wobbly
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Joined: 10/16/2002 From: Christchurch, New Zealand Status: offline
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My Carriers make it through the mined straits without incident and manage to find the transport TF Herbis-san was trying to sneak down to Northern New Guinea. The combat resulting from catching up with the convoy shows they were also carrying men. The Battleships are here and are formed into a surface group - they are sent towards Munda - getting into position 11 hexes from Munda to try and put a dampener on the bombers situated there. Unfortunately the Wasp is still having aircraft troubles - the wildcats refuse to return to a 30 plane sqd (is this the planned squadron size change?) and I still have the empty group of Havoc bombers on board. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/12/42 Weather: Partly Cloudy Air attack on Munda , at 31,37 Allied aircraft Hudson x 15 no losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 1 Attacking Level Bombers: 6 x Hudson at 6000 feet 9 x Hudson at 6000 feet The Aussie and Kiwi Hudson sqds are tired and lacking in morale - they fall back to Townsville for some RnR. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on Gasmata , at 17,32 Allied aircraft Beaufort x 13 no losses Runway hits 1 Attacking Level Bombers: 10 x Beaufort at 6000 feet 3 x Beaufort at 6000 feet The Beauforts are in much the same condition as the hudson boys but stay on station resting. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on Buna , at 12,38 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 12 A-20B Havoc x 27 Allied aircraft losses A-20B Havoc x 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: Men lost 42 Attacking Level Bombers: 0 x A-20B Havoc at 6000 feet 12 x A-20B Havoc at 6000 feet 3 x A-20B Havoc at 6000 feet 0 x A-20B Havoc at 6000 feet 9 x A-20B Havoc at 6000 feet 0 x A-20B Havoc at 6000 feet 3 x A-20B Havoc at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF, near Los Negros at 9,23 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 11 SBD Dauntless x 47 TBF Avenger x 15 Allied aircraft losses SBD Dauntless x 2 damaged TBF Avenger x 1 damaged Japanese Ships AP Teia Maru AP Miike Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AP Reiyo Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire AP Meiten Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Akitsuki DD Ayanami, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AP Taiho Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Japanese ground losses: Men lost 129 Guns lost 1 Some good strikes land on the transport TF - 2 ships eventually sinking. The large Teia Maru is hit 3 times with torps that don't fire - she is a jammy ship. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF, near Los Negros at 9,23 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 18 SBD Dauntless x 15 TBF Avenger x 15 no losses Japanese Ships AO Naruto, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage There is also an oiler at Los Negros, it is sunk - it's back broken. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF, near Los Negros at 9,23 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 29 SBD Dauntless x 55 TBF Avenger x 22 Allied aircraft losses TBF Avenger x 1 damaged Japanese Ships AP Taiho Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AP Miike Maru, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AP Taimei Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire DD Akitsuki DD Ayanami, on fire, heavy damage AP Tamashima Maru AP Teia Maru AP Reiyo Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AP Meiten Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Japanese ground losses: Men lost 154 Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF, near Basilaki Island at 18,42 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 4 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty x 1 damaged Allied Ships APD Gregory Attacking Level Bombers: 4 x G4M1 Betty at 16000 feet Very high Betty attacks accomplish nothing on my FT TF -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF, near Gili Gili at 17,42 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 26 G4M1 Betty x 11 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 7 P-40E Kittyhawk x 14 P-40E Warhawk x 16 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero x 3 destroyed G4M1 Betty x 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-39D Airacobra x 1 destroyed P-40E Kittyhawk x 2 destroyed P-40E Warhawk x 3 destroyed PO2 G.Obayashi of F1/252nd Daitai is credited with kill number 2 Allied Ships DD Aaron Ward Attacking Level Bombers: 8 x G4M1 Betty at 16000 feet His zeros are a bit more capable against my GG protection force but their sacrifice has saved my ships. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Buna Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15863 troops, 277 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 16526 troops, 127 guns, 52 vehicles Allied ground losses: Men lost 21 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Buna Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 13877 troops, 127 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 22997 troops, 321 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese ground losses: Men lost 24 More tentative probing - my troops wait for the reinforcements. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spruance - the bit between his teeth and the scouting of an oiler TF by Kavieng - decides to push his airmen harder still by moving into range of both TFs. A sqd of Warhawks moves into GG and a sqd of P-39s moves to DBD. Some troops that have arrivd in Brisbane take to the road to travel up to the stanging ground of townsville.
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