrives at Tokyo
108th JAAF AF Bn arrives at Tokyo
109th JAAF AF Bn arrives at Tokyo
112th JAAF AF Bn arrives at Tokyo – stays at Tokyo
113th JAAF AF Bn arrives at Tokyo
115th JAAF AF Bn arrives at Tokyo 


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22 Jan 43 reports - 9/5/2020 7:59:41 AM   
jdsrae


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Status: offline 		Movement arrows are popping up on allied units in Bengal, most likely moving to reinforce Dimapur.
That’s not all bad news, as 25th Army will soon be able to advance against what will be a reduced defensive force at Comilla on the IJA left flank.

A Mavis unit operating from Port Blair and conducting long range recon of Ceylon and the Madras-Cocanada coast is showing Ceylon only lightly defended.
If I had 3 spare Divs and a Corps HQ I’d move KB over to support and capture Ceylon, but I’d need to withdraw 25th Army to achieve that.
There are no uncommitted IJA Divs that can move by ship, but a reserve is starting to form in Thailand/Malaya based around the 20s and 30s Divs.
The limiting factor is having enough PP to buy them out for use as expeditionary forces.

On the other side of the map, a Dinah-III unit operating from Lae recently lit up Cairns and Townsville thanks to the 18 hex standard range, showing dozens of allied ships in port under 50-100 fighters each. Lots of freighters and smaller escort ships up to DD size. Probably mostly AM and similar escorts.

A task force of 8x allied APD was just engaged by IJN subs with one APD torpedoed and assumed sunk. It was either an attempted CAP trap or they are on their way to Port Moresby.

The allies still have lots of dangerous CA/CL/DD task forces so the IJN need to be careful not to be overwhelmed at a spot of the allies choosing.
Allied subs are also everywhere around PNG, which is a major consideration in IJN risk assessments when planning CL and above task force movements.




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RE: 22 Jan 43 reports - 9/5/2020 12:39:03 PM   
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Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 22, 43
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TF 29 encounters mine field at Cairns (92,140)
Allied Ships
DMS Southard
10 mines cleared
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TF 199 encounters mine field at Rangoon (54,53)
AMc Narita Maru
5 mines cleared
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TF 29 encounters mine field at Cairns (92,140)
Allied Ships
DMS Southard
6 mines cleared
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Sub attack near Perth at 44,147
SS I-36, hits 2
Allied Ships
DD Banckert
SS I-36 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Banckert
DD Banckert attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
SC CHa-13
Allied Ships
SS Herring
SS Herring is located by SC CHa-13
SC CHa-13 attacking submerged sub ....
SC CHa-13 is out of ASW ammo
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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
SC CHa-13
SC CHa-12
SS Sunfish is located by SC CHa-13
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Night Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 32
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 4 destroyed – I will give the Nick FB units better pilots during the pilot reorganisation next month.
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 5
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
6th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
65th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (4 airborne, 17 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Night Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 22
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
6th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
65th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (16 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Night Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45
Liberator II x 5
5 x Liberator II laying Mk 13 Mine from 8000 feet
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Night Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 19
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 3
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
65th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (15 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Night Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140
G4M1 Betty x 4
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 20000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
SC CHa-10
SS Sunfish launches 2 torpedoes at SC CHa-10
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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
SS Herring
SS Herring is located by SC CHa-10
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TF 29 encounters mine field at Cairns (92,140)
DMS Southard, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
2 mines cleared
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TF 199 encounters mine field at Rangoon (54,53)
AMc Narita Maru
6 mines cleared
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Sub attack near Buna at 100,128
AK Zenyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1
AMC Kongo Maru
AK Yodogawa Maru
PB Kunitu Maru
PB Hokutai Maru
Allied Ships
SS S-32
SS S-32 launches 2 torpedoes at AK Zenyo Maru
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TF 125 encounters mine field at Rangoon (54,53)
AMc Higashiyama Maru
AMc Heiyo Maru
9 mines cleared
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 28
28 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged
Runway hits 1
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Morning Air attack on Tarakan Base Force, at 67,92 , near Tarakan
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Umnak Island at 169,51
G4M1 Betty x 3
G4M1 Betty: 4 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Monaghan
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
SC CHa-12
SS Herring is located by SC CHa-12
Herring diving deep ....
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Sub attack near Donggala at 68,97
E Otori
E Kasasagi
SS Finback launches 2 torpedoes at E Otori

