15th April 1942




INDIA/BURMA

AVG is in action over Toungoo again, claiming 8 Sally IIas and 5 Tojos for the loss of one H81-A3, though I’m doubtful about the number of Tojos downed. Boyington cements his position as the leading Ace in theatre with his 10th and 11th ‘kills’.



ABDA

The Dutch ...

14th April 1942




INDIA/BURMA

Six B17Es raided the airbase at Rangoon; 3 B17s suffered minimal damage and didn’t do much damage either.

AVG intercepted a Sally/Oscar raid at Toungoo. Seven Sally IIa’s were claimed to have been shot down in return of the loss of one H81-A3.



ABDA

Dutch motor ...

13th April 1942




INDIA/BURMA

The Light Cruisers Mauritius and Caledon return from their patrol of the Andaman Sea, reporting no Japanese activity other than an encounter with a submarine off of Port Blair. At India HQ Wavell tries to reconcile this information with the intelligence from aerial ...

Did you manage to get all of the 147th on the Queen Mary, or did the dockside quartermaster find better uses for some of the motorized support?

Cheers,
CB


Queen Mary hasn’t finished loading up yet, but on past experience I expect that the US Army will be making its usual ‘voluntary ...

Matthew,

You are right (I phrased my question wrong) - Japan will have trouble shipping the accumulated oil back to the Home Islands due to the reduced cargo capacities of the merchant marine. It will take longer to build the stockpiles at home, giving you opportunities to sink the tankers and ...

Hi Saj42, thank you for your comments and I’m glad you enjoyed the read. I didn’t realise I’d written so much, it all adds up over time.

I’ve been giving the Japanese strategy some thought as far as capturing (or not capturing) the major oil centres, and I think it is actually quite a clever ...

11th April 1942


INDIA/BURMA

The Indian forces at Toungoo suffer their daily air and artillery bombardment. 1st Squadron AVG at Mandalay has been ordered to provide some air opposition tomorrow.


ABDA

Allied air forces, especially the Dutch, suffered heavily over Semarang. The Dutch lost 8 ...

It'll be interesting to see which line of advance JanSako chooses; any thoughts on this, DesertWolf?

I'll echo something Chickenboy wrote earlier - thanks for posting updates in this forum.

10th April 1942

A quieter turn today.



CHINA

The Japanese attack the isolated Chinese forces at Anyang; the Chinese give as good as they get.


INDIA/BURMA

17th Indian Division receives its daily dose of shelling and bombing.


ABDA

It was the Warhawks’ turn to tangle with the Zeros over ...

You don't want to have to say "We're so sorry, Uncle Albert!" Go with Nimitz' plan or Admiral Halsey will never get to sleep and will eat the larder out of pot pies ... ;)



BBFanboy, if there was a contest for the wittiest post on the Matrix forums, I’d nominate this one. Nice work!

Of course ...

9th April 1942


A slightly better day than yesterday.


ABDA

The Allied bombers changed tack over Semarang, hitting the beachhead rather than the shipping. Results were disappointing, but at least they hit something . Over Semarang Zeros chewed up the Hurricanes, but the P400 Airacobras hit the ...

8th April 1942 continued - the gory details.



INDIA/BURMA

B17Es from Dacca bombed Rangoon, causing some minor damage to the airfield. The Japanese kept up their daily bombardment of Toungoo.


ABDA

Allied torpedo boats attempted to attack suspected Japanese Battleships in the Makassar strait ...

I hadn't heard of them, when I was it school it was King Crimson (Fripp the best guitarist I've seen), Led Zep & of course Purple.
David



I liked Led Zeppelin and especially Deep Purple, although I was too young to appreciate either of them in their heyday. King Crimson rather dipped under my ...

I think there's going to be plenty of action in the DEI tomorrow!

7th April 1942




ABDA

Four RN Light Cruisers bombed Oosthaven, followed up with raids on the airbase there by Dutch L212 bombers and a Flight of Wirraways. Damage was minimal. In return the Japanese launched a rare night-raid on the Allied airbase at Batavia followed up by some daytime fighter ...

Talking about the painting of Submarines, as an aid for my search pilots (who do not seem to be particularly skilled in ship recognition) I’m in the process of colour-coding all Allied subs. All USN subs will be painted pink in honour of the exploits of USS Sea Tiger. There’s no need for a ...

6th April 1942

Hi,

thank you for providing this entertaining AAR, rather conveniently you adopted the same strategy I have in my game against the computer, although the computer doesn't seem bothered about it's flanks and is doing better, I have only reached 10 March '42. Singapore and ...

6th April 1942


INDIA/BURMA

AVG tangled with Japanese Oscars, Tojos and Sallys over Toungoo, losing two fighters without causing any loss to the Japanese.


ABDA

The Japanese show their hand, as the invasion fleet heads to Semarang. The brave Buffalo pilots sacrifice themselves to allow the ...

No, there haven’t been any sweeps of Port Moresby - yet!

That’s a couple of good tips about the radar bases, and the clearing houses for fragments. I haven’t really got a proper system yet; I usually wait until I’m running a supply convoy to where the unit is and the fragments can go along with ...