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Then, a follow up afternoon strike really hits hard...I suspect those might be drowning Australian troops. The KB will retire to Cam Ranh Bay for fueling, minor repairs, and replacement air frames if available. Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kuantan at 51,79 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 36 B5N2 Kate x 71 D3A1 Val x 73 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 4 Japanese aircraft losses D3A1 Val: 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 2 destroyed Allied Ships AMC Kanimbla, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk AMC Manoora, Bomb hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk DD Vendetta xAP Poelau Telo, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Pahalwan, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires xAP Sin Kheng Seng, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk xAK Demodocus, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk xAP Hong Siang, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk Allied ground losses: 3127 casualties reported Squads: 66 destroyed, 234 disabled Non Combat: 68 destroyed, 110 disabled Engineers: 13 destroyed, 15 disabled Guns lost 106 (52 destroyed, 54 disabled) Vehicles lost 37 (23 destroyed, 14 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 13 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 10000 feet 13 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 10000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 10 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 10000 feet 10 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 9 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 10000 feet 25 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 12 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 16 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 16 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 17 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 2 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 14 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 3 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 2 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 2 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb CAP engaged: No.7 Sqn RAAF with Buffalo I (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AMC Kanimbla Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Demodocus Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AMC Manoora Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Hong Siang Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Pahalwan Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Poelau Telo
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