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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 01, 43
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Sub attack near Shanghai at 96,58
Japanese Ships
AM Wa 101
Allied Ships
SS Flying Fish
another attack on the escort I ordered to pick up a ship at Shanghai...
SS Flying Fish launches 2 torpedoes at AM Wa 101
AM Wa 101 fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Wa 101 fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Wa 101 fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Wa 101 fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Wa 101 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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Morning Air attack on 5th Australian Brigade, at 79,128 , near Katherine
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 45
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 62
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 3 damaged
Allied ground losses:
350 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 59 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
14 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
24 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
4 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
Also attacking 14th Australian Brigade ...
Also attacking 32nd Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 11th Australian Brigade ...
Also attacking Townsville RAN Base Force ...
Also attacking Aus I Corps ...
Also attacking 197th Coast AA Regiment ...
Also attacking 5th Australian Brigade ...
Also attacking 14th Australian Brigade ...
Also attacking 32nd Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 5th Australian Brigade ...
Also attacking 32nd Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 11th Australian Brigade ...
Also attacking Aus I Corps ...
Also attacking 5th Australian Brigade ...
Also attacking 14th Australian Brigade ...
Also attacking 32nd Infantry Division ...
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Morning Air attack on 6th Australian Brigade, at 79,128 , near Katherine
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 11
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
63 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124 
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 40
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 39
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 11
B-24D Liberator x 18
B-24D1 Liberator x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 3 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 3 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 4 destroyed, 5 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 4 destroyed, 9 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 4 destroyed, 4 damaged
Runway hits 10
I stand corrected! When I thought last turn that the Allied bombers wouldn't return as I surely wouldn't make the same mistake again to have my fighters set to training, the enemy actually does return. When this combat popped up it caused a little smile in my face as I was sure it's going to be bloody. We get a nice number of Georges airborne (40 out of 45) but the number of scrambling Nicks was disappointing (39 out of 64). Only 10 min pre warning time at a base with several radars isn't all that great either but the result still was. The first and biggest wave was hit hard and so were the next waves until the Cap was worn down. The Georges again prove to be bomber killers, they have no problem killing a B-17, the B-24 is downed even easier. The Nicks are tougher than the Georges but just lack the firepower, what would I give for a couple of 20mm cannons in the nouse. Most kills went to the Georges but the Nicks also contributed in damaging lots and lots of bombers, at a range of 17 or 18 hexes to Normaton this turned out like a Schweinfurt raid, bomber crashing on the way back to their base. In total we claim no less than 62 4E bombers out of 89 attacking Darwin! That's not bad for 79 fighters that were scrambling and a prove that 4E bombers can't attack a defended base without fighter escort or sweeps going in first without taking a heavy toll. We lost fighters too of course, in total 21 but we only lost 6 pilots which all died when their plane was destroyed during the combat.
What we need is the Ki-102b Randy to upgrade those Nicks as the Randy carries a way better forward armament, able to deal with the 4Es better but I don't expect the Randy to show up earlier than mid 44 (normal arrival 11/44). When the first B-29 will show up I hope we will also be able to produce the Randy. There's no aircraft that changes the game as much as the B-29, due to it's insane range. We will dedicate five R&D factories to research the Randy some time late 43, guess we will have some 300-350+ if we equip all fighter bomber units.
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 28000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
2 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 28000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 28000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
2 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 28000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 28000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 28000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
1 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 28000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
2 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 28000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
281 Ku S-1 with N1K2-J George (7 airborne, 22 on standby, 11 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 31276.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
5th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (6 airborne, 17 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 31190.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
27th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (4 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 31000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 30
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 32
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9
B-24D Liberator x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 9 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 28000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
2 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 28000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 28000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
5th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 21000 and 28000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
27th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 28000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
281 Ku S-1 with N1K2-J George (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
16 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 28000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 23
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 26
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 7
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 28000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
5th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (6 airborne, 4 on standby, 3 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 28000 and 31190.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
27th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 24000 and 28000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
281 Ku S-1 with N1K2-J George (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 25000 and 31000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 19
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 24
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 28000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
27th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 28000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
281 Ku S-1 with N1K2-J George (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 9 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 26000 and 31000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
5th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 26000 and 31190.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 29 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 13
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 15
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 8
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 28000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
27th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 28000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
281 Ku S-1 with N1K2-J George (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 28000 and 31000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
5th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 28000 and 31190.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes
Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 9
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 6
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Runway hits 2
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 28000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
27th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 28000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes
281 Ku S-1 with N1K2-J George (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 28000 and 31000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes
5th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 28000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
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Ground combat at 79,128 (near Katherine)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 65429 troops, 966 guns, 1358 vehicles, Assault Value = 2176
Defending force 25849 troops, 350 guns, 356 vehicles, Assault Value = 156
Japanese adjusted assault: 875
Allied adjusted defense: 21
Japanese assault odds: 41 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
673 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 57 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Vehicles lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
6252 casualties reported
Squads: 186 destroyed, 60 disabled
Non Combat: 705 destroyed, 45 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 63 (57 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Vehicles lost 116 (107 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Units destroyed 7
look at those losses, the enemy is collapsing now... some really good news from the Darwin area today, Tojo was very pleased...
Assaulting units:
32nd Division
15th Division
3rd Division
3rd Tank Division
1st Tank Division
2nd Tank Division
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
4th Mortar Battalion
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
21st Mortar Battalion
1st Mortar Battalion
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd RF Gun Battalion
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
5th RF Gun Battalion
Defending units:
3rd Australian Brigade
7th Australian Brigade
5th Australian Brigade
32nd Infantry Division
11th Australian Brigade
Aus I Corps
10th RAAF Base Wing
197th Coast AA Regiment
13th Australian Brigade
North Territory Cmd
Broome RAN Stn Base Force
Townsville RAN Base Force
Darwin RAAF Base Force
16th Fld RAA Regiment
2nd Aus Hvy AA Regiment
6th Australian Brigade
14th Australian Brigade
13th Aus Hvy AA Regiment
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RE: AAR 1943 - 
I-162 then attacks a bigger tanker out of the same unescorted convoy missing again... you joking me??? 
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