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 22, 43
SS I-11 terminates patrol and enters Kwajalein Island for repairs
Repairs completed on DD Satsuki at Hakodate, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Nagatsuki at Hakodate, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Kikuzuki at Hakodate, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Hatsuzuki at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Susuzuki at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on E W-16 at Muroran, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on E W-18 at Muroran, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on SS RO-65 at Truk, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Yuzuki at Manila, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Fumizuki at Manila, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Minazuki at Manila, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Yayoi at Manila, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on E W-13 at Soerabaja, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on E W-14 at Soerabaja, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on E W-15 at Soerabaja, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on SSX Ha-25 at Soerabaja, ship returned to service
SS Skipjack is reported HIT
Repairs completed on AK Yamabiko Maru at Tokyo, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on SS I-17 at Truk, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on CV Junyo at Manus, ship returned to service
Patna expands airfield to size 3
Port Augusta expands airfield to size 8
Saidor expands airfield to size 2
Bakersfield expands airfield to size 5
2nd JAAF Base Force - some devices have been upgraded at Lashio
PB Magane Maru available for service in damaged state at Attu Island
xAK Hokutai Maru available for service in damaged state at Attu Island


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23 Jan 43 reports - 9/6/2020 1:15:38 AM   
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Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 23, 43
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Sub attack near Cairns at 93,139
SS I-28
Allied Ships - the Int staff have no idea what this Division of APDs is carrying, or where to/from...
APD McKean
APD Little
APD Manley
APD Kilty
APD Crane
APD Kennison
APD Crosby
SS I-28 launches 2 torpedoes at APD McKean
APD Crosby attacking submerged sub ....
APD Crane attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Cairns at 93,140
SS I-35
Allied Ships
AM Benalla
AM Dubbo
AM Castlemaine
SS I-35 launches 2 torpedoes at AM Benalla
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Night Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140
G4M1 Betty x 4
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 20000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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Night Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 23
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 5
B-24D Liberator: 4 damaged
5 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged: trying different altitudes to the bombers today, just for something different.
6th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000
65th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 19000 and 20000.
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Night Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140
11 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 20000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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Night Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 19
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 7
Liberator II: 1 damaged
7 x Liberator II bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Night Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 17
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 3
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Night Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 16
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 3
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Night Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 12
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed – all these Nick losses aren’t helping me get to the 4:1 auto victory ratio, but at least they are stopping the oil fields from being hit.
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 5
B-24D Liberator: 4 damaged
5 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Night Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140
G4M1 Betty x 5
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
5 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 20000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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Sub attack near Cairns at 93,140
SS I-35
Allied Ships
AM Bunbury
AM Benalla
AM Dubbo
AM Castlemaine
SS I-35 launches 2 torpedoes at AM Bunbury
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Sub attack near Cairns at 93,139
SS I-28
Allied Ships – spotted moving east which is a bit strange. I’m still assuming they will make a dash in towards Port Moresby on a resupply mission.
APD Kennison, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
APD Little
APD Manley
APD Kilty
APD Crane
APD Crosby
APD Dent
SS I-28 launches 2 torpedoes at APD Kennison
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Submarine attack near Pearl Harbor at 185,97
SS I-7, hits 22, and is sunk
Allied Ships – 6x DDs escorting these AOs is interesting intelligence. That’s a decent allocation of DDs to a rear area task force. Will the allies try to raid the Gilberts or Marshalls using CVEs while the IJN carriers are spotted elsewhere?
DD Benham
DD Gillespie
AO Guadalupe
AO Neosho
DD Wilson
DD Sterett
DD Stack
DD Lang
SS I-7 is sighted by escort
DD Wilson attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-7 forced to surface!
DD Wilson firing on surfaced sub .... every DD gets some gunnery practice with the sub firing torpedoes back in desperation…
Sub slips beneath the waves
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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
SC CHa-13
SC CHa-12
Captain of SS Herring elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
SC CHa-12 attacking submerged sub ....
SC CHa-12 is out of ASW ammo
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
28 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet – these Oscars will fly LRCAP over Port Moresby tomorrow on the hunch that the allies are flying supply in from NE Queensland.
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3
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Morning Air attack on Tarakan Base Force, at 67,92 , near Tarakan
13 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Dimapur , at 62,38
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 26
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 22
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 27
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 64
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 13
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 51
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 damaged
Runway hits 1
Also attacking 26th Indian Division ...
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Morning Air attack on Dimapur , at 62,38
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 12
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 9
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 15
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 9
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 1
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Morning Air attack on 1st Division, at 62,38 (Dimapur)
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 11
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 11
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 7
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 11
B-24D Liberator x 17
P-40K Warhawk x 12
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 6 damaged
P-40K Warhawk: 3 destroyed
CAP engaged: mostly 60% LRCAP from Katha and Mytikyina with radius set to 0 to keep them concentrated above Dimapur. Rest = 20% seems to be keeping morale high and fatigue under control.
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
31st Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
32nd Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
64th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Ogura, M. in a Ki-44-IIc Tojo makes head on attack ... forces B-24D Liberator out of formation – just noticed that he is later credited with a kill. He’s an 86 experience, 79 air skill, 593 mission veteran from 11th Sentai.
The pilots getting themselves shot down in Nicks while attacking allied bombers are generally <75 experience, so this sort of thing convinces me that the best place for 80+ experience fighter pilots is on the front line.
Also attacking 9th Division ...
Also attacking 8th Division ...
Also attacking 1st Division ...
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Morning Air attack on 23rd Tank Regiment, at 63,37 , near Jorhat – moving to the hex north of Jorhat to attack a single Indian Bn spotted there on flank guard duty.
B-25C Mitchell x 30
P-40K Warhawk x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 8
Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
SC CHa-10
SS Sunfish is sighted by escort
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Sub attack near Donggala at 68,97
E Hiyodori
E Kasasagi
SS Finback launches 2 torpedoes at E Hiyodori

