AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 20, 42
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Sub attack near Manus  at 103,116
 
Japanese Ships
      PB Shoei Maru
      PB Nagata Maru
      PB Kenan Maru
      PB Santos Maru
 
Allied Ships
      SS Guardfish
 
Captain of SS Guardfish elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
Guardfish diving deep ....
PB Kenan Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Shoei Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Santos Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Santos Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Santos Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Santos Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Santos Maru attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub
 
 
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Morning Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 55,44 , near Akyab
 
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
 
Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
 
Allied aircraft
      Hurricane IIc Trop x 14
 
No Allied losses
 
Aircraft Attacking:
      14 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35000 feet
 
 
 
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Morning Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 55,44 , near Akyab
 
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
 
Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
 
Allied aircraft
      Hurricane IIb Trop x 9
 
No Allied losses
 
Aircraft Attacking:
       9 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet
 
 
 
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Morning Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 55,44 , near Akyab
 
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
 
Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
 
Allied aircraft
      Hurricane IIa Trop x 11
 
No Allied losses
 
Aircraft Attacking:
      11 x Hurricane IIa Trop sweeping at 35000 feet
 
 
 
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Morning Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 55,44 , near Akyab
 
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
 
Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 38,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
 
Allied aircraft
      Hurricane IIc Trop x 14
 
No Allied losses
 
Aircraft Attacking:
      14 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35000 feet
 
 
 
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Morning Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 55,44 , near Akyab
 
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
 
Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
 
Allied aircraft
      Hurricane IIa Trop x 2
      Hurricane IIc Trop x 20
 
No Allied losses
 
Aircraft Attacking:
      16 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35000 feet
       2 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35000 feet
       2 x Hurricane IIa Trop sweeping at 35000 feet
       2 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35000 feet
 
 
 
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Morning Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 55,44 , near Akyab
 
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
 
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
 
Allied aircraft
      Hurricane IIb Trop x 4
 
No Allied losses
 
Aircraft Attacking:
       2 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet
       2 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet
 
 
 
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Morning Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 55,44 , near Akyab
 
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
 
Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 38,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
 
Allied aircraft
      Hurricane IIb Trop x 10
 
No Allied losses
 
Aircraft Attacking:
      10 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet
 
 
 
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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 
 
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
 
Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
 
Allied aircraft
      F4U-1 Corsair x 22
 
No Allied losses
 
Aircraft Attacking:
      22 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36000 feet
 
 
 
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rabaul at 106,125
 
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
 
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
 
Allied aircraft
      SBD-3 Dauntless x 20
 
No Allied losses
 
Japanese Ships
      ACM Toyotsu Maru, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
      ACM Kaito Maru, Bomb hits 1,  heavy fires
 
Aircraft Attacking:
       6 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
       2 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
      12 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
 
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring ACM Toyotsu Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring ACM Kaito Maru
 
 
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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 
 
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
 
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
 
Allied aircraft
      B-25B Mitchell x 24
 
Allied aircraft losses
      B-25B Mitchell: 4 damaged
 
Port hits 8
Port fuel hits 7
 
Aircraft Attacking:
      12 x B-25B Mitchell bombing from 4000 feet
               Port Attack:  6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
      12 x B-25B Mitchell bombing from 4000 feet
               Port Attack:  6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
 
 
 
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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 
 
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
 
Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
 
Allied aircraft
      B-25B Mitchell x 12
 
Allied aircraft losses
      B-25B Mitchell: 5 damaged
 
Japanese ground losses:
      8 casualties reported
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
 
Port hits 3
Port fuel hits 6
 
Aircraft Attacking:
      12 x B-25B Mitchell bombing from 4000 feet
               Port Attack:  6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
 
 
 
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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 
 
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
 
Raid detected at 29 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
 
Allied aircraft
      B-25B Mitchell x 12
 
Allied aircraft losses
      B-25B Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak
 
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 4
Port supply hits 1
 
Aircraft Attacking:
      12 x B-25B Mitchell bombing from 4000 feet
               Port Attack:  6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
 
 
 
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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 
 
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
 
Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
 
Allied aircraft
      F4U-1 Corsair x 18
 
No Allied losses
 
Aircraft Attacking:
      18 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36000 feet
 
 
 
