AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 07, 42
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Night Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 
 
Weather in hex: Overcast
 
Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      Ki-27b Nate x 31
      Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 24
 
Allied aircraft
      B-17E Fortress x 6
 
No Japanese losses
 
Allied aircraft losses
      B-17E Fortress: 1 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 (8 airborne, 23 on standby, 0 scrambling)
      8 plane(s) intercepting now.
      Group patrol altitude is 9000 
      Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes
64th Sentai with Ki-43-Ib Oscar (6 airborne, 18 on standby, 0 scrambling)
      6 plane(s) intercepting now.
      Group patrol altitude is 9000 
      Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes
 
 
 
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Night Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 
 
Weather in hex: Overcast
 
Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      Ki-27b Nate x 31
      Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 24
 
Allied aircraft
      B-17E Fortress x 6
 
No Japanese losses
 
No Allied losses
 
Port hits 1
 
Aircraft Attacking:
       6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
               Port Attack:  8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
 
CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-27b Nate (31 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
      31 plane(s) intercepting now.
      Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000.
      Raid is overhead
64th Sentai with Ki-43-Ib Oscar (24 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
      24 plane(s) intercepting now.
      Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000.
      Raid is overhead
 
 
 
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Night Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 
 
Weather in hex: Overcast
 
Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      Ki-27b Nate x 31
      Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 24
 
Allied aircraft
      B-17E Fortress x 6
 
No Japanese losses
 
No Allied losses
 
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 (31 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
      31 plane(s) intercepting now.
      Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000.
      Raid is overhead
64th Sentai with Ki-43-Ib Oscar (24 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
      24 plane(s) intercepting now.
      Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000.
      Raid is overhead
 
 
 
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Night Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 
 
Weather in hex: Overcast
 
Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      Ki-27b Nate x 31
      Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 24
 
Allied aircraft
      B-17E Fortress x 3
 
No Japanese losses
 
No Allied losses
 
Aircraft Attacking:
       3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
               City Attack:  8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
 
CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-27b Nate (31 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
      31 plane(s) intercepting now.
      Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
      Raid is overhead
64th Sentai with Ki-43-Ib Oscar (24 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
      24 plane(s) intercepting now.
      Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000.
      Raid is overhead
 
 
 
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ASW attack near Soc Trang  at 57,74
 
Japanese Ships
      PB Shonan Maru #6
      PB Fuji Maru #3
 
Allied Ships
      SS KXVII
 
SS KXVII is located by PB Shonan Maru #6
PB Fuji Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Fuji Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Fuji Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Fuji Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Fuji Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
 
 
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Morning Air attack on NS KNIL Territory Regiment, at 48,90 , near Palembang
 
Weather in hex: Severe storms
 
Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16
 
No Japanese losses
 
Allied ground losses:
      135 casualties reported
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
 
Aircraft Attacking:
      16 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 8000 feet
               Ground Attack:  4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
 
 
 
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Morning Air attack on NS KNIL Territory Regiment, at 48,90 , near Palembang
 
Weather in hex: Severe storms
 
Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      Ki-21-IIa Sally x 27
 
No Japanese losses
 
Allied ground losses:
      99 casualties reported
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
 
Aircraft Attacking:
      27 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 8000 feet
               Ground Attack:  4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
 
 
 
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Morning Air attack on NS KNIL Territory Regiment, at 48,90 , near Palembang
 
Weather in hex: Severe storms
 
Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      Ki-48-Ib Lily x 23
 
Japanese aircraft losses
      Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged
 
Allied ground losses:
      6 casualties reported
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
 
Aircraft Attacking:
      23 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet
               Ground Attack:  4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
 
 
 
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Morning Air attack on NS KNIL Territory Regiment, at 48,90 , near Palembang
 
Weather in hex: Severe storms
 
Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      Ki-48-Ib Lily x 20
 
No Japanese losses
 
Allied ground losses:
      11 casualties reported
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
 
Aircraft Attacking:
      20 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet
               Ground Attack:  4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
 
 
 
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Balikpapan at 64,97
 
Weather in hex: Light cloud
 
Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      A5M4 Claude x 21
 
No Japanese losses
 
Allied Ships
      PT TM-15
      PT TM-12
      PT TM-14
      PT TM-11
      PT TM-10
 