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 23, 43
Repairs completed on TK Teiyo Maru at Singapore, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on TK San Ramon Maru at Singapore, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on TK Kuroshio Maru at Singapore, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Yukaze at Manus, ship returned to service
WO Ogura, M. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
D3A1 Val from 956 Ku T-1 attacking an Allied SS at 100,134 an Allied SS is reported HIT near Milne Bay
Repairs completed on CA Nachi at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on TK San Clemente Maru at Singapore, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on SS I-25 at Manus, ship returned to service
Sapporo expands airfield to size 4
Chichi-jima expands fortifications to size 4
Genzan expands airfield to size 5
Tientsin expands airfield to size 2
Tsinan expands airfield to size 2
Chittagong expands fortifications to size 4
Kanoya expands airfield to size 5
Aircraft B6N2 Jill advances R&D – to 6/43 and closing at 8% per day.
That’s 12.5 days to accelerate 1 month, so production should start in early March. I think I’ll change the 1x30 Kate factory to build the B6N2 and pay the 30k supply to repair it again, as that will leave all 4x30 Jill research factories to research the B6N2a
Aircraft D4Y4 Judy advances R&D – to 12/44 and closing at 8% per day, so production to start in about Jul/Aug 1943. The D4Y4 Judy will then be the carrier DB until the Grace arrives. 4x30 research factories are on the Grace currently repaired to 15, 14, 14, 10. The standard Grace arrival date is 12/44, so the D4Y4 will probably see about 6 months of front line carrier service before being moved to the land based units.

Question for the IJNAF Admirals on the War Council: What size bomb does the B7A2 Grace carry when it is flying normal combat radius dive bombing missions?

A spot of inter-web research says the internal bomb bay can carry 2x250kg bombs, but also that the Grace can carry 1x800kg torpedo or up to 800kg of general ordnance.
Other interesting bits that I just learnt (or re-learnt as I can’t remember reading this before!), only the Taiho and Shinano were capable of operating the B7A2 due to the modern arresting gear required to catch them. All carrier based DB and TB units in game can upgrade to the Grace, so for role-playing purposes I’ll assume that the next round of CV and CVL upgrades include enlarging the elevators and fitting arrestor gear. Only 114x B7A2 Grace were built, with the prototype in May 1942 and production from May 1944. 80x Grace were completed before a severe earthquake destroyed the factory in May 1945. That factory would have only been about a size 7 in WITPAE terms, but imagine the player outrage if aircraft factory destroying earthquakes were included in WITPAE! Same goes for ship sinking Typhoons/Cyclones as well.

Ace pilot Hiramoto K. of 11th Sentai is promoted to 1LT
Hiyo-1 on CV Junyo converting to size 27 from 21 – CV Hiyo is about to finish repairs at Kure, with the Hiyo airgroup posted ashore in SEAF. CV Junyo swaps airgroups to allow the Hiyo group to resize, then will swap back again.
Hiyo-2 on CV Junyo converting to size 18 from 19
Hiyo-3 on CV Junyo converting to size 9 from 13
Loss of SS I-7 on Jan 23, 1943 is admitted
APD Kennison is reported to have been sunk near Cairns on Jan 23, 1943


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RE: 23 Jan 43 reports - 9/7/2020 3:43:30 AM   
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Question for the IJNAF Admirals on the War Council: What size bomb does the B7A2 Grace carry when it is flying normal combat radius dive bombing missions?

A spot of inter-web research says the internal bomb bay can carry 2x250kg bombs, but also that the Grace can carry 1x800kg torpedo or up to 800kg of general ordnance.


Not sure if the Grace may carry the 800Kg or not, but I do believe that ability to carry said ordnance is dependent on a units' experience and 'die rolls'. That's how its determined with other A/C that may carry the beast.

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ASW attack near Donggala at 68,97
E Otori
E Kasasagi
SS Finback is located by E Otori
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Night Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140
G4M1 Betty x 11
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
11 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 20000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
G4M1 Betty x 7
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
7 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 20000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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Sub attack near Cooktown at 94,138
SS I-158
Allied Ships – moved only 1 hex NE, which makes me think this is an attempted CAP trap. I’d moved a CA task force to patrol the hex one SW of Port Moresby and it is now spotted. Dangerous to leave the CA’s there another turn but they should scare off these APDs, so they will move back to Milne Bay under local CAP.
APD Dent
APD Talbot
APD Colhoun
APD Manley
APD Kilty
APD Crane
APD Crosby
SS I-158 launches 2 torpedoes at APD Dent
APD Kilty attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Cairns at 93,140
SS I-28
Allied Ships
AM Castlemaine
AM Benalla
AM Dubbo
SS I-28 launches 2 torpedoes at AM Castlemaine
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 64,39 , near Ledo – no movement spotted, so maybe the allies have given up on trying to save this unit
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 13
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 19
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 28
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 6 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2
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Morning Air attack on VII KNIL Battalion, at 67,92 , near Tarakan
16 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Dimapur , at 62,38
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 27
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 47
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 10
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 49
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2
Also attacking 5th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 26th Indian Division ...
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Morning Air attack on Dimapur , at 62,38
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 10
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 7
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 13
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 18
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 5
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Morning Air attack on 2nd Tank Division, at 62,38 (Dimapur)
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 10
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 11
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 10
B-24D Liberator x 10
P-40K Warhawk x 13
No Japanese losses – well done IJAAF!
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged
P-40K Warhawk: 4 destroyed
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Also attacking 8th Division ...
Also attacking 9th Division ...
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Morning Air attack on 23rd Tank Regiment, at 63,37 , near Jorhat
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 5
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 32
P-40K Warhawk x 9
No Japanese losses – more good news
Allied aircraft losses
P-40K Warhawk: 2 destroyed
CAP engaged:
203rd Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on 23rd Tank Regiment, at 63,37 , near Jorhat
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 4
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 8
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged
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Afternoon Air attack on Tarakan Base Force, at 67,92 , near Tarakan
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 7
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on Dimapur , at 62,38
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 7
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 27
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 51
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 9
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 31
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 2
Also attacking 5th Chinese Corps ...

