AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 08, 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Aoba Island at 121,149 Japanese Ships SS RO-64 Allied Ships xAKL Princess of Negros, Shell hits 3 xAKL Princess of Negros is sighted by SS RO-64 SS RO-64 attacking on the surface SS RO-64 low on gun ammo, Koizumi R. breaks off surface engagement and submerges -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Tandjoengbalai at 47,77 Japanese Ships xAK Ginyo Maru PB Aso Maru #7 Allied Ships SS Tarpon, hits 1 SS Tarpon is sighted by escort PB Aso Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Aso Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Aso Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Aso Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Aso Maru #7 attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Tandjoengbalai at 47,77 Japanese Ships xAK Ginyo Maru PB Aso Maru #7 Allied Ships SS Tarpon SS Tarpon is sighted by escort PB Aso Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Aso Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Aso Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Aso Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Aso Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 2 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 3 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 10 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 25 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet CAP engaged: 1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000. Raid is overhead 11th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 36000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes 64th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes 260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000. Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 1 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1 Allied aircraft P-38F Lightning x 25 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 25 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet * CAP engaged: 11th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 36000 , scrambling fighters to 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes 64th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (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 20000 , scrambling fighters to 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes 260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (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 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 123 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 15 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 11 damaged Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed by flak Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Ki-45 KAIa Nick bombing from 5000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 38,600 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 12 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35600 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Tandjoengbalai at 47,79 Japanese Ships PB Takunan Maru #8, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage xAK Kinjosan Maru PB Aso Maru #7 Allied Ships SS Shark SS Shark launches 2 torpedoes at PB Takunan Maru #8 Shark bottoming out .... PB Aso Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Aso Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Aso Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Aso Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Aso Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub