AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 26, 42
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Night Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 
 
Weather in hex: Overcast
 
Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      Ki-27b Nate x 28
      Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 34
 
Allied aircraft
      B-17E Fortress x 6
 
Japanese aircraft losses
      Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 3 destroyed
 
Allied aircraft losses
      B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged
 
Aircraft Attacking:
       6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
               City Attack:  8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
 
CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-27b Nate (9 airborne, 19 on standby, 0 scrambling)
      9 plane(s) intercepting now.
      Group patrol altitude is 9000 
      Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes
64th Sentai with Ki-43-Ib Oscar (11 airborne, 23 on standby, 0 scrambling)
      11 plane(s) intercepting now.
      Group patrol altitude is 9000 
      Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes
 
 
 
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Night Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 
 
Weather in hex: Overcast
 
Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      Ki-27b Nate x 27
      Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 26
 
Allied aircraft
      B-17E Fortress x 4
 
No Japanese losses
 
No Allied losses
 
 
Aircraft Attacking:
       4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
               City Attack:  8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
 
CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-27b Nate (27 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
      27 plane(s) intercepting now.
      Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
      Raid is overhead
64th Sentai with Ki-43-Ib Oscar (26 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
      26 plane(s) intercepting now.
      Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
      Raid is overhead
 
 
 
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Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)
 
Japanese Bombardment attack
 
Attacking force 1866 troops, 173 guns, 60 vehicles, Assault Value = 2013
 
Defending force 52656 troops, 653 guns, 515 vehicles, Assault Value = 785
 
Japanese ground losses:
      8 casualties reported
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
      Guns lost 16 (1 destroyed, 15 disabled)
 
Allied ground losses:
      9 casualties reported
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
 
Assaulting units:
    33rd Division
    18th Division
    113th Infantry Regiment
    56th Recon Regiment
    56th Engineer Regiment
    14th Tank Regiment
    38th Division
    15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
    5th Division
    144th Infantry Regiment
    143rd Infantry Regiment
    23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
    1st Tank Regiment
    148th Infantry Regiment
    41st Infantry Regiment
    3rd Mortar Battalion
    5th Mortar Battalion
    54th Const Co 
    3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
    4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
    14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
    25th Army
    56th Field Artillery Regiment
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
    I./124th Infantry Battalion
 
Defending units:
    1st Malay Battalion
    SSVF Brigade
    3rd Cavalry Regiment
    27th Australian Brigade
    1st Hyderabad Battalion
    2nd Malay Battalion
    1st Manchester Battalion
    2nd Loyal Battalion
    2nd Gordons Battalion
    22nd Australian Brigade
    11th Indian Division
    2/17 Dogra Battalion
    9th Indian Division
    110th RAF Base Force
    22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
    3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment
    1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
    2nd ISF Base Force
    Singapore Base Force
    1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
    109th RAF  Base Force
    24th NZ Pioneer Coy 
    3rd Heavy AA Regiment
    AHQ Far East 
    III Indian Corps
    223 Group RAF 
    111th RAF Base Force
    224 Group RAF 
    112th RAF Base Force
    Malaya Army
    Malayan Air Wing 
    2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
    Singapore Fortress
    109th RN Base Force
 
 