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 24, 43
Repairs completed on CA Haguro at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on SS RO-60 at Kwajalein Island, ship returned to service
SS S-32 is reported HIT
SS S-37 is reported HIT
SS S-32 is reported HIT
2LT Aino R. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 9
WO Ariyoshi I. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 11
2LT Tsukamoto H. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 5
2LT Tsukamoto H. of 1st Sentai attains ace status!!
2LT Tsukamoto H. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 6
SS S-37 is reported HIT
SS S-35 is reported HIT
Repairs completed on TK Azuchisan Maru at Singapore, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Hakaze at Manus, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Sawakaze at Manus, ship returned to service
Genzan expands fortifications to size 1
Rota expands airfield to size 1
Oak Harbor expands airfield to size 4
Pendleton expands airfield to size 5
Rybolov expands airfield to size 7
Coos Bay expands airfield to size 5
Aircraft N1K1-J George advances R&D – to 7/43. Research factories are currently 30, 30, 30, 30 29, 28, 28, 22. With engine bonus it is currently advancing at 8% per day but that will soon be 14% per day. The last size 22 factory will probably take another few weeks to repair to size 30. N1K1 production should start in March. I am really looking forward to seeing how the George performs, but as soon as the allies see it they might try to avoid it.
I have 2x60 A6M2 factories in mothballs that could be changed to N1K1, but up until now I was planning to leave them to eventually upgrade for free to the A6M8 through the Sen Baku. That is so far away from happening that I might pay 120k supply to change them to 2x60 N1K1 and get them contributing to the war effort without further delay. That would let me advance all 8x George research factories to the N1K2 to get it quicker.
N1K2 is due 11/44, but advancing 1 month every 6.25 days, it should start production in about 6/43.
N1K5 is due 10/45, so once the N1K2 is available it will have 28 months available for research. My estimate is just under 5 months so it should enter production about 11/43. That is if the engine bonus is still available by then.
8th Sentai converting to Ki-21-IIb Sally – at Ambon
2nd JAAF Base Force - some devices have been upgraded at Lashio
DD Kiyonami arrives at Kobe – Yugumo class, will temporarily be a CV/CVE escort to shepherd them back to SEAF after repairs, then will join a BB task force.
xAK Howell Lykes is reported to have been sunk near Aoba Island on Nov 11, 1942


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RE: 23 Jan 43 reports - 9/7/2020 3:55:06 AM   
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Question for the IJNAF Admirals on the War Council: What size bomb does the B7A2 Grace carry when it is flying normal combat radius dive bombing missions?

A spot of inter-web research says the internal bomb bay can carry 2x250kg bombs, but also that the Grace can carry 1x800kg torpedo or up to 800kg of general ordnance.


Not sure if the Grace may carry the 800Kg or not, but I do believe that ability to carry said ordnance is dependent on a units' experience and 'die rolls'. That's how its determined with other A/C that may carry the beast.


Cheers rusty, I'm assuming it will be the same as the Kate in that with a bit of luck it will carry them sometimes.
But if Grace does always carry the 800kg bomb like the D4Y4, it would allow the D4Y4 to be phased out completely.
I'll find out for sure in a year or so when Grace arrives!

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RE: 23 Jan 43 reports - 9/8/2020 2:28:03 AM   
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I'll find out for sure in a year or so when Grace arrives!


Yeah, me too, unless someone else chimes in with more info.

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N1K5 is due 10/45, so once the N1K2 is available it will have 28 months available for research. My estimate is just under 5 months so it should enter production about 11/43. That is if the engine bonus is still available by then.


The N1K5 uses a different engine than the first two models. The Ha-43 IIRC. You need 500 of those for the engine bonus, and its a late development.

In case you weren't aware.

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RE: 23 Jan 43 reports - 9/8/2020 12:59:57 PM   
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N1K5 is due 10/45, so once the N1K2 is available it will have 28 months available for research. My estimate is just under 5 months so it should enter production about 11/43. That is if the engine bonus is still available by then.


The N1K5 uses a different engine than the first two models. The Ha-43 IIRC. You need 500 of those for the engine bonus, and its a late development.

In case you weren't aware.


Good point, I have it in one of my dodgy spreadsheets.

Ha-43 has 3x30 factories at the moment and my estimate is the engine should start production in 11/43.
The Aichi Ha-60 factory is now in mothballs so it will then change to the Ha-43 and all 4 will increase size to produce 120/month each.
That means there will be >500 engines in the pool some time in 1/44, so the engine bonus won't kick in until then.

So for all of 1943 the N1K5 will advance at 8% per day before doubling once the engine bonus starts.
That gives me a revised estimate for N1K5 to enter production of about Mar 44.



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