AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 21, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Chichi-jima at 112,73 Japanese Ships AV Kiyokawa Maru Allied Ships SS Tambor SS Tambor launches 4 torpedoes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Sian , at 83,41 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 12 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 7000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 3 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 2000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 5 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 7000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 92nd Chinese/C Corps ... Also attacking 38th Chinese/A Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Sian , at 83,41 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 19 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 8 Runway hits 22 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 7000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Sian , at 83,41 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 17 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 29 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 36 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 19 Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 7000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 7000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 10 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 7000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 12th Chinese Base Force ... Also attacking Sian ... Also attacking 27th Chinese/C Corps ... Also attacking Sian ... Also attacking 57th Chinese/A Corps ... Also attacking Sian ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 27th Chinese/A Corps, at 83,41 (Sian) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 22 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 113 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 22 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 7000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 93rd Chinese/C Corps ... Also attacking 27th Chinese/A Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 46th Chinese Corps, at 78,51 , near Chihkiang Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 14 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 7000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 4 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 7000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 8th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 46th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 8th Chinese Corps, at 78,51 , near Chihkiang Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 12 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 4 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 5 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 3 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 25th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 46th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 46th Chinese Corps, at 78,51 , near Chihkiang Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 11 Ki-49-Ia Helen x 17 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-Ia Helen: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 6 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 8th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 25th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 46th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 25th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 46th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 65th Chinese Corps, at 78,51 , near Chihkiang Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27b Nate: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-27b Nate bombing from 100 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 50 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 46th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 65th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 65th Chinese Corps, at 78,51 , near Chihkiang Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 6 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 2000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 6 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 46th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 8th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 65th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 8th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 65th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 46th Chinese Corps, at 78,51 , near Chihkiang Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 3 Ki-49-Ia Helen x 11 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 7000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 2000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 11th Chinese Corps, at 81,39 , near Tienshui Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 3 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 1000 feet Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Paoshan , at 65,45 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 10 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 15000 feet * Airfield Attack: 1 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 8th Chinese Corps, at 78,51 , near Chihkiang Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 12 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-IIa Lily x 6 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 1000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 75th Chinese Corps, at 82,52 (Changsha) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 29 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 29 x Ki-27b Nate bombing from 100 feet * Also attacking 10th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 75th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 75th Chinese Corps, at 82,52 (Changsha) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27b Nate: 2 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-27b Nate bombing from 100 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 50 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 72nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 75th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 8th Chinese Corps, at 78,51 , near Chihkiang Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 93rd Chinese/B Corps, at 83,41 (Sian) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 22 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 74 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 7000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 27th Chinese/B Corps ... Also attacking 93rd Chinese/B Corps ... Also attacking 27th Chinese/B Corps ... Also attacking 93rd Chinese/B Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-51 Sonia x 9 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 15 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 7000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 47th Infantry Regiment, at 76,128 (Katherine) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 5 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 12 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 32 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: Tainan Ku S-1 Det B with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 8000. Raid is overhead Ryujo-1 with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 47th Infantry Regiment, at 76,128 (Katherine) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 2 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 11 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged Japanese ground losses: 28 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: Tainan Ku S-1 Det B with A6M2 Zero (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 8000 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes Ryujo-1 with A6M2 Zero (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 10000 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sian (83,41) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2966 troops, 158 guns, 331 vehicles, Assault Value = 2584 Defending force 84383 troops, 262 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1164 Allied ground losses: 477 casualties reported Squads: 12 destroyed, 24 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled) Assaulting units: 12th Tank Regiment 3rd Tank Regiment 41st Division 13th Tank Regiment 36th Division 25th Division 15th Tank Regiment 3rd Division 9th Tank Regiment 17th Division 23rd Tank Regiment 34th Division 37th Division 11th Tank Regiment 1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion 11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: 4th Chinese Cavalry/A Corps 27th Chinese/C Corps 33rd Chinese/C Corps 4th Chinese Cavalry/C Corps 57th Chinese/A Corps 93rd Chinese/A Corps 16th Chinese/A Corps 93rd Chinese/B Corps 33rd Chinese/A Corps 93rd Chinese/C Corps 57th Chinese/B Corps 38th Chinese/B Corps 4th Chinese Cavalry/B Corps 92nd Chinese/B Corps 12th Chinese/B Corps 16th Chinese/B Corps 92nd Chinese/A Corps 88th Chinese/A Corps 61st Chinese/A Corps 27th Chinese/B Corps 88th Chinese/C Corps 9th Chinese/A Corps 129th Red Chinese Division 98th Chinese/A Corps 38th Chinese/C Corps 9th Chinese/C Corps 88th Chinese/B Corps 98th Chinese/B Corps 33rd Chinese/B Corps 12th Chinese/A Corps 92nd Chinese/C Corps 98th Chinese/C Corps 38th Chinese/A Corps 9th Chinese/B Corps 51st Chinese Corps 16th Chinese/C Corps 12th Chinese/C Corps 27th Chinese/A Corps 61st Chinese/C Corps 57th Chinese/C Corps 4th Group Army Red Chinese Army 13th Group Army 15th Chinese Base Force 12th Chinese Base Force 120th Red Chinese Division 61st Chinese/B Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha (82,52) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 930 troops, 78 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1327 Defending force 62740 troops, 238 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1751 Assaulting units: 2nd Ind Engineer Regiment 52nd Infantry Brigade 102nd Infantry Regiment 40th Division 13th Division 55th Infantry Brigade 9th Ind Engineer Regiment 1st Mortar Battalion 4th Mortar Battalion Defending units: 75th Chinese Corps 72nd Chinese Corps 20th Chinese Corps 10th Chinese Corps 26th Chinese Corps 78th Chinese Corps 9th War Area 19th Group Army 29th Group Army 27th Group Army 30th Group Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 76,52 (near Kweilin) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1308 troops, 86 guns, 116 vehicles, Assault Value = 872 Defending force 33551 troops, 120 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 761 Assaulting units: 19th Division 104th Division 52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment 51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion 13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment Defending units: 59th Chinese Corps 37th Chinese Corps 87th Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 81,48 (near Ichang) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 6744 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 210 Defending force 5771 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 197 Assaulting units: 13th Ind.Mixed Brigade Defending units: 63rd Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 64,45 (near Paoshan) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 14468 troops, 162 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 555 Defending force 16704 troops, 62 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 584 Assaulting units: 18th Division 33rd/C Division 3rd Mortar Battalion Defending units: 28th Chinese Corps 54th Chinese Corps