Aircraft Attacking:
      21 x A5M4 Claude bombing from 100 feet
               Naval Attack:  2 x 30 kg GP Bomb
 
 
 
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Balikpapan at 64,97
 
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
 
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      A5M4 Claude x 21
 
Japanese aircraft losses
      A5M4 Claude: 1 destroyed by flak
 
Allied Ships
      PT TM-10
      PT TM-14
      PT TM-13
      PT TM-12
 
Aircraft Attacking:
      20 x A5M4 Claude bombing from 100 feet
               Naval Attack:  2 x 30 kg GP Bomb
 
 
 
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ASW attack near Soc Trang  at 57,74
 
Japanese Ships
      PB Fuji Maru #3
 
Allied Ships
      SS KXVII, hits 3
 
SS KXVII is located by PB Fuji Maru #3
PB Fuji Maru #3 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Fuji Maru #3 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Fuji Maru #3 is out of ASW ammo
PB Fuji Maru #3 is out of ASW ammo
PB Fuji Maru #3 is out of ASW ammo
PB Fuji Maru #3 is out of ASW ammo
PB Fuji Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Fuji Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Fuji Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
 
 
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Pre-Invasion action off Samarinda (65,96)
 
2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
 
Japanese Ships
      DD Ayanami
      DD Shirakumo
      AK Kyushu Maru
 
Allied ground losses:
      95 casualties reported
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
      Guns lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled)
 
DD Ayanami firing at Samarinda Base Force
DD Shirakumo firing at Samarinda Base Force
DD Ayanami fired at enemy troops
DD Shirakumo fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 4,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards
 
 
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Amphibious Assault at Samarinda (65,96)
 
TF 31 troops unloading over beach at Samarinda, 65,96
 
Japanese ground losses:
      Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
 
12 Support troops accidentally lost during unload of Sasebo 3rd SNLF /2
13.2mm T93 AAMG (2) dropped into water during unload of 12th JAAF Base Force
Motorized Support lost in surf during unload of 12th JAAF Base Force
12 Engineers lost from landing craft during unload of 12th JAAF Base Force /2
 
 
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Ground combat at Palembang (48,91)
 
Japanese Deliberate attack
 
Attacking force 9644 troops, 66 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 272
 
Defending force 1018 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 31
 
Japanese adjusted assault: 146 
 
Allied adjusted defense: 1 
 
Japanese assault odds: 146 to 1 
 
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), preparation(-)
 fatigue(-), supply(-)
Attacker: 
 
Japanese ground losses:
      49 casualties reported
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
 
Allied ground losses:
      790 casualties reported
         Squads: 29 destroyed, 2 disabled
         Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 0 disabled
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
      Units retreated 1
 
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
 
Assaulting units:
    II./124th Infantry Battalion
    2nd Engineer Regiment
    14th Guards Regiment
    6th Field AF Construction Battalion
    35th Field AA Battalion
    26th Fld AA Gun Co 
    35th Fld AA Gun Co 
    31st Field AA Battalion
    9th Base Force
 
Defending units:
    Korps Marechausee Battalion
 
 
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Ground combat at Pontianak (56,90)
 
Japanese Deliberate attack
 
Attacking force 2205 troops, 11 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 81
 
Defending force 288 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3
 
Japanese adjusted assault: 59 
 
Allied adjusted defense: 1 
 
Japanese assault odds: 59 to 1 (fort level 2) 
 
Japanese forces CAPTURE Pontianak !!!
 
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: 
 
Allied ground losses:
      212 casualties reported
         Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
         Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 4 disabled
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
      Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
      Units retreated 1
 
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
 
Assaulting units:
    I./4th Infantry Battalion
    2nd Recon Regiment
 
Defending units:
    Pontianak Base Force
 
 
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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)
 
Allied Bombardment attack
 
Attacking force 833 troops, 12 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 27
 
Defending force 2673 troops, 29 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 63
 
Allied ground losses:
      Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
 
Assaulting units:
    VII KNIL Battalion
    Tarakan Base Force
 
Defending units:
    Yokosuka 4th SNLF
    22nd JAAF AF Bn 
 
 
